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This is unfortunate. The real story isn’t Musk’s indignation or the poor way Trump is handling the situation though. That’s just the side show to keep us from focusing on the real issue. And it’s bipartisan. Our politicians from the bottom to the top are a group of thieving, lying grifters who do what they want and when they want without genuine regard for the general population. It friggin sickening. These spending bills are a joke along with the process with which they are contrived. Just bend over and take it and be happy about it.

In wrapping up this session the Supreme Court finished strong. In the last couple of days we have: Trump v. Casa - The Supreme Court said that federal district judges have been greatly overstepping their authority in issuing universal injunctions. As an example from what I googled, G W Bush had 12 universal injunctions in 8 years. Obama had 20 in 8 years. Trump has had 40 in less than 5 months. Of those, 35 were issued in only 5 districts. So out of almost 100 federal district courts, 5 have been used as a hatchet job. Anything that Trump does, take it to one of those federal courts and end it. Had Obama had this happen so the same pace as Trump, he would have had 900 universal injunctions, not 20. Mahmoud v. Taylor - In Montgomery County, Maryland, the school board decided that several LGBTQ books would be used from Pre-K through 5th grade. The district however had an opt out option if the teacher used the books for class assignments. Not so shockingly, the school district was stunned at the volume of opt out requests. So they changed the policy to no opt outs allowed for any reason. The Supreme Court struck down the ban on an opt out choice as it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of religion. Apparently some people have forgotten or haven’t understood that freedom of religion at school doesn’t mean only that religion can’t be pushed at public schools but it also can’t be denied. Seriously, who thinks that reading books on sexuality starting at 4 years old is a good thing… much less forced. Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton - Yep, a Texas case. Texas passed a law where accessing online adult content sites required age verification. The FSC claimed that it violated the free speech of adults to require age verification. The Texas law did not ban anything but only required age verification. The FSC claimed that showing your age violated the Constitution. The Supreme Court said that the state governments already restrict such material from over the county sales and a person can be asked to verify age by producing an ID. The same is true for tobacco and alcohol sales as examples. So why should digital media have less of a standard? The Supreme Court said that it didn’t and having as age requirement for online material that minors might access is no different than face to face, over the counter transactions. Overall it seems like a great couple of days from SCOTUS.

Happy Father’s Day! All the Dads.

I coached them today , We went 3-1 , having to play 4 games in a row due to a team dropping out . But We beat buna twice by 12 and 20 , and split with BC first game won by 10 and second game we lost by 4, we did a lot of good things mix a lot of lineups in , and of course it’s a lot of things we need to clean up but when coach Brown get done putting in his defensive stuff we will be ok. Got tabc in a few weeks . But the kids played super hard today !I will say this we gone play some Defense this year .

My Father pasted away in December of 2020, he would of been 90 Jan 19th. I remember several months before he passed, I took him to Wal-Mart to pick up some things. That was a big deal in itself, because I drove his truck. He didn't want to give up the keys, but he had no business on the road. He had Lewy body dementia, so it affects mind and balance. Anyway, we had to park several spots from the entrance and he was struggling to walk but refused to use a walker. I picked up a shopping cart on the way and he used that to help him walk and keep his balance. I told him he should get a handicap sticker for his truck so he could park close. He looked at me straight in the eyes and said, " Son, they only give out so many of those, so I don't want to take one away from someone who really needs it". Lying to benefit your family or any type of fraud, takes money or goods from someone. BTW, my Dad was raised poor, lived on a houseboat in Louisiana and started working when he was around 10. He made a good life for himself because he seen what poor was.

The greatest country in the history of the world is celebrating her birthday. Have a good time and be safe.

Lots of teams from the area playing some great competition in a few weeks. [Hidden Content]

@DCT what’s to laugh at…. i get there is some nonsense from the right but it doesn’t compare to the all out ridiculousness the left puts out there. just look at the 3 cases tvc mentioned…..we’ll look at the last two cause we all know that the 1st can’t be looked at without “orange man bad” hatred. the last two….all sexual…..typical left nonsense…. yes or no is that not “left nonsense”

Today, the Supreme Court made a ruling that appears to permanently end what has become too commonplace lately, universal or nationwide injunctions. In the last couple of decades, it has become an issue with federal district judges issuing a ruling in court that stopped a nationwide law or presidential executive order. Federal district judges are the federal equivalent of a county felony judge in Texas. If you get indicted for a felony in Jefferson County, for example, you will go to trial in one of the three felony courts in Jefferson County in Beaumont. The district judge’s authority deals with a motion or a trial in front of that judge. The district judge is not an appeals court level but the trial court level. The Supreme Court just issued a ruling that the universal (nationwide) injunction was beyond the authority of the federal district judges. So when Trump or any future president issues an executive order or the DOJ tries to enforce a federal law, one of the trial court level federal district judges can’t with the stroke of a pen end the order or the law. The case is Trump v. Casa about birthright citizenship. The ruling today has nothing to do with that case which still has to be hurt. What it seem to do was to stop the federal district judges for putting a nationwide halt to executive orders. It seems like this has been brewing for a long time and the Supreme Court finally stepped in. Also Justice Amy Coney Barrett blasted Justice Brown Jackson who dissented in the ruling. Her comment was that Brown Jackson: “Decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary”.

I’ll be at the game today 4-1 this year.. let’s see if I can make it to 5. Pregame meal at Pappasitos for lunch right now, margs and fajitas, meeting with friends at Biggio’s for appetizers and drinks at 330, late night dinner at Pluckers. Fun filled day, Geaux ‘Stros!

Lyondell Basell Houston has been basically shut down for almost a decade. They’ve had major expansions at newer polymer/petrochem facilities in La Porte & Chocolate Bayou. This facility was only kept running for as long as it was for feedstock for their primary businesses. They tried to sell for years. But, no one saw feasibility in trying to retrofit/modernize. Plus, the regulations imposed by Harris County & the Feds made refinery operations almost unbearable. Technically, the facility was located in Houston. The progessives in charge locally made their operation a living hell. Very similar to California. This had absolutely nothing to do with tariffs & shows the author’s ignorance of the subject.

Just thought I would bump this up to show how wrong some of you were about Tariff's hurting the stock market.....

That’s it! I am not voting for Trump in 2028!!

The way he handled himself in 2016 with Covid, Russia Gate, Sexual harassment charges from the 1800's, then aftermath of Jan 6th, New York, Georgia, survived two assassination attempts and the man still played golf and won the popular vote. In comparison, this is a walk in the park. While he makes the final decisions, he's got a ton of advisors and support staff. My prediction is Iran makes a deal and we don't get involved (although there is enough support to warrant it) and Russia/Ukraine is done before Christmas,

I think we’re at 15 now. We could stand for a few of them to be recognized days, but not Holidays. There’s also been talk about businesses rotating the Holidays… these four this year, those four next year, etc. I don’t think Trump spoke out of turn- I think he was whistling at a group of his supporters who aren’t happy that the last two federal holidays were gifts to the African American Community. But he’s not alone- I had a black co-worker make the argument only black people should have Juneteenth off, lol. Fanning the fires of racism never goes out of style, I guess.

I’m just glad we elected Trump. This new era of peace and prosperity is awesome.

What has divided the country is progressives not getting their way on everything. The voters pushed back on their ideas at the election, and they aren’t happy. The organizers purposely picked the day to protest. Trump—like him or not—didn’t pick it. So far, the Constitutional Republic is functioning as intended. POTUS has won a few SCOTUS cases, and lost a few. Power has been checked. Congress is working on a budget that might reign in some spending & prioritize. (Yet to be seen how it will turn out.) Immigration law is being followed more than it has in decades. Yes, there have been some high profile hiccups. But, the broader effort is what the majority of voters requested, and is required by law. Nothing ‘kingly or authoritarian’ about that issue. I don’t see a need for a No Kings Day effort other than it’s a way for progressive/anarchist groups to attempt to disrupt. The major crowds amounted to—supposedly—around 2 million nationwide from numbers I’ve seen. A good number…until you realize it’s actually only around 1% of the voters of the 2024 election. Why am I not surprised that Randi Weingarten (Teacher’s Union) is a major promoter & contributor? How teachers can still support her is beyond me. She is a big reason Texas passed school choice—which most teachers I’ve spoken with were against. She cares more about activism than the teachers and students she supposedly represents.

[Hidden Content] Liberals…..how and why does anyone want to be part of that group

Something not discussed much is Israel's intelligence. Its next level.

Astros are in first in the AL west (by 4 games) while Ronel Blanco, JP France, Zach Dezenzo, Luis Garcia, Yordan Alvarez, Christian Javier, Chas McCormick, Spencer Arrighetti, and Hayden Wesneski are all on the injured list! That’s 8 key players on the IL.

Entrance requirements were too high. 🤓

Well duh! Do you expect a college in Beaumont, Texas to be in a major conference? They are competing at the level they should be, against schools in similar market. The “big” sports finished 3rd, 2nd, and 3rd in a 12 team conference. I guess if your only definition of success is winning the conference tournament so you get a bid to the NCAA tournament, no one would ever meet your expectations. Texas won the similar trophy in the SEC and will likely win the Director’s Cup for the best athletics program in the country yet again. This is in no small part to Chris Del Conte being the best in the biz imo. Jeff O’Malley is not a good AD, he’s a great one. I would not want him in charge of the athletics department at a school I didn’t like, that had real money pumped into their athletics department.

Maybe the better analogy is Kelly's Heros. They were helping win the war but had a greater goal in getting some gold for themselves.

That means nothing to me..... we all bleed the same color

It’s because they are anti american….PERIOD

No doubt. We grew up poor as church mice after my parents divorced. My Mom refused food stamps, or housing assistance. She said as long as we could get by getting clothes from the Treasure house (donated clothing) and grow a garden and things of that nature, she would never consider assistance. And she never did. We had very little, but we got summer & after school jobs to help out my Mom with bills and buy our own school lunches. I've always thought that made us a stronger family and us kids stronger individuals. Even though she's gone now, I still thank her for that lesson all the time. I have no issue with assistance for those that need it. Emphasis on the last 5 words of that sentence...

Yes he may have been the worst president of my lifetime. He was also easily the best ex-president. No one did more good with their time after being in office than that guy. If I could bet on one ex-president for sure being in heaven, it’s that guy.

Mexico sued several US firearms manufacturers as being responsible for murders in Mexico It was not completely unexpected to be a winning case for firearms manufacturers but the unanimous decision, authored by Kagan, is a welcome sight. The case is Smith & Wesson et al. V. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Mexico) Smith & Wesson was sued along with six other gun manufacturers (Colt, Glock, Ruger, Baretta, etc.) in the United States by Mexico. The claim (that might have shut them down) was that those manufacturers were responsible for gun violence in Mexico and because the cartels used American manufactured guns. Mexico claimed that since the manufacturers did not strictly police or regulate who bought goes from FFL’s, they were responsible. The First Circuit Court of Appeals covering Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Puerto Rico ruled in favor of Mexico saying the suit could go forward. The firearms manufacturers appealed to the Supreme Court and their ruling was issued a few hours ago. A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the federal law, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, protects firearms manufacturers from lawsuits in state and federal courts unless it can be shown that the manufacturer was complicit by aiding and abetting the illegal gun transfers. Mexico showed no evidence that any of the manufacturers were knowingly helping the drug cartels to obtain the guns. The decision was authored by Elana Kagan who in her order wrote…. “Finally, Mexico's allegations about the manufacturers’ design and marketing decisions" add nothing of consequence. As noted above, Mexico here focuses on the manufacturers' production of "military style" assault weapons, among which it includes AR-15 ri-fles, AK-47 rifles, and .50 caliber sniper rifles. But those products are both widely legal and bought by many ordinary consumers. (The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the country.) The manufacturers cannot be charged with assisting in criminal acts just because Mexican cartel members like those guns too” So in the Opinion of the Court written by Kagan, the AR15, AK47 and similar guns are “widely legal and bought by many ordinary consumers”. She then noted that the AR15 is the most popular rifle in the country. That language may come up in the next session or two when the Supreme Court takes up the assault weapons ban in some states under the premise that they should not be included in the common use test in the Supreme Court cases of Heller and Bruen. The main facts that are important here in my opinion are that even the liberal leaning justices, saw the stupidity of Mexico‘s claim and issued a ruling to protect gun manufacturers against what I think is a frivolous claim and that Kagan wrote the opinion. In doing so wrote that the assault rifles and even sniper rifles were widely legal and purchased by consumers and that the AR15 was the most popular rifle in the country. The flabbergasting part is that the First Circuit Court thought that the manufacturers should be liable if one of their weapons was later used to commit a crime. I guess in their opinion, if a drunk driver killed someone, the family should be able to sue Exxon-Mobil for manufacturing the gasoline.

OK.......I just went to X and read some Elon post. He and Trump both are flexing muscles looking pretty stupid in my opinion. This is either a planned distraction or school boy fight. I honestly don't support this.

Celebrating another 4th down here on the beach. One thing about being down here, don't have to buy fireworks. Plenty being shot for us to watch on the beach.

Astros treated this day game as a "throw away" game. Used pitchers that haven't seen much action of late to rest some other arms. Houston loses 7-6 but still got the series win over Colorado. On to the Dodgers for a 3 game weekend series at Chavez Ravine.

I completely agree. If you have family members that are there please make your rounds and at least give staff the impression that someone is always looking over their shoulders. You have to be that voice.

Trying to decide if that’s a xxxx, reformed skinhead, or a not yet grown conehead…

To be honest, outsmarting folks that hate Trump based on his personality rather than his policies is not very difficult, they are literally rooting for the failure of common sense ideas.

OUCH! We will not dwell on JUSTICE JACKSON's argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries' worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: JUSTICE JACKSON decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary. Justice Barrett in Majority Opinion [Hidden Content]

They bring things upon themselves and then don’t understand why. victim mentality

SCOTUS has made a ruling about this case. No more lower court universal injunctions. It has a bearing on birthright citizenship as it only applies to those who brought the suit. It doesn’t block Trump’s EO about negating birthright citizenship. This is HUGE! Sounds like a class action lawsuit will have to be pursued. Very difficult. Makes it ‘seem’ SCOTUS is going back to the original intent of the 14th which applied to former slaves.

Hamshire-Fannett (3-0) Hamshire-Fannett 33, Little River-Academy 14 Hamshire-Fannett 33, Lamesa 20 Hamshire-Fannett 35, Kingsville 6 Bracket play Fri 8:45am vs Hitchcock Hardin-Jefferson (1-2) Benbrook 36, Hardin-Jefferson 12 West 19, Hardin-Jefferson 13 Hardin-Jefferson 27, Port Isabel 18 Bracket play Fri 8:45am vs Mineral Wells Kountze (0-3) Junction 20, Kountze 13 Hearne 19, Kountze 6 East Bernard 33, Kountze 18 Bracket play Fri 8:00am vs Tioga

Mentioned in another thread how Mossad was great at what they do in their sphere of the world. But, the U.S. is global. When people say ‘they’ control the airspace over such and such, the U.S. controls the satellites. Not much goes on that we can’t see ahead of time anywhere/any time. That’s part of the reason the Chinese are reportedly trying to develop a ‘satellite killer.’ If you haven’t heard of it, do a search for <China/Russia developing satellite killer>. Trump created the Space Force for a reason. People laughed. But, it’s no joke. By the way, 7th gen aircraft are already in test phase. Rumors have it that AI is being integrated. Makes me think of the movie Stealth.

Just being in Cali hurts. And if in Seattle/Vancouver area, you better learn Mandarin.

The average gas price in the US has fluctuated significantly over the past two years. In 2022, prices reached a high, averaging $4.90 per gallon, but then decreased to $3.18 per gallon in 2023. In 2024, prices continued to fall, with an average of $3.22 per gallon in May. Texas prices today are averaging $2.85 Grocery prices have increased significantly over the past two years, with the rate of increase slowing down in 2024. In 2022, food prices saw the largest annual increase in 40 years, but price growth has been moderating since then. Economic Research Service (.gov) data indicates that while prices are still rising, the rate of increase is closer to historical averages. Dollar Tree raised its prices to $1.25 in 2021. Following that, the company began testing and implementing prices above $1.25, including $1.50, at some locations as early as March 2024. I think it is WAY better than under Biden. Biden had an all time gas price record of $5.016 per gallon on June 14th, 2022. I did a quick search of our forum and did not find a post of you complaining about gas prices. Biden also hold a 40 year record on grocery prices in 2022........So, comparing to the previous 4 years, I'd say things are pretty good......

I read a first hand account from a former slave who was a child when Juneteenth occurred. He said that everyone was summoned to the main residence, helped prepare a big meal, then their former owner announced that they were free. Welcome to stay, but free to go. The man said that his family left the same day and traveled as far as they could, then realized that they had no money or food… it wasn’t easy. I think it’s a very worthy day for us to celebrate.

Yes, it is! Many Americans are proud that strength is being projected from the White House, as opposed to the last administration,

Astros are only a half game back of the Yankees for 2nd best record in AL. Also, Houston is now the top hitting team in the AL with a team batting average of .255. 5th best OBP (.320), 5th best slugging percentage (.398) 6th best OPS (.718) and 3rd fewest strikeouts (557). Houston is 3rd in AL in pitching with a 3.40 ERA. They have the 2nd most quality starts with 35, given up the 3rd fewest HR with 71, has the most K's as a staff with 716 (only team in AL with 700 or more). Lead the league in opponent on base average with .217 and lead the league in WHIP with 1.14. Houston doing all this with several key players on the IR.

Your opinion is not fact.....based on all your post, you get your news from a liberal bubble. The difference in liberal versus real news casting is night and day

Sorry, Kamala will never be the president. Unless the Democrats get serious then they will get beat worse in 2028 when they will have to defend their antics and can no longer use anyone but Trump.

Is that a real question?

Statistically speaking, Houston is the best team and currently playing the best in the AL West.

A little surprised by Kagan, Jackson & Sotamayor. Interesting that Kagan wrote the opinion. Goes against the typical liberal mantra of ‘it’s the gun.’ Agree the characterization of AR-15 style rifles as ‘common’ will have future impacts when gun control issues try to portray them as military weapons only.

I can disagree with a person and still support them and their policies.. On his worst day he is still better than Kamala or Biden.