OlDawg

Did a little digging since we always have this question come up. Here's the history between La Porte & Port Arthur. La Porte vs Port Arthur History This year’s District 9-5A D1 game will be the 34th all time meeting between La Porte and Port Arthur. La Porte first faced Port Arthur Jefferson in 1922. This rivalry dates back 104 years! This season will be the 34th game played between the two cities. Port Arthur Jefferson closed in the late 90's and Port Arthur Memorial became the school in Port Arthur in 2002. Here is the breakdown of the last 33 meetings! LP PA 1922 0 20 1978 49 12 1979 24 22 1980 14 41 1981 7 41 1982 21 33 1983 28 14 1984 7 6 1985 17 20 1986 14 17 1987 21 14 1988 17 12 1989 35 20 1990 35 35 Tie 1991 27 22 1992 49 27 1993 37 0 1996 38 6 1997 31 3 2006 56 27 2008 56 28 2009 42 21 2010 37 13 2011 24 20 2011 6 34 2012 37 33 2013 45 47 2014 41 35 2015 13 62 2020 17 45 2021 27 50 2022 34 54 2023 27 38 2026 ? ? Current head-to-head overall: LP 19, PA 13. Since the opening of Memorial, the series is tied 7-7. It's been a series of 5 game runs broken up by alternating wins by both teams between the runs. PAM was the last team to beat LP in a district game in either 9-5A D1, or 11-5A D1 with a comeback win in Port Arthur in 2023.

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Both parties have been brought to us by ourselves. They don’t control our vote.

I’m team limited government capitalism. It’s the team that has created more ‘haves’ than any other system in the world, and many—if not most—of those who think they’re ’have-nots’ would be ‘haves’ in much of the rest of the world.

Not irrelevant. Direct comparison of possible POTUS candidates. What about is a comparison. Both valid. You just don’t like the response. Too bad.

Spineless is Newsom and Harris rushing to endorse El-Sayed as soon as he won the primary. Even Carville had more backbone than that.

For POTUS, I’d consider a Mike Lee (Utah), or even Rand Paul. I’ve already mentioned I’d easily vote for a Rubio/Paul ticket. A Rubio/Lee or Vance/Lee/Paul ticket would be fine as well. Really, any combination of those four would be okay with me. There are many conservative libertarians serving under the Republican banner for electability reasons. Many are members of the Freedom Caucus. I’ve voted quite frequently for Libertarian candidates for local, State, and judicial races. They appear down here regularly. [Hidden Content]

A good start would be to remind people that government isn’t the solution. It’s the problem. Then, direct them to look at Libertarian candidates vs Democratic Socialists. A few more Rand Paul’s wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Here’s the actual platform of the Democratic Socialists and Progressives who align with them. It can’t be denied, and it isn’t spin. [Hidden Content]

I guess that explains Washington DC, NYC, Seattle, Chicago, and soon—Los Angeles & very possibly Governor of Wisconsin. Let’s not forget the Senate and Congressional candidates. [Hidden Content] Why is the Democratic Party allowing them to use their primary system & rules again? All I hear Schumer whimper out is ‘it’s a big tent party’ before he hangs his head and creeps out looking over his shoulder… There should not be any candidate on a ballot that espouses eliminating the Presidency, Senate, Electoral College, or any other act that expressly goes against the Constitution. Their initial act of having to take the Oath of Office should forbid it from even being possible. Even mayors take the Oath to uphold the Constitution. So, how can a Democratic Socialist even become a mayor, much less anything higher?

So, let me get this straight... We have a slimeball buffoon as a POTUS, who isn't running in November, who can't run for POTUS again, and who won't have a big enough majority to do much of anything long-term for the last 2 years of his Presidency. But, things will be so much better when we elect a bunch of people who actually have in their platform they want to move towards communism. People talk about debt. Medicare for all? Free housing? Free child care? Open borders with benefits to all? I guess eliminating the military and police will solve the deficit those programs will create. Ha! Not even close. I may not be a big Trump fan, and have never voted for him. But, to trade one short time, inept POTUS for communism? That's just idiotic. This reminds me of the Red Guards in the '60's in China. Look them up. Tell me if this isn't similar, with a similar group in this country.

Don’t feel bad. I’m invested in the technology, and am engineering by background. So, I’m fairly up on most of the tech dealing with nukes. Plus, my son was the lead nuke man onboard the USS Ronald Reagan for 13 years. So, we have a pretty good idea of things. But, I’d never heard of the water purification aspect. It’s very similar to the multiple uses you get from cogeneration units. You’d think the Corpus area would be drooling to entice a small nuclear module inside the new refinery, and use the water purification aspect for the refinery water to help with their water shortage. Plus, right there on the Gulf with ready access for desalination.

I would say similar. But, influenced by outsiders as well. Not to say there aren’t some valid concerns, and some regulations are needed. But, not overbearing as government tends to do.

I thought this was very cool. Pasted from the Tribune link in my previous post above. And the excess heat from power generation can drive thermal desalination systems. In the Permian Basin, where oil and gas operations produce vast quantities of contaminated water known as produced water, that means a single reactor could simultaneously generate clean electricity and treat water that would otherwise be a waste stream. The heat from the reactor could vaporize the water, leaving salts and other contaminants behind for disposal, before condensing the vapor into clean water, said Douglass Robinson, Natura’s founder and CEO. “While we’re producing the electricity, the waste heat off of that electrical generation is the heat we could utilize for the desal,” Robison said. “So we do both at the same time.”

Why yes. Yes they do. But, I’m afraid spicy pork skins are out. Also, say goodbye to your classic AMERICAN breakfast of two eggs—any way, two slices of pork bacon or sausage, hash browns, and toast, biscuits & gravy, or waffles. 😀 [Hidden Content]