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But what do you do with them? I don’t want Texas to end up like California with people crapping on the sidewalk, but I don’t really care if the homeless group together in out of the way places that don’t affect public safety.

The blood clots should've been a non-issue to be honest. Women on birth control, smokers, and... people with covid all have a much high risk of those clots. But yeah, our government can't be trusted much, on either side of the aisle.

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I just thought your "Thank you doctors for speaking out" quote was funny. Your doc here has no credibility. She's a political shill. She's also an anti-vaxx nutter who's been throwing out false and misleading information. I did not say children should get the vaccine, just pointing out that her argument doesn't have a whole lot of validity. She's not basing any opinion on "the science", she's just trying to make herself a new career as a political activist (since she got fired based on some of her false info and getting arrested in the capital insurrection). If I was telling people that it's okay for kids to get the vaccine because it's perfectly safe, I would be dishonest because I do not know that for sure. She's doing the same thing, just in the other direction. Intentionally misleading people with fake, doctored, or outdated info. I know that doesn't bother you because she's saying what you want to hear.

The head of frontline doctors got arrested in the capital insurrection. I'd say that adequately calls into question both her sensibility as well as her motivation.

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Their girl's soccer team lost 1-0 in the regional finals to the eventual state winner. Their baseball team is currently 3 rounds deep in the playoffs, and their softball is currently alive in the 4th round. The boys soccer team had a disappointing year and lost in the 3rd round in a shootout to the eventual state runners up. They're literally good at every sport.

If you're a white high schooler and a good athlete, and your parents have good jobs in or around the metroplex, they buy a place in Argyle. It's as simple as that. It's like the white flight that we see around here, but somehow most of the elite athletes are going to one place, and the player pool is enormous. They've managed to keep the enrollment down low enough to play at a smaller classification so that they can continue to compete for titles in virtual every sport (like Yates basketball) while having a large pool of players. I don't think Argyle has to recruit. The kids all just go there. It's a weird dynamic.

Just about every 4A and under job in the state is a stepping stone, with a very small amount of exceptions. You might get a rare instance of someone finding success at a small school and staying because the talent is so good there, or being loyal to where they grew up, but 99/100 coaches are going to keep trying to go to bigger schools and make more money or gain more rep. When you're talking about a school with Tarkington's talent, facilities, and pay, what coach is going to come work there and then stay if they're offered a job at a better place? It's just the reality of it.

you Beto not even think about it...

Me either, but if he ends up winning the nomination what choice do we have?

He's not my favorite politician, but I'm 1000% behind this move.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. If you'd been hired, and I came on here saying "This hire is the sign of a football coach and AD that does NOT want the basketball program to prosper", would you consider that only a criticism directed at the AD, or would you feel like your coaching ability was being questioned as well?

Kind of makes you wonder what the post would've looked like if the wrong one of the TWO pure basketball coaches had been hired. What criticism would've been used in that case?

Agree. Or unhealthy people died before the vaccines were available to them. But that's been reported from the very beginning. As to the uptick of VAERS calls, 274,000,000 extra vaccine doses have been administered so far this year vs. last year. I'd expect there to be a notable uptick in VAERS claims. A lot of those claims will be inaccurate, but i'm sure that a lot more people this year will suffer vaccine injuries when the amount of vaccines is increasing by however many 100% in adults.

Awesome news! Unfortunately there's at least one Texas death today, just found out I lost an extended family member this morning. No condolences necessary, literally met her once.

Safe to say for sure. We also know people who refused the jab died from covid. Isn't that safe to say as well? As for Eric Clapton, I'll be honest, I'm a little hesitant to believe him. No doubt people have had effects from the vaccine, but when an anti-lockdown activist gets the vaccine and starts talking about how horrible it was, talking about side effects nobody else is having, I'm a little suspicious. He and Van Morrison actually wrote and performed an "anti-lockdown" song. So maybe he really got sick afterwards, but I take it with a grain of salt. It's kinda like if you were forced to take the vaccine for work or something and then came on claiming that you became temporarily paralyzed by it or something. I'd have a hard time believing it.

It's a pretty typical and ridiculous example of the way the media and government manipulates numbers and creatively interprets them to push across the narrative they want to push. She deserves all the criticism she gets. That being said, only 223 fully vaccinated people dying of (or with) covid is a phenomenal number compared to the amount of people who died of (or with) covid before the vaccinations ramped up. It's hard to ignore the major difference. 147,000,000 americans are fully vaccinated, and to this point 223 of them maybe died of covid? I'd say that's a success.

I was really young when he died, but just reading up on him it sounds like he was headed that direction with or without her. But who knows?

My wife and I were driving to East Texas last weekend and I had an old classic country station on because not much was tuning in on my radio out in the middle of nowhere. They said that Keith Whitley would be coming on after the commercial break and I got excited, saying how when I was little my dad kept a Keith Whitley cassette in his truck and I'd always listen to it when I'd visit him. My wife had never heard of him. She was a little skeptical when I told her that had he not died so young he possibly could have been as big as George Straight. Anyway, "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" comes on, and she's like "Holy crap, his voice is better than George Straight's! He sounds like a cross between George Straight and Randy Travis!" I'm just like "Yup, he was reaaaaaally good." It's a shame that he drank himself to death at the age of 33. His BAC was reportedly .477 at the time of his death. He had 3 #1 hits on his second studio album, and 2 more on his 3rd, which came out after his death. Who knows how many he would've had if he'd had a long career.

That's what you got from the post I just made? Okay. Like I said, if you don't want to interact, quit using my name. If not, when you call people stupid and insult them, quit getting upset when they do it back.

I'm not sure what you said in the title, but I didn't have anything to do with it being deleted, and didn't even know the thread existed. Maybe you weren't as diplomatic as I was? I didn't insult you, just repeated what you'd said. I'm not sure how I "can't take it when someone gives it back to me?" You've said all kinds of things, and I've "taken" them all. 3rd grade insults don't hurt my feelings. I enjoy going back and forth with people. If it bothered me I wouldn't keep coming back on here. And If I was that worried about you, I would've given you a ban for profanity the other day when you slipped up and used it. But since it wasn't directed at anyone, and wasn't that bad of a word, I just ignored it. By rule of the site, and your five previous profanity warnings, it would've been well within my responsibilities as a mod to permanently ban you. Don't give yourself too much credit. If you're concerned about it, maybe keep my name out of your mouth. I made a conscious decision to quit interacting with you a few days ago for the sake of civil conversations in the political forum, but every time I open the site you're bringing me up again. I'll admit that I went back on my decision and goaded you along (and had fun doing it). For all your accusations, it really feels like YOU are the one who likes to dish it, but can't take it. That said, quit bringing me up and I'll quit responding. You can go back to posting whatever you want (within site rules), and I'll go back to posting whatever I want (within site rules).

Nice win!

I didn’t delete your post. I also haven’t posted any opinions of whether or not a child should get the vaccine. I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about. I assure you that nothing you’ve ever posted has embarrassed me. When did you make the post that you think I deleted? The only thing I ever deleted of yours was about 6 weeks ago when you and I went waaaaay off the rails in a thread, and I deleted my posts in that incident as well. I let everyone know i did it and why. Oh, and one time before that when I warned you for profanity, but I wasn’t even involved in that discussion.

[Hidden Content] The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but will help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools, and other venues — even removing the need for masks or social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.