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7 hours ago, TxHoops said:

They should.  If a school chooses to run a kid out there before the case is final, they should assume the risk.  Jmo.  

allowing players to play with pending litigation sets a really bad precedent. obviously, I'm no aggie fan, but they were on a fantastic run before losing to Bama. Bediako didn't do anything crazy in the game against the Ags, but he put up a few points and boards, a block, and provided 19 minutes of 7-ft-tall rim protection.  the Ags lost a game by 3 that they may have won had he not played. They've now lost 3 straight. Not only is it conceivable that Bediako being allowed to play changed the course of that game, it could be fairly reasonably argued that it changed the course of their season to some degree as well. Even if the ags get that win back through a forfeit, it doesn't do anything to remedy the poorer form they've been in since the loss, and i assume the committee would have an asterisk by a forfeited win as well when considering tourney seeding.

1 hour ago, Eagle91 said:

I'm not certain where you get your information but it is off! First thing is the drug deal was set up in Silsbee. Jeremiah Grant, Bruce Newton, and Kyriq Wyatt. This was set up as a robbery by these 3 from Silsbee. Wyatt and Newton have been charged in this case and awaiting trial. Text messages showed these 3 set this robbery up. Luckily defense attorneys was able have phones checked and found out this was a setup. If not for good lawyer or police work, these 3 would be going to jail for murder. The 3 from Groves went to Silsbee to purchase the drugs. Grant sold the drugs to the driver Decuir. Once he had the money Grant pulled his gun on Decuir and demanded the weed back. When he didn't give it back, Grant pulled his gun and shot Decuir. He then turned his gun towards the back seat at Pfeffer and Pheffer shot him before Grant could shoot him. Emily wasn't pregnant nor has she ever owned a gun. Pheffer and Emily was at home asleep when Dequir called and asked Pheffer to ride with him to Silsbee and Emily went with her boyfriend. Where the group from groves made the mistake was hiding the weed and throwing Grant out of the front seat. Dequir was shot in the chest and was able to get out and help move Grant out onto the street. If they would have called the police right away, I don't believe Ranols or Pfeffer would have been charged with anything. That was clearly self defense and the jury felt that way too. Moving that body and drugs cost himself going to jail. Pfeffer more or less was found guilty of moving the body and drugs and having a gun during a drug deal. It seems like the other 2 that set this robbery up should have went to court at the time or before. Needless to say what in the hell was people going to Silsbee to buy drugs from someone they didn't know?

Not sure where I got the info from at the time, as the post you're quoting is from 5 years ago. I said i got it from an article, but obviously I don't remember where the article was from at this point.

As a somewhat moderate conservative, I feel voter ID laws is the most common-sense thing that can be done to ensure the integrity of our elections.  Eliminating mail-in options for anyone who's not overseas in the military would help a lot as well. 

KFDM is currently running the poll "Are you satisfied with the DOJ's handing of the release of the Jeffery Epstein files?" Their poll results always skew very conservative, so it's really telling that currently 72% of respondents have chosen "no."

Feels like Tarkington has figured something out, but may be too little too late 

1 minute ago, OlDawg said:

I think you have a typo…

I think you were right

3 hours ago, Big girl said:

I have voted for Democrats since I was able to vote, your theory is flawed. Trump sucks.

but why? I voted for them some for a couple of cycles back before I had legitimate financial responsibilities. Now that I have real bills and children, I vote exclusively right, although I don't disagree with a lot of stuff that CB says on here. 

It has me listed as a "stressed sideliner". Along with yourself, I'd be a libertarian if there was any traction with that movement, but I do more than just lean right when voting. 15 years ago I'd vote either party depending on the candidate, but these days I don't ever vote left in state or national elections. 

This one is indefensible, which is why nobody is commenting in here. It's highly unlikely he watched the whole video before reposting it, but that's irrelevant. If you're the president of the United States you better check what you post before you hit send. If I'd posted the same video last night I would've been fired before I made it into work this morning.

2 hours ago, Porter said:

I have a Truth Social account and Trump did post this on his account last night. Can you explain why you think he would do that? It pops up at the 59 second mark. Community notes on X even corrected Terrance Williams on him saying it was fake. 

 

I've never liked Trump. People would argue with me when I said that he doesn't care about America, he only cares about Trump. That's becoming more and more obvious. I voted for him because the alternative was so awful, and because I thought he did a decent job his first time in office, even if i felt his reasoning for doing so was self-serving. This time he had an easy setup to do a decent job again and keep the right in control for at least the next 8 years, and he's more worried about himself than making that happen. I haven't researched the Schumer tunnel deal, but either way it's bad. He's either holding money for crucial infrastructure hostage, or he's willing to blow $16B in tax dollars on an unnecessary project in order to try to get things named after him. I'm not sure which is worse. Not to mention he's saying even crazier and more offensive stuff than he did his first time in office, has managed to turn a mandate to fix immigration into something that's somehow helping the dems regain power (despite them acting like unhinged loons), and the economy has not been noticeably better than it was under Biden. 8 years of JD Vance doesn't seem like the foregone conclusion it did a year ago when everyone was absolutely sick of the woke left. Now the needle has swung back to people rallying around hating Trump again. 

29 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

You seem to be a perfect candidate for a rewards card. My brother travels a lot with his 3/4 ton truck and travel trailer. He uses a rewards CC to get 4% cash back on diesel purchases. He pays it off every month. The 4% is good for up to $8000 per year in purchases.  So in diesel alone, if he spends 8K a year, he gets $320 credit to his card per year.  It has lower percent's for other categories.  That sounded like an advertisement but it's not....lol

When my Father started forgetting to pay bills, I stepped in and had all of his bills auto-charged to his Discover credit card.  I then set up his Discover to be auto-deducted from his checking account.  The only thing I had to do was review the CC statement to make sure all was correct. I believe he received about $500 back a year in credit card rewards.... 

If you do it that way, the credit card pays you to use it. 

The only down fall is it is VERY easy to spend more than you make.

We put everything on our southwest card, then pay it off every month. On the rare occasion our spending outpaces our income for a month we have plenty in savings and still pay it off for the month. We haven't paid for a flight in years, and we fly a couple of times a year, on average.

17 minutes ago, Big girl said:

Why would they be ok with it. You guys celebrate people being attacked and executed. 

you're delusional if you think they aren't. they're encouraging it. and you have a short memory if you're criticizing the right for "celebrating people being attacked and executed."

14 hours ago, Boogy1000 said:

9-1 regular season 

depends on the qb, as others have stated. they have a couple of early games that they could lose if he struggles to find his rhythm at the varsity level. WOS will be a favorite against them, and if HF can find some linemen they're going to have the skill players to give them a tough game as well. 

24 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Was told Tarkington led 32-2 at end of 1st Q.

Thats insane. 

32 minutes ago, UT alum said:

Rah rah rah, sis soom bah. 
How about letting the school district handle their own problem? Local control, remember? Used to be a hallmark of conservatism.

schools don't handle criminal assaults. this isn't some fistfight between a couple of kids.

23 hours ago, Gocats90 said:

Bridge City
Kirbyville
Orangefield
WOS
Silsbee

should settle some debates.

Hamshire Fannett:

Week 1: La Marque
Week 2: @Vidor
Week 3: LCM
Week 4: @Stafford
Week 5: @Hitchcock

It was stacked this year. 

48 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Sooooo, I’m in Austin driving down S Congress and pass a LIVELY ELEMENTARY school and these elementary age kids are holding a teacher approved Ice Protest. Cool if that is your thing, but that age holding up F Ice signs really shows what these kids are being taught…

I parked further down on Congress and they were let out to march down the street. As they passed they were screaming, they asked me if I supported ice….I said of course, and kids kept walking but an adult lady told me to kick rocks with curse words I’ve never heard of…..lol. So peaceful, it’s a wonder anyone gets hurt (sarcasm) 

my buddy who lives in austin calls it "performative outrage." seems like a pretty perfect term for it.

1 minute ago, Porter said:

They could have took her out at any angle from behind. They didn’t even have their guns drawn telling people to get back from the door. 

she also wasn't going through the window at that time. we can go back and forth about what ifs and why nots. still won't change my opinion that it was an easily justified, although decidedly ugly shooting. 

5 minutes ago, Porter said:

I guess what’s odd is why didn’t the officers behind Babbitt shoot her or have their guns drawn to shoot her? The officers knew that Congressmen and Congresswomen were on the other side of the doors where Byrd fired from. I am actually surprised that one of the officers didn’t get hit with the bullet. 

that actually could have something to do with why they didn't fire. the officer who fired was able to do so at an angle where he had a wall as a backdrop behind his target. If the officers from behind the mob had fired they would've been sending bullets into the room that the other officers were trying to protect.

1 minute ago, thetragichippy said:

Sooooo, I’m in Austin driving down S Congress and pass a LIVELY ELEMENTARY school and these elementary age kids are holding a teacher approved Ice Protest. Cool if that is your thing, but that age holding up F Ice signs really shows what these kids are being taught…

I parked further down on Congress and they were let out to march down the street. As they passed they were screaming, they asked me if I supported ice….I said of course, and kids kept walking but an adult lady told me to kick rocks with curse words I’ve never heard of…..lol. So peaceful, it’s a wonder anyone gets hurt (sarcasm) 

that's wild. 

28 minutes ago, Porter said:

Obviously we’re not going to agree but the video footage shows officers standing in front of the doors while people gather then they move to the side and watch some of the agitators break glass. Then there are tactical officers right behind Babbitt by the stairwell. Obviously none of them felt threatened. The tactical officers are literally there seconds after she is shot then carry her body down the stairwell. I just think it was a senseless overreaction on the officers part. 

 

goes back to the old "awful but lawful" situation. can an officer who's shot someone verbalize an adequate reason for doing so? This officer had plenty of valid reasons to articulate. you can feel it was an overreaction, heck, everyone can. I don't want you to get the impression that I saw the shooting and cheered it on or something. I didn't like the Babbitt shooting, I've just always felt it was pretty easy to justify. The officer can say "I don't know why the officers on the other side of the door didn't act, but I was inside the chamber with my gun drawn protecting evacuating members of congress behind a barricaded door. an angry mob of more than a dozen people were using unknown weapons/items to break through the door and barricade we'd erected to protect our politicians. Despite several clear, lawful commands, the mob eventually broke through a window and attempted to breach the room, despite seeing several officers with firearms on the other side. With the reports of gunshots and officers being attacked I'd been receiving I felt that both myself and the civilians I was protecting were in immediate danger. I fired one shot and the entire mob stopped attempting to breach the room." You may second guess his explanation, but it was enough to keep charges from being filed, and no officer would be charged in an identical situation anywhere (unless it was strictly political, as we may end up seeing in Minnesota).

4 hours ago, baddog said:

I came through Silsbee on my way to and from Black Gold BBQ (excellent food) and I saw no illegals, so I didn’t get to use my whistle.

Stop there about every second time I go to the deer lease. the boys have gotten spoiled from me showing up with brisket and ribs.