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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
SIAP - 2025 Travis CAD appraisals are up: https://travis.prodigycad.com/property-search
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Texas Basketball 2025-26: It’s Miller Time
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Justin Tucker: The new Old Freak Nasty?
- A Shaggster From Long Ago May Get a Federal Pardon
https://www.yahoo.com/news/crypto-crime-lord-ross-ulbricht-235509730.html He paid off his fine when the government seized a stolen wallet of his. Some question whether now he might be able to get it back with the pardon. If I was him, I’d take the possible $650m and move on. He got a second chance, use it.- A Shaggster From Long Ago May Get a Federal Pardon
- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Aaand you are correct. In October 2020, the city council voted to remove the restrictions on areas 2, 5, & 6: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/public-drinking-ban-lifted-in-areas-of-east-austin/269-0f9dd50e-b6fe-4e8f-92a6-11bbdcb63fd2- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
This article is from 2020 and the areas look the same: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-may-loosen-restrictions-on-drinking-in-public/- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
- It's on - Horns vs aggy at the "Holler House on the Brazos" official game thread.
List eater?!- UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
Typically 20+ wins gets you into the tournament. We have 18 conference games to play, so yes - .500 in conference should get us into the tournament with exactly 20 wins, especially since the SEC is so stacked this year. However, as of today, only 5 of those conference games are against teams not ranked in the top 25. We will have to fight tooth & nail to get 20 or more wins this season.- 2025 Peach Bowl: CFP QF - Texas vs. Arizona State - 12pm on ESPN
Check the ESPN app - they had the Texas radio broadcast synced with the TV broadcast.- 2025 Peach Bowl: CFP QF - Texas vs. Arizona State - 12pm on ESPN
- New (?) University in Austin
The CBS article says that tuition is free - for now, implying that it will not be free in the future: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uatx-launches-touting-ideological-openness-debate-60-minutes-transcript/ My guess is that this is a way to get students to attend while the school works towards its accreditation, which won't happen until after the first class graduates. It seems to model a tech startup where you give out the product for free or reduced cost and then start charging more once it catches on. I will be curious to see if it works or if it ends up being an expensive private school that has the same same type, but differently voiced, echo chambers they accuse traditional universities of having.- New (?) University in Austin
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/08/university-austin-uatx-launch-2024/ Accreditation takes a long time, hence the eight year period the state gave them. It is also why a lot of for-profit schools just bought failing non-profit schools - so they could be covered by their accreditation and not spend the years required to get it on their own. I bolded the important part above - accreditation is required in order to get Federal money. Otherwise, why do you need accreditation? If you are against the system and trying to revolutionize it, why do you care that the "failed system" doesn't recognizes you?- Fitlump fucking won a Austin City Council seat, Now on to Congress 2026!
Surly's own Fitlump getting a KUT writeup and support from Democrats: https://www.kut.org/housing/2024-11-04/austin-city-council-democrats-for-mackenzie-kelly-republican-housing-krista-laine- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Biden or Harris could revoke his security clearance, which would seriously hamper his position at SpaceX due to all the DoD contracts. The report that Elon talks to Putin regularly is enough of a concern to justify that move. Biden or Harris could also order an investigation into Elon’s citizenship application. If it is found he lied during that process, his citizenship could be revoked. The reports that he worked illegally before gaining citizenship are enough to justify an investigation but I didn’t know if that would be a disqualifier. Either way, Elon relies heavily on the US government (DoD contracts, EV tax credits, etc) and needs to be reminded that choices have consequences. Just look at Bezos - don’t think Amazon AWS losing the $10 billion JEDI contract after criticizing Trump didn’t affect his decision to prevent the Washington Post from recommending Harris. Basically - don’t slap the hand that feeds you.- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
If abortions aren't legal, she has an excuse of getting pregnant and locking you in.- 2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
How to say you’re an idiot without saying you’re an idiot.- Suzanne Simpson, the disappearing San Antonio realtor (UT alum)
FYI - If you do have biometric/Face ID access enabled on an iPhone, you can hold down the power button along with one of the volume buttons together for a few seconds. This will require your passcode to unlock. So if you ever get pulled over by a cop or know you are getting interviewed by the police, you should do this.- Kenpom 2024-25
Anyone else seeing this: Edited: Whoops - Already posted in the College Hoops 2024-25 thread by BurntOrange&White.- Lauren Boobert - Tits and a Gun
Yes - her predecessor won in ‘22 with 60% of the vote vs 36%. She might not get 60% but it’s safe to say she will win. And sadly she will continue to be elected until she dies or gets arrested for something. Most congressmen leave for better roles (senate, governor, etc) or stupidly high paying consulting/media jobs. Due to her low IQ neither will happen and so she isn’t going anywhere. If she can win the GOP primary AFTER publicly giving a dude a handjob on video AND moving into a new district, she is safe for the foreseeable future.- Game Watching in Italy
Better double check your time. Kickoff is 6:30pm CDT Saturday, which should be 1:30am Sunday morning Italian time. And FWIW, I have an Amazon Firestick with NordVPN & YouTubeTV that worked perfectly for last week’s OU shellacking.- Media Bias
- WWII American bomb explodes at Japan airport
- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
It will never happen. Arlington approved >$300m & >$400m in bonds to help build Cowboy & Globe Life stadium respectively (each stadium cost ~$1.1b). I seriously doubt this city will ever vote to approve a nearly hall billion dollar bond for a professional sports team’s stadium, a requirement any expansion team ownership is going to have. It is why Austin FC was funded privately and probably why the Spurs haven’t already made a serous attempt to move here. Statistically Austin is the perfect place for a professional sports team but the city’s lack of an appetite to bankroll a billionaire’s private company already has, and will continue to, prevent any team from moving here. - A Shaggster From Long Ago May Get a Federal Pardon
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