Everything posted by Jiggy-Z
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the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
Looks like Marge got a face full of Johnson.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
Perhaps he has the long Covid. He had a pretty bad case of it back in the day. I remember because I was hoping he would die.
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COVID-19 vaccine discussion
And for those of you that got the vaccine and didn't think you needed it or didn’t get it all because you were in a low risk group, consider yourselves lucky, because that shit does not always work out. My best field employee, big, strong fit, young guy straight out of central casting almost died from this shit, was sidelined for months and is still not right in the head. Also, my twin brother's best friend died yesterday from covid complications (he was a recovering cancer patient). So this shit is still out there waiting for you to get feeble and vulnerable. So keep up with best practices. At this point, I'm looking into what I need to do since I haven't been stuck in a year and a half.
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The Surly Road Cycling Thread
Came from Austin, so Sunday was not bad at all except for my hangover. I really thought Sunday was going to get canceled and behaved accordingly on Saturday to my own detriment. I am really surprised Austin riders did not have a bunch of heat related issues on Saturday.
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True Detective Season 1
Also, season 2 got hammered pretty bad, but I think it was pretty good and on par with or better than season 3...just not season 1 good by a long way.
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Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here
It is, a star!
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The Surly Road Cycling Thread
MS 150 is in the books. Thanks to those who donated. Resting is over and will get back to riding tomorrow. Nasty headwind on Saturday. Completely demoralizing. Thinking of doing that Lukemia charity ride around Lake Tahoe next year. Anybody done it?
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Dog Killer, Kristi Noem
I think the actual act had little to do with anything political since it occurred before she even thought about public office. However, there was never any reason at all to disclose it, since it could be denied and never proven. Really just an unforced error or failure to read the room or worse. Killing an animal like a dog, can be a particularly brutal act when you actually have to do it or whitness it. There are many opportunities to stop and reevaluate. Different times, but I watched my grandmother execute a puppy back in the 80s for no reason other than the pound was 40 miles away and it was a stray. I was in charge of the burial. I found the deceased bound with wire on both legs with a gunshot wound to the head. Grandma was a lifelong Democrat that would give you the shirt off her back. I took it that this was not the first time this had happened since they were close to the highway and railroad out in the country of South Texas. My mother told me a story from her childhood where her two pet puppies gorged themselves on chick's when left unattended. Their punishment was to be bound up in a sack and thrown in the river by her dad. How many of us on the board whacked squirrels or birds with our pellet guns when growing up? Not me, but I'm sure many of you have and felt the appropriate amount of shame and regret at doing so, and certainly wouldn't want to disclose that to anyone. Weird things happen in the country sometimes, especially more than a few decades ago. This whole disclosure seems odd, almost to the point where I don't think we are getting the real story. At any rate, this did not go the way she thought it would.
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Rank these sitcoms
Baldwin got the Emmy for that scene. Also 30 had an incredible list of guest stars and semi regulars. Alan Alda, Rip Torn, Tim Conway, Carrie Fischer, Steve Martin, AL Gore, Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Jennifer Aniston, Bryan Cranston, NBC News crew, Betty White, all of Liz's boyfriends and Jack's girlfriends, James Franco, Jerry Seinfeld, Conan, Oprah, Paul McCartney, LL Cool J, Tom Hanks, Whoopi, Paul Giamatti, Emma Stone etc. The best ones were when the guest star played a fictional character rather than just themselves. With all the different scenarios and things going on in NYC, they could have kept that show going forever. It gets better every time I rewatch it. For comparison, I was a big fan of Lost during its run, but I have no desire to go back and watch any of it. Probably my favorite sitcom of all time with Arrested Development. To me, Modern Family and PNR were just different takes on the Office. Growing up and into my 30s, I feel really fortunate to have seen such groundbreaking sit com formats with such talented casts. MASH to Cheers to Seinfeld to The Office to Arrested Development to 30 Rock. There is a lot of great stuff in between, but the above shows reinvented the format and executed it with generational talent, writing, and timelessness.
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Rank these sitcoms
Ludachristmas was the name of the episode. Now, are you in or out of this Disney cruise?
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Worldwide Israel/Palestine War Protests Thread
Started in 1985 and the "shanty" got wrecked all the time, if you can call it that, since it looked pretty bad to begin with. The frat guys always got blamed, so I just went with that. Growing up in Austin, I went to the drag and west mall all the time, especially in high school and I don't even remember seeing the shanty then. I remember a couple of protests I had to shuffle through, but no big deal. The most annoying thing were the pamphletiers that were on campus. The Jews for Jesus guys were especially pushy. Not sure why I got the treatment. I guess it was the blond hair and blue eyes with a pagan smirk on my face that drew them in. I also remember my Antisemitism in History and Literature professor, who was Jewish, hated that group in particular based on the stupidity of the idea alone. That was a different time and I'm pretty sure the administration thought all of the South Africa stuff was cute compared to all the Vietnam protests just a few years earlier. Also, the Texas economy was in the shitter back then, so we were all just fighting to stay employed.
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Israel
Not only that, but humanitarian crisis unfolding was entirely foreseen and disclosed months ago. I know very little of the nuances in the region but could easily see what was going to happen even given the limited information that was spoon fed to me.
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Emmanuel Acho (CR)
What he has earned is a seat at the kids table. Sometimes you just need to keep quiet.
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How common is it for a president to have a "fixer"?
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Why Can't I Quit You, Austin?
New year's eve 2003, wife and I and another couple closed the place down. When we got outside, some dude and his girlfriend tried to sell us a bunch of scented candles. So random. Wife bought like $50 worth. Probably should cross post to the wives thread.
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I did not know that... trivial stuff you just learned
Don't forget Ronny.
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wtf is wrong with you Indian belly dancers?
Someone should have convinced her not to buy that tomahawk.
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¡Snek!
Noticeed Lots (5)of dead rattlesnek on the road shoulder during the MS 150 last weekend. Maybe they are chasing those fuzzy little black caterpillars.
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Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow
Alberto for me. I like how you can kind of take a break in the middle of tying it if you want to, whereas with other knots, you better not lose concentration or move a single one of your fingers, otherwise the whole thing explodes and you lose your place and start over.
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Why Can't I Quit You, Austin?
Mentioned before, but Barton Creek greenbelt for the climbing. Hey, it's not Smith Rock or Red River Gorge, but there are some cool routes in there and so close to everything.
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What the fuck is wrong with you……Gilbert, Arizona???
Welcome to my world. My two youngest boys are 16 and 18, and it has been a competition to see who can have the ugliest stupid fucking haircut for going on 3 years now.
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The movie you just watched
Just watched Another Round on Netflix last night. It won Academy for best full feature foreign film in 2020. Dark comedy staring Mads Mikkelsen about a bunch of middle aged dudes teaching in Copenhagen using alcohol to solve their problems with hilarious consequences. There is an American version in the works starring Leo DiCaprio, but I don't think it will work as well set on the US. Nice hidden gem and the womens will like it too...just like Irish Spring. Has kind of a Full Monty feel about it once it gets rolling.
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Don't know, but my twin brother got in a wreck with their lead singer back in the late 80s. It was Butthole Surfer guys fault and he didn't have insurance so he gave my brother a bunch of cash on the spot. It was just a fender bender, but my asshole brother pocketed the $ and never got the bumper fixed.
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Langorious bastard
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Would also have accepted Drowsy Don Dammit, should have looked closer above.