Everything posted by bolverk
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Epstein and Maxwell
Totally forgot about that movie. All those folks lined up to see that movie about trafficking children a couple of years ago--and couldn't stop posting or talking about how awful it is--now can't be bothered to appear even a little bit upset by any of this.
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
I don't see what the problem is.
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Trump’s America
This is a guy who was born within a week of me and raised in what amounts to the Round Rock of Nashville, and he's now regurgitating the same kind of shit the old fogies in 'Dirty Dancing' bitched about, which I'm sure any normal teenager living in the suburbs made fun of when he left the theater with his date and/or friends. It's beyond pathetic how they contort themselves into this shit.
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Epstein and Maxwell
Touché. Found the original. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01656198.pdf
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
This bit sounds like creating a giant Rube Goldberg machine to drop a cube of sugar in your coffee.
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Epstein and Maxwell
Where is this from? I'm asking for a couple of reasons. First, it's pretty hard to read, and I'd like to find a higher resolution version. The second reason is that there appear to be some egregious grammatical errors, which makes me think it's much less official than the impression given by its formatting.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Buncha backslapping for shooting a woman FIVE TIMES after HE ran into her with his vehicle, also a deadly weapon. If you shoot someone FIVE TIMES, I'd say you were actively trying to kill someone. You know, attempted homicide. And, in this case, it's an Agent of the State shooting a woman FIVE TIMES after HE ran into her. Yes, we have supposed fans of small government going all in on, and cheering on, an Agent of the State doing the most big government thing possible: trying multiple times to take the life of a US citizen. Got anything to add, @ChickenSandwich or are you too much of a ChickenShit? A Border Patrol commander congratulated the agent who shot a Chicago woman Shortly after a Border Patrol agent shot a 30-year-old Chicago woman five times, Gregory Bovino, who was leading the federal government’s immigration raids across the city, reached out to offer his congratulations. “In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much yet left to do!!” he wrote to the agent. The email is part of a trove of evidence relating to the Oct. 4 shooting of Marimar Martinez, a teacher’s assistant and U.S. citizen, that was released by federal prosecutors on Tuesday night. The material was assembled when the government was pursuing a now-defunct criminal case against Ms. Martinez, alleging that she used her car to assault federal agents and prevent them from enforcing immigration laws in Chicago amid widespread protests. Prosecutors dropped the charges after lawyers for Ms. Martinez, who survived the shooting, raised concerns about the preservation of evidence. Her lawyers then asked the judge to release evidence gathered during the criminal case, arguing that because the government had branded her a “domestic terrorist,” Ms. Martinez deserved a chance to clear her name. Coming after a string of shootings by federal agents, including the killings of two protesters in Minnesota, the materials offer a moment-by-moment window into the violence that has accompanied President Trump’s attempt to forcibly overhaul immigration enforcement in U.S. cities. The email from Mr. Bovino is among a series of text messages sent by Charles Exum, the agent who shot Ms. Martinez, and other federal agents. Mr. Exum appears to have taken a screenshot of Mr. Bovino’s email and texted it to a family member. On the day of the shooting, Mr. Exum wrote in a text message that “she was trying to run me over.” “I did what I had to do to save my life,” he later testified, also telling the court that “the group of agents that I’m friends with” texted as a part of “relieving stress.” The newly released texts show Mr. Exum’s messages quickly became filled with backslapping and boasts after the shooting. In one text, a colleague called him “a legend among agents.” “Damn!!” wrote another. “I leave for a few weeks and it turns into Iraq.” Mr. Bovino and a spokesman for D.H.S. did not respond to requests for comment. The White House referred questions to D.H.S. and the Justice Department. In the evidence released on Tuesday are three videos that show the interior of Mr. Exum’s S.U.V. in the moments leading up to the collision with Ms. Martinez, who was following his vehicle. She has said she was honking her horn and shouting “La migra,” the Spanish term for immigration authorities. In a statement on the day of the shooting, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said that Ms. Martinez had “rammed” federal agents. In court, Mr. Exum said the collision was “side to side.” One of the videos shows that agents inside the S.U.V. had their weapons drawn before the collision. “It’s time to get aggressive,” one can be heard saying. “Because they’re trying to box us in.” “We’re gonna make contact and we’re boxed in,” said another. A few seconds later, the video shows Mr. Exum turning the steering wheel sharply to the left. The vehicle appears to shake from an impact and stop. Mr. Exum jumps out, and the video captures the sound of five gunshots. Also included in the release were photographs of the Chevrolet Tahoe that Mr. Exum was driving, the bloody interior of Ms. Martinez’s Nissan Rogue and the bloodstained floor of an auto shop where Ms. Martinez drove after the shooting. There were photographs of a handgun she carried in her purse and did not remove during the incident, and a federal form identifying her as its lawful buyer. In a statement, Ms. Martinez’s attorney, Christopher V. Parente, criticized federal prosecutors for their unannounced release of the material, calling it a “misguided attempt to take the sting out of just how damaging it is to the government.” In court, Mr. Parente has repeatedly called on the administration to retract its characterization of his client as a “domestic terrorist,” a label that officials have also applied to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the two protesters killed by federal agents in Minnesota. Mr. Exum testified in court that he had been with the Border Patrol for more than 20 years, and was assigned to a station in Maine, near the U.S.-Canada border, before being assigned to temporary duty in Chicago as part of Operation Midway Blitz, the administration’s effort to surge forces into the city. In another text message sent after he shot Ms. Martinez, he appears to claim that Mr. Bovino passed along kudos from the highest levels of the executive branch. “Are they supportive?” asked another member of the group text thread. “Big time,” Mr. Exum responded. “Everyone has been including Chief Bovino, Chief Banks, Sec Noem and El Jefe himself … according to Bovino.” Mr. Bovino was reassigned from his role as the frontline “commander at large” after the administration shifted its immigration surge effort from Chicago to Minneapolis, where there were two fatal shootings of protesters. Since the Oct. 4 shooting, Ms. Martinez has given an interview to “60 Minutes” and spoken before congressional Democrats on Capitol Hill. “Prior to this recent war on immigrants,” she said, “we were a country where law enforcement acted lawfully and appropriately with respect for all human life.” Mr. Parente said she planned to attend Mr. Trump’s next State of the Union address, which is scheduled for later this month.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
Watching a movie where cars are making tight turns on gravel/dirt/caliche roads, and they add in audio of tires screeching on pavement.
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RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
I am become DEATH!!!
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Texas -- a failed state
Let me quote myself:
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Trump/MAGA has ruined sports
Patriots: "Let's make sure we keep up this cool place and decent system that's so fucking awesome errbody wants to get here." MAGA without recognizing the inherent irony of their motto: "Let's fuck shit up so that no one wants to come here."
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Texas -- a failed state
I'll add one other observation, referencing one of @Bozo_Casanova's pet political theories is that, regardless of policy, you want to have the most interesting candidate in the field. Maybe that gets more to what being a "populist" really is all about. I dunno what the hell to think.
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Texas -- a failed state
Sorry to get a little surly - case of the Mondays. Thanks for the heads-up on the poll. There are some real surprises, at least to me, in there. The first is that she is in the lead against Talarico, but it also says she matches up better against Paxton than Talarico. Apparently, she polls better than Talarico across all demographic groups except for white voters and those with advanced degrees. In other words, she's perceived as the populist candidate (except on the left), which is all the rage these days. Maybe the fact that she performs better than Talarico against Paxton is an indication that she could get out the vote better among those who tend not to get engaged. I dunno, just spitballin'. Here's the poll: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/texas-senate-race-poll-paxton-crockett-talarico-cornyn-2026-primary/ Edit: Oh, a third big surprise is that she has a pretty big lead among Hispanics against Talarico.
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Texas -- a failed state
Can you at least provide a link before prejudging those of us who have not yet done our job? In other words, all of us.
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
I mean, at this point, the only conclusion is that it’s gotta be institutional knowledge among a certain cadre of that agency that shit's gotta stay covered up since they had a case file on Epstein for at least 20+ years, if not much longer.
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Post a pic that makes you lol
Algorithms, man. Any cuss word or one that implies violence gets down-whatevered by the software math, so if you wanna take a meme/video viral, you self-censor to trick the machines. I don't get it, though, because won't they learn? Edit: It's funny, though, we've all seen memes/videos with cuss words and violence (implied or otherwise). I'm guessing it's because those things going viral is driven by actual humans, and maybe this self-censoring stuff is because some people know that shit often goes viral BECAUSE of the algorithm feeding bots. I dunno. Just a high theory. Edit edited: So, maybe the moral of the story--either way--is to avoid accounts that do that stuff because you've realized that it's posting whatever it is for attention. Wait, then again, don't we all post for attention? Am I posting for attention? Jeezus.
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Tulsi Gabbard
You should watch that show you asked about that I already can't recall. I'm thinking about checking out Falling Skies, an alien invasion show I've never heard of, that stars Noah Wiley. Sounds cheesy, but I've already caught up on the main stuff from today's Olympics.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
I get what you're saying, but "I want..." makes you sound like Veruca Salt, demanding snozzberries be brought to you immediately. Just go with the softer, more polite, "I'd like..." so as not to sound like a spoiled brat in a high chair with a napkin stuffed in the front of your collar.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I've only stayed one night in each during trips back and forth from Colorado over the years. No strong opinion here, but in Dalhart, you gotta listen to trains all night. Besides that, I feel like the other differentiator is that Dumas, being a bit bigger, has slightly better food options on the main drag through town. Geniunely curious why you consider Dalhart the better option, though I do wonder how they ended up with a dang Which Wich franchise in a gas station. Usually, I'm just trying to blast through as quickly as I can, though.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
It's obviously still flat as a pancake when you get down to Lubbock, but it's all cotton farms from Lubbock on south. Where I'm at (about 100 miles south of Lubbock), the cotton farms generally give way to a scrubby range land dominated by mesquite, cedar (technically ashe juniper), a bunch of different types of cacti, and lots of pumpjacks. Basically, it's where the plains meet the desert. In my particular corner of West Texas, the landscape is dominated by the 200-to 300-foot-tall outcrops along the northern edge of the Edwards Plateau, making a clean break from the High Plains.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
Sounds like you've been passing through the Panhandle, which does have a strong Midwest vibe. Really, anything north of Lubbock does.