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Chambers, Jefferson and Orange counties are gonna be hosed. Port Arthur getting a direct hit from a Cat 4/5...you know how much petrochem infrastructure they got there? I know our boy marxalot took some extra oil work, I don’t know where, but I hope it's more west than east zoux fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Aug 27, 2020 |
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Captain Monkey posted:Houston Food Bank is an excellent charity, and I volunteer there sometimes. Just want to second this. And add in general if you are looking for local charities to donate to always look for a local food bank, they are generally on the whole not scammy and a small donation goes a long way at a food bank.
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Captain Monkey posted:Wouldn't this be a strike, not a boycott? Yeah but this is America and the S word is forbidden. Sir Tonk posted:seriously though, how can anyone listen to shapiro for more than a few seconds and take him seriously. he sounds like the most insecure nerd ever So Shapiro does this thing where he basically says the exact amount of words as a normal person would in a given amount of time, but he speaks them really rapidly and then pauses for like loving 2 seconds for dramatic emphasis/because he needs to think/because it sounds punchy/because talk fast man am clearly smart. Now, the trick is if you take him on youtube and turn the player speed down to 0.75x his voice deepens to that of a normal adult, and also he sounds like a complete loving moron. Because he is a complete loving moron with a basic knowledge of public speaking. zoux posted:Chambers, Jefferson and Orange counties are gonna be hosed. Port Arthur getting a direct hit from a Cat 4/5...you know how much petrochem infrastructure they got there? Houston Ship Channel area. I have the next few days off because shift work, and it looks like we won't get more than a little wind so I won't be called in to cover a shift. Still going to be more OT than I know what to do with later given that one of my company's larger branches out in PA probably just got wiped off the map. Also need to figure out where I can dump all this water and food I have later. Anyways I just came here to post some levity for those of us with people out east right now  
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Marxalot posted:
This would be the year of that kind of cursed storm. Just fall into it's veiny maw and surrender to despair.
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Disnesquick posted:I'll send my spare dollars that way then. Thanks for the rec, everyone. It's good that you're sending them actual cash. HFB gets much better deals on food than buying buying the paper bag filled with cans at the grocery store and dropping it in the red bin. They'll take both, but one of those contributes cash to HEB/Krogers/etc. bottom line.
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Shooting Blanks posted:It's good that you're sending them actual cash. HFB gets much better deals on food than buying buying the paper bag filled with cans at the grocery store and dropping it in the red bin. They'll take both, but one of those contributes cash to HEB/Krogers/etc. bottom line. Oh yeah, I encountered that exact same scam back in England. It's really predatory. When I was doing food-bank work back in London, the local supermarket chains went a step further and tried to get us to advertise their lovely donation programs to cash in on goodwill.
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Disnesquick posted:Oh yeah, I encountered that exact same scam back in England. It's really predatory. When I was doing food-bank work back in London, the local supermarket chains went a step further and tried to get us to advertise their lovely donation programs to cash in on goodwill. The only valid use for it I'm aware of is that it can help instill the spirit of giving into youngish children. When I was 10 or 11, I was always tasked with picking out one can to drop in the red bin when I went grocery shopping. The intent, of course, being to make me ask what I should pick, who is it for and why are we leaving it there.
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This is all second-hand from my mom but apparently SE Texas dodged a bullet. She had an insane neighbor who stayed behind and he was texting around that everyone's gonna need a rake, but no extreme damage. My folks live in the country north of I-10 around Orange, and she's been checking the local news and they say the same thing - most of the storm's fury was in Louisiana. https://twitter.com/LolaGomezC/status/1298956005490012161 Water damage is going to depend on your relative elevation of course, but compare that to Harvey zoux fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Aug 27, 2020 |
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https://twitter.com/michaelsbarajas/status/1298995848315940866 They're already letting people back into Port Arthur https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/1299008467005517824 
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zoux posted:They're already letting people back into Port Arthur
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I doubt Tebow is full qanon I think this tweet https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/1299167950558179329 Is spot on, people start off at the front thinking it's just a child sex trafficking thing, which we all naturally abhor, and then through watching more videos they get deeper down that rabbit hole. Because he's just talking about human trafficking I think ol Timmy is probably just on step one, I hope he and many other well meaning people currently getting suckered into this balk the second they see the weirder, crazier theories behind it.
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zoux posted:I doubt Tebow is full qanon I think this tweet is spot on, people start off at the front thinking it's just a child sex trafficking thing, which we all naturally abhor, and then through watching more videos they get deeper down that rabbit hole. Because he's just talking about human trafficking I think ol Timmy is probably just on step one, I hope he and many other well meaning people currently getting suckered into this balk the second they see the weirder, crazier theories behind it. I hope everyone's ready to see at least a couple famous college football figures go qanon this fall. Even if Tebow's not one of them yet, the sport skews so conservative that odds are some prominent coach or former coach/player is going to start ranting or tweeting about deep state child sex rings at some point. And I can only imagine the lunatic signs that'd be creeping into the background of College Gameday, if, you know, crowds were still a thing that could happen on ESPN. I'm a bit amazed that Mississippi State has kept a lid on Mike Leach so far, I don't think he's the type to go full Qanon but with all that's going on, his conservative leanings and propensity for saying goofy poo poo, and his higher-profile SEC gig, I'm just waiting for the moment he pops off with some nonsense and winds up in the news again.
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Oh no doubt, sports are full of conspiracy dudes. We found that out during the initial George Floyd marches when a bunch of athletes like Steven and DeSean Jackson were like "oh hell yeah we believe in a Jewish conspiracy to manipulate and control the world"
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i just realized i have been missing mike leach's antics for a long time he's like if Pop did coke
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I was driving through downtown Houston a few days ago and someone painted over the BE SOMEONE with #SAVEOURCHILDREN
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zoux posted:Oh no doubt, sports are full of conspiracy dudes. We found that out during the initial George Floyd marches when a bunch of athletes like Steven and DeSean Jackson were like "oh hell yeah we believe in a Jewish conspiracy to manipulate and control the world" oh welcome to my jewish texan childhood
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https://twitter.com/wesrap/status/1299397800669720577?s=20 I didn't think the storm was that serious but now...
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zoux posted:I doubt Tebow is full qanon I think this tweet Initially I was surprised because I used to work with teens in foster care, and some of them either ended up getting trafficked or were trafficking survivors. I thought suddenly folks cared about it. It's an extremely real problem that is totally invisible to most folks, but one that has nothing to do with any of these conspiracy theories. So I feel for anyone doing actual anti-trafficking advocacy work right now. What I have never understood is how you follow all the Epstein stuff and then assume Trump of all people has nothing to do with them - he was friends with the guy too.
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Good to know all bars can now be restaurants and that COVID knows a difference between a 51% establishment and one that isn't. Granted, I am posting this from a brewery that opened because of this rule. https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/08-26-20-tabc-loosens-covid-bar-requirements/
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:... I don’t understand either but understanding there is a problem while being extremely wrong about the causes or solutions is definitely typical of the right. E.g. Problem: People can’t get healthcare The left: The cause is the capitalist system and the solution is universal healthcare. Libs: There is no problem. The right: The cause is foreigners and minorities and the solution is facism.
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Trump was undercover you see. These people think JFK Jr is alive and involved with the movement and they even know who the guy is, the guy says that's who he is and they all believe him. Qanons didn’t reason themselves into this belief you can't ascribe reason or logic to anything they do. Trump himself could go on a 30 minute rant about how wrong they are and what losers they are and it wouldn’t touch their faith. Remember, the original conspiracy, that Mueller was working hand-in-glove with Trump under a sham inquest to expose and expunge the deep state, was obviously completely and now demonstrably false. But Qanon is stronger than ever. It's about thinking the people you hate the most are doing the most evil things imaginable and you’re somehow involved in stopping it, every thing else is details.
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zoux posted:I doubt Tebow is full qanon I think this tweet It's weird to see Trump being viewed as stopping pedophilia. Not only is he a known associate of known child peddler Epstein, Trump has bragged about seeing 15-year-old beauty contestants naked. I don't understand the level of ignorance or self-delusion needed to view Trump as a protector of children. Edit: Oops, someone already pointed this out. LLSix fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Aug 28, 2020 |
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small thread here, nothing surprising https://twitter.com/sportsguyjose/status/1298856192392015872?s=20 https://twitter.com/sportsguyjose/status/1298857157828530177?s=20 "yes, police officers shouldn't be doing mental health checks, but in this instance they totally shoulda" it would be nice if he'd gone a step further, but i guess a sheriff saying a deputy acted poorly would be a mortal sin or something https://twitter.com/sportsguyjose/status/1299080596581425159?s=20
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After having 6 months to make a plan for law graduates to be licensed through apprenticeships (and the Deans of every Texas Law School giving them a plan a month ago), the Texas Supreme Court has announced they don't have enough time to make a plan. https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1449651/deans_letter_082820.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3rwT9W07vxdek8LHaiBTyZWJvNUEcglrH0Yozo3KuRBgHferHrfZkV4jY
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Qanons have been saying that the entire Deep State and Obama Admin are going to be rounded up and put in jail ever since Trump was elected and they seriously think its just ANY DAY NOW A modern church of the subgenius
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sheriff salazar has been ok so far. hes been getting flak from the deputies cause hes clearing house of the DUI deputies. these people seem to have lost the plot imo. i have never had an issue with SAPD or BCSO. Olmos Park PD and Alamo Heights PD? Oh yeah
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i say swears online posted:of the san antonio burbs, universal city weirds me out the most hmmm why does it weird you out?
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my grandparents lived there. pretty trees in the hills but got the feeling the cops are called if the squirrels are too loud
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why is my non-alcoholic brewery struggling https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/hemp-farming-texas-cbd/
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i say swears online posted:the cops are called if the squirrels are too loud Less so than Selma or Schertz though.
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