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Weekend Open Comments

For years, no one believed an apparently drunk man who said he didn’t drink any alcohol.

He’d become prone to falls, displayed “brain fog and aggressive behavior” and was even arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, all while swearing he hadn’t touched a drop of booze.

His family, his doctors and police were convinced he was a closet drinker.

The truth was much stranger: the 46-year-old man’s body had begun producing its own alcohol in his gut whenever he ate carbohydrates — a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome.

That could save me a lot of money.

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179 responses to “Weekend Open Comments”

  1. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Someone just sent me the o/c article and viola, here it is as the opening feature on the couch.
    I’m taking care of my 3 year old grandson again today while his mother goes to MBA school at Rice. His father and mother are in the process of the big D and I don’t mean Dallas. The father and the south side of a north bound pig with diahrea have a whole lot in common.

    I don’t much care for him.

  2. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo

    Breaking Faux News Alert.

    The whistleblower has been identified and preliminary reports say it’s Harvey the Rabbit.

    The Schifty Schitter was caught on camera talking to his invisible friend during a beer bong break in their Stalinesque peel the impeach meetings.

  3. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I made chili last night and now I am having some with fried eggs. Yummy.

  4. #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE Avatar
    #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE

    I made chili last night and now I am having some with fried eggs. Yummy.

    Stand clear everyone.

     

  5. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  Nothing to say, but I just felt obligated to post on the new thread.

  6. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    RV dave is building as a surprise for the crazy granny.

  7. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Con’t.
    The Texas Permanent School Fund provides X percent of the money to fund public schools, which is mandated by the Constitution of this State.
    The Fund is substantially funded from oil/gas royalties from mineral rights retained by the State of Texas.

    I haven’t researched this particular amendment yet. But if they are trying to expand the amount of available money from the earned interest on the fund (when available), I would be a supporter.
    Use the money as mandated instead of having it sit around in banks or other investments.

  8. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    … cuz the problems with HISD is that they don’t have enough money. And Katy ISD needs to build a $1 billion sports megaplex to remain competitive.

  9. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    That money can only be used for public school funding. Forever. Period.

    What is the point of letting it sit there, funding multiple contract money managers’ retirement funds and Mercedes?

  10. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    That’s fine. But, at the very least, stop raising my school taxes every freaking year.

  11. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Your local school taxes are a local issue.
    The more money the state contributes, the less pressure on local taxes.

  12. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Not less enough to keep my taxes from increasing. If this amendment gave HISD 5 billion more a year do you think our taxes would go down in a commensurate manner? Give them more money they will spend more money and students will be just as dumb. How about dedicating it to vouchers for school choice?

  13. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Or give it back to property owners as a rebate on their school taxes.

  14. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    How about dedicating it to vouchers for school choice?

    Still holding out hope for vouchers in Texas? Pfffth.
    Not me. It’s never going to happen. Those legislators who claim support for vouchers have repeatedly been proven to be liars.

  15. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Yup, it’s like expecting more money to improve schools.

  16. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Or give it back to property owners as a rebate on their school taxes.

    Private property owners have no claim on that money. You’d never make through the front door of the Texas Supreme Court with that case. The roars of laughter would be heard in Giddings.

  17. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Whose money is it?

  18. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Wildcats are eating pony today.

  19. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If there are any sacred cows still left in this State, numbers 1 & 2 are the Permanent School Fund and the Permanent University Fund.

    Doubtful that even apocalypse will change that.

  20. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Whose money is it?

    Why, the school chilrens of Texas, of course.

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    OU is having some problems on the prairie.

  22. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    From yesterday.
    Texmo #62

    Didn’t this one have to do with the State of Texas’ precious metal assets?

    No.

    What would Proposition 9 do?
    Proposition 9 would allow the legislature to exempt precious metal held in precious metal depositories from property taxation.[1] Approval of Proposition 9 would also enact House Bill 2859 (HB 2859), the legislation exempting precious metal held in precious metal depositories from property taxation. HB 2859 would define precious metals as a metal, “including gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium,” that “bears a high value-to-weight ratio” and “customarily is formed into bullion or specie.”[2] A precious metals depository is a facility where people can store their precious metals. The facilities often charge a fee based on the value of the stored metals and provide security and insurance.[3]

    Some are worried that when Texas turns Blue, the Dems will try to Tax your stored precious metals.

  23. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If you store your gold bullion in a croaker sack in the garage – like Squawk – this wont affect you anyway.

  24. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Shannon can you comment on Prop #2 Constitutional Amendment? What types of projects would this money go towards?

    Haven’t studied it yet.

  25. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Wonderful Fall day the way it should be with a morning low of 49 here and now a pleasant 62. Our ravaged pecan trees covered in those evil web worm webs are putting out new leaves, and the wind is pulling the remains of the webs off the branches. Still bunches of them to be removed, but it’s satisfying to see them dried up on the ground. And I can’t resist stomping on some of them on the driveway on the way to the mailbox.

    The Badgers are having a very bad day at Ohio State right now. When spouse and I were attending UW-Madison in the 60s, Ohio State University was essentially the unspoken farm club for the NFL. Apparently nothing has changed….

  26. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This is a list of projects from 2014 which illustrates the type of projects that the Texas Water Development Board helps to fund.

    https://texasfarmbureau.org/twdb-approves-for-water-projects/

  27. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #21 – What about those of us who bought precious metals but lost them in unfortunate series of boating accidents on Galveston Bay?  Will we be exempted from the new tax.

  28. #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE Avatar
    #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE

    Quid Pro Moe.

  29. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    There are 15 people running to replace Farrar the Impaler in District 148. 13 of them are Democrats.

  30. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Ponies woke up a bit. Less than 2 minutes left. No time outs. 10 points down. Can they do it?

  31. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hey, we have a weekend thread! Thanks, Hamous.
    Oh and Mornin’ Afternoon Gang

  32. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    72 and cloudy, when I got up. It started drizzling around 10 and stopped about 30 minutes ago, ¼” of rain so far. The sun is shinning now, but we’re supposed to have this rain off and on through tomorrow night. Since the weather was iffy, I made the mistake of heading down to the BIG City about 9 AM, what a Zoo! But I got a nice deer stand at Academy and then hit the bread store, since I was there.

  33. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Onside kick goes to Kansas State.

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Wow. First OU road loss in five years.

  35. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Seeing on weather forecast that today would be best chance for completely dry day, I opted to mow the back yard.  Even spent some time behind the garage, where plants that spread out of the neighbor’s yard take over every couple of years. It hurt me to mow down some morning glory vines in purple bloom, but I did it anyway. Also used loppers and pruned back several lantana bushes, got it looking really nice back there.

  36. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Oklabama QB couldn’t pull it off.

  37. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    As usual, I’ve been busy and not keeping up, but the wife rolled in on Tuesday and had a big bowl of my world famous, leftover Chili and declared it mighty fine, but she WAS stuck in Friendswood for a couple of weeks. The boy’s schedule has ramped up and he is closing on the new house on the eighth of November, so the movers are coming next week and my wife is flying out of PC Beach on Wednesday morning, her and daughter-in-law are making a road trip from Friendswood Texas to Moorpark California, with the two granddaughters. It sounds like a lot of fun to me, except, that the girls would wear me out the first day.

  38. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Also used loppers and pruned back several lantana bushes,

    Keel it! Nasty stuff.

  39. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh and Have Y’all seen this?!
    President Trump receives Justice award during SC visit.
    Rush mentioned it yesterday. SO, Trump gets an award from 20 black Republicans and 20 black Democrats for his reaching across the aisle to fix, so called criminal justice. BUT WAIT, there is more! Every one of the Democrats that are running for president are going to be there to SUCK UP present their case for the Black vote! As my daughter said when she heard this; You can’t Make This S#!T up! TOO DAMN FUNNY!!!!!
    Disclaimer: Please disregard if this has been discussed, as I’ve not been here since yesterday morning. :winK;

  40. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    lantana bushes,

    I’ll see your Lantana bushes and raise you “Kudzu” “Privet Hedge”!

  41. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My #40, after I mowed most of the Kudzu behind the farm house on Thursday, I trimmed back a huge cedar and murdered a couple of Mimosa’s at the head of the pond yesterday.

  42. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Please disregard if this has been discussed, as I’ve not been here since yesterday morning. :winK; 😉

    Typing too fast and NOT proofreading,…Edit button goes away after 5 minutes. BUT Not complaining.

  43. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    One more thing before I head out, you will not see any reporting of my #39 on the Lamestream Media,……. ~SPITS~

  44. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Tigers vs Tigers. I’m going with the Tigers.

  45. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Based on hysterical historical precent with state and local school taxes I am detecting some really big problems.

    That money can only be used for public school funding. Forever. Period.

    When the Hardy toll Road was proposed over thirty years ago we were promised by the politicians that as soon as the toll road was paid off the toll would be dropped.  2 years ago the politicians and the toll road authoritah declared there was no way the tolls were going away so the tolls can used to make more toll ways.  I remember reading that some proffessor calculated that Houston alone collected enough fuel taxes, car taxes and fees “specifically ear marked for roads to pave the whole 600 sq miles of Harris county times over.  Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    During Rick Perry’s first couple years as gov a tax at the sports retail level was levied for the maintaining of state parks and wild life management areas.  We were promised that that tax would go for the these “vital resources” forever, period.  Yet state parks continue to decline in maintenance for lack of funding.  Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    Although it has since been denied we the people were promised that fees collected form the lottery were to go to school funding and how our taxes should decrease over time.  Even if we were not promised that where does all that money go? Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    Your local school taxes are a local issue.
    The more money the state contributes, the less pressure on local taxes.

    The money the state contributes is from local taxes.  The government can only generate revenue from taxes and fees.  That argument falls flat on its face. Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    The Texas Permanent School Fund provides X percent of the money to fund public schools, which is mandated by the Constitution of this State.
    The Fund is substantially funded from oil/gas royalties from mineral rights retained by the State of Texas.

    Again a fee form the public largesse.  The state cannot reap any fees from what they maintain til the state leases the land for drilling rights.  Simple economics dictates that the compaies be they wild catters or giants like Exxon puchase the leases as a debit on the thri balance sheet and then those costs are passed eventiually on to the consumer.  Show me the numbers on the lock box “fund”. Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    I haven’t researched this particular amendment yet. But if they are trying to expand the amount of available money from the earned interest on the fund (when available), I would be a supporter.
    Use the money as mandated instead of having it sit around in banks or other investments.

    Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    Whose money is it?

    and

    If there are any sacred cows still left in this State, numbers 1 & 2 are the Permanent School Fund and the Permanent University Fund.

    Doubtful that even apocalypse will change that.

    It belongs to the people of the state of Texas.  The only sacred cow in austion is the so called “Rainy Day Fund”.  It is the only earmarked funds that may exist on the balance sheet.  Hmmmm I wonder where the interest is on that account.  There is none.  The rainy day fund is a set aside on the balance sheet. Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

    That’s fine. But, at the very least, stop raising my school taxes every freaking year.

    One of the funniest promises for new schools is the no new taxes promises.  Okay, the city/county builds schools with bond funding.  I would venture to guess that a very small percentage of voters have any idea how much the school is going to cost.  Nor do they consider that maybe what is being proposed is over priced.  And then there is the utilities, upkeep and wages that must be met and those fees are always ever expanding outside the scope of the original bonds to fund these modern day Taj Mahals.  Conroe had to have a referendum on bonds to fund repairing the main school’s roof that had leaked for 10 years.  Did I mention that Conroe raised taxes to make those repairs?  The repairs were made and the tax?  Well it is still being collected.

    And I have one personal gripe.  I ain’t got no kids, I ain’t never put kids through school here in Texas yet I get dinged hard for the “privilege” of living here.  I want to punch anyone that tells me crap that I should be grateful for living in this great country in the world.  Well I am grateful, but I am damn tired of paying confiscatory taxes at the local level because stupid people vote.

    Or give it back to property owners as a rebate on their school taxes.

    Private property owners have no claim on that money.

    It was property owners that funds the states ownership of leases etc.  State and local governments can only be stewards of what the people have taken form them.   What scares the crap out of me is the amount of people that think/believe the all money belongs to the government first and they allow us to keep so much of it.

    (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED).

    I vote no on all bond proposals, building projects, taxation schemes etc.  If the promise is made to earmark funds for a project or whatever I always vote against it.  in the long run we end up paying more than what was promised to be taken away from us initially.  State and local funds belong to the people no matter where it comes from and Did I mention that all fees, funds and taxes collected go into a general fund?

  46. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    If you store your gold bullion in a croaker sack in the garage – like Squawk – this wont affect you anyway.

    Hey, don’t tell everybody.

  47. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Just got back from a small road trip to Freeport. Hubby had friended some guy who belongs to a motorcycle group called the “Warriors”. They also have patches that say “Bikers for Charity” so I suppose they’re okay. I talked to one about BACA and he said he knew of the group and highly approved their mission.

    I dragged my tired butt out of bed earlier than I wanted so I could meet Hubby and this group at a place in Alvin, from which place we departed to go to some little market in Freeport where the local Knights of Columbus were hosting a barbecue fundraiser in the parking for breast cancer awareness.

    A guy in the Knights is the brother of the guy that Hubby had made friends with.

    It was a beautiful day to get out. It’s been a long time since I’ve taken time off to get out on a pretty day and not feel guilty about the workload back home. I still have work to do, but I don’t feel quite so crushed by it. I thoroughly enjoyed the barbecue and the sunshine. Now I’m back home and doing some housework and listening to KSBJ on the radio. And checking in the the Couch. Gotta remember my priorities.

  48. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yeah. We were on the bottom.

  49. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #48

    Sorry.

    RE: Weekend powerline pics

    So great! The milk case had me laughing out loud. And a few others.

  50. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I’ve already defeated the wealth grabbers by converting all of mine into old camping gear.

     

    That’ll show ’em.

  51. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Purple Baylor wants steak for dinner.

    Roll Toad!

  52. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Just in case anyone got confused by your magnificent diatribe….I stand by my original statement about the Permanent School Fund.

    That money can only be used for public school funding. Forever. Period.

    You can have all the time you want to disprove it. You damn sure haven’t so far, Sir.

  53. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    A good sign that you had a “gut brewery” would be copious amounts of gas coming from both ends. When Brewers yeast eats sugars, and carbs are broken down into sugars, the end products are ethanol and CO2. That CO2 has to go somewhere. . . . .

  54. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Tough day for opponents of purple teams.

  55. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    You can have all the time you want to disprove it. You damn sure haven’t so far, Sir.

    Okie dokie you show me.  I done had my say and it has been proven time and again that in Texas all funds collected/generated go into a general fund.  There ain’t no lock box for any funded or unfunded mandates either.

  56. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    It belongs to the people of the state of Texas.

    B-b-b-bingo

  57. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The only thing I’m unclear on is where all fees, funds and taxes collected go.

  58. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    FICA money collected through payroll taxes can only be used for social security retirement payouts and Medicare. Forever. Period. Those programs will never be insolvent.

    [edited]

  59. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #6 Pyro,…. 😀

  60. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    When the power is out, and the wild fires are approaching, guess what doesn’t work?  That’s right, emergency alert systems.  No lights, no TV.  Cell towers need power.  Radio broadcasters need power.  Warning sirens need power.  Someone should have thought about that.  https://ktla.com/2019/10/26/pitch-black-victims-describe-terror-of-escaping-tick-fire-during-power-outage-in-santa-clarita-foothills/

    The Dems in Calif don’t care if their citizens die apparently.  Guess what, not many other people do either.

    And just to repeat, which can’t be said too many times, Pooooooooooooorrr Texas.

  61. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Enough of this frivolous behavior now.  It’s time to get a serious game face on and pull the Astros through to another win in an effort to tie the series.  So they are going to need all the back home support they can get.  Game face officially now on.

  62. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I vote no on all bond proposals, building projects, taxation schemes etc

    Always.

    I’ve always had a weakness for lost causes once they’re really lost. ~ Rhett Butler

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This ain’t Social Security.
    This ain’t FICA.
    This ain’t the Federal Budget.
    This ain’t the state Lotto.

    This is the State Of Texas PSF and the PUF, by God.

    I am right and you are incorrect.

    Sorry, not sorry.

  64. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    And just to repeat, which can’t be said too many times, Pooooooooooooorrr Texas.

    Blue Texas will be indistinguishable from Blue California.

  65. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Where your Texas taxes and fees go at.

    If ya wanna know where the moneys went at……. here yay go.

    Shannon

    I had no intent of urinating you off.  Yes the law is on the books that those funds are sposed to go to the educatin stuff.  If anyone is watching (I doubt it) if asked all the liege have to say is “X” amount came from that revenue source.  Okay you win.

    My point is this ;back in the LST DAYS we covered the much ballyhooed move by Rick Perry to toss all funds into a general pile to get around that very situation.  I can’t prove it because LST IS GONE, but I wrote the story on the taxes collected from sports stores to support Texas parks etc.  In fact it was that issue that brought the general fund to the forefront.  If memory serves there were a couple other front pagers that addressed related issues, and of course allowed us to lampoon Austin and Perry.

    Hey it is all good.  Austin and Washington get our money, I vote against just about everything and we still pay higher school taxes every year.  I wouldn’t take that money back from Austin anyway.  It would prolly put me in a higher tax bracket and I would be paying more to the Fed.

  66. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    GEAUX ASTREAUXS

  67. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I’ll allow that PSF and PUF monies do not go into the general fund.

    But that wasn’t my original point anyway

  68. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    By the way, the PUF can only be distributed to two state universities. Guess which ones.

  69. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Hammie’s #68 shoots a whole in my general fund argument
    Sort of

     

  70. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    I surrender

    G’night y’all. I got mo impotent tangs to do like watch baseball. The season will end soon and there won’t be squat to watch. So I better watch it while I got it. Oh and it is time for my P.M. fine Cuban cigar.

  71. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #38 Hammie

    Keel it! Nasty stuff.

    I dunno, I like Lantana, and I know that Treesearch Farms, a wholesale plant source dedicated to native plants, carries several species of Lantana.

     

  72. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Hammie’s #68 shoots a whole in my general fund argument

    I remember this because there was a minor scandal back in 2009 when it came to light that the fund managers were given performance bonuses despite the fund losing substantial value. The argument was that they didn’t lose as much value as the overall stock market so the bonuses were deserved.

  73. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    So the PUF was specifically established and all pay outs from the fund by law goes to two colleges huh?

    technically is not state budget items to be planned on.  That makes me and Shannon right.

    I love it when we can have a happy ending.

  74. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    71

    It’s evil if you live on a farm or ranch. It’s toxic to livestock. My grandfather called it Cowkiller, not lantana.

    I imagine it’s related to bad childhood memories but the smell of lantana literally makes me nauseous. Whenever I got into trouble, which was quite often, my punishment was to pull up lantana from the treeline and pull crotalaria from the pastures.

    By the time I left home the two species of toxic plants were extinct from the property. They have not returned to this day. Unfortunately for my baby sister, she was left with removing prickly pears as punishment.

  75. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Money is fungible. If you have $5 billion dedicated to the Permanent Education Fund, that’s $5 Billion you don’t have to pull from the General Fund and now you can spend that $5 Billion on awarding the concrete contracts for toll roads to your biggest campaign contributor—

  76. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m not urinated off in the least.

    Go ask Senator Kolkhorst or your buddy Dan or anyone who has ever worked on a Texas budget if in their wildest dreams (or on their best acid trip) if they ever considered PSF or PUF funds to be available for general fund expenditures.

  77. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yes, Virginia, those weirdos in Texas have a couple of lock boxes.

  78. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I can’t believe that there is any discussion about which pocket the State of Texas is carrying certain funds around in.  This is money managed by politicians, and they can make it appear and disappear at will.  There should never, ever, under any circumstance, be any fund(s) out there whose management is not overseen by the legislature.  Money paid by students at UT to go to school does not go into the general fund of the state of Texas.  Rather, that money is pooled with money from other sources, funds, legislative grants, ad infitum, to pay for the operations of UT.  If UT needs more money that it generates from these sources, it goes to the legislature.  But, fishing and hunting license sales do go into the general fund and are not managed by the people who use those funds – they have to go to the legislature for all their money.  Point is this, as was pointed out earlier, if the school is getting money from one fund, that is less money that another fund is going to have to pony up for.  Social Security used to be carried in a separate fund by the US, but since it was running a surplus, the politicians discovered they could incorporate it into their budget and show a reduction the overall deficit  without changing anything.  If I’m not mistaken, all the state supported colleges share in the wealth generated by the oil properties in the Permian Basin – obviously some a great deal more than others.

    Go Stros.

    Then they found out that while they could not actually spend these surplus funds however they wanted to, they could “borrow” money from these funds to spend as they wanted. So don’t ever think a “fund” is raid proof – it’s not.

  79. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    As to public referendum(s), my default vote is always “no”  But I understand they are catching up to people like me and have one of establishing a state income tax that is written in such a manner that you must vote “yes” if you oppose a state income tax.  Check it out and don’t let yourself get fooled.  If so, it may be the first time I’ve ever voted yes on a referendum item.

  80. #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE Avatar
    #iTsAnOrWeLlIaNuNiVeRsE

    The general fund is the one our overlords generally steal from to buy new houses and cars and for also spending wild nights at the t*t bars.

    That’s why it’s called the general fund.

    Then they retire multi-millionaires knowing the money will never be accounted for since they own your home via property tax and can take it from you shall you get too curious.

     

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    68 Hammie
    You are correct.
    Every Texas Legislature since 1876 has let stand the State Constitutional provision (Permanent University Fund) to support the two big state universities.

    This was Texas – not back East. Where the Methodists, the Catholics, the billionaire robber barons of oil and finance endowed the Ivy League and other great universities.

    Give me a break.

  82. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    My point was none of the money can go to any other STATE university. There are more than two public universities in Texas.

  83. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Dangit Astros took out UrKitty and brought in James.  I like James but the boy can get a bit wild.

  84. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Looks like the Vols have awakened from their slumber. I’m glad the Gators have already played them this year.

  85. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Bubye James.  Here comes Harris

  86. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #82 – Don’t forget to look at that last word “System.”  That means the money can go to schools in the UT System and the ATM System.  Those include several smaller schools around the state, but do not include the Texas Tech System, North Texas State System, Texas State System, and UH system.  They are working on another fund for these schools.

  87. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    There are more than two public universities in Texas.

    Poor UH, UNT, TT, and TXState. It’s a shame how the taxpayers of Texas ignore them.

  88. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Here’s an interesting Tweet sent out by the President a few minutes ago:

    Donald J. Trump

    @realDonaldTrump

    ·
    57m

    Something very big has just happened!

  89. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Do you have any idea how old you are? THIS is how old you are.

    Yes, they are collectible now. Nobody makes them anymore—

    If anybody has one of these rolling around in a drawer or closet, I need one.

    Why?

    Because I have one from the 1930s and all it needs to get working is the spring in the bottom, and they don’t sell the others in the Dollah Stoh, or anywhere else for that matter, that I can buy for a buck three fiddy and rip the spring out of it.

    Getting old ain’t for sissys.

     

  90. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Grand Slam baby!!!!

  91. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Grand Slam – Bregman.

  92. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Something very big has just happened!

    I think we killed ISIS leader al Baghdadi.

  93. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/10/26/untitled-n2555405

  94. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Something big!

    A U.S. Army official briefed on the results of the operation told Newsweek that Baghdadi was killed in the raid.

  95. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I don’t think that’s the “big announcement” because it came out about the same time as the Trump tweet.

     

  96. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Guess one of y’all early risers can score the #100 in the morning, me, I’m for beddy bye. Nite, y’all.

     

  97. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    1995 is considered vintage now?

  98. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Some of you may remember Les Miles, former football coach at LSU who is so crazy that even the Coon Azzez sent him packing.  Well, he landed a job at Kansas, which is one school that probably as hapless as Rice has been over the past several years.  Tonight, Kansas plays Texas Tech, and you have to see the finish to believe it.  https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/watch-kansas-defeats-texas-tech-after-red-raiders-clumsily-fumble-away-blocked-field-goal-attempt/

  99. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    It looks like the ASTROS are going to even up the series. Next team to win 2 wins

  100. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    WTH: HUNNERT!
    ASTROS WIN 8-1

  101. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Go Stros.  Night all.

  102. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    It appears Lil Kim doesn’t like being out of the spotlight.

  103. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     Hamous says:
    OCTOBER 26, 2019 AT 10:35 PM

    1995 is considered vintage now?

    It fits the definition. 25-50 years old is vintage, over 50 is antique, at least on Ebay.

    The problem is that sometime between 1995 and today, they appraently stopped making incandescent flashlights. I thought I could just go down to the dollar store and buy a dollar flashlight to get the dang spring out of it so I could fix up the antique I paid $15.00 for (I bought two for $30, one worked as soon as I put batteries in it). Now it looks like of I want to turn my $15 flashlight into one that I can sell for $20 because it works I have to spend $12 to get a 10 cent part—–

  104. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If anybody has one of these rolling around in a drawer or closet, I need one.

    I don’t think I have one.
    I think I was seven when I figured out that Eveready batteries sucked.

  105. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Gang

  106. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I was researching the Shihl site for a bigger chainsaw and stumbled across a very good article on E15 and E10, actually, Stihl of course, doesn’t recommend E10 but says it is OK to use it, just remember to not leave it in your tank for a long time. I only use ethanol free gas in all my equipment. The article from Forbes; Ten Reasons To Care That E15 Ethanol Is On The Way To Your Gas Station.
    Nothing in this article is new to me but out of all the bullet points, I liked this one the best;

    E15 Mandate Exemplifies Out-of-Control Government:

    The E15 mandate, in fact the RFS in general, represents a basic government violation of American free market tenants by favoring one industry over another. As Circuit Judge Kavanaugh wrote in his dissenting opinion: “When an agency illegally regulates an entity’s competitor in a way that harms the entity-for example, by loosening regulation on the competitor-we have said that the entity has Article III standing to challenge the allegedly illegal regulation…Here, EPA’s E15 waiver loosens a prohibition on gasoline and ethanol producers and thereby harms entities such as the food group that directly compete with gasoline and ethanol producers in the upstream market for purchase of corn.”

    Judge Kavanaugh went on to say: “Before the E15 mandate, petroleum producers likely could not meet the requirement set by the statutory renewable fuel mandate. Now that EPA has allowed E15 onto the market, producers likely can meet the renewable fuel mandate-but they must produce E15 in order to do so…In the real world, does the petroleum industry have a realistic choice not to use E15 and still meet the statutory renewable mandate? The answer is no, and the intervenor Growth Energy’s claim to the contrary seems rooted in fantasy.”

    By all means RTWDT!

  107. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Beware of ethanol gasoline.

  108. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I was researching the Stihl site for a bigger chainsaw

    That is the most Dave thing you’ve ever said here Dave.

  109. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    😀

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How close are we to peak dave?

  111. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #108. I’ve been drooling over the Stihl Farm Boss, MS 391, it is a 64 CC, 4-½ horse powerhouse with a 3/8″ chain on a 20″ bar. It seems a good choice, since it is considerably more powerful than my MS 271 and for a little less than $600 bucks a very good buy. If you click on the page, hit the Specifications tab, I can’t get it to link to that page.
    FWIW; Farm Boss, MS 271 does a real good job and I’m happy with it.

  112. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #103 Sarge, my grandmother had a flashlight just like that one, except it had a convex lens to disperse the light into a wide area as opposed to a tight beam, this was for use in the house. It is the only Homart flashlight that I’ve ever seem and that is kinda’ odd, since Sears sold them.

  113. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I found it! It has a “Walleye Lens”.

  114. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The starting QB for the Atlanta Falcons today is … Matt Schaub.

  115. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About the Sears and Throwback catalog, my grandfather had an old Sears side Hammer, single shot, shotgun that looked a lot like this one.

  116. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    A flashlight museum.

  117. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     Hamous says:
    OCTOBER 27, 2019 AT 10:22 AM

    A flashlight museum.

     

    That’s where I started my research on the proper flashlight for the late 1930s.

    Got the Homart for inside the tent and around the campsite, and this one for walking around at night.

  118. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    The starting QB for the Atlanta Falcons today is … Matt Schaub.

    He’s came full circle.

  119. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I thought David Carr hung around as we’ll until recently, but he’s been done since 2012.

    Well, actually was done way before that lol.

  120. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  Sorry to be so late reporting in but I was busy until all hours last night monitoring the progress on the ISIS raid going on in Syria.  Looking at some of the photos and stuff it appears to have been a pretty big deal.  I also think it shows a great deal about what’s going on in American politics that the President enlisted the help (or at least notified) the Russians, the Turks, the Kurds, etc. of an operation to be carried out; but he did not notify members of Congress until after the fact – publically stating that he feared leaks that would lead to US casualties.  And he’s probably right.  Nancy could find no good in the exercise which took out the terrorist leader, which comes as no surprise.

    Of all the college games played yesterday, no one lost in a more spectacular fashion than Texas Tech (link posted in my #98 above).  That should make one of those play of the decade reels one of these days.  Meanwhile, Astros are back to even now – best two out of three, with 2 of those 3 at home.  Two days ago, Gnats were 75% favorites to win it all, bet it is less than that now.  Mattress Mac laid off another $1 million bet, presumably to hedge his bet of free furniture if Astros win, so his business must be good.

    OK, you folks all have a good day, and it looks like a beautiful one coming up, and get ready for some Astros baseball this evening.  BTW, who the heck is Matt Schlub or whatever?  Never heard of him (or her or whatever these days).

  121. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    If’n you know Sally Stricklett over yonder, this will confirm why she has so many Friends…

  122. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Well, actually was done way before that lol.

    Hey, he’s still got a Super Bowl ring.

  123. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Sally Stricklett was American Woman in the LST days.

  124. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    They all look alike don’t they.  https://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/essence-magazine-deletes-rip-rep-elijiah-cummings-tweet-with-picture-of-john-lewis/

  125. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #121 & #123, I had planed on linking that in “American Woman’s” name.

  126. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #124 EG: In this case, mistaking the 2 imbeciles is understandable.

  127. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    If you didn’t watch the President’s press conference this morning, it is fascinating.  I particularly like the part where the dogs are going down the dead end tunnel in pursuit of Baghdadi.  I’m sure you know that the muzzies consider dogs unclean animals just like pigs, to the idea of the dogs chewing on him a little bit before he decided to detonate is appealing to me.  Anyway, it’s a little long, but I found it to be worth watching.  You may have to scroll back to the beginning to watch it all.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=808&v=XKJZRpnBowk

  128. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    124 El Gordo

    The hilarious thing is some Republican congressman made that exact same mistake (before Cummings died) and that fish-mouthed terrorist congresswoman from Detroit accused him of being a racist. I wonder if she’ll accuse a black magazine of being racist?

  129. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Tlaib video

    https://youtu.be/EOItfuaWxls

  130. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Interesting… And especially interesting timing.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-fired-fbi-andrew-mccabe-suddenly-drops-wrongful-termination-case/

  131. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    As seen over yonder, too funny, but true.

  132. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, I got a few hours’ work done in the yard. Made a dent in the giant ragweed population on Mirkwood, but some of ’em were already seeding and I couldn’t get to all of ’em, so the battle continues. I stopped after doing some pulling, because I know that’s what pushes my back the worst. I can dig all day because I know how to leverage with my hips, knees, and shovel, but pulling is harder to do.

    So I got the clippers out and cut my hair before my shower. I am now presentable to the public again.

    Time to get my next crochet project out – a neck warmer for my sister.

  133. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    127 ELG
    Yes. My favorite part.
    Hunting him down with dogs.
    He also called the SOB a dog.
    He also called him and his cohorts sick puppies.

    We are in the middle of a one day turn around to San Marcos and Austin.

    It is beautiful today.

  134. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I’m watching the show about Texas game wardens. There’s a guy with a very strong Scottish (?) accent. It’s weird to see “TEXAS” on his vest and then hear his accent.

  135. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Texans come in all shapes and forms and sizes and colors (and accents).  But you can always tell that they are Texans, because Texas is not just a place – it’s a state of mind.

  136. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Well, nobody seems to be up from their nap yet, but it’s time to get up and get your game face on for the Astros one more time.  I know that it is grueling work, what with getting all fired up night after night, but by gosh, this is the World Series we are talking about here, and that is serious.  So, wake up you sleepy heads and get cranking.  Go Astros.

  137. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I am fortunate that my lovely bride loves the old farm as much as I do. She loves to get out and clean up in the woods. We usually take Sunday off and she goes to church but since she had been in Texas for two weeks and we got rained out yesterday, she got out and worked on the edges of the Horseshoe trail down to the little pond. I had to make a run to Publix’s in Enterprise and when I got back, I saw her, out back with her mule loaded up. Later, I went with her to dump the load since she is not strong enough to lift the dump bed…..And that got me to thinking, I can get a small hydraulic pump and a 18″, piston actuator and make that sucker dump without any effort.
    Yup, Life is Good.

  138. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My #137, check out her little Stihl chain saw on the tailgate.

  139. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #137

    That would be handy SD. Tractor Supply carries cylinders, Northern Tool does too I think. Not sure about pricing vs the net.

  140. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Poor Nancy wasn’t informed about the raid. Hahahaha! That’s what happens when you’re a third rate politician whose party constantly leaks classified information.

  141. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The most abused phrase by local news personalities during playoffs: must win

    I don’t think they fully grasp the concept.

  142. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Well, I’ll take this #142 while I’m here.

     

  143. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    A mosquito followed me in from outside.

    That could make for a long night.

  144. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Especially when it keeps buzzing my ear.

  145. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    There we go!

  146. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Mosquitoes are attracted to CO2. Don’t breath!

  147. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Spray bug spray in your face, that’ll teach em

  148. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Out of all the possible actors in America they picked a Boston yankee to play Carroll Shelby? It ain’t fittin’.

  149. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I kinda forgot, no DH in DC.

  150. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #148

    Hadn’t occurred to me but you’re right that’s just wrong.

  151. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK, I’m watching the World Series and I have one question,…well, actually two, why is the Astros playing Walgreens? AND, who the H3!! is Walgreens? How long have they been around?

  152. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Oh man, I thought the guy in the stands who blocked the Alvarez HR ball with his gut holding a beer in each hand didn’t spill a drop. Replay review shows the ball was soaked.

  153. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #151

    They are the old Montreal Expos. Brought back to America where baseball is supposed to be.

  154. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    And yeah, somebody screwed up either the logo. Hadn’t looked into the storyline on that.

  155. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    DAYAAM!!! Home Run! With one on second! YES!!

  156. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    They already had a M for a logo when they moved, so in order to save money, they just turned it upside down and sewed it back on.  At least that’s how I heard it.

    BTW, Stros are looking pretty good so far.  Let’s see if they can keep it up (I’m talking about the level of play, not that other thing)

     

  157. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In the end, Super Dave decided to quit screwing around.

    https://youtu.be/HIBHPT293MI

  158. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #157, BAWHAHAHA!!! The Tree eater! I’ve seen those,…..if only I had a extra $140k that I didn’t need, I’d have one of those. 😀

  159. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yeah but you’d be done in a day, then what would you do?

  160. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yeah but you’d be done in a day, then what would you do?

    He’d wash the grass, refinish all of the wooden handles in the tool shed, and pressure wash the roofs.

  161. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    😀 And don’t ferget repainting the sick drawers!

  162. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    *sock

  163. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Y’all left off cleaning and waxing the tractor, and painting the barn,..and,….. 😉

  164. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    OK, gave up a homer, but just 6 outs away from getting out of town with a win.  Can the Stros do it.  Stay tuned.

  165. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Same beer guy was close to another homerun ball!

  166. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Oh that tree eater, I found it a bit sad.

     

  167. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    If the Nats end up losing the series they’re gonna blame it on the one bad strike call.

  168. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Just finished Elder Sis’s neck warmer that she asked for.

    Next.

  169. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Dat’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout.

  170. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Looking good for the Stros….

  171. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    S W E E E E E P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  172. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    If the Nats end up losing the series they’re gonna blame it on the one bad strike call.

    Yup, I even saw that one, obviously a strike and was called a ball.
    But as the wife said, we’re done! Astros pulled it off!
    With that I’m going to bed, it is waay past my bedtime.

  173. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I am just speechless. Amazing!

  174. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Water dispenser/dish for a small dog.

  175. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Heh. Superfreak resigned.

  176. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    tap tap this thing on?

  177. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Morning Katfish.

  178. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Katfish and Bones, who has the keys?
    It’s Monday, so I guess they all went to work.

  179. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    I unlocked the doors too Monday open thoughts.

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