OlDawg

Right now, he has Pasadena & HISD lumped together in 9-5A D1.

I didn’t look at Pasadena schools. I’d have to look again. The travel distance in miles is one thing. Traveling from La Porte to Katy (which I did before retirement), and from La Porte to Richmond/Ft. Bend area is a different type challenge. It’s not always about miles. It’s an easy 2 to 2 1/2 hour drive in just ‘normal’ traffic, and that’s even taking 99 around. Worse on 10. The point was, the mock looks like just the left over teams in 5A D1 who didn’t fit anywhere else. It’s definitely a district with some solid teams.

Katy Freeman, Galveston Ball, Angleton, Richmond Randle, Houston Northbrook, FB Dulles, FB Bush, and Friendswood. I think that’s them. (Including La Porte, of course.)

If 10-5A D1 does shake out as DCTX shows, would it still be in SETX coverage area because of La Porte?

10-5A D1 looks like spread out leftovers. Ha! From one side of Harris County to the other (Katy Freeman & La Porte), to Brazoria County (Angleton), to Galveston County (Galveston Ball).

Stop the direct subsidies to the insurance companies. Enforce a cost transparency law. Let people shop for plans without restriction, and separate prescription coverage into stand-alone policies. The cost transparency is big. But, it will never be perfect. There’s no way someone is going to check prices when they’re in the middle of a medical emergency. Plus, extra procedures—that a patient has no idea about—are often ordered with no real transparency, and they’re in no shape mentally or physically to decide need. This is the big, tough one. But, for the vast majority, cost transparency should be required for all plans. A database of searchable costs should be available to the insured/prospective insured. High deductible plans should be available to all as a choice. Pre-existing condition coverage should be the law. Nothing wrong with making the insurance marketplace similar to Medicare as to the programs offered. Medicare has a separate prescription plan. It’s known that’s usually the highest portion of the cost. Make a ‘Part D’ option for the Marketplace, and remove it from the base policy. There are probably many insurance companies willing to compete just for prescription insurance policies—just like separate dental. Just some of my thoughts.

We used to call them ‘ghost ships.’ They’d turn their transponders off to be able to avoid detection, load & unload whatever their cargo at night, and take atypical routes to avoid other traffic. It’s a big ocean. Hard to find even a large tanker all by itself, unless you catch it in port & follow via satellite.

This is exactly why you want originalists in the Court vs. liberal revisionists. Originalists interpret intent & principles that apply across the decades. Those who say the Constitution is a ‘living document’ are full of it. Free speech (1st Amendment), right to bear arms (2nd), illegal search (4th), etc. principles remain the same as original intent whether the Framers knew about social media, specific firearms or not. Same with the other bedrock principles. The principles remain the same, and are just applied to current. Anything above that, and judges aren’t interpreting—which is their charge. They’re legislating. Which isn’t their arena.

Just razzing ya’. We knew what you meant.

El perro es un buen jugador de futbol. Fifi juega para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA. 😁

I think you can’t spell acronyms very well.

Going between La Porte & Beaumont, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, etc. isn't a bad drive as long as I-10 isn't messed up. Any further west or south of La Porte gets to be a mess as you get into more of the metro congestion. La Porte is kind of the end of the road on the east side before the metro-mess. Just don't let @Big Daddy Cool drive, or who knows where you'll wind up. Louisiana is a good bet.

Somewhere, I remember seeing 2240 tossed out as 5AD1/6A cutoff recently. Just someone else guessing, and I don’t remember where I saw it. Some schools from Dallas Morning News that are noted. [Hidden Content] Says official cutoff numbers will be released next week.

After watching some games, PAM HAS to play clean, and they're going to need some explosive plays. I don't see either team being able to sustain long drives all game. SV has more speed than people think. This game may come down to who makes 1 or 2 breakout scores. If both play to form, this should be a very low scoring affair. Games like this magnify Special Teams. I could see 21-24 points being a magic number. Just don't see either team scoring more than that.

A better explanation of how ‘approved target lists’ work for those who are totally clueless. [Hidden Content]

It is not a coincidence that the six congressional Democrats released a video urging active militarymembers to “refuse illegal orders” just days before billboards saying the same thing went up outside of U.S. Southern Command in Floridaand Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Nor is it a coincidence that just days after that, media outlets aligned with the Democratic Party falsely reported that Secretary of War Pete Hegsethordered Navy SEAL Team 6 to launch a second lethal strike on two “survivors” from a drug boat not totally demolished by an initial missile strike. [Hidden Content]

I predict PAM’s gonna’ need to be a lot more disciplined. I don’t think they’ll be able to get by SV with all the penalties. I do think I read somewhere where one of SV’s RB’s (#3) was dinged up. Don’t quote me on it though.

As suspected—and posted earlier—this is about more than drug trafficking. This is re-establishment of the Monroe Doctrine. The Administration has confirmed as of today. Experience in these matters leads me to say ‘It’s about time.” [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content]

Congrats Titans! Excellent season Eagles!

Is this a serious question?

What's your point? That fraud is equivalent to murder of thousands by illicit drugs?

The vessel itself was still a legitimate target as it wasn't totally destroyed. It was in international waters. This renders Article 2 & 3 moot because of territory. As to the survivors, they can be classified as illegal combatants (who have no legal protections under Geneva, and very limited/unagreed upon protections under IHL), or they can be classified as criminals. I believe it's been established by testimony that the individuals weren't specifically targeted for extermination. The 2 individuals basically have no more rights under Geneva or IHL than a spy. They bear no allegiance to any particular country, and they aren't in uniform. Their intent is to deceive. Thus, they are afforded minimal protections. This is a debate because the Administration chose to use direct affiliated military personnel & equipment, and the debate of terrorist vs criminal is ongoing. It's also a debate because many feel offended by someone being killed for any reason. But, for some reason, drug induced deaths are looked upon as more of the victim's fault by some even though they're dead just the same. Why aren't the drug smugglers who are dead looked upon as it was more their fault as well? I wouldn't condone murder by directly affiliated DOD personnel in uniform. That would be strictly against U.S. law, UCMJ, Geneva & IHL. But, I don't believe this has been established as that yet. Again, the boat was a legitimate target.

Rand Paul was not involved in the SCIF briefing. In addition--regardless of what you hear from the chatter class and others--there's no accepted standards under IHL or Geneva that govern treatment of terrorists. You can quibble about these folks being classified terrorists. But, all of this is very gray. This would all be moot if the U.S. used other assets. But, my personal belief is the Administration is going this particular route to also force a leadership change, and wants everyone in the region (and our global adversaries) to know this hemisphere is still under U.S. control/protection. Truthfully, this isn't a very efficient way of dealing with the situation of drug trafficking. It's being done for other reasons.

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Amen to this. Some fan bases have every penalty excuse in the book. I get tired of hearing penalty excuses. Play the game through the penalties. Win or lose. I don't remember LP fans griping about penalties. We usually just say we didn't deserve to win, and move on. I hope both teams play their best, and no injuries for either team. SV blanked New Braunfels 24-0 after barely winning their first game in district. Whoever wins will need all hands on deck. Good Luck to both!