Badger Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 A late great aunt of mine lived in Houston for many years (till she retired in the early 1990s). Probably best she is gone because their are people still there she once probably knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Toll is up to 37, so... not necessarily? Last I checked 2/3 of Port Arthur TX was under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Toll is up to 37, so... not necessarily? Last I checked 2/3 of Port Arthur TX was under water. Maybe not dead, but they'd still have a good chance of being under some kind of duress (lost home, hurt, etc.) Hard to imagine too many Houstonians being untouched by all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Cop reassures woman "we only shoot black people" https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/8/31/16232880/georgia-police-cobb-county-video On the one hand I get that the cop was trying to reassure her, saying anything to get her to comply so he wouldn't have to arrest her, and that he doesn't necessarily think it is more okay to shoot black people. (I kind of wish the woman had brought up that Australian woman in Minnesota) Still, awful thing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Seems like an extreme level of sarcasm. Also about as bad of an idea as making bomb jokes at the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 What bothers me is the sort of man they are defending (although I revere Joseph Smith as a Prophet of God, so I really have no cause to judge).. India is just now beginning to wake up to what a serious matter rape is, and this isn't helping. India is still a nation in cultural flux, and it is the Indians themselves and nobody else who will determine the direction it takes. Every nation has that right. It's actually kind of impressive that they prosecuted a man with that kind of following in the first place, although it could have something to do with this being the straw that broke the camel's back since he's been previously accused of mocking Sikh and Hindu religious figures, murder and forced castration. The Indian police are now claiming he signaled his followers to start the festivities by asking for a distinctive red bag be brought to him after his conviction and he and his inseparable companion his "adopted daughter" Honeypreet Insan stalled to get his followers time to rise up and possibly bust him free from custody. And the more I hear about this story the more it sounds like he was a centimetre away from being a James Bond villain. A female lieutenant named Honeypreet Insan? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/all-you-need-to-know-about-papas-angel-honeypreet-insan/articleshow/60271317.cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 In happier news, tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. The new mother plans to return to tennis in November. Her sister Venus is having a great year in her absence, advancing today to the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York City. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Is it weird that I always pulled for Venus Williams but never could stand Serena Williams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Scientists create spiders whose silk can ensnare hold a human Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Awesome! Umm, are some of them missing? .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Scientists create spiders whose silk can ensnare hold a human ANd people think I am weird because I don't freak out when walking into spider webs. So, don't tell them about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Yes. It is one of those things you cant explain, I guess. But, at one point, I just got annoyed by her. Though, it took a while to warm up to their family, as I remember their father was like a toned down mini-LaVar Ball early on in their careers (as in interfering, getting his nose into things, no one can be quite like LaVar, of course, even a 10th that bad would be near impossible) (and their first few times they went at each other in tourney finals, the games seem to go like they flipped a coin before hand to decide outcome, and played it out later, but maybe they didn't like the idea of sibling rivalry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 IIRC not allowing their matches to cause friction between them was a high priority when they were both at the top of their game. Venus has always seemed to be the more reserved of the two, while Serena makes less effort to avoid the limelight and sometimes models or speaks out on controversial topics. I really haven't been following tennis for a while now, though; it seems like Serena's been there forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Scientists create spiders whose silk can ensnare hold a human And of course, it's in Australia... Nolgroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 And of course, it's in Australia... Australia, upping the difficulty level for S&Gs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 IIRC not allowing their matches to cause friction between them was a high priority when they were both at the top of their game. Venus has always seemed to be the more reserved of the two, while Serena makes less effort to avoid the limelight and sometimes models or speaks out on controversial topics. I really haven't been following tennis for a while now, though; it seems like Serena's been there forever. Serena is in the conversation for greatest woman player of all time. She should certainly be mentioned in the same company as Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, players who dominated the sport in their prime. Women's tennis is more of a finesse game than that of the men, but Serena combines that finesse with awe-inspiring power. Right now she could annihilate most of the men on the tour. Well, she could after she recovers from childbirth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 IIRC not allowing their matches to cause friction between them was a high priority when they were both at the top of their game. Venus has always seemed to be the more reserved of the two, while Serena makes less effort to avoid the limelight and sometimes models or speaks out on controversial topics. I really haven't been following tennis for a while now, though; it seems like Serena's been there forever. Yeah, I was thinking about that. I do tend to gravitate more towards "reserved" sports figures who don't draw too much attention to themselves. As far as the sibling rivalry thing, I guess it is a little foreign to my nature. Playing against a family member would seem to up the challenge factor for one rather than the reverse, at least it would for most I know. (heck the chess matches between my dad and his bother-in-law reached intensities that became family legend. And they were good friends.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 The H-E-B grocery chain in Texas has been making Herculean efforts to help people in Houston still have food in the aftermath of Harvey, It's a brilliant, inspiring interview. And one quote struck me, for no apparent reason: We sent 10 trucks of water over because the city water is tainted. It took 18 hours for a trip that would normally take 90 minutes. So we're contracting with Army troop carriers to get people through the high water. Then we said we'd use our corporate plane to get people over, but we couldn't do that today because President Trump is coming over. The airspace is closed. Thanks a lot, Mr. President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 While an unforseen complication. I actually cant fault Trump on this one. If he doesnt come, he will get blasted for not coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 In other news, Hollywood officially declared itself devoid of any trace of creativity today as it ran the first TV ad for it's newest movie.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3a_I5YEvc4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Not just creativity -- conscience. (Not that it ever had much of one.) The original Death Wish with Charles Bronson was just tasteless. Doing a remake now of all times is borderline obscene. It's going to make money and it's going to have an audience. But that does not make me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 If by "tasteless" you mean excellent, then I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Lumberton, TX, yesterday: death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 In other news, Hollywood officially declared itself devoid of any trace of creativity today as it ran the first TV ad for it's newest movie.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3a_I5YEvc4 Talk about a movie that didn't need a reboot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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