Oh, God.Not that he's interested or cares. Ask the pastors who preached against masks and distancing, contracted Covid-19 and in some cases ended up in coffins.Meanwhile, governors like Abbot would rather tout Ivermectin intestinal worm treatment for horses than say a word to support mask mandates or Fauci.Every living person who likes the U.S.A. is crying for it. The bloody paper that first seemed to indicate Ivermectin might work for Covid was pulled before publication, partly because of plagiarism issues but also because, according to The Guardian, some of its calculations on data points were mathematically impossible.Sounds absurd. All right wingers know the only calculations that are mathematically impossible are one that indicate Trump lost the election.
there has been a skosh if confusion on this (though not by Stephen):
the City of Austin is in TRAVIS County--not Austin Co.
there are about 5K municipalities and named unincorporated areas as well as 254 counties in TX so this kind of thing that causes confusion for some has happened several dozen times.
I have to admit that the first time I drove down south, we had to make a turn or something in Refugio. I asked my wife to tell me when we were in "re FYU-gee-oh" and she laughed for an hour. "I thought you grew up in Texas. I thought you were Mr. Bigshot Rodeo Guy down here. Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Refugio" is pronounced "Reh FURY oh". I have no idea how a G can be sounded as an R. I thought only L's could do that.
Here in Houston we have a busy street named San Felipe. There are three accepted pronunciations of it:
San Fe LEAP ayeSan Fe LEAPSan FILL a pee
Actually, they aren't all accepted. Some people want to fight you if you use that last pronunciation. Well, at least my brother gets mad at me when I say it that way. But it flows off the tongue so beautifully!
My pipe is leaking. Can I have a wrench?GOP: Here's one but its real rusty.Can I have some ducktape?GOP:Here's about 1/50th of a roll.Um, can I have a bucket?GOP: With or without a hole?Um, my pipe is still leaking.GOP: FIXING PIPES DOESN'T WORK!
Oh, God.Not that he's interested or cares. Ask the pastors who preached against masks and distancing, contracted Covid-19 and in some cases ended up in coffins.Meanwhile, governors like Abbot would rather tout Ivermectin intestinal worm treatment for horses than say a word to support mask mandates or Fauci.Every living person who likes the U.S.A. is crying for it. The bloody paper that first seemed to indicate Ivermectin might work for Covid was pulled before publication, partly because of plagiarism issues but also because, according to The Guardian, some of its calculations on data points were mathematically impossible.Sounds absurd. All right wingers know the only calculations that are mathematically impossible are one that indicate Trump lost the election.
there has been a skosh if confusion on this (though not by Stephen):
the City of Austin is in TRAVIS County--not Austin Co.
there are about 5K municipalities and named unincorporated areas as well as 254 counties in TX so this kind of thing that causes confusion for some has happened several dozen times.
Having been to Austin several times, I knew that. I had to look up Austin Co. to see where it is, and once I saw where it is, I was not surprised.
Meanwhile, in New York state, we still get shitloads of people who still think we're only the City of New York.
I hear you. Houston is not in Houston County. And no one outside of Texas can pronounce "Bexar" or "Refugio" properly!
IKR?!
I have to admit that the first time I drove down south, we had to make a turn or something in Refugio. I asked my wife to tell me when we were in "re FYU-gee-oh" and she laughed for an hour. "I thought you grew up in Texas. I thought you were Mr. Bigshot Rodeo Guy down here. Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Out of curiosity (and as a non-Texan), how do you pronounce those?
I'd guess "Bech-ar" with the x sounding like a "ch" and "Refugio" like how it would be pronounced in Spanish
"Bexar" is pronounced "Bear" - the X is silent.
"Refugio" is pronounced "Reh FURY oh". I have no idea how a G can be sounded as an R. I thought only L's could do that.
Here in Houston we have a busy street named San Felipe. There are three accepted pronunciations of it:
San Fe LEAP ayeSan Fe LEAPSan FILL a pee
Actually, they aren't all accepted. Some people want to fight you if you use that last pronunciation. Well, at least my brother gets mad at me when I say it that way. But it flows off the tongue so beautifully!
My pipe is leaking. Can I have a wrench?GOP: Here's one but its real rusty.Can I have some ducktape?GOP:Here's about 1/50th of a roll.Um, can I have a bucket?GOP: With or without a hole?Um, my pipe is still leaking.GOP: FIXING PIPES DOESN'T WORK!
Can we pleeeeeeease bring Molly Ivins back?
Demographics are not going to fix this and its lazy AF to expect them too.
I was fortunate enough to hear her at a speaking gig almost 30 years ago. Great evening.
Hmm, no soundtrack for fiddlin' Greg.
Which raises NOT BEGS!!1!!!111!!!!!!1, goddamit, the question:
Is Greg Abbott a slightly better, a worse, or a about as equally as bad a musician as Mike Huckabee?
I'm guessing, AOT, K.
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
"On accident?" Get thee behind me!
Yep.