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re: SpaceX Starship Test Flight #7 | Booster Tower Catch GOOD!! Starship engines fail

Posted by Wraytex on 1/16/25 at 4:45 pm

Another day, another instance of Elon doing what none of his detractors could even dream of doing...

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re: Diving deeper on Standard Lithium?

Posted by Wraytex on 1/15/25 at 10:50 pm

I guess Trumps poison pill against Koch affiliations doesn’t move the needle favorably. (Do not hire list)...

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re: IRS Using AI To Target Middle Class

Posted by Wraytex on 1/13/25 at 4:00 pm

Wait..... There's a journalist left?...

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re: Yellowstone Super Volcano

Posted by Wraytex on 1/12/25 at 7:54 pm

I suppose sacrificing Tom Hanks is out of the question?...

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re: Hot Robot women coming to a place near you soon ...

Posted by Wraytex on 1/12/25 at 12:22 am

[img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2Ff8WEAp1CtTwAAAAC%2Ffembots-tits.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=70969c2c8b1200bf98576cbc47b6ef73e737d722775411f7893b8e05dc00e2bc&ipo=images[/img]...

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re: Peter Baker with NY Times - “As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency”

Posted by Wraytex on 1/11/25 at 9:01 pm

Peter baker reinforces my opinion of the state of journalism in 2024. ...

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re: Total damage from the Los Angeles fires is estimated to reach $150 Billion

Posted by Wraytex on 1/11/25 at 12:06 pm

I’m at the point where I need the environmentalists to explain to me how they can call themselves environmentalists when their policies require a complete rebuild of the existing infrastructure. ...

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re: Major wildfire in Los Angeles (and Pasadena)

Posted by Wraytex on 1/10/25 at 2:41 pm

Lifted from Youtube: "I'm reminded of when Ronald Reagan was President. When he and Nancy would take a vacation, they would go to their ranch in California and he would clear brush like a MAN. The media would bash him for this. Everybody with an common sense knew that in a dry environment clear...

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re: The low point of Jimmy Carter’s awful presidency-Byron York

Posted by Wraytex on 1/9/25 at 12:37 pm

[quote]We could bring back that term that was coined between 1976 and 1980: Misery Index[/quote] That was right in the middle of the hippie educated journalist/activists coming into the workforce. They saw how devastating that particular terminology was to carter and the democrats. There's never ...

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re: The ACTUAL 1979 speech, not someones interpretation of it

Posted by Wraytex on 1/9/25 at 12:27 pm

I always preferred this version. :lol: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAqzIkQQXw[/embed]...

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re: Thermals...School Me

Posted by Wraytex on 1/8/25 at 12:51 pm

XP50 Trail. Love the form factor and UI. And the 1.6 base mag. Screen has a warmer tint than my friends thermion scopes. Have an extra 10hr battery and I just cycle between the original and that one. ...

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re: Poll: Texas AG Ken Paxton leads Senator John Cornyn in 2026 GOP primary

Posted by Wraytex on 1/8/25 at 9:35 am

I remember when the Tea party showed up at the state capital and cornyn tried to marshal the crowd, they booed him off the stage reminding him that he was what they were against as he had just voted for the tarp bailout. The left Texas media will never run a hit piece on Cornyn but all the time ag...

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re: Trump is reportedly complaining about Elon in private — and hates ‘President Musk’ joke

Posted by Wraytex on 1/7/25 at 10:36 pm

Oh no! You've got him this time! ...

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re: Diving deeper on Standard Lithium?

Posted by Wraytex on 1/7/25 at 10:32 pm

I can't predict, but as someone who sold fubo at 62$. The resulting price action from their agreement with Disney is disappointing. I just hope SLI's day in the Sun wasn't in October of 21. ...

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re: Name the ONE PREMIUM feature on a car you can't live without...

Posted by Wraytex on 1/7/25 at 7:35 pm

Alexa, what is the combined tax rate for Austin? I really recommend this option. why talk to someone on the phone when your most mundane thoughts can be replied to... :lol:...

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re: Diving deeper on Standard Lithium?

Posted by Wraytex on 1/7/25 at 6:22 pm

For all their faults. They actually made it to production. Something SLI may or may or may not do. ...

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re: 2025 Cold snap protection plans

Posted by Wraytex on 1/7/25 at 7:50 am

I've found at least on the larger pyc ball valves that they have a pocket around the ball that if you leave it full open even after draining down the line, will still expand and crack the jacket and then leak. I've been setting the valve at 45° and so far so good. These are 2" valves on my well head...

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