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Ag Zwin

Favorite team:	Texas A&M
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Registered on:	3/25/2016
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re: Just heard this stat. “LSU has made the CWS 20 times in 40 years”

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/14/25 at 4:12 pm

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Only Aggies have to lean on pre-WWII success due to their lack of any success afterwards

Solid reading there, Zeke.

The CWS started after WWII, and I wasn’t talking about A&M.

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re: Just heard this stat. “LSU has made the CWS 20 times in 40 years”

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/14/25 at 2:44 pm

“Oh, look. I picked a certain window of years and LSU has been to the CWS in half of those years!”

Texas has been to half of every single one of them, including the 3rd one and 3 years ago.

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re: Has any coach in any sport had the success of Pat Henry in track and field?

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/14/25 at 10:05 am

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Yes. The GOAT - John McDonnell

I knew Arky had some stupid amount of success with indoor at one point, and some outdoor. Never really understood why success in one didn’t more closely correlate with the other, but also didn’t put much thought into it.

Didn’t realize so much of it came with one coach.

Truly impressive, but looks like Henry has a shot at surpassing it. No idea how long he will keep going.

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re: Happy Birthday Untied States Army

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/14/25 at 3:30 am

Had to downvote.

Go Arny! Beat Navy!

re: aTm continues their decline on all fronts

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/13/25 at 11:13 pm

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I have diplomas from both Texas A&M and tu Austin. Texas A&M was significantly tougher to earn a degree from.

Same, but it’s apples and oranges.

Undergrad (BSME at A&M) is almost always harder than grad school (MBA at Texas), and engineering is way harder than business.

Has any coach in any sport had the success of Pat Henry in track and field?

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/13/25 at 11:11 pm

37 national championships, and counting (27 at LSU, 10 at A&M).

Yeah, he gets more opportunities every year than a single-sport coach (indoor and outdoor, men and women).

Still, that’s just a mind boggling number.

Still kinda shocked he ever left LSU, if I’m honest.

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re: Mosaad had bulit an entire drone facility deep inside Iran

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/13/25 at 11:09 am

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How could they have set all that up in Iran's backyard without anyone noticing?

Israel bought farmland (via shell companies) next to the bases.

Ingenious.

re: Mosaad had bulit an entire drone facility deep inside Iran

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/13/25 at 10:00 am

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Never had much interest in STEM, did you?

They’ve already got precision-guided “mini-missiles” that are not much over a foot long. You believe it’s unthinkable that these will continue to downscale as threats like this emerge?

And, my STEM degree has done me just fine, thank you.

re: Mosaad had bulit an entire drone facility deep inside Iran

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/13/25 at 9:39 am

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Birdshot

Seriously.

I get that drones can be an issue for surprise or in overwhelming numbers. If one is chasing you down in a field, though, why could you not just take it out with a shotgun?

For that matter, how hard would it be to just have a handheld thing that zeroes in on one and fires a tiny missile?

It seems like only a matter of time before there will be defense tools for these.

Again, the surprise attacks and overwhelming numbers factors are a different thing.

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ChatGPT: “Has the PoliBoard become more right wing in the last 10 years?”

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/12/25 at 4:08 pm

The Political Talk board on TigerDroppings has indeed shifted further to the right over the past decade, becoming notably more conservative—and increasingly pro-Trump—in tone and content. This reflects broader trends observed on the platform.

What’s Changed—and How We Know:

1. Before Trump: A Moderately Conservative Mix

When asked back in May 2020, users noted the board “used to have a bit of both sides,” even though it “lean[t] hard to the right”. Liberal voices were still present to some degree:

“There used to be a bit of both sides… now that the liberals are pretty much gone except for making snarky comments.”

Still, conservatives predominated even then.

2. Post-Trump Board: Openly MAGA-Oriented

Since Trump’s election (and especially after 2016), the board has clearly aligned with MAGA-era rhetoric. Frequent thread titles include bold declarations like:
• “Trump revokes Security Clearances…”
• “Trump admin just banned a corrupt Leftist POS…”

These suggest the board’s narratives are more partisan and right-leaning than before.

3. Current Activity: Overtly Right-Wing Posts

Today’s threads are unabashedly conservative, with recent posts emphasizing:
• Hardline immigration stances (“If Trump folds… amnesty… Republicans are cooked forever”)
• Praise for Trump (“Trump: ‘Looking Really Bad in L.A. Bring in the troops!!!’”)
• Labels casting liberals as threats (“why do so many people on this board think liberals are fascists?”)

There’s little evidence of countervailing liberal voices leading discussions now.

Bottom Line

Over the last 10 years, the Political Talk board at TigerDroppings has shifted from a conservative-leaning but relatively moderated forum to an unquestionably right-wing, Trump-supporting echo chamber. The shift intensifies in reaction to cultural and immigration issues and the normalization of pro-Trump rhetoric.

re: As a conservative, what are some liberal policies you can get behind?

Posted by Ag Zwin on 6/12/25 at 2:24 pm

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This is one of the main reasons why healthcare costs rose starting in the 80s. Health insurance is a scam.

I didn’t say “free healthcare” or “government provided”.

What we have now is an absolute clusterfrick, though, and private interests have zero incentive to fix it.