lostinbr
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re: We need a Red Stick board.
Posted by lostinbr on 5/2/26 at 6:39 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Blame chicken when they made it the SECrant....
Again, the SEC Rant has its own OT board.
re: We need a Red Stick board.
Posted by lostinbr on 5/2/26 at 6:21 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Zero issue with this. I hate a drunk.
Serious question:
If the NHTSA mandated that all vehicles have an interlock device that measures BAC, which you would need to have calibrated every couple of months, would you actually have “zero issue” with that?
Just trying to understand what assumptions go into the “zero issues” comment.
quote:quote:Well, they have to cover the losses for the endless amount of frivolous lawsuits. You'd be shocked at the amount of repeat offenders suing because they got in a wreck and "got injured".
"The fact that the loss ratios are so low means that the insurance industry is charging too much,"
Wouldn’t that be part of the loss ratio?
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Oh you are bitching because your shop was destroyed and you only have coverage on your house? Let's call the media! You waived flood insurance despite living in a flood zone? And....most times insurance will pay it anyway, to avoid the bad press.
There’s no way you actually believe this. :lol:
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I think the bitching should be done at government for requiring insurance. You want to bitch, aim it at fedgov. I think if a government is requiring a private service for its citizens, then that service is now subject to government controls.
The bank is requiring homeowner’s insurance, not the government.
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Why would anyone be against this?
Let’s see..
1. Because AI systems alone still can’t reliably detect whether a driver is impaired without a horrible false positive rate.
2. Because data collected by these systems (likely including driver-facing cameras) will be sold to various data brokers, hacked by malicious third parties, and stolen by the government.
3. Because any sort of chemical detection system (likely including breathalyzers) will require some sort of calibration.
4. Because all of this would just make vehicles even more expensive and create even more maintenance headaches.
.. just off the top of my head.
ETA: We are still a long way from any of this becoming real, though. Remains to be seen how the NHTSA actually goes about it. AFAIK they still haven’t said much about what, if anything, might end up being required.
re: St George dodged a bullet by not getting Mall of Louisiana
Posted by lostinbr on 4/28/26 at 6:56 pm to FireawayLSU
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And actually the mall is St George’s all the anchor stores are still BR.
So confident and so wrong. :lol:
The mall is BR. The anchor stores are unincorporated. None of it is St. George.
BR city limits (in blue):
St. George city limits (in pink):
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Within a day, law enforcement had five suspects in custody. Many families in north Baton Rouge have been waiting years for that kind of movement in their own cases.
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Analysis by Together Baton Rouge found that BRPD drug enforcement disproportionately impacts poor, Black neighborhoods in Baton Rouge, with African American residents and low-income areas bearing the brunt of arrests.
NBR people: Cops don’t do enough to stop crime in North Baton Rouge!
Also NBR people: Cops are arresting too many people in North Baton Rouge!
You can’t make this shite up. :lol:
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I'm just not sure what everyone sees with Nuss. It's like they just see "third most passing yards in a season in LSU history" but don't dig any deeper than that.
I’m kind of torn on the ‘24 stats. On one hand, you’re right - the numbers were absolutely padded by volume because we just didn’t run the ball at all. On the other hand, it seems like being completely one-dimensional on offense would make it harder to be successful. Despite how much we threw the ball, Nussmeier was still in the top half of the SEC for completion %. And the offense as a whole was still in the top half of the SEC both in terms of total and scoring offense.
When I look back, I can see why it felt like he would take a big step as a senior. Especially after seeing the strides our last two returning senior QB’s made.
However, Nuss obviously isn’t Burrow or Daniels. Burrow had a psychotic work ethic, incredible mental ability, and was a much better athlete than Nuss. Daniels also had a ridiculous work ethic and was one of the most gifted athletes to ever play the position. Those attributes didn’t just materialize because they came back for their final years; it’s just that we got to see them at their best.
I don’t think we got to see Nuss at his best - we still couldn’t figure out the running game and the injury set him back - but I think we’ve seen enough. His deep ball accuracy has always been shaky, he has always made questionable decisions, and he doesn’t have the natural athletic ability (or instinct) to make up for it elsewhere.
re: Jay Johnson is 74-64 (53.6%) overall in SEC play at LSU
Posted by lostinbr on 4/25/26 at 7:32 pm to Geauxldilocks
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JJ’s SEC record is not very impressive and leaves a lot to be desired.
Here is every team’s SEC record over Jay’s tenure at LSU, going into this weekend:
Texas - 0.702*
Arkansas - 0.630
Tennessee - 0.630
Texas A&M - 0.547
LSU - 0.540
Georgia - 0.536
Vanderbilt - 0.536
Florida - 0.529
Kentucky - 0.518
Oklahoma - 0.500*
Auburn - 0.496
Alabama - 0.482
Mississippi State - 0.435
Ole Miss - 0.413
South Carolina - 0.387
Missouri - 0.254
*1.5 year sample size for Texas and Oklahoma.
Over that same period, CWS titles / CWS appearances:
LSU - 2 / 2
Tennessee - 1 / 2
Ole Miss - 1 / 1
Arkansas - 0 / 2
Florida - 0 / 2
Texas A&M - 0 / 2
Auburn - 0 / 1
Kentucky - 0 / 1
Oklahoma - 0 / 1*
Texas - 0 / 1*
*As members of the Big 12.
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But let’s not act like a little luck came our way getting Coastal Carolina in one of the finals.
OK, let’s look at everyone else’s “luck” last year. Here’s how every SEC team’s postseason ended:
LSU - CWS champ
Arkansas - Lost to LSU x2 (CWS)
Auburn - Lost to Coastal Carolina x2 (super regional)
Tennessee - Lost to Arkansas x2 (super regional)
Alabama - Lost to Miami and Southern Miss (regional)
Florida - Lost to ECU x2 (regional)
Georgia - Lost to Duke and Oklahoma State (regional)
Kentucky - Lost to West Virginia x2 (regional)
Mississippi State - Lost to Florida State x2 (regional)
Oklahoma - Lost to UNC x2 (regional)
Ole Miss - Lost to Murray State x2 (regional)
Texas - Lost to UTSA x2 (regional)
Vanderbilt - Lost to Louisville and Wright State (regional)
Missouri - N/A
South Carolina - N/A
Texas A&M - N/A
So we beat the only other SEC team to make the CWS, and the only other SEC teams to make it out of a regional lost to.. teams we beat in the CWS. I don’t think it was luck at all.
I’d be curious to know the age distribution of arrests made in EBR.
What percentage of crime (both violent and property) is committed by minors? And what are the recidivism rates for juvenile offenders?
People don’t go straight from innocent kids to shooting at each other in the mall. How many of these 17-18 year olds getting into gunfights have already been smashing windows for years without real consequences?
And then, the kid who brought the gun to Istrouma wasn’t even a minor. He was 18. Like.. I get that it’s sad to throw away someone’s life at 18. I understand why you would hope they can change their ways. But someone bringing a stolen, illegally-modified handgun to their high school is beyond redemption. Sorry, it’s already too late for them. Maybe if you punish them severely enough, it’ll deter the next kid from throwing their life away too.
What percentage of crime (both violent and property) is committed by minors? And what are the recidivism rates for juvenile offenders?
People don’t go straight from innocent kids to shooting at each other in the mall. How many of these 17-18 year olds getting into gunfights have already been smashing windows for years without real consequences?
And then, the kid who brought the gun to Istrouma wasn’t even a minor. He was 18. Like.. I get that it’s sad to throw away someone’s life at 18. I understand why you would hope they can change their ways. But someone bringing a stolen, illegally-modified handgun to their high school is beyond redemption. Sorry, it’s already too late for them. Maybe if you punish them severely enough, it’ll deter the next kid from throwing their life away too.
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He should have pointed out how whack our priorities are. Perfect opportunity. Instead the idiot came out all gleeful said it would save lives.
He already tried to reallocate funding from the library and COA, and got shut down by the voters. I may not agree with every MOVEBR project/decision, but the overall investment in city/parish infrastructure was needed.
I didn’t love Sid’s comments in the press conference yesterday, but I don’t think anything he’s said or done has been recall-worthy.
It looks to me like you’re grasping at straws because you didn’t realize the Florida Blvd project was funded by dedicated tax dollars when you made the OP.
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So? You made my point for me.
Really?
Because you said the mayor should be recalled, and used this as your reasoning:
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Meanwhile, Coach Sid Edwards, just 2 weeks ago, greenlighted 60 damn Million dollars for sidewalks and bike paths on Florida Blvd.
So your “point” was that he needs to be recalled because he used the funding dedicated to MOVEBR for.. MOVEBR?
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Notice I said Baton Rouge has its priorities wrong?
So - again - Sid should be recalled because the voters approved MOVEBR (before he was even elected) but rejected the 4-mill property tax for the DA’s office? I’m just trying to figure out what the road projects have to do with your stance here.
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Kind of weird to turn yourself in and get charged with murder if you were in a different place
To be fair, that part isn’t really weird at all. If you’re completely innocent and they already have an arrest warrant, turning yourself in after lawyering up is the smart move.
I’m certainly not saying that I believe the family members, though.
MOVEBR is funded by a dedicated sales tax.
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This is the important part.
A lot of people don’t like him but will go for him if he backs up his talk.
100%. I haven’t been a fan of Landry in general, but his comments today are on point. If he can follow through and force some real change, he’s going to earn a ton of goodwill.
We immediately had aircraft and drones in the air to secure the area, guys.
Our deputies were there in seconds, guys.
…do these people not realize that bragging about your overwhelming response makes you look completely incompetent when you didn’t even fricking catch any of the shooters at the scene?
Our deputies were there in seconds, guys.
…do these people not realize that bragging about your overwhelming response makes you look completely incompetent when you didn’t even fricking catch any of the shooters at the scene?
Mayor Sid made sure to tell us that violent crime is actually down 20%. Never mind that we’ve graduated to shootings at the mall or on LSU campus during gameday.
Sid Gauthreaux says we had “community policing” deputies working nearby, including inside Dick’s right next to where the shooting occurred. They responded “without hesitation.” And yet, still, zero arrests at the scene.
Sid Gauthreaux says we had “community policing” deputies working nearby, including inside Dick’s right next to where the shooting occurred. They responded “without hesitation.” And yet, still, zero arrests at the scene.
I’m just going to repost what I said yesterday:
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You can bet the powers that be will be taking this incident seriously with all of the media attention and outrage. They’ll want to make arrests quickly (and already are, apparently). They’ll try to make a show out of their immediate response to show the public they care.
Don’t fall for it.
Making swift arrests, after some shitheads shoot a bunch of innocent people in broad daylight at a crowded mall with cameras and witnesses everywhere, is the absolute minimum that should be expected from competent law enforcement.
They don’t deserve praise for responding immediately. The question everyone should be asking, loudly, is “what are you going to do to keep this kind of shite from happening in the first place?”
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There goes Mayor Coach with the response time bullshite.
“Officers ran into gunfire and risked their lives…”
“Within minutes, the full presence of our local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies descended on the Mall of Louisiana…”
…and yet made zero arrests at the scene? Like.. I get it, the cops showed up quickly for once. But how are you gonna act like they saved a bunch of people if they never even came into contact with the shooter(s) until hours after the fact?
re: Active Shooter Mall of LA Dicks sporting goods...UPDATE insde
Posted by lostinbr on 4/23/26 at 10:58 pm to PerryWinkleBlue
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They did arrest the shooter two months ago; fake judge released him. They arrested him and put him in jail, police didn’t release him did they?
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I’m not just talking about BRPD. I’m also talking about EBRSO, Sid, Hillar Moore, the judges; all of them.
:dunno:
Also, how much credit are we supposed to give them for arresting a kid whose gun went off inside a high school? Just curious how much tough investigative work went into that.
And what about the other shooters? What about the (likely unsolved) burglaries that almost certainly led to their possession of the guns in the first place?
But you’re probably right. They’re doing a bang-up job.
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Sorry your house got burglarized
Yeah, well, the sad part is when you give BRPD the exact GPS coordinates of burglars who just hit 30+ vehicles in one night, and they ask “do you expect us to just go over there and knock on the door or something?” like you’re fricking crazy for even suggesting that they do actual police work.
But hey, they arrested the kid whose gun went off inside Istrouma High School. I suppose they could have just let him go as well. So there’s that.
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