I'm enjoying the weather forecast updates. few days ago: highs around 90-91, lows around 70-72.

A few days later the accurate one: highs in the mid to upper 90s, lows in the mid to upper 70s.

For. The. Foreseeable. Future

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Just when your Tuesday was boring and empty, Shel 2.0 finds meaning for his X feed.

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Thanks MAX, but the best rock music was produced between 1968-1973. IMHO

⚓🇺🇸 Eight sailors attempted suicide during one of the Navy’s longest and most demanding deployments.

The Navy says the sailors were part of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, which spent more than 260 days at sea during combat operations involving Iran. More than… pic.twitter.com/5P0XRlfxOQ

— Rusty Surette (@RustySuretteTV) September 24, 2026

Dear Rusty, a carrier accommodates about 5000 sailors. Given that the annual suicide attempt rate stands at 0.8%, this translates to approximately 40 individuals per 5000 who attempt suicide annually across the United States. Although I am not a journalist, I must note that 8 out of 5000 represents a significantly lower figure than the national average. Naturally, even a single incident remains one too many.

https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/data/index.html

Don't hit the journalist with facts !

I would like to see what is the suicide attempt rate among active duty military. A quick search shows a 0.022% suicide death rate (2024, DOD) for active duty service members. But I can't find any data regarding suicide attempts in which the service member survived. Or, specifically, suicide attempts for those serving on naval ships.

Until that data is available, there is no way to know if what the Lincoln experienced was abnormal or not.

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I would like to see what is the suicide attempt rate among active duty military. A quick search shows a 0.022% suicide death rate (2024, DOD) for active duty service members. But I can't find any data regarding suicide attempts in which the service member survived. Or, specifically, suicide attempts for those serving on naval ships.

Until that data is available, there is no way to know if what the Lincoln experienced was abnormal or not.

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Fair enough, but that is not the issue with the "news" story. The point being made here isn't simply about the specific incident, but rather the lack of thorough journalism in this "news" piece. It fails to mention the average rate of suicide attempts among military personnel or those stationed on naval vessels. Without any baseline figures included in the report, readers are left without context to understand how the 0.2% rate aboard the Lincoln compares to other military organizations, whether it's lower, higher, or on par with the average. This omission seems to overlook a crucial aspect of the story, possibly because it doesn't align with the prevailing narrative surrounding the Lincoln issue.

Apparently in E Tx "MESA" is. "messsa". I'm mean it's flat over there , but …..

Rusty = Small Town Marvin Zindler.

Independence H-D said:

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Rusty = Small Town Marvin Zindler.

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Do not defame Marvin like that.

More like small town Maury Povich. Rusty loves the drama.

The executive director of the Brazos Valley Food Bank, Theresa Mangapora, said demand at her food bank has never been higher in her more than two decades running it. pic.twitter.com/VDumtyRgCn

— KBTX News (@KBTXNews) September 30, 2026

Able bodied people and their families going hungry because they do not want to work. I feel for their families, that is why I support school meal programs. I do not think that the people who truly need and deserve SNAP will go hungry, but I may be wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, the federal SNAP cuts are tied to the error rates in the individual states.

The USDA reported a 10.62% improper payment rate for FY 2025. Starting in 2027, states are facing penalties requiring the individual states to cover 5 to 15 percent of benefit costs based on the states error rates.

In Texas, our error rate was 9.34%, which means Texas will have to cover roughly $700M, unless they fix the system.

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If I'm not mistaken, the federal SNAP cuts are tied to the error rates in the individual states.

The USDA reported a 10.62% improper payment rate for FY 2025. Starting in 2027, states are facing penalties requiring the individual states to cover 5 to 15 percent of benefit costs based on the states error rates.

In Texas, our error rate was 9.34%, which means Texas will have to cover roughly $700M, unless they fix the system.

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Thank you, that information was conveniently left out of the KBTX story. I suppose it did not fit their narrative.

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Hornbeck said:

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If I'm not mistaken, the federal SNAP cuts are tied to the error rates in the individual states.

The USDA reported a 10.62% improper payment rate for FY 2025. Starting in 2027, states are facing penalties requiring the individual states to cover 5 to 15 percent of benefit costs based on the states error rates.

In Texas, our error rate was 9.34%, which means Texas will have to cover roughly $700M, unless they fix the system.

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Thank you, that information was conveniently left out of the KBTX story. I suppose it did not fit their narrative.

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You mean it was left out of the headline because that's all you read?

Ummmm, that's all there is in a Tweet / X post. The 2 or three lines and a picture. KBTX didn't even include a link to, as Paul Harvey would say, "the rest of the story".

What?!?! Rusty has a narrative?

Next, you'll tell me water is wet.

Did they ever figure out what led him to fall at home at 3am the other night and end up in ER?

He had a social media post about it.

Gravity.

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Did they ever figure out what led him to fall at home at 3am the other night and end up in ER?

He had a social media post about it.

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"Blacked out at 3AM in the hallway" is an odd thing for him to say.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Did they ever figure out what led him to fall at home at 3am the other night and end up in ER?

He had a social media post about it.

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I am sure we are all hoping for Rusty's quick recovery.

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I would hope so. You have to be a pretty sad human to want others to suffer.

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doubledog said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Did they ever figure out what led him to fall at home at 3am the other night and end up in ER?

He had a social media post about it.

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I am sure we are all hoping for Rusty's quick recovery.

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I would hope so. You have to be a pretty sad human to want others to suffer.

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Yes I agree. Anybody that wishes somebody to suffer, be shot at, or even killed over politics is probably a horrible person. I would estimate that a large portion of this country has felt this way at some point in the last 4-8 years. It's ridiculous that we are manipulated this easily. And a large part of the blame probably should go on the media.

edit: I certainly wasn't saying doubledog meant anything by that.