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Brisketexan

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  1. I’m a huge believer in two concepts: 1) the vast majority of adversarial situations can and should be resolved by negotiation and compromise, and 2) a handful can’t be, and the fight must be fought to completion. It’s not always easy to know which is which…but sometimes, it’s pretty easy. Ana thinks that means one favors “endless war.” It doesn’t. Not even close. It means one favors avoiding war almost all the time; even take extreme measures to avoid it. But it also means that when war is the end point of a conflict, then fight it to win it. Because when a conflict has already demonstrated itself as the kind of conflict to explode into war, then a half measure to pause it instead of pursuing a path to end it definitively, it’s often a mistake. China is a great example of an adversarial conflict that can and should be managed through diplomacy, compromise, and a deliberate and patient strategy. Putin’s Russia has plainly demonstrated that it is a belligerent that will have to be managed - in part - with military force meeting its military force. “Peace in our time” appeasement of the wrong adversary is destined to fail.
  2. Has a couple of Long Drinks tonight myself. Remembered how much I like that as a summer drink.
  3. Yeah, I’m ok on Taco Deli. There are some tacos that are recognizable as Mexican. And I dig me an Otto with dona sauce. Again…not a place I really seek out, but if we’re placing an order, yeah, I want an Otto on flour.
  4. You know what's even BETTER than Elmo simply emphasizing a post that has literally ZERO citation to data? The fact that the data doesn't back that up. Yes, the murder rate by black people IN THE US (gee, local historical circumstances may have SOMETHING to do with violent crime rates) is higher than the murder rate by white people. But it ain't 9X the white murder rate. Elmo is just a fucking edge lord racist piece of shit who isn't even capable of critical thinking. He's a fucking moron. An absolute and total moron.
  5. This. I wouldn't serve on that jury. No way, no how. Hold me in contempt, I don't care. Donald Trump and his minions are doing all they can to get me killed. That's where we are, by the way. One of our two parties and a criminal fucking gang are completely indistinguishable. Shit, the party's even worse. At least the mafia would try to buy a juror off before they subjected them to threat of death. The GQP is too stupid (and greedy) to even try the first step. They just go right to "juror intimidation." Fucking. Criminals.
  6. Brisketexan

    LBGTQ

    Because -- and this is very, very important -- the Bible commands that you be as fucking cruel and vindictive against thuh gayz as you possibly can be. It's right there, in the Bible. What, you didn't read that part, atheist libtard? Truly. It's amazing to watch people fight so hard for the right to be absolutely fucking mean without repercussions. Why the fuck is it so important to you to have the right to harass and abuse gay people? Seriously....why? What the fucking fuck is fucking wrong with you sick fucks?
  7. Your insane optimism is delightful. Truly marvelous. But still insane. This state is getting MORE racist and misogynist, not less. And it will continue to get worse. For a long, long time.
  8. And Dan, you’ve been perfectly happy with any number of buttfuckings of the constitution and of the people. Bitching only when an ox you care about gets gored elicits zero sympathy. You happily helped create the monster, shut the fuck up while it consumes you, as it was ALWAYS going to do.
  9. He won't answer. He rarely does. He'll say some version of "my position has been crystal clear, if you haven't seen it in a random post from 2 years ago, that's on you. BRAIN WORMS"....without ever stating what his actual position is. Because - and this is important - he knows that his actual position is indefensible.
  10. Texas will never elect a black woman to statewide office. We're busy trying to take our entire legal and governmental system back to pre-Civil War, and you think we'll EVER elect a black woman to anything? My brother....come on. This state is shitty. It will only get shittier.
  11. Huevos con chorizo is a flat circle....
  12. Now, apply the Brisket rules of this timeline, which have a 99% accuracy rate: 1) It only gets worse. 2) There is no bottom. And there you have it.
  13. Yeah.... a whole lotta this. For those who do see their values genuinely influenced by scripture, it's a long fucking journey. It takes a lifetime. Because you START with the values that are planted in you by your community and culture. And in American community and culture....the values of actual gospel-based Christianity are quite plainly counter-cultural and radical.
  14. atomheart gets it. Remember, no matter what the question is, no matter what the conundrum or seemingly unsolvable problem is, there is always one clear answer, one obvious solution: CRYPTO!
  15. She is trying to start the prophesied End Times war between Israel and Mexico. See the Biblical Prophet Billy-Bob speaking of the Jew-Messican war in the Book of Hurr-Durr, a canonical Cowboy Church chapter following Revelation that somehow missed Nicaea. The prophecies were true.....
  16. Also an option. It matches up with the current GQP goal of "say gov't can't do anything, then starve it to death and break it to prove yourself right." Bottom line....nothing good, not a single damned thing, can come from putting Mackowiak and Zimmerman in any position of power.
  17. In Texas, as of 2021 (last year for which I see good date), agricultural irrigation was 53% of our water usage. And something like 75% of the ag water was groundwater, much of which is from non-replenishing (or so slow as to be functionally non-replenishing) aquifers, like the Ogallala in the panhandle. There's plenty of water: it mostly falls in the eastern third of the state. We just have to catch it. And transport it. There's also lots of water in the ocean. We just need to desalinate it. And transport it. Our problem is that we've exhausted almost all of the cheap options. We're working in the next layer of options that are more expensive, but not brutally so (re-use permits are going crazy now; aquifer storage and recovery is coming soon as well). But that will only get us partway there. Yes, conservation has to be a part of it. But even then, that has its own problems. Specifically, the cost of securing supply and building infrastructure goes way up. So, the base cost for water for everyone has to go up. Meaning that Joe Suburb, who used to use 6,000 gallons per month and pay a water bill of $40, now uses 4,500 gallons per month....and pays a water bill of $60. He's using less water, and paying more. Because most people don't realize that you really aren't paying for "the water I use." You are paying for the means to capture and have adequate supply, and the infrastructure to deliver it. But 99% of consumers don't get that. They get the simple math: I'm using less, and paying more, and that's bullshit (it's attractive math, I give you that). Water is an increasingly scarce resource -- laws of supply and demand tell us that its price will go up. And those laws are being followed, and will continue to be followed.
  18. [Brisket, pondering whether to start the "Official Thread for when the Christian Theocrats ban Masturbation" thread....but deciding he'll wait, because the panic-posting by this crowd will crash the servers]
  19. It's just like a high-profile mob trial....except worse. And the entire GQP pathetically wants a fucking mobster to be our president. The entire party is a terrorist organization. If it was based on foreign soil, we'd have destroyed its entire apparatus in drone strikes years ago.
  20. Exhibit 10,000 in "never, ever, ever trust Elon, or anything he touches." It's truly fucking sad. Shit, I have a kiddo looking for her first job, and we saw a couple of postings that are somewhat adjacent to her chosen field for some Musk companies. Didn't even click on the listing. No. Fucking. Way.
  21. The thing is, he wouldn't go to prison. What he would do is not a crime. He's not taking a bribe, or receiving any direct benefit. He's just favoring one type of party over another for bullshit reasons. Just like any judge could weigh all the factors, and consistently sentence minority defendants to 2X the prison sentence that white defendants get -- not a single law is broken. Thus, the basis of most of my rants on this board for the past decade+ : the dirty secret about our entire system is that it is really built on trust. Not on criminalizing all wrongful conduct -- that simply can't be done. And when one group decides "fuck that trust, I'ma do whatever I want," it all breaks down. And....here we are.
  22. holy fucking shit. I'm sure that you didn't originate that, but I don't fucking care, I am going to steal it and use it so often that I may wear the actual words out. And seeing everyone here shit on those two places does my heart good. My wife likes Torchy's. My wife is pura gringa. The only thing worth a shit there is the queso. I eat at Velvet Taco occasionally. Why? Because it's a couple of blocks from my office, and cheap, quick lunch options are limited. I would never choose it as a destination. This town has 11 million places with actual good tacos, from the old-school east side mexican places (hit Angie's or Joe's or Beto's), or any number of taco trailers (the best tacos I've had in downtown Austin? EASY: when one of the nearby buildings was under construction, a taco truck would show up every day at around 11:45 to sell grub to the workers. I'd line up with all the dudes in orange vests and hardhats, and get 3 tacos for $6. And they were fantastic. Broke my heart when construction wrapped up.). And I don't mean in a fancy "food trailer park." I mean in a goddamned gas station parking lot. Just go to any of them, any single one, and every taco you get will be 1) much better than either of those gringo places, and 2) cheaper. Godawlmighty, shitty hipster gringo tacos make me ragey.
  23. Yep -- Tesla even partnered directly with Del Valle ISD to create a pipeline to decent jobs for kids there. https://americanconstructors.com/insights/del-valle-isd-tesla-partnership/ We'll see if that survives. And we'll see if there are any jobs for those kids to get once they graduate. That those are questions pisses me off. We should be excited about a major manufacturer setting up shop here. Instead, it's a fucking shitshow of a goat rodeo staged inside a dumpster fire. Fucking Elon is poison.
  24. Easy. Before your appraisal hearing, Mackowiak runs your name against the records of primary voters. Vote in his party's primary? Your $800k house gets a reduced value to $400k. Vote in the wrong primary? Your $800k house stays at $800k, regardless of any evidence to the contrary. It's not hard. All that it takes is corrupt intent, and an already-existing index of primary voters.
  25. Annalena looks angry. I bet she's going to give those rooskies a sound spanking. If she needs to practice said spanking beforehand, I volunteer as a tribute.
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