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Brisketexan

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  1. Seriously. Biden is the archetype moderate…and the idiots have him pegged as a cross between Marx and Mao. Absolute idiocy.
  2. As someone who just made a round trip from S. Texas to Austin yesterday....I suspect a lot of people think the way you do, and they're all WAY fucking wrong. I had to deal with driver after driver whose speed varied 10-15 mph, and it was maddening. I just wanted to set my cruise and be done with it, but nope. Maybe the "you can easily keep consistent SPEED" when the road is flat, but when it's rolling at all, hills of any sort, "consistent pressure on the gas pedal" doesn't come close to maintaining a set speed. Just set the cruise control, and it will make the adjustments for you as the road elevates and drops (even slight grades influence speed). Of course, the worst was the absolute flaming asshole in the Porsche SUV who, when we got to a stretch where there was a passing lane (so then we had two lanes on our side, the right lane for slow traffic, the left for passing), got in the left lane....and then just MATCHED the speed of the truck next to him. They drove side-by-side almost the whole stretch, till the very end, when he finally accelerated to pass the truck....and I used the last 100 yards of lane to do the same. Fucking asshole.
  3. He can't help by lie, and about the most obvious, easily provable things. It's not just natural for him, it's a requirement. Like, I actually think he might die if he doesn't spout at least a dozen insanely outlandish and obvious lies a day. Also, he is an actual abject moron. One of the dumbest people to walk this earth....and millions worship him. This fucking timeline....
  4. I dig Julio's salsa and Mark's Restaurant Style (the blue label). Hell on the Red is a guilty pleasure, it's a lot like Chili's salsa, IIRC. On the Border salsa is their restaurant salsa, if you like that. Dammit. Now I just want chips and salsa for dinner.
  5. But I mean, do you, when you're already at highway speeds? I used to drive a standard, with cruise control, and I used it on the highway plenty.
  6. The answer is "nothing I want to happen to him." I'll believe in actual consequences if/when they ever happen. My conclusion remains the same: we will not in any way be rid of the disease of Donald Trump until he is dead. And based on our luck in this timeline, he will live to be 125.
  7. Ahem. Technically, it's the second-to-last resort. We can see the last resort from here.
  8. I saw Austin use quite a few of them several years ago when Obama came to town. They are quite effective mobile roadblocks to stop car/truck bombs. Fill them with sand, park them to block the roadway, and you can't get a car bomb through. In Austin, I saw multiple streets completely blocked off with full dump trucks -- like a dozen of them.
  9. Why isn't it as simple as seeing why the fertility rate falls once an economy becomes developed? Ask the question "WHY did people historically have a large number of kids?" Seems that there were two reasons. 1) Labor. In agrarian societies, kids are farm labor. You need them around to keep things rolling along. And 2) higher mortality rates. Have 5-6 kids, hoping that 2-3 survive past age 7. In a developed economy, neither of those factors are in play. Child mortality is rare, and we don't need kids to milk the cows. Thus, the only reasons to have kids are PERSONAL ones, tied to self-fulfillment and desire, and broad social values. TLDR; dropping fertility rates are a feature, not a bug, of developed economies. It's not much more complicated than that, and applies across cultures. Maybe we should focus on how to make our economies more functional and resilient with that factor in mind.
  10. Yeah, the "the defense lawyer is a friend of the DA!" is a dog whistle for people with zero understanding of how being a professional works. I am a trial attorney, and opposing counsel is OFTEN someone with whom I am actual personal friends. Why is that? Because all-in-all, our profession is a small world. Most of us in a particular field know each other well. Why would Garza and Cofer be friends? Maybe because THEY WORKED TOGETHER AS PROSECUTORS BEFORE COFER LEFT THE OFFICE TO DO DEFENSE WORK. That is a regular, common thing. Many - perhaps most - good criminal defense lawyers in most towns spent time as prosecutors. They see the same folks over and over. They are friendly, they socialize, the go to Bar activities together. In short, "Garza and Cofer are friends!" is a giant nothingburger. "The DA and many defense lawyers in town are friends!" is the full statement, and it's meaningless. Like I said, I go up against friends all the time. I don't give my client shitty service because I want to do a favor to my friend, nobody I know would even think of doing that. In fact...it's kinda fun to go head-to-head against one of your friends and beat them.
  11. From the fire, or from the rectums of 1.4 billion people who all eat Indian food every day?
  12. I think the key problem is that the complainant is bona fide batshit crazy. Seriously, check out the Reddit thread on her. You cannot put her on the stand, for any reason, in any case. I’m no fan of Garza. This petition, especially by this complainant, is bullshit.
  13. The problem with how stupid these people actually are is that I have no idea how to tell what posts like this are real vs fake. The dumber they are, the more believable they are.
  14. Keep scrolling through the comments on that thread. Holy shit, it’s Nazis all the way down. It’s horrifyingly amazing.
  15. Once he’s formally nominated, they’ll all fall back in line. The Cowardly Lion would be the most courageous member of the GQP today.
  16. So, some friends brought these over last week…and they’re maybe the best store bought tortilla chips I’ve ever had. Super crunchy, but not hard/tough, and a perfect saltiness. My wife and I are both sold - these will be our go-to chip going forward.
  17. Wait....you think that any of them will actually end up in prison? I must have missed the part where we found out these dudes were poor blacks and browns. Otherwise...rich white boys don't go to prison. And you might want to scrub your denigrating remarks about these fine young men. When they become governors and senators in 25 years or so, they will be looking for payback.
  18. It’s as if an AI simulation of the saddest bunch of Golden Corral frequent diners came to life and started traveling from town to town to make America worse.
  19. Alex…I’ll take “why is there a need for a total rebuild, and no hope or opportunity?” for $500. Oh, and the answer is “what is a lot of shit the IDF and Israel has done and continues to do, including destroying functionally all infrastructure and terrorizing/murdering the population?” You get people to “voluntarily migrate” by making the place they presently live unlivable. That’s how your stated goal, your perfect plan, is achieved. It’s so simple, even an idiot like me can see it.
  20. Ok, so this is going to be a “three days in London to visit our daughter and one friends,” and “the rest in Scotland” trip. We’ll head up to Edinburgh to do some Fringe festival stuff during the day, then Tattoo that night. Next morning, we rent a car and drive to Glasgow by way of Lanark to see where my wife’s people are from. A day in Glasgow with the boy, then west. Take our time going to Oban, lingering in the Cairnbaan area to check out all the Neolithic sites. Spend a day in Oban (distillery, other stuff around town), then ferry over to Mull that evening. Next day, leave Fionnport on Mull early for a 3 hour trip/tour to Staffa, to see the granite pillars and puffins and such. Return to drop off in Iona, spend the second half of the day walking and pondering Iona (pretty impt spot for Presbyterians and said theological musings these days), then last ferry of the day at 6:30 back over to Mull. Spend the night there, then travel to Skye - trying to decide if we take the route with two ferry crossings (mostly coastal route) or the more inland route through Ft William, which gets us on to Skye via the bridge. Either way, it’s a 6 hr travel day. Do a bit of Skye late that day, a full day in Skye the next day, then most of the day in Skye…then a 3 hr ferry ride late over to Lewis and Harris island. Next day is a full day on Lewis and Harris (always wanted to see the Calanais standing stones there). Next morning, EARLY 3 hr ferry to Ullapool. Use that as a base, do some local highland hikes, see the gorge, etc. next day, start the 4 hr trip back to Edinburgh, stopping along the way at various things, maybe passing all the way through Inverness and checking out Culloden. Drop off car and stay at hotel at EDI before morning flight home. My questions are for folks who have done the islands - does it sound like we’re doing things right, or wrong? Two lengthy ferry trips in there (to and from Lewis and Harris), and I plan on buying tix (including for our car) well in advance. I’m actually booking hotels and such now, so appreciate any input y’all may have.
  21. Naah. The killing is just a means to an end. How do you get millions of people to abandon their homes and go somewhere else (your stated goal)? There’s only one tried-and-true method: drive them out. Israel is pursuing your plan using the #1 method for doing so. You should be smiling.
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