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Bozo_Casanova

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  1. You are incorrect, there are in fact lot of progressive-aligned idiots celebrating on social media, particularly Twitter. That doesn’t say anything about Democrats at large and represents tiny numbers, but he’s right that it’s happening.
  2. So…I feel like political assassination and terrorism, particularly if it winds up being the justification for an authoritarian crackdown or more organized political thuggery, goes well beyond the scope of either the gun control discourse or FAFO territory. I guess it’s ironic that he said it was “worth it”, and there’s certainly dark humor in the fact that he was shot under a sign that said “prove me wrong”, but none of this shit is going to be funny and nobody is going to care about memes or social media dunks when the tanks roll. I’m very worried about the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk. It’s not the Reichstag fire, but it certainly takes us a step or two closer to the endgame.
  3. Especially the ones who aren’t actually disabled. Or Vets.
  4. Off topic, it does anybody remember the Shoal Creek Groper back in the 90’s? for several years women jogging on shoal creek were getting groped on the trail and the dude ended up raping a couple of women. IIRC they never caught anybody.
  5. Wordle 1,544 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  6. It’s pretty safe at night too. It was 10X more dangerous 30 years ago.
  7. Reagan didn’t act like that, but Trump is very continuous with Reagan. Im not sure if you were one of the Reagan Republicans who believed in all that nonsense and are still trying to rationalize your support, but there’s a straight line between the two. Reagan was just far more palatable and his administration was held much more in check by congress, which in those days was elected in mostly competitive districts by communities of interest.* or “communities of interest,” as @Ag with kids likes to call real places and people with things in common, as opposed to preordained partisan outcomes.
  8. Ok but 1) Reagan was fucking terrible in multiple ways, some of which he shares with Trump, like magical thinking about the debt and 2) Bush II was even worse, because not only did he destroy our last best chance at fiscal sanity he put us on an irreversible course towards the end of empire by getting us into our own version(s) of of the Boer War. Trump is a worse human being and more brazenly corrupt and abusifr of the powers of his office. But I’m not going to pretend there were good old days when the GOP meant what it said about fiscal discipline or good government, because except for a short break from 99-92, they have been at this since 1980.
  9. I don’t love Mamdani but that shit is hilarious. 5/5
  10. Does he think of all the education that he missed?
  11. This will never not be a great album
  12. It’s awful, but Shanty Micks from the racetrack are only “white people” on a technicality
  13. Wordle 1,543 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  14. My favorite Wendy Davis story is how her team was pitching a movie to some producers where the big victorious finale would be her filibustering the abortion bill until the session ran out of time, and the filmmakers were like, “uh… but didn’t they just pass that bill like 2 weeks later?”
  15. I remember we talked about this around 2012 when I was piloting my SaaS startup into the side of Bootstrap Mountain. When you described it I said something about how much more fun your company was than mine, and you basically responded that it was destroying your life.
  16. I get it, I’m just saying 340 is nothing to sneeze at.
  17. Great post. Another part of the disconnect is that they have a very narrow and misleading understanding of the city based exclusively on what they hear from others where they live community and see policing, ie, they don’t get to understand the city the way a civilian does. For example, a few years ago an officer talked to me about how different Mueller was from the “gangbangers north of 51st.” You know, the mean streets of Windsor Park. It also creates multiple other problems, like a feeling of being able to violate basic standards with impunity. 6th street is basically safe, or in any case is less dangerous than it was in the 90’s. But because of media and politics, people in places like Leander and Liberty Hill are absolutely convinced that 6th street is a dangerous, lawless wasteland. My daughter worked on Dirty 6th street when she was 15-17 at a coffee shop, usually early mornings to afternoon. She dealt with all sorts of craziness from homeless people, but never felt unsafe when she was working there, except when she was being hit on at 16 by a married officer while their colleague looked ashamed, but did nothing. She was even uncomfortable when he came back later trying to “escort her safely” to her car because of the “danger” and that he even had the gall to say “I wouldn’t let my daughter work down here.”
  18. Sure they effect you, but (and I sincerely mean no offense here) what I’ve found is that APD’s most ardent defenders and Garza blames (and, to be clear, that’s not you) tend to live outside the city limits and don’t pay for the generally underwhelming service we are currently getting. Furthermore, the majority of officers don’t live in the city and many of them never have.
  19. Then she went on Twitter and seemed to blame some combination of a heavy workload and fear of being the sole vote against, which is not an excuse I have ever seen before from a council member for a vote they regret.
  20. I have literally never downplayed the shittiness of Garza and personally attempted to recruit* both primary and general election challengers So… no. That said, it is a fact that Garza’s shittiness is directly provided as a justification both here, in real life, and sometimes officers themselves and their union for why the police product we get from APD is so mediocre. What part of Austin do you live in? *as far as I can tell nobody good wants the job 🤷
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