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  1. On 3/6/2024 at 4:39 PM, drt said:

    Anyone commented on the increased parking prices now that it is thru seatgeek? Fuck me they are trying to ruin this franchise. 

    Haven’t seen that. But the MLS’s brilliant decision to move games to a premium streaming platform last season dramatically reduced my interest in the league. I pay a lot more attention to EPL and even Liga MX (which is fun as hell to watch and a far superior product to MLS overall).

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  2. 13 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Quibbling a bit with you and Huck, but I’m only voting against my own financial interests.  I view people as resources (future intellect, future economic drivers, future innovation) and I want to cultivate those resources, not depress them. And that means happier people, a more stable country, less concern over our future, etc. It makes my life better, so in that sense I’m absolutely voting in my own best interests

    Very true. There’s no such thing as pure altruism. The key is that our self interest is also to the benefit of others—we desire a better world for everyone. Wealthy MAGAts don’t give a shit about that. They just want as much money as possible, and couldn’t care less about all the harm their greed causes everyone else.

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  3. 6 hours ago, slorch said:

    Your memory is correct.  Yes, the issue absolutely gives me pause.  I'm not a single-issue voter; but I feel there are few issues that have a greater impact on social mobility/ raising the floor of our society.  Fuck yeah, it gives me pause.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Yeah. I've made large financial committments to Texas athletics, and I can trace a line of my life path directly back to attending UT. And yet if my son got accepted to UT and wanted to attend, I'm pretty sure I'd feel sick to my stomach. 

    I used to say that if there’s a heaven, mine will be an eternal freshman year at UT. The institution and my love for it has been an integral part of my life and identity for as long as I can remember. I met my wife in Jester. I met lifelong friends at UT. My sister graduated two years after me. My brother in law and a cousin attended shortly after me and had many of the same professors and classes. The first piece of clothing we dressed my son in was a tiny little Longhorn onesie. After law school, I could have worked anywhere in the country. We chose Austin because we loved the city and the university and we wanted our kids to grow up here.

    The plan was always, always, always to encourage the kids to be Longhorns. But thanks to the fascist assault on everything decent and rational, we’ve done a complete 180 in the last year. 

    Fuck Texas. There’s no way in hell I’d ever send my kids to a college in this shithole state. And we’re getting the fuck out as soon as our youngest graduates high school.

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  5. 8 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    For anyone who has read ANY history books, we're actually past the thing that gets us to the thing.  The ultimate thing is a lot closer than you realize.  It will happen to us, just like it's happened to other "civilized countries."  And, if we're lucky, decades later, people will be asking "HOW IN THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN?"  The answer will be easy: the same way it always does, as you pointed out above.

    This. Human beings in general suck. The natural state of affairs is a steady progression towards war, persecution, and general awfulness. Consider it the Second Law of Sociological Thermodynamics. It takes constant work to organize mankind in a way that bucks the trend of increasing fascist entropy. That’s why the assholes spent so much time sabotaging our institutional guardrails. Once those fall, we naturally tumble towards fascism. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    So glad I left in 2019. Seriously. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence who is under 50 will get the fuck out of the shithole Texas has become.

    I told my wife yesterday we’re leaving after our daughter graduates. That kid is tearing through a full slate of AP classes like Michelangelo through a kindergarten finger painting lesson, and mentioned yesterday that she’s interested in UT. To which I responded “Fuck no. No daughter of mine is attending the University of fucking Texas.” Which stunned me when I processed what I had just said and realized I meant every word of it.

    How the fuck did we get here?

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  7. 6 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    If y’all only voted once, Soros did not get his money’s worth. 

    Sorry. We’’re US citizens, so we only got to vote once each. 

  8. 4 minutes ago, immamac said:

    I am actually convinced that people in Texas are too stupid to understand anything. 

    It’s a combo of dumb, selfish, and short-sighted. The denizens of our fair state have all three in spades.

  9. 4 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

    Tom Emmer (sp?) House Maj Whip on Hulu Super Tuesday coverage.

    What a complete gaslighting dick hole.

    Also, the whole both sides / border talk / Biden age talk and not focusing on Trumps retribution tour and the death of democracy is so fucking sad.

    Media falling for this hook line and sinker.

    Ill be on the ledge

    The rightwing is whipping our asses in the propaganda game. It’s not a fair fight, though. While their side is populated with drooling zombies who nod their heads and squeal with delight at whatever idiotic nonsense they’re fed, we have a bunch of objective critical thinkers who say things like “It is true that Biden is old and gets confused” and “I wish we had better choices” and “Biden is fucking up the Israel thing and maybe I should protest vote.” 

    It sure must be nice to be in the business of convincing idiots to do whatever you want. 

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  10. Just now, Cap33 said:

    I'm talking about the people who say they don't like him but in truth love everything he does because they’re batshit crazy and of course still vote for him because he has an R next to his name but mostly because they are selfish, deluded morons who view politics as merely a means to punish the villains of the apocalyptic fan fiction playing on a continuous loop in their hallucinating mushbrains. 

    Fify

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  11. 13 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Voting on the dem primary - anyone have a guide? Preferably a fairly objective, not far-left guide. 

    Dude. Far left is the new objective. 

  12. 28 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

    please vote for the CCA judges who dared to cross Paxton (i.e., followed the law): Keller, Hervey, Slaughter      (sigh)

    Done. Those three and Haley each got 3 votes from our little group of Soros funded commie sympathizers today. I also took the opportunity to cast “No” votes on various jingoistic GOP propositions, such as “Should the Texas Constitution be amended so that it is required to be etched onto police batons for use in beating illegal immigrants?” and “Should the Texas Constitution be amended to require each Mexican citizen to be wrapped in razor wire?” 

    All in all, it felt very dirty. But I reminded myself that my ballot is a middle finger to fascists, which may be the best we Texans can do at this point. 

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  13. 1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I guess the bright side was the R line looked to be about 45 minutes long and the D line only had 3 people in it when I walked up.

    Yeah that’s a real ray of fucking sunshine. 

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  14. Aside from promising to be tougher on violent criminals, has Sylestine explained his position on non-violent offenses (e.g., minor drug possession, etc.)? 

  15. Let’s say a strategic-minded leftist is considering voting for Haley in the primary. Which other R candidates in TX / Travis County would be worth an anti-MAGA protest vote?

  16. 19 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    I still see no way out.  I see two fires burning with incredible intensity.  There is no putting them out.

    Warming up for Open Mic Poetry Night?

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