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  1. Will we get more bike lanes?
  2. They trying to burn down another hotel?
  3. Do Surly threads count?
  4. This morning I was praying and saw the Texas offensive line give up no sacks against OU.
  5. They all suck and belong on the same stage together.
  6. Lee Greenwood + Creed + Kid Rock + Dave Matthew’s Band.
  7. Negged and reported for not breaking this up into separate paragraphs.
  8. Damn, that stroke has done a number on him.
  9. My eighth-grade English teacher was named Stebbings and she gave me a C for my last quarter. Bitch.
  10. Picture of masculinity and security with his sexual identity.
  11. Man, I wish I had a billion dollars so I could pressure federal law enforcement to use American taxpayer resources to chase urban myths and absurd conspiracy theories. I mean, I might also give a few dollars to a soup kitchen.
  12. I can’t wait to ride my scooter on it!
  13. Jesus, last night was a doozy.
  14. If he's been taking the wheel lately, he's clearly drunk off his ass.
  15. Tan suit. Never forget.
  16. I think this is true. I would say "hope" it's true, but don't mean to imply that I hope that ICE and federalized national guard start will employ greater violence against nonviolent protestors. I'm reminded of a book I just read, King: A Life, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography on MLK. It's fascinating in so many ways, even after I've watched numerous documentaries about King and the Civil Rights movement over my life. You talk about a guy with an unwavering commitment to nonviolence, even when violence against the Black community had escalated, and when others in the movement had pleaded for King to start physically fighting back. But one thing Brisket's comment reminded me of was how the growing video footage of Southern law enforcement, unprovoked and without mercy, physically beating protestors -- men and women, and eventually children when they started joining the protests -- that started changing the attitudes of those viewing audiences outside of the South, including JFK himself and his administration. It was the proliferation of TV sets in most American households by the 1960s, which showed more and more of the senseless beatings, fire hosings, and dog attacks against peaceful protestors, that really gave the Civil Rights movement significant momentum. Maybe Trump's invasion of the blue cities will lead to something similar. Though I'm sure plenty on the right won't see a comparison, and will chalk it up to a bunch of loser instigators in Chicago and Portland with nothing better to do, as opposed to Black's pushing for an end to segregation and the right to vote. Those folks will cheer on the pepper balls, or worse. But maybe it will start to change the minds of some folks. Not entirely on Trump, because that toothpaste has left the station. But maybe some of the more "reasonable" Republicans and right-leaning voters will push back on his overreach of executive force and power that they have let go unchecked so far. Maybe.
  17. So tell us more about the times you've shot your wife with a pepper ball gun. And if you have video, please share.
  18. Yet this will get little to no airplay or indignation from any significant media outlet.
  19. South Austin

    Burgers

    Ah, I stand corrected.
  20. Don't give Nicole any ideas.
  21. South Austin

    Burgers

    Several brain cells have died since then, but I recall Frank moved into the Bitter End space. If not, what was Frank before Frank opened?
  22. South Austin

    Burgers

    The Bitter End was a few blocks from my office and we used to go there often for lunch. And then when it was Frank following Bitter End's closure. Really liked them both.
  23. This is going to outrage the country. Huge.
  24. This. Miller's comments are a big nothing-burger to most of the American public. Even a huge chunk of Democrats don't know what he meant, just that he's generally a ginormous shitbag so it must be something bad.
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