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  1. so Cornyn not even going to try the corruption angle on Kenny? Guess he knows that it doesn't move the needle one bit with Maga. Except to move it in Kenny's favor. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    The federal nexus on criminal charges seems extraordinarily weak here.  

    The US Attorney (acting) doesn't seem to be a hack, but it's hard to tell.

    Yeah, I don't understand the basis for federal charges at all. And cynical me, but the stench of "he's being treated very unfairly" from the cunt-in-chief will be wafting in at any time if the feds are allowed in.

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  3. 2 hours ago, Gale Snoats said:

    Will be interesting to see what Abbott does with the THC bill.  He said earlier this week (first time he's addressed the issues as far as I know) that he'll 'put on his judge's hat and consider evidence from all sides' or something like that.  I'm sure the decision will go to whichever side contributes the most.  Patrick is gonna lose his shit if Abbott vetoes. 

    Yep. With the way Abbott's  operating these days, I took that to mean, "let the bribing commence."

  4. 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Except if it's by right-wingers intent on decapitating and overthrowing our government.  Then 1) it is absolutely a peaceful protest, and 2) anyone who the authorities dared to arrest/charge must be pardoned.

     

    The right has absolutely succeeded in creating and imposing a double standard.  Not only is the right not answerable for violent conduct, it is REWARDED for it.

    The opposition should learn.  You win by 1) repeated and consistent violence and threats of violence (congresspersons are legit fearful for their lives if they vote against the Regime), and then 2) using that violence and threats of violence to take power.

    Those are the rules.  They've been written, and demonstrated to be true.

    Except for the inconvenient fact that the opposition lacks power in the first instance as the minority party

  5. I didn't know he has dyslexia. That was a thorough take-down. My only beef w/Gavin has been the weird Charlie Kirk podcast and capitulation on trans people in athletics, which is a nuanced situation best addressed by regulatory bodies. He can redeem himself if he is the best one to poke the Trump bear. Most others seem too cowardly.

  6. 3 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

    Just saw this post online…

    Zen priest, Peter Coyote, on protest: "I’m watching the Los Angeles reaction to ICE raids with trepidation and regret.

    Three years ago I taught a class at Harvard on the “theater of protest”— designed to help people understand why so many protests turn out to be Republican campaign videos working directly against the interests of the original protest.

    A protest is an invitation to a better world.

    It’s a ceremony.

    No one accepts a ceremonial invitation when they’re being screamed at.

    More important you have to know who the real audience of the protest is.

    The audience is NEVER the police, the politicians, the Board of supervisors, Congress,etc.

    The audience is always the American people, who are trying to decide who they can trust; who will not embarrass them.

    If you win them, you win power at the box office and power to make positive change.

    Everything else is a waste.

    There are a few ways to get there:

    1. Let women organize the event. They’re more collaborative. They’re more inclusive, and they don’t generally bring the undertones of violence men do.

    2 Appoint monitors, give them yellow, vests and whistles. At the first sign of violence, they blow the whistles and the real protester sit down.

    Let the police take out their aggression on the anarchists and the provocateurs trying to discredit the movement.

    3. Dress like you’re going to church. It’s hard to be painted as a hoodlum when you’re dressed in clean, presentable clothes.

    They don’t have to be fancy they just signal the respect for the occasion that you want to transmit to the audience.

    4. Make your protest silent. Demonstrate your discipline to the American people. Let signs do the talking.

    5. Go home at night. In the dark, you can’t tell the cops from the killers. Come back at dawn fresh and rested.

    I have great fear that Trump’s staging with the National Guard and maybe the Marines is designed to clash with anarchists who are playing into his hands and offering him the opportunity to declare an insurrection.

    It’s such a waste and it’s only because we haven’t thought things through strategically.

    Nothing I thought of is particularly original.

    It was all learned by watching the early civil rights protests in the 50s and 60s.

    And it was the discipline and courage of African-Americans that drew such a clear line in the American sand that people were forced to take sides and that produced the civil rights act.

    The American people are watching and once again if we behave in ways that can be misinterpreted, we’ll see this explained to the public in Republican campaign videos benefiting the very people who started this.

    Wake up.
    Vent at home.
    In public practice discipline and self control.

    It takes much more courage."
    — Peter Coyote
    Zen teacher and author/narrator, with Ken Burns

    Note: Carry an American flag. As the administration creates a fake emergency to justify a state crackdown, it's important to honor the values and vision of democracy for which we're advocating.

    When the Enquirer came for pics back in 2017, I smiled a big toothy grin and held a big flag as it felt so empowering and good to stand with my adult daughter, pastors, Franciscans, nuns, kids, parents, grandparents and some women from our women's groups for the values we tried to pass on.

    After the protest, we sang and marched to a church where we heard poignant witness of immigrants trying to build a better life for their families against insurmountable odds.

    Many Marines, National Guardsmen and vets are over on Threads and Substack expressinging their disagreement over being used by this lawless administration.

    Peace, santi and shalom to all. emoji3522.png

    — Leslie Flood Hershberger

    It's not that there isn't merit in this, but it's so exhausting that one side has to be damned near "perfect" and the other side gets to be as toxic as possible without repercussion. What are the odds that the protests can all be done with the perfect tone and complete solidarity and absence of violence/destruction from anyone? And regardless of whether it's even near "perfect", it'll be like in an abusive relationship --- "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"

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  7. 4 hours ago, Red Five said:

    Really, really, REALLY breaking the law. Like the question should be, how did she make it as far as she did before getting shot? The whole thing is just so fucking stupid, but I find myself saying that exact sentence about 50 times a day. 

    Do any of them ever answer what they think was going to happen NEXT if officers did not shoot??

  8. On 5/13/2025 at 4:16 PM, Blotto said:

    What kind of a psychopath just casually takes a swim in f'n jeans.

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    I realize this is a secondary concern to actually swimming in a shit creek, but goddamn.....thats just not right. 

    is rfk jr. picking leeches off bobcat's back after soaking in shit water in blue jeans at dumbarton oaks?

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  9. fyi, I'm doing sitting and walking services thru Rover if any of y'all in central or north Austin could use some help. Dm me for my profile. Started bc as far as a side hustle, couldn't think of anything better than being able to love on doggos (and cats!) If it makes it less weird, I'm part of the surly gal cabal, lol...  If this is inappropriate please ignore:) 

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  10. Absolutely wrong. In Maga-land, "Trump owned him and the interviewer was obviously uncomfortable and didn't want to admit he was full of shit." Look, you're never going to get anywhere with the base and base-adjacent by saying "agree to disagree, let's move on"  FFS it's only embarrassing if you already find Trump to be an embarrassment, otherwise it's an abject failure to not directly call out his bullshit and insist on the truth 

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  11. 20 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

    Wrestling is every bit as legitimate an art form as theater or anything else

    It's inverse drag. Instead of being a camp, over-exaggerated representation of the opposite gender, wrestling is the same thing with their own genders

  12. 3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

    I'm too lazy to look but it is up to $800M+ in '22 or '23. I remember seeing that in '25 the state is now collecting over $5B in recapture money. After paying off the poor ISDs, it sends the excess, which is a significant amount, to the State General fund to use for non-education shit. Give the excess monies back, Abbott, you dipshit.

     

    Also for the $800M AISD payment year, the 2nd highest paying ISD was Houston ISD. They only paid a little over $200M. AIDS is getting ROYALLY fucked.

    This fucking infuriates me every damned time my brain is forced to confront it. And there seems to be no movement whatsoever to force the lege to use the money for the purpose it was constitutionally designed. Ought to be a crime. 

    Or, just raise the per-student funding a lot after so many years of neglect and underfunding, and we could keep a lot of our damned money in our own community for EDUCATION as it was meant.  I know, might as well scream into the void because they don't have to do it to keep getting reelected until the end of time in this godforsaken state.

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  13. On 4/22/2025 at 7:02 AM, justhookit said:

    I am in Escazu right now and it is fucking great. I’m only driven through Atenas and Santa Ana but @midtownprobably has some thoughts.

     

    On 4/22/2025 at 7:59 AM, midtown said:

    I spent half a day looking at houses in Atenas "best climate".  Atenas is awesome. Ill add the realty company link below. You can get a 1800 sq ft house on an acre in a gated community for $350k.  You can go less if you don't need/want gated and want ot live in town or way up into the millions if you want a palace 1800sqft might seem small but realize you can literally live on your deck because the weather is so nice.  You could also add a garage with a man cave for nothing. Most houses come with a splash pool but per the realtor you can have a resort pool put on your acre for about 20k.  Min wage is like $2/hr. I was pretty set there and I am still highly considering it.  The only issue is it's out there and as long as you are ok with eating at the same 6 or 7 restaurants no issues.  Then again you are only 1.5 hours from Jaco and 30 mins from San Jose.  I was thinking I'd want more to do but if I keep a house in somewhere like St Pete (Copa flies from TPA to SJO through PTY) I can get my fill of nice restuarants and night life and have CR be my quiet place.  If you are part time you'll want a caretaker on your property to keep an eye out while you are out of the country.  Just add a small apartment above your man cave and have them live there.  Eitehr go with a cook/housekeeper or a landscaper.

    There is a MaxiPali in Atenas whichis owned by Walmart

    Something to keep in mind.  Liquidity could be an issue so make damn sure thats where you want to buy.  I watched houses in Atenas sit on the market for a year.  No loans so its all cash.  

    San Ramon is a little bit bigger and Ive seen houses where you can see the pacific from your deck.  Also in consideration.  We can rotate game watching locations.  I'll host one wknd. Justhookit with one in Quepos etc

    https://atenasbestclimate.com/

    This is the realtor that showed me around

    https://atenasbestclimate.com/agents/andrew-partain-agent/

    @justhookit @ChuckNorrisActionJeans

    Curious, are y'all fluent in Spanish? I'm assuming I should get my habla-ing a lot better if I'm serious about this venture

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