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ChuckNorrisActionJeans

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  1. that sentence structure tho.....if the thugs are not the same people as the anarchists or the looters....who are the thugs? Que mysterioso!
  2. 29 snowflakes and counting....
  3. In that same Wapo article about Barr, it says the dude who drove the tanker into the MN crowd has been released. "No one was killed and his case has been deferred." Um, ok.
  4. That's my 'hood and I saw a massive traffic jam with a ton of people and kids at the NAO baseball fields on Morrow this morning, it was apparent that today's the first day of a soccer league or camp. Will be interesting to see what happens with kids and their summer activities saying fuck-it to social distancing. My kid is home doing nothing until the 15th as it stands now.
  5. I really want him to explain that fucking statement. There HAD to be follow-up, right? Or just let him do that kind of democracy-killing drive-by?
  6. but why? The "right" hates peaceful protestors. They loathe and mock Kaepernick as an "ungrateful thug." The very words my father used, and probably took from Hannity. They don't care because white dudes are the true victims...somehow. The minorities need to see how good we let them have it. This overcomes any principles about the bill of rights or equality. There's no redeeming people like this and there are a fuckload who grew up under segregation and like it that way. It sucks having this in my own family but the "good" boomers are outmatched and the others need to be heavily dissuaded from voting.
  7. ^^^ holy FUCK that's enraging.
  8. they were behind the metal barricade. They weren't storming shit.
  9. Well in this post-fact new reality, those protestors in Lafayette Square had it coming. That will be the accepted R narrative.
  10. Not advocating, but an angry mob pulling a Ceaucescu on him would be fitting.
  11. Damn that chicken is PISSED.
  12. I'm not your buddy, pal.
  13. I mean, why? What is the benefit of removing that information? Just so fucking contrarian.
  14. Seems like just yesterday that I was a UT student smoking out with my roommates in Hyde Park, doing a group painting depicting weird shit about the LA riots and listening to Perry Farrell sing: "ever since the riots, all I ever wanted was a black girlfriend." Some white privilege eh...
  15. oh because "now is not the time to politicize" things, according to the GOP's playbook of mass shootings etc. That's how it would play. There is never a time to lead, according to the cynical, grifter GOP.
  16. Watch Stepping Razor Red X. Peter Tosh had a lot of wise things to say about this sort of thing. In his time, it was colonial apartheid Jamaica. Black people here feel, with some good reason, they are under a similar shitstem (his phrasing). Even good, humble, dignified. prideful people begin to break down and commit crime. Just as the powers that be smugly prepare for and exploit. Not justifying ANY violent assault by anyone. But violence cannot be justified or ignored on one side and excoriated on the other without a human-nature consequence.
  17. Well of course they will. Because Trump is just the victim. And now he's the hero with tuff talk and military threats.
  18. Yesterday, I left my Austin bubble and drove to Johnson City. The number of fucking HUGE "Trump 2020", "Keep America Great", and "Vote Republican --Protect the Constitution" signs and banners, with no D or Biden signs at all. I guess not surprising but really disheartening. Why are rurals assholes?
  19. Did I miss somewhere that Joe Biden is under criminal investigation?
  20. He's not really into the car parade idea (which I'm glad of) but maybe we'll get some friends to surprise him on Zoom. Thanks. Think we're going to trek to the drive-thru safari zoo in Johnson City and with gifts and cake, he'll probably be cool. Floating the river is an idea, although everything like that feels like I'd have to overcome inertia to get it organized and spouse sure as shit wouldn't be willing to do that. Got kind of a weird spousal situation and sometimes feel like a single parent. We do have a trip planned to the hill country for June 7, some resort that's basically self-contained condos w/kitchens, we'll bring our own food and hike etc, no housekeeping during the stay. I don't know if that's safe enough -- will they have people in our unit right before us, is check-in pretty contactless?....but I'm starting to feel like some risk is inevitable if we are ever going to leave the house and do something. Which I desperately need, for sure. Thanks for the ideas.
  21. I have one kid, a boy who will turn 10 next Friday. If I didn't already feel a bit guilty about having an only child, I sure as shit do now. He's a social kid who is now on the devices all the damn time because it's his only connection to friends. His birthday will be lonely, summer camps are up in the air and anxiety-producing even if they go forward, and now 3 canceled vacations that were going to be awesome. This is all just really sad, and for me, the lack of any idea of an end point is psychologically fucking me up. Now I'm starting to worry about my job security, with Abbott's 5% budget cut mandate (which our agency told us is just the beginning).
  22. This guy didn't succeed but not for lack of trying when he set fire to a home where his targets were sleeping https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Law-student-charged-with-arson-attempted-murder-5704818.php He was my intern to whom I was teaching criminal law when he did this and was arrested, lol
  23. I believe the dep't officially gave a bullshit response of "we shouldn't assume that non-public students don't need help too." Um you're literally the department of public education...that's why you exist as a government agency....for kids who need a public education..godDAMN
  24. The idea that "it should take some effort to vote" is dripping with privilege. I wish there were an egalitarian way to make sure people knew who and what the fuck they were voting for, but that's a separate issue. For so many blue-collar and/or inner-city residents, voting can be a herculean effort, and the Rs want to keep it that way.
  25. Well, employment was nice while it lasted. If my agency cuts anyone, I'm last-in-first-out, even though I've been there 15 yrs. I gotta say, I'm a little shocked that some of y'all will traipse through all kinds of stores in order to look for stuff to..... help lower your risk. Fyi, there are a lot of non-Amazon companies selling hand sanitizer specifically, just order online and get it delivered. Google's your pal. I found one in the Houston area called wrist-bands.com (of all things), shipping was fast AF and by the smell, the 70% alcohol claim is legit. Got a gallon jug.
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