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  1. Not just American, but Dallas, Texan, and founded by the Thompson family. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2023/12/19/7-eleven-trailblazer-jere-thompson-sr-dies-at-91/ https://thompsoncenter.utexas.edu/ And yes, the Japanese were originally franchisees.
  2. Yeah, no. He'a a gravy SEAL at best. And yeah, I'm going with hardcore fundagelical with some Africa mission under his belt. He also has two degrees from a tiny Catholic school, although Franciscan.
  3. He thought he was the king of America Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine Now, I try hard not to become hysterical But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying I wish that I could push a button And talk in the past and not the present tense And watch this hurting feeling disappear Like it was common sense
  4. Not to mention all the "security patrol" Crown Vics and similar running around out there.
  5. Hence my acknowledgement that all options may end in b). I suppose ordinarily kicking the can down the road to postpone b) is undesirable. But, there is and has always been hope for regime change or moderation in Iran.
  6. No one here is making excuses for Iran. We're debating how best to curtail the nuclear ambitions of a rogue state. The options seem to be a) do nothing until b) military strike at significant risk of regional/global destabilization or c) come to some sort of agreement, however imperfect, that attempts to put some kind of limits on them, with penalties. All options may end in b), but c) certainly seems to be preferable to a). And, if we're gonna talk about Bibi "teetering on dictatorship," what about Trump? I am far from a progressive, historically. I voted GOP for 35 years, with increasing hesitancy and discomfort as the culture war bullshit heated up. I cannot stand Trump, "personally," and his policies and administration are complete horseshit. He fucked up the Iran deal by not at least pursuing a dialog because he's a petty cunt. With respect to immigration, he deliberately, again because he's a petty cunt, torpedoed the most significant reform in nearly a half century. The vast majority of the CR, the "leftist cabal," more resembles me than "progressives."
  7. Referencing myself and answering my own question. In keeping with populist nationalists everywhere, you have been deluded into believing that immigration -- replacement theory -- is the actual problem.
  8. Involved is one thing. The principal peace negotiator is another. The money and emotional interest is why we're not credible to Iran.
  9. Well, wait, I thought eradicating enemies, like Russia, cost money that we don't want to spend, and foreign entanglements and all that. Or is it only brown enemies, or Islamic ones? What about the Jews, when do they get their time in the barrel? And what the blue fuck does this have to do with immigration?
  10. Dude, you can watch the video and he says "I am Senator Padilla" well before they frogmarched him out of the room. This whole administration is one long publicity stunt. Including "immigration enforcement." And whether congressmen, or any other politicians are low-grade grifters, Trump out-grifts them all by massive margins.
  11. Not overruled. No decision at all on the merits. Rather, an "administrative stay," which means give us a sec to hear some arguments, and hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
  12. Of course not. But is it not better to have an agreement that provides for inspection, monitoring, and sanctions for non-compliance or nothing at all?
  13. Sort of by the rules. There's offensive asylum, wherein you come here seeking asylum and there's defensive asylum, where you are apprehended and raise asylum as a defense to removal. Apparently, one cannot be removed while a removal case remains pending. So, the government dismisses the removal case and, voila, you are removed.
  14. Unfortunately, seven partners is probably well within normal attrition rates among big firms.
  15. I'm a little more old school.
  16. trumpforking.com points to trumpswag.com And misspells "America" on the landing page.
  17. Truly amazing that a "conservative," even if not a Trump supporter, would use the word "grifter" unironically to refer to anyone outside the administration.
  18. It's as if he didn't even watch the video. Yeah, you can call what Padilla did performative. But the speech he interrupted was performative as hell by a Secretary who is performative as hell. At some point, you gotta fight fire with fire. Since when are we throwing the monkeys out of the circus?
  19. Trump pulled out of the agreement for no other reason than Obama did it. Granted, it was a less-than-perfect deal, so subject to criticism, which gave Trump some cover.
  20. But, again, we're not trying to reach the MAGAts. They're irretrievable. There are some, though, that are more middle of the road but still susceptible to propaganda. For us upper-middle allies, I think it's important to present that image.
  21. Well, it does seem that the earth is a mighty powerful filter and decontaminator, at times. My favorite part is the immunity from suit that water producers get. More incentives to do the right thing in the first fucking place.
  22. So that whole Tceh Matador Club thing made me lose some respect for Glasco, who I'd come around to thinking was a pretty good dude and coach. I guess he's not precisely responsible for the Tceh bagmen, but still. I guess I'm not gonna be too hard on a coach that uses a lot of transfers, particularly at a place like ULL, which isn't exactly anyone's destination school, even a softballer. Tech is in a bit of the same boat.
  23. Kinda nuts that those only lasted less than eight years.
  24. It appears that the august Senator was slightly out of order in not holding his questions. I didn't see anyone asking him to hold his questions until the appropriate time. Which would have been the non-authoritarian response. Even Obergruppenfuhrer Tim O'Hare does that. I did see the goon squad immediately attempt to remove him, at which point he most certainly did identify himself, if not before. Compare and contrast the clownshow Congress critters showing up to "oversee" 1/6 "political prisoners" with democrats challenging the regime at immigration detention centers. Violent goon squads are the new normal.
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