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  1. Although it fairly traces to that TikTok, I was just echoing his sentiment and intended it in a more general way. The Tiktok could be fully accurate.
  2. Those 60s and 70s and before Case knives are works of art.
  3. Also, if your ideology is that good, and your belief in it that strong, exposure to other ideas will only reinforce it. Problem is . . . .
  4. Yes, I have been pondering this, as well, and have reached the same conclusion. True conservatism is maintenance of the status quo, or really more accurately, measured change and acknowledgement of unintended consequences. Other than history, or studying that principal in action in some other context, there really isn't much to be gained academically or educationally by "teaching conservatism" except actual political indoctrination. In a lot of ways, conservatism is antithetical to education. Actual conservatism is "that's a great idea, but . . . ." And that means you actually need exposure to great ideas, even if they're ultimately flawed in execution or some other way. I mean hell, most of the people in this forum are former conservatives or hewed to a fair amount of conservative notions and we all attended that commanis, hommasekshul librul UT.
  5. Do bridges operate at a profit/pay for themselves? Residential streets? What about streetlights, sewers all that good shit. Goddam socialists.
  6. Yep, the actual tax burden in California is lower for most people than in Texas. And then when you start figuring in things like cost of health insurance that are directly impacted by a state's political policies, the non-real-estate cost-of-living in Cali is even or cheaper than Texas.
  7. Yeah, shit's bad enough without making shit up. The rationals need to adopt some of the right's tactics, but conspiracy theories aren't one of them. I don't think. Maybe it's a way to reach the idiots.
  8. Loomer announced the other day that a "high government official" was implicated in advertising in swinger publications and other such debauchery. Ali, or some rational reposter said that conventional journalism had been on the trail of similar information for quite some time. Apologies for the shitasses in the video, but it's the first thing that came up.
  9. It hasn't been repeated here in a while, but since we have so many first-time watchers, it may bear repeating. A critic observed in connection with (early) Game of Thrones that it was a "sociological drama," where the world was the main character and most of the actual characters pretty fungible. In making this observation, the critic noted that The Wire was the pioneering sociological drama, with Baltimore as the main character and an analogy for every American city. If that's not spot on, it's damn close.
  10. What's fascinating is the fascist's obsession with things that are inherently at least somewhat liberal: education and media. They deal with new ideas and are progressive by their very nature. It's not governmental influence that makes them "liberal." And then they go with completely state-sponsored and mandated education and media. Every accusation.
  11. I'm a bit surprised at FFA in Austin high schools, but for a bit of perspective, Slacker was released in 1991. The more things change . . . . And, there aren't goatropers at every high school in Texas anymore?
  12. They already denied cert in her case once before, where it was even more poorly presented. Ruckus' own words: This petition implicates important questions about the scope of our decision in Obergefell, but it does not cleanly present them. For that reason, I concur in the denial of certiorari.
  13. I suppose Joe Strummer was a handsome fella in his own right, but Rhys Myers is a little too pretty. And I don't even see Michael listed in the cast, but whoever played him was definitely too good looking. I could see them uglying up Toby Kebbell a little to make a good Mick.
  14. EJ Antoni, brought to you by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, ie Timmy n Faris. He's kind of the EJ Holland of economics. South Park really needs to do a Timmy n Faris ep.
  15. Well, one of the things about the frequent use of the emergency/shadow docket is that they don't have to explain themselves hardly at all. There's even a theory that the emergency docket is a form of Trump appeasement that kicks the can down the road for a few months. This is not one of those, and, for the most part, they're sticking to conventional analysis of things when they have to explain themselves.
  16. The "right" way to attack Obergefell is simple enough and amply demonstrated by the attacks on Roe: a state passes a law curtailing same-sex marriage in some way, or completely, and off you go.
  17. Not sure it's going to be standing, but in any event, this is a lousy vehicle for testing the constitutionality of anything. Recall that she was sued in her official capacity for failure to do her legal duty, that is, issue marriage license to a same-sex couple. She was ordered to do it, failed to do it, was found in contempt, spent a few days in jail, and was fined $100k. Attorneys fees of $260k were awarded at the end as can happen in a civil rights civil suit. It's a very collateral attack on Obergefell. Not sure even this SCOTUS will take it up.
  18. Northaven Automotive at North Haven and Central has been good to me for light-duty stuff. Also do a Mobil1 oil change for $80.
  19. The funny thing about this is that MAGAts think it's because NYC is liberal. But recall that until very recently, Trump was a Democrat, and pretty much the entire time he lived in NYC. NYC hates him because they had to put up with his vainglorious ass for 30+ years and they know who he is. The whole fascist thing is just icing on the cake.
  20. If you were as big a swinging dick as you pretend to be, Don, you'd make Putin come to you.
  21. Conservatives have been lying their asses off about crime, especially in blue states/cities, for at least a decade. Crime tends to follow social unrest. COVID, therefore, provoked a spike in crime, particularly in urban areas, but it was kind of a one-off thing.
  22. https://www.bernardlevine.com/
  23. Me, Mr. Sentencing Reform, doesn't mind using lockups on utes. As long as it doesn't go down on their permanent record.
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