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  1. On 8/31/2025 at 7:18 PM, elfenix said:

    What is it about a flashing red traffic signal that makes people's brains leak out of their left ear?

    Driving west-bound last week or two on Bee Cave Rd, there was a power outage for at least three stop lights in a row.  Cuernavaca light was out, and traffic was backed up to Barton Creek Blvd.  Got through Cuernavaca, and the next two lights were completely dark (granted, this is like 4pm, sun shining...)  After everyone treated the Cuerny light like a 4 way stop (as you should), no one bothered to even tap the brakes for the next two.  Almost got a new truck from an Audi SUV doing 70 through the Creek's Edge stoplight.  Dude swerved into the other lane to avoid hitting me or actually stopping like you're supposed to.

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  2. On 8/28/2025 at 10:13 AM, Beau Vine said:

    If you give me a street address, I'll go stick a Bevo sign in his yard.

    1 hour ago, Tigersnake said:

    I Dare You Do It GIF by Star Wars

    12 minutes ago, markstanco said:

    DUDE......

    And video it. 

    Hd Reaction GIF by MOODMAN

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  3. Just now, Js1 said:

    This is the go-to "BUT CRIME IS ACTUALLY RISING!!!!! NO ONE IS REPORTING IT BC THE COPS DO NOTHING"  argument from certain sides

     

    Is it wrong, though?  APD posting on X on how to protect yourself from vehicle break-ins, because the same crew of people that have been doing it for the last few years keep getting out of jail and getting right back to it.  

    APD is absolutely understaffed.

    APD has encouraged people to utilize 311 for anything not deemed a critical emergency.

    APD presence on the roadways has plummeted, and proactive patrolling has been replaced by reactive policing.

     

    You can shove your head in the sand and pretend Austin is the greatest place alive, or you can look beyond the city-produced metrics and realize that things aren't the sunshine and rainbows they are shitting out the door at city hall.

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  4. 22 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    Definitely trending better now when you factor in per capita vs raw numbers.  2023 was impacted but one nut killing four people at the end of the year and then this past August had naked Jesus going on a rampage.  Per capita numbers right now seem to be comparable to 1995-1997.  If we can avoid another mentally ill person going on a shooting spree, maybe we can keep trending down.  

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    They also fail to show per capita statistics which is disingenuous. 

    Genuinely curious: 2025, that data is not complete, seems misleading.  

     

    Also, crime is more than just homicides.  Assaults, vehicle break-ins, burglaries in general, criminal mischief, etc.  Police refusing to respond to calls or take down incident reports due to either short staffing or fatigue due to lack of prosecution also skews the numbers.  And lets not forget @Nicole44's victims that we're refusing to call homicides.

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  5. Man, you've got me going down a rabbit hole now.  Figurelli seems to have changed his name to Daniel Wilson and moved to Arvada, Colorado, and bought a nice little 4/2.5 with his wife in January...

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  6. 56 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Maybe. Probably. I meant the part of the internet that isn't anonymous by nature, like Twitter, message boards. The guy changed his name at one point to Daniel Joseph, and had a linkedin, but i couldn't find anything "real" about him now....granted, I gave it like a 3 minute effort. He's either changed his name again, or deleted his non anonymous social profile for all the obvious reasons. 

    I'm guessing he got some work done.  He's been quiet since 2022.

    https://www.facebook.com/Daniel.Joseph120

    Oh, and what seems to be his wife: https://www.facebook.com/kristin.murray.355

    No photo description available.
     

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  7. 1 hour ago, Captainant said:

    ... Finish the sentence, I know you can do it!

    ... Because there is not enough availability in the courts to indict and try people on a speedy basis, as is their right. That limitation isn't the DA's fault, but whomever has been controlling the state for decades.

     

    With that said, sounds like you're trying to CR the thread, should probably move to a more appropriate forum lest you upset chickensandwich

    Gotta say, the way this has advanced from grievance rhetoric to political attack to "actual issue" is shaped EXACTLY like how the election truthers and antivaxxers in 2020 shaped their argument too. Concern troll enough to get "many people are saying and concerned..." to manufacture consent for literally anything. 

    The exact same playbook is being ran in parallel right now at the CDC, BLS and the Federal Reserve with

    Not trying to CR it, just amazed anyone is actually supporting that fuckstain Garza as his office continues to fuck over Travis County with a rise in crime stats and lack of accountability for recidivists.

  8. 24 minutes ago, Captainant said:

     

    It's crazy how many mistrials and "trial date too far away" happens leading to these sorts of outcomes - it's a consistent element in all of the stories that y'all link to. I would think that addressing that systemic lack of capacity and ability at the justice system level would fix the things that cause you so much concern.

    It's wild our state hasn't expanded the number of judicial benches in decades, while our population has doubled.

     

    But then again, manufacturing boogymen so you can blame intentional systemic issues on them is productive too

    It's not a boogyman.  The DAs office seems to pick certain cases to parade in front of the public, while the rest get quietly pled down or outright dismissed.  It's a combination of incompetence and malice. Look at how the Perry case went down.  They've withheld evidence, outright refused FOIA requests for the case data to numerous researchers, and redacted critical evidence that would have led to Perry's freedom, but Jose needed that signature win to plaster on his campaign billboard.

     

    Again, he came in full bore talking about prosecuting police officers, while letting repeat felons walk out the front door time and time again.  At one point you could call it a coincidence, but when it's a systemic problem as it is now, it's no longer a manufactured storyline, it's an actual issue.

  9. Just now, ChickenSandwich said:

     

    AUSTIN (KXAN) — The charge toward a 21-year-old man who was accused of organizing a street takeover in Austin in July 2023 was dismissed. This comes after he was convicted in an assault case that happened later that year, according to Travis County court documents.

    The street takeover occurred at the intersection of South Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road on July 29, 2023. Court records showed the breakdown of messages exchanged between the organizer, Jacobi Patrick Erickson, and another person in the days leading up to the events in Austin. 
     

    https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/charge-dismissed-against-austin-street-takeover-suspect-after-seperate-conviction/amp/
     

    Greg Casar’s Austin legacy 

    Neighbors concerned after students find used needles on Joslin Elementary playground
     

    https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/neighbors-concerned-used-needles-joslin-elementary-playground/269-5b4f9e57-4498-4185-ac0a-a19aa87819ca#voc7kc1y3imvhfpcjwnal42ehkfh2irx

    The fact that fuckstain who led the street takeovers gets his charges dismissed, the other fucktard gets probation for murder, but Sgt Perry gets the entire book thrown at him... 

     

    https://www.kxan.com/news/austin-club-shooting-man-receives-deferred-adjudication/

  10. 17 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    dfigs is a counterfeit ag like the fence guy

    spend your energy creating an entry on texags PPP loans that have never been paid back

    Dude's drank the koolaid, and if you ever see his real FB or twitter, dude couldn't get more aggy.  I really think @aggypedia just needs to do an entire page dedicated to his racism and ensure he never works at PWC or any major financial institution.

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  11. 7 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    Shitting in the kitchen...where we spend most of our time, at our comfortable island with nice barstools and a TV. Laptops out, etc.   GF says she's going to shower and then she'll see me in bed.  Within a few moments, it's a fucking 5 alarm fire in my colon.  This is a 4 bedroom main house, with one more in the guest house, and I destroy my undies before I can make it to the nearest.  Straight to the garbage, and I'm such a mess that it's right into that shower for a hosing off of my disgusting self. 

    Guest house humblebrag...  Good for you

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  12. Can you confirm there wasn't a HD truck parked where the audi or black car was before the white jeep parked?  Are there markings on the road?  

    My only criteria for judgement on parallel parking jobs: are they within 12" of the curb (I know 18" is the law, but come on...), is there enough space in front of and behind them for all  vehicles to be able to get out, and if they're on the front or back of a parking line, are they pulled as far up / back as the spot allows for?  

  13. 1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

    I do like the feature on Prime that shows you the actors names in that scene when you hit pause.  Other than that, yeah, it's terrible.

    My favorite part of Prime.  

    YoutubeTV threatening to drop Fox networks week 1 of CFB.  Will be forced to rewatch the game on Youtube as I've got a party I can't miss from 10:30-12:30 that day.

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