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  1. The Allsup’s burrito isn’t really objectively awesome, it’s just objectively pretty good for a gas station product you can get in Abilene or Sweetwater. I will say that at least its recognizable to me as a “burrito” which as a valley denizen was always fried and relatively small. We didn’t know anything about the huge Mission style burrito. And the first time I heard a breakfast taco called a breakfast burrito was on a trip to New Mexico.
  2. Fuckers that take up more than one seat when its a crowded space. Can be waiting areas, public transport, etc. Put your feet down and move the goddam bag. I was standing next to this broccoli headed fuck today with his backpack on a seat and a long trip to the end of the line. I said “excuse me, I’d like to sit down.” He gave me some bullshit about having a right to put his bag where he wanted so I picked it up, dropped it in his lap, and sat down. Like a bitch he started yapping. His sick burn was “who uses apps on white mode, you’re not even on dark mode bro.” Any concerns that this would escalate to a fight ended at that, so I just let him spew his shit till he got off. He told me “have a nice day asshole.” I did have one now LOL.
  3. Yeah, I don’t think this crew is big on growth and development. They seem to think only quick humanitarian relief is worth doing.
  4. All of the regionals survived, and Canada was not stripped out and given to its own tiny office. They didn’t kill all of public diplomacy as reported. Most of the truly insane stuff that was floated didn’t happen. Pete Marocco flew too close to the sun and Rubio was pissed at the mess he has to clean up because of how they did USAID. All assistance programs will get run through regionals reporting to the political affairs undersecretary (Toria Nuland’s old job, holla!) showing that America is gonna make that shit super political. And the human rights reporting will focus on a bunch of bullshit.
  5. The official plan is out and its much less dramatic than this. Some human rights and security assistance offices got closed or consolidated. All the regionals remain in place and as yet, no cuts to overseas operations. All of the undersecretaries are supposed to identify up to fifteen percent of fat to trim, which is a number they will likely get to by not backfilling and early retirement. No crazy updates to hire diplomats based on “demonstrated charisma and diplomatic appearance.” We will see if more of that comes. The stuff circulated this weekend was a Peter Marocco fever dream and likely won’t happen as Rubio fired him while he was at a meeting and turned off his badge access. Source below is not an endorsement of the outlet but an acknowledgment that it is now the “insider” press. https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-state-shake-up-rubio
  6. Now that we have Harvard lawyers on our side we can’t lose!
  7. Soon it won’t be “persuade.”
  8. This would be unforgivable cringe coming from someone with Dan Crenshaw’s background but it was posted by a guy who did HVAC and property management in Stillwater.
  9. I think that they’re using AI to generate new hires for OSD.
  10. I think I’m kind of there with you. And I don’t want to chime in with a suggestion to try a different church, because clearly you’re at yours for a reason. I think a lot of this is just seasons of life man. You have younger people who can just plunge into it because it’s just them and their head and lives can hold all this big stuff. And you have the olds who also have the time and need to fill it up with meaning. Me? Kids, spouse, work, finance, older parents, health. It’s not just church, my head can’t handle the big stuff and big thoughts. Even the books I find time for, I’ve noticed need to be less demanding on me. I’ve seen this happen with my own dad, who is now at the age of coming back around. I think it’s win at most services if I come and manage to take something small away or spend a few minutes thinking on things outside of the day-to-day. There’s a point in our liturgy where the choir tells us to “lay aside all earthly cares” and no matter what persuasion or faith or non-faith you are, we should all take just a bit of time to pull back from the tyranny of the immediate demands. It’s just super hard to do that in your 40s. You’ll never be more at the mercy of whatever someone else is needing. So I think keep doing what you’re doing, especially the volunteer stuff, and keep going to church and looking for a small moment there of meaning.
  11. Final plate. Lamb, kokoretsi, does the rest matter?
  12. The valley quarter chicken plate. A leg chicken quarter smoked with mesquite (or grilled on mesquite carbon). Rice, charro beans, a warm tortilla. Some onion slices and a whole pickled jalepeno, maybe some pico de gallo. That is basically every fundraiser or quarterback club dinner. Or just any big get together. Pretty much emblematic of valley food.
  13. In the valley, hot sauce was always thin and vinegary and came in a bottle. Salsa is usually chunky and uses lime for acid (if needed) and comes in a little dish or little plastic tub and is fresh.
  14. Lamb Easter is going down.
  15. lol, another one Ana was positive about because of some shit he said on a podcast. We are in full-on Kremlin mode. “The tsar is kind and gracious, yet over-burdened and reliant on scheming advisors. If only I could elevate my petition to the tsar I might receive justice.”
  16. “The brainworm guy set an unrealistic deadline for his fake and predetermined scientific study” LMAO the takes are just incredible here.
  17. - He’s been dragged out of the cell and dressed in brand new clothes. - Meets for a photo op in a nice hotel or government building under the watchful eye of a minder. - Interlocutor clearly under strict instructions not to say anything embarrassing about the host country while he is still on the ground in El Salvador. - No film, only stills from an official photog. Yeah, this is classic stage-managed dictator shit. They could have let him go back on the senator’s flight.
  18. That image and quote is stage-managed hostage taker communications.
  19. This is a huge part of the authoritarian playbook. Push people into more and more compromised actions until they fear that if the regime goes down, they do to. It’d a classic way to get even people who don’t like you to hesitate at taking action to remove you. That’s why the Dems need to anticipate, plan, and communicate accordingly. You have to give people off-ramps where you can do so.
  20. One thing that is under-recognized is how much the destruction and cooption of institutions will necessitate the types of purges and investigations that Trump has embarked on in bad faith. ICE, for instance, is going to need to be dismantled and rebuilt as something else. Any civil and maybe military officer over a certain rank will need to be closely questioned as to what they did. Any hire or fast riser under DJT— suspect. Democrats need to start planning ahead, researching what post-Communist nations did in terms of lustration. That’s better than de-Baathification.
  21. This letter? Also, yesterday Rubio closed the office focused on fighting Russian disinfo and accused them of censoring and intimidating Americans.
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