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Brisketexan

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  1. Guys, when Iceman figures out the utter fuckery that is afoot . . . . yeah, FFS. It's that damned simple.
  2. Don’t you dare say my folks weren’t worldly and cultured. But they were not immune to the charms of disco greatness. Momma was a NOLA girl, and it showed. Finally, some relics of my youth.
  3. And how smooth are you? Not as smooth as this guy. Wanna listen to some Streisand? They had all the Streisand. You know you wanna party with these BAMFs.
  4. So, still cleaning out my parents' house and stuff. I got to the LPs this weekend. They have a lot of stuff, including stuff that NOBODY is interested in (seriously, you needed 15 collections of Spanish music/bullfighting tunes?) But others that are.....interesting, including a couple from my youth that ended up in their collection. So, enjoy. I need to get a turntable. Will definitely give this a listen:
  5. Again, that's just driving like a typical Austin driver now.
  6. If that's the extent of any counter-strike or terror activity, absolutely. Where that ultimately leaves us is . . . . wondering what, if anything, was actually accomplished by all of this. Did the US strikes really take out/significantly harm Iran's enrichment capabilities for a long term? Did they take out already enriched uranium? Seems like we won't really know for quite some time.
  7. To be fair, if this is truly a "machine learning" exercise, then the machine learning to drive in Austin by watching what Austin drivers do is a recipe for "incredibly shitty driving." For example, I expect Robotaxis to randomly make left and right turns from the middle lane, in order to blend in with the other drivers around Austin.
  8. Imagine the world where the answer to every Chat GTP prompt is "muledick."
  9. This. It takes a long time to disentangle. But the trust has been irrevocably destroyed. The process of separation has begun. Don’t mistake “it’s not done yet” for “it’s not happening.”
  10. Secretary of Defense, US ambassador to Israel, Speaker of the House, US Senators, Vice President, Secretary of Homeland Security, and many more in the admin and Congress….are a “fringe element.” Not sure I agree with you 100% on your police work there, Lou.
  11. Don’t worry. None of this is about policies or ideas. It’s about a cult. They can simultaneously disagree with the things he does…yet run, not walk to the booth to vote for him again.
  12. When you understand that pure, unamerican evil (intended to completely change what we expect of ‘America”) is the goal, then this all makes sense. It’s just evil. It’s not anything other than that.
  13. And posts above are talking about "planning." Our entire plan is a combination of "SQUIRREL!" and "what will aggrandize/enrich me, the king of the world?" Nothing else fucking matters. Not "it doesn't matter much" - it fucking doesn't matter AT ALL. If we are trying to analyze/predict what will happen next in this war, those are the only lenses you should be looking through.
  14. Yes....and no. Are people planning? Of course. Are they in any position to actually make a positive difference? Now, more than ever, FUCK NO they aren't. Here is the fucking brain trust in our government doing the planning that will ACTUALLY be implemented (don't tell me about the planning being conducted by the people who actually have intelligence and competence behind the scenes -- they are not only going to be completely ignored, the last ones remaining will be drummed out of the government entirely before the year is out): [in fairness, Sara Rue looks like she has a couple of good ideas, and I would like the chance to visit with her] The only "planning" that matters here is 1) the planning that Bibi is doing to keep manipulating Trump into doing whatever he wants, 2) the "planning" happening among the utter fucking clownshow pictured above, and 3) the planning that Trumpco and Kushner etc. are doing to figure out how to personally profit from all of this shit. Everything else -- you know, the stuff that professionals think of and that might make sense -- is utterly irrelevant. They might as well be a group of posters on Surly, we have about the same weight when it comes to actually influencing policy these days.
  15. He long ago backed himself into a corner. Donald Trump is terrible....yet everything he has done since January 20th is somehow always better than any other possible alternative. And attacking Iran is wrong and war is bad, yet his support for the regime is rapidly doing more to destabilize the world, participate in and foment more violent conflict than we've seen in decades, is unwavering. Neocons bad! Project 2025 and functionally declaring war on the entire planet good! Explaining the lack of difference between shitty outcomes is unnecessary!
  16. A whole bunch of this. For us, blowing shit up is super-duper-easy. It's impressive, no doubt -- watching Russia have a hard time of it emphasizes how good we are at it. It's the "literally every single thing that comes AFTER you blow some shit up" part that gives us fits. The Chinese try to plan decades, even a century ahead (and even they fuck it up hard on a regular basis). We have a hard time planning for anything farther away than....say it with me....two weeks.
  17. So, you HAVEN'T heard the good news about our lord and savior, Vic Mackey?
  18. Infrastructure and basic government functionality is woke.
  19. Look, TACO tits' plans for Gumming Up America's Chances to Make Iran Great Again are proceeding as scheduled, even us Morons On the LEdge can see that.
  20. Do they matter? They're just ragheads! I'd fly 1,000 miles to smoke a camel! Rah rah jingoism!
  21. Also a bingo (not to diminish the risk created by the COMPLETE lesson being offered by adding Iran to the mix). The US becoming an unreliable (and even hostile) "ally" is the much greater risk point. The most effective strategy to limit nuclear proliferation was an approach of "you don't need a nuke; we'll protect you under the umbrella of OUR [America's] nuclear deterrent." Now that has gone in the shitter - our guarantee isn't worth a tinker's dam. So, you can't trust the US to protect you, and if you are on the verge of getting a nuke, the US is actually a great threat to attack you. Sounds to me like you oughta get a nuke quickly, and then reveal you have nukes before anyone can do anything about it.
  22. Based on the pieces left on the chess board, yes, that would be the smartest play. BUT... Based on the situation as it stands, and as we should expect from Israel and its lap dog (the United States), I don't think they'll be satisfied with anything LESS than regime change. Which means that the Iranian regime is backed into a corner, and Bobby's option listed above (the most rational one) is off the table. The Iranian regime faces an existential challenge, period. A cornered dog will bite. Really, it's the only option the dog has. That's why a SMART play is to always leave your opponent a way out. We (Israel and it's 100% controlled proxy) have no intention of doing that. I'm not saying it's a WINNING play for the Iranian regime. I'm saying it's likely their ONLY play, based on my admittedly non-expert view of the dynamic. Other expert-types share that view, though (see the piece in Foreign Affairs). Yes, it is, but, to temper that a bit....it's also textbook Medvedev. He is the world's designated nuclear saber-rattler. Seriously, he's mentioned using nukes five thousand eleventy times re the Ukraine war, for example. No, I don't think that any country is ready to "directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads," because doing so means taking full ownership of how Iran eventually uses that warhead. A nuke that says "made in Pakistan" goes off in Tel Aviv, Israel 100% launches a reprisal strike against 1) Iran and 2) Pakistan. Pakistan knows that, and isn't going to stick its neck out on this. Russia knows that, and while it might otherwise stick out its neck, it has bigger problems right now. China isn't going to allow itself to get roped into Iran's dumbfuckery. Neither is North Korea, for all of L'il Kim's idiocy, turning over his fate to the whim of mullahs isn't something he'll do. And, we're pretty much out of any reasonably likely suppliers. So, this is just Dimitri being Dimitri, and mostly, him giving Tucker Carlson talking points directly from their mutual boss. You and I attend the same denomination. The people of Iran, along with the people of Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, and Russia all got specific prayer mentions this morning. Because, you know....human beings, children of God, all that Jesus-y stuff.
  23. Fuckin' A, man. Fuckin' A. Right down to the "I really used to love Red Zins, they were my 'cheat code' red wine."
  24. She is what she’s always been: 100% grifting follower, 0% leader. Tulsi believes in the Tulsi brand, that’s the sum total of her principles.
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