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  1. 13 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    Frankly, I think he was listening to his followers. He is a reflection of that part of the electorate more than they are a reflection of Trump.

    Trump tapped into a message that provided him admiration and support. He merely gave voice to the deplorables. Rush, Atwater, Ailes, Manafort, and Stone cultivated that part of the electorate. 

    It's reaping time. The crop is rotten by intention.

     

    It's a feedback loop, with each party ratcheting up intensity based on the feedback based on reward/encouragement from the other party.  It's human psychology (and of course, thus not confined to the right -- I remember 20 years ago, reading an article on some of the local "Critical Mass" bicycle protesters riding around on one of their "marches" or whatnot.  Their rhetoric started with the usual tropes about making the roads safer for cyclists...by the end of the ride, folks were chanting about going to the animal shelter to "liberate the animals!"  Feedback loop.)

    Trump validates them.  It emboldens them.  They validate Trump.  It emboldens him.  Repeat, as the temperature rises.

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    Again. SoCal street and taco stand tacos, especially in LA , are as good as anything in Texas. The Mexican food in east LA and Inglewood is fucking off the charts good.

    Has some damned good tacos and paletas and such in LA...but yeah, Inglewood etc, not Santa Monica.
  3. 1 minute ago, JimmyJames said:

    Yeah I know. But I know many many trumpkins, including my own Dad. But this icono guy is just on a whole other level of shittiness that most of the trumpkins I know wouldn’t even touch. 

    I guess it’s possible he really is that big of a piece of shit and not putting on an act. I guess we’ll never really know. Sigh...

    Icono says what the rest of them are thinking.  I think he's quite valuable to have around here.  If you want to know what's in the heart of a Trumpkin, there it is, right in front of you.

  4. Just now, ztejas said:

    I will admit I am a sucker for Fiji. Maybe that heightens my douchiness. Or confirms it. 

    The rest, yeah. I do starbucks maybe once a month but order on the simpler, cheaper side if I do. I think my cap for a burger is probably $12. $5 tacos can go fuck themselves. 

    Fiji makes you a douche, but as long as you own it, dude.

    My burger cap is pretty close to yours.  And I get starbucks when I'm with a group getting some, in an airport, that sort of thing.  I order a medium cup of Pike's Place Roast (it's their plainest coffee).  Period.  And I am paying around 30% more than I should for a cup of black coffee.  When I'm on the road, I get my coffee at McDonalds, a TA truck stop, or some place like that.  I usually pay somewhere from $1 to $1.50 for a large coffee.  That doesn't taste like most of Starbucks burnt overpriced coffee.

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  5. 8 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

    I wish you had a similar crusade against your very namesake - years ago, and not all that many, Brisket (and BBQ) was "cow leftovers" that were cheaply spiced up and smoked.  Shit, you could get a pound of them thar cheap cuts for 5 bucks.  Nowadays with all the explosion 'round here, BBQ is way too fucking expensive and nowhere near "handheld (or at least "scrap partz ) grub" core values. 

    Yeah yeah do it yourself but sometimes you just want to get a quick, good bite of 'cue, but it's the same thing as tacos... years ago I could go for a nice plate for like $7-$10 - and that's with at least 2 sides.  It's all getting "nouveau riche."  Fuck all of that bullshit.  Cheap meats 'posed to be cheap meats.

    You and my dad should get drunk together and rant about overpriced cheap meats.

    See, he grew up a South Texas messican from the 50s on.  He remembers well when fajitas -- actual skirt steak -- was 20 cents a pound.  It was a cheap, shitty cut that all the mexicans ate on the weekend, and loved.  And then "those sonsabitches from Chili's started selling fajitas to gringos, and now they're $7.00 a pound."  Seriously, I had to sit through that rant (nodding my head) for the 10,000th time just this past Sunday evening.

    Y'all would be simpatico on this topic.  And I wouldn't be arguing with either one of you.

     

    EDIT -- add utee94 to the "pissed off about expensive cheap meats drinking club."

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  6. 11 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    I’m going to have to disagree with you here...on price 

    Something is only worth as much as someone else is willing to pay for it. If the gringos are willing to spend $5 on a taco, then so be it.

    Coffee used to be dirt cheap then Starbucks came along 

    Cupcakes, then Crave 

    Water was free until Evian 

    I understand cheap street tacos are a Birthright to any Mexican but like anything else in America, it was sold to the highest bidder. 

    I also don't pay Starbucks prices for coffee or $18 for a hamburger.  I don't buy fucking Evian or Fiji water.  I don't care if there are a shitload of gullible dumbfucks out there.

    1 -- I ain't one of 'em.

    2 -- I get to make fun of 'em and call 'em stupid.

    I don't resent people making a buck off of suckers....I'm just not going to participate in their suckerdom.  Ergo, Torchy's, Starbucks, $18 burgers, and Fiji are over-fucking-rated.

    Meanwhile, I'll get 4 damned fine tacos for $6 from the truck that shows up to the construction site around the corner.

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  7. 3 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

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    About time the assholes who stop at yellow lights started taking some shit.

    I am pleased with the inclusion of cold callers and people who stop at yellow lights.

    I am confused by the inclusion of both Cis Men and heteros.  I mean, heteros covers Cis Men.  That's just redundant.  And I abhor sloppiness like that.

    Finally, I reserve judgment as to the category of "horny men on the TL." Because I have no idea what that means....but I bet it's amusing.

  8. JV baseball team parents group text....I just turned off my notifications for that altogether.  I'll turn around, and I have 48 messages about when kids will be where, and bring extra food, and has anyone seen my umbrella, I left it at the ballpark.  I will periodically skim to make sure there's not a notice about a new game time, otherwise, I ignore.

  9. 1 minute ago, MissingInAction said:

    2019 airplane shat talk not going away.

    Technically, it's airplane AND airport shit talk.

    And I concur as to the paucity of deuce deposit stations at Love Field.  They killed my favorite bar, and they made it challenging to drop that urgent deuce.  I do not approve.

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  10. 25 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

    Torchys. Decent but overrated AF. 

     

    23 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Yes, same goes for TacoDeli.

    These.  My crusade against the $5 taco is a known thing.  It's an affront to the core value of tacos and Mexicans -- handheld grub should be cheap.  I'm not saying their tacos are bad (although Torchy's tortillas suck -- I actually like Taco Deli tacos), but they are WAY overrated, because LOTS of places that aren't as gleaming, shiny, and California-friendly serve kickass tacos.

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  11. 19 minutes ago, John Blutarsky said:

    Yep I should have known better.

     

    D"Hanis Country Mart parisa

    35 serrano peppers chopped

    6 small white onions chopped

    3.5 lbs American cheese cubed

    10 to 15 lbs pectoral, well trimmed

    juice of 12 to 16 lemons

    salt and pepper to taste

    run through grinder then mix thoroughly with hands

     

    I presume that you should freeze the beef first for a period of time, to kill parasites and whatnot?

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