Posts posted by Brisketexan
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6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:
Nope. He says he wants all undocumented workers deported but then helps the ones he employs evade law enforcement so his business isn't hurt. What Brisket said still applies.
Yup. Remember how all the MAGAs, including their very own AG Biondi, said "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!" when they had a sitting judge arrested in the courthouse? Golly gee, I do. Turns out, that needs to be modified to "no one is above the law...unless of course, you're MAGA, in which case you will not be arrested or prosecuted, and if you ever were, you'll be pardoned."
"Laws for Thee and Not for Me" might as well be inscribed in the stone at the top of the Justice Dept HQ:
We can probably put it where this statement used to be:
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22 minutes ago, chainsaw said:
See, I think all of these celebrity stories are stupid, don't give a shit, etc.
BUT....if they give us a term like "itty bitty Diddy," my inner 12 year old is here for it. Cuz that shit's funny.
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1 minute ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
More on the Kid Rock restaurant.
Employees do not know if Smith, who could not be reached for comment, was directly consulted. In recent days, many restaurant employees have chosen to call out and stay home with family rather than risk detention in transit. This has prompted managers throughout the city to coordinate transportation for immigrant employees, including at Smith’s downtown locations.
State troopers and unmarked ICE vehicles dramatically increased nightly traffic stops on May 3 in South Nashville, where the joint operation has resulted in at least 196 arrests by ICE agents. These arrests included 101 individuals with no criminal history, contradicting Trump administration claims that immigration enforcement has been targeted toward violent criminals. Less than half had any recorded criminal history at all; a DHS press release confirmed that four had previously been involved in violent crime.
Trump and former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, his pick to lead DHS, have publicly praised hurried deportations that include legal residents and appear politically targeted.
The joint operations have drawn pushback from community groups, the mayor, Metro councilmembers and Nashville’s immigrants, who have continued to rally and organize against ICE. Lead Metro attorney Wally Dietz recently told reporters that the city is "powerless" to stop immigration enforcement activity by the state and federal governments.
A message to management at The Diner was not immediately returned.
"Laws for thee, not for me," Exhibit eleventy billion.
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10 minutes ago, tbone_ said:
For whatever this is worth, we have Waymos all over Phoenix. People I know ride in them all the time. As far as I know the news has reported literally zero issues.
Why does anyone give a fuck about Tesla taxis that don’t really exist and may or may not work? The service already exists and it works great.For the same reason that we trust American Airlines over "Jagoff's Discount Airline and Music DJ Services of Whogivesafuckistan." All "self-driving" systems are not created equal, just like all airlines are not created equal.
Not thrilled that a completely-not-ready-at-all system is about to be unleashed on the streets I walk and drive every day.
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Learned to drive in Houston. Lived in Austin for decades.
Houston drivers: homicidal, engraged, and aggressive.
Austin drivers: clueless idiots.
I prefer Houston drivers by a wide margin, because "homicidal and aggressive" is predictable. They are all trying to kill me, and I know and respect that. Austin drivers, on the other hand, will come to nearly a full stop on the freeway because they aren't sure if that's their exit or not, will turn from any lane (they prefer the middle lane, I think, because it gives them "options") with zero warning, shit like that.
Mean is better than stupid.
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18 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:
Well, the Court may do away with nationwide injunctions to allow Trump’s patently unconstitutional directives and actions to go into effect - in this case an undoing of birthright citizenship. If a dem ever controls the White House, I bet they reverse course super quickly
One of the last weapons we had against unconstitutional acts is likely going to be taken away. It’s fitting that Roberts will kill our constitutional order*
* Unless that judge is Judge Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, in which case all of his rulings have full nation-wide effect for.....reasons.
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7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:
What the fuck does that even mean?
Does that mean they are trained to use the weird door release mechanism to retrieve the occupants if they get stuck in the car?
Does that mean they are trained to handle a Tesla catching on fire if it's in a crash?
Does that mean they have Tesla's legal team on auto-dial?
Summary of plan: "Hey, we're about to unleash a couple dozen robotic death machines onto your streets. We have no clue what they're gonna do. But you should know that they're really heavy and harmful to pedestrians, and when they catch fire, they really can't be put out. Good luck!"
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15 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:
Nah. It's in alignment with the new and improved FTC purpose:
The FTC's mission is protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices ... unless that mission takes money out of some CEO's and shareholders pockets. Then, just joshing, fuck them consumers.
I mean, I gotta tell ya....it's kinda fascinating to watch entities like the FTC and the CFPB going full-on ANTI-consumer in their mission. Across the board, when it comes to regulating unscrupulous business conduct, the motto of our government is now "Dear American People: Fuck You."
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Good Lord, this is a beating. Stuver giving up rebounds that any decent team would be pouncing on, the defense chasing the ball, no creativity or aggressiveness to shoot up front... the midfield is the only decent showing tonight.
Sigh. You could hide “suck” in a haystack, and this team would manage to find it. -
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9 minutes ago, gernblansten said:
Well, you see, green card holders generally have to obey all laws. If they break the law, they may be departed through the immigration court system if evidence is bad enough to revoke the legal permanent status. So, this guy probably jaywalked heading to the airport and he'll just be black hooded to prison in another country with the immigration court never being involved.
I mean, I presume that's it.
By the way, as someone with foster responsibilities over a refugee with green card status....this whole fucking regime has us terrified. Beyond the usual parental lectures of "don't do anything stupid and get in trouble with the law" one always gives a teen, with a litany of the consequences, our lecture has to also include "or you could end up tossed into a hellish foreign gulag for the rest of your life." I mean, "roll through a stop sign, die in a Salvadoran gulag" is a fucking psychotic sentence to even exist, but here we are.
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7 minutes ago, royiv said:
So you press the button to turn the car on and then press the button right above it to turn the auto on/off feature off. At least in my car and every rental I’ve driven over the past few years that’s how it works. It’s never struck me as some huge pain in the ass or inconvenience.
You have to press TWO buttons to turn it on the way you want? What is it, a woman?
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21 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:2.) Civil rights for historically marginalized groups like women, African Americans, and the LGBTQ+ABCD 867309 community
In the end, this is the bulk of it. And the hell of it is, while it's immoral and shitty, it's not entirely irrational. Why? Competition.
In 1950, there was a pool of jobs for people of moderate skill and middling to decent intellect. Who was the pool of people who could be hired for those jobs? White males, almost exclusively. Truly, like 95% of those jobs went to white males, easy peasy.
Then...the civil rights movement (both culturally and legally). Now, black people, hispanics, etc. are the competition. Think of autoworker jobs. Surely at the end of WWII, those were 95% or more white males. By the 1970s, a shitload of those jobs were going to minorities. But wait, there's more: WOMEN.
Starting in the 1970s, women began entering the workforce - and colleges and universities -- en masse. So, for even the more "skilled" jobs....white males have to compete with women as well. Hell, I see this in my profession (legal) and my wife's (ordained, seminary-trained minister). College enrollment is 60-40 female to male. When looking at candidates to hire for legal jobs, or a seminary-trained job....the majority of the better candidates are female.
White males didn't get dumber, or less qualified, in general. It's just that EVERYONE ELSE was, over time, freed from social and legal encumbrances that kept them from openly competing for the work white men had reserved exclusively for them. There used to be 10 million sweet-spot jobs open every year, and white males - being the only legit pool of candidates - got 95% of them. Today, those same 10 million jobs are sought by white males, minorities (male and female) and women. Used to be that white males got 9.5 million of those jobs. Today, they only get 6 million of those jobs. From the white male perspective, they just LOST 3.5 million jobs. And, mathematically, they're not wrong.
The TLDR version: When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
To take it to the question, asked in callous and insulting manner as is the Surly way, what are we going to do with our mediocre white males? Because....relative to where they were 75 years ago, even 40-50 years ago....they're taking it in the shorts. And they are, in an understandably human way, pissed about it.
19 minutes ago, speed817 said:Do they grab the same 25 people every time???
I wish. The supply of Dunning Kruger "Conservatives" is near limitless. It is America's greatest natural resource.
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18 hours ago, dcbc said:
I just bought a grinder and have my eye on a manual stuffer to compliment it when I replenish the BBQ-funds.


The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
in Cloak Room
And they absolutely know, with respect to every single thing he did, and didn't do....he did, or didn't do it, while in possession of a ginormous dong.