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  1. 6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    I think that during the Avignon Babylonian Captivity we had three Popes at once.   Maybe we could try that.   

    Dibs on being "Pope Moe I":

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  2. 1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

    My son’s friend is paying $3,500/night for his hotel suite by Lake Cuomo…

     

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    If I pay $3,500 for that room, it better be the "Monica Belluci included" package.

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    I mean.....is that package available?  Because I've got a browser window open, I could book a room pretty quickly.

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  3. Just now, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    K-12 for me. Even was an altar boy (no touchy) for a minute. I can't do the celibacy thing, though, and for that reason, I'm out.

    Oh....you think that they observe those rules when they don't want to.  How....quaint.

    If you don't think there's been some serious headboard-banging at the Papal Apartments, you haven't been paying attention.

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  4. As I was catholic educated, I think it only right for me to toss my hat into the ring.  I look alright in funny hats, I suspect I'd like Italy, and my platform of turning "the body of Christ" into "the delicious, tender smoked body of Christ" by changing the eucharist to brisket samples instead of those nasty little bread cracker disc things, should be a winner.

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  5. 7 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

    which is exactly why you don't declare a trade war on the entire globe at the same time. 

    So.  Much.  This.

    We can have much debate about whether the strategy vis-a-vis China is the right one, but most folks would agree that China is a trade adversary that requires additional management.

    But to kick off a fight with them....while telling literally every single one of your allies (and your enemies....fucking EVERYONE) "fuck off, you're my enemy too!" is the dumbest fucking shit imaginable.  Like, "invading Russia before locking down western Europe, the UK, and the US by Hitler" dumb.

    And also....a fucking immediate-term firebombing strategy to resolve issues that took decades to build up, and will take lots of time to disentangle?  Yeah, that's fucking dumb too. But it's extra-mega-super-dumb when you decide to stand alone and make yourself the enemy of literally the entire fucking world.

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  6. Just now, Cousin Strawberry said:

    If you ever find yourself in Scott, LA or Katy, TX and are craving boudin, The Best Stop is the ticket.  Absolute king. So good. I buy 30lbs every time I pass through Katy.

    Yeah dude, way ahead of you.  Been grabbing goodies from there for....a long, long time.  I like Billy's, too.  But Best Stop is my old-school choice.  Of course, my favorite place was Babineaux's in Breaux Bridge, but they're long-gone.

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    Because you don't understand the DJIA like Ana does.  And you also don't understand consumer confidence.  Or inflation.  Or supply chain pressure.  Or burning bridges with all of your trading partners.  You just don't get the 20-D chess that is being played here.  This is what things getting BETTER looks like.

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  8. 4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Friends, Wes Virdell understands you are busy but asks you to make time to comment and support this important effort. 

     

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    Will he be attaching my rider, which will create a rigorous set of regulations regarding the for-profit exploitation of unicorns?  We must ensure that we ban the use of unicorns to pull plows in this state -- such majestic creatures must not be used and harmed in the course of such menial tasks.  I promise you, once those regulations are passed, you will never see a unicorn pulling a plow in this great state.

  9. 3 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

    Not sure if I've shared this before, but there is a Mexican family a couple of houses down and I think they are the primary house for large family gatherings. Walked outside yesterday morning and saw them unloading folding tables. 

    Dad comes over (which he does every time they do something, about once a month) "Can I park some cars in front of your house today?"

    Me : "Of course, and we'll be gone so use my driveway."

    I come home last night to a tray of delicious food in the Fridge (His son has a key, feeds my dogs while were gone.)

    God I love those days. 

    For realz.  All-day mexican backyard bbqs are the shit.  Black folks' bbqs as well.  All-day affairs.  All KINDS of grub - people bring/make their favorites, and it's a hodgepodge of awesomeness.  A brisket, sure.  But also chicken and pork steaks on the grill.  Two different kids of beans.  Deviled eggs maybe.  Shit, someone showed up with a big box of Church's spicy?  That makes a good snack while we drink beer and man the smoker.  That shit is life well-lived.

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  10. 15 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    I honestly think Pope Francis was a good human being, I just can't abide the organization he headed.

    e: Here's hoping all the Cardinals he appointed means the next pope won't be one that will stoke the fires of worldwide fascism like so many are...

    I've been paying attention to this current timeline.  I would be unsurprised if we end up with Pope Beelzebub PuppyKiller the first.

  11. 16 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    If Putin/Xi wanted a game plan to erode America's global influence wouldn't their plans look exactly what we're doing?

    No....it wouldn't look nearly as effective as what TFG is pulling off.

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  12. 7 hours ago, GoPokes83 said:


    I get those on some properties we have. I usually just tell them they are for sale and with as much sincerity as I can muster give them some amount 10 times the value. If they’re going to waste my time I’ll waste theirs as well.

    I have done that.  Shit, I get calls trying to buy our current residence.  I tell them sure, at a price that is several times its value.  I told my wife about one of those calls the other day, and she got upset -- "but I don't want to move!  I like our house!"  I said yeah, me too....but if someone wants to put a couple million extra dollars in my pocket, I'll be out of there before midnight tonight. 

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  13. My parents owned two houses (nothing fancy - their residence, and their old modest home in Houston that they kept as a rental property). When my mom died, and her estate went to probate, I got probably 2-3 calls a week, for months, asking about my property at 123 X street, and was I interested in selling it. I’m on a do not call list - that don’t make a shit.

    Now my dad has passed away. I’m getting 2-3 calls EVERY FUCKING DAY, including the middle of the day on Easter Fucking Sunday. They are fucking relentless.

  14. This is what happens when you put very unserious people in very serious jobs.

    Seriously. I love that the SUPPOSED counterweight to what they THINK “DEI” is, is “only merit-based hiring!” Yet the only “merit” that any of these people have is: willing to deepthroat Trump’s mushroom dick and gargle the gravy.
    Seriously, the resume of most of his cabinet appointments is utterly embarrassing. They are wildly unqualified for the actual job, but they score 100 on the “cum chugging Trump loyalist” scale.
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  15. 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. 

    ….and also fucking delicious. Don’t forget that.
    As Pollo Rico and the like have expanded, I’ve gotten my wife hooked.
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  16. 2 cycles of fuck me in the face 
    I'll be in the hospital for 5 days.
    If anyone wants to visit and/or kill me please send a PM.

    Let me know when. So we can subscribe you to the physical version of Cat Facts.
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  17. I guess many of my Texas memories go to the fact much of my life was spent as a misplaced Texan. As we came back for various holidays and summer vacations there was a lot of focus on food.   
     
    my relatives would usually go over to Weatherford to buy Parker County peaches and freeze or make preserves.  The best though was a huge bowl of homemade peach ice cream from a churn with ice chunks and rock salt.  I liked ice duty.
    pink thing at Six Flags
    cherry Dr Pepper from DQ
    my grandmother lived in Mexia across from the old high school.  She had a tiny kitchen and would make killer fried chicken and homemade rolls and green beans and new potatoes from her garden.  
     
    believe it or not barbecue wasn’t very pervasive in north Texas back then.  My memories of it back then was tough dry meat and a bag of chips. I don’t think I had decent Texas bbq until I moved back in 86 and worked near Angelo’s in Ft Worth.
    My earliest TexMex memory was when I was about 4 or 5, going to the original el Fenix in Dallas. They had an old lady making tortillas in the corner and must have eaten a dozen  
    Guy’s Big Orange was a root beer stand in Texarkana.  We always pulled off the highway and went there as my dad loved their chili dogs, so I did too.  Great burgers too.
    Red Draw in Wichita Falls when it was 135 outside.
    When we went to Galveston we always went to Gaidos for red snapper and fried shrimp.
    every little town had a local favorite TexMex joint and my dad would try them all.  The best were the ones that had a huge set up with every meal.  Chips, soft corn tortillas, hot sauce (salsa to you young folks) in a pitcher, butter for the tortillas, pickled jalapeños, carrots, and onions, iced tea, and a praline at the end. 
     

    Man, green beans and new potatoes were a real Texas/southern thing. My mother loved em, would make em, and would even buy and serve them from the can.
    Like these, but Del Monte (don’t think they make them anymore):

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    And yeah, great/classic Texas bbq was not that common. There were a handful of small-town bbq places that were and sometimes still are classics, but it wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous as it is now.

    Frankly, food as a whole was much simpler. Sushi? My dad told me about eating it on a trip to San Francisco. I was 26 the first time I actually tried it (and my family was generally WAY ahead of the curve on trying new/exotic things - we ate at a lot of Asian restaurant places on our side of Houston where we would be the only non-Asians there, but today…all of those places would be pretty mainstream).
    Butter with saltines or tortillas was absolutely a S. Tx Mexican food mainstay.
  18. Hold on. That looks like it was filmed from Mace’s  phone. Are you telling me she had this encounter with a constituent and thought it was a good idea to post on social media?

    Do you understand the Trump base? Posting shit like that IS a good idea. They love it because - oh, the irony of this post title - they’re fucking children.
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