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Brisketexan

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  1. Have coffees and snacks (tostados - thin crispy sandwiches) at any number of confiterias.

    For a classic parilla mixta, try La Estancia on Lavalle (and get it with everything, all the meats):

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    Hot chocolate and churros at Cafe Tortoni.

    Maybe take the ferry shuttle (buquebus?) over to Colonia (Uruguay) one day.  It's a more chill, mellow place, so decide if that's your vibe.

    Consider checking out Recoleta and the cemetery, check out the San Telmo market (on the weekend is best).

    Iguazu is a bit of a big bite for a day trip - really need an overnight there to appreciate it.

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  2. 11 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    When the Astros won the 2017 World Series we knew about 60 seconds before we saw it, because the Little Woodrows down the block was going fucking ballistic

    Was watching the next Stros WS win (final inning) on a skype call with my son in Scotland.  I was in the sticks of Texas hunting, watching via a Starlink feed -- he was watching on straight streaming feed via lots of workarounds in the UK...his face gave away Tucker catching the last out about 10 seconds before I saw it on my TV.  Still, was cool to watch it together, even 6,000 miles apart.

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  3. Just now, Underdog said:

    "Get over it." 

    Right?  I mean it's not like these school shooters are doing something REALLY bad, like protesting outside of Tesla dealerships (which makes them terrorists).

  4. 43 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Sure, someone who is full of shit can come up with a “water isn’t actually wet” type of legal argument, but we shouldn’t treat it as anything other than the bullshit it is. 

    We won't.

    SCOTUS will.  Because it's all Calvinball, and only Calvinball, all the time with them.

  5. 2 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    Streaming live sports sucks in general.  There's a long enough of a lag from real time that the posts in my text groups spoil everything.  I see the text before I see it on Hulu.

    Yep.  I have Fotmob for soccer matches.  When watching an Austin FC match on Apple TV, I have to set my phone down and take my watch off, because it will notify me of a goal being scored 60-90 seconds before it happens on my screen, so it's a real spoiler.  I could disable the app for the match, but I often forget.

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  6. WE DON'T NEED GUN CONTROL!  IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM!  FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE!
    Meanwhile, in Washington.....

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  7. 1 hour ago, bolverk said:

    How, pray tell, does a paralegal at the New York County District Attorney's Office go about inadvertently listening in on a privileged conversation between a defendant and his lawyer? They need to walk us through the steps leading up to that "mishap."

    I also wonder how the lie about the paralegal only hearing part of the call was discovered and what actions have been taken to prevent it from happening again. Are there remedies a defense team could seek for this accidental oversight?

    Wait.  There are some people who think that Luigi was EVER going to get a fair trial?

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  8. 1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Baltic's and Balkans are not the same fucking place.

    Yes.

    I know.

    That's why my thesis was a comparative piece.

    Of two different regions.

    However, it did not delve into the merits of gals from either place.  Perhaps my thesis was lacking in necessary analysis.  I'll make a note for future revisions.

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  9. 5 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

    For the first 20 minutes after its cooked, Kraft Mac and Cheese is fucking outstanding.

    No complaints here.  As a kid, fishsticks and Kraft Mac and Cheese was one of my A-#1 meals.  Mom only made it for me when dad was out of town (because my mexican dad sure as shit wouldn't eat any of that processed shit).  I'd look forward to it all week.

    Still love 'em both, in moderation.

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  10. The ultimate terms of the deal don't matter.  And in simplest terms, here's why:

    Horizon in which Ukraine needs significant military aid: right now, and for perhaps another (hopefully no more than) couple of years.

    Horizon in which the US would be repaid by mineral extraction: 5 years out, at the earliest, for any meaningful result.

    Ukraine gets what it wants now (or a good bit of what it wants).  What the US wants is well off into the future.  Meaning that Ukraine could back out, ask to alter it, etc....or a future, less assholish US regime wouldn't hold Ukraine to all the terms of a deal made under tremendous duress.  

    As a negotiator, I'd recommend Ukraine take a deal like this one at least 9 outta 10 times.

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  11. These discussions of terrible Texas Foodways overlap a lot with "midcentury foodways" of the US as a whole.

    And along those lines, for years, my wife and I have toyed with throwing a potluck party with the theme of "low-rent midcentury favorites."  We will supply trays of baked fish sticks and ketchup, and giant bowls of Kraft mac and cheese made right from the box.  Others should bring....whatever favorites they can think of.  PB&J made with cheap welch's grape jelly on Wonder bread?  Hell yes.  Fried spam sandwiches....jello dishes....cheap chocolate pudding....all of it.

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  12. I made my grandmother's pea salad just the other day. Shit rocks. Hard.
     
    If you haven't sat on the front porch shelling peas with your grandmother, then I don't know what to tell you.
     
    Salmon patties rock.

    LOVE salmon patties. My MIL was not much of a cook, lotsa mid century modern convenience stuff. And salmon patties was in her rotation….and I loved em. Salmon patties with a crispy cornflake crust, eaten with ketchup. Glorious.
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    I was told that all of these MAGAs were SUPER concerned about pedophilia, and pedophiles must be executed and all that.

    Wait…were they lying about THAT as well? Gosh, I’m shocked.
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  14. 26 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

    She also asked the 15-year-old to rate her sexual performance, to which he replied, “Seven out of ten,” the affidavit read.

    Wait...what?

    I would presume that, upon having sex with an older nurse, every single 15 year old male would rate the experience a solid "eleventeen."

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