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Brisketexan

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  1. This is literally the governing principle of the Regime controlling our country right now: They reach the conclusion they want. Then find the 1% of people out there who say something consistent with that authority, and cite them as "the gold standard." What makes them "the gold standard?" Well, they're the ones who say what we want them to say. Duh. We are committing cultural suicide by stupidity, and doing it with passion and vigor.
  2. "Being a shitty human being has costs. Who knew?"
  3. ....but he's also the same guy who would pull over and help a black guy having car trouble. Every one of us had someone in our family or circle who was like that -- a shitty racist, voted for and even worked for overall racist policies, fought against anything that would acknowledge racism....but freely and kindly helped individuals of any race, without question.
  4. And in any case, is re-opened within 24 hours. That place is a magical treasure.
  5. I kinda disagree. It's the cognitive dissonance that lives in their brains. Individual minorities, gay people etc. who they personally know? Well.....Jose is a good fella, hard worker. We aren't talking about him. And Carol...she's a sweetheart. We don't mean her. But brown people generally? THEY'RE INVADER CRIMINALS! How do they reconcile these? We've all seen it before. If you grew up in the South over the past 50 years, there is a 100% chance you've heard someone utter the phrase "oh....but not you, Jose/Tyrese/Vinh...you're one of the good ones!" It's that easy. They can be both completely and totally racist....yet compassionate and not racist as to a specific individual. And both things are absolutely true, and match human nature. It's easy to dehumanize a group, it's hard to dehumanize an individual who you know - it's a cousin of the "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic" phenomenon. We are filled with people who will cheerfully build death camps for "the other," then cry genuine tears when their minority friend is sent to his death there.
  6. One of the administration's chief advisors has openly claimed that there are "65 million illegals" in the US. That is not true. What is true is that there are 65 million HISPANICS in the US. So, understand that this is an undeniable truth: to the current Regime, "hispanic" = "illegal." And further understand that they have made it plain that anyone the Regime decides is "illegal" has no right to due process. Due process only applies to Americans, not to illegals. No due process for illegals + All hispanics are illegals = no due process for hispanics in the US. The logical syllogism isn't a lengthy one, and it's pretty fucking direct and linear. If you are hispanic in the US and you don't have a self-defense and/or exit plan, you're a fucking fool.
  7. Oh…no, he didn’t mean that. Never arrest powerful white people when you can be cruel to powerless brown people instead. That rule is perhaps the closest to a religious truth in American life as you’re gonna get. We only punch down, we never, ever punch up.
  8. Shit, a lot of the stuff they’re showing is pretty near our casa. Drive down that stretch of Steck whenever we come back from a soccer match. Saw fire crews headed that way as I drove home. And that Shell station is where I pulled in to take my aunt’s call back to me so I could tell her my dad died. Our casa fared ok - decent amount of hail, plants took a beating, but not anything worse than that.
  9. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    I have our four tickets to tonight. We were going to go with friends, wife isn't feeling well, so we're out. Message me if you want them.
  10. You'd like to think it's ESPECIALLY vile. It's not. What's another dead Mexican? A victory, that's what it is.
  11. Fuck if I recall. I've been in a haze on this shit (seriously, administering my dad's estate has been.....not great). Thanks, especially if I'm being redundant here.
  12. I don't neg on Surly. I just negged on Surly.
  13. Bingo. It was a hypothesis. Not a completely non-credible one. When I was younger, it made some sense to me. But here's the thing about a hypothesis: eventually, you test it. And find out if it works. And just like my hypothesis that I could get up enough speed to launch my 1977 Huffy with enough speed and loft to clear the ditch behind my house.....once I tested it....turns out the hypothesis was bullshit. And my bike also needed a new front wheel and I bled a lot. We've tested the trickle down hypothesis. Turns out, it was bullshit. Have a hypothesis. Test it. Then accept the results of your test. Sometimes the hypothesis is right. Other times, you wreck your bike and cut up your leg. But we still have its defenders, who spout shit like "true, unfettered trickle-down hasn't actually been tried yet!" Remind you of any other ideologue idiots you've heard?
  14. No, see, read right above -- the food at Snows "isn't worth it." Just. Fucking. Stupidity. And yeah, I've been to plenty of the top-50 places, newer craft bbq, etc. I don't need to shit on any of them to also make the point that Snow's remains among the best. But if you aren't eating at one of the "top 10," you're just wasting your time.
  15. What is "a thing that doesn't exist between Elon's lips and Trump's cock?"
  16. Wise is the best on fees and exchange rate. But it acts up sometimes, and tells us "nope, you can't transfer money." Usually when it's a bigger amount, but we've sent big amounts before with no issues, so we really can't figure out when and why it will give us a hard time. Bank wire transfer exchange rate SUCKS.
  17. This. And I gotta tell you, as something of a BBQ fan (see username), I've been around and experienced Texas BBQ for decades now. Including back in the era when most readily available barbecue was decidedly mediocre (think little roadside joints good for chopped beef sandwiches, or urban places that were chains like Luther's, local joints like Bert's, or even small town outfits that were decidedly meh). There were a handful of "classic, great" joints. The Lockhart places, Louie Mueller's, Cotten's, Luling City Market, etc. And yes, Snow's (kicking myself for not going back when a client in Lexington told me I needed to come visit one Saturday for barbecue, back when it was still a local secret). It was a big deal to go to one, like a special road trip from town, or you stopped at one when you happened to be heading that way to go fishing or somesuch. We loved 'em, and going was a treat. Read "Legends of Texas Barbecue" to get a feel for what I'm talking about. Then, the "craft barbecue" movement kicked off. It largely overlapped with the birth of internet food discussions and reviews. John Mueller opened his place on Manor Road. Got lots of buzz and attention. Then Aaron opened his trailer, and a focus on a real "perfectionist," refined approach to smoking traditional Texas barbecue kicked in. And this movement has produced some AMAZING food. I love it. I can get world-class, make you change religion barbecue at a dozen places in Austin alone now. But fucking hell and goddammit. In a quest to out-barbecue-snob each other, everyone is disdainfully looking down on places that are, and remain, glorious cathedrals of deliciousness. Fuck that shit. I've had plenty of high-end, "new gourmet" brisket from many of the places on the TX Monthly list. And I have to tell you, give me a top-end bite of brisket from 20 of those places, side-by-side, and I would be hard-pressed to tell you the difference. They are ALL amazing. Sure, any place can have an off day, etc. But bottom line, we live in a world where you can get 10-out of-10 quality barbecue at dozens of places. And people are arguing whether it's really a 10, or is it a 9.98? What the fucking fuck? We're entering the "that supermodel has pointy knees, would not bang" territory of barbecue discussion. It's fucking stupid. It's barbecue bro snob culture, and it's fucking stupid and annoying. And it's killing what we love. You know who DOESN'T engage in that bullshit? A guy who has literally made Texas barbecue his passion and career, Daniel Vaughn. He genuinely appreciates the embarrassment of riches we now have. And he's not denigrating any place by putting it in the 11-50 category. The bottom line is that, aside from a unique twist here and there (egyptian style seasonings, or brisket fried rice), every one of these places is making barbecue that would have been the best barbecue you've ever tasted 25 years ago. I'm brisketexan, and I love good barbecue, and I appreciate the fine folks who make good barbecue, which can now be found all over the state. And I think that people who take this shit so seriously that they feel the need to "out craft-bbq-bro" people in their snobbery fucking suck, are missing the entire point, and are fucking up the barbecue experience for the rest of us. Lighten the fuck up, don't take it - and yourself - so fucking seriously. And if you ever say anything about Tootsie and Snows that isn't along the lines of "it and she are a Texas treasure, and we're all fortunate to have them around to experience," you should probably re-examine your life.
  18. The context and length of time over which you discuss forcible asteroid sodomy is a very important detail. Pay attention, man.
  19. I mentioned it when all this shit started going down, but I'm totally down with getting into the bootlegger bidness if I get to drive a sweet wooden boat....
  20. My daughter had a hellacious time with that. I had an HSBC account already (had to open one for the boy going to school there - we needed it in order to buy a flat, so we didn't have a UK address yet). You CAN open an HSBC account in the UK from the US. It's a headache, but it can be done. There are only a couple of banks that will let you do it, but HSBC is one of them. Or at least, it was.
  21. Also, reality is completely uncoupled from reality. The market doesn't react to Trump's tariff statements anymore because they don't mean anything unless and until a tariff is actually imposed. Which maybe it will be. Maybe it won't be. Who knows?
  22. The fact that we now live in the "college athletic coach to United States Senate-pipeline" era is yet another piece of evidence that, even standing alone, would merit total destruction of our planet by a rogue meteor.
  23. So, I'm administering my father's estate, and he owned a home in Houston, as well as his residence in Austin. To do the inventory, I need an appraisal. Anyone got a name for a good, reliable appraiser in Houston? And for that matter, one in Austin? I know they can get backed up for months, and I'd like this done in the next 30-45 days if possible, so maybe that figures in. Thanks.
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