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Brisketexan

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  1. TLDR. Let's translate it to simple MAGA-speak: Authoritarian states good. Democratically run states bad. We want to hang out with the guys we like -- authoritarians.
  2. Counterpoint: fuck 'em. Fuck all conservatives. Fuck 'em to hell. Treat them the way they want to treat everyone else.
  3. The revolving door is the only one we have. We have no coherent plan for dealing with the homeless. Truly, functionally zero plan.
  4. Yeah, those are a bitch. Because what do you do, jail them over and over for jaywalking and shit? The real problem is making this place a magnet for homeless people while simultaneously not actually offering sufficient real and effective programs to keep them from being an absolute mess. That's on city leadership and, yes, law enforcement for not making arrests (arrest and short-term detention is really the only practically available short-term deterrent we have).
  5. Oh, I certainly believe that our PD has had and is continuing to have what is effectively a years-long temper tantrum whereby they are "quiet quitting" and just not doing their jobs, as a "SEE! If you don't let us do EXACTLY what WE want, and EXACTLY HOW WE want....well, we just won't do our jobs at all!" Austin is not the only place it has happened. Both things can be true (our DA is piss-poor, and our PD is petulant spoiled assholes who don't want any oversight or accountability, it only pisses them off).
  6. Drove to and from Corpus Christi for a meeting last week. Same thing, multiple times: get behind a truck, and even cars and SUVs, going .0000001 mph faster than the truck they were "passing" in the right lane. No, fuckers. Pass him. Meaning, for around 30 seconds, actually push down on your gas pedal, add 5 mph or so to your speed, complete the pass, then get back over in the right lane. The correct move is not "drive next to a 100 foot long vehicle for 10 minutes as I gain 10 feet per minute on him."
  7. It's just a fat sack of fluid. You're just a fat sack of fluid. Let's not split hairs here.
  8. Dude had a fetish for Perkins’ waitresses…there is no bottom for him. Respek.
  9. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    My wife after the match: “and dammit…I’m coming around on Owen. He’s good.” I told her he’s among the top 3-4 players on the team right now, and she conceded the point. He’s got hustle, doesn’t commit stupid turnovers, has shown real vision, and bulked up so he doesn’t get muscled off the ball as much. And two of our favorites, Kolmanic and Gallagher, acquitted themselves quite well today. Defense continues to be stout. Lots to like from BV, but also some inexplicable misses. Bukari continues to frustrate. And Danny…has regressed. His turnovers are absurd in number and character. That said, I think this win was actually earned and was the right outcome.
  10. Or, counterpoint: allow Republican accelerationist destruction to do its thing and kill them in droves. An eliminated GQP vote is an eliminated GQP vote. And I’m done with giving a shit about them. What has empathy gotten us? Just taken advantage of.
  11. Here’s the thing I love about the “vaccines are a personal choice! Respect my choice [not to be vaccinated]!” crowd: if vaccines are a choice, and we must respect that choice…why do they all, 100% of the time, shit all over and denigrate people who chose the other way, and only lionize those who chose not to be vaccinated? Gosh, it’s a mystery.
  12. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    We’ll be over in 118, row 9. Come say hi…but don’t stay and make us look low-class. At Turnstile now.
  13. So, we’re not just threatening to wage war against our allies, we’re also stealing their money directly. We have a lawless, criminal, homicidal regime. If the rest of the world declared war on us, they wouldn’t be wrong to do so.
  14. F that “beans on toast” shit.
  15. That ain’t wrong. We invited friends and family from several countries to come visit for the World Cup - planning on renting houses, showing them a Texas good time, all that. They are already being negatively impacted by this admin (see post above about revoked school admission). They are justifiably nervous about coming here.
  16. Not unfair. Made three pieces for the wife, I chose to go with the black pudding as my main breakfast meat dish…but I needed at least one piece. For science.
  17. The appropriate amount of jelly/jam is always “more.”
  18. Who could have predicted legislating medical decisions would end poorly for Texas women? No, Dan. “Women have died” is passive voice. “Because Republicans have killed numerous Texas women” is active voice, and more accurate. Do better, Dan.
  19. You know how much jelly you should put on toast? More.
  20. Broke out the M&S black pudding for breakfast this morning. Went full international. Added eggs with red chili and toast with French strawberry preserves.
  21. Broke out the M&S black pudding for breakfast this morning. Went full international. Added eggs with red chili and toast with French strawberry preserves.
  22. Have been going to the bar at the Monteleone for 50+ years (yeah, my folks would drag me along as a child). Cleaning out my parents’ house, found my grandmother’s 1930 Ursuline yearbook, which featured this ad:
  23. It ain’t HEB, and it’s not exactly the same….but I actually may like it better: Made a simple stir fry the other night, sprinkled that liberally on top, and it was amazing.
  24. So, this is fun. Message I just got from our German friends/family: “Hello Brisket, we received some bad news from my nephew and he would like to ask you for your opinion... He got the commitment for a scholarship to study in Madison which would have startet in August. Unfortunately Trump has deleted the money for that and now the university has cancelled the contract. Are they allowed to do that? What is your legal opinion for that? Nephew asks me, if he may contact you...” I got to tell them I’m so sorry to hear this…and yes, you’re fucked. Sure, what he’s done is probably illegal, but it will take time for the courts to sort it out…if they can…and if he obeys a court order. Shit, we just had dinner with a friend who is a medium-sized university president. His take was pretty sanguine: higher Ed is turbo-fucked. All of it. Imagine a way to destroy our standing in the world….and this admin is doing so. But have no fear, it’s ALSO hurting countless people right here at home. My daughter is applying to graduate programs this fall. I had encouraged her to apply to multiple programs in the US. I’m now glad that her target schools are all overseas. Of course, it may be that Americans become persona non grata to our former allies, so not exhaling yet.
  25. Shocking news.
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