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Brisketexan

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  1. A port is a port -- land-based ports of entry are still "ports." And yeah, gotta presume that there's much less shit going to and from Mexico these days as well. Early data (March traffic) seems to indicate as much.
  2. That's one of the things that actually makes me chuckle. These dumbfucks don't realize that the book it out -- worldwide -- on how DOTARD works, and how to play him. He has one play: All you have to do it wait him out....because he doesn't have a "next move." Let him beat his chest, kick up dust....all you have to do is still be standing there when the dust settles, and you have WAY more leverage than he does. The other fucking dumb thing was declaring a trade war on THE ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD ALL AT ONCE. If he'd perhaps just focused on China, then that offers some opportunity to carve them out from the global trade network, and use our size and strength against just them. But now....the whole world is focusing on how to 1) maximize trade with each other, while 2) minimizing trade entanglements with the erratic, unreliable, and batshit insane USA. Dumb. Just fucking nuclear-blast level dumb.
  3. So...you DO realize that this satirical ad, if actually placed, would spur a record number of applications to ICE, right?
  4. I mean...it's all the things a fella needs. And you know, didn't want to forget Luna.
  5. Pretty sure you could steal everything worth stealing in Jacksboro and the value still wouldn't get you charged with anything above a Class A Misdemeanor.
  6. 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): 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.
  7. You’re welcome.
  8. 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.
  9. 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).
  10. We won't. SCOTUS will. Because it's all Calvinball, and only Calvinball, all the time with them.
  11. 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.
  12. WE DON'T NEED GUN CONTROL! IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM! FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE! Meanwhile, in Washington.....
  13. Wait. There are some people who think that Luigi was EVER going to get a fair trial?
  14. 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.
  15. Tried to stalk her when I was in Tallinn.... My wife just rolled her eyes. Oh ye of little faith. Beautiful, smart, doesn't take any shit from Russians? Sign. Me. UP.
  16. 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.
  17. Fair. I did my Plan II thesis on key differences between the Baltics and the Balkans at the end of the Cold War. One thing I skipped over, that I am now grasping, is that I'd rather end up with a Baltic gal.
  18. You can go ugly. Or you can go stabby. There is NO good reason to go both.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. I presume you'll share your room information so that our mailings of old copies of Swank and Hustler make it into your hands.
  22. Yep. And the "Do Not Call List" is less of an impediment than the fucking Maginot Line had the Maginot Line been built with wet tissue paper.
  23. Also, her first name is Alexis. It was her destiny to appear in "hot nurse stepmom" porn come to life.
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