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Brisketexan

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  1. More importantly, they control 100% of the United States government. That's the real fucking problem.
  2. Yeah.....that is fucking solid. Both of my kids live in places where they take transit everywhere, and both of them are young (in their 20s). They both know and promptly give up their seat to an older person. And the boy does so for women as well, even if they're not much older than him. I don't know if that's culturally local to them, but it's how they were raised here. Shit, I remember 10,000 years ago, taking a shuttle bus back downtown from Texas-OU. I had a seat with my now-wife, people got crammed on (mostly people our age, heavy on men, so wasn't immediately looking to give up my seat). I look ahead about three rows, and a very pregnant gal is there, standing....and nobody next to her was making any move to give her a seat. Fuck that. I got up, and started working my way up towards her to tell her to take my seat. Right after I got up, a dude makes a move to sit in my seat. My wife immediately blocked him, and said "nope, this seat isn't for you," and he started to get huffy. I work my way back with the pregnant lady in tow, motion her to my seat, and stared down the fucker, who fucking backed off as everyone else shame-stared him as well. WTF was wrong with that asshole? Oh, and yes, he was an okie.
  3. 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.
  4. Counterpoint: fuck 'em. Fuck all conservatives. Fuck 'em to hell. Treat them the way they want to treat everyone else.
  5. The revolving door is the only one we have. We have no coherent plan for dealing with the homeless. Truly, functionally zero plan.
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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."
  9. It's just a fat sack of fluid. You're just a fat sack of fluid. Let's not split hairs here.
  10. Dude had a fetish for Perkins’ waitresses…there is no bottom for him. Respek.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. F that “beans on toast” shit.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. The appropriate amount of jelly/jam is always “more.”
  20. 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.
  21. You know how much jelly you should put on toast? More.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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:
  25. 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.
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