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Brisketexan

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  1. Meanwhile, this fuckhead is actively tanking the dollar. It was $1.23 when he took office. Now up to $1.32. I was hoping for $1.28 or better before I buy my next traunch of GBPs. At this rate, fuck it, I'm hosed. The strongest currency in the world....and he's fucking strangling it and holding its head underwater. Because....reasons.
  2. Ho-hum. Just more stochastic terrorism. But you know what the REAL problem is? People writing op-eds saying "maybe don't genocide Palestinians" and people boycotting buying Teslas.
  3. Here's a thought: there is no written agreement. It was entirely verbal, we shipped Bukele cash and prisoners, he agreed to take them. There, those are the entire terms of the agreement. I genuinely think that may be the case. And yes, an agreement to ship people detained in the US to a foreign power is not and cannot be "classified," because of its inherent due process/constitutional implications. Again, that same "agreement" could be utilized (and will be -- the admin has said as much) to snatch you, me, or anyone else off the street and have us in a foreign prison before anyone even knows we're missing. Hell fucking no -- that agreement cannot be deemed classified.
  4. They may have the liability....but that's for your insurance company to pursue, not you. That is, if you're interested in small things like getting hour house restored to livable condition any time soon. You turn the claim into your insurer, and it's up to them to go after the responsible party. And this. And of course, you don't know the policy limits for any of them. Wouldn't surprise me to have limits of $1 million, and with the number of homes damaged and the degree of damage....wouldn't surprise me to see that entire amount exhausted pretty quickly. The damage to TK's house is probably in the 6 figures, easily. And that's just one house.
  5. Sigh. Our value skyrocketed from 2021 to 2022. Then it dropped a bit in 2023, and a good drop in 2024. Now? Almost exactly back to where it was in 2023, about a 7% increase. We’ll protest. We’ll see what happens.
  6. Fucking pinche Tik Tokkers, thinking they invented shit that Texas messicans have been doing since the goddamned invention of fire. This shit is almost as bad as whatever epic dumbass coined the phrase "Austin-style breakfast tacos." Fucking hell. A kabillion Texas messicans are looking at all this shit and thinking "FFS, I had that for dinner on random Tuesdays in 1977 on a regular gotdamn basis."
  7. Bingo. How we can't do the simple math of "a state actor that has openly rooted for the United States and the West to fall into decline and lose power and influence - and still does - wants the US and the West to do X. That state actor is conducting numerous activities to accomplish X. SO....we should probably do all we can to AVOID X, BECAUSE X IS WHAT OUR ENEMY WANTS"....well, it still blows me away. If Russia genuinely wants us to do something, that should be enough to convince us "nope, we shouldn't do that." Instead, one of our two parties - ironically, the one that built a reputation on RESISTING Russian efforts to fuck with the US - is now all-in on doing exactly what Russia fucking wants, to the fucking letter. For the millionth time, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
  8. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    But…I mean…the mouse is ok. So, there’s that. Horribad, across the board. No bright spots. Even Dani’s shot from distance, just emphasized that it’s about the only kinda shot he takes.
  9. Bingo. Stop overthinking this shit. This is the play. They even told us they’ll run it. The only defense left is lead. Once they grab you, it’s over. So your only choice is not to let them grab you. That’s where we are.
  10. Now This is the content we came here for.
  11. You know....I actually may give this a whirl. For shits, giggles....and a delicious lottery ticket.
  12. "I'm Brisketexan. I'm not a customs agent....but I play one on Surly." Seriously, I have little fucking idea as to the details of exactly when/how a tariff is applied, if it's FOB delivery, etc.
  13. This. It's not hard. "Administration, you broke the law by shipping someone with legal status to a foreign gulag. Bring him back." There. Done. Which is pretty much what the trial court's order said and did. Leave it be. When a lower court gets it right -- which it did -- the job of appellate courts is to SHUT THE FUCK UP. THERE IS NO ERROR TO CORRECT, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP. But nope, SCOTUS has to make sure they fight a rear-guard action to secure -- at all costs (literally... ALL costs) -- Donnie's supreme divine-right-of-kings power to do whatever the fuck he wants to whoever the fuck he wants. "No remedy" = "you are fucked." It doesn't matter what else the court says or writes; our posts on this board have as much real-world import as the words SCOTUS writes that are not tied to an actual remedy. Unless the end of what they say is "therefore the admin is ordered to bring him back," what they wrote is a nothing. Real-life is not aggy, there are no fucking moral victories. Either you get a remedy, or you lose.
  14. There were a few nights at Dallas nightclub back in the day when I definitely spent a long amount of time scoping out a particular prospect to see if it would be practical to do the old "747 piggyback." Vic Mackey woulda been proud.
  15. Primarily by following this easy-to-execute maxim: We're shooting our own dick off. China's first good move is to stay out of the way, and give us a clean shot. Long-term, it will be to fill the vacuum created by the US's absence of a trade penis, which it already shot off. As an immediate example, see China's new conversations with the EU about removing/reducing tariffs on Chinese EVs.
  16. Oh, this is spot on. You think our SCOTUS will ever issue a ruling that "shipping people detained in the US to foreign prisons that are out of our control, resulting in the US losing the ability to provide the requisite due process, is in and of itself a due process violation?" Good. Fucking. Luck. The Regime can do as it wishes. There are no guardrails, there are no restraints. The only way to guarantee yourself any "due process" anymore is to enforce your right with the barrel of a gun. That's the rule: when society opts out of the Rule of Law, it necessarily opts into Rule of the Gun.
  17. Sawbonz gets the play. It hasn’t just been telegraphed…they have literally said they are going to run it. Believe them.
  18. She is super smart, and makes excellent points. Also, I’d like to spend some nekkid hot tub time with her. Discussing philosophy and shit.
  19. And what is your trust level that this man won’t reverse THAT within a week…or do something else equally unstable in a week, a day, or an hour? Is that trust level sufficient for you to make, say, a billion dollar investment in building a manufacturing facility? This is the problem: not so much what he has done, but that he’s demonstrated that he will do all manners of irrational shit, with no warning or provocation, then change course in minutes, creating an environment with zero predictability. Capital hates that.
  20. 2025: “due process” = “whatever Stephen miller says.” It’s not any more complex than that.
  21. Love the casual hand wave as to…everything. And ffs, on #4, that’s literally from business owners themselves. Incoming China trade is rapidly shutting down. No inventory, no business. Nobody in the world except Ron Vara thinks we’re not in a crisis.
  22. Add in the comparison to the rates for other countries’ debt. Add in the market crash. Add in the complete collapse of consumer confidence to levels not seen since 1952. Add in the complete destruction of hundreds of thousands of American businesses built on our current trade environment. And keep going. Fuck off with your bullshit.
  23. Read the fucking bond yields above. It’s a crisis.
  24. Let’s put this in terms we can relate to: Court: “Trump Regime, you snatched a Surly poster, a US citizen, off the street and sent him down to a Salvadoran gulag immediately. You now admit that you did. It have a legal basis or right to do so. Return him.” Trump Regime: “Gee, sorry, we can’t.” Court: “Provide me daily reports of your effort to get the Surly poster back.” Trump Regime: “LOL OK. Here’s my report: we didn’t do shit. Result: it is 100% allowed for the Regime to disappear anyone it wants, and there is no remedy.
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