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Brisketexan

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  1. Substitute "Austin" for Nash Vegas, and I'm pretty much right there with her. The stuff that makes Austin or Nashville "it" cities today are generally things I hate. I will say that there is still some good country music around. It's just not what's drawing the big crowds. Luke Bryan sells out stadiums, Red Volkaert kinda fills the Continental Club. Also, get off my lawn.
  2. In fairness, the swag totally helps him pick up 16 year old chicks, so cut him some slack.
  3. Houston bayous would like a word.
  4. "Orchestrating a coup" by......tricking Kegbreath into committing a war crime? That's some 3D chess there.
  5. Talked to the boy last night (international relations major, senior year). His senior capstone is going to be on the past decade of shifting American engagement with NATO, and the cascading effects of same (increased european engagement, emboldened Russia, etc.). I'll be curious to read what he ends up with. I'm sure it will be rather depressing in the near term, but maybe some glimmers of hope in there.
  6. Was just discussing this with a neighbor yesterday. Round-trip Uber, with a decent tip, is about $80 from our neck of the woods. So, on any trip of 5 days or more, the ride share is a cheaper option. AND, it drops you right at the airport, no parking and then shuttle bus. And the walk to the ride share pickup when you arrive isn't bad, I call the car as we are downstairs at baggage claim, it usually shows up right as we get to the pickup spot. So, our new routine is that we only park for short business trips or for 3 day weekend type trips. Otherwise? Ride share is the best option. For longer trips, it's not even close, it's a no-brainer.
  7. Grok is just being honest. The oligarchs have created a version of the trolley problem where one of their lives actually has more worth than.....4.13 billion other human beings. The problem is not that this is an academic exercise or whatnot, the problem is that THIS IS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY BELIEVE. If you put Elon Musk in a position to sacrifice himself, or sacrifice 4.13 billion human beings, he would exterminate half of all human life. And his conscience would be clear (spoiler - it's because he has no conscience). These people are as close to literal demons as we will ever see walking the earth. What else would you call a creature that would happily kill half of all humans?
  8. Saw Satan Jews at Emo’s back in the day. It was an uncomfortable show, mostly because it was hot and super loud. And a little bit because of the implied anti-semitism. But again, it was REALLY loud.
  9. Moscow, not Milan. Try to keep up here, people.
  10. Just like Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of what a rich man is like, these fucking maroons are what idiots think an intellectual is like. We are in the age of pretenders.
  11. Yep. First time I heard that song, and that line in particular, I thought "gotdamn....he nailed the shit outta that." Even if you didn't play football, or play in high school, you likely had SOME experience that fits that description. It's a pivotal transitional moment in a male's experience of life.
  12. Yeah, how you wouldn't do one of the jillion fantastic roast dinners on offer all over, I don't understand. That's one thing they do very, very well.
  13. Dr. Riviera was available, but Trump didn't trust a dirty spic.
  14. Ain't no "think" about it -- it's kinda hard-core proven at this point.
  15. 1/128th. But only because one of his ancestors was super-rapey of the locals. A fact about which he is quite proud.
  16. We are going to lose both valuable equipment AND the lives of some American service members.....so the worst president in American history can distract from running a regime of complete incompetence, total corruption, with a very large side dish of protecting sexual abusers of minors. And 40% of American can't fucking wait to wave their Trump flags celebrating that. Truly fucking amazing.
  17. How so? Is the argument "it's his fault for following our insane, stupid, and illegal orders....and it totally is NOT our fault for giving those orders?"
  18. And his streak of favors for crooked billionaires who utterly fucked other people continues unabated. Pardon billionaires, solicit and take "contributions" from same, and buy their loyalty and service? That's textbook criminal oligarchy shit. Putin is flattered by the imitation.
  19. Lizzie line is a thing of beauty. Makes the to-from LHR a breeze. When we flew in last time, my wife insisted on a cab. Heading back out, I insisted on taking the Lizzie line, and she agreed it was quicker and stress-free.
  20. Countdown to federal legislation exempting Amazon from all environmental regulations and civil liability (just coincidentally following Bezos announcing another $500 million towards the Trump ballroom east of the White House)? Tick...tock...it's coming.
  21. SPOON'S! I need to find a way to upload the conversation between one of my daughter's roommates and Declan the drunk Irish convict at a Spoon's in Islington when we were all having a pint together. A few minutes in, I just turned on my video record function and captured the drunken Spoon's magic.
  22. He needs to get over that shit. First, in an existential fight for the Republic, you suit up and fight with everything you've got for the team that is fighting FOR the Republic instead of fighting tooth and nail to destroy it to fragmented rubble. Second, take a deep breath and accept that many/most/damned near all of those "conservative" values and ideals you once believed in have either been PROVEN to be shit (e.g., "trickle-down" economics) or were just lies (party of "equality" my ass -- it's a fucking nakedly racist and xenophobic party). Third, realize that things conservatives love to rant about as leftist socialism are actually middle-of-the-road policies that exist in other healthy developed countries, and that we are actually better equipped to execute than most anyone. Fourth, add all those things together, and you realize that what y'all call "center-left" in America is actually center, even center-right everywhere else that has any sanity remaining. So, fucking join the team, and fight for a better future for this Republic, starting with step 1: saving it from the psychotic fascists who are the GQP.
  23. No. It's not. That's more formal and dignified than this bunch deserves.
  24. Honestly, I look back on youth athletics, and in terms of "your kid getting stuff out of it that will serve him the rest of his days," competing at a high level, leaving it all on the field, and coming up short may be as good as it gets. Sure, you'll remember the state championship forever, but what you remember most is the moment of that final whistle, hoisting that trophy, etc. When you LOSE at that level, what you remember is the grind, the effort, the brotherhood, facing the pressure with the right amount of anxiety yet charging forward. THAT is the shit that character is made of. The boy had a couple of years in Little League and Pony League where they made the championship. They won twice, but they lost once - his last year in Little League, which he loved. He was at the plate, bottom of the ninth, two men on, down by two, two outs. He was the best hitter on the team. He was who his team wanted at the plate in that moment. And he struck out. It was one of the most profound moments of his young life. The heartbreak, the ending of it all, his teammates supporting him in his moment of angst. He loved the game, he loved his teammates, he did everything he could. He ended up feeling everything a man can feel in those few moments. We got our money's worth for every season of ball he ever played in that one afternoon. Good for your son. He knows what it is to do it all, and leave it all on the field.
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