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Brisketexan

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  1. You get it. There is no scenario in Trumpland where the people don’t get completely buttfucked, repeatedly and relentlessly.
  2. I mean, the dichotomy right there is so easy. Imagine what the coverage on Fox would be had Obama done exactly what Trump just did. We might actually be facing a violent insurrection. And while that degree of reaction wouldn’t be merited, universal condemnation would be. Today…those same people can’t fall to their knees and suck Trump off fast enough.
  3. The part where we were moving forward and getting better. We were a deeply imperfect country, but the arc was indeed towards building a more perfect union. Our biggest failing was our failure to improve quickly enough, to move past our sins. The America I lived in 10 years ago was better than the America I was born in. Now, we’re not just moving backwards, we’re flying there at supersonic speed. Because, as always, it’s much easier to destroy than to create. The America I live in today is worse than it was 10 or 20 years ago, and it’s getting much worse every day. That’s the difference.
  4. I mean....dinner and the oyster bar the next day WERE great. No complaints there. But you weren't the one who made her sigh loudly enough to be heard in Metarie.
  5. I mean, in the stack of "stupid as fuck reasons to completely destroy an incredible country," it certainly fits.
  6. Geez. It's like you guys don't know when to hit suburban/nice urban HEBs at the right time, when the yoga pants mafia - many of whom you know - has finished their workout and needs to hit the store for a few things. If you can't enjoy that, your life is a joyless existence.
  7. FIF accuracy. You damned well know that "maybe not" isn't even on the table as a possibility anymore.
  8. Pretty sure that exact market, or one nearby (it was in NYC) is where my daughter did her first real "bargaining." She was 13, on an NHS trip. They went into some sketchy-ass shop, and one of her friends wanted a knockoff Coach bag. Guy wanted $50. They talked him down to $40, he wouldn't budget. My daughter tells her friend "we're walking." As they walk out, he says "wait, I'll do $30." She turns and says "$20 or we're outta here." Her friend got it for $20, and she called us that night so proud, talking about how her inner mexican mercado kid shined through. We were amused.
  9. Oh, we get it. And we look to historical precedent, which matches up. We KNOW that the masses won't actually become alarmed until it's much, much, much too late. When the regime starts killing their friends and neighbors, that sort of thing. That's what gets Ollie Oblivious to go "what the hell? That's some bullshit." But by then.....it's been too late for a long fucking time. We know how this is going to go, and the toll that it will levy. That's why those of us who ARE aware are so fucking pissed. We see it happening. We know what's going to happen. And we have zero chance of stopping it. Then, when it's as bad as it can be, we'll have to deal with these fuckheads actually saying "why didn't someone say/do something?" Oh for fuck's sake.
  10. Matt's is....fine. Molina's is....fine [interesting note: it was the first restaurant I ever went to. Mom took me as a 6 week old baby] Los Tios is....fine (although that puffy queso thing is awesome). Tex-mex is one of those foods that can be done "fine" pretty easily, and plenty of places pull it off. Shit, my wife loves La Mancha. Which is....fine.
  11. And a stack of Highlights magazines. Oh, what trouble will that Goofus get into THIS time?
  12. Or doing fascist shit in general. Like in the 5th circuit, if the defendant is a cop who was cracking skulls? QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. But if the official was a non-partisan board member who voted for a policy to maybe not treat people like shit, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE LAW, NO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. You could ask me how I know, but judge Edith Jones would do a much better job of explaining how that super-serious and very real distinction isn't arbitrary at all, for reasons.
  13. We're willing to erase the Constitution and end the Republic because of it, so it seems like it's pretty serious business. LAW AND ORDER! (Just don't look at the never-ending parade of bribes and shit and flouting the law from the admin. No, what's really a grave threat is a fake Coach purse).
  14. Gosh. Is there any better, more enticing word to describe a sandwich than "wet?" Yeah, I didn't think so.
  15. Bingo. There's facts and logic and experience.....and then there's dirty mexicans and queers and that one trans kid who played badminton in Michigan. GOTTA VOTE AGAINST WOKE!!!! These people are scum. All of them. They may have a moment of clarity, but don't worry -- it will pass. You can't overcome the lizard-brained hatred for others, the conclusion that the only valid policies for anything are those that hurt people, that dominates their thinking. It's too much, it cannot be overcome.
  16. Don't worry. On the WAY off-chance that there's ever a Dem president again, they'll dial it WAY back....tied to the specific facts of that presidency or somesuch. But yeah, as long as the POTUS is GQP, they intend for him to have greater powers than any king. Seriously, check out the fucking Magna Carta, the goddamned English king had more restraints on his power than Trump does.
  17. This is where it all breaks down, because what we've seen is "fuck no they don't." Most people just want to hurt other people, thinking that's the pathway to advantages for themselves. The social contract is not only disposable, it's an impediment to our actual American ethos. A contract has mutuality. Most people don't want that, they don't want anything even close to it. They want "rules for thee, not for me." And they are getting it, in its purest form. They're just too stupid to realize that in every such scenario, almost all the people who THINK they're in the "me" group are actually in the "thee" group.
  18. Emphasis on the "now."
  19. "They're also fucking assholes" isn't a stellar defense.
  20. Wait till he says that about Americans who disagree with him. You probably won't have to take long. Fortunately, he doesn't have anything to worry about, as he has complete "presidential immunity." Declare everyone who opposes the MAGA agenda to be a terrorist, then "perform the duties of the office of President" by killing all of those people, and he won't even have to break a sweat.
  21. Arch began by boycotting accurate passes some weeks ago. He's a real forward thinker.
  22. Or while watching ummmm....a documentary....
  23. Or, you know, maybe just start with realizing that some poor people who buy a coffee in addition to the sparse food and clothing they buy aren't the ones fucking us all over -- oligarchs and a government that has now gone all-in on a fascist oligarchy are. First, identify the problem. Then your menu of solutions can be targeted. You're focused on some gal on SNAP who bought a frappucino. And you look right past the POTUS's son reaping tens of millions on government drone contracts, and pardons of people who literally laundered money for Al Qaeda being sold for a billion or two in crypto investment in the POTUS's crypto venture, or all of the oligarchs who are now married to the government pursuing maximum dollar extraction from the people with not only zero gov't oversight, but actual government assistance in that mission. Turn your fucking head and see the monster that's right fucking there.
  24. Why? No rules, norms, morality, or ethics apply to or bind Republicans. So, it's a non-story.
  25. Gee. If only we had any data to look at on that issue. Wait, what's that, the past 4 decades provide dead-on data showing huge gains in productivity, with nearly zero of that benefit going to workers, and nearly all of it going to the top 1%? Well golly gee, will wonders never cease?
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