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Brisketexan

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  1. Agreed. "Palestinian terrorism" is a classic chicken-or-the-egg puzzle that, well, this thread sure as shit hasn't sorted out. I'm sure not gonna try again. But I do agree with the proposition that "a world without Hamas is a better place." I just ALSO think that if the way you get to that world is by committing atrocities that will echo for generations....you planted the seeds of "like Hamas, but with a different name" for generations to come. Palestinians will refer to this genocide and the nakba in the same breath for decades to come. And yeah, yeah, buckle up for the onslaught of Israel-stans insisting "BUT THIS WASN'T A GENOCIDE, WE DIDN'T KILL EVERY PALESTINIAN," blah blah blah. Guess what, dudes? If the living Palestinians and their descendants view it as a genocide, including for purposes of motive for future actions...then it's a genocide. And when a people think like that . . . the odds of them just sitting back and not seeking vengeance for generations to come are ZERO.
  2. Appreciate the advice on Bazaar Mar, we've thought about it. And Bouchon is kind of a "must" for us. The meticulously perfect execution of simple things is amazing. The quiche florentine is one of the most amazing things I've eaten. Keller's scrambled eggs are what I try to imitate at home.
  3. CORRECT. There are only two possible paths to winning for the opposition: (1) don't hate the player, hate the game. Realize that the current rules of the game are "fear/anger/hate sells, everything else is failed messaging," and play by those rules to win. Fucking LIE if you have to (fuck it, lie even if you don't have to - gild the fucking lily. Accuse every GQP official of trying to rape babies, whatever, say all the things). This is the world we live in, these are the rules of the day. Play by them or lose. OR (2) work to change the rules/order of the day. That is, try to steer society (which steers about as well as the Titanic, and thus far is headed for its fate) towards a more balanced approach. Today, we are 99% "toxic individualism is the only way to be," and 1% "maybe doing some things for the common good, cooperating, etc. is a good idea." If you can get those numbers even slightly more evened out -- maybe back to a 2-1 ratio of "fuck you, I got mine" to "we are all in this together, and we all do better when we all do better" -- then your more nuanced approach to politics will work. Personally, I think that option (2) is the much, much, MUCH more preferable path, but....we have about a 1% chance of getting there in my lifetime, even if I live to be 100. We live in an option (1) world now. It sucks, but it ain't gonna change for at least a generation or two.
  4. I may largely agree with that, but it gets a giant "incomplete." Because what Israel SHOULD be worried about is what comes next. Every person - especially young person - that lived in Gaza during this war is now much more likely to be a future terrorist attacking Israel some years from now. I cannot imagine an outcome OTHER than Israel just radicalizing hundreds of thousands of people against it. And, in the process, losing its positive relationship with functionally all of its western allies except the US. I believe that Israel did a terrible job calculating the long-term costs. I see a world where 10 years from now, young adults who were radicalized by the inhumane and criminal attacks on them as civilians attack Israel and its interests wherever they can. Suicide vests on busses, all the hits. And my kids' generation will see the story on the news, and shrug their shoulders with a "well, what did you expect?" The self-inflicted harm Israel has done to itself will play out for decades to come. It didn't have to be that way. But for Bibi and his short-term political survival, it apparently DID have to be that way.
  5. Assholery. Which, coincidentally, is America's State Religion, so it checks out.
  6. Yeah, we just did a weekend at the Aria for the Eagles show at the Sphere on Saturday night. The Aria is....fine. It's dated, and definitely starting to look a bit run down in places. And on our floor/hallway, some assholes smoked a shitload of weed in their room, and it stunk up the whole hall for the entire weekend. Our room was fine, but the hallway stank. Food was great, across the board, although we need to break out of our routine -- we keep going back to places we love, like Lotus of Siam, Din Tai Fung, and Bouchon. We actually prefer staying at the Palazzo (it's usually better-located for the concerts we come to town for), but the price difference was like $300 a night, and that just seemed stupid. LV sure didn't seem dead to us, plenty of crowds, but then, losing 5-10% really doesn't thin the crowds much, it just crushes the profit margin.
  7. It's like you haven't even been around Texas in the 2020s. It's gonna be miserable hot and sweaty....until one day, we get hit with a massive cold snap and ice storm and the power grid shuts down and HEB isn't even open. Those are our only two options. You get an option of miserable hot, or miserable cold.
  8. It's been over. When one side in a two-party system decides -- and succeeds -- to govern via idiocracy and kakistocracy, it's all over but the shouting. The only choice left is who governs the rubble. "Whether the Republic will be rubble" is a question that's no longer on the table, it's been answered.
  9. No. But then, the rest of us aren't on video defiling the property we stayed in with 4 monkeys, 2 low-rent hookers, and a 50 gallon drum of Manwich sauce. You sick bastard.
  10. It will happen. They will support it. Why? Because...for the billionth time....it's a cult. That's it. Full stop.
  11. Which is why she needs to let Trump know that she set up no fewer than a dozen "dead man switches" -- if she dies of non-natural causes, detailed written statements, with accompanying photos/video, go out to every major media outlet. She has 12 different associates/attorneys/what have you with identical instructions. Make sure I stay alive, it all gets burned. Have me killed, or allow me to be killed? It all goes public.
  12. No Gestapo in Bastropo! But, ummm....Gestapo everywhere else is super-cool-o.
  13. I mean…I’ve got bad news: that may scar.
  14. What I love is the idea that nobody is advocating for that…except the entire current administration, which is doing the actors a particular favor by removing as much oversight and regulation to address those things as can possibly be removed, and then some. It’s like saying “nobody is advocating for people to drive 100 mph through your neighborhood. We’re just ensuring that the richest people in your hood have Ferraris, and we’re prohibiting cops from doing traffic enforcement there.”
  15. I dunno, guys. That place might be a total loss.
  16. Well, you're right on the second point (we won't have a full set of mid-term elections). But on the first, it won't matter. They'll just blame Biden, because his policies (not that they can identify any on a cause-effect basis) were SO bad, even Lord God Trump couldn't undo the damage in a mere two years. Trump just needs more time, with a fully captive House and Senate, to work THE TRUMP MIRACLE AND MAKE AMERICA THE GREATEST AND BESTEST EVER WITH FREE HEALTHCARE BUT ONLY FOR GOOD CHRISTIAN WHITE PEOPLE NOT THOSE FREELOADERS YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN blah blah blah.
  17. Spend the time training your dog to kill your enemies. Four hours won't do it, but repetition is key, and it'll give you a good start.
  18. Oh Sally....you're so close to getting it. But we also know....you never will. Because to "get it" would mean that you realize that you were wrong, and the person you placed all your trust in not only didn't help you, he gleefully accelerated you getting utterly fucked.
  19. Damn. I should do that with my oyster dressing. Because one of my favorite life traditions is on the Friday or Saturday after T-giving, I go duck hunting, and eat a chunk of cold oyster dressing in the truck for breakfast on the way there. Having it in muffin size and shape would make that perfect.
  20. I can't. There are some people the devil won't deal with. Even old Scratch has his standards.
  21. I mean....I've been on the ledge for a LONG time. Seems you want to make me jump off it, goddammit.
  22. Rain holy hell fire. On Judges. Who "interfere" with the executive branch. In case you wondered whether MAGA was a monarchist death cult. There is no separation of powers, no three branches of government, no judicial review. Just the decrees of the king. But, you know, it's the people who call out such batshittery who are the REAL danger, and have to stop with the dangerous rhetoric. Right, @ChickenSandwich?
  23. Hey, I said it may have only been the smart and educated people who knew about him, so maybe those of us speaking up aren't an accurate sample. So it's perfectly understandable that you had never heard of him.
  24. Ruling against the regime. That's it. That's the entire thing. Issue a ruling that the regime has violated the law, and instead of saying "we disagree with but respect the ruling of the courts," you say "there is no separation of powers, America is a monarchy, and any ruling against the king is judicial tyranny and these tyrants must be brought down." Sick, evil fucks. But hey, @Enchubben thinks they're super cool.
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