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  1. posting on this forum so more people can see. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
    42 points
  2. One of the biggest myths people somehow swallow is that there is some huge difference between government and corporate employees. Both groups are just people doing a job. Like any large body of people doing a job, 10-20% are going to kick ass at what they do, 10-20% are going to suck shit at what they do and the rest are all going to be somewhere from slightly below to slightly above average at what they do. The venue for the work makes absolutely no difference.
    18 points
  3. Reporting back as ordered... As per the recommendations, I got the classic double double. Since we were in New Mexico, grilled chiles made the most sense. The folks with me got fries so I went with rings. Gave the Mex Hot Chocolate shake a try. And now the review... Fries/rings were OK. Not undercooked as I'd feared, but not outstanding. Just good. I liked the spicy ketchup, although I was a little bit disappointed. I was expecting something similar to siraracha ketchup or one of the habenero varieties I've had... This one really didn't have a kick that I noticed. It was good, and certainly better than the "fancy" regular version, tho. The milkshake was good as well... Didn't really taste the chocolate as much as the cinnamon. I agree with the person who said that it tasted more like egg nog. As for the burger... Look... I love me a good burger. And I always try to consider apples to apples- none of this $.75 slider comparing to a $13 Five Guys bacon cheeseburger. I'll also admit to being a big fan of In-N-Out (living in SoCal for about 12 years). With that in mind: This may have been the best chain burger I've ever had, and definitely the top at this price point. Super juicy beef, and it was still a little medium on the inside (not gray like most overcooked fast food offerings). Relatedly, this led to my only critique of the experience... The WB napkins are the worst, and I'm thankful to have needed a whole tree worth of them to deal with the glorious mess. While I would have preferred a different cheese than American, the peppers added a perfect texture and taste to every bite... Looking forward to grilled jalapeños and bacon on the next one. In summary... Really appreciate the Surly hivemind helping me out, but now I hate not having a store anywhere near where I live. Staying with a theme...
    17 points
  4. Have you been paying attention to the gutting of DOJ and dropping basically every corruption case on the books? SDNY has completely been ransacked over their refusal to drop the Eric Adams case. Buddy we are off the goddamn rails. The courts are for sale and do not follow precedence any longer
    16 points
  5. I hope your son will stay in. The goal here is to make officers like your son leave in disgust and make soldiers like the one quoted stay. That is also what’s behind the purge of the civil service, it’s nothing to do with efficiency or saving money for the taxpayer.
    15 points
  6. They can’t erase us if we don’t let them. my existence and identity does not reside on a government document or in a government website. the immutable fact is WE have been here since the dawn of time. WE ARE WHO THEY FEAR.
    15 points
  7. Seems like Anastasis has finally found politicians in our 2 party system that he openly supports.
    15 points
  8. my favorite reply: Biden's puppeteers were using government hiring as a way to hide some of our awful economic numbers from taxpayers. In top of that, they were straight falsifying numbers. Then, they were planting mines that Trump would have to deal with by doing things like hiring unnecessary people to saddle Trump. It isn't sad that those people are losing jobs. They never should have been given jobs. Biden's puppeteers caused the issue. Trump is solving it. This is why, no matter how fat the leopoards get, nothing will change.
    14 points
  9. My BIL, who might actually be the most interesting man in the world, worked a summer seasonal job as a park ranger in Yellowstone four years ago. This is a man who has a PhD, is a master wooden boat builder, built his home by himself, has fished salmon in Alaska professionally, served in the Peace Corps and has been a Fulbright Scholar in India amongst other accomplishments. He lists his summer in Yellowstone working the entrance gate and interacting with visitors as one of his favorite experiences. Our national parks are a treasure that should not be trifled with.
    14 points
  10. Hey guys, if you have a problem with the way rich and powerful people have lobbied and bought their way into a system where they are literally free to do anything they want with no consequences, just write a letter to your bought and paid for rich person politician, and ask them real nice to hold the people who own them accountable. Yeah that's working juuuuust fine. You have to strike fear into these people. It's unfortunately all they know.
    14 points
  11. I mean this from the bottom of my heart: Go fuck yourself, Kim Mulkey.
    12 points
  12. I get it. I feel like I have been pushed to this place to live in a country that I do not recognize and identify with anymore. I used to actually believe we set the aspiration of being the beacon on the hill for others to follow. I used to believe the rhetoric about how we were all immigrants (excluding the natives) and how we made this country better. I thought we had the same idea to make the country better for everyone and those around us, but that we had different ideas on how to do it. I used to naively think, Nazism could never happen here. I used to think we we were on the side of human progress. Then I learned. I got older. I still naively held some of these beliefs. All it took was a mediocre looking redhead to infiltrate the NRA. All it took was a few stupids to put their own self-interest above the country and party, only to find out their longevity within that party would be shortened. All it took was a known script from past authoritarians to reshape people into being horrible to one another. Demanding papers of others, while wearing a flag pin and a cross, and pushing people to drown in a river. To find the most vulnerable people and say "fuck em, die" instead of trying to welcome them. To repeatedly vote to create and normalize horrors of school children being slaughtered while we pretend to not know what the solution is, who caused it, and why. To repeatedly hear people demonize the ones who are sensible, trying to help (pandemic medical staff), to hold honest, educated people to higher standards than we hold the most powerful people in the world. To embrace and celebrate the profits of unhealthy food addictions, pharmaceutical drug addictions, and decreasing support for education in this country. To cravenly resist the rise of the oligarchy, as we witness the gilded age II surpass the original gilded age, while in the throes of the age of fraud. So your experiences with the flag are different than mine. It was a background image mostly, but a symbol for both what I believed in, and also a banner for those who struggled, fought to change, fought to live, and fought to defend this country. But that is all stained now. It is a piece of cloth with words we don't give a fuck about, meanings we don't give a fuck about, and standards we don't even pretend to have. It is not a hope for the future, it is a symbol to smother the powerless and to bash into those who believe as naïvely as I did.
    12 points
  13. The Japanese didn’t start out with a death cultist mindset. But all it took was a little push and normalizing of it to get it going. Celebrate heroic (ancestor)figures like Minamoto Tametomo who first started the suicide instead of capture and the rest of them followed suit. The non-stop anti-trans ads and accusations creeps into people’s minds. Just as propaganda does. The history books are filled with examples of this, heck we only recently had a massacre in Myanmar that was caused by these lies being perpetuated. Would you like me to go on with examples?
    12 points
  14. Man, this is such a great idea ...
    11 points
  15. https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles
    11 points
  16. anyone who voted for Trump, or any other Republican for any office for that matter, in the last 10+ years is not innocent, and deserves to have every aspect of their life destroyed.
    11 points
  17. (Paul Wadlington) A Few Thoughts On New DB Coach Mark Orphey
    11 points
  18. Gerry on the OL this morning: The Texas OL recruiting board: The OT's, IOL's & swing prospects OnTexasFootball takes an updated look at the 2026 offensive line recruiting board with Oregon commit and 4-star++ right tackle Kodi Greene (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei) having set up his official visit for June 13-15th. Texas currently has nine offensive lineman locked in with official visit dates for June, and that number is expected to go as high as 12 in the coming weeks. With one commitment, there are four or five spots remaining with a class of six being very possible coming off classes of signing three (2024) and four (2025). OTF breaks down the board by position along the offensive line. There are three position groups - tackles, IOL's and swing players. The tackles ... John Turntine III, LT, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: Texas has led for months. Will the entire circle be on the same page? We shall see. Samuel Roseborough, RT, Clearwater (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: OTF believes Texas leads the Florida schools and SEC schools currently. With mom moving to Austin recently for work, the Horns have a nice advantage right now. Kodie Greene, RT, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei - *Oregon commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: Texas is expected to receive a spring UOV, prior to the official visit. Felix Ojo, OT, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: Texas has been in a pretty good spot since mid-way through the 2024 season. Sam Utu, OT, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: Texas quietly leads for one of the more athletic offensive line prospects in the 2026 cycle. There is a key Texas tie withing Utu's circle. Keenyi Pepe, OT, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: Kyle Flood was by IMG Academy in late January, and the Horns believe an OV will happen. The swing players ... Max Wright, IOL/OT, Melissa (Texas) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Malakai Lee, IOL/OT, Honolulu (Hi.) Kamehameha OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believes the Longhorns will get at least a spring UOV, and potentially an OV as well. Michigan, Texas, BYU, Georgia, Alabama and USC make up the list. The IOL's ... Toa Katoa, IOL, Euless (Texas) Trinity OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believe The Longhorns continue to lead Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M and BYU. Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believe The Longhorns continue to lead large. Zaden Krempin, IOL, Prosper (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: If Krempin is dead set on playing tackle at the next level, Texas will will fall by the wayside. If he is open to G/C, the Horns will be in it until the end. Breck Kolojay, IOL, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: Kyle Flood was by IMG Academy in late January. The Denver native has been on campus before, and is expected to return.
    11 points
  19. Anecdotal, but last week a soldier in my son’s class made some horrible obnoxious racist remarks, and when told he would be reprimanded laughed and exclaimed “no disrespect, sir, but a month ago I would have. Now that would be illegal.” He’s right. And that’s a painful pill.
    11 points
  20. Also, USA whipped Canada at their own sport in their country last night 3-1.
    11 points
  21. Dang. Some of y’all are dead inside. This is fun
    10 points
  22. 10 points
  23. The one thing every European agrees that the US does better than every other country is our national parks. Why are we attacking park rangers who make maybe 25k? What's the point. How do all these layoffs increase efficiency because that's not what that word means.
    10 points
  24. You can have my sumo mandarins when you pry them from my cold dead hands
    10 points
  25. Read the last one. “Blame the people who voted against this“ not the named guys who actually pulled the trigger it’s not Elon and Donald’s fault that they were forced into doing this
    10 points
  26. Yes, and the state you describe is the end state of what happens when the justice department and basic government systems are destroyed by a dictatorial leader.
    10 points
  27. as someone who spent 30 years in the public sector in high pressure, high stress, and high visibility positions, in executive and political agencies...my heart seriously breaks for these people. not only losing their careers and incomes and ability to provide for their families but also being demonized and laughed at by the musky magats. i cannot even imagine how awful these poor people feel. it's just evil.
    10 points
  28. Holy S! I love all of y'all. My son got in. We were sweating. 3.85 GPA and 1410 on SAT (I think; don't quote me), but in an IB high school, he was "only" top 8%. He'll be in RTF. I'm so happy for him. He's slightly on the spectrum, so extremely quiet and shy. I've never heard him raise his voice or even cuss. He's had at least 8 job interviews over the past 3 months with no offers. I'm under the impression that his demeanor was a hindrance. And NOW.... a true Longhorn. Holy shit! My son is a Longhorn!
    10 points
  29. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/julianne-moore-donald-trump-bans-book-freckleface-strawberry-1236310153/ can't have little girls learning to accept themselves and gaining self-esteem.
    9 points
  30. In another thread over on TexAgs this week, a regular poster was lamenting the loss of contact with their daughter after she got into a big fight with them over politics - but really, it was because “she chose the gay lifestyle” and they were spending all their time trying to beat her over the head with scripture and pray the gay away. A few replies pushed back about unconditional love and trying to be accepting - but the majority were in agreement with the OP. The tell was how many of them also admitted to being estranged from kids or other family members - all because they were being assholes and could never admit any other non-far-right-wing viewpoint was valid.
    9 points
  31. Howdy Horns! Here are the Shriners links for today. Hook'em! Sunday February 16 11:30 AM Louisville vs Arizona | linkwfs 3:30 PM Ole Miss vs Clemson | linkwfs 7:30 PM Oklahoma State vs Texas | linkwfs
    9 points
  32. I'm fairly certain that the Canadians are the good guys in this analogy.
    9 points
  33. I just went to grocery store. The cashier audibly gasp when my sumo mandarins rang up as she saw the price. What I normally get for a weekly shopping trip for around $140, I paid $200. The poor are gonna suffer. Let the reckoning begin.
    9 points
  34. 9 points
  35. Yes, but he tells his lies so well! - Anastasis
    9 points
  36. So, let's assume that reducing government employees and associated expenditure is a good thing. What might make it a good thing? Reducing the cost of government? Reducing the ability of government to "interfere" with daily life? Assuming either of those things is actually good, then we might expect a reduction in the deficit or lower taxes. We may see the latter, but probably not further than the already irresponsible 2017 cut, which was mostly ineffectual for the little guy. Does anyone actually think we'll see a deficit reduction? I suppose the level of government "interference" is impossible to assess, but I bet you will see a decline in the quality of government services that is more objective and more subjectively felt outside corporate boardrooms. So, even if you think cutting government employees and expenditures is good in some abstract sense, I don't think we're actually going to see any of the follow-on effects that really test that proposition. He's not transparent at all, that's a misuse of the term. What he does do, and what Biden failed to do, was bloviate excessively about his alleged accomplishments.
    9 points
  37. lulz Kansas Farmers are now trying to save USAID, they thought Trump was only going to hurt the black and brown DEI folks and not them. https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1890774990414360648?s=46&t=cH-LvFrUDSIxqTdoyXUTxg
    9 points
  38. Going after park rangers and the speculation is that this is to prepare the way to fuck with the parks in general,
    9 points
  39. I had thought about posting that yesterday in the LGBT thread, but couldn't bring myself to do it. Somehow I don't think a Matthew Shepard level of public awakening is going to happen because of this. Sigh. This is America
    9 points
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