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  1. the number of old, white, retired people getting their teeth worked on, their nails done, and buying their viagra makes Progresso pretty safe i think lol 🙂 

    we hadn't been to SPI in 17 years or so...i had forgotten how different it was than Port A (where we've been going 2-4 times per year since).

    the beach was SO much nicer! i don't know how but there was hardly any trash, even on the drive-on section. i guess the way the currents run in the gulf, not as much random debris gets deposited down there. very nice.

    also...much more diverse, obviously many Mexicans vacationing but also lots of Indians, Asians, black families...

    i'll admit, it was a nice change from the giant trucks with gadsden and confederate flags and blaring bro-country 🙄

    it actually felt like a resort/vacation destination. really nice. and perfect weather all week! 🌞

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  2. 13 hours ago, ZB'Tejas said:

    https://www.redfin.com/TX/Austin/1911-E-10th-St-78702/home/31370993

     

    Info from realtor is accepted price is 2.3 which makes this more than 1000/sqft! wow

     

    45 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

    I wonder how many of them don’t realize they just moved to the face of the sun. I can’t wait for the bitching in a month.

    haha right... that listing above has a lovely completely uncovered rooftop deck and an adorable outdoor dining nook... they probably have visions of all the al fresco dining they'll be doing lolol.

    Texas, the land of fire and flood, with a couple of glorious weeks sprinkled in between. 

  3. we went to the one in Port Isabel bc we were over there...wrong one? had a funny tasting house marg to start, i finally concluded it had grapefruit in it. fried shrimp (good) and fish (rubbery), and blackened redfish which was quite meh, bland mashed potatoes and frozen broccoli lol

    but! Laguna BOB made it better! lol 😎 good drinks, shrimp and fries were excellent..but the big surprise was the fantastic ceviche! highly recommend

  4. scores so far...

    Dirty Al's - 2 👎 not terrible, but very mediocre. maybe a bad night? would not return. 

    WannaWanna - 2 👍 and 🤘 bartender had Longhorn tattooed on inner wrist 😁 i'm getting one of those! lol

    Arturo's (Progresso) - 2👍on a hot humid day...GREAT rest stop! margs are lit!

  5. i've seen the ISS multiple times, i frequently check it's path. it's really weird in that unlike some of the far up satellites that are just a tiny dot moving across the sky, with the ISS i literally get the sense of it being a vessel...

    one time many years ago it was being 'chased' by one of the shuttles that was going to dock with it...both of them came straight over our house, in a line, so bright and clear, i swear i could almost see the light itself (like, the actual light fixture or whatever). it is so much bigger and brighter than other satellites! that was a real trip!

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  6. 20 hours ago, Lobo said:

    Didn't the mom kill herself and the son is completely estranged from everyone?  

    Is there a GQP greeting card for something like that? 

    It's easy to grin, when your unplanned fetus comes in and you've got mental illness beat. 

    But the son worthwhile is the man who can smile 

    When his mom's blown her head off her feet.  

    i mean i didn't want to laugh at this. but i did. 

  7. umm...i was unprepared for how busy it is lol 😄 not bothered, more just WOW 😎 happy to see the commerce!

    any guesses if it will slow down a tad midweek, or is this it and we need to eat dinner at 430 daily (hey i'm a trophy wife, man needs to eat 😄)

    feels/sounds like a combo of Port A, 30A and Waikiki 😄 

    i have a long list of restaurant recs from this thread, plan to try many, not cook as frequent as we do in Port A,  breakfast only...

  8. sigh... so what does this stupid bill say anyway... anybody, anywhere, can carry anything, open or concealed, without any sort of class or certification?

    i mean, the above sounds absolutely ridiculous, so i'm assuming it's correct - i honestly don't know, is it?

    and i'm a CHL holder, does that even matter anymore?

    yeehaw motherfuckers 🙄

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  9. been thinking about this topic...and giving the benefit of the doubt...

    i do not necessarily begrudge a parent doing everything in their power to further their child's privileges, provided that they do, indeed, also make learning about others, being kind, understanding racism (and women's issues, LGBTQ, etc.) and how it affects others, systemic impacts in history, having empathy, compassion and generosity for the less fortunate, understanding the challenges they have faced in the context of their lives to better relate to their fellow man a priority as well and so on... 

    if a parent sincerely tries to impart positive values beyond 'i got mine, you get yours' and 'you are better than _____' on their children, while also being blessed enough to provide their child with a leg up...i don't begrudge that and i can understand the desire as a parent to take responsibility for that rather than having it done in a classroom.

    however...

    as we've seen and learned over the past several years, the number of parents who will NOT do that is far larger than i think most of us imagined. people who will in fact do the opposite and instill in their children all manner of odious and ignorant beliefs, is far more prominent than i ever imagined 5 years ago.

    i have confessed elsewhere...after electing a black man president twice, i sincerely thought by and large those beliefs and the people that held them were indeed relegated to the dustbin of history (with the exception of far backwoods reaches and the like...Vidor, etc).

    but to my great suprise and horror...they were instead apparently bubbling just below the surface, and it boiled over and into mainstream society so fast i probably spent at least a year in denial of what was actually transpiring. it has been heart-breaking. a repugnant renaissance if you will.  

    so i wonder...for those children, who never see or discuss anything other than that mindset...schools may be the only place they are ever even exposed to an alternative image and perspective on the world. 

    i do think there is inherent societal value in providing a more objective source on some of these difficult lessons in life.

    i mean...public school is by definition intended to benefit society, no? i don't have children, but my tax dollars pay for it every bit as much as any parents. children's education is for my benefit as well. 

     

    TL/DR: there are still way too many shitty people raising shitty kids out there and i wouldn't mind my tax dollars doing what they could to help counter that. 

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  10. 23 minutes ago, DonkeyCigars said:

    Is it not cruel to kill a baby with a heart beat though, black-and-white, cut-and-dried?

    That's the other memo going around that missed the BrisketTexan desk.

    I guess even the idea of cruelty is relative.

    well yesterday i learned that God's okay with it and has provided instructions if your wife is a whore and gets knocked up by somebody else. 

    but he is one cruel motherfucker, so sure, it's all relative. 

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  11. 1 minute ago, synoptic said:

    Thanks for response.  But my question is not on what is being taught or allowed to be taught in k-12 in Texas.  My question is on who thinks CRT should be taught to kids.  Maybe there is general agreement that it shouldn't be, maybe not.  I really have no idea.  Most of the the discussion seems to be saying its not being taught, but that is a different thing than whether is should be or not.  

    gotcha.

    1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I don't think CRT per se should be taught to K-12 students.  Maybe in an AP course.

    Of course, exactly what it CRT is hard to ascertain.  I certainly don't have an issue with teaching aspects of what I'll call racial sensitivity for lack of a better term.

    yeah... that elementary school 'in-group/out-group' exercise i described on the previous page has been around since the 70s.

    i see absolutely nothing wrong with it and in fact recall the experience to this day. however... i'm betting the new law will prohibit even that empathy-focused exercise going forward. because Texas.

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