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  1. There's an incredible documentary you can (sometimes) find on YouTube, though the video is poor quality. It's The Cramps playing the Napa State Mental Hospital in 1978. The narration explains the context. The place used to be self-sufficient, and it was available for anyone who just didn't have the mental/emotional fortitude to make it in society. They grew their own food, made their own clothes. There seemed to be a general respect for the people there as human beings. Then Reagan came along, saw a profit opportunity, and privatized the shit out of it with contracts for his cronies. Ultimately, he decided those places should just be defunded, and we all know that policy won the day during his presidency. It's sad shit. I get that it's only one side of the story, but never forget Reagan's assholery. And it's really quite something to see the wards of the hospital interacting up close and personal with the band.
  2. ah the good old days when there was little to no access to contraception and also, marital rape was a-ok
  3. Nice. Would be great to hear less of the Ray Epps fed conspiracy talking point. He should sue Ted Cruz too.
  4. has a dog named Margaret Thatcher. What a douchebag.
  5. His rationale for many other vetoes was equally flaccid. I see what they did there and I like it
  6. tell it to state Dem chair Gilbert Hinojosa and his shitty (non)-strategy with Hispanics .... as they turn to the R party
  7. my guess would be that Eckhardt did not want to wait until September to get this shitshow going, but who knows.
  8. Right, I was reading that rule and wondered what the point of recusal is in this type of situation. JFC
  9. Does RFK Jr. have an actual mental illness, because it seems like it.
  10. Gah Elmo has become such a damned beating. Just a full-on conspiracy-theorist contrarian with nothing of value to say. A net-negative human being who could be doing some good in the world -- instead he's accelerating the destruction. What a waste.
  11. they may be on a different grid though? I know a friend in Longview was.
  12. I recently saw a band from Europe, and the singer's first interaction with the Austin audience was: "How do you people live here?? I would write ten albums a month because I'd never be able to go outside." Yep FML
  13. yes. He can't screw around with the venue anymore before trial. No favorable Collin Co. home trial for him -- Harris County it is. He can still appeal whether venue is proper there if convicted, however.
  14. I recommend Spanx for the midsection
  15. you didn't hear it from me, but look for something tasty to come out of the state judiciary on Paxton tomorrow
  16. Ron and Casey both have punchably smug faces. SUPER punchable. And I give her no credit and no benefit of the doubt on anything for hitching her wagon to that shitheel.
  17. This. The most accurate predictor of future behavior is past behavior. This judge already explicitly, literally ruled that Trump is entitled to special treatment. All bets are off with this hack. I'd be happy to be wrong.
  18. Flying through London next month, will visit family around England first. Then, plan to Eurostar to Paris and Amsterdam. Someone help me with "nice" places to stay in Paris and Amsterdam that won't murder my bank accounts? Or strategies on where to stay?
  19. I read this earlier, and it's an excellent overview. Perhaps some of the rurals should, I don't know, reconsider their continued votes for the dipshits who continually undermine them.
  20. all you have to do is spend a little time on Next Door to realize how full of regressive dipshits Austin is these days.
  21. everyone's been aware of his affair for forever now, and also she later drove the truck to help him evade being served in a lawsuit. She's a piece of shit enabler, so zero benefit of the doubt from me.
  22. Yep I'm interested to see him play. Unfortunately there's another opener before him that I just saw open for Sisters of Mercy and am not into. Anyway, it could be a late night.. stoked for it though.
  23. Any of you miscreants going / want to go to Clan of Xymox tonight at Elysium in Austin? My plus-one is out, so I have an extra (free) ticket.... Darkwave/goth is severely underrepresented here, but thought I'd give it a shot.
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