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Brisketexan

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  1. This. Because this is the truth, and always has been: Trump supporters fucking LIKE the open assholery, shittiness, and cruelty. They don't like him in spite of that, they love him BECAUSE of it. They wouldn't be supporters WITHOUT those things. Because remember, the cruelty/shittiness/evil IS THE POINT. And the irony is perfect. If you wanted to produce the most anti-Christian (defining Christianity as "the lessons and teachings of Christ," which is, you know, the actual definition) movement in global history, it would look EXACTLY like MAGA. FFS, even during the Crusades, the islamic opposition had more respect for the actual values of Christianity, and the practice of same, than the MAGA movement does. Indeed, today, in terms of "walking in the way of Christ," 95% of the practicing muslim world walks the Christian way better than MAGA does.
  2. Yeah. And I particularly loved that very Christian era in DFW (and Texas as a whole), when they lynched black people. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lynching You could really feel Christ's loving embrace as they grabbed and tortured black men before they executed them in public. WWJL? Who Would Jesus Lynch? Fuck these pieces of shit. Fuck their fake Christianity.
  3. Yep. In a functioning Republic, 99% of Americans should be able to go a week without even remembering we have a president, or hearing a single word from him. Just like any other large organization. You should just go about your day and do your job. If the CEO is shouting in your ear three times a day about every little thing down to the brand of coffee creamer in the break room, you work for a shitty, shitty, REALLY shitty company.
  4. My wife and I were discussing this last night. My message was "I truly don't think you understand how much I am going to celebrate when he dies. Like, I won't be able to work for 3-4 days. Imagine how the western world celebrated when the Nazis surrendered. And how the French celebrated their liberation. We're talking that level of celebration."
  5. Oh, and here’s a link to the recipe. I’ve found that you need to use a shallow pan, add another 2 cups of water, and cook time is more like an hour. https://www.hengstenberg.com/recipes/recipe/swabian_lentils_with_spaetzle_and_frankfurters
  6. Chilly night, made a Swabian lentil recipe that we first had in Rothenburg on a cold and snowy day just about a year ago. The key is a particular kind of vinegar I can only find at Spec’s. Traditionally, it’s served with spaetzle on the side, but we usually skip that part. I used venison sausage from last season’s deer. It’s fucking outstanding. The original: I need to find a place with thick cut smoked pork belly.
  7. What, no ham?
  8. Convincing Germany and Poland they oughta start thinking about engaging in large-scale, continental warfare. What could go wrong?
  9. I believe that the new "Baltic-UK-France-Nordics Security Alliance" can and will put boots on the ground in Ukraine to provide a similar trip-wire/deterrent effect.
  10. From Reuters Fuck You don’t have to be in NATO to have security relationships and alliances with most of the NATO powers. It’s a concession mostly in name, and not unexpected (in my mind at least - it’s an easy thing to “give”).
  11. Remember, no matter the country or the actual party name, these extremists are Guardians Of Pedophiles.
  12. He fixes the cable?
  13. Man, Dave Ward was a legend, and by all accounts I ever heard, a good dude. And yes, I saw him at Kay’s once.
  14. We were at Central Market earlier, and saw fresh sausages on sale. So, we went full German. Krakauer, brat, rotkol, and I made fresh warm kartoffelsalat. And some mustard from our German friends. Really good dinner.
  15. The law. And what it requires. You’re adorable.
  16. Yep. To my surprise, it's become one of my wife's favorite weeknight "we need to grab a bite" places. She digs a good chicken sandwich, and they have several.
  17. It really is…if it was dialogue from Veep. As reality…not as funny.
  18. Had to run an errand that took me down south Congress. Behind a small work van. Cybertruck drives by going the other way. Van honks to get his attention, flips him off and laughs. I enjoyed the moment.
  19. The chewiness of gizzards is how we separate strong men from weak men. It’s okay, nothing to be ashamed of, society has a place for you too.
  20. I presume yall got Messicans in Tyler. Find their El Rancho or whatever it is, and go nuts.
  21. University of Glasgow for us. And yeah, the campus totally looks like Hogwarts. But the crowd is much more normal at U of G than St Andrews, and Glasgow is a real city with a great vibe. But yep, the price compared to American private unis he was considering made it a no-brainer economically. And now we own a home in Scotland.
  22. Based on his age, and some posts he had made about periodic health issues, and the fact that he was genuinely insane…I presume he died a few years ago.
  23. This was a rock-solid human truth that we learned, and championed, based on our experience and role as “the good guys” in WWII and at Nuremberg specifically. 20 years ago, you could have asked a question about this in nearly ANY course with an ethics component - humanities, business, law, it really doesn’t matter - and the professor would have given an answer along these lines. Today? Our national leadership is LITERALLY preaching that empathy is bad, and empathy is the REAL evil. We spotted what made humans into monsters at Nuremberg. And what are we doing with that information? We’ve decided “we should do that.” Trump’s immigration policy isn’t about “preventing migrant deaths.” It isn’t about “enforcing the law” (remember, a huge percentage of the people they are snatching are FOLLOWING THE LAW by going to court appointments and such). It’s about inflicting terror, asserting total control by displays of raw power, and creating and empowering a military apparatus to deploy against people here in the US (since posse comitatus won’t let him use the traditional military). He wouldn’t let us pass any legislation to solve the problem, because that would have deprived him of an election win and the ability to create his private military to have a reign of terror. Voting for Trump because of concerns over immigration is like being concerned about your dirty house and hiring an arsonist to solve it.
  24. Yep. I had and shared that thought years ago. I need way too much help managing my life. I couldn’t have an affair without getting my wife’s help to schedule things, and then, she’d be all judgey: “Really? Her? [eyeroll, then sigh]. Whatever. You do you. Just remember to swing by HEB on the way home, we need milk and I have prescription ready for pickup. Don’t forget.” And my assistant would have to help me make sure that my rendezvous wouldn’t conflict with some damned meeting or Teams call or a hearing. “Are you sure you have time for that? You have to be in court in Waco the next morning at 9:00.”
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