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Brisketexan

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  1. The utter contempt these people have for.....human beings....is fucking maddening. These are literally the LAST sociopathic assholes any sane person would want in charge of shaping society, and we've handed them the reins with functionally no checks or restrictions. It's fucking suicidal. These people are flat-out evil. The word and concept "evil" have existed through eternity for just these sorts of people and situations, and our leaders--social, political, functionally everyone--are just happily handing them the keys to humanity with nothing to restrain them.
  2. Yeah, we're empty nest, in a larger house....and we plan to stay here for another 10-15 years. It's our hood, our neighbors, and we do like having a good base of operations when the kids and others come to visit (and we like to host some pretty big parties, so like the space for that). Eventually, we'll downsize, but not in the near future. And that means that a house that could have school kids will not for a decade plus.
  3. Indeed. We live in a time and place where any enterprise, if it is focused on its business success, studiously avoids saying anything that would upset the regime. Jesus fucking tapdancing Christ. What a fucking timeline.
  4. Bottom line, most of America has bought into the proposition that (1) the only way to help THEM is (2) to hurt someone else. That's it. The only policies and people worth supporting are those that deliver on "hurt the other guy." What they are all too fucking dumb to realize is that a political and social framework built on the principle of "hurt someone" ALWAYS creates massive collateral damage, first accidentally and then intentionally. Because to continue and keep power, the policy and its practitioners always need to turn their eyes to the next target. And eventually, with 100% certainty, YOU become "the next target." It's goddamned Niemoller's prose, over and over and over again. Sub in whatever targeted "others" you want, the pattern is fucking identical, every fucking time: First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me You can do this mad lib with "mexicans" and "black people" and "people who live in blue cities" and "people who aren't sufficiently reverent about Charlie Kirk," etc. etc. ad infinitum. It always ends the say way: Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me You fucking dumbasses. They ALWAYS come for YOU. ALWAYS.
  5. Yeah....on all counts. Now, cow brains? They were a semi-regular in our house. Scrambled brains and eggs, my mom loved 'em.
  6. Also, the fact that the Finns managed to kick ass using Brewster Buffalos is awesome.
  7. It had a history with their air force that pre-dated the Nazis. And also....Finns give zero fucks. That cannot be overlooked as a factor.
  8. Yep. They actually became a tailgate snack for us years ago - @CHIEF knows. I'd fill a gallon ziploc with hearts, some oil, and seasoning of choice (often zatarains). Put on bamboo skewer, grill, eat while drinking beer.
  9. Which is why I'm disappointed that she didn't choose to debase and humiliate herself in a way that DOESN'T hurt other people. Nobody has ever been beaten by ICE and suffered rendition to Sudan because some no-talent chick shoved some sharpies up her butt.
  10. Jesus. Instead of being a latina fascist grifter, why didn't she just choose to do something more dignified and respectful to make money, like start an OnlyFans page where she sticks sharpies up her butt? Any father worth his salt would rather have his daughter come home saying "that's my gig now" instead of "I'm a white nationalist nazi piece of shit for money."
  11. Counterpoint: nazis and racism and religious hatred have been normalized more in the last 9 months than in the previous 50 years. They are no longer a problem, they are mainstream and ordinary now. I am as shocked an appalled as anyone that this is where we are. But look around you. This is indeed where we are. Win. Win at all costs. It is the only imperative. If you don't win, then you can't even slow down the fascists.
  12. "People who are beastly to others for a living have no right to ask for good wishes." Well, goddammit, would ya look at that....Brisket agrees with Milo. Practice evil, evil will come back on ya, Milo. That's the way it be. Thinking it would be any different is folly.
  13. Also, every time I see "UVA" and a thought in the negative, I remember these buttons and stickers from back in the day:
  14. Brisketexan

    LBGTQ

    Did you not realize that if it fits in the "gets men laid" bucket, it will ALWAYS be approved, covered by insurance, etc? I'm a fan of it, by the way. But I get the hypocrisy, too.
  15. Yep, they're the chewiest of the innards. I wish places did fried hearts - they're the best innard.
  16. Same reason that middle America thinks that a failed NY businessman who lives in gilded palaces represents the working man. Because this fucking timeline. There are no fucking rules anymore.
  17. Oh, I don't know about that. Horseshoe theory and all that.....
  18. When you use "DINK" for "Dutch In Need of Killing," like I do, then it sure as shit is.
  19. See metaphor. Extrajudicial killings against (1) people who are merely accused of (2) being criminals (3) but being given the label of "terrorist" with no actual connection to any of the actual hallmarks of BEING a terrorist. They are running the play on non-citizens. So they can then run it on citizens. This is a necessary step towards the Regime declaring that Americans right here in America are "terrorists (see exec order on "antifa") simply based on the fact that they oppose the regime, and then killing those people. That is the destination, it is literally the ONLY place this train is headed. And when we get there, every single Trump supporter, including every one on this board, will be a-ok with it. Because they actually hate this country and everything it stands for.
  20. What I love about that take is the utter lack of self-awareness. Reminds me of the tale of Guernica, a Picasso painting capturing the horror of the Spanish Civil War: Terrorists are not born, they are made. And I'd wager that in the past two years, Israel made more terrorists (current and future) than we'll ever be able to count.
  21. Last time I went to a Waffle House.....was with YGIFS (RIP). We'd meet up periodically for a semi-ironic "Waffle House summit." But truth be told, we also both liked the coffee and breakfast. Apropos of the survey subject matter, we both came from relatively humble backgrounds (working class for the most part) to achieve real professional success and eventually be members of the top whatever percent. That's a real American demographic, but its numbers are going down, and that's a big problem on two fronts. (1) It's a problem because you lose cross-cultural/economic perspective among the relatively upper classes. We spend a lot of time in rooms with "the elite." And when they didn't have perspective or understand what's up with the working class etc., it's helpful for "one of them" to be able to speak up with an "actually, here's how that looks. And I'm here to tell you, government cheese makes FANTASTIC grilled cheese sandwiches." But it's also a problem because (2) it's a sign of mobility. My mother literally survived because of government assistance. My father lucked into going to college- a state university, with absurdly cheap tuition, after growing up poor in a border town. And I have "made it." My children have grown up secure, with the world opened up for them. That's the American Dream, it's the path that many followed just a couple of generations ago. That path is not as open today. That sucks. We have lost mutual perspective because we've lost mobility, and make no mistake, most of that mobility was UPWARD, not downward. It's much harder today to jump up a class. It was never EASY, but it was much more doable. That's bad for America. All of America. Some of us see that, and actually give a shit about our fellow American, even though it benefits us not in the slightest (my success will not change if Darryl from Bumfuck gets a degree and a decent job in Ft. Worth....yet I still very, very much want to see that happen for Darryl). Others -- and they are now the dominant strain of American politics and society -- think that anything that might help Darryl in the slightest is SOCIALISM, and actually see Darryl's failure as a sign that the system they want is working. God it's fucked up.
  22. This. Within AISD boundaries, housing costs have skyrocketed, which (1) prices out many families with kids, (2) particularly lower and middle income families that are likely to have more than one kid, leaving behind either DINKS or higher income folks who stop at one kid. Bitsy and Chadsworth have no kid or one kid. Jimmy and Sally Suburb have 2-3 kids. Suburban districts are growing (see Liberty Hill, Round Rock, etc.). Urban ones are....not.
  23. Yeah, but when it's served on a torta...... .....paging Vic Mackey to the brown courtesy phone.
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