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Brisketexan

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  1. Just had a friend share a Pavlovitz piece that rings rather loudly right now:


    https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/02/21/everyone-around-you-is-grieving-go-easy/

    Everyone is grieving and worried and fearful, and yet none of them wear the signs, none of them have labels, and none of them come with written warnings reading, I’M STRUGGLING. BE KIND TO ME.

    And since they don’t, it’s up to you and me to look more closely and more deeply at everyone around us: at work or at the gas station or in the produce section, and to never assume they aren’t all just hanging by a thread. Because most people are hanging by a thread—and our simple kindness can be that thread.

    We need to remind ourselves just how hard the hidden stories around us might be, and to approach each person as a delicate, breakable, invaluable treasure—and to handle them with care.

    As you make your way through the world today, people won’t be wearing signs to announce their mourning or to alert you to the attrition or to broadcast how terrified they are—but if you look with the right eyes, you’ll see the signs.

    There are grieving people all around you.

    Go easy.


    I just can’t help but think about how fragile we all can be in a particular moment. And how just a little bit of someone else’s strength can help.

    Twicehorn is right - mere kindness generally isn’t a difference maker in cases of severe clinical depression. But there are enough folks on the margins who can be helped...and that’s worth it.
  2. 15 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    I will no longer shy away from discussions about those “weird” kids, whether gay or trans or depressed or whatever, because it’s uncomfortable.  I’ll stand up for them and advocate where I can.  Because in the end they are like you and me, they are sons and daughters, friends, classmates...  They are human.   That was made abundantly clear.  

    And so much this.  There's an epidemic of loneliness in our society, even for folks who fit into the conventional box.  For those who don't....it's so much harder.  But they are all fellow children of God, taking this journey along with us.  We just need to walk alongside them and love them.  No matter what.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

    I know you keep the faith, brisket. Judge I'm sorry for y'alls lost. I'm glad you're turning this into a positive, and hopefully your sister and bil will find peace. 

    Yeah, I couldn't sing any of the hymns Saturday.  Here I am Lord, and Canticle of the Turning.  Perfect hymns for the person, and the service.  I just fucking cried through both of them.

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  4. 18 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

    I've seen the Steel Shank thread.  There's no way you don't have the worst smelling farts on the planet.

    I won't DENY mimicking the scent of a skunk wrapped in bologna cooked over a tire fire.  If that's what you're getting at.  My main point here is....my flatulence is more qualified to be POTUS than the current occupant of the office.  It's more honest, sincere, and achieves excellence on the regular.

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  5. 3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I'm more of a hang time guy myself, as opposed to distance.

    Yeah....decibels are where it's at.  Time and odor count, but decibels are how champions are determined.

  6. Just now, JimmyJames said:

    No there is absolutely nothing that piece of shit won’t lie about. 

    If you let forth the worst smelling fart in history and bragged about it he would lie and claim he was actually the one who let forth the worst smelling fart in history. He’s a fucking psychopath. 

    I don't know about worst smelling, but the loudest....well, that was me, in a one-room hunting cabin during goose season, 1989.  Right after folks drifted off to sleep.  Was on the floor in a sleeping bag, perfect conditions.  It shook the walls.  It woke up the other 9 guys there.  They even asked if I was okay.

    If Trump says otherwise, he's absolutely lying.  I have witnesses.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    Art.

    Art is good for the soul, that's what brings people together. Here you go fellas:

     

    If the phrase "looks like a million bucks" didn't already exist, it would have been coined just for her.  Always.  Even at her worst.

  8. A guy named David Pecker is a central figure in a scandalous presidency of a reality TV gameshow host who fucked and paid off a pornstar, along with two absurd looking Ukrainians involved in a business named "Fraud Gaurantee," and they also work closely with the president's personal lawyer who is an acclaimed cyber-security expert who regularly buttdials people and confesses crimes on live TV.

    This is the most ridiculous simulation ever.

    And I didn't even mention the blackmailed gay Republican southern senator.

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  9. 1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Wishful thinking.

    If Sela Ward was caught up in such a thing, @Brisketexan and I would be too busy to post for a good week or two.

    Dude.  We live in 2019 America.

    This is the only new fappening we'll get, and it's EXACTLY what we deserve:

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  10. 20 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Good message, Brisket.  It was a beautiful service, in large part because of all the people that were there and the message that their presence conveyed.  I know it meant a lot to the family, his parents were a bit overwhelmed by it all.  They are pretty committed to carrying on their sons advocacy for the "different" kids.  Good to see you there.

    It was good to see you, brother.  We love you and your family, and I just want to make damned sure we say that loudly, and often.

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  11. 2 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

    You went to law school and don’t recognize an allusion to McCulloch v. Maryland?

    More to the point, I think my response already addressed how that applies. Despite “da fuh” not being a terribly specific question.

    Dude.  On Surly, THIS is a specific question:

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  12. 3 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

    You are ignoring the rust chole reference. The reality is the fight against darkness never ever ends. That’s why you can’t just give up and throw in the towel. Because then it really is over. 

    Didn't see all of True Detective. I probably should, but the wife can't handle that sort of show.

    And yes, I agree -- absolutely always fight, never quit.  I'm a big fan of raging against the dying of the light and all that.  I think "defiance" is one of the greatest words in the language.  I"m just a realist.

    Hell, I'm old enough to remember when images like this were sent around on fax machine chain communications:

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    Fuck em.  Fuck em till the end.  I hope they fucking choke on all of the wealth and power they're shoveling down their gullets as fast as they can.  I just don't have any illusions about the power dynamic.

  13. Just now, Johnny Sack said:

    Furthermore, the court warned that taxing churches would be a violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, which bars government interference in religious affairs. 

    That won't last.  See the recent history of "ecclesiastical abstention" -- the doctrine that says the gov't and courts won't get involved in inherently ecclesiastical disputes.*

    * Which has effectively been amended to state "unless the gov't thinks it's chosen wing of a faith might lose, in which case they'll totally step in and rule."

    There's literally books written on the subject, telling fundamentalists how to successfully litigate their church disputes (these days, all of those disputes are over the "God insists that we cast out the queers" variety).  And the courts just can't help but get involved to help their friends.

  14. 1 minute ago, JimmyJames said:

    If that were true the Germans would have won world war 2 and rust chole would have been killed by the yellow king. 

    We thought the Nazis lost WWII.  Turns out they just took a break.

    We thought the USSR lost the Cold War.  Turns out they NEVER took a break.

    We thought that racism was fading into the background here in the US.  Turns out it was just hiding so long as social convention said it should.

    They've all won.  You can't ever beat them.

  15. 1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

    They will flip long before that.

     

    What exactly is IN that glass you're drinking from?

    Oh, and I left out the "they'll cooperate on every level with a foreign power to launch relentless disinformation campaigns against the opposition, and they'll flat-out hack into and change votes in necessary precincts."  All pretense of a functioning democracy hasn't just been abandoned -- it's actively opposed.

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  16. 20 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    No, because they are going to lose states like Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and Florida.

     

    5 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Oh yeah, I'm sure we can trust them not to steal elections in those states.

    Yeah....I'm pretty sure that they'll do something like set up a special "citizen screening test" for getting/renewing your voter registration.  It will be applied to anyone with a "funny-sounding" name, and will be around 3X as long and difficult as the SAT and only administered on every other first Monday of the month at a location with no parking and seating for 10.  Voter suppression is the name of the game, and they're going to go all-in on it.

    Those states aren't flipping for another 20 years.  And by then, it will be WAY too late for it to matter anymore.

    Face the truth: the GOP is on a mission to kill this country, and they're being quite successful.

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  17. 5 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    hmm, I'm thinking Mr Strang hasn't actually read what the founders had to say about religion. God we are a fucking stupid, ignorant country.

    Remember, stupidity and wickedness always win in the end.  They have the numbers and the staying power.  It's great to fight the good fight, and occasionally, decency takes a lead, but it doesn't last.

  18. 2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    If god sent trump then he is definitely the old testament god and is trying to reset the earth. perhaps we should be building a new ark

    Last time, there was at least one decent human being and his family worth saving.

    I don't think we can clear that bar this time around.

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