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Brisketexan

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  1. 3 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

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    About time the assholes who stop at yellow lights started taking some shit.

    I am pleased with the inclusion of cold callers and people who stop at yellow lights.

    I am confused by the inclusion of both Cis Men and heteros.  I mean, heteros covers Cis Men.  That's just redundant.  And I abhor sloppiness like that.

    Finally, I reserve judgment as to the category of "horny men on the TL." Because I have no idea what that means....but I bet it's amusing.

  2. JV baseball team parents group text....I just turned off my notifications for that altogether.  I'll turn around, and I have 48 messages about when kids will be where, and bring extra food, and has anyone seen my umbrella, I left it at the ballpark.  I will periodically skim to make sure there's not a notice about a new game time, otherwise, I ignore.

  3. 1 minute ago, MissingInAction said:

    2019 airplane shat talk not going away.

    Technically, it's airplane AND airport shit talk.

    And I concur as to the paucity of deuce deposit stations at Love Field.  They killed my favorite bar, and they made it challenging to drop that urgent deuce.  I do not approve.

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  4. 25 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

    Torchys. Decent but overrated AF. 

     

    23 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Yes, same goes for TacoDeli.

    These.  My crusade against the $5 taco is a known thing.  It's an affront to the core value of tacos and Mexicans -- handheld grub should be cheap.  I'm not saying their tacos are bad (although Torchy's tortillas suck -- I actually like Taco Deli tacos), but they are WAY overrated, because LOTS of places that aren't as gleaming, shiny, and California-friendly serve kickass tacos.

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  5. 19 minutes ago, John Blutarsky said:

    Yep I should have known better.

     

    D"Hanis Country Mart parisa

    35 serrano peppers chopped

    6 small white onions chopped

    3.5 lbs American cheese cubed

    10 to 15 lbs pectoral, well trimmed

    juice of 12 to 16 lemons

    salt and pepper to taste

    run through grinder then mix thoroughly with hands

     

    I presume that you should freeze the beef first for a period of time, to kill parasites and whatnot?

  6. 1 minute ago, John Blutarsky said:

    On the old board I commented about my dad owning Country Mart in D"Hanis for years and making parisa. He passed away before I could get the recipe but someone asked if I came across it to let them know. Finally got the recipe from my brother if anyone wants it. It was used for making 10-15 lbs at a time so it would have to be broken down.

    Son....you don't just offer something like that up.  You just go ahead and post it.

    Your post is like Selma Hayek saying "hey, you guys interested in seeing me naked?"

  7. 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I have my own reasons that go beyond "error rate", but I'd like to know how you'd codify "clear cut".  It's just not possible.

     

    3 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    In this case?  

    In the case of some recent mass murderers?

    We’re not talking Steven Avery here. 

    The problem is that there's no foolproof way to draw the line.

    Plenty of people have been convicted on evidence that 100 out of 100 people would say is clear-cut, ironclad proof....only to have it come out later that the medical examiner who testified unequivocally as to the cause of death was wrong as shit (as just one example).  If the evidence is 1) the ME testifying that it is 100% certain that a child died due to a blow to the head that could only have come from someone striking him (it is physically impossible for a fall to cause the injury), 2) the injury happened within 1 hour of the police arriving on scene, and 3) the only person with the child at that time was the suspect, then it's 100% certain that the suspect killed the child.

    Except it turns out that the ME's certainty was flat-out wrong.  We now know that injury is consistent with a fall.

    We can try to come up with some standard like "it's on video, and 100 people saw it happen live and identified the killer"....but what if only 99 ID him?  Any line we draw is flawed.  Because humans and evidence are flawed.  There is a natural error rate.  It's why the standard of conviction has never been "beyond any possible doubt" -- because nobody would ever be convicted under that standard.

    If you accept that the machinery of justice is operated by humans, you have to accept that there is an error rate.  And when it comes to something as grave, and irreversible, as the death penalty, many of us cannot reconcile taking such a step when we know there's a chance we're wrong.

    Again, I don't miss this SOB.  Not a bit.  Shit, I smiled when I saw that he was dead.  But that doesn't speak well of me.

  8. 23 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

    Don’t forget about Johnny Sack, his investments have been way up too from what I recall. This economy has been spectacular for me and other savvy investors. Read the WSJ and see what the people that matter on this country are saying.

    [1940s Icono]  Sure, whiners like you say the regime is hurting some people, but you aren't paying attention to what folks who matter are saying - we're making a MINT off of our investment in J.A. Topf and Sons.  Business has NEVER been better.  [/1940s Icono]

  9. 18 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Guess you missed the last sentence of my post. Some actual conservatives are fans of federalism.  I agree that most "states rights" people, or "local control" people, woudn't know federalism from a hole in the ground.  And a lot of those people have lost any claim to the real label "conservative."  As Pete says, they just want to go backward in time, rather than constrain rampant progressivism with prudent doctrine, like federalism.

    On a legal basis, you are correct -- the origin/foundation of state power vs. the Federal government is very different than the origin/foundation of the power of home-rule cities and the like vs. state government.

    On a philosophical and policy basis, however, your distinction is largely irrelevant.  Conservatives have crowed about the need for "local control" for decades (and yes, the "states' rights" yelling in the south is part of that).  Their policy argument has been that 1) local communities know what's best for them, and 2) big daddy from the outside shouldn't tell local folks what to do.  And they believe STRONGLY in those principles.....except when they don't.

    A consistent principle would be to take the position that there should be basic and core protections that apply to all gov't entities (e.g., they can't take property without just compensation, can't deprive you of live, liberty or property without due process, etc.).  Such protections have been used in the past to limit the actions of states, and smaller local gov't entities.

    The path the GOP is on right now is good old fashioned statist paternalism.  How dare local governments enact any policies that the ruling party disagrees with!  That must be stopped, and stopped right now.  Paternalism.  Pure and simple.

  10. 13 minutes ago, retread said:

    What Mojo and wildcat said. Given the endless stall tactics, impeachment seems to be the only way to be on the offensive. There's going to be a fight. Will the Ds engage?

    I'm afraid the Ds are Cougar....

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  11. 2 minutes ago, retread said:

    Like GoLL said on the last page, it will be a shame if the Ds demoralize their base through inaction and give Cheeto another term.

    They will.  I've never deviated from that expectation.

    The dems will absolutely fuck this up, through their unique blend of fuckuppery.  They'll exhibit no courage whatsoever in Congress.  And in their White House run, if the nominee is Bernie, he won't attract enough "gettable" voters from the middle third of the spectrum to win.  If they nominate anyone OTHER than Bernie, the Bernie bros will, in material numbers, defect to Trump as an "I told you so, so now you have to pay for your transgressions" to those who dared to not support him, or vote for some third party twit like Jill Stein (or stay home altogether).  So, Trump wins.

    It's the obvious outcome, and it has been for quite some time.

  12. Just now, WhatTheBuck said:

    How certain are you that everyone using the hashtag is actually a Republican? Are they all explicitly expressing their regret for voting for Trump and their desire to see him removed from office? If those people are out there, none of them post here. 

    You know what they say about, "If it sounds too good to be true." 

    This.  I suspect it's about as real as #blexit and other bullshit hashtags like that.

  13. 1 hour ago, phdhorn said:

    Does not compute...

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    Dinner about 6 or so.  Sun sets about 8 p.m.  2 hours between.

    (Not that it's anywhere near as exact... basically shit leaves after dinner... some time...)

    Doesn't your shit ALWAYS leave after dinner?

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