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Posts posted by Brisketexan
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5 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
95 % of the country is not doing poorly.
Compare their position today versus their position in 1979. Consider matters of great expense, such as the cost of housing, healthcare, and higher education, and the percentage of their income required to handle all three.
Sure, those folks at the 93rd percentile are probably doing okay. But even getting down to the 80 percentile, you've got a lot of folks who can't afford to get sick, can't afford to send their kids to college without taking on crippling debt, etc.
We are consuming our seed stock. It's a bad, bad plan.
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Didn't get a pic of breakfast today, as I made it while running out the door (wife and son slept in, school holiday).
Tortilla, leftover strip of bacon (I cooked a bunch on Saturday to have around for the week). Nuked it 30 seconds to reheat. Tossed on a slice of American cheese, folded over, ate it in the car. Tasted like victory. And bacon and cheese. On a tortilla.
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4 minutes ago, Lurch said:
I’m beginning to think he shouldn’t be POTUS

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Look, man, if you're going up the butt, throw on some latex, or at least nitrile (hey, some buttholes may have a latex allergy)

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Just now, irishtexan said:
So it's been more than two days since a police officer murdered a woman in her home on camera. Just checking in to see if he's been arrested yet?
Dude, it takes time to get customized medals for heroism made. Give it a couple of days, and this will all be wrapped up in a bow, with a story explaining how the cop actually protected the neighborhood from a habitual criminal (she may have a couple of parking tickets, and maybe a citation for weed possession when she was 19 or something), and a druggie (they'll find some sort of drugs in the house, bet on it - whether they were there originally or not). So, no need to thank him -- he's just a hero, doing his job, and keeping the streets safe by removing this menace is gratifying enough.
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Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:
I would agree the middle class is suffering the burden of the growth, but the growth occurred nonetheless. My life has been on an upward trajectory since the mid 80's. My entire career (and the careers of millions of other folks) owes it's success to that resurgent growth in the 80's.
The Chinese are only better at authoritative gov't. If they had an open society we would be under their economic rule by now. That won't ever happen under their current philosophy.
Yeah. Congratulations, and welcome to the top 5%. We have it pretty good.
Now....about the other 95% of your fellow Americans....
Dude, your sample bias is terrible.
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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:
It's worse than that. They KNEW it could be a problem but plowed ahead anyway.
Well, in fairness, the only impediments were things like "laws" and "regulations." Based on current track record, they fairly assumed that meant that they didn't matter at all.
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4 minutes ago, Lagunamadre said:
If the White House were a company of any size with a board, everybody would have been fired a long time ago. The incompetence is astounding..on a daily basis.
And...this is actually an important point. The Trumpers talk about how "he's a business man" and "he should run this country like a business."
Well, okay. A good part of my career has been spent cleaning up the messes of mismanaged businesses. And literally EVERY SINGLE BAD THING I'VE SEEN DESTROY A BUSINESS is happening in/is true regarding this administration. Seriously, every bad management style and move is on display here. If the admin WAS a business, and the CEO answered to a board, even a weak board, they would have cleaned house long ago. That's what amazes me -- if you look at this admin like a business, it looks even WORSE.
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2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:
would the officer have been able to tell she was black? i mean i'm assuming there were shades drawn and he saw the outline of her figure against the curtains.
I'm going off the tiny glimpse we've had from the body cam footage -- they haven't released the image of the instant of her death....and of course, she was only visible for a fraction of a second before Officer Hero Warrior Cop Delta Force Badass put a round through her.
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Also, the fact that the OP cites to some rando professor ranting about the "occupation of Bikini Bottom".....and nobody followed up with something like "there are a lotta bikini bottoms I'd like to 'occupy'" distresses me. You bastards are slipping. Put a demerit on all of your grade reports, this is going in your permanent Surly record.
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4 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
The 80's ushered in a more prosperous turn for the nation
Did they? I mean, I know that's the popular mythology - one I ascribed to for longer than I should have, by the way.
But, ummm.....

We've been on a super-fucked path since right around 1980. It has gutted what used to be our strength -- the middle class. Which is important, as that was ALSO the achievable status for the lower/working class. So, that spot for upward mobility has shrunk, which also means that the spot of strength and stability has shrunk.
Again, we are all about short-term gains, with zero long-term strategic thinking. The society we have been devoted to building for the past 40 years is NOT sustainable. That's some bad planning, man. Layer on how we've enriched (and armed) the middle east....we're shitty long-term planners.
The Chinese are better at it. Of course, historically, they're also fine with a plan that may mean that they suffer the "setback" of half their population dying, so, umm, we might oughta try a different model.
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2 minutes ago, housious said:
A bunch of lawyers are about to get all lawyery
It's NOLA, man. We are assured of the following outcome:
1 - some rich folks will get richer off of this.
2 - poor working folks will remain in the shit, and nothing will change to make life safer for them.
3 - nobody of any wealth or power will face any consequences.
Forget it, Jake....

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Just now, BurntEyes said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Making it a race issue, means white middle class people don't have to worry about it.
Make it a US problem and suddenly soccer moms on the burbs have to go a shit.
I'm not debating your facts, rather pointing out the reality. To create change, we have to move this issue out of the racial content and into a national context.
And I think you are right.....but that doesn't make it right.
White folks just have to eat the "warrior cop" layer of the layer cake of shit. Black folks have to choke down the whole goddamned thing. And goddamit, why is it so goddamned hard for white folks to just accept the plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face reality of institutional racism (particularly within law enforcement)? I mean, if we spent half the damned energy we expend doing all we can to rationalize and deny it on simply addressing it, we'd be damned close to equal by now.
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1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
Nice, Coop Himmelblau correct ?? One of my favorite examples of the style even if it completely ignores the original buildings contexturalism.
It's no Celinto Catayente towers....

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5 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
I have no doubts about the end of the world scenario potential. How we manage that shift away from oil will go a long way to creating allies or more enemies.
However the shift away form fossil fuels may generate new technologies that won't create a long term vacuum, but maybe offer new opportunities (what they may be I have no idea). That's my wish for civilization at least.
Wish in one hand, shit in the other, you know how that goes.
This world is desperately in need of some strategic thinking. And across the board, we seem to be fighting against it with all we've got. Short-term thinking for the win (but ultimately, for the BIG loss).
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3 minutes ago, Orange&White said:
So when we will start hearing about charges and investigations, etc?

Look, it's really simple - citizens just need to learn a simple fact if they want to stay alive: don't be black in your home. I mean, if people would just stop doing that, which pointlessly antagonizes law enforcement, we could avoid these tragedies.
And I know, why you gotta bring race into it? Just ask yourself this -- the cop saw the woman pretty clearly through the window, from what we can see on the video. Run that same video, but the person is clearly white....is the cop as quick on the trigger? Before you answer, look at FW's recent law enforcement track record and attitude towards black folks. That's an inherent, cultural bias, built into the system. A layer cake of "I'm a warrior cop" and "black person = thug" makes for a tasty dessert of "PUTYOURHANDSUPBANG!"
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I don't know about racist and colonialist, but this classic Bugs Bunny nailed "sexist".....and also made me laugh. Because I'm a bad person.
And....well....I mean....ole Bugs was a TAD racist back in the war....

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2 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
That is down thread a few more decades more than likely, but very true. That's when they'll be the most dangerous with nothing to lose.
Bolded for emphasis.
Long-term strategic thinking needs to be planning for a world where the staggeringly rich petrocracies lose their wealth and power. That descent into chaos will be really, really nasty. Like, "could end the fucking world" level of nasty.
We have a population that has swelled in a region that can't support that many people without the massive influx of wealth and resources (water, power, food) that petroleum extraction provides for. When that means of providing for them is gone....shit will hit the fan.
You think the middle east is a mess because people want its oil? Wait till people DON'T want it anymore.
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34 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:
Lol at "classy" as the right spreads video fantasies of Trump murdering members of the media and elected Democrats.
Well, I mean, I saw the video of "rabid dogs" attacking Trumpers [note: dehumanizing rhetoric is a hallmark of authoritarianism, as if you didn't know that already]. I mean, it was nice. But it's no "I'm going to hunt mexicans and drive to El Paso to shoot dozens of them dead.' Antifa really needs to step up their game.
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I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- to find that a construction project in NOLA is perhaps not completely on the up-and-up.
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1 hour ago, Reagan1k said:
When you are trained, encouraged or allowed to be a Hammer, everything looks like a Nail.
To my previous point last night about dress and attitude, officers these days are given a lot of latitude and I firmly believe too many take it upon themselves to create a persona.
The LEO who executed the citizen in the hotel hallway a few years ago (deceased had a pellet gun in his hotel room - he worked as a pest eradicator) had something like "You F'ed Up" laser inscribed on his personal carbine he carried on duty.
Gone are the days when an officer was handed a uniform, badge, and a department issued sidearm.
There is a psychological component to this that I think affects not only those on the force, but those attracted to the job.
Yep. Just perfect.
The "Warrior Cop" mentality has so permeated law enforcement as to break it as a functional arm of civilian government. Because that's what cops are -- civilians. Don't ever let them tell you otherwise, because when they do, they are wrong and they are lying.
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That....WAS FUCKING SWEET!!!!
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All I want is a run.
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So is Austin, but the white liberals are too busy patting themselves on the back to notice.
Having lived in all three places, Fort Worth is fairly conspicuous in how little a political voice the minority neighborhoods have. They have their councilmembers, but it's like Dallas before 10-1.
Dallas at least has a public conversation about conditions and investment in South Dallas. Fort Worth has very little.
You won’t hear me arguing about Austin fooling itself.
But FW is a whole nother level.






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