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  1. 1 minute ago, Nick Diaz said:

    That teacher literally knowingly sentenced a fucking teenager to be tortured/beheaded. I am so fucking mad right now its beyond words how much hate I have for that scumbag.

    But in fairness, that kid isn't an American.

    Americans are the only human beings who matter.

    Pretty sure that's in the Bible.  Probably in Two Corinthians.

  2. 20 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

    His big problem is that he has always been running for Prez.  I gave Booker the same knock when he started off great with Newark and then just abandoned it, leaving projects rudderless, for Senator. 

    This is a big one.

    I'd prefer a senator who was interested in being my senator, thank you very much.  Shit, it was one of the reasons that Dewhurst lost to Cruz in the primary -- it was patently obvious that he just wanted to get his name changed to "Senator Dewhurst," because that sounds cool when they're seating you at a fancy restaurant -- "your table is right this way, Senator Dewhurst."  Folks were more interested in someone who was gonna do something.

    Turns out that Cruz's "do something" has been "run for president" and "be a simpering cuck to Donald Trump."  Not a strong resume.

  3. Butts are very forgiving.  Remember, you're gonna shred it anyway.

    Smoke it for as long as you can, at perhaps a little higher temp than you usually would -- get yourself some more bark.  But don't crank it up too high, don't want to ruin the outside.

    Then wrap, transfer to oven at like 220 overnight.  It'll be done in the morning.

  4. 3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Don't forget the drug war, most criminal laws, especially federal ones, enacted in the last 25 years, and sex offender registries.

    All good points.

    The "sex offender" one especially.  See how our society has reacted to fear of child predators (your kid could be snatched by a murderous pervert right from the front yard!)  Statistically speaking, kids are LESS likely to be the victim of a random kidnapping etc. than in previous decades...but our response to the fear is WAY out of whack with the risk.  So, kids don't wander the neighborhood and play outside till dark, etc.  

    Yep, I'm sure we can add to this list, easily.

  5. We are animals, and animals are best motivated by fear, hunger, and sex.  I’ll leave the hunger and sex to other boards.  This post is about FEAR.  We fear death.  But interestingly, our greatest fear is not about the things that are most LIKELY to kill us – cancer, heart disease, a car accident, etc.  I think that’s because in SOME way, we can control those – we can take steps to limit our risk of heart disease and cancer, we can drive carefully, etc. (and yes, I understand that often those things are an illusion – bad genetics can mean heart disease or cancer are gonna git ya no matter what, and you can only control your car on the road, not the idiot who runs a blind red light and t-bones you).  The point is that we buy the illusion, and as a result, we don’t fear those things as much.

    So what causes us the greatest fear?  The risk of RANDOM death, that we do not control.  And even worse, random death brought about by an EVIL act.  Your plane or train gets blown up by a terrorist bomb.  Your kid gets blown away in a school shooting, trying to hide in her algebra class.  I suspect that our level of fear about these things is tied to our complete lack of control.  There’s nothing I can do to control whether someone parks a truck bomb outside my building.  My daughter can’t control whether someone shows up and shoots up her class.  That scares the shit out of us.  These things don’t just cause us fear, they motivate POLICY.

    Patriot Act!

    Muslim ban!

    Ban assault rifles!

    My take: I don’t have a problem with fear motivating policy, BUT, any policy response should be proportional to risk and should (as any policy should) balance rights.  So, I do NOT agree with some of the flying-off-the-handle anti-terrorism measures we’ve taken (sorry, the “Muslim ban” is just stupid…and a good bit of the Patriot Act, particularly how it has completely opened up unconstitutional domestic surveillance, is as well).  My chances of being blown up by a terrorist bomb are really, really small.  I don’t want that to happen.  I do want us to have a robust intelligence and law enforcement effort to try to reduce that risk – just because the risk isn’t high doesn’t mean that you don’t take reasonable measures.  When it comes to the other “random act” that motivates fear these days, school shootings, I feel generally the same.  The risk is low, but I still want us to take reasonable measures.  I think that we need to re-evaluate our entire mental health system, I think we need to create measures (with appropriate due process) that make it easier to prohibit gun ownership or possession by an unstable person, etc.  And, yes, I believe that we need to make the NCIS system more robust, we should look at increasing the minimum age for purchases, and we should look into ways that we could implement a limitation on high-capacity magazines.  And no, not every measure will work or will pass muster.

    I also find it interesting that folks argue the counterpoint to policy action (“the risk is so small, why are we doing all this stuff?”) with respect to one such issue (say, gun control), but not the other (terrorism), and vice-versa. So, perhaps the sub-point here is that when the fear plays into something you naturally have a cultural aversion to (lots of Americans, often from white-bread rural or suburban communities, fear “scary foreigners;” likewise, lots of Americans, often from urban environments with little exposure to firearms other than as instruments of crime, fear “scary guns”), those groups are tailor-made to be motivated to fear random violence involving their pre-existing discomfort.

    But the TLDR point is this: we have a disproportionate sense of fear about random causes of death.  While such matters may merit response and changes in policy, they should not drive disproportionate responses, which is a very real risk we have seen come true time and time again.

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  6. Born and raised. Sacred heart, kealing, johnston. What you got?  Still don’t think we called it myooler but been drinking for Easter and been decades since I’ve seen a plane landing over 35 and taboo lingerie so my pronunciations may be a bit off... 

    It’s Tabu lingerie, you fucking lying imposter!
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  7. 3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

    everyone is at fault.  but who created the situation in the first place?  the cops weren't driving around looking for someone to shoot.  they were called out specifically because of what the guy was doing.

     

    thses cops deserve to be thrown in jail.  but i go back to the root cause.  

     

    i didn't get shot last night.  i didn't put myself in a position to get shot last night because i wasn't doing shit to have people call the cops on me and then run when the cops show up.

     

    for most of us, it seems pretty easy to avoid getting shot, although that always doesn't work.

     

    i stand by my comment earlier, it's the truly innocent who i have sympathy for.  the minority getting pulled over just because he was the wrong color and then shit going downhill from there.  the minority walking down the street minding his own got damned business and getting harassed by fuckhead cops.

    "She shouldn't have dressed that way."

    Look, there's a confluence of factors, but the ultimate responsibility is on the person who has the power of life and death in his hands -- the cop.

    Running away isn't a death penalty offense.  Mouthing off to the cops isn't a death penalty offense.  Maybe they're DUMB.  Just like wearing a hooker outfit into a biker bar would be dumb.  But the ultimate responsibility falls on the shooter/rapist.

    And underneath it all, ask a simple question.  If this had been a white kid hopping fences in your neighborhood, with his phone in his hand....would he have been as likely to be shot by the cops as Stephon was?  Come on, man.  Cops have a quick enough trigger finger to be problematic as hell.  When the target is black, that trigger finger is even quicker.

  8. 7 minutes ago, Sandman said:

    I'd agree, that's not terrible. I only need 2 tickets, so anything under 2k would be nice. I guess I should convice my wife to go before I make any plans...

    It's probably cheaper to leave her here and hook up with a frau once you arrive.

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  9. 16 minutes ago, Sandman said:

    Here's a question: where would one find a site to purchase airfare to Germany that doesn't cost thousands of dollars? Every time I check, it's ridiculously expensive. I know the time of year is a factor but it seems like it doesn't matter, all the rates are high. No, I don't expect to buy a ticket for $200 but I don't want to spend $2000 either.

    (While I do bang a 10 on the reg, I'm still a poor)

    My daughter is studying over there this summer, and we looked for the cheapest deals.  Condor airlines is hard to beat.  We flew them last year, and it was fine.  No frills, economy class, but got us from Austin to Frankfurt direct just fine.  And something like $600 a head each way.

  10. 1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

    CA has been leading the way on emission standards since it required "PCV" valves in 1961.  The rest of the country did so a few years later.  Just about every advance in smog-control technology was due to CA requirements. 

    I know about this because when I was home sick in grade school, watching The Price is Right at 11:00 am, all the cars ("A NEW CAR!") had "California emission."

    I learned a lot from The Price is Right.

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  11. God bless you and your family, man.

    I don't have nearly the first-hand experience of some of the (really good) assholes around here, who seem to be giving you some solid thoughts.  My biggest dose of experience was working as a camp counselor at a summer camp for developmentally disabled kids one summer nearly 30 years ago.

    They were generally the happiest, kindest people I've been around my entire life.  I had particular responsibility for a girl named Rita -- she was older, probably late 20s.  She didn't have DS, but was developmentally disabled and behaved similarly to the DS kids around us.  That week, it rained a lot, and the kids didn't all have rain gear, so we had them take their towels with them when we walked -- they could put it over them as a rain cover, dry off with it, etc.  One afternoon, we walked to the campus theater to see some sort of play.  I was so damned tired (had to be up at 6:00, and we were usually up till midnight).  I sat down in my chair next to Rita, and as soon as the lights went down, I tried to curl up and sleep.  I was shivering a bit (it had rained on me some on the walk over).  As I lay there, shivering, trying to sleep, I felt a towel being draped over me.  I cracked my eye open, and Rita was covering me with her towel to keep me warm.

    To this day, it's one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me.

    When her dad came to pick her up at the end of the week, I told him a very abbreviated version of that event.  He was a big old Texas boy, clearly working class.  His eyes welled up, and he squeezed his daughter's hand, looked at her, and said "yeah, she's my special girl."

    Love your boy, man - like I know you will.  He's a prize.  And I'm wishing you strength on your walk, when there are hard days, because there will surely be some.

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  12. 4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    As far as letting Russians in the United States, it’s appears as an open door policy right now.  What difference does it make if they’re an “official diplomat” or your garden variety spy.  Trump’s properties in Florida are filled with Russians.

    Shit, just recently there was an undisclosed intelligence summit in D.C. with the heads of the FSB, GRU, and SVR.

    And SVR guy is BANNED from entering the United States from the 2014 Ukraine Sanctions.

    Not only did he get in, he got to meet with Pompeo and other top U.S. officials.

    And not a single fuck was given that day.

    Russians coming in left and right, you say?  Should we....строить стену?

  13. Both of the pilots reported that the object "passed over" them.

    Look at your calendar, man.

    Someone musta smeared blood on the doors of both planes....

    Foster_Bible_Pictures_0062-1_The_Angel_o

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  14. 4 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

     


    i know a bunch of really good folks who are funny, crazy, grounded but aren’t asshole-narcissist.

    i’ll take my chances with them.

    life’s too short to spend even close to a full minute with the likes of Stone, Trump, etc.


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    It's the ungrounded and unpredictable that makes him fascinating.

    Then again, I like playing with fire.

    And sometimes, that means shit blows up in my face.

    But MAN....does it make for a good story when it does.

  15. 1 hour ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I imagine it's like being on a bender with a right-wing Hunter S Thompson.

    That's what I'm saying, man.  Gimme a long weekend hanging out with him on NOLA....and we ALL sign NDAs so nobody says a WORD about what went down.

    22 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    I mean, really? What the fuck 

     

    20 minutes ago, retread said:

    ^ The president's been very clear about this, and I've answered this question many times. I suggest you consult with the State Dept to get any further details. Next question .... - SHS

    And yeah, those two posts are about perfect.

    There's nothing about this admin that isn't a lie, a sham, or just flat-out crooked.  

  16. 1 hour ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

     


    that vid of two cigars with assholes attached to them belongs in Lulz.


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    I have a friend who is connected to and talks to Roger Stone regularly.

    He says he's a fucking hoot.  And I suspect that he is.  I imagine spending a weekend tearing shit up with Roger Stone would be one of the most fascinating and memorable experiences of your life.  I mean, sure, he's an evil narcissist.  But goddamn, I bet he's a fun one.

  17. John Goodman cracks me up.

    Sarah Chalke is smoke.

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    I still didn't watch the show.  Doubt I will.  I don't watch a lot of network TV.

    I doubt the ratings had much of anything to do with politics, being that the politics of the characters was not part of the promotional effort at all.

    But I'm confident that a lot of folks of middling intelligence and light work demands watch the bulk of network TV, so odds are good that a lot of Trump fans watched it and will watch it.  Whatever.

    Sarah Chalke.

  18. Malala won the Nobel Peace Price (and deservedly so) at age 17.  Her efforts with respect to the education of women and children in her world have yielded real and meaningful results, and continue to do so.

    In 1776, several of our "founding fathers" were quite young -- many under 30 (including signatories of the Declaration of Independence), and some even under the age of 25. The Marquis de Lafayette helped turn the tide in our favor at the age of 19.

    Alexander the Great and Joan of Arc were leading forces in battle at ages 18 and 17, respectively.

    These "kids" are human beings, with real thoughts and experiences.  Yeah, maybe they're not as grizzled and wise (and jaded, and disillusioned) as old fuckers like us.  So the fuck what?  Keep insulting them.  I have a hunch that's gonna work out GREAT for y'all in the long-term.  Just FANTASTIC.  They're sure to be your loyal political allies for decades to come, I can feel it.

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  19. Just now, Bozo_Casanova said:

    * Soros

    ** Soros

    *** Soros

    You have a point.  I do recall that translating my letter to my Congressman from Hungarian was particularly difficult, as I was weak on Finno-Ugric languages at the time.

  20. Keep attacking these kids who are on the cusp of voting age.  It's fantastic.

    On one hand, kids are little idiots who won't get their faces out of their phones and engage....but then when they do, they are pilloried and villified in every possible way.

    When I was 9, I was well aware of and quite concerned about the Iranian hostage crisis.  I feared a war.  Because I was a fucking human being, and two countries were in a hot dispute, and mine was one of them.

    When I was 12, I wrote a detailed letter to my Congressman about a government shutdown that cut off my dad's paycheck.  It was my idea.  My letter.

    When I was 16, I volunteered for both a statewide and local political campaign.

    And when I turned 18, I voted in the very next election, and haven't skipped one since.

    Keep telling these folks ranging from ages 14-18 that they're just pawns and idiots.  Say it as loudly and insultingly as you can.  You're helping some folks develop their long-term political beliefs and ideals.

  21. 51 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    You "think" and "believe" school districts altered policy to accommodate liberal protest. Do you know? Do you have evidence? Or is it all reliant on your eternally-aggrieved and perpetually-hurt feelings?

    Nobody is more butthurt snowflake than old white guys like Tahoe.  Nobody.

     

  22. How fucking disingenuous can a motherfucker be? It's not organic that the kids of this nation are tired of school shootings?
    They're being used?
    Come the fuck on, man. 

    Nope. The only thing organic is how NRA supporters react. Thought you all got that memo.
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