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Brisketexan

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  1. Don’t worry guys. It’s goin to get a LOT worse.
  2. "Including currency manipulation and trade barriers" Come the fuck on. You think they quantified "currency manipulation and trade barriers" with any objective, verifiable methodology? And do you think they released their methodology and calculations? Jesus, if you're actually that gullible, I gotta figure out something to sell you.
  3. What "real numbers" are you asking about?
  4. And again, scaled down....it's on par with you or me tossing pocket change to someone. These people are a cancer.
  5. This....is too fucking stupid to be true. Which means that it is most likely absolutely true. I'd say "dear God," but if there's a God, he has clearly abandoned us.
  6. Who the fuck knows? It's all just Calvinball and lies now. And for the kabillionth fucking time, trade deficits are not inherently bad. I have a massive trade deficit with HEB, as they have yet to buy anything from me, yet it's a great trading relationship.
  7. Well, of course. The EU is our enemy, Russia is our ally. For fucking real. That's the world we live in, as of this moment in time. Fucking insane.
  8. One of the saddest places I've ever been was the (now defunct) Waco Hooter's. Dropped the boy off for a baseball tournament, but had 2+ hours to kill before his game. World Cup was on, I looked for a "sports bar" that would have it on, and where I could get a beer and some lunch. Hooters was nearby. Dear lord, that place was sad. Third tier Waco talent working there, and a lot of low-rent dudes who brought their wives and kids with them for a nice Hooter's lunch. I was the only one in the joint watching Germany-Sweden.
  9. Yeah, my friend....you're not going apocalyptic enough.....
  10. When you understand that the goal is nothing less than the complete destruction of the United States of America in its current form, so that it can be reshaped into the Republic of Trump, ruled by the House of Trump for Eternity, then these all make sense. And no, I am not being hyperbolic here at all. This crowd has an openly stated goal of turning us into an autocratic oligarchy, and they've chosen their autocratic House. This is being done to achieve that goal. Y'all talking about the 2026 elections are fooling yourselves. I don't think we make it as a going concern that long.
  11. Yeah, all of those names are worthless. Women are a non-starter - automatic 5-6 point handicap in this retrograde state. And Tallarico is kind, smart, and intellectual. He's toast on a big stage in these times. We need a candidate with a name like "Mad Dog McKenzie Fuck You."
  12. It's all just made up bullshit. Might as well have just put "for reasons" in that space.
  13. Oh my friend....how 10 years ago of you. All a politician has to do now is create a shitcoin, have those who want to bribe him buy it at inflated prices, and voila, no laws violated and bribe paid. Or maybe he could just own, say, real property that can be rented at way-above market rates.
  14. Also, the one "upside" to tariffs I can think of is that our currency should get stronger. Cool, I need to do a lot of transactions in British pounds, this should be great! Except....the dollar has consistently gotten weaker. I could buy a pound for $1.23 on inauguration day. Today, it costs me $1.30 and climbing. Under Trump, all roads lead to Fuck It Avenue in the middle of Shitville.
  15. We should give Ukraine ERCOT to airdrop onto Russia. Then again, such an over-the-top attack might invite full nuclear retaliation.
  16. Joke's on you, my name's not Yakov.
  17. And Family Ties-era Justine Bateman was much better than 2025 methed-out-looking full-on MAGA Justine Bateman: Ain't nothing wrong with aging, even gracefully and naturally. But "hag" isn't just skin deep - it goes to the bone.
  18. You sound like a whore for Big Airplane. You should do your research. Here, watch these five videos made by complete fucking crackpots, and treat them as the end-all, be-all authority on the subject: (BLAH BLAH BLAH)
  19. Excellent post. And.... ^^^^ this. It's already done. The Rubicon has been crossed, there is no going back. Whatever comes next, it will be a far cry from the "Shining City on a Hill" that we liked to think we were -- or, at least (being realistic) we could aspire to be. America 2.0 is going to be super-shitty, for a long time.
  20. All of this because we have a breathtakingly stupid man who thinks that every transaction must have a winner and a loser. There is literally no such thing in his mind as a mutually beneficial transaction. My trip to HEB to purchase a gallon of milk this afternoon is no exception: either I'm fuckin getting ripped off, or HEB is getting fucked. In no world is it possible that I am happy to end up with HEB's gallon of milk, and HEB is happy to get my $3.50, in a transaction of mutual benefit. When the concept of "mutually beneficial trading relationship" is completely off the table and beyond your conception....then everything is absolutely going to end up FUCKED.
  21. Bingo. "Illegal criminals" are entitled to no due process. So all the gov't has to do is label...anyone they want to...as an "illegal criminal," and bingo, there's no way to even contest that finding because illegal criminals don't get due process. We are such a fucking shithole country.
  22. Bottom line, it has become glaringly obvious that billionaires are a plague.
  23. Yeah....buckle up. This is just so far beyond stupid, words fail me. There's no way to capture how utterly retrograde, misguided revanchist stupid this is. We are off the map.
  24. With this administration, we're probably going to see orders to make a bombing run sent by WhatsApp, with a fat-fingered typo, and just like that....we'll bomb this place: ...and Rankin will take its rightful place as the big dog of one of the most desolates stretches of W. Texas.
  25. If he STARTS by metaphorically ruthlessly slitting throats until the ground is too slippery to walk on....then he puts on shoes with better grip to KEEP slitting throats, then we might have something. Anyone within the Democratic party who isn't willing to play the game necessary to win? Begone. Anyone who has or retains any ties to the GQP? His singular focus should be on destroying them. When in an existential fight, maybe fucking act like it.
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