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Brisketexan

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  1. 1 minute ago, Mdhorn said:

    My wife and I noticed too--wtf happened to Republicans being weird?  Why run out the clock? Punch back--put him on the offensive and stop with the defensive stances that are only serve as distractions.    Even better, ask the NYT why they and others aren't going after Trump for his lock up the media comments.  Keep his negative comments floating in the open and end each with a We're not going back!  

    This.  

    Trump said we should lock up the media.

    He said any former president criticizing a presidential candidate should be imprisoned.

    He has promised to deport people who are in this country legally.

    He called the opposing candidate a retard.

    He has lied about FEMA coming to take your house.

     

    None of those things are hyperbole -- they are things he has actually said just in recent days.  Every single one should be run as a headline of "Trump makes shameful statement calling for imprisoning of people who criticize him - not presidential material."  Yes, you fucking editorialize on the front fucking page, because this is EXACTLY the kind of situation that calls for it.  

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  2. Just now, Chad Fuck said:

    Indeed he may.  And my Muslim friends are shaken as the rest of us with these folks who think somehow this is helpful to their cause.  It's truly mind bottling. 

    The metaphor of how some American Muslims are saying they'll vote for Trump over the Gaza issue is pretty damned solid the metaphor of a suicide vest: if you don't give us everything we want, we'll destroy everything, including ourselves.

    It's fucking morally indefensible.  "I don't like what's happening in Gaza, so I'm going to inflict pain on everyone else, including American muslims, unless we get everything we want."  Fuck that, and fuck them.

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  3. 8 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

    On Election Day, about an hour after the polls close and before results are in, Trump will be on TV declaring victory and thanking everyone to chants of "four more years".  He will put everyone on the defensive to say "well actually the results are coming in and it looks like Harris may have won PA/MI/WI/whatever".  Trump will say "the fake news is going to tell you that Kamala won but that's a lie."

    It will be close all night and it will come down to PA and it might not be decided by morning.  It's going to be a long wait. I think Harris wins the blue wall states to clinch and maybe picks up Nevada to get to 276.  Trump picks up Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina.

    The next day, the shitshow begins.  Lawsuits, press conferences at landscaping companies, people with signs.  It's not going to be great.  The shitshow continues into December with rallies at state capitol buildings and "conventions" of alternative electors and a bunch of crazy stuff from the red team.

    DC gets locked down over the holidays prepping for what is supposed to be a ceremonial count.  Harris as VP counts electoral votes and puts 276 in her column FTW.  Trump announces he is a candidate for the 2028 election, primarily to keep raising money and stay out of prison.

    All of this.

    Except sprinkle in some bloodshed/violence.  There will be an assault on at least one state capitol by Trumpists attempting to either stop a legislative action of some sort, or force one.  Otherwise, 90% or more of this is what's going to happen.  Except, of course, I'm not sure at all that Kamala will get the votes.

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  4. On 8/2/2024 at 6:12 AM, LCHorn said:

    I do, too.  It was a solid for the cost, had an unbelievable patio, and appeared to be fairly well managed.  
     

    Austin has a plethora of food trucks and restaurants chasing Instagram glory-what it lacks is the basic “let’s eat out tonight” neighborhood joints and Shady Grove was perfect for that*.  You end up with restaurants like El Dorado getting loved to death.

    *they also frequently had live music or showed old movies on their projector, both of which lent themselves to the cool bohemian charm of yore. 

    Man.  Losing Shady Grove is one our all-time Austin heartbreakers.  Hippie Chick, Tortilla crusted queso catfish, a great meatloaf, and an outstanding burger and onion rings.  They even had a grilled vegetable platter that was fantastic, a nice healthy option.  We ate there all the time, esp when our kids were young.  You capture PERFECTLY what it was: "hey, I'm going to work up till dinner time downtown.  Want to just load up the kids and meet me at Shady Grove?"  We must have done that 50 times or more over the years. 

    Great Austin moment: my daughter and Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison's first kid were born hours apart at St. David's.  As a result, our paths crossed several times over the years.  The first time was when the kids were still in the high-chair stage.  Both families eating dinner at Shady Grove, kids' high chairs were right next to each other the way the tables were set up.  The kids just yammered with each other, making each other laugh and giggle, it was so damned pure and sweet.  Both sets of parents just smiling and taking it in (and my wife rolling her eyes a bit because she knows I have a longtime crush on Kelly Willis).  Daughter and the Robison firstborn ended up being high school classmates and friends.  But they met at Shady Grove, eating french fries in their high chairs one night when we were all surely just too tired to cook, and wanted a tasty meal and a cold beer or margarita.

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  5. 2 hours ago, Derka said:

    absolutely enraging. cops pull up on a deaf black man with cerebral palsy, jump out and immediately beat the shit out of him, choke him, punch him, and tase him, and then charge HIM with multiple felonies, which to this point a judge has ruled as fair. all cops are evil, and if there is a hell, they will be surrounded by familiar faces. the horrible video:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/SCJaAyGo3d

    The guy shouldn't have been a thug.  We have to let police do their job, even if they have to be extraordinarily rough.  If you had one day, like one real, rough, nasty day, if you had one really violent day, even one rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out and crime will end immediately.

    Right?

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