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  1. Today, we put together some "snack bags" that are given out at a homeless mission we work with.  Among the non-perishable items we put in there were individual cans of vienna sausages.  We had a table literally STACKED with cans of vienna sausages.

    Pathetic bastard that I am, my mouth started watering and looking around for a bottle of mustard.  Instead, I added "vienna sausages" to my grocery list.

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  2. Was feeling a bit Scottish (guess I caught a case of it from my wife, who's damned near pure Scot).  Didn't go with haggis to make it a full Burns Night supper (two months too late), but went with braised lamb.  So, lamb with neeps and tatties (mashed rutabega and mashed potatoes), with gravy made of the pan sauce (browned the meat, then sautee shallots, garlic, and carrots.  Add beef stock and thyme sprigs, simmer for several hours.  Remove meat and thyme sprigs, puree everything else with an immersion blender, add a dash of kitchen bouquet for color).  Fucking fantastic and yes, it tasted just like meals we've had in Scotland.

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    Oh, and the plate's all schmutzy because I used it to stage the meat when I pulled it from the braising pan.  

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  3. 1 minute ago, Upgrayedd said:

    Start ordering small dollar shit that you can wait on and send it to the in-laws’ address.  After 10 package swaps they may get the hint.

    Start ordering the most perverse shit imaginable, in the in-laws name, to be delivered to the in-laws house.  By the time the second inflatable sheep fuck doll arrives, they'll get the point.  And your FIL may lie about "returning" one of them to the sender.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

    I know this sounds unbelievable but Costco now has sushi and it's good.  They have nigiri, sashimi and poke.  The sashimi isn't cheap.  I think it was 4 pieces of salmon, 4 pieces of Tuna and 4 pieces of yellowtail for $37.

    I've had their poke, it's damned good.  We got a sushi tray from a Costco in SOCAL a few years ago on a family vacation, and it was at least as good as the HEB sushi, probably better (I dunno, I ate it on the deck while drinking beer and watching the surf, I wasn't being picky).

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  5. 51 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

    3 wins in a raw including one at LAFC and another at St Louis? Wow, also first ever wins against all 3 of them right right? (San Diego is cheating in that one)

    I'll take the W.  But today's second half was uglier than the ugliest Surly prom date.  Shit, it had my wife yelling "what the fucking fuck?" at the TV no fewer than 20 times.  We came back from the rain delay with a plan of "try not to lose....but don't try TOO hard."

    Possession - or lack thereof, and constantly losing it or never even making an easy move to keep it - was shittacular.  I know, I know, we spent years complaining about "cool, we win possession 65-35 but can't score goals, so fuck that shit," but goddamn....we don't have to OWN possession, just maybe don't utterly quit on it.

  6. On 3/29/2025 at 8:22 AM, Iceman said:

    Our company just went/ is still going through the absolute toughest financial stretch any of us have witnessed. Our sales folks haven't remotely approached their numbers in 2 years now.  I bailed from that segment at the perfect time.

    To be fair, the organic, compostable buttplug market just ain't what it used to be.  It's just a tough-to-move product these days.

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  7. I am looking for some recs to help fill out a weekend. My wife and I will be there for our anniversary, so mostly looking for some fun activities and some restaurants. Particularly, looking for your best Mexican/taco spot for lunch and some spots for dinner. Based on what everyone says I imagine we will end up at the pearl area at some point but walkable from river walk is preferable. 
    what is the taco spot that gets posted here frequently that appears to have the most beautiful tacos I’ve ever seen? Someone knows what I’m talking about. 

    Man…Taquitos West Avenue is a thing of beauty.

  8. I went through some heavy shit in college, two to be exact. Amazing how $0.50 wells and $0.75 longnecks on a Thursday night can take 40 pounds off a chick faster than coke

    My brother….
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  9. So what’s the angle on Carlos Watson commutation? Of course just flooding the zone in general but is there some maga tie or is mainly an eye poke on the New York federal courts? 

    View it in connection with his other commutations/pardons for people convicted of fraud, securities fraud, etc….along with him gutting the SEC and turning the FBI and DOJ away from performing any law enforcement function other than pursuing enemies of the regime. This is about making fraud and grift not just legal, but making them the prime mover of our economy. Fraud and grift are legal now, in all respects.
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  10. What a fucking twat. Calls the entire federal workforce parasites then starts stutter crying over walz talking shit. 

    Fuck that pussy ass bitch. Dishes out cruelty by the ton, yet when someone simply mentions the blowback, he cries like the pathetic, worthless little bitch that he is. The sooner he offs himself the better humanity will be.
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  11. 1 minute ago, Deej said:

    I can handle a few Hail Mary's. 

    The Baylor model.

    Well, Baylor also adds the layer of blaming the victim, at least when the victim is someone inferior, like a female.  And when they can layer on some racism.  "Of course she got raped....she was hanging out with....that element."

  12. 1 minute ago, Deej said:

    I always thought that was the one good thing about Catholicism...do whatever you want and then just go to confession and get it taken off the books. 

    I mean....you at least had to confess the sin.  And usually, do SOMETHING for absolution.  Far from perfect and definitely worked around....but it at least made a place that required you to state and be contrite for the sin.

    The fundagelical model?  None of that is needed.  Rape and murder a puppy?  No need to confess, no need to make amends, any of that shit.  Nope, you just hold up your "I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR" card, and you're as good as gold.

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  13. 6 hours ago, bolverk said:

    Abbott has repeatedly accused the mosque without evidence of promoting "Sharia law" — referring to a body of religious laws forming part of the Islamic traditions, which itself has been the target of conservative legislators across the country.

    Actually, if ANY "financing" is involved with the project, it almost certainly IS following "Sharia law," because traditional interest-based lending is barred by Sharia law.  Instead, Islamic finance mechanisms are used (these are quite common, and are offered by multiple institutions, including some right here in Austin -- again, they are common):

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    The most famous rule in Islamic finance is the ban on usury. In economic terms, this means lender and borrowers are forbidden from charging or paying interest or riba. Sharia-compliant banks don’t issue interest-based loans.

    The obvious question then becomes: how do Islamic banks make money? Instead of lending money to their clients at a profit, they buy the underlying product—the house, the car, the refrigerator—and then lease it or re-sell it on installment to the client for a fixed price typically higher than the initial market value. The key notion here is risk sharing—the banks make a profit on the transaction as a reward for the risk they took with the customer. Instead of thriving off of interest rates, Islamic banks use their customers’ money to acquire assets such as property or businesses and profit when the loan is successfully repaid.

    The problem here is that there is absolutely nothing illegal about such arrangements.  "Sharia law" -- the broad term -- is not illegal.  The sole basis for these assholes to go after the transaction is based on religion.  

    But, being that the 1st Amendment only applies to white, Christian males, making statements in support of/agreement with the regime, nothing fucking matters anymore.

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  14. 8 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Should have played the OnlyFans long game and bilked losers out of tens of millions. Instead she went for the quick payday and got burnt. 
     

     

    Yet....she didn't get burned at all.  Word is that she cashed in $50 million on that deal.

    On a flagrant - yet maybe legal - scam....she made more money than I will make in my lifetime, by a large margin.  This fucking timeline is fucking insane.

  15. 8 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:



    I think it's simply that she didn't break any existing law.  As I think about it, I don't even think it was a scam.  I think she simply launched a crypto coin, made no promises, dumb people bought in, and she got away with their money. The fact that she made no promises negates there being a scam.

    I could be wrong, of course.

    I think it just lends itself to pump-and-dump by its very nature.  Insiders get special access and ability to unload at high prices tied to....nothing (which is literally the crypto model).  Insiders get to sell magical 1s and 0s at a price that shoots up for no rational reason, and then afterwards crashes for the rational reasons of 1) people dumping their holdings, which 2) have zero inherent value.

    Is crypto the perfect "currency" for this moment in time?  Seems like bullseye perfection to me.  Nothing could capture the zeitgeist better.

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  16. 4 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    This, fucking @Brisketexan and his constant need to hate on all thing Llama.  Every. Fucking. Time. Next thing is he will start dropping propaganda links about how Llamas are shitty pack animals, eat too much hay, or should be deported back to Patagonia.

    He needs to take that shit to the Andes Room. 

    you're goddamned motherfucking right.  Team puma, all day, every day....

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