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39 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
The very conservative folks up here are super butthurt about liberal Californians and Texans moving in.
Counterpoint: fuck 'em. Fuck all conservatives. Fuck 'em to hell. Treat them the way they want to treat everyone else.
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1 minute ago, Samson's Wig said:
Obviously, she needs help, but she also has no business on the streets and among the public. I suspect the revolving door will be in full service for her.
The revolving door is the only one we have. We have no coherent plan for dealing with the homeless. Truly, functionally zero plan.
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13 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:
Don't you be letting the CA off the hook, she's dealing with the Misdemeanor enforcement, which is a bulk of the homeless citations. Â
Yeah, those are a bitch. Because what do you do, jail them over and over for jaywalking and shit?
The real problem is making this place a magnet for homeless people while simultaneously not actually offering sufficient real and effective programs to keep them from being an absolute mess. That's on city leadership and, yes, law enforcement for not making arrests (arrest and short-term detention is really the only practically available short-term deterrent we have).
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17 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:
It's not just homelessness, it's been seen everywhere. Basic policing in Austin has demonstrated time and time again to be reactive policing rather than proactive. Traffic enforcement, what's that? Thefts? File a report. You don't want to believe the DA and CA's approach since 2020 has had any effect on APD policy and behavior?!
Oh, I certainly believe that our PD has had and is continuing to have what is effectively a years-long temper tantrum whereby they are "quiet quitting" and just not doing their jobs, as a "SEE! If you don't let us do EXACTLY what WE want, and EXACTLY HOW WE want....well, we just won't do our jobs at all!" Austin is not the only place it has happened.
Both things can be true (our DA is piss-poor, and our PD is petulant spoiled assholes who don't want any oversight or accountability, it only pisses them off).
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9 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:
THIS... semi trucks should be restricted to the right lane under penalty of death (except for emergencies)... Have done two long distance drives on I-10 in the past few months and the amount of times I got stuck behind a truck trying to pass another truck at a 95 year old persons walking pace was absolutely infuriatingÂ
Drove to and from Corpus Christi for a meeting last week. Same thing, multiple times: get behind a truck, and even cars and SUVs, going .0000001 mph faster than the truck they were "passing" in the right lane. No, fuckers. Pass him. Meaning, for around 30 seconds, actually push down on your gas pedal, add 5 mph or so to your speed, complete the pass, then get back over in the right lane. The correct move is not "drive next to a 100 foot long vehicle for 10 minutes as I gain 10 feet per minute on him."
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28 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:
I think it's gonna be ok. It's just a fat sack of fluid. Doesn't penetrate the bone or muscle tissue. I can move it around. Chicks like to touch it.
Yea I got some sympathy loving this weekend.
It's just a fat sack of fluid.
You're just a fat sack of fluid. Â
Let's not split hairs here.
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Owen Wolff was fantastic once again.
My wife after the match: “and dammit…I’m coming around on Owen. He’s good.” I told her he’s among the top 3-4 players on the team right now, and she conceded the point. He’s got hustle, doesn’t commit stupid turnovers, has shown real vision, and bulked up so he doesn’t get muscled off the ball as much.
And two of our favorites, Kolmanic and Gallagher, acquitted themselves quite well today.
Defense continues to be stout.
Lots to like from BV, but also some inexplicable misses. Bukari continues to frustrate.
And Danny…has regressed. His turnovers are absurd in number and character.
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Priced in. Here’s the deal- the culture war shit is so potent in part because it’s a way to connect people and places that are better off with moral decay and violence. Incidentally this is also true on the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder in big cities.Â
But outside of the six largest metros and a handful of vacation destinations, things are pretty bleak. And they know it. They don’t need anybody to come up with scare stories on fox to show them the problem. So Democrats in Texas need to be on the ground, in Montague and Bandera and Terry and Anderson and Jasper and Aransas and all the other counties where the suicide rate is double the state average, talking about how shitty things are and pointing fingers.Â
Or, counterpoint: allow Republican accelerationist destruction to do its thing and kill them in droves. An eliminated GQP vote is an eliminated GQP vote. And I’m done with giving a shit about them. What has empathy gotten us? Just taken advantage of.-
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Here’s the thing I love about the “vaccines are a personal choice! Respect my choice [not to be vaccinated]!” crowd: if vaccines are a choice, and we must respect that choice…why do they all, 100% of the time, shit all over and denigrate people who chose the other way, and only lionize those who chose not to be vaccinated? Gosh, it’s a mystery.
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Headed to the game.  Our seats are directly in the sun for an afternoon game, so i might find an empty seat near [mention=593]Brisketexan[/mention] or wave a flag in the supporters section.Â
¡LISTOS!
We’ll be over in 118, row 9. Come say hi…but don’t stay and make us look low-class.
At Turnstile now.-
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Partner countries in USAID co-development projects want to know where their money is. Calls are not being returned.
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So, we’re not just threatening to wage war against our allies, we’re also stealing their money directly.
We have a lawless, criminal, homicidal regime. If the rest of the world declared war on us, they wouldn’t be wrong to do so.-
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Bullocks to the lack of baked beans.
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That ain’t wrong. We invited friends and family from several countries to come visit for the World Cup - planning on renting houses, showing them a Texas good time, all that.
They are already being negatively impacted by this admin (see post above about revoked school admission). They are justifiably nervous about coming here.-
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Yeah, but just one piece of bacon is all kinds of fucked up.
Not unfair. Made three pieces for the wife, I chose to go with the black pudding as my main breakfast meat dish…but I needed at least one piece. For science. -
Looks a little light on preserves.
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Who could have predicted legislating medical decisions would end poorly for Texas women?https://steady.substack.com/p/women-in-texas-are-dying?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJXv1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXu9bArcuMQRcEOI-npzF9Xd1zzSMNjGVYkBBfXYH9iBB8E23bvxiI1IaQ_aem_ET_vDBm1u5f4aVDWKtR_HwThis week, Republican State Representative Charlie Geren put forth the Life of the Mother Act in the Texas House. A similar bill was introduced in the state Senate. While the new law wouldn’t expand abortion access, it would spell out the circumstances in which doctors are allowed to provide abortion: if the woman “has a physical condition” from pregnancy that puts her “at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless the abortion is performed or induced.”

No, Dan. “Women have died” is passive voice. “Because Republicans have killed numerous Texas women” is active voice, and more accurate. Do better, Dan.-
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Been a few years but have always like the black pudding when in UK.Â
Not sure if you have enough preserves on the toast though.Â
You know how much jelly you should put on toast? More.-
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How did you get real black pudding here? Sneak it home in your luggage? I love that shit.
Broke out the M&S black pudding for breakfast this morning. Went full international. Added eggs with red chili and toast with French strawberry preserves.
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How did you get real black pudding here? Sneak it home in your luggage? I love that shit.
Broke out the M&S black pudding for breakfast this morning. Went full international. Added eggs with red chili and toast with French strawberry preserves.
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Have been going to the bar at the Monteleone for 50+ years (yeah, my folks would drag me along as a child). Cleaning out my parents’ house, found my grandmother’s 1930 Ursuline yearbook, which featured this ad:

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What's the next best thing to Momofuku Chili Crunch? $13 for a 5oz is ridiculous and I'm not trying to give David Chang any more money.
This is what I'm currently using, but it's not the same.
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It ain’t HEB, and it’s not exactly the same….but I actually may like it better:
Made a simple stir fry the other night, sprinkled that liberally on top, and it was amazing.-
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So, this is fun. Message I just got from our German friends/family:
“Hello Brisket, we received some bad news from my nephew and he would like to ask you for your opinion...
He got the commitment for a scholarship to study in Madison which would have startet in August.
Unfortunately Trump has deleted the money for that and now the university has cancelled the contract. Are they allowed to do that? What is your legal opinion for that?
Nephew asks me, if he may contact you...”
I got to tell them I’m so sorry to hear this…and yes, you’re fucked. Sure, what he’s done is probably illegal, but it will take time for the courts to sort it out…if they can…and if he obeys a court order. Shit, we just had dinner with a friend who is a medium-sized university president. His take was pretty sanguine: higher Ed is turbo-fucked. All of it.
Imagine a way to destroy our standing in the world….and this admin is doing so. But have no fear, it’s ALSO hurting countless people right here at home. My daughter is applying to graduate programs this fall. I had encouraged her to apply to multiple programs in the US. I’m now glad that her target schools are all overseas. Of course, it may be that Americans become persona non grata to our former allies, so not exhaling yet.-
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
in Cloak Room
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TLDR. Let's translate it to simple MAGA-speak:
Authoritarian states good. Democratically run states bad. We want to hang out with the guys we like -- authoritarians.