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Brisketexan

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  1. Ahh, I see. You have faith in "the better angels of our nature." I, on the other hand, believe in evidence. And the evidence is...we are a shithole country. Our dominant ethos is a blend of "cruel, vindictive, and hateful," and "just fine with cruel, vindictive, and hateful." There are good people in this country. We are hopelessly outnumbered, and evil wins. It always does. We are the country of slavery, genocide, lynchings, Jim Crow, attacking trans people, going backwards on acknowledging that gay people can exist, etc. We have never even fully acknowledged that those ARE sins, much less sought forgiveness and reconciliation for them. FFS, we're trying (and succeeding) to outlaw even mentioning them in education. Your faith in this country and the people in it is entirely misplaced, and you are setting yourself up for even more disappointment. This country is beyond redemption, which works out well because it is also not worthy of redemption.
  2. If I have to hear that goddamned Lainey Wilson "in a 4x4 by U" fucking song in a goddamned motherfucking Ford truck commercial again, I'm gonna choke a bitch. It's fucking relentless, I hate her, I hate the song, I hate all life on this planet if this shit is the end product of billions of years of evolution. And I say that as someone who has had a Ford 4x4 truck for over 25 years. Total planetary destruction by massive meteor is a fate too good for us.
  3. Dude. I am JUST. COUNTING. VOTES. I am not commenting on whether the REASON for those votes is meritorious, evil, or in-between. Maybe SOMEDAY, this country will be ready for a gay man (spoiler: that someday, if it ever occurs, will be long after we're dead, if we even have a USA then. Sorry, but we've gone so far backwards so fast, you don't even grasp it yet). But that day is NO day soon. I'm not saying he can't run because of his sexuality. I'm saying that 1) HE CANNOT GET ENOUGH VOTES TO WIN 2) BECAUSE TOO MANY AMERICAN VOTERS WILL NOT VOTE FOR A GAY MAN. You don't have to like that -- I don't like it. But it's fucking true. It is true because we are a stupid, shallow, and hateful nation. YES, you are right, that it is a black mark IS due to our own ignorance.....but our ignorance, which is of near-infinite breadth and depth, is a real thing. We have seen our true colors this past decade. It's horrifying. But it's also ACCURATE. We are a sick, cruel nation. That's the truth. Accept it, and work from there.
  4. He can't win. America will not vote for a gay man. Just stop. You don't have to think that's a GOOD thing. You just need to realize that it is a 100% TRUE thing.
  5. That's the great thing about this timeline: with most of these people, it's genuinely impossible to discern where the dumb stops and the evil starts, or vice-versa. Every one of them is just a pot of dumb and evil all mixed together, like when you piss into your own diarrhea.
  6. But it WAS classified. By its very nature. There was no "declassify this" order beforehand. Maybe he can declassify it NOW, but it was classified at the time. I highly doubt it. But even if it had, what the gov't and gov't officials CANNOT do is set communications by gov't officials about gov't business to be automatically deleted in 4 weeks (which this chat was). That is a violation of the law, and a crime. Records of the people's government belong to the people, and may not be destroyed. Even having them out in "unofficial" channels, where they cannot be archived and kept by the government, is a crime. This is EXACTLY the problem may people had with Hillary's emails (me among them -- those emails don't belong to her, they belong to ME and my fellow citizens).
  7. Chatter on this one is that a northbound dump truck was driving at a high rate of speed, got cut off by a car, and in trying to avoid it, jumped the median and ate a car heading southbound, killing the driver. Fucking I-35 is a deathtrap, and I hate every minute that I have to drive on it.
  8. Yep. Again....THE PLAYS ARE LITERALLY WRITTEN DOWN IN BOOKS ABOUT THIS VERY THING. THEY AREN'T DOING ANYTHING CREATIVE OR NEW. Also, I love this quip I saw about the latest utter fuckup -- "Whiskeyleaks brought to you by DUI hires."
  9. Conversations about....military strikes....that specifically identified targets....that specifically discussed how we would strike....two hours before the military action was launched. The absurdity is that they are saying that "conversations about surprise military strikes ahead of time are not classified." It's the dumbest fucking lie imaginable, they expect the masses to swallow it....and they're probably right in their expectation because FOX has already downplayed it and repeated the lie, and that will be the end of it. We are committing national suicide, every fucking day.
  10. I just looked, and Eddie V's has reservation spots open for Saturday night. No, it doesn't get all the buzz, it's not as trendy....but man, it never disappoints. Great seafood, and do not sleep on the steaks -- they're some of the best in town. If I were you, I'd grab a spot at Eddie V's so you have a really good option locked in. Then, you can look around to see if some other spots open up (Este is great, plenty of other good recs). But for real, you can just have a solid, standout meal with great service (don't forget that....plenty of the trendier places are still a bit iffy on that front) at Eddie V's.
  11. What we REALLY need is for that whole blob to bump up to the NW about 150 miles. We won't get it. Shit, what it's projecting will probably peter out. For those of you paying attention, this drought is already creeping and picking up speed in the "drought of 2011" direction. But now, with even more demand on our water resources than back then.
  12. ^^^^ Blah blah blah, brown people -- they're not even REAL AMERICANS, so this is just libtard fake news! Also, CSB....my G G grandfather was the first sheriff of Maverick County. Per accounts of the time, he ran a tighter ship than this. Granted, that was back when some of the job involved evaluating the situation of a local shopkeeper shooting a belligerent drunken outlaw trying to break down his door, and the sheriff telling him "hell, I'd have arrested you if you HADN'T shot him." So, you know, slightly different times.
  13. Yes, but counterpoint....those aren't really people. They are women. They are vessels and property. Read yer Bible, LIBTARD!
  14. I mean, the lies aren't even plausible. Which, by the way, is part of the point and purpose in telling such lies. Telling outlandish, preposterous, clear lies sends the message of "we can say and do whatever we want, and nobody can stop us." If you testify today and say "today is not Tuesday, it's Saturday," and nobody holds you accountable, what you just accomplished is demonstrating that you CANNOT be held accountable, no matter how absurd the conduct. It's a version of "shoot a man in the face in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose supporters." The point is not the act, or the lie. The point is to demonstrate, in full view of all who are watching, that you are not accountable, and cannot be touched, no matter what you do. These are all textbook authoritarian plays they are running. Again, I haven't observed or predicted anything that requires a crystal ball. All you have to do is pick up any of the books (history, commentary, whatever) on "what does a rising authoritarian government do?" and read the fucking plays that are plainly laid out.
  15. Huh. You should probably be angrier at…Nazis.
  16. False. 1000X, FALSE. US gov't officials have had classified communications conducted properly in the cell-phone era a billion times. No wheel needs to be re-invented here. YES, it is LESS convenient than clicking open your personal device, opening an app, and sending all your buddies a picture of titties. Tough. Fucking. Shit. Having to be cleared for security clearance is LESS convenient than just "tell me all the shit." But hell, we've dispensed with security clearances, too, so fuck it, why not. Let's just dispense with OPSEC altogether. I never said they were genius criminal masterminds. I said they were criminals. "Moron" and "criminal" are a MUCH more common pairing than "genius" and "criminal."
  17. They are not "people" any more. They are officers of the US government, acting in that capacity. If they are unwilling to do so, including following all the laws that entails, then they should GTFO of MY government. Sorry that "governing is hard." If you don't want to do it, then fucking quit.
  18. Your first clause reveals that what I am saying is not a conspiracy theory, it's a fact. There are ways to handle such communications. All they have to do is ask any of literally hundreds of people inside the government "set me up a secure way to communicate with these people about this mission," and it will be done. They didn't do so, precisely BECAUSE they want all of their communications - in a governmental capacity - to take place "outside of the government." Which is -- say it with me -- a crime. They are criminals. It's not what they DO, it's what they ARE. People who have complete contempt for the rule of law are the exact people who are.....CRIMINALS.
  19. Because the very purpose of these chats is to entirely outside the government channels, because these people -- in flagrant and total violation of the law, by the way -- are attempting to avoid having records of actual government business maintained and accessible by the government. Which is how it works. All records of government activity conducted by government actors -- ALL OF THEM, EVERY FUCKING LAST ONE OF THEM -- are records of the United States government, and thus belong to the government and importantly, to "we the people." These criminals (that's what they are, all of them - they were right when they said it about Hillary's emails, and that means I'm right when I say it about them) are attempting to circumvent that requirement, which is a violation of the law. Laws for thee, not for me, exhibit infinity.
  20. FIF accuracy.
  21. 1) Imagine stating that about.....ANY thread here on Surly. 2) Then....realize that statement 1) would be more accurate than the statement the admin just issued. What an amazing timeline.
  22. Meh. Next turnover in administrations, they'll be pardoned. And so it goes.
  23. And the chances of that attack being domestic....and against some "den of evil wokeness," like a high-value target in California, are rather high. Fuck, I'm not kidding about the chances of Trump ordering the use of military force (like airstrikes) against US territory being a real number. It's a thing that you absolutely cannot rule out happening.
  24. Just one thing has changed: he realized that enthusiastically joining "Team hate all minorities" would be the key to him becoming the de facto president of the United States. He was right.
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