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Brisketexan

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  1. We were Alamo people for a LONG time. Used to be able to get them in groceries, including here in Austin. No more. We go with the Mi Tienda now, they're good enough.
  2. No. Read my post above. This situation -- a society where a large portion of people, and growing, sees violence as their only means of recourse, and they have a point -- IS NOT WHAT I WANT. I DON'T WANT IT AT ALL. We should STOP choosing to have that society, we should choose differently.
  3. Stories like that are why some of us really, really, really believe in The Rule of Law. It's much better than the alternative. We -- meaning the people in power, who are most likely to be among the victims of such violence -- should do all we can to make sure that we have a system that provides some measure of justice and a non-violent means of redress of grievances for everyone, so that "Rule of the Gun" doesn't become our substitute system. You think I'm championing populist violence. Far from it. I'd much, much, much prefer that we opted into and built a system so that we could honestly say "violence is never justified, you have plenty of peaceful means to obtain a just outcome." I'm just pointing out that we have opted into the opposite of that. That was stupid. We shouldn't have done that. We should dramatically change course. But I know that we won't. We are pot-committed to our current path (remember, it only gets worse, and there is no bottom). So, we've opted for a system where violence is inevitable. Knowing that we've opted into that, it's hard to have sympathy for a society that is now crying "oh no, the inevitable consequences of my own actions."
  4. When you understand that perhaps one can make a case that killing someone who ran a machine that kills people for profit....maybe isn't murder...then it's an interesting discussion. Imagine this guy designed and built gas chambers, for profit, that were used to kill jews. And then some jewish dude shoots him dead. Gonna call that murder? There's a band of circumstances you can consider, some where it's a no-brainer of a justified action, others where it's just plain old murder....and then a big band of circumstances in the middle. There's a reason that there's been a broad social reaction of "meh" and "what did you expect?" in response to the killing of an exec of perhaps the worst health insurance company in the country.
  5. This is one of the things I like about Surly. We all have had nearly identical experiences. Right, guys? Guys?
  6. I'm with you on everything but the "fuck this guy." Maybe I'll get there. Maybe it is a true "fuck this guy" situation, and he just went the fuck off. Want to know more about his story and motive. I remain in the cautious territory of ...but we'll see. Again, if we set up a system that fucks over tens of thousands of people on matters of life and death, and that system functionally has no recourse......if it wasn't this shooter and victim, it was gonna be another shooter and victim. Create a system that deals out death and is immune to any peaceful means of reform/correction, and you've made a violent response inevitable. As a society, we've made that choice. We have set up that system, and built an impenetrable wall of protection around it so that it cannot and will not change by any peaceful means. Which means we have selected for a system where violence is the only recourse. Dumb as hell, but that's what we've chosen. So...
  7. Maybe he just wanted inspiration to write a hit country song?
  8. Regulatory capture has proven to be much cheaper than innovation. Compare to prior history. If I recall correctly, Grande communications (a broadband provider) sprung out of Central and Southwest services (CSW) which was a utility umbrella company that owned several electric utilities, including Central Power and Light....which started out as an ice delivery company. Then electricity came along, so they expanded into that (instead of saying "no, you should only get your ice shipped!"). Then they branched off in part into broadband (all kinds of company splits and mergers in there). The point being, successful businesses used to catch the next wave. Now, they use the force of government to build a seawall to stop all waves.
  9. This is America, 2024. A story that is an intersection of a disgruntled privileged Gen Z gunman killing a health insurance exec in connection with some sort of crypto bullshit should be.....EXACTLY what we would expect.
  10. The real good news here is that, thank God that global treasure Eugene Levy always wears distinctive glasses, otherwise, he might have been the subject of a brutal law enforcement takedown. You can hear it now..... "Make WOPs great again"
  11. Y'all fuckers skipping over Popeye's deserve the hell you are surely condemned to. And by the way, if your execution is postponed until Popeyes gets your order right....you just became immortal.
  12. I presume that you responded appropriately, fighting the spilled crackers off with aggressive sprays of
  13. He's probably pissed because Feels So Good was ROBBED of the Record of the Year grammy by "Just the Way You Are." I dig Billy Joel, but that was a travesty.
  14. I appreciate that our gay surlyites are just as sketchy and predictable as our straight surlyites. Well done.
  15. Y'all may think the plan is more complicated than this. It's not. That's it. That's what they're doing, and why.
  16. When the media does call you out, deny. Call the media liars when they call you out. The script is there. It's as simple as it gets. Only a fool would fail to run the plays that are proven winners.
  17. No worries. If Dak sent something down range, odds are 99% he'd miss.
  18. Actually, their pitch is that it actually wasn’t properly ratified so it isn’t actually an amendment. You think I’m kidding. I’m not.
  19. The truth only angers and upsets the stupids. Tell them what they want to hear, which are simple, 3-8 word lies. "Only I can fix it" is a fantastic one, for example.
  20. And end public education. Don't forget that.
  21. Having a conversation with GOLL, and he pointed out something pretty accurate. The challenge for Whataburger in Austin is that for most locations we can think of, there's a better local option right nearby. Whataburger on Ben White? Go to Dan's instead. Anderson lane? Hit Top Notch. Barton Springs? Go to Sandy's. I'll still eat a Whataburger, and do still love the jalapeno breakfast biscuit deal....but usually will grab a local burger instead.
  22. This. Stop overthinking it. The most important voting demographic is stupid people. They respond to short, soundbite lies that make them feel good. So, tell more of those than the opposition, and you will win. Everything else is intellectual claptrap that won't even budge the needle. Tell more and better lies, and saturate every medium with them. And win.
  23. My friend….we are all Trumps now. I mean…you’re white, right?
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