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Brisketexan

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  1. Check another box on "this is what fascist regimes do." Co-opting and working in partnership with corporate interests to advance (and importantly, absolutely protect) the regime's interests is literally textbook.
  2. The reason you aren't getting any real evidence - just hints and intimations - is because the regime isn't getting what it wants, and doesn't like what it's found thus far. If his motivation is anything BUT "leftist violence," we will never, ever find out about it. This story has a real chance of going fucking silent/dark, and right soon. Which will tell you all you need to know.
  3. Dude. Stop with the false equivalency. The shitty, divisive stuff about Kirk isn't his general conservative positions -- support Trump tariffs, argue for more rigid immigration controls, all the stuff. Hasan takes plenty of "liberal" positions, but he does NOT take positions like "white women don't have the brain power," and "we should be able to whip conservatives." He never put out a "hit list" of conservatives he didn't like, who then got subjected to a cascade of death threats. Now, I also wouldn't support putting our flags at half staff if Hasan was killed, or putting his body on AF 2, or any of that shit. Because he is not a government official. But then, I'm not in a fucking cult that requires that men be made into gods.
  4. El Jacalito is pretty good, IIRC. And not far from L&J is Su Casa -- great combo plate El Paso mexican food, and truly like stepping into a time machine to about 1975.
  5. Yeah, went to their IG page, and they are "relocating," last day at the old location was a couple of weeks ago. Bummer, they were really good.
  6. So, by "we got him," he meant "we don't got him, but we also don't got any of the wrong hims." Kakistocracy. Pure and simple.
  7. Dear God, that's terrifying. I wonder if there are any lawyers around here.
  8. Gawdalmighty. Can you imagine if a perfect Surlyite ever pulled such a stunt? The FBI would be scratching their heads over cryptic "NowThis," "muledick," "tree fiddy," and "PM Derka" references for years. When in reality, the shooter's motivation was that Arch's shittacular performances just pushed the shooter over the edge.
  9. This. This is what I said pretty early in the war, when it became apparent that Ukraine wasn't going to fold like a cheap tent in a matter of days/weeks. I've represented parties in plenty of fights against a much larger, better-funded, "heavy-hitter," bullying opponent. And our strategy to win is quite often the same: just stand your ground. The gorilla will charge, kick up lots of dust, beat his chest, maybe even throw a punch or two. He will eat up your time and money. But in the end, after he's exhausted his playbook (beat your chest and act the bully), he doesn't have a plan B. That's when you go on the attack, and he doesn't have a fucking answer for that. And that's when you win. It works. I'm not exactly a genius or novel thinker in using that strategy, it's been around a LONG time. Ukraine knows it.
  10. Alas, I had flown up there and back, so no Allsup's stops were on the agenda. Yet another depressing thing about the trip.
  11. TLDR: they happily let people like Charlie use racism, division, and hate as a sword, then wrap themselves in the flag and the cross as a shield. Because they are reprehensible, gutless cowards too yellow to own their actual beliefs.
  12. FFS, this. You can start with the simple direct quotes: "You [referring to black women Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and others] do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously." The 1964 Civil Rights Act was "a huge mistake." "If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified." "The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different." We should be able to "whip foreigners" in the US. And that's just a start. He was utterly divisive and shitty.
  13. Well, that would suck. I was last there a year ago. But Yelp has reviews from just. A couple of months ago. I dunno.
  14. When I go for work, I usually stay at the hotel Indigo. But bottom line, you’re safe walking a few blocks in downtown El Paso. Seriously, it’s quite safe. And also, I can’t recommend this place strongly enough: Seriously, outstanding stuff, if you like tacos and beer. Which I do. And L&J is an institution, worth a visit.
  15. She preaches several times a year at a church where she is associated. Not formally on staff, but formally associated with it (it’s a particular kind of thing, not found everywhere). I’ll share her particulars via PM.
  16. She was not so sure. At all. She was quite aware of, and anxious about, the risk that the message she was sharing would not be well received. She agonized about it with me the last several nights, always ending up at “this may go terribly, but I can’t NOT say it.” And all I could tell her was “if that’s what you feel called to share, then I have your back no matter what.” Walking up to a pulpit to share a message that may result in you getting run out of the room is a pretty unnerving thing. Who knows, there may have been some people who are upset and angered by it, and she’ll hear about it later. But there were, thankfully, quite a few who found it meaningful and were supportive. It’s a good congregation.
  17. My wife had to preach today. It was really fucking hard, she wrestled with her sermon from the beginning, and come Wednesday, it got even harder. Let’s just say she didn’t go the same direction as your priest. She also didn’t go anywhere near “it’s good that he’s dead.” She spoke to bodily autonomy. And how your life, and physical body and existence are a gift from god. And who are we - or anyone - to take away that autonomy, up to and including by ending a life? But don’t think it’s limited to that. Limiting bodily autonomy is a particular problem in these times. Quite a few people thanked her after, and there were some pretty strong emotions. Anyway, preparing and giving that sermon was one of the hardest things she’s ever done, and she left it all on the field. I’m in awe of her, and her ability and courage to listen to the spirit when called, even and especially when it’s hard.
  18. A cooler revolution would have voted on OnlyFans. Count the number of sharpies up the butt, there’s your winner.
  19. Seriously. I will now list all of the consequences that conservatives have faced for literally calling for the death/execution of homeless people, people they don’t agree with, immigrants at the border, and others: ….. ….. ….. Yep, I think that about covers it. Now, we could list the consequences actually imposed on non-conservatives for even daring to suggest that, while there is no supporting or excusing the violent act against him, Charlie Kirk was in fact not a good guy and is not worthy of the canonization he is getting from MAGA: [insert 50 fucking pages of people getting fired, getting stacks of death threats, and the like] It’s fucking insane. It’s Wilhoit’s law writ large.
  20. Remember…this is how we treat our ALLIES. Why would anyone invest in any relationship with the US beyond what is absolutely essential?
  21. Here’s some fun. They are actively trying to kill the dollar as the dominant/reserve currency. This is purposeful sabotage and self-destruction…for fucking what? Why? It’s just so…fucking…stupid. As a direct data point, the day before he was inaugurated, I could buy a pound for $1.22. Today? $1.35. The dollar is weaker against every currency. In large part because nobody has any faith in the country or economy behind it. Sofaking stupid.
  22. Dude. You know that’s not true. Wait 15 minutes, max, and it will get more embarrassing. Repeat ad infinitum.
  23. Well, yall heard it. Nicole needs to go back to drinking. But she won’t. Because it takes her eye off the ball of killing men on Rainey Street.
  24. We became, in a staggeringly short amount of time (historically speaking), the dumbest nation in the history of the planet. Just self-immolating at every possible turn. And I’m including when countries like El Salvador and Honduras went to war with each other over a soccer match.
  25. Also…I like how me doing things like quoting Charlie Kirk’s own words about whipping foreigners and such is “my opinion.” I’m sorry if the guy you desperately want to canonize was actually a pretty shitty person. Again, “being a shitty person who I disagree with” should not result in murder, state-sanctioned punishment, etc….which 1) seems like it should be a non-controversial take, and 2) is the opposite approach as our current regime is taking in response to Kirk’s death. I’m curious…do yall have as much of a problem with THAT, the state literally saying that anyone on the left should be punished and exiled from this country, as you do with me just quoting some of the worst things Kirk actually said? Because I assure you, I am much less a threat to this republic than Stephen Miller is, but I’m the one you’re pissed at. I think I’ve spotted one of our many, may problems.
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