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This. Among the people who are critical of the shit that's gone down the past year, I'd bet that 90%+ of us would be totally on board with that approach. But there is no interest in this, because the issue is not about ANY of those things. Listen to the administration when they tell you who they are and what they want. This is about a white supremacist vision for the country, fueled by irrational xenophobia, built on a shitload of lies (they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats -- and then JD Vance fucking ADMITTED that was a lie, and the rubes still buy it because it's what they want to hear). And this, this, this. On the list of things ACTUALLY causing economic, social, criminal, and other issues in this country and among its residents....immigration is WAY down the fucking list. But it's the issue that gives you the convenient, warm-fuzzy outlet of hating an "other," so that's what matters. Sorry, guys. The reason your life sucks, the good jobs are gone, your roads are in disrepair, your healthcare sucks and is more expensive than ever, etc. etc. etc., is NOT because some Haitian people live in Springfield and work their asses off. It's not because the fantastic construction crew down the street are all fans of mexican league soccer teams. It's largely because of shit conceived by, implemented by, and currently supported by.....the folks to whom you have handed all the keys of power because they have promised to be dicks to Haitians. You keep fucking playing yourselves, and you wonder why shit continues to get worse, not better. Oh, and CSB - one of my favorite examples of the utter hypocrisy and how you are getting played: I office not too far from the fancy new building that is the headquarters of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. You know, the same TPPF (a political advocacy group) that is 100% aligned with the Abbott and Trump administrations. They built that palace, from the ground up. One of the things I liked most about that project was . . . at lunch time, a great taco truck would show up to sell lunch to the ENTIRELY hispanic construction crew. The line to get food was nothing but dudes in hard hats speaking spanish. And, on occasion, me. Because I saw a hack to get 4 great tacos for $6. So, summary: dirty beaners need to GTFO....except while they are building our palace (in which we will have numerous meetings discussing all the ways to crush the dirty beaners), because we are ALL for exploiting their cheap and high-quality labor. Free from all consequences, of course. The project was literally 150 yards from platoons of DPS troopers...yet not a SINGLE immigration check took place. Gosh, what a mystery that is.
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Man....that phrase is doing some heavy, unconstitutional lifting there. I guess "detaining an entire east African restaurant due to the ethnicity of the patrons, but whoops, they were all citizens or legal residents" is "enforcing the laws on the books." Etc. etc. etc. And of course, minimal enforcement against ANY of the donor class that employs undocumented workers. Notably missing. Hmmm.....it's almost like the policy AS PRACTICED BY THIS REGIME is primarily focused on ethnic cleansing, not on practical enforcement.
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CONGRESS LITERALLY HAD COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION READY TO GO. THAT IS THE PROPOSAL. And he said "NO," not because there was any policy problem with it, but because (1) he needs immigration as a rallying point issue, and (2) he needs and wants to be cruel and violent. That's actually the point. When a key element of his governance is "be the fucking gestapo," a suggestion of "maybe don't be the gestapo" is fucking stupid and pointless. This admin has zero interest in immigration reform. FFS, they are openly in favor of DE-MIGRATION. They are actively working to remove LEGAL residents from the US. They have openly stated if you aren't a NATIVE-BORN American (and note, not even THAT is good enough), GTFO. Period. There's no "negotiation" or "honest policy discussion" with that shit. GTFO here with that shit.
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None of us have any solutions. Except most of us supported the immigration reform proposal advanced by......noted libtard George W. Bush. An approach that was killed dead largely by the same groups that want to run on "immigration is outta control!" today. Except most of us supported the immigration reform proposal that was going to be passed by Congress in 2024....until TFG ordered his obedient, spineless minions in Congress to kill it so he could keep running on "ZOMG IMMIGRATION BAD!" There have been countless proposals, large and small, to fix our immigration system over the past 25 years. None of them happen. I know why. You know why. We all know why. So, don't tell us that we have no ideas for solutions. Now, you're right, we can't actually impose those solutions....because there is an entire political party and movement, which is currently in power in Texas and the US, and which has wielded inordinate power for at least a quarter century, that WILL NOT ALLOW ANY REFORM, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.
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All I know is that one year, the only year ever, my wife was SO frustrated with our moderate coverage, with HSA, and the PITA of administering all those expenses, that she insisted we do the "buy-up" expensive plan that had low-as-hell deductibles (but the most expensive premium). Cost me an extra couple thousand in premium that year. BUT...it was also the year my daughter had a critical infection and had to be hospitalized for a week, then undergo extensive treatment for months. Total bill was $180k or so. I wrote one $1,000 check for my deductible, and never worried about the cost of her treatment again. Lucky timing. If that happened today, we'd be out $6k or so (I think), at least. Our system is completely fucked and fucky, and the GQP "fixes" are nothing of the sort.
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Cold hard truths. My family has been here since it was Coahuila y Tejas, you fucking newcomers. And one of my dad's first jobs was driving shuttle vans to get braceros (migrant workers) to farm work sites in S. Texas in the early 50s. Raging against hispanics in America is as fucking stupid as raging against descendants of englishmen in America. We were here at the inception. And we've kept coming, just like the English, and Germans, and Irish, and Chinese (oh, remember - we hated the FUCK outta them too. And the Irish. And the dirty dagos. Sense a pattern here? Lazy xenophobia much?). What I love about this reactionary "MUSLIMS ARE EVIL AND WE HAVE TO EXPEL THEM ALL!" is that it is literally identical to....the shit that islamofascists say and are demonized for. "JEWS ARE EVIL AND WE MUST EXPEL THEM FROM THE HOLY LAND!" And according to our right-wing thought leaders, the right response to the fact that a small percentage (seriously, it's a very small percentage) of muslims are of the "we cannot tolerate the infidel and must use violence against them" variety is.....to act exactly the same fucking way AGAINST them. Personally, I say we expel all hateful assholes. That way, we get to boot both islamofascists AND Christofascists. If we got to put an islamic terrorist and Tommy Tubberville on the same plane outta here, it would be a massive win for society.
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Oh, my friend. Hope is for suckers. Despair following the rules of (1) it only gets worse, and (2) there is no bottom, is where it's at these days. You should join us out on the ledge. I think there's even room for you to lie down.
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My great hope is that all of them seem to be pouring all of their energy and wealth into AI.....so when it collapses, it will take them down with it.
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"Stupid shit yelled loudly and repeatedly" is perhaps the most valuable commodity of the past 20 years or so.
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At this point, an increasingly larger percentage of Americans -- from various spots on the political spectrum -- feels similarly. The hubris of the billionaire class will be their undoing. The problem is, as if often the case in such situations, their well-being is too wrapped up in the functioning of the rest of society, so the collateral damage will be significant when it happens. Plenty of folks have been shouting these warnings for years, including some intelligent and self-aware members of the billionaire class, but human ego, narcissism, and hubris are unstoppable forces. They will stop only when they meet their brutal destruction, by which point it is way too late.
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THESE. The problem isn't that there are no good ideas. The problem is that we've created a system where (1) the only ideas deemed "good" are those that will increase the flow of the firehose of money to billionaires, and billionaires only, and (2) ANY AND ALL OTHER IDEAS, because they either serve the common good or create smaller profits and/or profits only for people below the billionaire class, are not just not favored, they are condemned as evil and socialism and we must disband the EU and pass laws against them etc. etc. If you want to know how you get guillotines, this path is exactly how you get guillotines.
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Say what you will, but “The Summit of Grifting Cunts” was the best prog-rock album of 2024.
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Yeah…that one sucks. Dammit.
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This. Short truths: If AI turns out to be all they are promising, we’re fucked (social collapse, job losses, super intelligence that escapes our control, etc.) If AI turns out NOT to be all they are promising, we’re fucked (massive economic collapse with domino effect. AI shit accounts for literally all of our positive GDP right now).
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I mean…this is spot-on.
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This. Because this is the truth, and always has been: Trump supporters fucking LIKE the open assholery, shittiness, and cruelty. They don't like him in spite of that, they love him BECAUSE of it. They wouldn't be supporters WITHOUT those things. Because remember, the cruelty/shittiness/evil IS THE POINT. And the irony is perfect. If you wanted to produce the most anti-Christian (defining Christianity as "the lessons and teachings of Christ," which is, you know, the actual definition) movement in global history, it would look EXACTLY like MAGA. FFS, even during the Crusades, the islamic opposition had more respect for the actual values of Christianity, and the practice of same, than the MAGA movement does. Indeed, today, in terms of "walking in the way of Christ," 95% of the practicing muslim world walks the Christian way better than MAGA does.
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Yeah. And I particularly loved that very Christian era in DFW (and Texas as a whole), when they lynched black people. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lynching You could really feel Christ's loving embrace as they grabbed and tortured black men before they executed them in public. WWJL? Who Would Jesus Lynch? Fuck these pieces of shit. Fuck their fake Christianity.
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Yep. In a functioning Republic, 99% of Americans should be able to go a week without even remembering we have a president, or hearing a single word from him. Just like any other large organization. You should just go about your day and do your job. If the CEO is shouting in your ear three times a day about every little thing down to the brand of coffee creamer in the break room, you work for a shitty, shitty, REALLY shitty company.
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My wife and I were discussing this last night. My message was "I truly don't think you understand how much I am going to celebrate when he dies. Like, I won't be able to work for 3-4 days. Imagine how the western world celebrated when the Nazis surrendered. And how the French celebrated their liberation. We're talking that level of celebration."
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Jesus. WTF?
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Oh, and here’s a link to the recipe. I’ve found that you need to use a shallow pan, add another 2 cups of water, and cook time is more like an hour. https://www.hengstenberg.com/recipes/recipe/swabian_lentils_with_spaetzle_and_frankfurters
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Chilly night, made a Swabian lentil recipe that we first had in Rothenburg on a cold and snowy day just about a year ago. The key is a particular kind of vinegar I can only find at Spec’s. Traditionally, it’s served with spaetzle on the side, but we usually skip that part. I used venison sausage from last season’s deer. It’s fucking outstanding. The original: I need to find a place with thick cut smoked pork belly.
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What, no ham?
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Convincing Germany and Poland they oughta start thinking about engaging in large-scale, continental warfare. What could go wrong?
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