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Brisketexan

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  1. You're right that they need a target -- that's why I pick billionaires. Demonize the CEOs of health insurers. Blame everything bad in the world on Elon Musk, whether he's involved in it or not (remember "SOROS!"?) Trump is buddying up to Russian oligarchs now -- he wants to sell US citizenship to rich criminals who will hurt American workers. Billionaires and rich criminals -- that's the enemy. They are sipping expensive champagne on yachts while you work your ass off to barely pay your bills. Do what Americans do -- fight back.
  2. Interesting. Thanks for posting those numbers. It looks like, among children already in the US, the point of correlation for lower vs. higher rates is medicaid vs. private coverage. If you are in a situation where you are stable enough, have private medical coverage, and the like, you're more likely to be vaccinated than someone on medicaid, which correlates to lower income which correlates to lower family stability/means/involvement. The declining rate in latin america is much more troubling, because the region historically had among the HIGHEST rates of vaccination: That said, there is no credible tie of this particular outbreak to illegal border crossings and the like. It kicked off in a community of heavily unvaccinated people who most/all have legal status in the US. Oh, and those Mennonites be super white. Their spanish is excellent, though.
  3. My daughter is looking at grad programs. I have lobbied hard for her to apply to US schools, and this shit ain’t helping my cause. FFS, she has an open invitation and full ride to UT if she wants it…but her trust in our system is approaching zero.
  4. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    Pay. It’s $20 cash to park in the lot behind the Jack in the Box. So long as you get there at least an hour before game time, there are spots. We like the certainty, and it’s just $20.
  5. Ain't no "probably" about it. As a result of this admin's action, the American people will end up paying MORE for what they get....and will get a lot less than they used to. "Hey, Americans, aren't you going to love it when 1) your tax outlay goes UP, 2) you get LESS in government benefit, services, and protection, and 3) billionaires get a massive tax break and pay LESS than you do?" That's the actual scenario here. And the opposition can't deliver a tight message like that.
  6. Ain't no "might" about it. Blaming trannies and browns for all of our ills was 100% the winning play. The hate engine is the only engine firing on all cylinders these days. So....the Dems ought to build a fucking V-10 version and stomp on the pedal. "Republicans hate you -- they want to end your jobs so you end up working for slave wages for billionaires. They want to take away your healthcare. They want to close ALL of your schools. They want you to pay for government handouts to billionaires, while a billionaire pays less in taxes than you do. They want to hand the land of the free and the home of the working man over to fatcats who shit on gold-plated toilets, and who think that all of you REAL, hardworking Americans, are suckers. You're not suckers. You're Americans. And Americans fight back when someone is screwing them over." Hell, it doesn't even have to be true (we know this). Just tight, inflammatory, and repeated incessantly. Seriously, when a member of the media asks a Dem politician what their favorite flavor of ice cream is.....what I typed should be the answer.
  7. It won't change a goddamned thing. The dead kids actually tell us how right the anti-vaxxers are.
  8. But suckers like Incredulity think it is. That's the fantastic part. They fall for the dumbest sleight-of-hand bullshit. "Hey, your house has a roach problem. Let me take care of that." Then the dude burns down your house to solve the roach problem.....and Incredulity stands outside his burning home and says "yep, that was a good move."
  9. Gosh, if only there was some culturally significant book or treatise, maybe one of significance bordering on the religious, that cautioned against golden idols and such. Man, if only.
  10. No, see, the fraud is "rampant." Anecdotal discussions of "fraud, waste, and abuse" are fucking meaningless. Sure, any one of us can find a dozen stories of someone defrauding the government -- a dentist who bills medicaid for procedures he didn't perform, shit like that. In a country of 350 million people, there will be lots of examples. But the STATISTICS on it are what matter. What percentage of the total medicaid budget is lost on fraudulent claims? THAT'S the number that matters. Just like stories of kids stealing packs of chewing gum from 7-11 are bad....but if 7-11's shrink rate is under 2% (which from what I see, it is).....sure, theft sucks, but it's a pretty minimal hit on the bottom line. The Medicaid fraud rate, estimated by the most aggressive group out there (the lawyers who would bring qui tam claims that get them PAID) is 6.4%. And yes, 6.4%of the Medicaid budget is a large dollar amount to you and me....but it remains 6.4% of the budget. AND....if you want to eliminate the 6.4% of fraud from the budget, slashing the budget INDISCRIMINATELY by 6.4% is as dumb a fucking approach as you could take. Seriously, any business school analysis (not even graduates) would tell you that's pretty much the LAST thing you should do to solve that problem. Dumbest. Fucking. Timeline.
  11. The irony being that Mexico and Central America have stellar vax rates. And our border counties have vax rates that put them near the top of the state. The problem isn't brown people. The problem is almost entirely breathtakingly stupid white people.
  12. Way to tell us you've never heard of "horseshoe theory" and how dipshit granola hippies and MAGAs overlap on the dumbest things. The lowest vax rates are in either public school districts that have a high hippie dippie population, or public school districts in hard MAGA areas and private schools (if you see "Christian Academy" in the name of the school, the vax rate will be below 70%).
  13. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    Yeah, the setup now is pretty nice. They draw a crowd, but it's rarely overwhelming/assholes-to-elbows, and there are often two ordering lines (at the main building and the drive-thru building). All the burgers are good, the fries are actually pretty good, and they have salt and vinegar tots that we sometimes get and share. I do wish their beer selection wasn't what you get at every damned new bar in the world: 579 variations on IPAs and beers that look and taste like used motor oil, and 2 lagers and/or pilsners, one of which is flavored with some damned fruit, so really, you only have one beer choice if you don't drink IPAs. But hey, everyone seems to love IPAs these days, so I know I'm the odd-man out. We live near Steck. We can take Steck to Burnet and be parked in 10 minutes. 2 minute walk to Turnstile. And from there, 8-10 minute walk to our gate at Q2. Post-game, we're usually home within 25 minutes of getting up from our seats at Q2. It's just such a great setup for us, and we're so happy the season has kicked of again.
  14. Anyone who sticks to a deal they made with Donald Trump is an epic fool. Donald Trump deals are meant to be broken.
  15. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    Turnstile is our routine. We park behind the Jack in the Box, then get a Turnstile burger (wife loves em). I’m the handsome guy who looks like he leaves women happy and satisfied.
  16. On the bright side, there’s a good chance that kid is going to grow up to HATE her shitty parents, will cut them out of her life, and will cause them immense sadness and pain, because of what those assholes put her through for no reason. So, smile!
  17. Dude...I mentioned the "adolescent" part. That should be presumed. Frequently.
  18. Yeah...and as a pathetic, fawning adolescent, I couldn't even clear what I presume were her very low standards. Lord did she have a body. Way to rub it in.
  19. That dude will 1) be in charge of a major federal agency within 7 days, and 2) will be using that agency to exact revenge upon his "enemies" within 7.1 days.
  20. Yeah....it's the tits.
  21. My goal is to have enough liquidity safely parked somewhere to buy up some properties at fire-sale prices from the TRULY fucked. Just because I warned against and railed against the mass slaughter....doesn't mean I won't be a grade-A vulture. Because if nothing else goes well, at least Brisket's gonna get his.
  22. The suffering of peasants is what tells you the oligarchy is working.
  23. I mean, that whole itinerary was one classy-ass weekend: Texas State campus tour Twin Peaks Buccee's (not listed, but word is he stopped there on the way to SA) UTSA campus tour Wax Museum Ripley's Believe it or Not! Ripley's Illusion Lab Mr. Crabby's Seafood Whoever that dude is, he's future leadership material for sure.
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