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Brisketexan

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  1. FIF what he will actually do, and it will work, because we are the stupidest country the planet has ever seen, and would still be the stupidest country even if someone started the Republic of Stupidstan and populated it solely with mouthbreathers who can't figure out how many items you can have when you go through the express checkout lane.
  2. Dumbest. Fucking. People. Sheep, voting for the lion as a "protest vote." Goddamn, one of the stupidest electoral moves in American political history.
  3. Counterintuitively, as things get worse, more Americans will seek solace in their hatred of "the other" -- minorities, trans, etc. "The more my life sucks, the more I can blame dirty mexicans and trannies for everything bad that's ever happened to me." Never discount the shittiness, or the volume of shitty people, in this country.
  4. To me, Panera has always been a "I want something decent to eat at this generic middle american airport, but don't have time to sit down at any of the sit-down places here" place. My wife, on the other hand, has actually asked to go there, on purpose, while we're running errands on the weekend or somesuch. But even she was relating that in recent months -- after private equity has inserted itself in Panera's operations -- Panera has gone way downhill. I've never had a meal there that I actually "enjoyed." Their best is always "fine."
  5. And the targeted destruction of the middle class is not just continuing, it's accelerating with purpose and malice. My wife gets market updates on the wedding industry. The observation shared this morning: _____________________________ Insight of The Week Consumer behavior heading into 2026 shows a clear pattern across retail and dining. The market is splitting into two groups, and weddings are moving in the same direction. Here is what the latest retail data signals and how it translates for wedding pros. The Big Shift: Two Types of Consumers Retail performance shows strong growth at both ends of the market: Value end Off-price stores growing Thrift stores up significantly Fast casual dining rising Experience end Luxury apparel visits climbing Fine dining outperforming casual dining High-income spenders remain resilient Who is struggling Mid-tier apparel Mid-tier department stores Casual dining This split is the core story: the middle is losing relevance. ___________________ If you want an America that is a country of (1) oligarchs and their support/functionaries, and (2) peasants . . . then we are right on track for that. Every single economic trend and function of any substance these days is getting us closer to that goal. Massive, indiscriminate tariffs are a perfect example of such a policy. Removal/destruction of all regulations that provide protections for working people (the middle class, and those who could rise to the middle class) is a good example of such a policy. The complete destruction of government services to the people -- SNAP, public education, viable medical care without bankrupting you, etc. -- is a good example of such a policy.
  6. Sure. You need more eggplant. [emoji533]
  7. But to be clear, you moaning with pleasure throughout the procedure DID give the doc some mixed signals.
  8. Yeah.....if Jesus showed up, he would be among the first tossed in a cage and then deported. By "Christians." Fucking amazing world we live in.
  9. The only reasonable end goal here is judgment at Nuremberg. All efforts must be headed to that goal. No deviation, no detour, no stopping short. If the effort is just "win an election, and set an example by governing decently," GTFO of the way. You're doing more harm than good.
  10. Yep. And it's super-easy. Trump will say "declassify any mention of any known Democrat, keep everything else classified." And that will be that. There is no honesty or truth from this regime. Every thought, word, and breath, is lies and deception. It's the most evil regime imaginable. But take heart. It is going to get much, much, much worse.
  11. Full. Steam. Ahead. This is an existential fight for the Republic. You go all the fucking way. Then, you keep going. The obligation here is to lay waste to MAGA, lay waste to MAGAts, destroy them, destroy everything they've ever done. Then, make the rubble bounce.
  12. You omitted the part where Ka$h handwrites on top of the redacted portion: "Bill Clinton and Joe Biden said 'we should totally go out and rape some little girls,' and then they totally went out and raped little girls. I saw it all. Signed, Epstein's mother."
  13. States....whole states....are "trying to embed DEI ideology into AI models".....What the actual fuck? Like, Wisconsin is programming....some AI model, who the fuck knows which one, with "make sure your answer to any question includes minorities" or some stupid shit that exists only in his imagination? Goddamn. If anyone ever wondered, while wasted/high/shithammered, "man....I wonder what America would be like if we elected the stupidest person to ever exist as president..."....wonder no more. Your question has been answered.
  14. Oh, he knew that the law was that partisan gerrymanders are legal, racially discriminatory ones are not. The problem is, the core "conservative voting preference" of the GQP is "fuck minorities everywhere, all the time, however you can." So....that creates a bit of a complication for them.
  15. A character literally modeled off of Trump.
  16. This is literally an actual post, word-for-word, by the White House on social media right now: Godfuckingmotherfuckingdammit, it's so goddamn stupid. If "exempting these items from reciprocal tariffs" is "delivering for American workers & families".....WHY IN THE FUCK DID YOU IMPOSE THOSE TARIFFS IN THE FUCKING FIRST PLACE, YOU FUCKING ABJECT, ABSOLUTE, INFINITE MORON???? "I put out the fire I started" is not fucking "delivering" shit. It's fucking undoing your utter and complete fuckup that never should have fucking happened in the first place among any life form capable of higher-level reasoning.
  17. It is as it always has been.
  18. Crispy chicken thighs are a family favorite for us. I use this recipe, without much deviation: https://www.thespruceeats.com/crispy-skinned-chicken-thighs-3052767 I may turn the temp up to the higher edge of "medium high," to really get some good golden crispiness on the skin. But otherwise, it's damned near foolproof, and so good. And yeah, you then have lots of great rendered schmaltz to use for potatoes or whatnot.
  19. Do not mistake the fact that the opposition is numerous as negating the other fact: the supporters of racist cruelty are more numerous. This is a shitty evil country full of shitty evil people who fucking love being shitty and evil, and we are pot-committed on that point. Sure, we have at times flirted with turning away from that....but it hurt too much, we couldn't take it, and had to return to the essence of our being: cruelty and hate.
  20. I see evil -- either direct or collaborative -- in a shitload of places. I'm usually right about that these days.
  21. Fucking hell. No, I've missed a flight, and had to spend the night in an airport sleeping on the floor in my suit. And it didn't look nearly that wrinkled and shitty the next day. Interestingly enough, "LEGALLY UNSOUND, BASELESS, ERRONEOUS, HAM-FISTED, AND A MESS" is the new motto going on the Great Seal of the United States, so this all fits. No, see, only THEY can call themselves nazis. For reasons.
  22. I think the test above is a fair one: to qualify as fast food, it has to regularly feature a drive-thru. So, sorry, no La Madeleine for you.
  23. See, that's one of the things that makes Texas great. Our get-down-to-business efficiency. No pussyfooting around for us, no sir.
  24. The peaceful sleep of people who (1) know that other people are being hurt by the things they support, and (2) who fucking love that outcome. The shattered lives and suffering are what tell you their dreams are coming true.
  25. Only one is actively trying to end our Republic and replace it with an irrevocable authoritarian state. Only one has turned the entire apparatus of the federal government into a mechanism solely for (1) punishing anyone not loyal and/or who "doesn't play ball" and (2) rewarding - sometimes literally with direct cash payments from our US treasury - loyalists and cronies. Get the fuck out of her with that shit. By equivocating on it, you enable it. You should fucking stop that shit. And like fuck you aren't "supporting either side right now." That's fucking scared code for "you know exactly who and what I regularly vote for, I just know that it's loathsome and indefensible if I admit what that is." "I don't support either side" is a locked-in vote for fascism.
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