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Gatorubet

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  1. That is why if I’m going to drill or plug or pump metal or give lead poisoning to an egg, I check my gat before. You know - my rod, my Roscoe, my heater, my piece, my Mohaska.
  2. thanks for destroying that woke age equals wisdom concept.
  3. More affirmation of my dad’s feelings. Listen to this Battle of the Bulge veteran tanker giving you his opinion of the 82nd airborne. edit: starts at the 9:33 mark
  4. I listened to a post game Auburn podcast, and it was fascinating. All they argued about was whether or not losing to Florida at a home increased or decreased their chances of winning in their matchup with Alabama two games from now. Bama is in Auburn’s head the same way Aggie thinks about Texas. Sad, really. They didn’t discuss how this loss might affect their NCAA tournament result chances or expose them to teams following Florida’s game plan - just that they needed to win the conference over the Tahd, and how they needed to avoid a letdown at Vanderbilt that could culminate in a loss to Alabama and then losing the SEC championship to Bama.
  5. Dammit. Now I want Randy Rainbow to sing his rendition of “Ball’s Deep in Jesus”
  6. I honestly did not see that coming. But me happy. Me very happy.
  7. Let’s not get all existential up in here…
  8. Actually, the Old Testament God is really an asshole. A murdering genocidal, kill kids type of asshole. The Gnostic folks tried to resolve this dilemma of God is Holy, while being a true asshole, by concluding that there was a different Old Testament God than the New Testament God of love who cares for man. They theorized that the New Testament God was superior to the lower status sorta evil Old Testament deity. It might’ve been a tad simplistic, but it certainly helped to resolve issues with God slaughtering so many innocents. And really, what type of supposed Supreme Being is hung up on smelling the barbecue goodness of an animal offering to him? That dichotomy is also a nifty way to side step the band on eating shrimp, poor boys and the refusal to adhere to menstruation tents. I had a conversation with my minister on this subject, and I asked him how seminary education dealt with that vengeful Old Testament God thing. He replied that they were far more important things to focus on, like the salvation of man. Has anyone had a similar discussion with their pastor?
  9. I see that my local grocery store is peddling Delta-9 THC sodas.
  10. This had my interest for a while until I realized that nobody had named their seconds.
  11. I filed mine early. I already have 35 years in, but every year I continue to work they replace a low paying year with my current salary. And then it takes a long time for their paperwork to catch up (normally the following October ) and they figure the 35 best years and I always get an increase in my Social Security in addition to the cola. I figured that if enough of them lost their jobs and/or did not give a crap anymore - that this increase would be delayed. Or mistakes might be made. So I filed two weeks ago and I’m hoping they’ll give me my extra hundred bucks a month forever when they do that calculation.
  12. All of this is absolutely true. But the X factor is that they are also largely huge bullies and pussies. So while they will accept some kind of degradation, they will absolutely crumble and start crying and raging if the negative consequence is significant. Because that is also classic bully behavior. I’m trying to invent reasons for optimism Buddy, cut me some slack. lol
  13. Damn that primogeniture!
  14. Perhaps you can point out the DNC infomercials that ran this election cycle, because I sure as shit did not see them. Other posters have said it’s up to the Democrats to end run the information vacuum that the GOP voters have - where they only listen to their own news source and refuse to listen to CNN or New York Times or Washington Post or anyone but OAN and Fox. it doesn’t bother me that you think I’m suggesting a failed strategy, but it’s far more helpful if you propose a better solution. maybe a better strategy is to just run the infomercial ads in markets that are largely made up of women. They are currently the ones losing all of their rights, so if we can’t sway their husbands, maybe we could sway them to vote secretly. I have no solution.
  15. i’m pretty sure that Thomas and Company won’t have a problem if Trump and a GOP Congress enact a modern Alien and Sedition act redo.
  16. This actually meshes with my prior post. The bailout meant that they did not wind up being harmed. Which is why they do not remember or focus on being harmed. They weren’t. If most had to declare bankruptcy or lost their farms, I guarantee you there would be a different view of Trump from 2016. I think that from an evolutionary standpoint we are hardwired to be selfish and self-centered. If I don’t tell the whole tribe of the food source I found during a time of famine, then I can share it with only my family and we can survive. If I tell everyone, the tribe will eat my food source in one meal. If I keep it to myself and ration it, my family and I will survive a month and not die with the other tribe members. As we evolved, we realized we needed the help of other society members for protection against enemies, to more efficiently grow food crops to work together to build hilltop fortifications - that later became walled castles- to protect us from those who want to harm us. Having community grain supplies means the whole town would not starve. Because we realize we needed the whole town. And the greater the specialization of our work, the more we needed each other. We were all good at Hunter gathering, but now you know how to grow food as a farmer, but you don’t know how to make barrels cause you’re not a Cooper, or to build a stone home because you’re not a mason, or to make an iron plow because you’re not a blacksmith, etc.. Which is all to say, it’s not like we don’t recognize the value of all aspects of society some of the time. It’s just that a more evolved thinking will give way to the reptile brain protecting me and mine almost every time. This is my long winded way of saying do not give up on people who should have learned that Trump is a disastrous pile of shit for the country. Because as long as they weren’t personally impacted then they can overlook it. They won’t overlook it if their family or friends are harmed. I still think they are piles of crap if the only thing that motivates them is self interest - but I welcome them under the tent if self interest will make them vote against Republicans.
  17. “Well, Mr. < checks notes> Eddie…. We have no problem with you taking the little unused shampoo bottle home. But the wooden hangers - well - that is why you are here.”
  18. You can get an expedited passport appointment if you show up at a passport center with an overseas reservation that is dated within 14 days of the passport request. Since New Orleans is a regional passport, center, I made several fully refundable Southwest flights to Cancun reservations, and kept trying to get an expedited appointment. I canceled the first reservation the day before the flight, as I could not get an appointment in New Orleans that week - but on my second attempt the next week I was able to go down the very next day and get my passport within two hours. I then canceled the second Cancun flight. The next month when I flew to New Zealand I had my shiny new passport in my hands. Granted, this only works if you have access to a regional passport center. I think San Antonio has one. But if you are near a regional passport center, it’s pretty damn easy to do a workaround and get your passport ASAP.
  19. “Are you familiar with the term ‘Captain Tripps’….?”
  20. “Paaawl….we gotta buncha bidnesses that ain’t honorin’ NIL cash to our boys. I mean to tell you son, he can deport the Beaners and fire all them fairies and uppity wimmins - but if he fucks with the Tahd we gonna impeach his ass!”
  21. “By any chance, do you happen to have a list of your colleagues who are not white male Christians?”
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