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  1. ^ Ha. All the great restaurants from 29th to way up Burnet Road, and that Chili's still frequently ranks in the Top 10 in gross revenue of metro pad stores in the whole chain. Fucking amazing. But I think we are truly lost as a city when the South Austin Texas Roadhouse shutters. I mean, Texas Roadhouse? It just means more.
  2. What? I thought their jam was way cheap haircuts? Supercuts where I go jumped to about $17 to $27 after Covid. I still look like I took a recalled Flow-Bee to my head.
  3. Me in 4th grade, "What grosser than gross?" -I dunno, what? "Eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes in the Prison Commissary and finding out Steve Bannon is running the kitchen that morning."
  4. Just be glad it was only $50. I'm out 1000x that amount for the privilege. Don't know where to post this as it was certainly not an Austin institution. But that old Red Robin on Brodie in Sunset Valley. I'm impressed with how fast they demo'd it and are building a Raising Cane's in its place from the ground-up. I'm sure it'll do well as shopping families can grab something from the drive-thru. But it's tiny. It's almost finished (aside from interior), but the footprint is maybe 3,500ft2. It's about 1/3rd of the Red Robin footprint on an even larger site. That's a tough NNN nut to make each month slinging chicken fingers. Speaking of closures-was not a regular but when I was in the area, Cuvee Coffee in East Austin was always a great stop. Not exactly a longtime stalwart on the scene but certainly had an old school Austin vibe to it. closed last month apparently.
  5. Well he might ban the right side of the page.
  6. Sorry folks, but relying on "progressive youths" to not only get over their minutiae of policy preferences and vote Biden, but actually get up and actually turn out. That thing that's never happened since 1971. Good luck with all that and your fancy turnout concert. Shame 5-10mm middle of the pack Trump voters from voting this November and it's game over. Wait for 2032 and they're done. All the rest is just really, really expensive wastes of time.
  7. The sacrifice of you being extra busy at work today? My grandfather and father, both wartime USN veterans, drilled into my head as a kid, the history of the landings themselves. It wasn't until about 15 years ago that I started to learn more about the preparations and then what happened in the immediate days following the invasion. So many things had to go just right for this thing to work. It wasn't elegant, but it was effective. There was also the Soviet alternative approach to retaking the continent like Booger in "Better Off Dead"................."Send ten million guys and some tanks that way (points West) really fast. If anything gets in your way...........turn."
  8. I always liked that subtle detail in "Reservoir Dogs" at the breakfast table. Joe immediately notices somebody didn't throw in a buck, and it's Mister Orange who immediately announces to him that it was Mr. Pink that didn't throw in. Mister Orange gives himself away as a rat at the very start, and it's not until after everything goes sideways that Joe realizes he wasn't 100% sure of Mr. Orange. There have already been plenty of Mister Oranges in President Orange's life. And there are going to be a lot more. Trump won't do a day in prison but people are turning on him more and more and he's in denial about it. But his brain and body are aware and they are beginning to consume him from within. This is going to be wonderful.
  9. Look man, whenever you're given a choice for who should work on military intelligence issues for the U.S. House...sure you can take the easy way out and pick the Naval Cryptologist but wouldn't you rather have the guy who writes himself prescriptions for barbiturates?
  10. Dammit Vin, just say the fucking score! He was a damn fine storyteller. Wish he would have made it say something today on the 80th anniversary. He brings up such an important point, the years and lives and manufacturing that went into today just to make it happen, let alone succeed. An untold tale of valiancy and dedication that I will never completely know. I doubt the world will ever come together like that again. But who knows what tomorrow will bring. It is 2100hrs-Normandy. After the infantry retreat, 21st Panzer Division will also be defeated/surrender at Juno Section. Elements of U.S. Army Rangers 5th Battalion have reached Point-du-Hoc. Field Marshal Rommel arrives at his command post, further fueling historical theories he knew this was going to happen and felt it best in the long run for Germany. The sun has set and things are going to get very violent in Caen.
  11. Oh, he'll be broadcasting. And the name of the new prison-based podcast? You guessed it, "Sentient Pustule."
  12. I still love Alamo Drafthouse, only place we go to see movies. Admittedly, we don't go that often anymore. But I would love to be a fly on the wall when Simon goes in to pitch to LP's/ii's on a building a brand new, ground-up indoor shopping mall complete with a massive cineplex movie theater and massive parking garage. And I thought Madoff investors were fucking idiots.
  13. Ahhhhhhhhhh! I fucking loved that place. Hadn't been there in about a year, but was doing my part. Best Charcuterie Board in Austin except for the time I ate one off my wife's ass. Long story.
  14. I mean, nobody's gonna reference the song "Don't go Chasing Waterfalls" by The Li Chinese, aka TLC? This fucking site used to mean something to people!
  15. Goddamn Chinese 'One Waterfall' Policy.
  16. Fuck your feelings, snowflake! It was another thread, and I can't remember the name of the book. But it made this very compelling, scientifically sound argument that we lived relatively peacefully for tens of thousands of years in small bands and tribes. Obviously if some marauders came along and stole your food or women, you fought back. But, per capita, there wasn't much pillaging or invasion. But then we learned to travel and communicate across large swatches of land and sea. With that came organized religion, trade, economic doctrines, and political strife. And the technology for all of the above. And that's when the shit-show started. We found out about not just the next tribe over the valley, but different Gods, different philosophies, different theocratic and monarchical approaches to ruling, and the idea to consolidate power into the few rather than the many. It's only about 5% of our history has done it this way and we have been fucked ever since. Once we could see there were people that looked and spoke and worshipped differently, we've been on a conquest bender ever since.
  17. Then may the Lord our God bless us with the opportunity to slip a Trump $500 bill in a Stripper's thong in 2026.
  18. Define "chin" he has a bottom lip and then a navel. And the rest all just sort of droops around in unison.
  19. YGIFS

    LBGTQ

    Okay, but at the flag burning show...will there still be Boebert handjobs? Or?
  20. As much as the French dislike Texans and as much as we dislike the French, they really do a beautiful job each year commemorating the start of the liberation. And I remember and note each year how many lasting survivors of our Allied Expeditionary Force still remain. But I forget that the French and other Northern European nations lose many elders as well. The people that tell their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren about this Day of Days. The French, and many other countries, still make it a point to teach it in their schools so the students can appreciate how close they were to living under a multi-century fascist Reich. As noted above, a German PM will typically attend but 'hang back' out of respect. But in April or May of next year, they make it a point to teach their students about the 80th anniversary of their surrender. About the book burning, the holocaust, the occupations. And nary a single parent will bitch about "Well, it might make young Helmut feel slightly bad about himself because of our history." They own it, they teach it, they condemn it. We could learn something from that. There are no statues today being honored by Germans at Normandy as "Leaders against the War of Allied Aggression." Merely a small entourage, helping to somberly mark the occasion and offer support. There are many lessons to be learned from Operation Overlord besides just bravery and victory. It is 1740hrs in Normandy. At Juno Beach (the Canadian sector), the Germans begin their full retreat. Another sector will be taken and the armor will start rolling in 20 minutes.
  21. Yeah, I gotta admit...there was a time a couple years ago when Trump was looking "okay" for his age. I think the grind of the office, and just golfing and grifting and probably moving around a bit more seemed to agree with a fat guy of his age. But the last 6 months, oof-magoof. He is not looking well, he's obviously staying up too late, eating like shit again, and although he consciously denies the stress---his body knows something is afoul and is poisoning itself from within. The news from 2 of other 3 trials is not great for us, but if they can at least force him to make some personal appearances and grind him down physically, plus his media/fundraising stumps...it can likely beat him into a pulp within a year or so as I've redundantly posted. But you gotta admit, he is looking and sounding way worse than he was just 18 months ago. I still think Ben E. Keith is going to be the American Hero we all didn't know we needed when this is all said and done.
  22. What is it with you guys and the fucking nightmare fuel lately?
  23. Yes, we all dress up in different colored shirts. Hopefully this year, Ted Cruz wears the red one and you know...
  24. I wasn't gonna buy a badge to TX TribFest this year, but I saw that Rep. Crockett was added to the list of speakers. So I bought one and yeah, not gonna lie---gonna be hanging around her talk afterwards to just soak in her beauty and awesomeness. I'll be in my bunk .
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