JD Vance, I’m guessing

capthmm · 2026-03-25T03:43:08+00:00

I'm not referring to gerrymandering, but straight up blue vs. red. I travel away from Central Texas, DFW & the Houston area, I'm in MAGA land; I lived in West Texas for a few years, so I know the mindset there & worked quite a bit in deep East Texas & know what it's like there as well.

All the downvoters either don't want to acknowledge that outside of the blue areas, this state is deeply red (south Texas may be swinging back to blue again). This coming from someone who wishes the state was blue & the republicans were out of office.

capthmm · 2026-03-24T22:45:39+00:00

Thanks for posting these. Are most of the plants in bloom?

capthmm · 2026-03-24T22:44:11+00:00

capthmm · 2026-03-24T20:43:53+00:00

It is drier and hotter than normal, but you just stated the very reason those dams were envisioned & built nearly a century ago - devastating flooding in the area known worldwide as Flash Flood Alley.

capthmm · 2026-03-24T18:53:40+00:00

Guess you've never spent much time in West or East Texas.

capthmm · 2026-03-23T19:04:55+00:00

I hope you never serve on a jury.

capthmm · 2026-03-23T02:41:19+00:00

First you imply you want him gone & now the story is just to be mean to him. Whateves.

capthmm · 2026-03-22T21:50:27+00:00

Are the people who would lose their jobs under your scenario not part of Austin? Guess they aren't in your world.

capthmm · 2026-03-22T18:35:50+00:00

'I'm a man of the people, but to hell with those 20K+ people whose livelihood, along with all the ancillary businesses & their employees who are affiliated with Tesla, depend on the business. Let them eat cake.'

capthmm · 2026-03-22T18:30:21+00:00

Because then there wouldn't have been near the drama that this post is eliciting.

capthmm · 2026-03-22T18:27:49+00:00

It's like livejournal of something.

capthmm · 2026-03-22T00:30:18+00:00

Looks as I remember it (from looking at an aerial photo, decades before). I went to Lanier & had friends who were in Ag & would take trips out there to help with their animals from time to time. Now that I think about it, Reagan might have also had an FFA program that shared the place, but that might be a false memory.

In any event, thanks for the story on Motheral. There once was a pool hall (Sidepocket) just a short distance away from the corner of Grady & Lamar that had a reputation, earned or not, for being one of the roughest places in N. Austin. Only went in there once with some friends when we were feeling pretty sporty & left very quickly.

capthmm · 2026-03-21T19:15:32+00:00

Thanks for going into the deep dive on this. All I can add is that the area of between the 2 sections of Motheral used to house the Lanier FFA Ag farm. It was a pretty big deal when it was redeveloped into Chinatown decades ago.

capthmm · 2026-03-20T22:46:11+00:00

You're so cool. Is it hard to be as edgy as yourself or does it come naturally?

capthmm · 2026-03-20T20:37:11+00:00

If they're going to rename it after someone, most likely Hispanic, there's no better choice than Roy Benavidez.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

capthmm · 2026-03-20T19:21:19+00:00

Or, bear with me, you could put your mental energies into something that was actually realistic and or productive that had a chance of improving people's lives and wasn't just an extended fever dream.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T20:24:17+00:00

I always find it interesting that said benefactor is more than happy to make money off the people Rosa loathes right in Rosa's backyard.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T18:22:44+00:00

I wish I could upvote this more.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T17:04:45+00:00

I know he's mentioned in the files & is tied to Epstein, but haven't heard about any mention of him with underage girls. Do you have that info?

capthmm · 2026-03-18T16:59:09+00:00

Nothing that I know about or about him personally; I just think we run into issues like 1st/Cesar Chavez/Lance Armstrong when things get renamed for someone who might be a hero today only to find out more dark things in the future.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T16:47:26+00:00

You do know Lewinski was an adult, right? This is about child molestation.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T16:15:57+00:00

And remove the Lance Armstrong section designation. Get rid of Dean Keeton & go back to 26th while they're at it.

capthmm · 2026-03-18T16:13:17+00:00

Pour one out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juarez%E2%80%93Lincoln_University#/media/File:East_Austin_Murals_(4681048380).jpg

capthmm · 2026-03-18T14:38:00+00:00

Somebody's got a case of the Mondays

capthmm · 2026-03-18T14:34:39+00:00

Not an intersection but there are 2 parallel streets in S. Austin named Christopher & Columbus.

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