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Tatum Girlparts posted:Ya know, I'd trade this feeling of relief knowing that we have another full empty year between now and the next session of nonsense in exchange for having a functional legislature that actually shows up to work in one of the biggest hubs of the country. I disagree. Having the lege only meet every other year keeps the crazies from doing too much damage and lets far more reasonable bureaucrats/committees in Austin actually manage the state. zoux posted:No, it passed. It was watered down a bit to permit presidents to set gun-free zones if they can justify it and if regents say ok. This is true. Campus carry got a lot of ink but it was basically this session's version of the Sanctuary Cities bill (which threatened cutting off funding for cities doing something that no city was actually going to do), a dumb red-meat bill that people spent a lot of time fighting over has little to no actual effect. Honestly, though, going back to my earlier point: better to let the nut-cases waste their time fighting over campus carry than doing something that would seriously damage the state.
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Here's a list of bills that didn't pass. My experience is that every bill, no matter what stage of the process it's in, that gets reported on becomes a new law in the minds of people that hear about it, so use this to settled down/rile up your less informed friends and family.
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quote:HB 1018 I  ed because I though it was a joke but it turns out the feds approved a powdered alcohol in March. What a strange way to find this out.
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That powdered alcohol one is probably just a bit premature. Once the stuff starts being widely sold you'll probably see it come up again in a lot more places.
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Yea powdered alcohol is gonna be A Thing to deal with at some point, that poo poo's real dumb.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Yea powdered alcohol is gonna be A Thing to deal with at some point, that poo poo's real dumb. I agree 100%. Powdered alcohol is going to lead to some really stupid/dangerous drivers.
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Jun 2, 2015 00:28
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e_angst posted:Hey, his concern trolling pushed the Texas thread far above the California thread, which I always take as a good sign. The one thing all Texans can agree on.
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Yesterday, in my internal auditing class we learned about 21CT. I couldn't believe I hadn't heard of that before, it's like a software company had effectively star citizen'd both the state and federal governments, almost to the tune of 110 Million. 
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Sardonik posted:Yesterday, in my internal auditing class we learned about 21CT. I couldn't believe I hadn't heard of that before, it's like a software company had effectively star citizen'd both the state and federal governments, almost to the tune of 110 Million. Can you elaborate on what they did? I haven't followed it.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Can you elaborate on what they did? I haven't followed it. Pretty standard stuff, conflicts of interest, padding contracts, etc.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Can you elaborate on what they did? I haven't followed it. The statesman has a pretty good write-up and a good timeline. The short version is, in my understanding, that one official crammed a contract with 21ct, a company that purported to programmatically catch medicare fraud using advanced detection methods. The official ignored the bids from the legitimate companies like SAP and went with 21CT, even though they were not equipped for it. The contract with 21CT had no metrics for success, and was essentially a blank check, and seems to have gone through little to no review process at all. I'm probably bungling some of that but in general it looks pretty fraudulent.
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Spacebump posted:I agree 100%. Powdered alcohol is going to lead to some really stupid/dangerous drivers. lol no it wont https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYP085QJvtk how about people just listen to the creator himself talk about how this cant possibly be a thing
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Jun 2, 2015 17:25
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The creator is full of poo poo and kids will just snort it.
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Nonsense posted:The creator is full of poo poo and kids will just snort it. Did you see how much powder it took to make one shot? Those are gonna be some huge rails. But yeah, kids are stupid and will snort it anyways. Honestly I don't care what happens to this product since I have no interest in purchasing it. Even as a hiker (his target consumer) I have no intent of giving up my my beloved camping flask.
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Jun 2, 2015 18:26
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Kids are going to put it in their butts.
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Kids will snort it and suffer just like when they try any other dumb stunt so I'm glad. Frats have their butt chugging techniques down and I just don't think there's room for improvement
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Jun 2, 2015 20:18
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Alcohol will continue to be a societal ill and a good detection method for idiots. Shame about the collateral damage.
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Sardonik posted:The statesman has a pretty good write-up and a good timeline. I was with you here until you said SAP was a legit company. I've watched SAP milk contracts with private companies for tons more than what the contract stated. If you think SAP wouldn't be just as bad (if not worse) than 21CT, then hahahahahaha.
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poemdexter posted:I was with you here until you said SAP was a legit company. I've watched SAP milk contracts with private companies for tons more than what the contract stated. If you think SAP wouldn't be just as bad (if not worse) than 21CT, then hahahahahaha. I think SAP would at least pretend they were getting the job done, by throwing things out like metrics for the project. 21CT was almost comical in how little they did and how loose their requirements were.
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karlor posted:I That's cool. Ohio just banned it. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bill-to-ban-pure-caffeine-powdered-alcohol-6304042.php
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zoux posted:Kids are going to put it in their butts. trying to figure out how to do this. I just don't see the issue with the powdered alcohol.
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Thank you, thread, for making me aware of Geren using a cookie on a string in an attempt to lure Stickland away from the mic. That is the best thing to come out of Texas politics in ages.
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Jun 10, 2015 19:36
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Geren loving hates Stickland. All the old school reps do, it owns.
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Jun 10, 2015 19:40
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Our very own Republican Schrute/Halpert duo
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Thermos H Christ posted:Thank you, thread, for making me aware of Geren using a cookie on a string in an attempt to lure Stickland away from the mic. That is the best thing to come out of Texas politics in ages. wait, what? please tell me this was a literal thing.
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spoon daddy posted:wait, what? please tell me this was a literal thing. My understanding is that this was a literal thing.
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From a tea party blogquote:As Stickland attempted to offer his amendment to the Open Carry bill, Geren took an oatmeal and raisin cookie, wrapped a string around it, and dragged it across the floor of the Texas House of Representatives in a feeble and mean-spirited attempt to “lure” Stickland away from the podium. Of course his Democrat and fellow RINO counterparts, in addition to the Austin media class, found this just hilarious.
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After looking up a picture of Rep. Strickland, I also found it just hilarious.
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Yeah, like he'd fall for an oatmeal raisin cookie.
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Ugh, you liberals are so mean to a brave survivor of the fetus holocaust. A former fetus makes an impassioned speech for the right to bear arms to defend himself from a late-late-late-late-late-late-late-late-late-late term abortion and all you can do is crack fat jokes about a man who has been through so much danger and lived to tell the tale 
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I actually agree with his politics.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I actually agree with his politics. No, you don't.
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I can't figure out if the beard is working for him or not, but he definitely makes enough money to see a tailor and get a suit jacket that fits properly.     Of course, the fact that he's getting trolled by this guy is also hilarious:   
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If I were him I would have definitely added the R to my name that everyone assumes is there. Stickland sounds ridiculous anyway.
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Badger of Basra posted:If I were him I would have definitely added the R to my name that everyone assumes is there. Stickland sounds ridiculous anyway. Senfronia constantly calls him Sticky from the front mic.
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Sticky is my favorite legislator because he 100% doesn't understand that a large part of passing your agenda involves being liked.
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Badger of Basra posted:If I were him I would have definitely added the R to my name that everyone assumes is there. Stickland sounds ridiculous anyway. My phone autocorrected me! It must have picked up on my posting habits in the King of the Hill thread.
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Toph Bei Fong posted:I can't figure out if the beard is working for him or not, but he definitely makes enough money to see a tailor and get a suit jacket that fits properly. While it's nice to see Bulk have a career outside of Power Rangers I am saddened that he's such a turd in real life.
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First TMF, now LVP. San Antonio with the surprises! (On a sub 15% turnout  )
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