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Note that in some areas Fluoridation is actually the process of removing fluoride to bring it down to safe levels. Doesn't stop the crazies from freaking out.
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Fluoridation is the only thing keeping my teeth in my skull. Is it too soon to derisively refer to San Marcos as an Austin suburb yet?
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The west coast has has anti-vaccination/homeopathic/anti-science movement, the east coast is full of anti-gun nuts that hates everything that isn't white, Florida is full of crazy people, Russia is turning into the Third Reich, Canada elected someone so weird it makes America look good, Europeans hate Muslims, China wants to pollute the world, and Texas' super religious conservatives are amazing more politically motivated than everyone else. Realize the world is hosed as we know it, become cynical, lose faith in humanity, start drinking, and get over it like me, and putt all your eggs into space travel. Everyone is equally as terrible as everyone else. 
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^^ Let's not forget that Australia is not running full-on concentration camps.boom boom boom posted:Best Vietnamese food outside of Vietnam. And home of more right-wing Vietnamese death squads than anywhere else in the US! (Seriously, watch that Frontline episode. It's insane. There were straight-up professional death squads in the Vietnamese-American community during the 70s and 80s that were basically allowed to operate with impunity.) e_angst fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Nov 6, 2015 |
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Nov 6, 2015 10:19
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As a Vietnamese American who went to high school in Houston, I'm gonna say that the best Viet food in America is actually in Westminster, CA. 
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e_angst posted:^^ Let's not forget that Australia is not running full-on concentration camps. Oh, they try: quote:On January 2014, the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens accused the government of a cover-up over a violent clash on 18 October 2013 at the Manus Island facility between the Papua New Guinea army and the Papua New Guinea police mobile squad hired for the facility's security, leading to Australian expatriate staff being evacuated, while local staff and asylum seekers remained.[15] On 5 May 2014, it was reported that several Salvation Army staffers had alleged that refugees were regularly subjected to beatings, racist slurs, and sexual assaults within the facility.[16]
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Shockingly, the NFL released a statement that they're not moving the Superbowl because of the HERO defeat. But they did lowkey rebuke the voters:quote:"This will not affect our plans for Super Bowl LI in 2017. We will work closely with the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee to make sure all fans feel welcomed at our events. Our policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other improper standard."
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Parker wants to try to redo HERO in stages or with an exception for bathrooms and locker rooms, according to Texas Trib.
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Badger of Basra posted:Parker wants to try to redo HERO in stages or with an exception for bathrooms and locker rooms, according to Texas Trib. That's a good idea, it's a shame all the other protections were lost just because of the bathroom thing.
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Alkydere posted:Note that in some areas Fluoridation is actually the process of removing fluoride to bring it down to safe levels. Is it really called fluoridation during the removal process? That's the crazy thing about anti-fluoride types, in many areas it naturally occurs at higher levels than the recommended range. Amending fluoride in most places raises the concentration to less than what you would get out of a private well in a variety of places in the US.
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zeroprime posted:Is it really called fluoridation during the removal process? That's what the government mind control division wants you to think.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:The superbowl isn't going anywhere but us just happening to lose the college championship to cities who don't have the bad PR of rejecting basic human dignity probably isn't random. It can hardly be bad PR to be within the majority on a democratic referendum. People have different ideas as to what constitutes human dignity.
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Maoist Pussy posted:It can hardly be bad PR to be within the majority on a democratic referendum. People have different ideas as to what constitutes human dignity. It's not bad PR within Houston but if you can't see how it's bad PR in much of the rest of the country I dunno what to tell you.
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Well, as a comparison, there are tons of disgruntled jerks and/or paid comment-spammers constantly talking poo poo about San Francisco municipal policies on sfgate.com articles. Constantly. Have been for years. But, since most of them are not actually San Francisco residents, they don't matter. The city continues to exist regardless of what Joe Opinionhaver in Idaho thinks.
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Maoist Pussy posted:Well, as a comparison, there are tons of disgruntled jerks and/or paid comment-spammers constantly talking poo poo about San Francisco municipal policies on sfgate.com articles. Constantly. Have been for years. But, since most of them are not actually San Francisco residents, they don't matter. The city continues to exist regardless of what Joe Opinionhaver in Idaho thinks. What does that have to do with whether or not a championship game is awarded to Houston? The city does indeed continue to exist, but it has lost out on economic gains. I think that's what people are talking about, not whether Houston blinks out of existence because EAST COAST LIBERALS think they're ignorant.
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I don't think Trans rights are supported enough nationwide for this to make anyone really care, even if you focus on the country as a whole rather than the NFL's main demographics.
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HERO was an all encompassing LGBT equal protection measure. The bathroom menace thing was just solid gold as far as a tactic goes and it simultaneously let the frame it as a less-normalized trans issue rather than a gay rights issue. Hopefully any organization considering altering their relationship with the city of Houston because of the election would be aware of the full scope. Also we have a model for this, when Pence signed the Indiana religious freedom law into law, a ton of businesses called the state out and some even halted planned expansions. I think the business reaction to the Indiana case was a big reason why we didn't pass our own religious freedom law last session. I know that Bill Hammond lobbied hard against it. zoux fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Nov 7, 2015 |
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zoux posted:HERO was an all encompassing LGBT equal protection measure. The bathroom menace thing was just solid gold as far as a tactic goes and it simultaneously let the frame it as a less-normalized trans issue rather than a gay rights issue. Hopefully any organization considering altering their relationship with the city of Houston because of the election would be aware of the full scope. Business involvement in calling out the state has been why Georgia and Nathan Deal haven't done it either.
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Badger of Basra posted:What does that have to do with whether or not a championship game is awarded to Houston? The city does indeed continue to exist, but it has lost out on economic gains. I think that's what people are talking about, not whether Houston blinks out of existence because EAST COAST LIBERALS think they're ignorant. Yes, and I'm sure San Francisco has lost out on economic gains because a big Tea Party convention decided not to go there or something. The upshot is that doing something to please other people ends up as a wash: some people will like it, other people will not.
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Are people already forgetting the backlash in Indiana? http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/27/3639895/8-entities-may-boycott-indiana-new-lgbt-discrimination-bill/
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Maoist Pussy posted:Yes, and I'm sure San Francisco has lost out on economic gains because a big Tea Party convention decided not to go there or something. The upshot is that doing something to please other people ends up as a wash: some people will like it, other people will not. Ask Arizona and Indiana how "some people will like it, others will not" worked out for them.
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People choose or avoid a city for all sorts of different reasons. You only know those reasons when someone makes a public spectable out of announcing them.
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Maoist Pussy posted:People choose or avoid a city for all sorts of different reasons. You only know those reasons when someone makes a public spectable out of announcing them. No poo poo?
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Maoist Pussy posted:People choose or avoid a city for all sorts of different reasons. You only know those reasons when someone makes a public spectable out of announcing them. Yeah, watch out inner city Houston, a bunch of bigoted white people are about to move in!
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Welp, it looks like Austin has reclaimed the "most congested highway" title from Houston.quote:Austin drivers who complain about Interstate Highway 35 have been validated. Now let's watch Austin vote down another rail bill in the next election.
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e_angst posted:Welp, it looks like Austin has reclaimed the "most congested highway" title from Houston. Well as a homeowner and a taxpayer, I
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e_angst posted:Welp, it looks like Austin has reclaimed the "most congested highway" title from Houston. But...But...the construction of the rail system would only make traffic worse! 
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Hmmm the rail line doesn't have a stop directly in front of my house? No thanks.
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Sure, I'm voting against this rail bill, because the next rail bill will be totally better!
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e_angst posted:Welp, it looks like Austin has reclaimed the "most congested highway" title from Houston. I still can't believe that rail bill got voted down. It seemed like a lot of voters didn't realize the route it had would service a lot of new high rises. Instead of those people taking the rail, they will now add to the traffic. Anyone here that has lived in Austin knows I35 is awful. I can completely believe it's the worst. It's easily worse than 635 in Dallas.
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With Mopac/Ben White and 130, I'm pretty sure it's been multiple years since I've been on I-35 in the direct downtown area. The one train line we do have is pretty awesome, but they don't have the capacity they should. They have to leave a lot of people when the last train departs at 12:30.
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I lived off Mopac once, I hated Mopac more than 35, but that was a while back, downtown I'm sure got as big as it looked when they were building it, 35 now must be a nightmare. edit: sorry for stealth edits
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zoux posted:Hmmm the rail line doesn't have a stop directly in front of my house? No thanks. I'd take it every day if it ran every 15 minutes.
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Nonsense posted:I lived off Mopac once, I hated Mopac more than 35, but that was a while back, downtown I'm sure got as big as it looked when they were "building" it. They're doing a massive renovation project on it right now, it's an utter nightmare.
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I'm voting no on it because it might cause minorities to appear in my suburb! Um. I mean... It will change the character of the neighborhood!
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Nonsense posted:I lived off Mopac once, I hated Mopac more than 35, but that was a while back, downtown I'm sure got as big as it looked when they were building it. Mopac is fun because it's got little tricks to zip through West Austin neighborhoods when it's super locked-up. The toll plan is hosed up, though.
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Aliquid posted:Mopac is fun because it's got little tricks to zip through West Austin neighborhoods when it's super locked-up. The toll plan is hosed up, though. I was jealous of those who could get to them, Far West, was far. zoux posted:They're doing a massive renovation project on it right now, it's an utter nightmare. I remember all the cranes,  can probably start using 35 as a bike lane, cars are moving art.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:59
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Aliquid posted:Mopac is fun because it's got little tricks to zip through West Austin neighborhoods when it's super locked-up. The toll plan is hosed up, though. Heck yeah, Lake Austin Blvd -> 2222 via neighborhoods might not actually be faster, but it is more enjoyable.
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oldpainless posted:Building a rail system doesn't help "keep Austin weird" hth That's exactly why we should do it!
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