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GreyjoyBastard posted:It looks like a modestly sized tiger (at present quote:The cat’s front claws had been removed. Welp, time for some vigilante justice. http://www.pawproject.org/legislation/pdfs/USDAdeclaw.pdf Svanja posted:Oh my goodness, that guy was a complete idiot! As long as you don't turn your back on a socialized tiger you should be safe. Reik fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Apr 28, 2016 |
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) and I would totally believe that as below it may have been treated like any other cat.
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Badger of Basra posted:Apparently there's a whole committee of the Lege for property tax reduction. It's a special Lt. Gov commissioned interim only travelling road show so that next year they can talk about all the thousands of people that attended to complain about their property taxes being too high. The guy running it is a former Harris Co tax assessor and he won Patrick's old seat, they're big time buds.
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zoux posted:It's a special Lt. Gov commissioned interim only travelling road show so that next year they can talk about all the thousands of people that attended to complain about their property taxes being too high. The guy running it is a former Harris Co tax assessor and he won Patrick's old seat, they're big time buds. I'm glad they're also considering new methods of raising revenue to cover the cost of property tax reductions 
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Badger of Basra posted:I'm glad they're also considering new methods of raising revenue to cover the cost of property tax reductions There's no need, because the state budget is rife with waste and abuse.
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the plot thickens http://www.khou.com/news/crime/police-man-in-black-tried-to-steal-conroe-tiger/156120856
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Aliquid posted:the plot thickens That happened yesterday morning?
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Aliquid posted:the plot thickens I'm putting my money on animal activist given the Tiger was declawed, and it appeared the "thief" made no attempt to tranquilize the animal.
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Apr 28, 2016 17:38
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Dawnna Dukes is fuuuucked
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I hope her spokesman is better at lobbying than he is at making BBQ.
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Reik posted:I'm putting my money on animal activist given the Tiger was declawed, and it appeared the "thief" made no attempt to tranquilize the animal. In all fairness, it could be these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1zAkGE5HE
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Apr 29, 2016 05:47
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"Friend Tiger" I said gazing directly into the tigers eyes. Friend Jon, came the response- not spoken, but...licked.
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Apr 29, 2016 06:40
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Mmmm feels good to vote against uber.
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Lote posted:"Friend Tiger" I said gazing directly into the tigers eyes. 
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zoux posted:Mmmm feels good to vote against uber. NO has been getting a ton of press and ad-time, almost as much as YES. I'm...hopeful? It's a tiny bye-election and for once I guarantee you the Old West Austin bluehairs that always vote are on our side.
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Aliquid posted:NO has been getting a ton of press and ad-time, almost as much as YES. I'm...hopeful? It's a tiny bye-election and for once I guarantee you the Old West Austin bluehairs that always vote are on our side. Well since no's are voting due to ideological or pricipled objections and yesses are voting due to it being an app they like, I think the nos are gonna be more motivated to turn out I HOPE.
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It seems like broad public opinion is starting to turn, all the reddit threads are more evenly split now than they have been in the past, where they had been so vehemently pro-uber it legitimately looked like an astroturfing operation.
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Bushiz posted:It seems like broad public opinion is starting to turn, all the reddit threads are more evenly split now than they have been in the past, where they had been so vehemently pro-uber it legitimately looked like an astroturfing operation. It's difficult to categorize it as astroturfing. There's a scary amount of people who genuinely loooove Uber.
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zoux posted:Well since no's are voting due to ideological or pricipled objections and yesses are voting due to it being an app they like, I think the nos are gonna be more motivated to turn out I HOPE. I'm just reading the demographics. All my friends are most likely pro-prop 1, but all my friends are also the kind of people (affluent early 30's techies) that will never, ever vote in a non-general election.
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Though the range of people I see talking about voting NO is pretty diverse. Everything from west-side public worker retirees who follow Steve Adler to Chicano east-side artists who follow Greg Casar.
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Aliquid posted:I'm just reading the demographics. All my friends are most likely pro-prop 1, but all my friends are also the kind of people (affluent early 30's techies) that will never, ever vote in a non-general election. Yeah turnout is going to be microscopic, which I'm sure is what Uber is counting on. Hopefully the NO people do a good job of publicizing the fact that Uber is now being real weak about their pledge to pull out of Houston if they didn't change their ordinance. Houston told them to pound sand and Uber were like "now hang on a minute". Leaving one of if not the top tech SV-lite cities in the country would be a huge blow to them, imo.
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That Houston prank was some weak-rear end poo poo, they can't have thought that through very well.
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Now it is being alleged that the motorcycle fatality a few days ago was caused by a Lyft driver stopped in a travel lane to pickup/dropoff passengers. An explicit ban on that is one of the regulations the Uber/Lyft referendum looks to overturn. It seems like just about every major local political group (with the notable exception of SoS) has come out against it. Those groups can normally get their way in small elections so it will be interesting to see what happens.
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Apr 29, 2016 22:36
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We're officially past Not Worth The Money, it's just a tantrum at this point.
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Apr 29, 2016 23:20
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Is this how Uber spends all it's money? Because I keep hearing they don't turn a profit, and that's just loving baffling.
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Apr 29, 2016 23:32
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Jesus that's insane for a city election. Nearly a million in in-kind donations too. And Lyft just sent out a notification telling me to be sure to vote.
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PostNouveau posted:Is this how Uber spends all it's money? Because I keep hearing they don't turn a profit, and that's just loving baffling. The catch is that Uber has also spent *a lot* of money on litigation, administration and marketing, which has allowed it to expand rapidly and recruit lots and lots of drivers. They're in a weird place right now because many drivers have been on the road for several years and are starting to see wear and tear on their cars (whoops, Uber didn't tell you about that), and perhaps some supply-and-demand mismatches where you have too many drivers and not enough money circulating for them to make a living. Whatever happens in Austin (I expect voters to choose NO), Uber is really trying to delay the inevitable I think. The company loves the free market, but that's the thing -- this kind of enormous growth is not sustainable. But they'll likely still be around and profitable in a few years, just with fewer drivers and rates more similar to the Yellow Cabs they were "disrupting." I like Uber/Lyft as services, but the  they're doing is such a scam I don't mind if Austin throws the book at them.
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The KUT article includes this golden quote: quote:It brings the pro-Prop 1 campaign’s total contributions from Uber and Lyft to around $8 million since the beginning of the year. The PAC has not taken any donations from other sources. Per the disclosure forms a significant amount (~$400-500k) of the in-kind donations were for "campaign consulting" and "consultant fees for campaign support". That's goddamn shameless astroturfing. And of course posting that article on Reddit gets instantly downvoted.
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Apr 30, 2016 00:26
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Do the free rides to the polls count as in kind donations or what?
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Apr 30, 2016 01:41
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I like one of the tweeted responses about how it would have been cheaper to just fingerprint everyone and be done with it.
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Apr 30, 2016 02:09
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That's more than was spent on the Houston Mayoral election.
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Apr 30, 2016 16:03
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No campaign texts from Uber, about a dozen from Lyft.
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citybeatnik posted:I like one of the tweeted responses about how it would have been cheaper to just fingerprint everyone and be done with it. I think it's about more than the fingerprinting. I think they are trying to avoid drivers being seen as employees.
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Badger of Basra posted:Do the free rides to the polls count as in kind donations or what? Especially if the Lyft/Uber guy is lobbying you the whole way to the polls, I dont see how that doesn't violates some election statute somewhere. Also I just got power back from the storm last night, what the hell. zoux fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Apr 30, 2016 |
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Apr 30, 2016 18:06
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Why isn't Barq's our state beverage? I know what you're gonna say, "Uh it's made in Biluxi, Mississippi you dumb idiot!" Then gently caress it, let's invade Mississippi and take it from them.
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Apr 30, 2016 18:33
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We already have Shiner for a state drink, get the gently caress outta here
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Apr 30, 2016 18:46
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GOD IS BED posted:Shiner 
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It managed to sneak in 15 years ago when it was still halfway decent. Been coasting on name for the last 10.
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