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Badger of Basra posted:Will we ever see its like again? Yeah in about 20 years.
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My girlfriend just put a giant blue "READY FOR HILLARY" bumper sticker on our car. That's not a problem in San Antonio, but about once a week I have to drive out to the middle of bumfuck nowhere to get groceries/prescriptions/whatever for my grandparents in rural Seguin, and with all the stories about militia people planning attacks and harassment, plus Trump doing everything he can to incite a riot, I'm seriously wondering if I'm going to get murdered over this.
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Oct 19, 2016 06:32
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The Guardian had an article similar to what you're afraid of, but that was out in Oregon.
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Oct 19, 2016 07:18
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There are bad guys out there, like the Kansas plot, but I think most of it is hot air. I was reading an article in the NYT about the possibility of Trump thugs going out to intimidate people at the polls, but there's no evidence yet that Trump supporters are actually signing up to ... do it. They might still. But again, a lot of bluster.
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Oct 19, 2016 07:26
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quote:Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign surprised many Monday when it announced it was planning to advertise in ruby red Texas before Election Day. quote:Why in the wide world of sports would Hillary Clinton’s campaign buy television advertising time in Texas?
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Oct 19, 2016 13:54
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There's plenty of people in Texas who will never vote for Hillary, but might be tilted enough to vote for Johnson. Enough to make Trump's showing in Texas to look really, really bad.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:40
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Ghetto Prince posted:My girlfriend just put a giant blue "READY FOR HILLARY" bumper sticker on our car. Most people aren't going to actually gently caress with you. What people will do is probably rip the bumper sticker off your car. I know it happened to me when I had my Obama sticker on there.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:52
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blackguy32 posted:Most people aren't going to actually gently caress with you. What people will do is probably rip the bumper sticker off your car. I know it happened to me when I had my Obama sticker on there. Yeah that's how my Obama sticker met its end. Strangely they only ripped off the Obama part and left the Biden part. Hmmmmmm
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Oct 19, 2016 18:57
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I once had an anti-Bush/anti-Iraq War sticker on my car around 2003-4. I was driving around East Texas and a car started following me for a little bit, getting right up on me, honking their horn, until eventually I switched lanes, and pulled to the side of them. Turns out they were really pumped to see the sticker in the area and wanted to know where I got it.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:12
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Speaking of Obergefell, is Ken Paxton ever going to get disbarred for straight up advising state clerks to violate gay couples' 14th Amendment rights? I heard about an investigation in February but not much else since.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:15
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So, um, there's some ugly poo poo going down in Dallas dealing with Landlords(slumlords) and Dallas City Council/Code Compliance. I only really feel bad for the people who are being used as pawns in this entire ordeal and will eventually be pushed out of their homes into places they more than likely cant afford due to rising rents in Dallas. To start he's a recent article by Dallas Observer with one of the landlords the city is currently trying to get rid of.quote:Rolling Over Bodies of the Poor in a Fight for Land in West Dallas Here are some of the peices done by WFAA and the Dallas Morning News about this as well. WFAA City's largest junk landlord escapes scrutiny City responds after News 8 exposes largest junk landlord Dallas Mourning News (If using Chrome use incognito to avoid paywall) Father-son duo dispute lawsuit labeling them Dallas' ‘most prolific slumlords' Father and son accused of being Dallas' 'most prolific slumlords' are evicting tenants from 305 houses
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Oct 19, 2016 20:20
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Has anybody heard about the vote harvesting investigation in Tarrant County? It looks like they're investigating some voter registration efforts in the same vein and are trying to nail down anybody that witnessed more than one other non-family-member's voter registration. The timing though is very politically motivated and it looks like they're trying to prove there really is rampant voter fraud going around. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article108539187.html Oddly enough, I found out about it first from the front page of snopes. It's just so much easier to find the crazy that way these days.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:13
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To follow up on the stuff about Dallas and going to battle with this family that they're talking about as slumlords, we now have this story from the Dallas Observer: In Meeting With Landlords, Mayor Talked About Selling Land, Not Conditions In short, it appears that the Khraish family recorded a meeting they had with the mayor last year. The whole tape is online and linked in the article, the article highlights some excerpts from that tape. But the gist of the recording appears to be that Mayor Rawlings' concerns were basically: 1) How about you make those homes look nicer?, and 2) Hey, what if we helped arrange deals for you to sell these homes? You guys interested?
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Oct 20, 2016 05:37
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The city knew what it was doing when it declared 300 homes uninhabitable and they knew hmk would respond by trying to evict these people Hmk is a slum lord but the city of dallas didn't bother to do poo poo about it for years Google west dallas lead smelter and west dallas concrete plant to see how the city feels about the people of west dallas EwokEntourage fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Oct 20, 2016 |
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Oct 20, 2016 06:10
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Ghetto Prince posted:My girlfriend just put a giant blue "READY FOR HILLARY" bumper sticker on our car. I'm in San Marcos and I've been so thrilled with the insane number of Clinton/Kaine yard signs, sometimes two to a yard. Every time I go from my house to the gas station there's like eight of them in a half-mile stretch. There's even more Lloyd Doggett signs because everyone likes Doggett, and if I had to guess I'd say it's a dogwhistle for "I'm voting Hilldawg but I'm not willing to get my yard signs stolen, them bitches are expensive". Oddly enough I see quite a few yards with Susan Narvaiz and Doggett signs both, which is just fuckin weird. Most of the Doggett yards have a ton of other D-leaning signs so I'm thinking there's a rogue Narvaiz sign-poster trying to make themselves obvious. On the other hand, as soon as you leave the city limits and get into Bumfuck it's redder than Hilldawg's pantsuit at the first debate, but San Marcos has at least made me happy for a minute. The Planet K and the car wash nearby should probably take down their massive Bernie banners eventually though.
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Oct 20, 2016 06:19
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Proud Christian Mom posted:There's plenty of people in Texas who will never vote for Hillary, but might be tilted enough to vote for Johnson. Enough to make Trump's showing in Texas to look really, really bad. My dads voted Republican in every election since 76, he ran for state rep as a republican in the 80s in Houston (and lost bigly), he went to the 92 RNC in the astrodome, hes voting for johnson.
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TheKennedys posted:The Planet K and the car wash nearby should probably take down their massive Bernie banners eventually though. Doubtful they will. The Planet K near me only took down their Ron Paul 2012 banner last year (when they replaced it with a Bernie banner).
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Oct 21, 2016 04:34
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e_angst posted:Doubtful they will. The Planet K near me only took down their Ron Paul 2012 banner last year (when they replaced it with a Bernie banner). 
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Oct 21, 2016 04:53
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TheKennedys posted:On the other hand, as soon as you leave the city limits and get into Bumfuck it's redder than Hilldawg's pantsuit at the first debate, but San Marcos has at least made me happy for a minute. The Planet K and the car wash nearby should probably take down their massive Bernie banners eventually though. Well, I still expect Trump to win Texas. But my parents and brother never vote and this year they're all going to the polls for Hillary. There's a chance...
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Oct 21, 2016 04:56
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My Planet K at 183 and Duval (or thereabouts) had a giant Ron Paul sign too. I went maybe eight months ago and didn't see a Bernie sign.
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Aliquid posted:My Planet K at 183 and Duval (or thereabouts) had a giant Ron Paul sign too. I went maybe eight months ago and didn't see a Bernie sign. If we ever have weed legalized on a national level, these guys are gonna go so Republican so fast it'll make your head spin.
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Oct 21, 2016 15:31
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This is totally anecdotal but most chicks I know at UT are voting for Mother and most dudes are voting for Johnson as a protest of some sort.
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Oct 21, 2016 16:19
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e_angst posted:If we ever have weed legalized on a national level, these guys are gonna go so Republican so fast it'll make your head spin. Don't they usually support a lot of different candidates in the Travis County Dem primaries?
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Oct 21, 2016 20:48
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thefncrow posted:To follow up on the stuff about Dallas and going to battle with this family that they're talking about as slumlords, we now have this story from the Dallas Observer: Seems like something is coming out every day and The Mayor looks like a giant POS now. West Dallas Landlord Offers Mayor Deal That Could Sell Disputed Houses to Habitat for Humanity quote:As part of his offer to the mayor yesterday, Khraish says he promised to allow the 300 families in his West Dallas properties to remain in their homes until the end of the school year but only if the city will grant him a moratorium on fines and criminal penalties during that time.
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Oct 21, 2016 21:08
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Wheres a good spot to start learning DFW politics?
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Is Ken Mercer of the SBOE related to Robert Mercer?Loel posted:Wheres a good spot to start learning DFW politics? Dealey Plaza.
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Oct 22, 2016 16:15
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Aliquid posted:Dealey Plaza. 
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Is there a good source for polls on races for state offices? Either my Google skills are weak, or they don't exist, and I would put money on my Google skills being weak. Right now I'm specifically looking for one for Railroad Commission.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:24
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Type in "my ballot" to google. Then input your address and click on the tab that says "State" It's Wayne Christian (R), Mark Miller (L), Martina Salinas (G), and Grady Yarbrough (D).
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Oct 23, 2016 20:29
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mastajake posted:Type in "my ballot" to google. Then input your address and click on the tab that says "State" Sorry, I meant opinion polls. I know who is on the ballot.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:49
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Spaz Medicine posted:Is there a good source for polls on races for state offices? Either my Google skills are weak, or they don't exist, and I would put money on my Google skills being weak. Right now I'm specifically looking for one for Railroad Commission. Sadly, since pretty much every statewide race is considered a lock for the Republicans, you don't end up with any polling companies willing to spend money to show just how much or a lock it is. I looked at UT's Texas Politics Project and their last poll of the state (from June) didn't get anywhere near it.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:53
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x-posting from USPOL: https://twitter.com/LukeBrinker/status/790216973057654784
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e_angst posted:Sadly, since pretty much every statewide race is considered a lock for the Republicans, you don't end up with any polling companies willing to spend money to show just how much or a lock it is. I looked at UT's Texas Politics Project and their last poll of the state (from June) didn't get anywhere near it. Thanks, that makes sense. Kind of a bummer, but oh well. At least I know to stop looking for them.
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Oct 23, 2016 21:46
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How are y'all feeling about Austin prop 1? I'm leaning against because I think the mayor is a moron and also I don't want to spend anymore money on roads.
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Oct 24, 2016 02:27
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For, because Lamar (North and South), Burnet, and Guad are all turbofucked at the moment and need massive improvements which can't be done in a piecemeal manner. I'd rather the state fund the improvements so that we didn't have to bond it out but that's just not going to ever happen.
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Oct 24, 2016 02:38
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I don't live in Austin, but the Statesman had an article about it today that seemed to do a pretty good job of covering it. Main complaint I've heard about it otherwise (aside from the bike lane/bus lane/expanded sidewalk issues that always come up with Austin traffic proposals) is the elimination of left-turn lanes at certain intersections. They also had an article about the factors depressing the Hispanic vote and/or keeping Hispanics underrepresented in local governments, which is worth checking out. It covers a whole gambit of stuff, from relatively mundane factors like the dearth of Spanish-speaking county election officials to stuff like this: quote:But once elected, Morales recalled that the cotton processors who he did business with said his political ambitions were threatening to cost them customers in the conservative county. “I had hauled cotton for the gins for years, but one day they said, ‘We don’t need you anymore. We’ll lose our customers, our growers. You’re the problem, trying to stir poo poo up around here,’” he said. “They told me, ‘We need to get rid of this guy. We need to cut this twig right out. Because if it grows it’s gonna be a trunk and we won’t be able to deal with it. We have to make him suffer. Squeeze him out of Floyd County.’” (Incidentally, I'm curious: is pretty much everyone in this thread a city-dweller or is anyone else stuck out in a rural shithole like me?)
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Oct 24, 2016 05:19
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Atahualpa posted:(Incidentally, I'm curious: is pretty much everyone in this thread a city-dweller or is anyone else stuck out in a rural shithole like me?) I'm in Austin, but I spent most of grade school and a few years after in the hill country. Definitely seconding that Lamar/Burnet/Guadalupe need work. It'd take some of the heat off 35 and MoPac (not a ton), and really I shouldn't feel the need to check my tires after driving thru a major artery.
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Oct 24, 2016 05:42
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Atahualpa posted:(Incidentally, I'm curious: is pretty much everyone in this thread a city-dweller or is anyone else stuck out in a rural shithole like me?) That depends. Do you consider Bryan/College Station to be a city?
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Without a left turn lane on south Lamar you would never be able to turn left.
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