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zoux
Apr 28, 2006


Pericles sez: Jerusalem is the capital of Greater Israel

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No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

Cornyn getting dragged for his Real lovely Tweet reminds me why I bother following him

https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1119299586382811138

Keeshhound
Jan 14, 2010

Mad Duck Swagger
In which Beto manages to shove his foot even further into his own mouth.

quote:

“I do my best to contribute to the success of my community, of my state, and now of my country,” O’Rourke said, making it clear that the little money he’s given to charity in recent years paled in comparison to his commitment to public service for the last 14 years. “There are ways that I do this that are immeasurable and there are ways that I do this that are measurable. There are charities that we donate to that we’ve recorded and itemized, others that we’ve donated to that we have not.”

Between this and Bernie's "I wrote a book and so can you" bullshit it's starting to feel like candidates flubbing answers to personal finances questions are going to be a major theme this year.

Jiro
Jan 13, 2004

Keeshhound posted:

In which Beto manages to shove his foot even further into his own mouth.


Between this and Bernie's "I wrote a book and so can you" bullshit it's starting to feel like candidates flubbing answers to personal finances questions are going to be a major theme this year.

Hahahahaha what a dope.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006




e: lmao

https://twitter.com/AlexSamuelsx5/status/1120409021138243584

zoux fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Apr 22, 2019

Panty Saluter
Jan 17, 2004

Making learning fun!

Dan Patrick with the real issues

Drone Jett
Feb 21, 2017

by Fluffdaddy
College Slice
I missed the last one.

https://twitter.com/freebeacon/status/1120387120412200960?s=21

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1120667210949599235

Zeeeero

https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1120519649416892416

Is Perry wearing yeezys

zoux fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Apr 23, 2019

Hawkline
May 30, 2002

¡La Raza!
https://twitter.com/mjhegar/status/1120673830803005442

MJ Heger is in with Castro and a couple of others to see who will unseat Cornyn

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Castro isn't actually in yet.

https://twitter.com/DCPolitics2016/status/1120702174244294656

https://twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1120706934053720066

zoux fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Apr 23, 2019

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

Hawkline posted:

https://twitter.com/mjhegar/status/1120673830803005442

MJ Heger is in with Castro and a couple of others to see who will unseat Cornyn

Who's running against John Carter now then

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Who's running against John Carter now then

Depends on who wins the Democratic primary.


https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1120736591213944833

Folks I'm a single issue voter and this is it

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


zoux posted:



https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1120736591213944833

Folks I'm a single issue voter and this is it

Really hope this passes

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/kherman/status/1120738998928977920

isk
Oct 3, 2007

You don't want me owing you
Oh God yes please

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
watch Strickland or Cain poison this bill

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Proud Christian Mom posted:

watch Strickland or Cain poison this bill

It's out of the House, it's over. Nays were Bucy, Israel, Johnson, Nevarez, Romero, Sherman, Stephenson, Talarico, John Turner.

zoux fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Apr 23, 2019

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

How to win friends and influence people

https://twitter.com/AlexSamuelsx5/status/1120409021138243584


my only regret is that I will no longer be a resident of this state to vote on this fine proposition

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Bruh where you going

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

I'm moving to Chicago :texas:

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Chicago politic's...

Lol I guess MJ Hegar had Patton Oswalt in her annoucement and well Big John is jumping on the opportunity



Sounds like locker room talk to me

https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1120778636716589056

zoux fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Apr 23, 2019

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

oh my god, a ballot question in an off-year that i care more about than anything else? permanent daylight savings, here we come. i will beto the gently caress out of every county in the state for that

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

also this went well
https://twitter.com/TeamCornyn/status/1120715584310738944
https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1120740022695550976

Panty Saluter
Jan 17, 2004

Making learning fun!

Never get into a land war in Asia, and don't get into a war of words with an English major

FBS
Apr 27, 2015

The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.


if for some godforsaken reason standard time wins then I'll have to quit my job and move

3rdEyeDeuteranopia
Sep 12, 2007

Has there been any polling or studies on Standard vs Daylight savings time on Texas specifically? Not agreeing on which is the only way I can see this not passing.

I think for being productive and happy due to light in the evenings supports Daylight Savings time but doesn't Standard Time technically lead to less power usage in Texas due to less need for A/C in the evenings?

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer
Oh god, Standard and Daylight Savings will split the vote and "keep the current system" will win

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

3rdEyeDeuteranopia posted:

Has there been any polling or studies on Standard vs Daylight savings time on Texas specifically? Not agreeing on which is the only way I can see this not passing.

I think for being productive and happy due to light in the evenings supports Daylight Savings time but doesn't Standard Time technically lead to less power usage in Texas due to less need for A/C in the evenings?


PostNouveau posted:

Oh god, Standard and Daylight Savings will split the vote and "keep the current system" will win

hopefully they'll get this on the ballot before any polling is done and one side gets cold feet. i'm willing to gamble.

also the bill filed will be an either/or, no status quo option.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

It's still gotta pass the Senate and governor so it's not a done deal yet

Also here's the exact ballot question



It reads to me that it would give permission for the state to conduct a referendum, so there will be two public votes? Also seems like it's biased towards DST, but I can't imagine that most people would prefer permanent standard time.

zoux fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Apr 24, 2019

Doom Rooster
Sep 3, 2008

Pillbug
Switching for daylight savings is horrible and needs to go away, but god dammit this needs to be a nationwide thing.

As someone who who works with people in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Ireland and Sweden every single day, scheduling is already a nightmare. Having to worry about who is and isn't on DST will just be even loving worse.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/_jacob_sanchez/status/1120841478329249792

Lol no wonder Cornyn is shook as hell today

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

Doom Rooster posted:

Switching for daylight savings is horrible and needs to go away, but god dammit this needs to be a nationwide thing.

As someone who who works with people in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Ireland and Sweden every single day, scheduling is already a nightmare. Having to worry about who is and isn't on DST will just be even loving worse.

I work with people in central, Eastern, and Atlantic, plus Paris, Vietnam, and two India time zones every day. This should be national. I don't care if it ends up not being though, stop making me move clocks.

Paris doesn't even do their stupid clock change the same week we do ours, its like two weeks after and is incredibly stupid and annoying, but I'll deal. Just give me one drat clock to worry about for my local time.

saintonan
Dec 7, 2009

Fields of glory shine eternal

Arizona and Hawaii already do this. We'll survive.

Quandary
Jan 29, 2008
Dallas mayoral early voting is here this week, as a heads up. At a first glance, I think Scott Griggs is the best (most progressive) candidate but does anyone have any more info?

Also, looking into the down ballot city council races, why the gently caress is every single one of them running on More Cops? Losing my faith in humanity slowly, there is literally not a candidate for my city council spot that isn't campaigning on More Cops.

JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer
Would picking one or the other permanently mean Texas would be effectively central time half of the year, and either mountain or eastern time the other half depending on which is chosen?

Until, of course, other states follow.

saintonan
Dec 7, 2009

Fields of glory shine eternal

It'd be Mountain time, since that's what El Paso is on and there's two states between Texas and eastern time. In the winter we would be central standard time and in the summer we'd be mountain daylight time.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

Quandary posted:

Dallas mayoral early voting is here this week, as a heads up. At a first glance, I think Scott Griggs is the best (most progressive) candidate but does anyone have any more info?

Also, looking into the down ballot city council races, why the gently caress is every single one of them running on More Cops? Losing my faith in humanity slowly, there is literally not a candidate for my city council spot that isn't campaigning on More Cops.

white people

FBS
Apr 27, 2015

The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

if you don't see traffic stops every day on your commute to work it means your police department is broken

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

How often does that police massacre come up in Dallas

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Alkydere
Jun 7, 2010
Capitol: A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets.
Capital: A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.



FBS posted:

if you don't see traffic stops every day on your commute to work it means your police department is broken

Or in my experience the police are too busy scraping someone of I-35 to do stops.

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