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Xibanya posted:
Nah, but it is connected with Silicon Valley and they're approaching the "IPO and bust" stage of the bubble. I hope it's soon because they're one of the two cities I hope to live in if (probably when) I can't find a job outside of Texas.
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PostNouveau posted:Other states don't do state pledges? Oh, Texas Michigan does and it's worse. quote:I pledge allegiance to the flag of Michigan, and to the state for which it stands, two beautiful peninsulas united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice to all is our ideal.
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PostNouveau posted:So the open-carry activists have a new thing to push. They're rallying tomorrow foropen carrying handguns WITHOUT a license. I think a majority of state legislatures aren't actually full time.
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Lots of parking disputes recently.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:43
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Even the grandstanding is bigger in Texas.
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Aliquid posted:I have an 1895 map of Texas with Leander is on it, plus a 1922 map with Cedar Park. Nothing I learned while attending both high schools told me that the cities existed before 1990. My high school had "consolidated" in the name so I know it didn't exist before the 1970s. (It actually did but it had a different name) computer parts fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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zoux posted:I've several times put off phone calls while driving because of the Austin hands free ordinance. School zones here got a lot safer too.
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Mar 25, 2015 23:16
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ToastyPotato posted:Isn't Texas a "Support Are Troops!" type of state? Not when they're planning an invasion of your territory.
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spoon daddy posted:was it going to standardize in spring/summer or fall/winter time? Fall is standard time so probably that.
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May 8, 2015 22:40
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ReidRansom posted:We should just split the difference and standardize it to that. be 30 minutes off from everyone else It works for Nepal.
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May 8, 2015 22:48
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So which is worse - the centralization of money and power in automakers, or the local fiefdoms that car dealerships hold?
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May 21, 2015 20:39
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Nonsense posted:So Texas has OC now, but what is that CHL thing? Was there a limit to OC placed when they voted for it? As I understand it, it works like this: Before, you could get concealed carry but you had to get a license (CHL) for it. Now, you have a "carry" license that applies to concealed and open carry.
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gatesealer posted:isn't it illegal to call for the death of elected officials? No, just the President.
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I mean literally all that does is prevent gays from forcing pastors to marry them which is something no one's going to do anyway.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:What about the part about "religious organizations" That's specifically the tax exempt organizations. http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/TX/1/C/11/B/11.20
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Apparently he's also requiring special ed classes to be videotaped? I have some friends who are special ed teachers and they're really mad about it.
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Jun 28, 2015 19:39
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Thermos H Christ posted:
Gig em.
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Jun 29, 2015 05:14
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zoux posted:Just for practical purposes, marriage law is statewide right? A marriage license from Travis county issued to a Denton county couple is still valid, correct? Not that people should have to drive three hours to get a marriage license because of shithead county officials, but people will still be able to exercise their rights even if they have to go to Dallas or Austin while we wait for rural and suburban counties to stop stomping their feet, right? Yes, and any local institutions that wouldn't recognize the marriage license (I'm not really aware of any that use marriage licenses and aren't at least state-level) could easily be challenged in court.
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Jiro posted:
It didn't.
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Badger of Basra posted:Do y'all think the cobra was part of Obama's dastardly plan? No doubt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kha63bVVlUM
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VitalSigns posted:I'd be a lot happier if our new governor weren't either a literal crazy person or pandering to actual crazy people I don't think he's a literal crazy person. Now the Lt. Governor, he is a literal crazy person.
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ReidRansom posted:Considering the laws on getting financial aid when you have drug offenses and whatnot, it's kind of surprising there aren't laws that prevent scholarships while under indictment for serious crimes like that. Being private, you probably couldn't cover Baylor, but since public money is involved you could certainly do Texas, A&M, and Tech and hope you could get the privates to follow suit. Good thing most sexual assault cases are handled in-house.
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Great, now I'm in the mood to go to HEB and buy ice cream.
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zoux posted:I think you guys are overlooking the biggest difference between the two states, which is the industrial base. High tech and entertainment rich people donate cash to Dems, oil and gas barons donate to the GOP. There's even a similar bubble with the petroleum engineers here and the programmers over in California. The biggest difference though is the property values here can be/are much much lower.
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e_angst posted:So apparently 4chan is spreading a rumor that there's gonna be a shooting at UT Austin today. UTPD is (rightfully) saying it isn't a credible thread, but people are kinda freaking out. Oh, that's what that post was about. I saw some friends sharing it but wasn't quite in the loop about it.
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Zwabu posted:
That's how it happened in California, yes.
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Grandito posted:San Marcos took fluoride out of the water. Putting it on the intelligence level of the PNW.
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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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boom boom boom posted:I don't get what's so weird about Austin. The ironic thing about "Keep Austin Weird" is that it's actually exactly in line with another Texas slogan: Don't Mess With Texas. In both cases, you have an advertising campaign for a relatively innocent issue (supporting small businesses for "Weird", and preventing littering with "Texas") that got turned into a political statement about the region in question.
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Nov 10, 2015 23:48
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boom boom boom posted:How is that different from Houston or San Antonio? They're not white enough. Like literally, Austin is billed as "laid back and liberal" in a PNW sense, aka the whitest region in the nation. computer parts fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Nov 11, 2015 |
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Spacebump posted:I've always thought of Houston as liberal leaning but how did HERO lose so badly in a liberal leaning city? Literally every argument I heard against it was the trans people in bathrooms. So basically because LGB weren't willing to throw T under the bus (like what has happened historically) to get their goals accomplished.
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Nov 11, 2015 04:46
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jaegerx posted:Considering San Antonio is like 59% Hispanic I don't get it. They're 46% Hispanic-White (26% non-Hispanic White). For comparison, Houston is 25% non-Hispanic White, with a much higher Black population.
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Nov 11, 2015 06:31
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Kinda hard to put "Austin is no worse than the rest of Texas " as a defense when the mantra has been how laid back and liberal Austin is compared to the rest of Texas.
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enraged_camel posted:Becoming more Hispanic is a trait Austin shares with the rest of the country. Yeah, about the only place that's not becoming true is San Francisco.
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Nov 13, 2015 14:20
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oldpainless posted:In the end humanity will be one grotesque amalgamation of everyone anyway so what does it matter. I don't think race mixing is grotesque, but okay.
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zoux posted:
No,but now I get to tell my brother he shares a birthday with a horrible person.
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Nov 16, 2015 19:00
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zoux posted:What do homeless veterans have to do with Syrian refugees? "Why do anything for the latter when we still have the former", basically.
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Nov 17, 2015 15:28
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They are more flavorful but they taste like corn. They're really good if you fry them in oil (preferably corn oil) though.
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Badger of Basra posted:Well UT is going to start serving halal (and kosher) meals next semester, so keep your eye out for some insanity on that subject. The funny part is that this probably only means that they are switching distributors to people that have certified halal chicken & beef.
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Badger of Basra posted:Statesman said a gun rights group just did a "mock mass shooting" at UT. I guess this is to go along with their terrible idea from last year of a "mock" illegal immigrant round-up. I wonder if they'll use a sniper.
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