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zoux posted:I work downtown so it's mostly for selfish, traffic related reasons that I wish he'd gently caress off.  Vaguely ironic, Obama causing me to miss out on healthcare, but I'll just reschedule for next week.  I signed up for the Battleground Texas stuff but never heard anything, hopefully I will eventually. Might be because I adamantly refuse to do phone banking and didn't check that box.
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zoux posted:I went to an exceedingly expensive private liberal arts school and I wish I would've gone to UT instead My grades were so bad coming out of High School I didn't even bother applying to UT, St. Edward's across the river accepted me though, and it was pretty great all things considered. 
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Justice isn't dead. 
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I'm in 3, and I have no idea how I'm going to decide on a candidate, there seem to be quite a lot here and there's not too much difference between them at first blush. E: zoux posted:I'm in 5 because I live in the '04 3 has some '04 too.
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Vahakyla posted:As a non-texan, I say: build trains, trams and buslines everywhere. Hth. But but but, I have it on good authority that Ford is the best in Texas.  Seriously though I am so goddamn happy living barely a mile from where I work. Can't imagine having to deal with the ridiculous commutes my coworkers do, one all the way from Pflugerville.
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~the Chemistry industry~. I do like how she seems to be taking him to task but she doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders.
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Aw hell I missed most of it, also why does it look and sound like they are broadcasting from the 90s?
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The fact that this is the first time that the Enterprise Fund is being audited is perhaps the only surprising part of this. At least somebody is trying to push accountability.
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You have to admit though, the scale of the graft is pretty impressive. Everything's bigger in Texas, even graft!
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zoux posted:Yeah, but the Latino vote! 
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Sep 29, 2014 23:28
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Texas, the last hope for the country. E: Christ, dude looks like the villain in a 70s/80s high school movie. Sardonik fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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Sep 30, 2014 01:53
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Randandal posted:I wish Kinky Friedman would run again. How anyone could even ironically support him is beyond me, especially after the debate where he whipped out his "Politics is made up of poly and ticks, that means multiple blood sucking insects" line, and in general not having a good answer to any of the questions.
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Given the fierce questions and times the candidates get called out, I think I see why republicans don't like debating in Texas. 
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We need to create the best school system in the world, and then fund it.  E: Holy poo poo, Wendy is bring the heat. Though she's going over. Sardonik fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Abbot you are the dumbest motherfucker to ever live: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2014/10/greg-abbott-texas-gay-marriage-ban-reduces-out-of-wedlock-births/ quote:AUSTIN – Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas’ same-sex marriage ban should remain in place because legalizing it would do little or nothing to encourage heterosexual couples to get married and have children.
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Loling hard at some of the statesman comments:quote:Oh goodie! Yet ANOTHER big success for baby-killing bi***es that refuse to take responsibility for their promiscuity. Anyone ever hear of a little thing called PREVENTION?? There REALLY IS such a thing as birth control that does NOT kill the unborn child. Hey, if you can get the money for an abortion, you can certainly afford NOT to get pregnant in the first place!! quote:I'm all for lots of abortion clinics. Dumbocrats are the super majority that uses them. They will thin their on herd.
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Shifty Pony posted:Statesman comments are 70% trolls attempting to get the other trolls' personas to feign outrage. And 30% spam they never seem to be able to fix. I want to believe.
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Badger of Basra posted:We actually asked him about gentrification and his response was "hey at least they get a good price when they sell and move out!"
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Oct 28, 2014 22:45
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Shifty Pony posted:I took a photo of the sign absurdity in Austin: That's pretty impressive, the HEB at Oltorf/South Congress has a pretty good sign density too.
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I take solace in the fact that my vote for district 3 rep mattered for sure, only 14 votes between the top two according to the results on the statesman website.
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I'm glad District 3 seems to be well represented at least.
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This Jade Helm 15 paranoia stuff is the stupidest poo poo ever. Where do they find these idiots?  (from http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-governor-abbott-orders-national-guard-military-takeover )
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Yesterday, in my internal auditing class we learned about 21CT. I couldn't believe I hadn't heard of that before, it's like a software company had effectively star citizen'd both the state and federal governments, almost to the tune of 110 Million. 
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Can you elaborate on what they did? I haven't followed it. The statesman has a pretty good write-up and a good timeline. The short version is, in my understanding, that one official crammed a contract with 21ct, a company that purported to programmatically catch medicare fraud using advanced detection methods. The official ignored the bids from the legitimate companies like SAP and went with 21CT, even though they were not equipped for it. The contract with 21CT had no metrics for success, and was essentially a blank check, and seems to have gone through little to no review process at all. I'm probably bungling some of that but in general it looks pretty fraudulent.
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Childhood Obesity, Piled high.
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zoux posted:Uh huh. I want to print this out and post it everywhere. I want this to be the face of the republican party in Texas.
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Looks like the early voting split is continuing in the election day numbers. This genuinely feels like the greatest victory for democracy in a long time.
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What the hell is progressive about rolling over for big business?
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Reik posted:Their mascot is a ram, so if people start asking questions just keep bringing up rams. 
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A lovely Reporter posted:God's sake, how hard is it to keep some fabric shopping bags in your backpack? 
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He's lucky this only makes him the second-worst Zimmerman.
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Zil posted:Funny thing is, where he is standing had graffiti on it two weeks ago stating that 9/11 was an inside job.
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http://cityhall.blog.statesman.com/2016/09/02/zimmerman-slams-salamander-dna-testing-while-austin-has-rape-kit-backlog/ Zimmerman, you unbelievably dumb bastard, gently caress you.
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I realized today that Trump is the textbook definition of 'All hat and no cattle'.
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Credit where credit was due, I had not figured A&M students to be the protesting type. Glad to see resistance like this.
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On the note of town halls, did anyone catch the stream of Doggett's yesterday? I only caught the end of it via a Facebook stream, and it was so striking how entirely he gets it. Really inspiring stuff, he's very on point with every answer. By contrast, my district's rep, worthless idiot coward Lamar Smith, seems to have inspired a small movement in the district, "Help Find Lamar" signs are cropping up in neighborhoods. 
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Does this mean that the districts will be redrawn before the next election?
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It warms my heart to see David "Domestic abuse via iPhone" Pogue inconvenienced.
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I was born in Austin, and there is something to be said for the effects of the growth pushing lower and even lower - middle class natives out of the city, but I don't blame the transplants for that. It does feel like Austin is gradually becoming more and more of a playground for the rich sometimes though. Also our roads are loving garbage, of course. edit: Only 90s kids will remember when 78704 was 787affordable. Sardonik fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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