Everything posted by DanRydell
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86th Texas Legislative Session 01/08/19 - 05/27/19 thread of fail
I donāt either but leaving that door open is the only real reason to resign.
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~95K noncitizens registered to vote, ~58k voted in the last Texas election
A lege staffer mentioned the possibility to me but had not heard whether it was actually being considered.
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86th Texas Legislative Session 01/08/19 - 05/27/19 thread of fail
I donāt know that itās going to happen but by resigning immediately before adjournment, Abbott is now allowed to re-appoint him until 2021.
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~95K noncitizens registered to vote, ~58k voted in the last Texas election
Resigning immediately before adjournment sine die allows Abbott to re-appoint him until the next session in 2021. Abbott canāt appoint someone whose nomination was rejected by the Senate and if the Senate adjourns without confirming the nomination, the appointee is deemed to have been rejected. Since the Senate never actually voted on his nomination and because his nomination was not still pending at adjournment, he was not technically rejected.
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The Robert Mueller Investigation
Itās hard to take Amashās āIām a principled conservativeā schtick totally seriously when he claims to be a deficit/debt hawk but votes for every tax cut
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2019 MLB thread
Wonder how thatās gonna affect her Christian Pop career.
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Texas GOP proposes sales tax increase/property tax decrease swap
Thatās been my experience in Travis as well. People bitch about their appraisals but I donāt know anyone who would happily sell their house for its appraised value.
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Texas GOP proposes sales tax increase/property tax decrease swap
California has seen harshly the problems created by permanently pinning appraisals to the sale price. You create a scarcity problem, discourage property transfers, and create a revenue problem.
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New season of BOSCH now streaming
Connelly released a true crime podcast earlier this year, Murder Book, where he spends some time interviewing the detectives who have been his sources and inspirations. Unfortunately season one of the podcast wasnāt great (poor audio quality, Connelly isnāt a very good host, hard to follow story).
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Texas GOP proposes sales tax increase/property tax decrease swap
I completely agree property taxes are inherently problematic because theyāre taxing an unrealized asset. Your house quadrupling in value doesnāt increase your income. But the solution is an income tax, not increasing sales taxes even more.
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Texas GOP proposes sales tax increase/property tax decrease swap
The legislative budget board calculations for the tax swap proposal are out. To the surprise of no one, it would be a boon for those with incomes exceeding $150k paid for by those making less than $99k.
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2019 MLB thread
Was hoping Hendricks could keep it under 80 but he really had to work in the 9th.
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The Robert Mueller Investigation
You care enough about American politics to post incessantly on here and you've never even read the Constitution? It's only 7,500 words.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
There was some hinting around it during the Stannis/Melisandre stuff and references to the prince who was promised but not explicitly, no.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
Because the NK created the White Walkers.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
I agree that major characters dying in battle really hasnāt been GoTās style. Iām one of those who thinks GoT is at its best when itās people talking in rooms so I frankly find the battles to be the least interesting scenes that donāt involve the Night King/White Walkers/wights. But upping the consequences of the Battle of Winterfell would have at least meant the Night King had some impact on the show and on these characters beyond simply an eight-season long MacGuffin to get these characters together.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
A personās death can both be random and pointless while also being consequential.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
What does that have to do with your argument that every major characterās death has to have a point?
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
The point is thatās how life works. War is hell and death is almost always random and pointless.
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86th Texas Legislative Session 01/08/19 - 05/27/19 thread of fail
Austin voters already have a remedy if they want to make a change in their city leadership. Itās not the proper place of the legislature to usurp local control on purely local issues, at least where nobodyās fundamental rights are being violated.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
Yes really. That was the whole reason the wildlings were moving south.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
The NK started marching south six seasons before the wall came down
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
Qyburnās spent a long time building his dragon bow which is now in the opening credits so presumably itās going to play a role.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
Even accepting the Night King as so simple-minded leaves plenty of completely unexplained questions. Why did the NK have such an interest in gory, large-scale art installations? Something that was seemingly so significant that it was featured three different times, including in the series premiere and the season premiere and yet was apparently ultimately meaningless? Why did the NK decide that NOW was the time to march south after waiting thousands of years? Accepting Branās explanation for why the NK wants to kill Bran, whatās the rush? If he is always able to find Bran, why not stand back and let his wights kill literally everybody else before tracking down Bran? He doesnāt even have his wights take out Theon first? Just because he wants to risk it all in order to flex on Theon? The NK being immune to everything but dragon glass, having been created by dragon glass, makes some sense. But why can he also be killed by Valyrian steel? Heās immune to the fire of Valyrian dragons so itās not simply some Valyrian magic shit.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 (NO BOOKSPOILERS) thread
Iām not complaining about not knowing. Iām complaining about the answer being a profoundly uninteresting waste of time and energy over seven seasons.