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Yeah they can GTFO with that $4.25/roll bullshit.
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s) Midland, Pecos, Wink. It's all Permian Basin oil. Mineral value is added to regular dirt value when it comes to property taxes in Texas, so you get some rinky-dink rural school districts in the Permian Basin with astronomical property tax bases and very few students that have to be educated. That money goes back into statewide coffers in much the same way that Austin ISD has to - just at a different scale. In the district I attended back in the 1970s-1980s, the boundaries barely reached the city limits. Hell, in parts of town, other districts actually cut into the town proper (still do), which means my district didn't benefit at all from the oil getting pumped out of the ground. We were "property poor," but the district just south of us was based in a town with fewer than 300 people, and they had ALL THE OIL with wall-to-wall carpeting in the high school hallways and an astroturf football field...back in the 1980s. They couldn't spend the money fast enough. The funding disparities were DRAMATIC before Robin Hood. Shit definitely still needs tweeking/fixing, but the intent at that time was noble because our district boundaries are all kinds of fucked up. San Antonio's very poor Edgewood ISD lawsuit (if I recall correctly) back then was what forced the Texas Supreme Court to declare our property-tax-based system to be unconstitutional because it didn't guarantee even close to an equitable education for all kids. Personally, I'd do some serious school district consolidation to even things out and then rejigger the formulas once the property tax base disparities were flattened out a little bit after consolidation, but that would never fly politically because suburban districts make out like bandits under the current system. Where you live in a proximate area shouldnβt dictate whether your kid gets a decent education, especially within a county or metro area, imho. It's kind of dumb to begin with, because what does the value of property in a specific place have to do with funding education, to begin with? I mean, do bigger houses or whatever mean the kids living in them are inherently worth more? Don't answer that.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff π
Planet Houston replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
Manβ¦lots of bitches coming out of the woodwork tonight. Absolutely shot ourselves in the foot and should have won, but the general attitude in this thread is embarrassing. Sengun should have been more aggressive to the hoop on that last possession, but you canβt fault the approach the way he played tonight For the record, I do think Jalen Green needs to go. I donβt know how to get appropriate value, but he ainβt him. -
The fella on the left is an endangered species after that result. My only photo of a Columbus, Ohio couch hanging out outside without a security detail.
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Ragey. π€¬π€¬π€¬
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10 extra seconds are for the gloves and helmet.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
aggie08 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Most Western democracies have a more... intimate...history with fascists and are more keenly aware of their consequences. I guess you have to learn by doing. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
mchookem replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
so basically every western democracy has managed to rebuff their right-wing/fascist parties but us? maybe we are exceptional lol -
2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff π
CurlyDumps replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
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It's just not a good call. Period. And this is after they chicken shitted out of giving Green his second tech.
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Haha. He finally looks happy! What a crazy photo.
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I'm not. It's an obvious foul (if seen). The stuff they let go earlier was primarily in the paint, as is the norm in the playoffs. You can't sneak your hand into the midsection of a jump shooter. Brooks knew what he was doing. Sometimes the refs miss it, sometimes they don't. Now, if you want to argue that they thought Brooks made more contact than he did when they blew the whistle, and they only noticed the hand on Jimmy's midsection on review, you'd probably have a case.
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Nice Tommy walkoff!
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Itβs been a weird year already made even weirder by Altuve asking to bat 2nd because he wants an extra 10 seconds running the extra 180β from LF vs 2B
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff π
perfectchaos007 replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
On the flip side, FVF had a career night and we still lost. If he plays average, and our FT shooting was 80%, we still lose. -
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CurlyDumps replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
19/31 from the line. Worse than a shitty college team. Fucking joke. -
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Slacks replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
0... Shooters. Last in the league in FG% and last in assists. -
You know damn well you're being disingenuous. You know that refs set the tone by not calling that shit all game long and then suddenly it's a foul? With one minute left? Bullshit.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff π
Slacks replied to Macklemore's topic in Basketball
No game shooters. It's a real problem. -
They flood the zone with lies and we should play by rules and norms. We tried that. Failed. We should have WWE Biden giving out stimmies with his name on it instead of loan forgiveness. Eat the rich and do the shit they accuse of . Grandpa Joe giving free dough out the Camero
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Fantasy football draft party
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The existence of other missed calls means that refs should purposely miss calls in close games?
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