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  1. I have been actively involved in the recovery community at the Men’s Center and volunteer with Lord of the Streets in Houston to offer resources to those with addiction and battling homelessness. In no way do I advocate belittling those suffering or mocking them online. What I do hope is the Austin mayor and council be presented with visual proof from their constituents showing that their policies are enabling drug use and lawlessness. That is no way being compassionate or helping people who were in a situation similar to your mother. I am grateful to be in recovery and hope she is too and off the streets.
  2. Abbott putting Austin city leaders on blast and asking for people to post pictures homeless lawlessness to turn up the heat. Badass.
  3. This isn't NY or CA. Banning fracking in any city in TX is fucking stupid. Prohibiting bags is an unnecessary imposition on consumers and retailers. Thankfully the leg in this state has show the will to intercede and will hopefully be a deterrent from a city from thinking they can pass a plastic straw ban or some other joke of a law.
  4. Now this is how you bring down the hammer. Bravo. Getting 4 different state agencies involved to bring the city in line. Just like with banning the prohibition of fracking and single-use plastic bags, when a city overreaches, we have the Tex Leg and governor to step in ready to ready to protect the citizenry from regulatory overreach by cities. In his letter, Governor Abbott laid out several strategies the state can use to protect against threats to public safety and health including: The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has broad and sweeping authority across the range of health and human services, including the authority to adopt rules in the areas of communicable disease, sanitation, and health protection. The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) protects the health of all Texans through the prevention and control of disease and other public health risks using strategies authorized by the Texas Legislature. For example, in the event of a disease outbreak or reported infectious disease, DSHS has authority to conduct investigations and impose control measures applying to specific individuals, property, animals, and area quarantines. Due to a variety of factors, including lack of access to clean water, limited access to healthcare, and environmental and other conditions, the homeless are at a higher risk for contracting certain communicable diseases—including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, and tuberculosis. Among other things, homeless Texans are estimated to contract tuberculosis at a rate more than 70 times higher than the general population. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regulates the State’s water quality standards. Water quality could suffer if increased human defecation and other waste resulting from Austin’s homelessness ordinance caused elevated concentrations of E. coli in Austin creeks or watersheds. Additionally, in reviewing Austin’s stormwater management plan, TCEQ will insist on seeing a plan that addresses the effects of the crisis resulting from Austin’s homelessness ordinance. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has authority to act statewide—including throughout Austin—to ensure the safety of state employees and those seeking services from the State on or around state-owned or state-leased property. DPS can also enforce the state law prohibiting criminal trespassing. If necessary, DPS will add troopers in Austin areas that pose greater threats. DPS also stands ready to increase security for state agencies that are forced to respond to the homelessness crisis. The Department of Transportation, among its powers to ensure the safety of Texas roads and those around or traveling on them, can remove property that may block roadways or endanger public safety. The Office of the Attorney General has the authority to seek injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of Texas statutes and rules requiring abatement of public health nuisances. The Attorney General also has broad legal authority under countless other statutes.
  5. Effective leadership from our governor and negative pub. A great 1-2 punch needed to shame the city to action. What Abbott did today was the best thing he has done as governor apart from school finance reform. Firmly putting his foot down and saying that the state will not tolerate or let Austin or any other city in this state go down the path of LA, SF and Seattle allowing for homeless encampments, open drug use and shit and used needles on the streets.
  6. Not a Abbott fan but kudos to him with this message to the mayor and Austin city council giving them until November 1st to fix the mess they've created. That's excellent leadership and use of the hammer he has as the governor or our great state. Don't let them California our Texas.
  7. Wrong. Have a double double and shut the fuck up. Better than Whataburger by miles.
  8. Anyone who still thinks Whataburger has a better hamburger than either Shake Shack or In N Out is denying reality. Whataburger back in the day used to serve a hot, melty, cheesy burger right off the flat top but that’s not the case anymore. EVERY time I go to In N Out I get a piping hot burger with gooey American cheese, crisp lettuce and tomatoes and a perfectly toasted bun. Same with Shake Shack. Whataburger is a shell of what it used to be and this was the case even before they were sold.
  9. Love how the NYT piece describes the elite academia and medicine thought police railing against these findings. Laughed out loud at the condescension by the author and tying the consumption of red meat to climate change in an attempt to discourage people from enjoying the heavenly bliss of red meat. I will have a steak tonight to celebrate.
  10. I am a Republican but think Turner has done a good job during Harvey and helping get the city pension situation under control after Lee Brown fucked the city over. Turner is gay?
  11. GHOSTUSER

    Hey Jews

    Fill me in on the joke about your mom being the town slut.
  12. GHOSTUSER

    Hey Jews

    Still looking for a Chinese restaurant in Houston open on Christmas that has the joie de vivre and atmosphere of rich Jews enjoying their food like Gigi’s and Hunan Post Oak had back in the day. Also, Shana Tovah.
  13. Minshew on this drive just now for a TD was incredible with his poise and ability to extend plays. Two 3rd downs he avoided sacks and looked downfield for a 1st down and a TD. Really likable player and Jags games are must see TV now
  14. I’m so fucking pissed. Buttchin’s awful coaching on full display. Ridiculously stupid play in the red zone with the Dhop pass. Moronic challenge and wasted TOs in the 2nd half. No rhyme or reason with our offensive play-calling. Complete display of his awful coaching.
  15. Fuck Bill O’Brien. Worst coach in the NFL
  16. Another terrible challenge by buttchin
  17. Let’s get a go ahead TD here. Use the middle of the field with Coutee and our TEs buttchin.
  18. Really pissed about that stupid trick play. Buttchin has a history of doing garbage like that. Remember Watt as a RB in goal line in the playoff game 4 years ago.
  19. What about one of our road games in conference. That could happen right?
  20. We better not be but from what was posted about every XII team being on it at least once scares me.
  21. GHOSTUSER

    UH @ UNT

    Tune looking really good at QB for the Coogs. 14-0 UH
  22. Fuck that shit. S Fuck this stupid conference for agreeing to do this for football. Consumers need to hold the line and not pay for this crap. The more and more streaming is getting expensive and fragmented the more traditional pay tv looks better.
  23. Don’t forget MaybeaCoordinator. He still was defending this idiot just last week
  24. Fuck that. I am not going to sign up for another streaming service that’s garbage like ESPN+. I don’t use Hulu for the same reason. It’s redundant and it sucks
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