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I said, "America, fuck yeah! Where's your nearest school?"

During/after the 2011 drought, I remember a lawsuit against LCRA for power generation and sale, something along the lines that it was not in LCRAs rights/charter. Not sure whatever happened to the lawsuit.

I wouldn't Trade Places with Tomasco. That's a weird fucking sentence.

fixed for truth

And dipshits will keep voting for more of this shit because team politics, and by voting for more of it meaning they'll keep re-electing the assholes who pass this bullshit.

Elon's an insecure, little bitch.

I keep telling my wife, who is reluctant to sell and move/retire soon, that we need to sell ASAP before the lakes run dry and no one wants to move here and everyone's trying to leave.

RIP Charlie.

I got a state of Texas shaped tattoo in my mid 20s. It was after my solo trip through Europe. Most everywhere I went, Europeans and especially the younger people LOVED Texas. It inspired me to get the tattoo. Trip to Greece 2 summers ago. Upon asking, when I responded that I was from Texas, 3 different times the response was, "Ahh, guns." My daughters were embarrassed. I just thought, "eh, we've earned it."

I saw that. Who was that? It wasn't that bad of a shot. It was coming in low and hot. Hit the green, hard kick to the left, and kept going into the water.

Christopher Nolan had the exact vibe. “For me, I don’t think it’s saying too much to say that if Dune: Part One was Star Wars, this, to me, was very much The Empire Strikes Back, which is my favorite of the Star Wars films,” Nolan said. “I just think it’s an incredibly exciting expansion of all of the things [Villeneuve] introduce in the first one.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/christopher-nolan-compares-dune-part-two-to-the-empire-strikes-back/ar-BB1hSJrZ

Don't fuck with Buddha. https://www.asiaone.com/asia/man-thailand-goes-rampage-temple-gets-impaled-buddha-statue A man in Thailand who went on a violent rampage at a temple in the Chonburi province died after being impaled by a Buddha statue. On Feb 27, the 49-year-old man, who went by the name Ek, had taken methamphetamine in the temple with his friend - a monk at the temple who goes by the name Best, reported Thai media outlet Thaiger. Ek then attacked Best with a fluorescent tube. While the latter ran away to seek help, Ek went on to smash statues in the temple, before fleeing into the main hall. When the police arrived at the temple, Ek had locked all the doors and windows in the main hall, preventing officers from entering. When they broke down the door and entered the main hall, the police found Ek lying in a pool of blood, with a Buddha statue pierced through his chest. According to investigations, he had tried to climb and deface the largest statue in the hall but slipped and fell, landing on the sharp end of another statue below, South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday (March 13). The statue's head had pierced his heart and lungs.

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I'm glad our elected officials are protecting my freedoms.

I blame rap music.

The below picture captures what I think Texas has become, or more specifically what the people of Texas have become. I'm happy you feel nostalgia for this state. I used to think this state was the shit. Now I just think it's shit. Cool thing about history is that we can acknowledge it but are not bound to it. Here's to your daughter making the same memories in a new place. My daughters will do the same. They want no part of this state.

When people are lemmings for team politics, the ruling party gets more bought and more corrupt. https://www-dallasnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2024/03/14/defeated-republican-calls-texas-state-government-the-most-corrupt-ever/?outputType=amp&amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1 After his stunning defeat in the recent Republican primary, State Rep. Glenn Rogers unloaded on the corruption of Texas government that reaches, he says, to “the highest level.” Rogers, 68, wrote that he agrees with the statement by others that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is “a corrupt sophisticated criminal.” He continued, “Our current state government is the most corrupt ever and is bought by a few radical billionaires seeking to destroy public education” and also “create a theocracy.” Q: When you say “corruption at the highest level,” what do you mean? Rogers: Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are the two most powerful men in state politics. And they’ve created a compliant Senate for the most part. And they’re seeking to have a compliant House. The election results go a long way to a compliant House. That should be very alarming to Texans. Having a few billionaires have that much control over state government is not the Texas way or the American way. They finally spent enough money and told enough lies to defeat me. Q: In your column, you wrote that current activities would make Gov. Pa Ferguson blush. Pa is considered Texas’ worst governor. Rogers: It’s not the same corruption that occurred with Pa Ferguson. Now it’s more widespread. This is not targeted at Gov. Abbott. It’s targeted at the level of corruption that exists throughout the Texas state government right now — and with the way leaders, state officials and legislators are manipulated by Dunn and Wilks. Q: You wrote that aside from privatizing public schools, the billionaires want to turn America into a theocracy. Rogers: Lord knows we need God today with all the problems we have. But we don’t need these radical Christian nationalists’ beliefs that are really dangerous to democracy and religious freedom. Q: You wrote that Paxton is a corrupt sophisticated criminal. You voted to impeach him. Rogers: That’s a quote from State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano. The House was acting as a grand jury. There was compelling evidence that this needed to be moved to the Senate for trial.

Climate has drastically changed in the last 30 years which is fucking up everything, news at 10.

She bought her house two or three years ago for about $330k. He said that her policy premium is over $3k, which is a few hundred more than what I pay for a significantly more expensive house in Austin.

in his defense, it's 3 putt, not 3 chip.

Texas is starting to feel it. Buddy's daughter has a house in Alvin. Her home insurance dropped her. She's never filed a claim. She approached 3 others and they wouldn't quote her a policy. He signed her up with his insurance agent.

just cause you got tigol and recognize your kind doesn't mean that others did.

Copilot sucks. show me the correlation between ocean water temperature and the number of category 4 and category 5 hurricanes and typhoons Copilot Certainly! The relationship between ocean water temperature and the intensity of hurricanes and typhoons is well-established. Here’s how it works: Warmer Ocean Waters Fuel Storms: Tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones) form over warm ocean waters. As ocean temperatures rise, these storms can pick up more energy, leading to higher wind speeds. Warm waters provide the necessary heat and moisture for the storm’s development and intensification12. Specific Effects: Increased SST contributes to the intensification of tropical cyclones. Higher SST allows storms to extract more heat from the ocean, leading to stronger updrafts and more rapid intensification. Warm ocean layers provide a favorable environment for sustained storm development1. Record High SSTs: The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was influenced by record high Atlantic sea surface temperatures. Rising temperatures amplify the energy available to storms, leading to more intense hurricanes1. In summary, warmer ocean waters play a crucial role in the formation and strengthening of tropical cyclones. As climate change continues to raise ocean temperatures, the impact on storm intensity becomes increasingly significant.