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1 hour ago, Satchel said:

Just a loathsome little imp:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/texas-greg-abbott-am-mark-welsh-dei/

 

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III’s job over claims the university broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The threat came after conservative activist Christopher Rufo shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to attend a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American.

On Monday, someone asked Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on social media whether they were going to tolerate the behavior.

“Hell, no,” Abbott replied hours later on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s against Texas law and violates the U.S. Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone.

 

abbott has tanked k to 12 public schools, the universities are next 

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i'm assuming am is a top 20 public university, either way it's important to the state ....

what other governor (except florida) would publicly threaten the states #2 university's president like that over something so trivial ?

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12 hours ago, Satchel said:

Just a loathsome little imp:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/texas-greg-abbott-am-mark-welsh-dei/

 

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III’s job over claims the university broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The threat came after conservative activist Christopher Rufo shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to attend a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American.

On Monday, someone asked Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on social media whether they were going to tolerate the behavior.

“Hell, no,” Abbott replied hours later on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s against Texas law and violates the U.S. Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone.

hah rufo strikes again. Absolutely wild how that goebbels of a gremlin has been able to steer the conservative conversation

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49 minutes ago, YChang said:

His public persona... sure seems like he's a hateful person on top of being a horrible leader/governor. 

 

he's been kissing trump's ass since 2015 and trump doesn't give a fuck about him 

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57 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

i'm assuming am is a top 20 public university,

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

 

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

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3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

All dirt roads lead to Tech.  Wahoowa.

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3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

I worked with one here in Austin for years.  VT undergrad, UT-Arlington masters, UT-Austin PhD.  Good engineer.

By the way, it's a bigger undergrad program than UT, almost 8K strong.

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50 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

Got a couple in my group.  They cool.  Certainly better to work with than the dumbfuck aggies around here.

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On 6/19/2023 at 10:57 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I would be curious to see that stats on what issues are uncovered in the inspections and how many violations there are.  Removing the inspections altogether is extreme. It could be moved to every 2 years or a stringent inspection every 5. I realize that the inspections could be looked upon as regressive tax on the poor but I would assume they catch problems especially related to tires and brakes that definitely impact other, pun not intended.

Yeah, so I got my new registration renewal notification, and it looks like the cost has gone up, with an "Inspection Replacement Fee"  and an "Emissions Inspection Fee" added to my bill ... and of course I'll still have to pay some place to 'inspect my emissions'. So, prices go up, and we pay a fee for the inspection we aren't getting ... and we get more shitty, unmaintained, unsafe cars on the road as a result. 

Awesome. Thanks, Gov. Hot Wheels. Fucking idiots.

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28 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah, so I got my new registration renewal notification, and it looks like the cost has gone up, with an "Inspection Replacement Fee"  and an "Emissions Inspection Fee" added to my bill ... and of course I'll still have to pay some place to 'inspect my emissions'. So, prices go up, and we get more shitty, unmaintained, unsafe cars on the result. 

Awesome. Thanks, Gov. Hot Wheels. Fucking idiots.

Do what I do--don't re-register your car.

Seriously.  I'm white.  I haven't registered my car since 2020.  Guess who gives a fuck?

 

NOBODY!

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On 1/13/2025 at 5:18 PM, David Dennison said:

 

 

Next to the middle school in our small town is a large, mowed field. I took my daughter there on Monday to hit some golf balls (she's trying to make the varsity golf team), and noticed the flag was at half mast. Lol. Fuck you Abbot and DoTArD. 

Didn't bother to check the high school or elementary school. I hope our school district doesn't get defunded and decertified by those shit weasals. 

 

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9 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Do what I do--don't re-register your car.

Seriously.  I'm white.  I haven't registered my car since 2020.  Guess who gives a fuck?

 

NOBODY!

I have one with a 2020 sticker, too.  Got pulled over once about a year ago on Mopac.  Got a warning.  My whiteness probably helped.

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There's a large Boy Scouts office near my neighborhood. It might be an admin office for the Houston area or something. Anyway I noticed that their giant American flag was still at half staff yesterday. I will take their word over flag rules more than Greg Abbott.

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28 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Do what I do--don't re-register your car.

Seriously.  I'm white.  I haven't registered my car since 2020.  Guess who gives a fuck?

 

NOBODY!

 

18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I have one with a 2020 sticker, too.  Got pulled over once about a year ago on Mopac.  Got a warning.  My whiteness probably helped.

I've got two cars. One is an around-town beater (2005 Toyota) with plenty of bruises and scratches, and it's still got 2016 registration tags on it. My shiny "good car" on the other hand has 2019 tags.

Guess which one I was driving while moving across the state when I got pulled over for expired tags. And, now, guess who was astonished to only receive a warning for driving around with those 2016 tags. The cop actually laughed because he'd never seen overdue tags that old before.

Me. 🙋‍♂️ Yeah, this white guy. 

(By the way, I did learn from him all DPS now have license plate readers that can tell them if your tags are out of date, even if they're just cruising along behind you.)

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41 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Do what I do--don't re-register your car.

Seriously.  I'm white.  I haven't registered my car since 2020.  Guess who gives a fuck?

 

NOBODY!

I could probably get away with it 'cuz I'm a whitey too - but I married a brown and we also have two half-browns driving the cars.

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3 minutes ago, bolverk said:

(By the way, I did learn from him all DPS now have license plate readers that can tell them if your tags are out of date, even if they're just cruising along behind you.)

I have heard that as well. not sure if it's true, but sure seems like forcing probable cause to me

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2 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

I've got two cars. One is an around-town beater (2005 Toyota) with plenty of bruises and scratches, and it's still got 2016 registration tags on it. My shiny "good car" on the other hand has 2019 tags.

Guess which one I was driving while moving across the state when I got pulled over for expired tags. And, now, guess who was astonished to only receive a warning for driving around with those 2016 tags. The cop actually laughed because he'd never seen overdue tags that old before.

Me. 🙋‍♂️ Yeah, this white guy. 

(By the way, I did learn from him all DPS now have license plate readers that can tell them if your tags are out of date, even if they're just cruising along behind you.)

I think I can solve this riddle.

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16 minutes ago, bolverk said:

(By the way, I did learn from him all DPS now have license plate readers that can tell them if your tags are out of date, even if they're just cruising along behind you.)

That might explain how he popped me.  He came up from behind and I was surprised he could see my sticker.  Maybe he didn't.

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Abbot's order only applied to flags at state buildings.  He can't do shit about flags at ISDs, or the Boy Scouts, or any flag not being flown at a state building, no matter how much he wants to suck the orange man's tiny penis.  It's nothing new for our elected state officials to order the state government to ignore the law. 

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2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That might explain how he popped me.  He came up from behind and I was surprised he could see my sticker.  Maybe he didn't.

It was the reader. The DPS trooper said as much and that they were all recently being equipped with them. The way he pretty much described it was that the reader scans automatically when it's turned on and will alert him if it comes across an expired tag.

This was several months ago, so I'll just assume they're all outfitted with one by now. He also went on to say that some local jurisdictions (but not all) are starting to get them, too.

Like @Longhorn_Fan68 points out, it gives them probable cause to pull you over.

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On 1/15/2025 at 10:29 AM, tx 3 putt said:

trump doesn't give a fuck about him 

I mean he’s a cripple what do you expect 

 

Also the flags in front of the tower were still at half mast Sunday; not sure about yesterday

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