Replied to me like a true…gentleman. I think that’s the word.
Or Full House trivia.
A 66.6 million dollar lawsuit with purebloods and sovereign citizens rallying in British Columbia.
The Deep State is always in power. That’s its defining feature.
I still don’t understand the whole Sovereign Citizen thing. Even if what they’re saying is the Real True Law and the government are just usurpers, what makes them think that pointing that out is going to just make the evil government give up? Surely, they’ll just continue ignoring and usurping the Real True Law.
Because fools are full of optimism…and other substances.
SovCit magical thinkers have constructed an alternate reality bubble with a Kevlar integument.
It’s a magic spell. If you say Rumpelstiltskin’s name you automatically win.
“Purebloods?”
Hey, Rowling. Do you like what happens when you go reactionary? 'Cause this is what happens when you go reactionary.
This is some fucking stupid shit:
The utilities are all private, for-profit entities, getting free money form the Feds. So much for libertariaism.
In 2021 alone, the federal government allocated a historic level of funding to states, including Texas, through two pieces of legislation signed by President Biden. Here you can find pertinent information about how the American Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act affect Texas now and in the future.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a $1.2 trillion federal investment in the nation’s infrastructure signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021. So far, the Act has allocated an estimated $36.7 billion for existing and new programs in fiscals 2022-26.
PDF is in infographic with the actual numbers
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is a $1.9 trillion federal coronavirus rescue package signed into law on March 11, 2021. The Act allocated nearly $40 billion to Texas.
Apologies if this is wrong or doesn’t apply here. It was the first thing that popped up when I googled how much federal money Texas has received.
I would wager a guess that Florida is pretty similar, even if they (publicly) eschew federal grants.
Maybe better for this thread:
There are no words:
“The four that we responded to when they jumped out of the boat, they literally broke their neck and, you know, basically an instant death,” Dennis said.
Apparently the answer to “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” is “I would if they did it on TikTok.”
From @Joey_P 's cite:
That’s a surprisingly low allocation to Texas, actually. It’s slightly more than the 1/50 of the total that the average state would get, but Texas isn’t an average state: It’s the second-largest by population, and close to a tenth of the population of the country.
I can’t tell if we’re slamming ARPA in general but for what it’s worth that funding is also helping domestic violence survivors in Michigan. I think though that you are just pointing out that Texas is a hypocrite, in which case, yes.
I’m not slamming it, and I’m not pointing out that Texas is hypocritical. It often is, of course, but in this case I don’t think the label is justified, since Texas is railing against ARPA while collecting a much smaller share, per capita, than the average state.
I’m ashamed to report that my friends and I used to do just that all the time. We called it, “TORPEDO!”
I almost broke my neck one time.
I dunno’ if Texas wasn’t being hypocritical they wouldn’t be taking any money would they?