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BOOOOOOOOO! I feel sorry for the good people in Texas, having such a government and being gerrymandered AF. Be afraid, rest of America. Census results and redistricting coming our way.

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I am aware of that, thanks.

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[sipping a cocktail and flipping through a magazine] OH NO. I have lost the key. Woe. I will try my best to set you free. Our country's sweet freedom depends on you. I must resolve this swiftly.

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So let's see - "...troopers to reroute civilian vehicles back to their origin point or a port of entry, or seize the vehicles, if police suspect the driver is transporting migrants who are infected with the virus."

And where would they be doing this? Well, near the border where there have been Texans of Mexican descent living there since the 1600s, and since Texas joined the union have been LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.

I'm surprised that Abbott didn't just tell them to round up anybody and everybody if they just looked the slightest bit "Messican" whether in a car or not.They have in the past sent native-born American citizens "back" to Mexico numerous times as it is.Or curse that could be next week, I suppose...

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Ah, but this turd changed his name from "Dannie Scott Goeb" to "Dan Goeb Patrick" informally in 1977 and legally in 2004 – allegedly to honour his wife's family and brother-in-law. although many have pointed out that he loved the REAL Dan Patrick and wanted to scam his way into a radio career by stealing that name.

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And they DID NOT PUT A TACO TRUCK ON MY CORNER!

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Back in 2019 I took a bus to Buffalo, and there was the usual stop in Rochester. There the bus was boarded and a man and a woman across the aisle from me who had been speaking Spanish were taken off the bus. As the bus had a wait of about 15 minutes we watched as they were interrogated in front of the bus station, and just before we left, we saw the woman being handcuffed and taken away while they just left the man there.

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Well, pehaps by the time we get to the Omega variant, many of the MAGAts will be gone - of course many good people will be too...

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That is a bit of a cheat on their part (no surprise) as parts of the Great Lakes that are in the US should not count. For example the Michgan edge of Lake Huron is 185 miles away from Chicago which makes the Canadian part of the lake further away than 100 miles.So how can any place 100 miles west of Chicago be in the zone?

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Marfa might as well just be an extention of the neckbeard faux hipster gentrifying places like Williamburg (Brooklyn) and Portland (OR) now.

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I assume they suspect the Royal Canadian Navy is operating a fleet of submersible canoes, in an attempt to promote Nickleback.

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Of course CNN put it far too generously - you can't spell "cringing" without "CNN"

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I believe the current thinking, at least among the prosperity Gospel types so common in Texas, is that salvation is a “personal matter,” negotiated directly between the Christian and Jesus, without regard to outside factors, such as the least of those His brethren. Gives you all the benefits of Christianity without any of that yucky, feel bad stuff.

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Do you think Abbott is aware that a good percentage of the "people of Texas" he claims are his duty are hispanic? Or is he doing that close-your-eyes-and-plug-your-ears bit and pretending that only white people live here?

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I'm so old that I have to Google every anagram that you kids use. It's a daily reminder of the relentless passing of time, and the approach of my own death. Thank you for that.

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