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The affected officers will soon see the adjusted cost of the chemicals they were breathing deducted from their pay. Of course they will get a 10% law enforcement discount. Meanwhile, a new Texas state law will give chemical plants an automatic property tax credit for each ton discharged into the atmosphere. After all, it is lost property, right?

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well, the state assumed that a new board would read through all the fine print INCLUDING the new law about coordinating dam releases. Rep. Huberty is fucking PISSED. he wants heads on pikes. I know he's a Republican, but he opposes things like school vouchers and bathroom bills, so he's alright. he also totally wins the Colonel Sanders lookalike contest every Friday during the regular session.

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EGG-SACTLY

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"...come to find out I don't think my mother minded what Jesse was a-doin' to her. Mhm."

I hope the EPA takes their proverbial sling blade to Harris County Officials (mother) and Arkema (Jesse).

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I think Trump will be asking you if you can be his new WH press-critter.

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"Privatize the profits, socialize the losses." Credit to Randi Rhodes.

Edit: (And apologies to Pazuzu75. When will I learn to stop jumping the gun?)

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Godzilla, obviously.

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"They didn't vomit, they un-ate".

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The dirty rotten stinkin' Frogs,left those cops to breath their Smog.

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You vote for Republicans, you're gonna get exactly this, Texans - and the rest of America should listen up.

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And nobody's gonna make them pay for harming others. It's the Texas way.

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Acceptable description, but I don't know how that will play in the marketing department.

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I don't believe this would bother any Texan who would be inclined to vote for Republicans.

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They didn't build that! Wait wut?

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A lot of Texans don't live near those plants, after all. And most Texans are not First Responders.

(This is both horrifying and the company speeches total horseshit.)

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Gherkins seems like a shoo-in!!

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