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Bell the Blind Tiger MCD's avatar

I don't work for TX Senate Media Services and often have just as much trouble figuring out who the people are. (though I do know all the senators already.)

[EDIT:] if I had any control over this, I would not be using grancius. but most of what they are talking about is the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.

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fuflans's avatar

Meh. That's all in the Pabst.

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Saxo the Grammarian's avatar

OK, it's Monday and that sucks, and it's twelve weeks until Election Day and that really sucks, so here's some authentic Finnish folk fiddling to help you face the day.

https://youtu.be/hc1lb9QUbCw

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President Rufus T. Firefly's avatar

His statement went flat quickly.

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tehbaddr's avatar

#BlackLabelMatters

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Bell the Blind Tiger MCD's avatar

here's the committee membership.

http://www.senate.state.tx....

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Recipriversexclusion's avatar

I only read Japanese so I don't understand the Senators nameplates. Wait, what?

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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

All the Hamm's on camera are becoming sadder Budweiser.

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fuflans's avatar

Ex Bush commerce secretary is named "Gutierrez" so he clearly doesn't count.

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Bell the Blind Tiger MCD's avatar

the City of Houston added LGBT people to their non-discrimination ordinance a few years ago and the religious right lost their shit. many of the witnesses are talking about the ballot measure language, the petition signature thresholds and who pays legal fees in these circumstances even though they won the charter election by making the whole thing about who is peeing with OUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS.

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Recipriversexclusion's avatar

I read two articles on dailykos about how liberals need to do "nice-nice-speak" so the "disenfranchised whites" would understand how they are voting against their interest. I'm watching this and thinking, (What kind of unicorn and rainbow world are they living in to think they would effect these peoples thinking?)I'm not in Texas and won't stay to much longer. Really glad you're trying to get this out there. Not enough info available about state sessions until after the fact.

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revenant's avatar

goodness and decency and homeopathy and false fucking equivalency

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revenant's avatar

not quite- alone among Reptilians, he identified George W. Bush as culpable for the neglect that led to 9/11. sort of a nugget of undigested corn in the steaming load that is his discourse

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Bell the Blind Tiger MCD's avatar

IDK what's wrong with these people, but I certainly would like more rainbows and unicorns.

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Recipriversexclusion's avatar

Lol! Yeah, but our species might get bored with that 24/7 and find some way to F it up to "make it interesting".

EDIT: Again, thanks for making the stream available. Hope you were able to put the link out there to local political junkies for the viewing pleasure. See you in the funny papers... errrr non-comments.

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Bell the Blind Tiger MCD's avatar

the stream is required by the Texas Open Meetings Act. again, I just posted the link. I'm not the one at the controls.

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