*sad camera noises*

I keep thinking about adding my own custom intros that are just free awkward stock videos or smoke effects with fart sounds. But I’m worried that’ll make fewer people watch.

I guess the “dictator for a day on day 1” was exempted from the ‘/s’

Texan here. Can someone read this comment to me? I don’t see a maze and no one gave me crayons, so I’m pretty sure it’s above my reading level.

I would have to think about that one… I honestly forgot about Gerald Ford. You know who didn’t forget about Gerald Ford? Tom Brokaw.

Shoes, pretzels, parachuting to his own premature victory party… That man survived a lot of self-inflicted danger.

Dodged those shoes like the only president dumber than him dodged the draft

On such a stage, never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.

Covfefe

“Mr. President, did you stop fucking children to be a better Nazi, or are you hiding your pedophilia behind being the dumbest president who ever lived?”

Sure, I’ll make an attempt:

Imagine Only Kissing In Your Ass Rope

“Why is he digging through a pile of snake kebabs?”

Ok, but we gotta get these Project 2025 goons out of powerful positions. After that, you can have all the ex-presidents you want. In fact, we’ll cut you a deal: arrest one president, get 5 billionaires for free.

Sounds like Flock is acting negligibly by aggregating and organizing powerful data points and then intentionally selling them historically irresponsible people whose entire business motto is “we’ll use anything and everything we can against you.”

Texas already adopted something like this!

You see, when school districts purpose propose a bond, they are talking about selling bonds in exchange for money. The bond measures ask that you approve them selling x dollars worth of bonds which will be used for very specific purchases, such as computer equipment, roof repairs, and HVAC maintenance. In general bond measures don’t raise your taxes because the district already purchased the bonds; this is a request to use what’s already been paid for.

On the other hand, districts all across Texas are also trying to pass VATREs, which is a measure asking voters to approve a tax increase to fund the school district. This raises the money that’s used to pay salaries, fuel buses, buy teaching supplies, and literally keeps the lights on. Most of the time, if not always, VATREs are a property tax increase. There are considerable exemptions available, including a standard exemption provided by the state that’s paid for already by the school districts.

The wording for these proposals are very confusing, including the wording for VATREs, which presents the rate increase as x cents on every dollar per $100. What this really means is that when a district requests a 5¢ increase over, let’s say, a 3¢ existing property tax, they’re proposing a tax rate increase from 1.03% to 1.08%. These rates typically only affect homeowners whose houses are valued somewhere over $165k, and cost most homeowners a couple dozen dollars per year. But, in return, the school district stays open, teachers stay employed, and schools are less likely to shut down (although Texas is always working on new ways to shut down public schools).

So, VATREs increase taxes, minimally, and are at a flat rate which means that more expensive homes contribute more, thus leveraging high-income earners to help low-income learners. Bond proposals don’t increase taxes, and make sure that the learning happens in safe environments. Bond funds CANNOT pay salaries, and VATREs CANNOT repair roofs. But of course, the ballot measures use very confusing language, as all ballot measures tend to. So the state uses very simple language to inform voters. On every school district website, a message must be posted that literally includes these words, verbatim, bolded and in all caps, notifying that the school district

ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE.

And every ballot measure, regardless of tax rate changes, is prefaced with these words

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE

The bonds that are not tax increases? Every single one is prefaced with THIS IS A TAX INCREASE.

Because in Texas, we’ll make sure that our education system fails our voters, and then try to ensure that our voters fail themselves. Because it’s not enough for school districts to fight hunger and ignorance, we also have to fight the state.

Replacing dairy milk with oat milk in nearly every confectionery is a game-changer

Exposing kids, exposing themselves to kids… As long as kids are getting exposed or traumatized, Republicans are happy.

The guy who said he doesn’t answer to us isn’t answering to us!

Huh, that’s much more levelheaded and polite! I asked my uncle if his genitals fell off, because I don’t understand why he’s so concerned with everyone else’s when he still has his own to worry about.

Should I be hanged?

Only if you really want to be. Maybe you’re into that? You should probably use a buddy system, though.