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@jmhawth @ShaneAHardin What avenue? Illegals already cannot register to vote in Texas and Texas already has a voter ID law. Please explain.

@ShaneAHardin Why is it a problem to cut off all avenues to cheat?

There is no voter fraud in Texas. Immigrants are not voting in our elections. Only the Hot Wheels Propaganda Machine will tell you differently

@NelsonArre24787 @KeruboSk Pokemon is still the cheapest of the big card games to play. The top decks are routinely between $50-100, most on the lower end. It's just finding packs and boxes for kids to open that's gotten ridiculous.

@KeruboSk Pokémon cards are the perfect example. What started as a cheap kid’s game turned into a luxury investment market now it’s less ‘let’s trade’ and more ‘let’s flip rare holographics.’ Feels like the hobby got priced out of the people it was made for.

What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

@gotmybrands_on That's not catering to him. That's just having a best player.

@exsnypre I respect that within the system he had heavy safety valves that relieved the pressures of scoring, but the offense was predicated on his pressure in the post. I understand the angle of volume, but he was almost always the highest usage rate on those teams.

The Spurs offense wasn’t catered to Duncan? The team that surrounded him with Tony, Manu, ample defenders and shooters was not optimized for him??

@gotmybrands_on Catering is Harden and the Rockets or, post Shaq, Kobe and the Lakers. It's not team first play where you have 1 player scoring in the low 20s each night and the rest of the points spread across everyone. If catering to one guy only gets 20ppg you have massive offensive issues.

@exsnypre Have we ever considered that that catering was them playing to his strength?

@hashtagwarfreek @GinaHinojosaTX Obviously because the Democratic majority being so strong it can override Abbott when he vetoes. Obviously. Do you know who the fuck has been in charge of Texas's legislature for 25 years?

@GinaHinojosaTX You’ve been in the legislature since 2017 so what’s your excuse for not addressing the water issue until three weeks ago?

In 2017, Abbott knew Corpus was running out of water. But Abbott still gave his Saudi plastics pet project millions of your tax $ to guzzle as much water as ALL the citizens of Corpus Christi use. His solution now? Make the people of Corpus pay more so his donors can keep chugging cheap water. That’s “The Greg Abbott Corruption Tax.” gov.texas.gov/news/post/A-Mu…

@gotmybrands_on I'm saying the offense was not catered to Duncan. Centered around him? Sure, he's the best player, but the offense was not at all catered to him. That's delusional if you look at Pop's schemes.

@exsnypre You’re under the wrong person tweet. I am arguing that the system WAS catered to him and his strengths. The person I’m quoting is suggesting the team didn’t do this. The roster construction was built with him in mind as the central hub.

@Vo0rheez @mcuban NBA ratings aren't down. 25/26 has been one of the best seasons ever, ratings-wise. Cuban's idea is purely a try to "fix" tanking by trying to reduce injuries to stars.

Its not just mere minutes overload that is hurting the NBA's ratings. Sure it contributes to injury for players. Scarcity is an enormous factor. Fewer games drives up value for each game. They become more "events". Players will be much more rested with more days off. The quality of play would be much higher than just reducing minutes.

Make the games 40 minutes. 8 x 82 / 48 =13.667 That’s the equivalent number of games you would reduce the schedule by. Without breaking arena leases. Works for college. Works for international. Works for the WNBA. AND. If you looking at tv and streaming ratings, the less the actual playing time for a televised game, the bigger the ratings. Ie, the less time fans have to focus on a game, the more they enjoy watching it on tv

@JAYMKTG @mcuban You think bringing in more players to play worse basketball is a better solution? The product is already hard to watch because of the refs and you want crappier players?

What TF is wrong with you people? How is "play less basketball" a solution for a basketball problem? If you want to play these primadonas fewer minutes, increase the roster size. Bring in more of those next-tier players and give them a chance in the NBA. Less basketball is NEVER THE ANSWER.

@Charles77878130 @KevinBuffington @Zhozhoma @CoxHerb If we all got to decide where our taxes goes, the entire government would cease to function. Why is money going towards poor kids educations such a sticking point? Can the poor stop paying for what they dislike so their lives can improve, or is this only for private school kids?

@KevinBuffington @Zhozhoma @CoxHerb We should all pay to educate the next generations. My thought is that if the government is going to spend 10k per student to educate a kid then the parents of school aged kids should be able to designate where that 10k gets spent. Especially if that provides better education

That equals 0.0427% of all Texas school students not counting homeschoolers. That level of demand just shows rich kids already in private schools want that “free” Texas tax dollar to pay for their private school tuition. Socialism and grift at its finest. Calm down Shaka.

@mbrown5252 @Charles77878130 @CoxHerb Do you want to live surrounded by people dumber than they are already? That's what you get if you don't pay.

@Charles77878130 @CoxHerb How do I get access to mine if I have no kids?

@matiascastrop @SaffronOlive That card blocking Sengir Vampire and Serra Angel while avoiding bolt and terror meant it was way better than it seemed. Still bad, but not Gray Ogre at rare terrible.

@SaffronOlive It was the worst feeling when you were expecting a vampiric or a bird of paradise

This has got to be the worst rare of all time, right?

@puremalarkey @SaffronOlive That's a silence in some formats. That's not that bad.

@SaffronOlive nah Goblin Hero is a bad understated creature, but it can still do damage/block One With Nothing and Sorrow's Path at least invite you to explore how they could possibly be useful to anyone but check this out:

@treadedupon @GinaHinojosaTX The point is the plant, located outside Corpus Christi in the neighboring county is using more water than every other user and doesn't have to abide by drought restrictions from the city, as it doesn't have purview. This only has to do with county and state laws/politicians.

@exsnypre @GinaHinojosaTX You missed the point.

This is ridiculous. Schools in Corpus Christi, TX are planning for closure so a Saudi plastics plant can continue to guzzle all the water. This is everything that’s wrong with Government.

@dmwoof @ThrowthoseLsUp @WDRBNews That school isn't getting paid for kids who don't attend. Send them to school, and they can play. Pretty simple answer. Supplement their education at home if you think it's lacking.

@ThrowthoseLsUp @WDRBNews They go to school and pay school taxes. Keep your kids off the team if you don’t feel comfortable with them being around homeschooled kids.

Kentucky mom says homeschooled students shut out of state sports, pushes for change wdrb.com/news/education…

@dmwoof @AmericanBlood91 @WDRBNews Then have them attend school.

@AmericanBlood91 @WDRBNews Pretty easy answer. They’re paying taxes to fund public schools so they should be able to participate if they want.

@treadedupon @GinaHinojosaTX It's not exactly some secret. The GCGV Portland TX plant is the largest consumer of water from the San Patricio MWD:

@GinaHinojosaTX I read the article and nowhere did I see the word "Saudi", but do hype up the base rookie. Everything that is wrong with Government is also the "local" government which is heavily democrat. Pick a side, not everything is the states fault.

@PMPTPA @mcuban So they're hiring the giants of the insurance industry to be their plan managers. Thanks for agreeing with what I said.

All due respect Joe but you don’t know what you’re talking about. The largest healthcare TPAs in the US are UnitedHealth Group, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Centene Corporation, Molina Healthcare, WellCare Health Plans, and Blue Cross Blue Shield (combined). The vast majority of their ERISA business is steered by Marsh, Aon and AJ Gallagher. Those three work with the largest employers for plan design and third-party administration selection. At least learn the terminology before posting on the Internet.

The are a function of health insurance plans. The insurance companies create plans with deductibles that most people can’t afford. So to get to the insurance money from their plan, they will loan the patient money to cover their deductible. That turns the hospital into a sub prime lender. Then the insurer will under pay, late pay and claw back in the contract. Costing the hospital more cash. And costing them in administrative costs even more Then the insurer will delay approvals and deny care, earning interest on the premiums. So then the hospitals. Non profit or not, have to compensate for the issue with insurance companies. So they create ridiculous shit like facilities fees, abuse 340b programs , abuse site neutrality and more. And of course non profits don’t pay taxes And then the biggest provider systems will say they can’t make money on Medicare. Which is a function of them spending like drunken sailors on everything they can. From buildings to consultants. There are more administrators than doctors and in aggregate they make more. It makes no sense that hospitals spend so much money on consultants. It’s a waste. It’s like them want them to give the CEO cover , so they can try to buy more hospitals which leads to more pay for the ceo Break em all up

@PMPTPA @mcuban Self insured employers aren't hiring small 3rd parties to manage their plans, they're hiring Aetna, United, et al to do it. They're hiring the giants of the insurance industry.

@mcuban Just a quibble but I think you mean third-party administrators and not insurance companies. And the plan design is driven more by advisors hired by employers to help them make decisions about employee coverage and cost sharing.

@SeraphicLaw86 @RedElementBlast @SaffronOlive No more difficult than stun counters.

@RedElementBlast @SaffronOlive My guess is the 'prepared' state means you can cast the spell once at will. Tracking that 'prepared' state is going to be 'fun', though.

I know this is a leak rather than an official spoiler, but since this seems to be confusing people I'm like 99% sure that you can't just cast Ancestral Recall. My guess is that ability it tied to the creature being prepared. So play the creature, pay one to Ancestral and then you'll need to prepare again by exiling eight cards from your graveyard if you want to do it again. At least that's my guess.