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  1. troph

    LBGTQ

    When talking about surviving you gotta take what you can get - that law points to physicians not to patients. So healthcare will be banned but maybe it’s semantics but being trans isn’t illegal in that bill. So once again, if you have the means, resources and/or creativity you can get care out of state, out of country, or even DIY through underground methods. Sucks donkey ass but there’s still a way. Insurance is dead though under this bill. procedures of any kind will be out of pocket though making them unattainable for most trans Texans. Meds are a different story and more affordable at probably $30-80 per month. But you still have to find them.
  2. Yeah we are assuming it’s over. We are assuming it starts in earnest sept when Texas laws go into effect. We will change residency to a blue state first and if Mexico this summer goes well we may hire counsel to start that process for residency. Lots to consider, lots of variables, do my kids need to flee, can I still work, will they pass laws to take away my right to work in a regulated profession, other countries possible too just not really sure what we will do. But we are preparing.
  3. Congress can at least investigate and block legislation, force a shut down, etc etc. dems will take the house in the midterms, that’s enough to at least so these things. Take the senate and you block all judicial appointments. I’d just shut it the fuck down.
  4. @Thatguy the go no go is in the hands of the Texas legislature and to a lesser extent Congress. There are two laws in Texas one IDs and two prohibition on gender affirming care for all persons that we are watching. Laws passed in the session go into effect September. So we have a little time. But yes, interaction with law enforcement can cascade very quickly to incarcerated on a pretext and next thing you know I’m fighting not to get raped. And if the prohibition on care is passed there is an affirmative requirement to stop care and wean off any hormones. So I could be be arrested or fined for being trans. We are acutely aware how slippery the slope can be. If it’s just Texas we go out of state but if it’s the feds we flee. There’s a reason why we are spending a month in Mexico this summer.
  5. Sorry guys for lashing out. Yesterday was a defcon 1 day in Texas politics. Burying my in-laws today too. I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m going to back away and come back tomorrow. I’m sorry if I upset any of you, I’m sorry if I made judgments that are no longer warranted. I sincerely appreciate the support I get here. That goes to you @immamac and you too @royiv
  6. Thanks. You know my primary reason for sharing is so that not one person here can say they are unaware of the carnage this shit fucked state and fascist federal government are causing to at least someone they know. and of Texas passes this absolute healthcare ban you can be for damn sure the feds will try and then we will have legit refugees leaving the US.
  7. Ok. But actually my kids are getting a pretty damn good education right now - politics haven’t quite reached advanced classes in our district. I’ve got a drum major and a budding all state musician in the other, they are hitting their stride and doing well. So even if I could get everyone to agree to up and move it would be at some significant risk to their near term success. Just a really shitty fucking situation all around. We will make it just fine but it doesn’t mean I’m going to have caviar and champagne along the way - well I might - but there will be some solid shit eating sandwiches days and nights to go with it to be sure.
  8. There’s zero good choice for us. They all suck donkey ass at a level you clearly can’t understand or really even partially appreciate. Thanks for the input though.
  9. Walk a mile in my shoes - including managing an ex that’s doesn’t want to move and a court order that dictates my kids stay in their current district - then tell me I should simply sell and move completely. Thanks. you and @royiv need a jump to conclusions mat.
  10. I’m 100% aware Texas is a high tax state especially if you have an expensive home. but yall all assume we are selling our house and moving 100%. We will do what we have to do to comply with residency requirements but my ex is here and my kids are 3 years out from graduating….. so we will have two houses and income tax in an income tax state and property tax in a high property tax state for the next 3-4 years. So we will be penalized until we can sell and move completely.
  11. My ex SIL was model gorgeous. For that matter my ex was really attractive too, but not like her sister. Sister was offered all sorts of cash and benefits to travel with ultra wealthy men she was so beautiful. When she opened her mouth, vapid, selfish, drivel came out. I never once found her truly attractive. She ended up forsaking the man she loved because he was poor, married a day trader from back in the day, he was a one hit wonder. They currently are broke and on the verge of divorce … but they don’t believe in it because they love Jesus, so they are just miserable and poor together. Not sorry.
  12. Cisgender…. You can drop the d. No one is blacked, or whited. Or gayed, well I mean we are actively recruiting so that last one is a bit of a gray area. Anyway pos rep for trying. and I agree she’s a very attractive woman. I recently doubled down on my beauty regimen and it’s a cold hard fact - you got the time and money - you willing to spend it - you too can look more beautiful. I guarantee you her beauty budget is easily $10,000 a month. And I wager she’s spending half her day doing something related to maintaining her beauty. It’s unrelenting and exhausting to be honest with you. But hey, dose athletic competition trophies are so worth it!!!
  13. Looks like we are headed to at least 4% in Colorado if not 10% in CA if the Texas lege successfully passed their anti LGBTQ bills - ID reversals and complete ban on trans healthcare for all persons not just kids. Can’t say I’m excited to pay the tax I don’t want to move but I guess a tax is better than death, give me taxes and liberty baby!
  14. troph

    LBGTQ

    Yep it’s an amendment to the out right ban on gender affirming care for minors - expanding it to all persons. told ya it wasn’t about protecting kids…
  15. On the flip side the non alcoholic beer selections continue to grow and the quality breweries are now pushing out high quality stuff. Even three years ago we were all enamored with athletic brewing’s line but it’s swill compared to the good stuff out now. I pretty much won’t drink a regular beer at all anymore.
  16. gold statute, gold jerry... proof maybe we are less funny before finishing our morning coffee, I dunno.
  17. I thought this was going to be a thread of dominance and resurgence of OG shag fan fiction. Oh wells.
  18. Same i’ll never go back. But to be able to listen in on their convos would be gold Jerry!
  19. thank you I was thinking it was 3 quarters but that seems excessive then I thought well if it's 3 it must be months. shoulda looked. 2 consecutive quarters ... well, either way I won't be surprised if the pain goes up and people say it's our duty to endure.
  20. Takes three consecutive months of negative growth for a technical recession I think. So depends on this month. If it starts now then in May it would be recognized.
  21. There is absolute wisdom in none at all starting yesterday. But even if you have no psychological issue and no liver or kidney issues, cognitive health pretty much demands your consumption be as little as possible (like under 5 drinks a week) and zero by the time you exit middle age (beginning around age 65).
  22. Days up and down they come, like rain on a conga drum, forget most, remember some, don’t turn none away. -Townes Van Zandt * * he’d qualify to be a founding member of this thread if still alive and he so desired. always, always remember until the end is truly nigh, that there is always tomorrow. I’ve had ridiculously bad days - the worst of them. Then the next few days in a row I’ve had the kind of outcomes that cause a surge in endorphins and make me feel truly alive.
  23. Current medical wisdom even re moderate drinking is that we should cut it all out 100% by age 65. That’s if we keep drinking at earlier ages at all.
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