Drusas

Property taxes are the base funding for numerous local government services, including sewers, water, roads, jails, deputies, school building construction and teacher salaries — “pretty much the most basic of government,” said North Dakota Association of Counties Executive Director Aaron Birst.

I guess if that's really what they want to defund, then go for it, but don't expect any federal dollars.

Things are not going in a positive direction for us.

One video I saw some twenty years ago was so disturbing due to how clearly distraught the female was that I haven't been able to think of koalas the same ever since. Like, she might have developed koala PTSD, it was that brutal.

"Environmentally friendly"? No, they use crazy amounts of power.

"High-paying, long-term" jobs? Working in a data center may be in the tech field, but it doesn't offer what people think of as "tech money" and your opportunity for advancement is slim. Data centers also don't need to employ large numbers of people. They just suck up space and resources.

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The data center industry’s demand for electricity is growing so much that it could threaten Washington’s efforts to transition to a carbon-free power grid....

The original bill required each data center to create at least 35 permanent positions at 150% of the surrounding area’s average personal income.

A second bill, approved just a month after lawmakers passed the first tax break, gave recipients the choice between creating 35 jobs or just three positions per 20,000 square feet of server farm space, whichever was less.

Oh look, I was right. Could have told you all that before the state wasted money on this.

Normal pho price where I live is about $15-18. Banh mi is only like $7-9, at least.

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I had one boss who loved to say this. I made a point of replying to him later via email that there was no such record.

I quit that job so fast. May that asshole be eaten by fire ants.

Not aim assist, no.

Just watch a koala documentary and it may well be in there.

Bad autocorrect. Thanks.

“Four in 10 Hoosiers will need hospitalization this year."

What the fuck is going on in Indiana?

Lion of Judah instructs its trainees to report anything fishy to the ministry first before reporting their concerns to election authorities, which Taylor found chilling.

"The scariest thing to me: I can actually imagine these true-believer types manufacturing evidence of voter fraud while believing in their heart it's real," he wrote. "I study these election-denying Christians day in and day out – they are truly disconnected from reality and the fact-based world."

Yeah, I think that's about what we are all expecting.