Another reason not to live in Texas

[Terrel L. Shields]

Used to love touring the Lone Star brewery when we went to San Antonio.

I liked taking the "short" tour at Coors in Golden, CO

 

[Fernando]

RFK Jr makes Texas stop to visit family of 6-year-old measles victim, push MMR vaccine

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in Texas on Sunday to visit the family of a 6-year-old girl who died in February after contracting the measles.

www.foxnews.com

RFK Jr makes Texas stop to visit family of 6-year-old measles victim, push MMR vaccine​

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in Texas on Sunday and visited the family of a 6-year-old girl who died of the measles virus in February.

Kennedy confirmed the visit to Texas in a post on X in which he encouraged people to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine amid rising measles cases.

 

[Fernando]

2nd child with measles dies in Texas, according to state health officials

A second child in Texas has died with measles, according to state health officials.

abcnews.go.com

2nd child with measles dies in Texas, according to state health officials​

"The school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in Lubbock and passed away on Thursday from what the child’s doctors described as measles pulmonary failure," the statement said, in part. "The child was not vaccinated and had no reported underlying conditions."

 

[alebrewer]

You're so obsessed with Texas, Fern. Might I suggest Wyoming? Texas just doesn't have any vacancies right now, but Wyoming will still give you that 'cowboy' feel...

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Wyoming will still give you that 'cowboy' feel...

He needs that "Bozo feel" not that cowboy feel.

 

[Tom D]

Better than mexico

An increasing number of U.S. subsidiaries and their Mexican partners are living with the threat of extortion, hijacking of trucks and attempts by criminals to coerce employees into tolerating illicit activities including drug trafficking, a new report states.

“(The number) of firms operating in Mexico impacted by organized crime and violence in some way is a relative high number,” said Michael Ballard, director of intelligence for Global Guardian. “Central Mexico is a manufacturing hub for the export of cars, appliances, heavy machinery … they are concerned about carjacking of those shipments, theft of goods and black-market reselling.

“We’ve also seen in some cases that some cartels have forced their way in through threat of violence and coercion into piggybacking onto these companies’ distribution networks to transport their drugs or human trafficking or whatever the case may be,” Ballard said. “They basically hide cocaine, heroin, meth, fentanyl in shipments that have been precleared by (U.S. Customs). It’s an easy way to get their product across the border.”

 

[ucbruin]

"An increasing number of U.S. subsidiaries and their Mexican partners are living with the threat of extortion, hijacking of trucks and attempts by criminals to coerce employees into tolerating illicit activities including drug trafficking, a new report states."


Someone's  been watching LANDMAN....

 

[Fernando]

You're so obsessed with Texas, Fern. Might I suggest Wyoming? Texas just doesn't have any vacancies right now, but Wyoming will still give you that 'cowboy' feel...

Which state governments do not charge income tax?​

The Congress has the power to levy income taxes as per the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1913. Many states have income taxes.

Eight U.S. states charge no income tax on individuals' reported wages, namely Alaska, Texas, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Nevada, and Wyoming. Alaska, in particular, repealed taxes in 1980 after state coffers were brimming with billions of dollars in oil money.

THOSE STATES ARE NICE PLACES TO VISIT BUT CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING THERE YEAR ROUND.

 

[alebrewer]

Which state governments do not charge income tax?​

The Congress has the power to levy income taxes as per the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1913. Many states have income taxes.

Eight U.S. states charge no income tax on individuals' reported wages, namely Alaska, Texas, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Nevada, and Wyoming. Alaska, in particular, repealed taxes in 1980 after state coffers were brimming with billions of dollars in oil money.

THOSE STATES ARE NICE PLACES TO VISIT BUT CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING THERE YEAR ROUND.

Thank god for small miracles.

 

[Tom D]

Protecting the border, she can guard me, oh mommy.