That is actually the opposite argument as this project had. We’ll never know the full truth because in the Utah legislature the Republicans exempted themselves from FOIA/GRAMA requests. What it looks like happened based on the emails and records we do have is the Republican House Leader Stuart Adams (a land developer) bought 640 acres of waterless desert land for $10. He then tried to lure the data center to the land next to his by promising Kevin O’Leary it would be tax exempt. This would have made his plot exponentially more valuable.

The local county (about 50,000 cattle and peach farmers) government calculated the data center would cost the county government about $5 million per year because they’d be on the hook for police, fire, ambulance, water, sewer, snow removal, road maintenance etc. The county government didn’t think it was a fair deal for them so they got O’Leary to agree to a one time payment of $20 million, long enough for these local Republicans to win reelection and then everyone forget by the next cycle.

Fun fact O’Leary originally proposed a solar, wind, and battery powered data center but the state level Republicans put a condition on approval that it must be fossil fuel powered. The Utah Way!

The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago

California did the same thing with the Freeway Killer

They thought it was one guy, but was 3.

My parents were very anti-sugar/processed foods and extremely controlling of our diet, there was a lock on the pantry door and everything (which is how I learned to pick locks 😉). All of us went wild in adulthood. All of us are obese except my sister who runs a half marathon per day. The funny thing is my parents never ate healthy, they would devour desserts at work and hide candy in their bedroom closet. My dad still drinks a gallon of chocolate milk per week

I largely agree with your points. My city government saw this and tried to break off just a single responsibility away from cops (transporting homeless people to a shelter) and give it to specially trained social workers. But the police union immediately began crying because they thought it could potentially lead to reduced police budgets in the future and they got the Republican state legislature to pass laws protecting the full scope of police responsibility.

Also in my personal experience with cops I know IRL, they love using their guns and look for every opportunity to use one. Shooting innocent dogs is a perk to them.

Who knew buying in bulk could save you money?

The old Mitch McConnell Move

This is what’s happening to Vegas, the number of visitors is dropping but the casino profit is increasing. The city no longer caters to the middle class but to millionaires.

Yes that’s my point. Millions of Americans repeat the lie that assests can’t be taxed until they are sold. They fret about the administrative details, logistics, morality of it. Meanwhile it’s happening everyday for most homeowners.

Property can’t be taxed, but any money made from selling property can. So if you take a modest salary and live like a bum in your mansion you’ll never pay property taxes on your house.

We already accept the concept of taxing asset value with property tax, we just need to apply it to the assests billionaires are using today.

But how much water? This winter the Rockies had their lowest recorded precipitation ever

Mostly they just want to know you weren’t in prison during the gap. Be prepared with an explanation

🤣 🇳🇱 -> 🇩🇪 -> 🇫🇷 -> 🇪🇸 -> 🇵🇹

The woman is clearly dressed up for the occasion, if you look closely electrical tape is holding her T-shirt to keep the from from bunching.

I’m guessing some Republican staffer started talking to their dasher one night, realized they were MAGA and decided to arrange this stunt to distract us from the Epstein files

Since 1977 the US federal government has had to require many grocery stores to sell produce. The margins are lower, the labor is higher, and they use a lot of grocery floor space. Without that intervention there probably wouldn’t be access to any produce at all for most Americans. Capitalism is very much the center of this story. In Europe the varieties of produce being grown are being mainly dictated by flavor and taste, in the USA resistance to insects, cheaper to harvest, size of product are the main criteria when the varieties of seeds to plant are being selected.

You forgot about big pistachio!

I’m not kidding

Actually there is very much an overrepresentation of queer men in fraternities, and even more in fraternity leadership. During my undergrad I’d say about 20% of fraternity men were queer. From talking to other fraternity men across the country, that number seemed to be pretty universal. If you start looking at Executive board members that number starts to rise to probably 30-40%.

Don’t get me wrong, lots of things about fraternities are disgusting, and I am not sure they deserve to exist TBH. But they are often a refuge for awkward closeted gays.

Republicans don’t believe in ‘universal rights’ or ‘equal rights’.

Justice to them is doing good to friends and harm to enemies.