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2020 State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
5 NBCDFW ^ | 7/7/20

Posted on 07/07/2020 9:43:44 AM PDT by Meatspace

For just the eighth time in the fair's 134-year history, The State Fair of Texas is canceled for the upcoming season. The fair made the announcement on their website Tuesday morning, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; statefair; texas
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1 posted on 07/07/2020 9:43:44 AM PDT by Meatspace
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There will be some sad school children. School day at the state fair was a great break during the school year. And it was looked forward to but all school kids. Oh well I just remembered there’s not likely to be any school this year anyway.


2 posted on 07/07/2020 9:51:31 AM PDT by Federal46 (federal 46)
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To: Federal46

What happens to Texas-OU?


3 posted on 07/07/2020 10:00:32 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Meatspace

I’m sorry to say that the world has become a pu**y-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself, run by a bunch of robed sissies. — Strangely Prescient Philosopher Simon Phoenix


4 posted on 07/07/2020 10:04:56 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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Too bad - we won’t get a new food-that-you-thought-couldn’t-possibly-be-deep-fried dish this year...


5 posted on 07/07/2020 10:05:04 AM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: Meatspace

Ain’t gonna be no football.


6 posted on 07/07/2020 10:05:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Football? Was that the BLM promotional event masquerading as a once great sport?


7 posted on 07/07/2020 10:07:50 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: dfwgator

That is my guess too.


8 posted on 07/07/2020 10:08:03 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: dfwgator

Football is dead to me, doesn’t exist.


9 posted on 07/07/2020 10:13:39 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Meatspace
"Go back! It's a trap!"

10 posted on 07/07/2020 10:14:17 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Meatspace

That’s okay. They need to paint Big Tex as African-American who speaks in rap before next year’s fair...


11 posted on 07/07/2020 10:17:19 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Isaiah 5:20 "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.")
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To: Meatspace

Women, minorities, and the deep fried industry will be most affected.


12 posted on 07/07/2020 10:18:59 AM PDT by centurion316
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Hey, but uh, don’t mess with Texas. Lol. Lots of talk from “patriots”. No action.


13 posted on 07/07/2020 10:21:13 AM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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Oh yeah, I forgot that Big Tex burned down. Did they every rebuild him better, stronger, more arrogant?.


14 posted on 07/07/2020 10:27:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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OF course they did! He was back at it the very next year!

He still speaks in very slow syllables...


15 posted on 07/07/2020 10:50:02 AM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: Yo-Yo

He was more Hispanic-looking, that’s for sure.

Of course, now they’ll demand he be black.


16 posted on 07/07/2020 10:55:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Meatspace

Too bad the governor of Texas seems to enjoy being controlled by the scaremongers. What a slimy bastard.


17 posted on 07/07/2020 11:12:14 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Yo-Yo

You know it!


18 posted on 07/07/2020 11:54:52 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: dware

Biggest overused bullcrap bluster slogan on the internet: “don’t mess with Texas”


19 posted on 07/07/2020 11:58:54 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: Meatspace

Greg Abbott needs to go. His 2nd shutdown of the economy in TX has proved he is worthless.


20 posted on 07/07/2020 1:14:27 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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