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Burnt Orange Report: - Front Page: HD 138: Democrat Kendra Yarbrough Camerena Files Against Corrupt Republican Dwayne Bohac

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:08 -0500

Today, Democrat Kendra Yarbrough Camerena filed for the House District 138 race. Her campaign released the following statement:

Today, Kendra Yarbrough Camerena filed for House District 138. Her campaign released the following statement:

Kendra’s experience as an educator, parent, and concerned citizen has prepared her to [...]

Burnt Orange Report: - Front Page: Free Market Companies Demonstrate How the Stimulus Worked

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:11:23 -0500

If you believed everything that Texas Republicans told you, then you would have to believe:

Evolution isn't realClimate change isn't realHealth care is bad for youObama is a Kenyan-born Muslim who worships both Hitler and Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker

One of the other lies Texas [...]

UrbanGrounds: Barney Frank: A Picture, A Thousand Words, and All That…

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:03:40 -0500

I'm thinking that Barney hates Sarah for much the same reason that Michelle despises Mrs. Sarkozy so much --- for being a true picture of grace, class, and beauty.' [...]

UrbanGrounds: Andrew Breitbart to Launch “Big Journalism” Site Next

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:16:03 -0500

I've been battling the evils of the biased Liberal Main Stream Media (now known as Obama’s State Run Media™ ) since I started this blog. Hell, it's the reason I started blogging.' [...]

UrbanGrounds: Karl Rove: Reason for GOP Optimism in 2012 Senate Races

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:45:47 -0500

Number of comments: 2
A good round up from Karl Rove on the competitive Senate seats up for grab in 2012, and why the GOP has every reason to be optimistic. [...]

Slackerwood - Hopelessly devoted to the Austin film scene.: Musings of a BNAT Newbie

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:00:22 -0500

I'm going to my very first Butt-Numb-a-Thon (BNAT) on Saturday. Eek.

Austin cineastes know this is kind of a Big Deal. For those not in the know, BNAT is a combination film festival of sorts, fundraiser, and birthday celebration. It's the one film event that requires' [...]

Burnt Orange Report: - Front Page: Texas Tribune: Will Kay Bailey Hutchison's Campaign Woes Hurt Her Fundraising?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:04:43 -0500

Click here to listen to the Texas Tribune's latest podcast -- or "Tribcast" as they call it.

The Texas Tribune was not the first media organization in Texas to do podcasts about Texas politics -- but often times, I find myself enjoying their conversations the [...]

Grits for Breakfast: Tactics to reduce Nueces County jail crowding not so different from elsewhere

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:44:00 -0500

The Corpus Christi Caller Times this week editorialized ("Jail population reduction should be a priority," Dec. 8) that Nueces County officials should focus more closely on reducing the jail population to avoid new jail construction:

Over the past 17 years, only 36 beds have been added to the county [...]

Don't Mess With Taxes: Food server tip: report your gratuities

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:13:20 -0500

Are you a waiter?

If that's your regular job, you already know that today is a tax day.

No, you're not paying anything; just reporting income so you can pay taxes on it later.

When you make at least $20 in tips the previous month, then' [...]

UrbanGrounds: Sen. Dianne Feinstein: You (and I) Have a Moral Requirment to Fund Other People’s Abortions

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:26:19 -0500

Number of comments: 3
I don't know if there is a bigger abortion than the political career of Dianne Feinstein, who very well might be the most incredibly vile and despicable person in all of Congress.' [...]

Slackerwood - Hopelessly devoted to the Austin film scene.: Review: Me and Orson Welles

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:15 -0500

I am not only a sucker for 1930s comedies, but I also love movies that are set in the 1930s. The dialogue! The costumes! The music! And especially the hats. I love a good hat in a movie, right up there with a well-written [...]

Grits for Breakfast: Commissioner proposes inmate labor to reduce Harris jail crowding

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:00 -0500

I'm glad to see folks in Houston finally getting serious - really for the first time in years - about finding solutions to jail overcrowding besides building more cells and hiring more guards. Via Kuff, I was pleased to learn from the Houston Chronicle ("Inmate labor plan on'" [...]

astrofish.net/xenon: 12.3.2009

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:40:18 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Just in time! The new book, The Portable Mercury Retrograde, is now available!

"I think thou never wast where grace was said."
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure [I.ii.18-9]
Lucio to a gentleman — speaking on the subject of saying grace.

Kramus Day, either Dec 5 or 6, depends on tradition, [...]

UrbanGrounds: Watts Up With That

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:09:31 -0500

Hockey stick observed in NOAA ice core data. Well, whaddaya know — a hockey stick. In fact, the “blade” continues up in the 20th century at least another half a degree. But how long is the handle? How unprecedented is the current warming trend? [...]