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The Collin County Observer: H1N1 vaccine available beginning today

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:23:08 -0500

From a Collin County press release issued Friday:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Health Care Services
825 N. McDonald St. Suite 120
McKinney, Texas 75069
www.collincountytx.gov

November 20, 2009

(McKINNEY, Texas) -- Collin County Health Care Services received an additional 8,600 doses of H1N1 vaccine today from state health [...]

SocraticGadfly: Karzai would 'fall in weeks'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:23:00 -0500

If the US and NATO forces pull out of Afghanistan, that is.

That’s not my prediction of the possible future of Afghanistan’s president, either, though I largely concur. Rather, it’s the words of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. Miliband argues that’s why the UK, and the US, and [...]

¡Para Justicia y Libertad!: Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:41:17 -0500

Making the rounds in the Latinosphere is former Florida House Speaker and Republican senatorial candidate Marco Rubio and his take on President Ronald Reagan’s immigration policy.

I don’t know if I want to hang my head in shame or die laughing at the irony of it all. One [...]

La Sanbe: Quién Es Más Macho?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500

El Chapulin?

or el Cepillin? [...]

The Bayou: Daybreaker: Eat, be merry and drink...and drink

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:06:00 -0500

With the "official" start to the holiday season just a few days away, we have but one suggestion: DRINK!Drink as much as you can. Funnel, keg stand, shotgun; do whatever it takes. Raise a glass or twelve at this festive time of year. It's good for you. Really, it is. [...]

jobsanger: Protesting A Billboard

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:00 -0500

This is the Best Church of God folks holding a tongue-in-cheek demonstration against an atheist billboard in Chicago. [...]

jobsanger: Most Youth Not Fit For Military Service

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:04:00 -0500

Are our youth fit for military service? According to Mission: Readiness, an advocacy group composed mainly of retired senior officers from the American military, the answer is largely No, and if we don't take action soon the problem will just get worse.
This group has' [...]

jobsanger: Hating The Rule Of Law

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500

Political Cartoon is by Ed Stein at edsteinink.com. [...]

Dog Canyon: A Message to the U.S. Senate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:59 -0500

Big procedural test vote on health care reform today in the U.S. Senate. Here’s a message for them.

The Texas Cloverleaf: Democratic Texas Governor Field Gets Crowded

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500

Tom Scheiffer must have been wondering back in March 2009 as the soul candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas if he had a smooth ride to the primary in March 2010. And of course, he will not. Leave it to Texans to throw a wrench into [...]

jobsanger: An Act Of Treason ?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500

This is the new billboard being touted by the Lafayette County Republican Central Committee in Missouri. The billboard is on I-70 near Grain Valley, and these Republicans seem very proud of it.
I have to wonder if this billboard is even legal. First it [...]

Houston's Clear Thinkers: Gus Dies

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is one of the best Texas novels of our time. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was later made into a wonderful television mini-series, which starred Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as the iconic former Texas... [...]

jobsanger: A Jury Of Their Peers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Political Cartoon is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star. [...]

Pulp Friction: Sarah Palin Sets the Record ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:00 -0500

Sarah Palin Sets the Record Straight!

As a service to Pulp Friction readers, here is an excerpt from the first chapter of the governor's new book, "Going Rogue."

Chapter One
Setting the record straight!!!

When John McCain called me to be his [...]

Bluedaze.: Chesapeake Energy Well Blowout Kills One Displaces Neighborhood

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:00 -0500

A Chesapeake Energy gas well blowout killed one, injured another, caused a neighborhood to be evacuated and sent at least 6 fire fighters to the hospital. The blowout spewed natural gas methane into the air for about 30 minutes.This well was 300 feet from a house. ...like this well.LINK [...]

PrairiePundit: Was stimulus too small?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:00 -0500

NY Times:

Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed [...]

Somervell County Salon: Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Is it worth it? Think about it.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:30 -0500

WEATHERFORD, Texas - (Business Wire) In a significant victory for oil and gas producers and processors in the Barnett Shale, Lillard Wise Szygenda (LWS) obtained a jury verdict declaring that Crosstex Energy Services, L.P.’s Azle gas processing facility did not constitute a nuisance to surrounding homeowners...said Tom Lillard, who tried [...]

PrairiePundit: Perry vs. Hutchison

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:00 -0500

Both ads will probably appeal to Texas voters. The Perry ad seems to have more energy, but Hutchison's ad delivers on the problems with Democrat rationed health care schemes. [...]

The Ellis County Observer: Was Hunter Moore Acting in Self Defense on Halloween?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:57 -0500

This is the second time today that two different sources — the one below is from my main law enforcement source I’ve been getting “fed” from — mentioned physical activity occurred by Hunter Moore, a football player whose dad Tom Moore is a MISD school board trustee. FYI: Tom Moore was [...]

BlueBloggin: Socialism The Buzz Word

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:20 -0500

Americans are amazingly ignorant about civics, types of governments and the world around them. We are however, intellectually superior on important topics; athletes salaries, Hollywood gossip, the latest ‘bling’ car. Surprisingly, Americans are well traveled, at least 80% of us have crossed state lines. Knowing whats going on around [...]

The Ellis County Observer: Sheriff’s New Truck Loaded w/Heated Seats, $494 Step Bar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:08 -0500

Here’s what The Ellis County Press reported on the front page this week about Sheriff Johnny Brown’s new truck that he bought for the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office: http://www.elliscountypress.com/news/132/ARTICLE/5184/2009-11-19.html And here’s the list of what is included in the Lariat Package: Source: County Auditor Mike Navarro [...]

Bluedaze.: Barnett Shale Drilling Emissions NOT Breaking News

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:00 -0500

I appreciate all the reporting we can get on the pollution caused by the "un-clean energy" natural gas, but I have to take issue with WFAA's claim that the emissions are "breaking news."Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe reported on Barnett Shale drilling emissions on May 30, 2006. Surprisingly, the article is still available [...]

TexasLiberal: I Got Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine—President Obama Controls My Actions Now

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:50 -0500

I got the Swine Flu nasal vaccine today. This even though the Swine Flu is simply a plot hatched by labor unions and Mexican drug cartels. Did the Swine Flu nasal vaccine shoot nanochips into my blood? I might be programmed like a Cylon! Well—If it is a plot under the orders of President Obama, [...]

The Ellis County Observer: Ennis Woman Has Premature Baby After Taking Swine Flu Vaccine

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:47 -0500

An anonymous Ennis resident/friend said her baby was born prematurely shortly (days/weeks) after she received a swine flu vaccine from a Dr. Kingsley in Ennis. Those are the details as of right now, but my skeptical mind thinks that maybe the vaccine had oh I don’t know, a “link” to this? Or [...]

Pulp Friction: Ten Things I'd Rather Do ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

Ten Things I'd Rather Do Than Read Sarah Palin's Book

1. Blow Flavor Flav

2. Clean up David Hasselhoff's puke

3. Provide Amy Winehouse with oral pleasure

4. Pull' [...]

The Ellis County Observer: We Have a Global 1-World President Now (EU’s Herman van Rompuy)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:02 -0500

Since Ellis County students must learn to be “global citizens” (think: Waxahachie “Global High” — if that’s not telling you right to your face…), I’m guessing they’ll be glad to know that we now have Earth’s first global, world-wide President. His name is Herman van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister. He [...]

Bluedaze.: Barnett Shale Dirty Air Makes WSJ

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:00 -0500

Airing our dirty laundry air.EPA Tangles With Texas in Battle Over Air QualityAgency Takes Activist Stance on Pollution, Calling Local Rules Lax; State Officials Complain of 'Bureaucratic Meddling'"Our results speak louder than bureaucratic meddling," said Katherine Cesinger, a spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican.Aren't we so proud of those' [...]

Dungeon Diary: Airport Blogging

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:00 -0500

Stuck at the airport so I am bored. Only bright spot was watching a crowd of Palin fans "boo" her as she left a book signingbefore signing all their books. Small comfort!Dungeon Diary [...]

Pulp Friction: Oh, What Bullshit!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 -0500

Oh, What Bullshit!

I've been out of town at a conference and haven't had time to read any blogs lately, so if I'm writing about a topic you've already covered on your blog, I assure you I haven't consciously stolen any ideas.
But this' [...]

Off the Kuff: He coulda been a contender

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:00 -0500

Poor Roy.

“I thought we were bullied, personally,” Roy Morales told me this morning.

The conservative mayoral candidate was describing a lunch-time meeting he attended Wednesday with Gene Locke’s campaign manager, Christian Archer, at the offices of political consultant Allen Blakemore. The meeting was an effort on Archer’s part to secure [...]

PrairiePundit: Figure and intelligence in women

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:00 -0500

BBC:

Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests.

Researchers studied 16,000 women and girls and found the more voluptuous performed better on cognitive tests - as did their children.

The [...]

Relaxed Politics: Foodie Friday-A Lil Somethin’ On The Side!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:52 -0500

Number of comments: 7
Hiya Beach Hauz Bumz! Last week We Gave Ya Da Boid! This week it’s all about a couple of side dishes. Nothing too fancy, just a couple of things I have made up over the years that I like. I won’t bother with the green beans, yams or sweet potatoes with marshmellows, the [...]

The Ellis County Observer: Friends, Family of Promise Jackson Speak Out

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:35 -0500

Over at MidlothianObserver.com, there are a few comments being posted from friends and family of Midlothian High School football player Promise Jackson, the defensive back (cornerback) who is alleged to have left a Halloween party only to return with “Hispanic hoodlums” wielding baseball bats — resulting in a melee that [...]

Bluedaze.: Dimock, PA Victims Sue Drillers. Pictures from Press Conference

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:00 -0500

The press release was embargoed until midnight so I stayed up to post it last night.Residents Take Action to Correct Conduct by Natural Gas Company in Dimock, PADIMOCK, PA – Fifteen families living on Carter Road in Dimock Township, Pennsylvania, located in Susquehanna County in the northeast region of the [...]

Bay Area Houston: Bend over, you are in good hands....

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:00 -0500

After the 2003 insurance welfare act, rates have skyrocketed, and it only gets better, or worse:
Home insurance rates will jump an average 9.8 percent next month for thousands of Allstate customers.

The increase will start Dec. 17 as policies come up for renewal and affect 143,000 customers of [...]

Politicker TX - Texas Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis: [Bay Area Houston] Bend over, you are in good hands....

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:00 -0500

After the 2003 insurance welfare act, rates have skyrocketed, and it only gets better, or worse:
Home insurance rates will jump an average 9.8 percent next month for thousands of Allstate customers.

The increase will start Dec. 17 as policies come up for renewal and affect 143,000 customers of [...]

PrairiePundit: Michael Moore beware

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:00 -0500

From the Scotsman:

Jungle murder gang 'drained fat from victims for cosmetics'
Does it matter whether the fat comes from the unattractive? [...]

The Ellis County Observer: New Voter Lists | ESD 2; ESD 4; Italy Beer/Wine

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:27 -0500

Just paid for the names and addresses of the voters who voted in Nov. 3’s Emergency Services District Nos. 2 and 4 elections (sales tax, property tax hikes got rejected) and the Italy beer/wine local option election. For a price, I can conjure a few of these ready-made voter lists for [...]

MOMocrats™: Oh RNC, honestly (or not!)? How the RNC asks people to work the system against health care reform

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:43 -0500

Number of comments: 0

This afternoon, I received the following message from the RNC:

Subject: Your Call Can Make the Difference

** URGENT CALL TO ACTION **

After months working in secret behind closed doors, Harry Reid this week finally unveiled his 2,074-page government-run health care plan. His plan would increase health care premiums, [...]

TRAIL BLAZERS: Perry/Hutchison debate set for Jan. 14, KERA says

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:49 -0500

Dallas public television station KERA reports that Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison have agreed to debate on Jan. 14 -- statewide, televised, one hour, questions from journalists.

Do not touch that dial. Those flames and sparks flying from your set are entirely to be expected.

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Bay Area Houston: And you thought binding arbitration was binding?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:00 -0500

If you thought mandatory binding arbitration (aka a privatized justice system) is suppose to be final and binding, think again. An arbi-traitor recently awarded a rape victim $3 million against KBR. KBR is now appealing the arbitration wanting to reduce it to just $300,000. Wanna bet who is going [...]

Politicker TX - Texas Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis: [Bay Area Houston] And you thought binding arbitration was binding?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:00 -0500

Libertarian Republican: Libertarian-leaning GOPer announces for Congress in New Hampshire's 00 Phantom District

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:00 -0500

From Eric Dondero:

Grant Bosse, a friend and fellow traveler of Free Staters and New Hampshire Libertarians (libertarian ties), has just announced his candidacy for the US Congress. Only one slight problem. The District doesn't actually exist.

From NowHampshire.com:

Republican activist and' [...]

Half Empty: TEA Lawsuit on Grading Filed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:00 -0500

AP has the story, as found here, that six separate Houston area school districts have joined in a lawsuit naming Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott as the defendant in their suit to allow the districts to continue their grading policies without state interference.

The districts include Fort Bend, [...]

konagod: Friday Pussy Blog: Cat On A Hot Shingle Roof Edition

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:00 -0500

Will fill this space shortly.
Voila!

I'm so exhausted from a workday from hell that I wasn't sure I'd get this done!

Sweet Pea loves to get on the roof and survey his domain.

It was a rainy day' [...]

GregsOpinion.com: The Wrath of Roy?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:09 -0500

Hell hath no fury like a fourth-place-finishing Mayoral candidate scorned!

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Janet Morrison's Community Dialogue: What's in your community?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0500

I forget how easy it is to do a good deed. And I forget how meaningful those good deeds can be.
Last night we had our monthly Parent Academy. Soup and sandwiches are provided through an organization that comes each week. We try to over-estimate our numbers so that we [...]

GregsOpinion.com: 5A D1 Scoreboard: Area Round

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:16 -0500

This weekend's football fare ...

REGION I AREA

Odessa (9-2) - 42; Arlington (9-2) - 70

Coppell (10-1) vs. Plano East (7-3) [11 a.m. Saturday at Cowboys Stadium]
Odessa Permian (8-3) vs. Arl. Martin (7-4) [1:00 Saturday at Abilene's Shotwell Stadium]
Euless Trinity (9-2) vs. Plano (5-6) [5:00 Saturday at Cowboys Stadium]

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First Door on the Left: Friday Night Cartoons 11-20-09

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:58 -0500

A little something we do around here every Friday evening just about this time. Click on a thumbnail to make it appear full size or to start a slide show. Enjoy.

P.S. The following program time has not been purchased and probably does reflect the views of management.

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Left of College Station: Week in Headlines

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Texas News
Texas' Obesity Rate Rises, but Rank Among States Improves

Texas Politics
Anti-Gay Activist Sends Out Fliers Opposing Parker

Politics
The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors

War and Peace
The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won’t)
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MOMocrats™: The MOMocrats want you to Vote Sarah!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Yeah, we know what you're thinking... but really, do you think we would ban all Sarahs from getting our votes? That would be like assuming all Husseins are somehow bad.

A vote for Sarah is a vote for a friend, a colleague, a fellow MOMocrat!

We want to send Sarah to' [...]

GregsOpinion.com: On Ezra, On Samuelson ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:12 -0500

A bit too little of time to blog today, but two "compare & contrast" arguments on health care reform that I'll suggest reading over the weekend:

» WaPo: Obamacare: Buy now, pay later (Robert Samuelson)

» WaPo: Health-care reform's grand bargain (Ezra Klein)

I can certainly appreciate Ezra's point about the' [...]

The StandDown Texas Project: The Pen Pal Business

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:01 -0500

"Death-Row Pen Pals," is the title of Deidre Depke's Daily Beast report.

A Texas inmate, executed Wednesday, sought companionship via the Internet before his death. Inside the death-row pen-pal business—and how felons bid for friends.

On Wednesday, Danielle Simpson, 30, became the 22nd person executed by the state of Texas this year. A few days [...]

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub: Why more kids should study world history, harder

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:40 -0500

Jon Taplin explains why knowing world history is valuable. The sad thing is that, of course, the story that makes his reason doesn’t appear in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills list for world history, nor in any other social studies course. Now that the Texas State Board of Education has [...]

TRAIL BLAZERS: Sen. Shapiro stays put - for now

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:14 -0500

Sen. Florence Shapiro of Plano said Friday she will file for re-election for her senate seat next month, while she keeps her long-range sights set on the U.S. Senate seat now held by incumbent Kay Bailey Hutchison. The Republican state senator said she will file for [...]

Eddie G. Griffin (BASG): Back-to-Back-to-Back Taser Deaths Kicks Off Crusade

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:00 -0500

INFORMATION RELEASE
TO: Media Networks
Event: TASER WAR CRUSADE
Release Date: December 4, 2009

Back-to-Back-to-Back Taser Deaths Kicks Off Crusade
By Eddie G. Griffin (BASG)

Since the maker of the 50,000-volt electronic stun gun control device (ECD), TASER International, issued a new directive and warnings in an [...]

Quid Nimis: Quote of the Week

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0500

Number of comments: 1

I really can't decide. It's been a bonanza week for boners. I like this one that Greg "Teh Resistance" caught:

“Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to say yes to this proposal . . . and so as a consequence we have begun discussions with' [...]

Prose and Doggerel: Are Indians Genetically Stupid?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:00 -0500

This article got me thinking, nay, fuming. And this one, even more so.

Why is India's average IQ 81, and that of China 100? Is that why India is growing slower than China? It seems politically incorrect, racist but why is it impossible?

Or is it [...]

Quid Nimis: You know America's in Trouble...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:19 -0500

Number of comments: 1

...When, after the ChiComs do a street vendor round up to get these off the street, 600 American companies didn't hop right in and take up the slack. Do you know where I can score an ObaMao tee?

A quick image search shows some nifty graphics, but I' [...]

Dallas City Hall Blog: A quiet Monday coming to Dallas City Hall

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:12 -0500

The holiday will be starting a little early next week at Dallas City Hall.

All scheduled City Council committee meetings are canceled for Monday.

City Hall, meanwhile, will be closed Wednesday for a city furlough day and Thursday and Friday in celebration of Thanksgiving.

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Prose and Doggerel: India's new Nobel Hope?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:00 -0500

If Jairam. Ramesh, in his capacity as the minister for environment and forests, does something concrete to tackle India's all-pervasive filth, he would be a candidate for the Nobel.

Here is Mr. Ramesh, contending that India deserves a Nobel for its filth.

If anybody makes serious inroads [...]

Texas Off The Record: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Likely Entry in 2012 Presidential Chase

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:41 -0500

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a longtime personal friend, was in Austin this week for a meeting of the Republican Governors Association, which he chairs. While in town, he was honored at a reception at the Barton Hills home of Cindy Barnes where he mingled with fellow Rs, along with independent admirers. A [...]

Whosplayin.com: Closed-Door Health Care

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

As an American citizen, I need to be part of this very important decision on our health care. This is my health care, this is your health care, and this is all of our health care. This is not Congress health care package.

If we are part of the [...]

PrairiePundit: Emails reveal globo warmer consipracy to suppress evidence?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0500

James Delingpole:

If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of [...]

TRAIL BLAZERS: Perry launches first real attack ad of the campaign on radio

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:24:34 -0500

The Rick Perry campaign is airing its first radio ad of the campaign - a lively takeoff on the popular game show Jeopardy with questions about runaway federal spending and the answer always the same: Kay Bailey Hutchison. It's the first real attack of the campaign, but uses humor to' [...]

TexasFred's: H1N1 mutation found in some flu fatalities

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:39 -0500

Number of comments: 10
H1N1 mutation found in some flu fatalities OSLO – Norwegian health authorities said Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected. “The mutation could be affecting the virus’ ability to go deeper into the [...]

Brains and Eggs: Friday Funnies (Rogue to the White House edition)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500

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Somervell County Salon: Obama! Hello! The REASON You are giving a trial to KSM is ostensibly for the sake of justice

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:01 -0500

I completely agree that I want to see KSM brought to justice and put to death or imprisoned for life or whatever else can be done to him. But if you're going to say what the outcome will be, and YOU'RE the one who is recommending a *fair* trial [...]

PrairiePundit: Harry Reid's Enron accounting

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:00 -0500

Jeffrey Anderson:

SENATE Majority Leader Harry Reid is touting the Senate's latest health-care bill as costing $849 billion over 10 years. But this uses the same accounting trick as past versions: 99 percent of the costs don't kick in until the fifth year of that' [...]

A CAPITOL BLOG: The Greatest Thing ....

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:02:00 -0500

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is (just) to love and be loved in return".

- eden ahbez' [...]

Somervell County Salon: Video-Jon Stewart on Republicans Plotting Terrorist Acts in Windowless Rooms

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:30 -0500

heh

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThings Not to Be Thankful For - Silverdome, Goldman Sachs & Congressional Recesswww.thedailyshow.com Daily Show
Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis [...]

PrairiePundit: What is price for Mary Landrieu--$100 million

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0500

ABC News:

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On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that [...]

The StandDown Texas Project: Another Call for Juvenile Sentencing Reform

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:40 -0500

Toaday's Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania carries the editorial, "Chance for change: Life sentence removes hope for juvenile reform."

The question before the U.S. Supreme Court is: Do we believe juveniles sentenced to life in prison can reform?

Last week, the justices faced this question in a case involving two men serving [...]

The Bayou: Let her eat cake: George Forman's kid blames Texas car accident on dessert

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:00 -0500

From the BAYOU "sugar rush" department:It's true! All of George Foreman's kids are named George. And if the actions of one are any indication, he better start sellin' more of those cheap-o grills.One of his daughters, Freeda George Foreman, spent the early morning hours of Halloween night crashing her car' [...]

Off the Kuff: Friday random ten: To the moon!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:00 -0500

So, I didn’t get around to the news about NASA finding water on the moon until after I’d published my Friday Random Ten for last week. But the great thing about Fridays is that there’s always another one coming. So here I present to you ten moon songs.

1. Bad [...]

The StandDown Texas Project: The Case of Cory Maye in Mississippi

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:46 -0500

"Why you should care about Cory Maye and Cameron Todd Willingham," is the title of Matt Zeitlin's column in North by Northwestern.

It’s hard to imagine a more depressing story than that of Cory Maye. In September, 2001, when he was just 21 years old, Maye fell asleep on the couch [...]

The StandDown Texas Project: Max Soffar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:07 -0500

His has been a long and twisted tale, with a career on Texas death row. Soffar has always maintained his innocence. He was originally convicted in 1981of killing three people during a bowling alley robbery. His court appointed lawyer was the notorious Joe Cannon, known as the sleeping lawyer of [...]

TRAIL BLAZERS: Sen. Cornyn, speechful once again, awaits the Edwards-style bounce

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:26 -0500

Sen. John Cornyn, still a bit hoarse, is vocalizing again. The briefly speechless junior senator recalled something Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, quipped after vocal cord surgery three years ago to address recurring problems. Doctors ordered him to remain mute during his recovery.

"He said his approval ratings shot through the" [...]

The Rag Blog: A Modest Proposal : Eat the Rich!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0500

Photo by chrisjfry / Flickr.Serve the people!Carve up Wall StreetBy Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009See Amy Goodman's interview with Robert Scheer on Wall Street and the economy, from Democracy Now!, Below.Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that two major records have been broken in 2009 -- Wall [...]

a gal and her blog: [nt]

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:54:00 -0500

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Texas Kaos: John Cornyn's Serial Lies About the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:28 -0500

Cross posted on Daily Kos and The Burnt Orange Report and The 44 Diaries. This morning I received the following electronic newsletter from Senator John Cornyn on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074-page health care bill, which Senate Budget Committee analysis shows [...]

a gal and her blog: SO COOL

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:00 -0500

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The StandDown Texas Project: Federal Court Seeks Info in Ohio Injection Case

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:00 -0500

That's the title of an AP report this morning via the Dayton Daily News. LINK

A federal appeals court is pushing a condemned killer to say why his lawsuit opposing lethal injection in Ohio shouldn't be dismissed.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has given attorneys for Kenneth Biros until Friday afternoon [...]

Off the Kuff: More on that KHOU/KUHF poll

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0500

Here’s the full polling data for that KHOU/KUHF poll. Of greatest interest to me is the bit where they note that they asked people whether they’d voted in the November election; about 75% of them said Yes. Given that turnout for this election was about 20%, I find [...]

Only In It For The Gold: Viaduct? Vy not?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0500

Talk about playing "gotcha".
Regular readers are likely to be aware of the release of a huge mass of illegally obtained emails among leading climate scientists of the observational stripe. RealClimate, I think, handled it nicely.

A lot of attention is being placed on Phil Jones'
Once Tim’s' [...]

Somervell County Salon: Agenda for Glen Rose ISD School Board Meeting November 23, 2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:37 -0500

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BlueBloggin: Barbara Ann Radnofsky On Countdown And Texas Gay Marriage

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:08 -0500

Barbara Ann Radnofsky made Countdown’s number one spot on “World’s Best Person” segment. Apparently in 2005 when the homophobic Texas legislatures outlawed gay marriage they outlawed straight marriage as well. The intelligence of Greg Abbott and the GOP is underwhelming.

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SocraticGadfly: Krugman: What Geither got wrong

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0500

Clearly refuting fellow columnist David Brooks’ love fest for little Timmeh Geithner, Paul Krugman says the current Treasury secretary was a clusterfuck at the NY Fed, and hasn’t looked a lot better on his current job.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...]

Dog Canyon: The GOP’s Health Care Hypocrisy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:29 -0500

Number of comments: 8

The sheer volume of the nutty screaming from the Right can obscure the rank hypocrisy of the GOP’s attacks on health care reform. So let’s clear up a few things.

Health care reform is about getting our neighbors better health care, reducing unnecessary suffering and early death. “Socialism!” [...]

Beginning To Wonder: Which came first?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:00 -0500

The name or the personality? Consider "Bart Stupak" and now "Chris Buttars". Seriously, "Chris Buttars". With a name like that, could you be anything BUT an asshole? [...]

Texas Prison Bid'ness -: Texas Tribune highlights poor health care in private detention centers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:12 -0500

Emily Ramshaw at the newly-launched Texas Tribune has a series of three stories this week on the state of health care and mental health care in private immigrant detention centers in south Texas, including the GEO Group's South Texas Detention Center in Pearsall and MTC's' [...]

The Ellis County Observer: Former Lancaster Councilwoman Kimberly Lankford Dies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:06 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Total shock when I opened today’s Dallas Morning News Metro section to find that the ultra-beautiful Kimberly King-Lankford, a former Lancaster City Councilwoman, has died. She succeeded Vic Buchanon, who had run for mayor against then-Mayor Joe Tillotson several years ago. The predominately minority district is now represented by 25-year-old Nina [...]

Lone Star Diary: Are Democrats really this stupid?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:23 -0500

Democrats, and indeed all people who voted for Obama should be hanging their heads in shame. But yet, some liberal Democrats still praise Obama and look upon him as some sort of savior; when in reality he is destroying this country and everything that has made it the [...]

SocraticGadfly: Vatican researcher claims Shroud is real

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:00 -0500

Barbara Frale claims computer enhancing let her see Greek, Latin and Aramaic words on the Shroud of Turin.

First, I want a list of the experts to whom she showed her photos.

Second, I want her to show the photos to the general public. Especially to [...]

Somervell County Salon: Freak Attack in Blum, Texas from a ... LLAMA

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:32 -0500

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

At first, the wife said, she couldn’t understand what her husband was saying. It sounded as if he said he had been attacked by a lawn mower.

"I thought he said lawn mower," she said. "He said, 'No, I got attacked by a llama and I’m bleeding pretty' [...]

Somervell County Salon: Democrats Voted Thursday to Add Money to prevent Medicare Payment Cuts to Doctors.. But Not Chet Edwards

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:17:52 -0500

From the Waco Trib -Understand that every Republican except Michael Burgess of Lewsville voted No. So Chet Edwards voted with the Republicans.

Dr. Thomas Valigura, a Waco anesthesiologist who is president of the McLennan County Medical Society, said he understands concerns about the national debt. But fixing physician payments is critical, [...]

Somervell County Salon: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Opens Today (Article Mentions Glen Rose Dino Tracks)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:23 -0500

from KERA

WALTER: “That’s what makes it so powerful. It’s a Fort Worth story, it’s Fort Worth-centric, it’s interpreting science and history right in your backyard. So any kiddo or adult can connect with it and then explore more right in your community. You can go down to Glen Rose [...]

The Rag Blog: A Modest Poroposal : Eat the Rich!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:00 -0500

La Sanbe: Bad Football Causes Bad Behavior

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:00 -0500

LaSanbe laments the truly slim pickings for this week's college football action. This weekend would typically involve several drama-filled, captivating games with national championship implications. Instead, we get a simply bad Ohio State-Michigan match-up, a couple of SEC scrimmages and (oh yeah) Texas possibly punching' [...]

Left of College Station: Video Lunch: Conversation on Women's Issues with Rosa DeLauro

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

From Campus Progress:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) speaks with Campus Progress about a pressing need to keep women's issues on the national agenda. She has seen sweeping changes in the office demographic she says -- women now make up half of all U.S. workers -- but "the" [...]