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Houston's Clear Thinkers: The Minstrel Boy

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

The masterful Danny Quinn. Enjoy.... [...]

Pulp Friction: Pour Jacqueline et Sonia, avec ...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:38:00 -0500

Pour Jacqueline et Sonia, avec l'amour et la misère noire*

I told my friend Jackie that Big Sis, My Sharona and I are going to Paris next fall. Jackie's mom was a Parisienne of Armenian descent, so Jackie has the look of a wild-maned gypsy and speaks' [...]

PrairiePundit: Counterinsurgency 101 on Texas border

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:19:00 -0500

NY Times:

A firefight with heavily armed insurgents near a gold-domed mosque. A helicopter evacuation of bloody car bomb victims. A meeting with tribal elders upset about security.

Just another day in Afghanistan? More like the dress rehearsal for war, played out on 100,000 acres of snake-infested [...]

PrairiePundit: Russia blames unkown terrorist for train wreck

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:27:00 -0500

Observer/Guardian:

Russia was tonight coming to terms with its most deadly terrorist attack in years after investigators confirmed that a powerful improvised bomb caused Friday's devastating train crash in which at least 26 people, including several top government officials, were killed.

The head of Russia's FSB counter-terrorism agency, [...]

jobsanger: Warsaw Zoo Cages 'Cavemen'

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500

When I first saw this picture, I was convinced it was a photo of some right-wing fundamentalist teabaggers. They had obviously been locked up to prevent them from infecting others with their incredible stupidity. But alas, it seems that I was wrong.
This is actually [...]

TexasLiberal: Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up—Blogger Friends I Have Made

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:12:08 -0500

Here is this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance Round-up. The Texas Progressive Alliance is a confederation of leading political bloggers in Texas. (Above—Annibale Carracci’s The Butcher’s Shop from the early 1580’s. It has little to do with Texas except that folks eat a lot of meat in Texas and that this painting can [...]

Political Teen Tidbits: Generation “What Change?”

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:53:17 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Tengrain at Mock, Paper, Scissors was recently asked to review a book, and because the target audience was people under 30, he asked me if I wanted to take on the project. I agreed, then emailed him and a few other people about how to go about reviewing a book [...]

Bluedaze.: Lobby Money: Fossil Fuel Versus Environmentalists

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:48:00 -0500

There are currently 5 lobbyists for every member of Congress.For the 2nd quarter of 2009, oil & gas and coal mining spent the following on lobbying:Chevron $6,485,000Exxon Mobil $4,657,000BP America $4,270,000ConocoPhillips $3,300,000American Petroleum Institute $2,120,000Marathon Oil Corporation $2,110,000Peabody Investments Corp $1,110,000Bituminous Coal Operators Association $980,000Shell Oil [...]

PrairiePundit: Chavez can't deliver water etc.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:39:00 -0500

Sunday Telegraph:

For the slum-dwellers of El Junquito, the fabulous views of Caracas have never been of much interest. It was the piped water and electricity supplied to their makeshift homes that earned their loyalty to Venezuela's authoritarian leader, President Hugo Chavez.

But 10 years [...]

PrairiePundit: UK cuts choppers used to train Afghan special forces

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:32:00 -0500

Sunday Times:

HELICOPTERS used by British special forces to mentor their Afghan counterparts on anti-drugs operations have been grounded to save just £2m a year. The funding for the helicopters — used by the Special Boat Service (SBS) and Afghan special forces for raids on drugs barons and [...]