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  • Red, White, and Stood Up

    GregsOpinion.com

    In case you missed it Friday night and can't wait for Sunday night's replay, here's the Mayoral "Debate" on PBS's "Red White & Blue" show. Turns out Gene didn't show up, even though he was invited and had agreed to show up. Maybe he was resting up, because the next [...]

    Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:00am EST
  • Looking Out a Barnett Shale Living Room Window

    Bluedaze.

    A few weeks ago, I showed you the view out Christine Ruggiero's kitchen window.Looking Out a Barnett Shale Kitchen WindowToday I took this picture looking out Christine's living room window.That's Aruba Petroleum gearing up to frack the well on Christine's neighbor's property. Then Aruba will move to Christine's back yard [...]
    Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:07am EST
  • A Yawning Gap

    Dog Canyon

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    We don’t know why we yawn.

    Bored? Sleepy? Just woke up? Or is it a signal of arousal, that is, time for bed? Or a signal of relaxation, a sign to others that we feel safe and so they can feel safe?

    Scientists don’t know, but are you yawning [...]

    Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:42am EST
    by Glenn W. Smith
  • What were these voters thinking???

    Pete's Place

    Hoop Dreams was not only the best documentary of 1994, it was also that year's best picture. Just a little more than two weeks ago, film critic Roger Ebert called it "the great American documentary." Crumb, another magnificent documentary from that same year, was superior to four of the five [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:13pm EST
  • Gene Locke a no show in debate

    Bay Area Houston

    After being invited and accepting the invitation by The Red, White, and Blue show, Gene Locke decided to skip the debate leaving Annise Parker the entire 30 minutes to herself and she did very well. Locke on the other hand was called out for missing the event and there was [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:06pm EST
  • Iz Tired.

    Relaxed Politics

    Number of comments: 12
    Sorry Bumz. It’s been a rough week at work and health-wise. So instead of my long-promised preview of the Minnesota Democratic governor’s primary, i bring you Lolcat. see more Lolcats and funny pictures And now I’m going back to bed. Share and Enjoy: [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:00pm EST
    by newdealfarmgrrrlll
  • Break it Up. Break it Down.

    Freida Bee

    Alright. Alrighty, then. A mere thirty minutes ago, I was posting some blatherings and then said, "Hey, them's crappy blatherings," and low and behold, they were gone. The work of the Lord or some strange subconscious slight of hand? The world may never know, but nevertheless,' [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  • Tale of Two Quagmires

    First Door on the Left

    Even money says that you did not watch Bill Moyers Journal on PBS last night. Did you? Thought not. I did.

    I found his commentary very interesting and extremely relevant. He equated President Lyndon Johnson’s march to war in Vietnam to the pressure President Obama is now under (mostly from the [...]

    Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:53pm EST
    by Len
  • The Great Unemployment Mystery

    Somervell County Salon

    The Great Unemployment Mystery   by Peter Stern     Unemployment in the U.S. is at its highest rate in many decades.   Apparently it is a mystery that only a Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan can solve because President Barack Obama has not fought significantly to bring jobs to hardly-working [...]

    Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:44pm EST
  • Who's Gonna Do It?

    Pulp Friction

    Who's Gonna Do It?



    Because I'm not a gay man or a horny straight woman, I have no access to Playgirl.com and no plans to pay to subscribe.
    But I'm very curious about Levi Johnston's nude shoot and I'd like to see it.[...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:29pm EST
  • Val Liveoak : Remembering the 'Tope' in El Salvador

    The Rag Blog

    Mural at the University of Central America in San Salvador depicts martyred Jesuit priests and suggests complicity of the nation’s business and political leadership.Slain Jesuit priests honored in El SalvadorIn El Salvador, six Jesuit priests are being honored twenty years after their murders by the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military. On Monday [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  • Laredo's 18th Homicide

    La Sanbe

    Cesar Rodriguez (LMT) reports on the shooting that took place on Jarvis Plaza Thursday. Apparently the 76-year-old alleged shooter got into an argument with another man over $10.
    Baeza said Gonzalez then went to his vehicle, parked on Juarez Avenue and
    Matamoros Street, to get a handgun and later went [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:33pm EST
  • Weekly Address 11-21-09

    First Door on the Left

    From the White House weblog:

    In an address recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the President discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making [...]

    Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:52am EST
    by Len
  • Is Geithner Right for Treasury?

    The Daily Hurricane

    As you know, Timothy Geithner, former President of the New York Federal Reserve, was sworn in as Treasury Secretary early this year.  His confirmation hearings were troubled by past income tax errors, which, although minor, tainted his tenure from the start.  Geithner, a financial industry insider, was touted as [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:00am EST
    by eljefebob
  • Socialism The Buzz Word

    BlueBloggin

    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 [...]

    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:55pm EST
    by nytexan
  • Barnett Shale Dirty Air Makes WSJ

    Bluedaze.

    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' [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:17pm EST
  • Oh, What Bullshit!

    Pulp Friction

    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' [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:20pm EST
  • He coulda been a contender

    Off the Kuff

    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 [...]

    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:12pm EST
    by Charles Kuffner
  • TEA Lawsuit on Grading Filed

    Half Empty

    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, [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:02pm EST

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