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Texas Editor
Brandi Grissom posts, "AZ Lab Offers Free Testing for Skinner," at the Texas Tribune today.
Chromosal Laboratories, a DNA testing lab in Phoenix, Ariz., has told Gov. Rick Perry that it will test evidence in the Hank Skinner case for free and within 30 days if [...]
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Dallas lawyer Eric Johnson, the Democratic nominee for the District 100 House seat, has announced his candidacy to fill Terri Hodge's unexpired term.
Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday called a special election for May 8 to seat someone for the last few months of Hodge's term.
The Legislature is not in session, but [...]
The rate of maternal mortality in the United States has doubled since 1987.
That's the latest news on the status of women's health in America, according to a new report issued by the human rights organization Amnesty International.
In [...]
Americans Just Don't Want Government Taking Over Health Care-
A year ago, if you would have gone on television and predicted that Barack Obama would be incredibly unpopular in one year, you'd probably be mocked, ridiculed, hectored, derided, marginalized, laughed at, and otherwise scoffed at by others.
Obama was supposed to be [...]
Courtesy Mary Ann Million
COMMISSIONER’S COURT
MEETING OF SPECIAL SESSION
OF SOMERVELL COUNTY
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS’ COURT OF SOMERVELL COUNTY, TEXAS WILL BE HELD AT
9:30 A.M, MONDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF MARCH, 2010,
IN [...]
Fox News reporter Bret Baier did a complete job of showing Obama to be totally out of touch with the contents of his proposed heath care bill. Viewers of this interview could not help coming away with the opinion that the president has no idea what he’s doing. [...]
Yesterday, I wrote a post on BOR ("PolitiFact: Rick Perry's "Pants on Fire" Lie About Border Crime Rates") on how the Austin American Statesman's PolitiFact wrote an excellent story about how Rick Perry has been lying about the border: "Gov. Rick Perry" [...]
As Obama twists arms and continues to lie about what his proposed heath care bill contains, the American people are outraged! Never before in the history of this country has a president so divided our citizens. His idea of redistribution of wealth sickens the majority in this country [...]
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The Texas Board of Education finally made it big time – they were on The Daily Show last night.
If you didn’t know that republicans are creepy people who did not listen in high school, you know it now that the Texas School Board is in session.
“Good Lord,” Juanita sighs, “the [...]
The following video is from MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, broadcast March 17, 2010.
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Traveling with Kay Bailey Hutchison in the final days of the primary campaign, I knew one thing was clear: Hutchison expected to lose the primary but was hoping for a sufficient showing against Rick Perry to somehow win the runoff. Aboard her campaign bus, Hutchison expressed frustration at the trajectory [...]
The President has put on a full court press for health care reform and is asking those of us who support reform against status quo to write our congressman. I did. I wrote John Culberson, my representative, the following letter:
This is what happens in the news business. You go out to the big head to head with the cameras and the notebooks and the pens and then [...]
It's so much nicer when our elected officials don't have to bother with hearing from those they represent, right? And guess what, there are Some In Our District who want him to vote WITH the Democrats and Vote Yes. But we should keep that to ourselves lest Chet say [...]
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Juanita tries very hard to run a green beauty salon. She recycles whenever she can and has gone total solar power with her pocket calculator.
Thelma read about having a paperless office. Thelma thinks that would be a good idea. Mainly because Juanita couldn’t leave little Post-It notes all over [...]
Readers may recall that recently I asked for descriptions of the city administrator, city superintendent and the director of the CVB. Got the first two but the third took a bit more time to find. Thank you to Peggy B and Mygnonne T for finding this. The file name [...]
I found this fascinating quote today:
There is no evidence that humanity likes science or the burden of responsibilities that pay out decades in the future. Humanity does not mind playing with some the end products of both, like consumer electronics or the body of modern medical knowledge, but [...]
As he bats down allegations that he ran an off-the-books spy operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a civilian Defense Department official has been locked out of his office at Lackland AFB and remains cautious about who visits him at his San Antonio apartment.
In interviews [...]
The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the United States attempts to shift [...]
As has become tradition, ESPN went to the White House to get the President’s picks for March Madness. The President is a major hoops fan, so I thought it would be interesting to compare his picks to the totally awesome, kick-ass [...]
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Juanita apologizes for being a tad busy for the past 24 hours. It seems that our local lame duck Democratic Party secretary reacted like a nuclear power plant on meltdown day, sharpened up her claws, painted on her fibbing face, and floored it in neutral upon word getting out that [...]
My friends State Representative Carol Alvarado and State Senator The military and political efforts against the Taliban around Kandahar, Afghanistan's third biggest city and the militia's spiritual [...]
At the Dallas CityStore, customers can find affordable furniture, bikes, electronics and other merchandise from the police property room and other city departments.
But a city employee was recently surprised to stumble upon a different product: 123 bags of [...]
According to NewChanel 10-Amarillo, the explanation for jail overcrowding in 5 thinly populated Panhandle counties is simple: "The reason why is many people do not have the money to bond out." That is a soluble problem that doesn't require jail building.' [...] Yeah, I know we've got Leslie and a city council that acts as if the automobile is just a passing fad, but compared to San Francisco, folks, we're not even in the same league
An ex-vegan, hit with a pepper-laced pie while promoting her anti-vegetarian work at an anarchist book [...]After reviewing the district attorney's open-file and electronic discovery system, Mary Anne Wiley, deputy general counsel for [...]
It worked in Massachusetts, so Illinois Republicans are looking for a repeat.
"This is not Obama's seat, it's the people's seat," Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, the Republican candidate running for Illinois' Senate seat vacated by the president, declares at campaign stops.
Eager to' [...]
James R. “Jim Bob” Moffett could have retired years ago with his legend fully intact. Today, however, in the twilight of a long, storied and sometimes controversial career, the 71-year-old oil and mining executive is taking what amounts to a victory lap.
Moffett, co-chairman of [...]
A poll conducted this week for the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest-Advance by the Roper organization showed that 65 percent of all Americans regard as unfair the current Democrat proposal to send the Senate health care bill to the president without voting [...]
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall:
• Grocery stores, or the lack thereof, are a frequent concern in some parts of Dallas. Now, here comes [...]
Idaho Health Care Freedom Act
Supported by Libertarian Republicans in '09 race for AG
Member, Roanoke Valley Libertarians
Mary rediscovers the joy of hooping
I could hula hoop just fine as a kid. But in recent years, [...]
