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  • Sunday Social

    Today’s video comes courtesy of MadGranny, who tipped me to this amazing video while we were away on vacay. This clip is 8 minutes long, and these girls are jumping rope throughout the whole thing! Mindblowing!! Share and Enjoy: [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:00am EST
    by madmommy
  • Endorsements for Houston City Races

    Here is my two sense. Early voting starts tomorrow at the Clear Lake Library. Four women for Houston:



    Annise Parker for Mayor. The City of Houston has an opportunity to elect one of the most qualified and complete candidates Houston has provided to voters in a long [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:49am EST
  • Hotze endorses Locke

    It’s what we’ve all been waiting for, and now it’s on its way to a mailbox near you, as local hatemeister Steven Hotze has endorsed candidates in all six City of Houston runoffs and sent a mail piece out touting his preferred slate. Martha has all of the scans [...]

    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:25am EST
    by Charles Kuffner
  • Post-Thanksgiving Open Thread


    So yes, we took most of the holiday off here at Burnt Orange Report. There is still another day of it so let's just chat in the comments. What did you do for Thanksgiving? Did you participate in the after Thanksgiving Day sales and if [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:58am EST
  • Generation “What Change?”

    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 [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:53pm EST
    by frecklescassie
  • Generation “What Change?”

    Number of comments: 12
    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 I [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:53pm EST
    by freckles cassie
  • Lobby Money: Fossil Fuel Versus Environmentalists

    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 [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:48pm EST
  • Chavez can't deliver water etc.

    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 [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:39pm EST
  • Pour Jacqueline et Sonia, avec ...



    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' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:38pm EST
  • Whew! We're back home from my parents' ...

    Whew! We're back home from my parents' house. It was a fun visit...I don't know why I'm so tired - I didn't cook anything. Anyway, I've already got all my pitiful Christmas decorations up. Well, everything but the tree. Need to get to that soon.

    I'm off to' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:59pm EST
  • CLIMATEGATE: Deciphering the Emails

    by Clifford F. Thies

    According to the IPCC, there is a trend of rising global temperature caused, for the most part, by human activity. Unfortunately for the IPCC, this isn’t supported by the data. So, what do you do? You, of course, hide the evidence. Can’t let the “skeptics” [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  • LR rated one of America's Top Right Blogs

    I trust everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. I spent my holiday watching the 8-part HBO series John Adams rented from Blockbuster. Our Second President, Adams was the workhorse of the American Revolution. A sharp Boston lawyer, with a loving wife and family, he had an absolutely amazing [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:29pm EST
  • Russia blames unkown terrorist for train wreck

    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, [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:27pm EST
  • Counterinsurgency 101 on Texas border

    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 [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:19pm EST
  • Climategate U. to open warming data

    Sunday Telegraph:

    The U-turn by the university follows a week of controversy after the emergence of hundreds of leaked emails, "stolen" by hackers and published online, triggered claims that the academics had massaged statistics.

    In a statement welcomed by climate change sceptics, the university said [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:11pm EST
  • Bye Bye Lobbyists!

    Number of comments: 12
    About damn time! On September 23, 2009, the White House announced that no registered lobbyists would sit on the advisory commissions for any federal agencies. As has been reported, the President has made a commitment to close the revolving door that has in the past allowed lobbyists and others to move to [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 5:00pm EST
    by Pellora
  • The purpose of a life...

    Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. There is no gift-buying that adds to the stress of other holidays...just family getting together and doing what they do best--some cook, some clean, some take pictures...

    I have so much to be thankful for.

    Thankful was the word that came to [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:34pm EST
  • Bring Your Own Box




    One good thing about getting out of the house is that you'll always see something interesting.
    CASE in point: while waiting for a table yesterday at a BBQ joint in central Texas, I caught a lady cradling her spirits.

    Good times.[...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  • Holiday For Bus Drivers

    El Metro buses won't be operating on Christmas Day. Employees will have the benefit of spending time with family.

    And don't come down too hard on El Metro administrators for denying a few people a ride on Christmas. After all, city officials are to blame for this [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:03pm EST
  • Here We Are Now, Entertain Us

    Not like I've ever considered the diary section of DailyKos to be some hotbed of brilliant intellectual discourse on method, tactics, strategy and all that kind of junk or anything.

    But really?

    This kind of vapid hyperventilation about an absolute non-issue I expect (and get) from' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  • Crashers

    Number of comments: 1
    salahi-michaele-tareq.jpg

    I am sure that you are by now aware of all the fuss being made about Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the couple who crashed the state dinner given by the Obamas in honor of the Indian prime minister this past Tuesday evening.

    Nobody was actually ever in [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:53pm EST
    by Len
  • Sarah Palin: Should We Make Rogue Vogue?

    Sarah Palin is back in the public spot light with her new bestselling book, Going Rogue. At the moment, on just about every television channel, one can view the very photogenic Palin being quizzed about her new book and her plans for the future. Of course, the big question that [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:16pm EST
    by Paul
  • Hitchcockian sounds of Autumn and Winter


    This is the corner of 6th and Lamar (Whole Foods, Waterloo Records), one of the places where birds congregate in great numbers in the Fall/Winter. Every tree or wire that you can see, as well as a lot of ledges and roof tops, are chock full of birds. The [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:10pm EST
  • Words of wisdom from Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch

    I got this email from my new boss. I've added some pics and videos. Good stuff that just happens to be funny. Subject: Support for the 2ND AMENDMENTClint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is part Drill Instructor, and part stand up comic Here are a few of his observations on' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:11am EST
  • A Troubling Poll - The Enthusiasm Gap

    From DailyKos, a sobering poll result: In each case the first number is Definitely + Probably Voting, the second Not Likely + Not Voting Republican Voters: 81/14 Independent Voters: 65/23 DEMOCRATIC VOTERS: 56/40 Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote at this point in time, or have already made the firm [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:56am EST
  • The State of the State



    "Friends" of Rick Perry are running some rather hard-hitting adds against Princess KB lately, calling her, basically, a communist codling whore.

    I think the reason that ex-Senators rarely get elected to executive offices is because the nature of the senate makes the member learn to [...]

    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:39am EST
  • Will John Cornyn's efforts get Scozzafavaed?

    Emboldened by a summer of Tea Party protests and anger-infused town halls, they're demanding purity, as they did in an upstate New York congressional race this month that exposed raw nerves and bitter fault lines in the GOP. Now, in Senate races from California to Florida, conservative activists are trying' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:28am EST
  • Fox Affiliate in Chicago Gives It 193%

    We've all heard the expression "give it 100%" meaning maximum effort. Coaches have asked their players to "give 110%" which while physically impossible,  is a motivational tool urging members of the team to perform beyond their capabilities. But have you ever heard of giving it 193% ? Apparently the' [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:50am EST
    by Desperado
  • Say goodbye to San Juan's city manager

    San Juan city commissioners accepted the resignation of City Manager Tony Garza on Tuesday night.

    City officials emerged from a nearly half-hour executive session Tuesday to unanimously approve a recommendation from special attorney Gustavo Acevedo for "an agreement in principle" with Garza for him to step down from his [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:35am EST

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