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• And back home at the (Valley) ranch…

  —Three Wise Men

  I just realized it’s been a while since I wrote anything about Irving. Two important things have occurred in Irving that may have wide-reaching consequences.

  For the first story, I blogged a little bit about the race in Texas House district 105, which is one of two districts that cover most [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:17am EST
  by Nat-Wu

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• That's A Very Good Question

  —jobsanger

  Found at the great blog called Unreasonable Faith. [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:07am EST
  

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• Oral Roberts - Physician, Heal Thyself

  —The Whited Sepulchre

  Oral Roberts, the famed Oklahoma faith-healer, has finally bought the six-foot pine condo.Here's one of my earliest memories of this fabled con artist, from one of my first blog posts:My first exposure to these clowns was through my grandmother. She had been crippled by a severe stroke, and lived with [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

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• It's Tricky and Right on Time!

  —Freida Bee

  Well, blogospherical universe, it's done! I passed Real Analysis, completed the classes I needed to earn a math degree, and will never have to take a math course again in my life. That's probably not true, but I'm gonna think it for now. These past few' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:32pm EST
  

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• The Real St. Nicholas—A Friend Of The Poor And Opposed To The Death Penalty

  —TexasLiberal

  (Blogger’s Note—This is a post from two years ago that seems worth another posting. Thanks for reading Texas Liberal.) December 6 is the Feast Day for St. Nicholas. This is the same St. Nicholas who has become our Santa Claus. St. Nicholas was the fourth-century Bishop of Myra. Myra was then in Greece. It is [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:01pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Today The Blog, Tomorrow...

  —McBlogger

  Sure, being a world-famous blogger is a great ego massage, but why stop there?

  Astronomers have spotted the most Earth-like planet to date, a massive ocean world that probably has an atmosphere and — though it’s highly unlikely — may support life. And it needs a better name.
  
  For now, GJ 1214b [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:45pm EST
  

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• Milblogs Go Silent For CJ

  —TexasFred's

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  Milblogs Go Silent For CJ You may remember this post, where I posted about CJ from A Soldier’s Perspective and the grief he is getting from his children’s former school. What’s worse is that his command in Alabama did not back him up. Luckily, many prominent milblogs are, and a lot [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 3:29pm EST
  by TexasFred

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• Colombia : Official Corruption and Mr. Big

  —The Rag Blog

  Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.A history of official corruption:Colombia and the Uribe familyBy Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2009See 'A Stroll down Paramilitary Lane,' below....the sheer number of cases, their geographic spread, and the diversity of military units implicated, indicate that these killings were carried out in [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  

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• Health Care 'Reform' : Just Say No to Traitor Joe!

  —The Rag Blog

  Don't Surrender to Senator JoeVote "No" on the health care jokeBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2009It looks like the United States Senate is going to cave in and surrender to Joe Lieberman. They first dumped the most important part of health care reform -- the' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:30am EST
  

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• Wednesday's Hero

  —Yeah, Right, Whatever

  This Weeks Post Was Suggested & Written By Greta
  
  
  This week's Wednesday Hero is both an individual, and a group. The group we honor are the milblogs: the military blogs, spouse blogs, and support blogs who bring you the news and information you can [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:30am EST
  

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• Microsoft Steals Code And Admits It!

  —Dungeon Diary

  For years folks in the geeky set have suspected that Microsoft appropriates code from other developers and finally someone has proven it. Juku, Microsoft's new micro-blogging software turns out to be an exact copy of Plurk. To be fair it turns out a Chinese vendor hired by Microsoft copied' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:19am EST
  

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• Criminalizing the neighborhood pharmacist

  —Houston's Clear Thinkers

  This blog has long addressed the enormous cost to American society of overcriminalization generally and particularly with regard to business and risk-taking. But lest we think that the problem is limited to such things as business and victimless crimes,... [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:01am EST
  

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• Texas Watchdog on HAS champagne and lobster party

  —blogHOUSTON

  TEXAS WATCHDOG posts about a lovely sounding champagne and lobster party being hosted by the Houston Airport System and a vendor for local media. Sadly, blogHOUSTON did not receive an invitation to the event (we could have gone for some lobster).... [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:17pm EST
  

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• Wherein I Blog as Obama and the Democratic Leadership Govern

  —Justice Addict

  What's the point of this diary/post?
  
  I suppose it started off having something to do with talking about saving lives, cutting overall costs, increasing affordability, reforming a broken system, solving problems and/or maybe even just governing effectively. And justly. And for the people.
  
  Such novelty.
  
  I bandied [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:45pm EST
  

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• RLC vs. LP Round II

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  From Eric Dondero:
  
  Yesterday, our conservative friends at Jumping In Pools blog, reprinted my article in full, "RLC vs. LP," from Monday (scroll down a few articles). This is an excerpt from one of their writers, "Mr. K.":
  Eric Dondero at the [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:26pm EST
  

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• Kate Braun : Yule Seasonal Message

  —The Rag Blog

  Yule: Lord Sun emerges“What you envision will bloom in the pale moonlight...”By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / December 15, 2009Monday, December 21, 2009, is Yule, the shortest day and longest night of the year, when Lord Sun once again emerges from The Time That Is No Time. Lady [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 5:26pm EST
  

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• TCRP Chairman Dr. Rosemary Edwards files for re-election

  —Blue Dot Blues

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  Dr. Rosemary Edwards has filed for re-election as Travis County Republican Party chairman!
  
  I know this is a one-liner and therefore less earth-shattering as a blog post, but substance is coming. Check back later tonight. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  by MJSamuelson

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• Open Letter to Annise Parker

  —Red Ink: Texas

  
  I emailed Ms. Parker, congratulating her on her win. Below is a slightly edited version for public consumption:
  
  Ms. Parker, I am a GOP precinct chair in Spring. I am also a long time local blogger that posts under the nom de plume of [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:00am EST
  

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• Texas Blog Roundup - Week ending 12/13/09

  —Whosplayin.com

  It's Monday, which means it's time to see what's going on around the Texas blogosphere. This week's roundup is compiled by Charles Kuffner
  
  TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:38am EST
  

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• A Disturbing Christmas Picture

  —jobsanger

  Found at the excellent blog of Yellowdog Granny. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

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• How many felonies did you commit today?

  —Houston's Clear Thinkers

  Overcriminalization of daily life, particularly as it relates to punishing taking risks necessary to create jobs and wealth, are common topics on this blog. Longtime Boston attorney Harvey A. Silvergate is an expert on this troubling trend in American... [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:01am EST
  

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• Texas Blog Roundup

  —The Texas Cloverleaf

  Did you ever think the first openly gay mayor of a top city in the country would be from TEXAS? Congrats to Annise Parker on the Houston victory. And here is your roundup of the week's best blogs.
  
  
  TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  

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• Weekly Blog Roundup and open Thread!

  —Texas Kaos

  It's time for the Texas Progressive Alliance blog highlights! TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air. BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston - Annise Parker inherits a [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:40pm EST
  

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• RLC vs. LP

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  From the Editor:
  
  Last week I received this nice note from a regular reader of the Blog. I'm not in the habit of posting "Letters to the Editor," but this one asked a very important question, that I wish to respond to for the benefit of' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:21pm EST
  

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• Well what do we do now?

  —Bay Area Houston

  Now that the race for Houston Mayor is over, what is next for bloggers and political junkies?
  
  Parker takes over as Mayor on Jan 1st. The inauguration will be held soon afterward. Jolanda Jones retained her seat. Maybe she will sit next to her buddy, Mike Sullivan. Mike appointed [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

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• Barack Obama's Voicemail to Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker

  —Burnt Orange Report

  

  
  

  Many thanks to Justin Gillenwater at the Asian American Action Fund Blog for emailing me the original file. I'm sure that soon to be Mayor Parker will be keeping this voicemail for a while.

  
  ' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 4:35pm EST
  

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• James Retherford : The Story of Dada

  —The Rag Blog

  Alfred Jarry on absinthe.The Story of Dada (Part One)Inspired by the edgy transubstantiation of primitive energy and ontological nullity in Dada’s impromptu poetic style, [Hugo] Ball tried to emulate it -- but without success.By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2009Born in 1871 amidst the revolutionary fervor [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

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• Annise Parker's Political Ascendance a Step Toward Tolerance and Inclusion in Electoral Politics

  —Burnt Orange Report

  

  
  

  Update: Excerpts of this blog were highlighted in an article on Time Magazines website.  

  Many gay activists across the United States are cheering the election of openly gay Mayor-Elect Annise Parker and her victory over Gene Locke in the Houston mayoral runoff--and [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  

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• Caracas : Bolivar is Inspiration for New Peoples' Movement in Latin America

  —The Rag Blog

  The founding congress of the Movimiento Continental Bolivariano (MCB) in Caracas, Dec. 7, 2009. Photo from kaosenlared.netMovimiento Continental Bolivariano:'Take the open road of hope'By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2009CARTAGENA DE INDIES, Colombia -- Students, workers, peasants, indigenous movements and leftist groups from 30 countries gathered [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:45am EST
  

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• CD-30: Dr. Stephen Broden & Maafa 21 (Eugenics, Planned Parenthood)

  —The Ellis County Observer

  The Ellis County Observer & BestSouthwestBlog.com wholeheartedly endorse Dr. Stephen Broden for the GOP nomination for U.S. Congress in the 30th District. It’s not enough that this pastor is pro-liberty, pro-Constitution and anti-socialistm, but he’s preaching (quite literally, actually) the truth about Planned Parenthood, eugenics and how the abortion-by-design in [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:39am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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