Daily Archives: November 21, 2002

Beating the Press

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Kevin has been kind enough to note that I’ve beaten the Houston Press‘s Richard Connelly to the draw several times, so I’m happy to note that he’s done the same here. And I second the notion that Connelly should get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lieback v. McDonald’s

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I knew if I brought up tort reform as I did in the previous post that someone would mention Liebeck v. McDonald’s, the infamous case in which a woman was awarded a multimillion dollar amount for spilling coffee on herself. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Insurance reform looming

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Two Republican state Senators have prefiled legislation to deal with the insurance crisis in Texas. Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, and Sen. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte, prefiled a package of bills that would bring all insurers under rate regulation. Currently, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Grand jury probe focuses on Captain Aguirre

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Captian Mark Aguirre and an unnamed sergeant are the apparent targets of the grand jury investigation of the K-Mart Kiddie Roundup. “After reviewing all the evidence, my impression is that Aguirre and one other sergeant who is his right-hand man … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Health care blues

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Jay Zilber has a great rant about the state of health insurance and how it affects a self-employed person such as himself. [I]nstead of reflexively trotting out the old, weatherbeaten scare-arguments — which have been stripped down to PowerPoint bullet-point … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The kiss is tonight

Posted on November 21, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Get ready, America – Charles Barkley is paying off his bet to kiss Kenny Smith’s ass tonight, though apparently it will be on the new TNT talk show Listen Up! instead of the TNT NBA pregame show as originally indicated. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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