Daily Archives: August 14, 2003

Read my lips: No new tax cuts!

I don’t actually have any comments about this story (although TAPPED does). I just wanted to be the first kid on my block to say that. Continue reading

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Pop goes Antarctica

Great. As if I don’t have enough to worry about: If Russian researchers in Antarctica succeed in drilling through the final 396 feet of nearly 2-1/2 miles of ice to reach an ancient, unexplored lake underneath, scientists at NASA warn … Continue reading Continue reading

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No loonies, please

This is an amusing story about an important principle: The Harris County Commissioner’s Court is looking for a way to keep the wackos from wasting their time by adjourning their meetings before the floor is opened to the public. For … Continue reading Continue reading

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More generosity from Farmers Insurance

This was in yesterday’s Chron, but I didn’t quite get to it at the time. Executive summary: A provision to limit a certain type of fee that insurance companies charge, which is factored into individual premiums, was stripped out of … Continue reading Continue reading

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What’s the catch?

So I get a phone call from Tiffany… T: A vendor wants to take a bunch of us to their luxury box at Minute Maid Park for an Astros game next week. Do you want to go? C: You’re asking … Continue reading Continue reading

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My contribution to the Worst Americans list

Yeah, I know, John Hawkins put up the list on Tuesday. I overslept, OK? Here’s my list, with explanations: John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, Lee Harvey Oswald – Killing a President makes you a bad American. Anthony Comstock … Continue reading Continue reading

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