Daily Archives: November 22, 2004

Desperate programming

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

You know, it’s bad enough that local ABC affiliate KTRK bumped “Desperate Housewives” to 11:35 PM last night so it could simulcast the Texans-Packers game, but what really cheeses me off is that they couldn’t bother to wrap up their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in TV and movies | 6 Comments

Recount for Heflin

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Talmadge Heflin has asked for a manual recount of the votes in his electoral loss to Hubert Vo. State Rep. Talmadge Heflin has asked the state to order a manual recount of all ballots cast earlier this month in Heflin’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2004 | 15 Comments

Off the hook?

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Via Political Wire, an anonymous source has told CBS News that Tom DeLay will not be indicted in Travis County. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, appears to have dodged a bullet. The powerful GOP chieftain is unlikely to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | 7 Comments

Comment approval problem resolved

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

OK, I got a response to my support ticket, which seems to have resolved the problem of all comments needing to be approved before they appeared. I needed to delete the following old MT Blacklist files: extlib/jayallen/*.* (three .pm files) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Administrivia | 3 Comments

SNAPping back

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

File this under “Things Enron affected that you didn’t know they affected”. After [Enron]’s collapse, SNAP’s budget fell from $3 million to $2.5 million. […] SNAP (www.snapus.org) has slowly recovered, and now has its largest annual budget ever, $5.5 million, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Enronarama | 2 Comments

Ron Artest’s suspension

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Ron Artest has been suspended for the rest of the NBA season for his role in the arena melee from the weekend. Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest, who led the charge into the stands and sparked a near riot at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Other sports | 6 Comments

Dubose on Abramoff and Scanlon

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

This is the chapter that Lou Dubose and Jan Reid would have added to their book “The Hammer” if publication had been delayed until now. It’s a good overview of where things stand in the Senate investigation of DeLay cronies … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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