Daily Archives: October 3, 2005

New DeLay indictment

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

This is a bit of a surprise, since I hadn’t realized there was another grand jury in session. A Texas grand jury today indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering. A different grand jury whose … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Public domain movies

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Via Atrios, the Internet Archive has added movies and other “moving images” to its list of freely-downloadable files. You can get everything from government-financed war propaganda films to classic cartoons – I’ll be grabbing a copy of Falling Hare when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Harriet Miers

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not much for following the Supreme Court nomination battles – there are plenty of other bloggers who do a far better job of it than I would – but I do have a couple of thoughts now that we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monday DeLay roundup

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

This story doesn’t use the word, but I’m wondering how many times we’ll be reading articles on Tom DeLay that include the word “defiant” in the near term. Quite a few, I’d venture. Next question: Which of these people are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Life after Rita

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Folks are returning back to Port Arthur and Sabine Pass to see how bad the damage from Hurricane Rita was in their neighborhoods. Sadly, it was very bad. Teresa MacLelland expected some damage to her Sabine Pass home as she … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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