Daily Archives: August 28, 2006

Why not Kinky

Clay Robison sums up the case against Kinky better than I can by simply quoting the man himself. “It’s politically correct these days to apologize to the Indians and apologize to the Hawaiians for taking their land, apologize to the … Continue reading Continue reading

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A Katrina timeline

The Talent Show takes a look back at the horrors we all witnessed a year ago in New Orleans. Ray looks at his own writing from a year ago here and here. The lead story on the Chron is about … Continue reading Continue reading

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Candidate Q&A: Neeta Sane

Continuing in my series of interviews with local candidates, today I bring you Neeta Sane, who is the Democratic candidate for County Treasurer in Fort Bend. 1. Who are you and what are you running for? My name is Neeta … Continue reading Continue reading

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Alvarado: Still cloutful

The Chron checks in on City Council member Carol Alvarado, who is still wielding considerable influence with Mayor White despite having stepped down from the Mayor Pro Tem position. Despite a cloud of uncertainty about an ongoing investigation by local … Continue reading Continue reading

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Feeding the spammers

Dwight points to a story about the latest spam craze and asks the obvious question: “Who are the idiots that buy stocks touted to them in spammed email?” Spam messages that tout stocks and shares can have real effects on … Continue reading Continue reading

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Time for new mnemonics

This Chron article addresses what I think is the most crucial question about Pluto’s demotion from planet to Vowel Planet: What about the mnemonics? Now how will students learn the planets? Some possibilities: My Very Extravagant Mother Just Sent Us … Continue reading Continue reading

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