Daily Archives: February 1, 2008

Judge calls a halt to the Rosenthal hearings

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Time out! The federal judge hearing testimony in Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal’s contempt hearing abruptly postponed the case this afternoon at the request of the DA’s lawyer. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt did not give a reason for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Actual randomness!

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

And after my four-week foray into covers and pseudo-covers, it’s time again to talk about songs that came up on the iPod shuffle. Let’s roll… 1. “Silent E” – Tom Lehrer. “Who can turn a can into a cane? Who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Don’t delete those emails!

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Well, we didn’t get Chuck Rosenthal’s testimony yesterday, but we are getting it today. Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal took the stand this morning to defend the deletion of thousands of e-mails after they were subpoenaed in a federal … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Noriega talks border issues at FDL

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Talking about border wall stuff is as good a segue as any to Rick Noriega‘s latest liveblog session at Firedoglake, which is all about border issues. Go see what he’s got to say, and if you like what you see, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A change of direction for the border wall?

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This sounds encouraging. WOAI news radio has learned that U.S Customs and Border Protection will likely combine their fencing plan with a levee improvement project. There would be fencing in some areas, and in other, the levee’s would be built … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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One small piece of good news on voter ID

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

There was one bit of news, from this Texas Politics blog post, about last week’s VoterIDPalooza hearings that offers a small ray of hope: A Texas legislative subcommittee will look for solutions intended to reduce fraud involving mail-in, or absentee … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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