Daily Archives: May 24, 2002

Tapped out

The 116-year-old Pearl Brewery in San Antonio has been closed for a year, and despite its prime location just north of downtown on the San Antonio River, no one has stepped up to buy the property. Trinity University, my alma … Continue reading Continue reading

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That’s a lot of contempt

A Beaumont man has been freed from jail after spending over four years in the clink on a contempt charge. State District Judge Zeke Zbranek had refused to release [Odis] Briggs to visit his ailing wife or attend her funeral … Continue reading Continue reading

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Sauce for the gander

Max Power also points me to Dawn Olsen’s weblog, where she is currently running a poll on “the hottest, sexiest, Male blogger in the blogosphere.” (For some odd reason, I’m not in her list of choices. Must be an oversight.) … Continue reading Continue reading

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Crisis over!

Crisis over! is the headline of this Slate piece, in which Tim Noah continues his fine dissecting of all the dire-yet-vague terrorism warnings that came out right after the revelations that Team Bush had quite a few facts at its … Continue reading Continue reading

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Told You So Dept.

Little Green Footballs notes that the Saudi PR campaign has been an abject failure. Way back on May 2, I wrote that “this misguided effort on the Saudis’ part would backfire on them”. So every once in awhile I do … Continue reading Continue reading

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That makes a scary amount of sense

Steve at Happy Fun Pundit discovers how he got on a Republican fundraising mailing list. It’s pretty funny, so check it out. Via Virginia Postrel. Continue reading

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Another reason to need time travel

Max Power writes about a case in Australia where a tobacco company was held liable to a plaintiff because “the company had destroyed decades-old documents”. Says Max: Document destruction when there’s an outstanding subpoena calling for the documents is one … Continue reading Continue reading

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