Daily Archives: March 11, 2003

Enron Broadband charges coming

Prosecutors are preparing to file charges against a number of Enron Broadband Services (EBS) executives for various shady deals involving movies-on-demand over the Internet. It’s the usual gaggle of booking vast future projected earnings as current income, accounting skulduggery, and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Finding terrorists in the Bible

Unbelievable. The man responsbile for writing the long-discredited book The Bible Code, Michael Drosnin, gave an intelligence briefing to the Pentagon and has reportedly given others to the Mossad. This article suggests that the officials didn’t know what a loon … Continue reading Continue reading

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Trying to maintain one’s sense of humor

‘Peace On Earth’ Shirt Sparks Arrest Authors Arrested in Protest at White House These stories are fairly old news by now, of course, but I got to thinking about them yesterday and they reminded me of an old joke, one … Continue reading Continue reading

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Berry makes it official

One-term City Council member Michael “Boy Wonder” Berry has officially announced his candidacy for Mayor in 2003, joining Bill White as an announced candidate. Standing in a southwest Houston neighborhood that has had problems with city street and storm sewer … Continue reading Continue reading

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City to crack down on tax scofflaws

The City of Houston is proposing new rules to its contracting ordinance that will forbid any business from doing business with the city if they or one of their owners owe more than $100 in city taxes. After months of … Continue reading Continue reading

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