Daily Archives: June 20, 2010

Weekend link dump for June 20

Hug somebody’s dad today. Pity the poor teabaggers. Doing it for the lolz. Getting the best of both FinReg bills. What If Yesterday’s Teen Movie Characters Had Today’s Technology? The iVuvuzela. You know you want it. The dark secrets of … Continue reading

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The Keller hearings

The current phase of the Sharon Keller saga may end soon. Sharon Keller, fighting to keep her job as the state’s top criminal court judge, should know her fate soon. After a five-hour hearing Friday, members of the State Commission … Continue reading

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More on the legislators’ push for UH to the Big XII

Here’s the Chron story on that letter a bunch of area legislators sent to Big XII Commissioner Dan Beebe and the presidents of Texas universities in that conference in support of adding UH. Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe is on … Continue reading

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The bears come back to East Texas

Nice. Bears are slowly returning to the woods of East Texas thanks to thriving bear populations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, wildlife officials say. As a result, sightings in East Texas have been on the rise, up from just five … Continue reading

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