Pinkley & Hawkeye

Folks know that Commentary doesn’t talk a lot about college athletics. I might have to start changing my tune some, now that they are spreading the dough around to a few of the athletes. The University of Houston fired their athletic director yesterday. Here is from the Chron: Before a packed crowd Wednesday night, athletic…

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GOP Eight Commandments

Hello Summer. Of course, you’ve been here for a couple of weeks or so. Today is the longest day of the year.  Enjoy it, y’all. _____ Louisiana is now mandating that every public-school classroom in the Pelican State should now display the Ten Commandments.  You know, a GOP thing. The problem is, since around 2016,…

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Juneteenth

Arguably, the best MLB player ever left us yesterday. Commentary is talking about Willie Mays. I saw him play a few times when he came to H-Town as a member of the San Francisco Giants. A two-time NL MVP. He won a World Series ring, a 24-time MLB All Star, 12 Gold Gloves, Rookie of…

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Correct Obit

The creep fella that I mentioned yesterday who croaked a week and a half ago has an obit in the Chron today. Here is a part of the obit: When he was ten years old, Paul (Pressler) accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior. He began teaching a Sunday School class at the age of seventeen…

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Politics at Play

From the Chron on Saturday’s election results: Kyle Scott and Ericka McCrutcheon won runoff races for two Harris Central Appraisal District board seats on Saturday. Though the elections were officially nonpartisan, the night ended with a strong showing for local Republicans. According to the unofficial results, Scott, a small business owner, beat former Houston City Council Member…

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Alito Flag Day

Election Day is tomorrow. Go vote in the Harris Central Appraisal District (HCAD) Board of Directors runoff election, please. _____ Today is Flag Day in the USA. I wonder if Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Jr. is flying the flag in the featured photo. _____ Well, this is kind of surprising. Not all the HISD…

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31-38

Whew! The good guys just got a win today at SCOTUS on reproductive rights. Mifepristone can stay on the market. See this from USA Today: WASHINGTON − Two years after erasing the constitutional right to an abortion, the Supreme Court on Thursday (today) went the other direction and tossed out a challenge to the widely used…

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Godliness

Commentary is pretty good on knowing our American history. I always did well on American history courses. Extremist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Jr. said on the just revealed recording that he wants the country to return to godliness.  I am trying to figure out when was the godliness period of American history. During the…

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On 2024

Today is my sister Sylvia Lafuente’s BD. Happy Birthday, Sylvia! _____ One of the most crooked Supreme Court justices in my adult lifetime is Justice Clarence Thomas. We all know that. We have learned in the last couple of years that he has accepted gifts worth a few million dollars. He was appointed by President…

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Closed Primaries

Here is from the Trib: At its biennial convention last month, the Texas GOP tried to increase its party purity by approving two major rules changes: One would close the Republican primary elections so that only voters the party identifies as Republicans can participate.  Here is the entire Trib read: Texas GOP pursues closed primaries,…

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