Eras Over

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. That’s five full-page ads this week. _____ BREAKING NEWS! See this from the Trib: House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, monthslong intraparty push to remove him from power.…

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America’s Christmas Tree

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. _____ State Rep. Gene Wu will now Chair the Texas House of Representatives Democratic Caucus. Congrats to Rep. Wu. _____ The Hegseth fella who wants to lead the Pentagon is blaming the media for his problems. That is the standard MAGA take these days.…

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Home Insurance

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. _____ If you own a home, you pay for home insurance. In the last couple of years, Commentary’s home insurance cost has skyrocketed, like by two and a half times. See this from today’s Chron: When Maryann McGregor retired in 2020, she and her…

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Enron, Again

The new Enron folks ran their second full-page ad in today’s hard copy Chron. Here is from a Chron story today on the new Enron: It’s hard to say exactly what the new Enron’s intentions are, but public filings indicate the new company is likely entirely unaffiliated with the Enron that has become synonymous with…

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Enron is Back

I saw this in the Thumbs Up/Down Chron E-Board editorial on Saturday: Thumbs twiddled: In billboard-afflicted Houston, it takes a lot to get drivers’ attention — but a sign on I-69 North, between Westpark and Chimney Rock, gobsmacked commuters. There, after all these years, was the old crooked-E logo of Enron, once Houston’s pride and joy.…

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Señora Santa Claus

The lead story in the hard copy of the Chron this morning is about a bill filed in the Texas Legislature to allow armed drones to protect our public schools. It doesn’t explain how that would work. Sounds far-fetched to me. _____ I am sure the anti-DEI folks are trying to figure out a way…

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Happy Thanksgiving Day Dinner

There isn’t much to say on this Thanksgiving Day. This morning, I have on the flat screen the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I never miss it. One of my favorites was there performing – Tony Award winner Idina Menzel. _____ There will be three NFL games today. You know who never plays each other on…

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Light or Dark

Christmas Day is 4 weeks from today. _____ This is a headline in today’s Texas Tribune: Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico could devastate border region, Texas economists warn You get what you vote for, pals, err amigos. Here is the Trib read: Tariffs on Mexican imports could devastate the Texas border | The Texas Tribune.…

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The Tariff Thing

Mexico has a new president and apparently, she is not f_cking around when it comes to tariffs and Donald Trump. See this AP story: MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican…

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Thanksgiving Week

On yesterday’s “What’s Your Point,” the Breitbart fella said the President Joe Biden administration “created two wars.” What a dummy. The Breitbart fella didn’t elaborate, but I am guessing he is referring to the Israel-Hamas war that Hamas started, and the Ukraine-Russia war that Russia started by first annexing the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and…

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