Ballots
The SpaceX Starship blew up just after liftoff and folks are making wisecracks on social media. That’s what happens when the SpaceX owner is a total arsehole. _____ Jen Rice and Alexandra Kanik of the Chron have put together a must-read piece on the ballot shortage problems in Harris County on Election Day in November…
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That is where you will find the Dominion v Fox settlement story. On page B9 of the Chron hard copy today. One would think that it would be the lead story on the front page. You know. Fox News pays a hefty price for spreading lies. $787.5 million to be exact. You know. The threat…
Read MoreCity Connect
I read where GOP Texas legislators want to do away with the position of Harris County Elections Administrator and go back to letting the Harris County Clerk run the local elections and the Tax Assessor Collector handle voter registration. If that happens, I really don’t see the Harris County Clerk doing things that will stifle…
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It is Dominion v Fox today and you know who I am rooting for. _____ On “What’s Your Point” yesterday, the Texas Breitbart and Urban Reform fellas kind of stammered when asked to explain Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s ethics issues. Thomas is a sleazeball for sure. _____ The SJL campaign said they would not…
Read MoreRangers Weekend
Sigh. This is an online headline in the Chron today: Daniel Perry, convicted of murder, wrote of wanting to kill protesters, Muslims, Black people, new court docs show This is how the article starts: Daniel Perry, who was recently convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester and is making national headlines in the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott…
Read MoreCorey Number 9
The Bayou Blue Democrats had an H-Town mayoral candidate forum last night. SJL and The Dean could not attend. There were a bunch of lightning round type questions at the beginning like favorite stuff and favorite people. During the forum, Gilbert Garcia thought he could score points by taking a shot at former and late…
Read MoreAn H-Town Favorite
The Chron came out with the following yesterday afternoon: Pappas Restaurants officials sued the city Tuesday, alleging a former mayoral aide who resigned amid federal corruption charges called CEO Chris Pappas about a Hobby Airport contract while the deal still was in its first round of proposals, violating a city rule that prohibits such discussions. William-Paul Thomas, then the…
Read MoreBud Karbach
If you follow craft breweries here locally, you should know that Anheuser-Busch bought Karbach a few years ago. I guess this knucklehead GOP fella didn’t get the news. This is way too funny. See this from the Chron: Rep. Dan Crenshaw has jumped on the #boycottbudlight bandwagon but he made a critical mistake in the execution.…
Read MoreSiblings Day
Today is National Siblings Day. A few weeks ago, we got together in Las Vegas and had a super great time. The featured photo is from the Titanic Exhibit at the Luxor Hotel in Vegas. Bobby, Sylvia, Aida, Rachel, and me. Bobby is my sister Aida’s husband and Rachel is my late brother Mike’s daughter.…
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The Dean, State. Sen. John Whitmire, recently was described in a story as a “Democratic stalwart.” In case you needed to know what stalwart means, here you go: loyal, reliable, and hardworking. The fella who quit the mayoral race yesterday, during last fall’s general election, kept trying to call out The Dean on The Dean’s…
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