edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
Texas Editor
Any criminals dumb enough to brag about their exploits on social networking sites have now been warned: the next Facebook "friend" who contacts you may be an FBI agent.
US federal law enforcement agents have [...]
So Congress has gone from voting on legislation without even reading it…
…to the threat of passing legislation without even voting on it.
What’s next? Enforcing legislation that hasn’t even been drafted…
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It happens every so often. People switch from the party of all that is good and true to the party of the Dark Side.
LatinaLista.net -- Between coffee and tea, I really do like my coffee. So when I heard over the weekend about a new political movement called The Coffee Party, it caught my attention.
When I heard [...]
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“I fully understand that Louie Gohmert’s just an empty whiskey bottle in life’s honky tonk,” Juanita admits, “but some damn fool voters gave the boy the keys to the Capitol Building.”
Speaking shortly after he riled up a crowd at Tuesday’s Tea Party protest, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) declared that [...]
The headline? That fact has been documented for the first time. The different disorders aren't THAT different; they're both nerve-related.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
Generic Congressional Ballot-
Throughout the fall and winter of 2008, support for Democratic congressional candidates ranged from 42% to 47%. Republican support ranged from 37% to 41%. When President Obama was inaugurated, Democrats enjoyed a seven-point advantage on the Generic Ballot.The two parties were very close [...]
Oh, I tried. I told my better self that all this sensationalism only encourages the Corporate Media to do MORE of it. And I don't give a hoot about most of that stuff. But This? For me, it's like Get the Popcorn, I'm settling in to READ THIS DIRT!
First up, [...]
Do any of the etiquette websites or books talk about what NOT to say to someone in a wheelchair? If not, perhaps they should. Cause some people have no common sense whatsoever. Here’s some practical advice:
Why you should listen to this. This group is making decisions about how the buildings will look, what businesses can or can't be in either they Hwy 67 or Paluxy District Corridor (for example, feed stores with live animals and lawnmower shops are prohibited), and what types of signage should [...]
Watch for lots of articles all over the United States this week about open government, including, for Texas, the citizen's right to know.
More good stuff- Obama's comments on Sunshine Week and 2 bills for more government transparency
On Tuesday Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) will introduce the [...]
The Democratic Party is launching a $20 million "redistricting fund" to target legislative bodies in 14 states deemed pivotal in drawing the next congressional map.
Among the fund's targets: the Texas House, where Republicans hold a four-seat majority.
Texas is one of five potential Republican swing chambers identified by the Democratic Legislative [...]
Remember all that Baby Einstein-have your infant watch a video stuff? Even Bush hawked that stuff in a SOTU address. But there was ZERO proof that that was educational.
Then, in 2007, CCFC took on the bigfoot of kids' marketers: Disney. Specifically, the organization went after the Disney-owned Baby [...]
Heh. You wonder if that new friend in your quest to have a bazillion pals is really somebody you ever knew and once forgot? Or is the FBI looking to use social networks to spy on people? Wonder no more. From the EFF.
But the Pentagon doesn't have any' [...]
Today I turned 60 years old. I thought I’d post a few of my impressions as I begin a new decade.
First of all, I don’t feel like I’m 60 years old. Physically, I’ve never felt better. And having survived prostate cancer and a heart attack over the last three years, [...]
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Dungeon Diary [...]
The morning started out kinda gloomy, but the sun is out and I'm ready for some french fried potatoes, MmmHm.
This year, Mayor Tom Leppert's annual fundraising event, Giraffes, Monkeys and Lepperts won't raise money for his political campaigns but instead will go to Education is Freedom.
Nevertheless, the event signals the start of fundraiser season here' [...]
To my libertarian-minded friends,
I put the loose and awkward alliance among libertarian-minded voters and Republicans in the strange bedfellow category. The Republican right is dominated by authoritarians who take a very dim view of individual liberty. Witness the Texas State Board of Education’s recent decision to [...]
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Well, we thought that the mess at the Fort Bend Democratic Party Chair’s office was over with the election of Steve Brown and the defeat of Ms. Lazybones.
Not so fast.
Steve Brown does not take office until May 1st.
Crap.
For you folks from foreign states – in Texas, we do not [...]
I like this idea that just came across from the city's Twitter account - a Spring Break trip to the Trinity River Audubon Center.
It's soggy outside right now but the rest of the week is supposed to be [...]
This blog post is written by James Tate, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas, for the Dallas Morning News. After finishing his undergraduate degree, he plans to attend law school and pursue a career in international humanitarian law. He also volunteers for [...]
Great editorial from the A-AS.
Dunbar is a member of a faction of the state board that squeals loudly any time it perceives that its notion of American "exceptionalism" is being minimized in the curriculum. On a much smaller point, the amendment also drops the reference to 
What can you say about a 19-year-old woman, pretty in the pictures, who participates in a terrorist attack in which 38 people, 13 of them children, are killed in cold blood? The answer, if the woman is Palestinian and the dead are Israelis, is heroine [...]
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall:
• Worried about the economy? You should probably be glad you live in Dallas instead of just [...]
In Iraq, Mr. Oldani had performed the jangling work of detonating improvised [...]
With their client's execution for a triple homicide set for next week, Henry Skinner's lawyers are making a last bid to have so-far unexamined evidence — bloody knives, a rape kit, fingernail scrapings [...]
Raining. And daffodils are coming up.
The Texas State Board of Education needs some sense voted into it. And, also, the textbook manufacturers need a letter, too, about why they would allow whackos from Texas to define curriculum for a good portion of the United States. You. From some other [...]
In an email to supporters, Dave Carney, Perry's longtime political advisor, described White as a "hapless opponent" who has "morphed into a combination of Jimmy Carter, Mike Dukakis, Al Gore and John Kerry" [...]
So you think there's nobody on earth more dedicated to figuring out how to wade through looming multi billion dollar budget shortfalls, and ensuring that government continues to serve its citizens well?
In Ciudad Juárez, the FBI, DEA and Mexican investigators are still trying to piece together motives behind Saturday's murders of an American consulate worker, her husband, and [...]
Natoma Canfield, the cancer-stricken woman who has become a centerpiece of President Obama's push for health care reform, will not lose her home over her medical bills and will probably qualify for financial aid, a top official at the Cleveland medical center treating her told FoxNews.com. [...]
But the killing of Lesley Enriquez, who worked at the U.S. Consulate and was four months pregnant, [...]
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged in the Fort Hood shootings, was too fat and "chronically" unprofessional during his psychiatric training, according to internal e-mails exchanged by his superiors.
The communications are the latest in a series of early signs that showed officers had reason [...]
The latest White House line is that polls showing the public opposed to Obamacare are wrong. In fact, administration officials argue, most Americans support the Democrats' national health care plan, a point proven by poll data showing people approve of several elements of the current health' [...]
With despair gripping New York Democrats over ethical scandals claiming Governor David Patterson, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), and Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo cuts a heroic figure as the presumptive heir to the governorship.
But catching up with Cuomo [...]
The tools this particular terrorist had adopted to accomplish that goal [...]
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NOTICE OF MEETING
CITY OF GLEN ROSE PRESERVATION BOARD
MEETING THURSDAY MARCH 18, 9 AM
LUMINANTBUILDING
AGENDA
1. Approve February minutes.
2. Review application and recommend Council approval for certain 2009 Historic landmark properties for Historic Landmark designation for 2010.
3. Discuss and possibly act on Deidra Cockerham’s request to change colors of “yard art” [...]
After the week-end news of a naked legislator, a deadly wolf attack, Son of Ron Paul, and a vampire space cowboy bomber, today things got back to normal.
Below is the schedule of events for the second day of the 2010 Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break, Tuesday, March 16. You may come to all the events or just individual sessions. Everyone is welcome. You do not need to register, just show up for the events. [...] 
The California Libertarian Party has recruited a semi-celebrity candidate for a State Senate seat. 
SXSW tourists enjoy SoCo.
When I was a kid no one went down to South Congress unless they were looking for a costume or a XXX movie. But in the past fifteen years or so, the strip has become a mecca for people from somewhere [...]
