Trayvon protest, counter protests, planned Sunday in Houston’s richest...
Gates to Houston's River Oaks neighborhood. (wikipedia Commons) Protests against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Miller murder are planned for Sunday, July 21, 2013 in the heart of...
View ArticleTexas DPS Pooh Poohing FOI request for proof feces was brought to Texas...
One of the more unbelievable stories emerging from the Texas Legislature’s epic efforts to pass antiabortion legislation was a press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety saying that...
View ArticleTexas school textbook panel packed with Creationists. What could go wrong?
Big Tex and Big Rex (Texas Freedom Network). The Texas State Board of Education will meet in September to begin its review of science textbooks to be adopted by the state. Because Texas is one of the...
View ArticlePenitent Fashion for the Poor
I’ve been unemployed for a long time, a really long time. I am broke, and gonna have to apply for food stamps soon. I really feel bad about this. Since I have so much time on my hands--being long-term...
View ArticleTed Cruz Missile Aimed at Texas During Recess
Ted Cruz is on a nine-city Texas wrecking tour this week, to spread teh crazy about defunding Obamacare. If you have some time, you might wish to attend one of his events, listed below the squiggle.
View ArticleCould search for Nigerian girls be crowdsourced on GoogleEarth?
I don't know much about satellite technology, so someone please 'splain to me if this is, or is not possible.Is there any way to take daily satellite photos of the possible regions where the girls...
View Article#Where are the 30 million?
In this time of anxiety for hundreds of lost school girls in Nigeria, let us not forget that right here in this country, we have lost 30 million tea partier/patriots.I don't understand why there isn't...
View ArticleObamacare question - did you have to participate in a medical history with...
OK, so I qualified for Obamacare and selected a plan with BlueCross BlueShield. In order to start the insurance, they wanted to collect medical history. This doesn't make any sense.If no preexisting...
View ArticleMy Burger King boycott email
I case you missed it, Burger King has decided to do a tax inversion. I sent them the following boycott email, and encourage others to do...
View Article"Fixing" the "Obama Mess"
Despite feeling disappointed at the election results, I am stocking my survival bunker with enough popcorn to last two years. The greatest show on earth is about to begin as Republicans form a...
View ArticleRight to pack a gun at the dog park?
So some self-important a-hole goes to the local dog park, packing his pistol. Because you know, 2nd Amendment. His dog and another dog start getting rowdy, so he shoots and kills the other dog.Stand...
View ArticleYour right-to-carry vs My right to evacuate
I am appalled at the rapid pace of right-to-carry gun legislation in Texas. Gun lovers may achieve the right to carry, but we must also have the absolute right to evacuate any space where we feel at...
View ArticleBaltimore violence because... teh Gays
Another one of our village idiots in Texas has spoken:You look at what’s going on in Baltimore today, you know, you see issues that are raised there. And healthy marriages are the ones between a man...
View ArticleBrilliant alternative to MSM "debates"
Seth Godin throws out this brilliant idea in a weekend post: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/...Given the ability to create your own "TV" with Youtube and community channels, candidates and groups can now...
View ArticleRacists deserve relentless ridicule
While we are all doing a lot of soul-searching over the shootings in Charleston, a bit of caution is also in order. Dylann Roof was a sad, not-too-bright nobody who thought he could become "important"...
View ArticleHow you can help Greece
The Greek people are becoming collateral damage in a no-win battle between the Greek government, and international financial institutions pressing for greater austerity. As a condition of extending...
View ArticleGay marriage good for TX business
Who'd a thunk it? The Williams Institute has issued some interesting estimates on the business impact of gay marriage on each state. They estimate that in the first three years, the impact on Texas...
View ArticleStock market hacked?
This morning, I was on a major stock trading site when the NYSE went down. Someone posted this amazing site where you can visually see hack attacks in progress. There were about 1100 attacks coming...
View ArticleDividing the left for the right: The political strategies of Trump/Stone
The link below is to an important article for understanding why Donald Trump is trolling the race for president.In Behind the scenes of the Donald Trump - Roger Stone show: Anti-establishment politics...
View ArticleHouston Kossack moving to Oregon – Looking for places to stay along the way
Greetings Kos community,I am a Houston woman Kossack diarist preparing for a big life change. I am radically downsizing, and moving to Oregon to live a more simple life. I will be driving a small car...
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