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February 18th, 2021 - 3:57 pm § in Misc.
Driving while in Texas (video)
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Street straddling Arkansas and Texas displays a stark contrast in the 2 states’ public works
The Texas electrical grid failed because they didn’t winterize it. They didn’t spend anything on snowplows, either (photo below; story here). And a few years ago, when the state was being consumed by wildfires, the Republican governor had to beg President Obama for federal disaster assis[...]
How to not get re-elected
Tim Boyd, ex-mayor of Colorado City, Texas, apparently believes a working electricity grid is “socialism.” By popular demand, he vacated the mayor’s after blasting his “lazy” constituents with the breath of cold air below (story here). He’s reportedly in hiding; I[...]
February 16th, 2021 - 6:34 pm § in Environment
What makes the Texas power blackout unique, and why it won’t happen elsewhere
Big chunks of Texas are without power in the wake of an epic snow and ice storm gripping much of the United States. The immediate cause for the grid’s failure is freezing temperatures, but this happens every winter in northern states (and Scandanavia), and they don’t lose power to the en[...]
October 6th, 2020 - 11:42 am § in Racism
Murder charges in Texas white cop’s killing of black man
Johnathan Price, 31, a popular former college football player and a city employee in Wolfe City, Texas, was killed by Shaun Lucas, 22, on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Price was at a gas station when he saw a man assaulting a woman and intervened; the man then assaulted Price. A friend of his later sai[...]
October 3rd, 2020 - 8:28 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Texas AG’s staff: “Our boss is a crook”
This article contains news with a dollop of liberal sarcasm. “A group of top aides for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking federal law enforcement to investigate their boss,” KHOU- 11 TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, reported on Saturday, October 3, 2020. A letter to federal law[...]
October 1st, 2020 - 3:31 pm § in Politics
Texas GOP governor interferes with ballot drop boxes
This article is news with liberal commentary. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has ordered limiting drop boxes for mail-in ballots to one site per county, CNN reported on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Read story here. Abbott’s maneuver appears to be specifically targeting the[...]
September 29th, 2020 - 9:00 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
Black college freshwoman “swatted” by classmates
This article contains news and liberal commentary. A black female college student’s dorm door exploded open at 3 a.m. and cops poured into her room with drawn guns because 10 of her fellow students, described as racially diverse but mostly white, called campus police and falsely accused her &#[...]
September 22nd, 2020 - 10:45 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Is Texas in play?
The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Texas was Jimmy Carter in 1976. But political analysts now say “it’s only a matter of time before Texas becomes a battleground state.” That’s primarily for two reasons. One, the state is urbanizing; and two, Hispanics soon will [...]