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Texoblogosphere: Week of September 28th

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes that everyone made it through the blood moon apocalypse all right as it brings you this week’s roundup. (Assuming we’re all still here to read it.)

Off the Kuff comments on the first poll of Texas we’ve seen in awhile.

Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos and contributing to Daily Kos notes that George P. Bush is a predictable clone of his father and uncle. It’s all about him and his cronies. Texans should be wary. George P. Bush: A Chip Off of the Old Block.

SocraticGadfly has a two-fer on Texas-related big business smackdowns. First, he compares VW to Blue Bell, without being sure who loses more in that. Second, after yet ANOTHER recent flight delay, he bitches about Southwest becoming more and more just another legacy airline.

With seven million bucks to spend and a Houston mayoral race that’s putting people’s feet to sleep, the Houston Chronic excitedly reports that the campaign air wars are about to begin. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs points out that this is just one of the signs of a dysfunctional political system.

Neil at All People Have Value took a picture in Downtown Houston that suggested the important place of just plain luck in our lives. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.

It may not generate much press during this election cycle, but Texas Leftist has been seeing the signs of a growing challenge for the Houston region. We are now in an affordable housing crisis that is likely to worsen in the coming years.

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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.

Eric Berger shows us what Sunday’s lunar eclipse would have looked like if we saw it from the moon.

Offcite reports from Parking Day in Houston.

Greg Wythe wonders when the campaign for Houston Mayor will begin.

Glenn Smith notes that the late Yogi Berra was a beneficiary of birthright citizenship, which many Republicans like Ted Cruz would like to rescind.

Mean Green Cougar Red recalls Hurricane Rita.

 

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Today’s feature photo is an original gas lamp on the historic Strand, Galveston, Texas.  

 

Texoblogosphere: Week of August 31st

The Texas Progressive Alliance remembers the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and honors the spirit of its survivors as it brings you this week’s roundup.

Off the Kuff recaps Ken Paxton’s first day in court. It won’t be his last.

Libby Shaw writing for Texas Kaos and contributing to Daily Kos scolds the Republican Party for its cruel war on immigrants. Earth to the GOP. Stop picking on immigrants and do your jobs.

Socratic Gadfly turns a skeptical eye to Constitutional-era pop historian Joseph Ellis, and rakes him over the coals for writing something barely historical, but that adds to Constitutional myth-making.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme watches the Republican war on Latinos continue with throwing attorneys out of detention centers and denying birth certificates to citizens.

Houston city council races dominated PDiddie’s Brains and Eggs this past week, with At Large 1, At Large 2, and At Large 3 all profiled and prognosticated.

From WCNews at Eye on Williamson. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s troubles are not going away anytime soon, Paxton’s Problems Pile Up.

Neil at All People Have Value expressed distress over how we drive in Harris County, Texas and asked that we be careful on our roads. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.

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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.

Chip Brown calls out Baylor President Ken Starr in the Art Briles/Sam Ukwuachu case.

Juanita gives the idiots protesting at the HISD Arabic language immersion school a piece of her mind.

Stephanie Stradley explains why the Deflategate case matters.

Ryan Holeywell and Stephen Klineberg debunk myths about Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston, while Ethan Raker shows how interacting with Katrina evacuees affected opinions about them.

The Makeshift Academic builds a model to estimate how many people would benefit from Medicaid expansion.

Paradise in Hell observes a rite of passage for George P. Bush.

Erica Ciszek explains her anxiety about bathrooms.

 

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The Paisano Pete statue in Fort Stockton, Texas is rumored to be the “world’s largest roadrunner” and is a favorite tourist draw for the Big Bend region.  Photo credit:  Big Bend Newswire