Archive for May 10th, 2008

The University of Dallas, Catholicism and the Liberal Arts

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

A interesting examination of a little Catholic college in Irving, Texas and it’s efforts to maintain the liberal arts education.

Jenna Bush and finance Henry Hager to wed Saturday May 10th

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

He proposed to her last August during a hike on Cadillac Mountain in Maine’s Acadia National Park. They kept a tight led on the location and details of the ceremony up to the last minute. The ceremony is to take place on the President’s ranch in Texas tomorrow evening, 7:30pm.

Jenna Bush Wedding

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I know you all are dying to see Jenna Bush’s wedding photos, but unfortunatey the celebration is rumored to be a very private event. Jenna Bush and fiance Henry Hager will get married this Saturday in front of 200 close family and friends on the beautiful Prairie Chapel family ranch in Texas. The ranch is 1600 acres of the big Texas sky and rollin

To Celebrate A Newly Anointed Playmate Queen

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Pictured center in white suit and sunglasses is Playboy magazine editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, holding court on the West Coast’s cleavage-friendly response to the Texas Polygamist Wives Compound. (”It’s not. A compound. It’s our hutch and it’s our home.”) He’s surrounded by several generations of Playmates, gathered to celebrate the […]

Men charged after skull dug up and used as bong

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Authorities in Texas have filed corpse-abuse charges against two men who allegedly removed a skull from a grave and used it as a bong.

KBR driver in Iraq charged with child porn possession

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Ira L. Waltrip of Lampasas, Texas, who had been working for KBR at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, was charged this week in U.S. District Court with possessing child pornography. He had somehow been rehired by the defense contractor.

The Lady On The Plane.

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

For a three year period, I lived in San Antonio, Texas, and worked for a high-tech organization. Why a high tech organization would hire me, move me to the United States, pay for my MBA, and compensate me more than minimum wage is a mystery you are probably pondering right now. Don’t worry, it stumps us all.

What happened to the La Raza/The Race earmark?

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Here’s an update on the La Raza/The Race $25 million earmark that had been tucked into Barney Frank’s massive housing bailout bill. “It’s a political-ally slush fund,” said Rep. Jeb Hensarling, (R., Texas), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, which opposed the package.

Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

How do mercury emissions affect pregnant mothers, the unborn and toddlers? Do the level of emissions impact autism rates? Does it matter whether a mercury-emitting source is 10 miles away from families versus 20 miles? Is the risk of autism greater for children who live closer to the pollution source? A newly published study of Texas school…

WTF?: Teens dig up 87 year old grave, use skull as a bong.

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

“Three teens were charged with desecrating a corpse after they allegedly used the skull of an 11-year-old boy buried in Kingwood, Texas, to make a bong.”