Archive for September 26th, 2007

Leader convicted

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted. Sentencing hearing set for November 20th. Still creepy. FWST

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That’s one helluva chair!

From In Fact Daily…
Democrats seek top post . . . Three candidates are currently running for Travis County Democratic Party Chair. Fidel Acevedo, Andy Brown and Rosie Mendoza have said they want to lead the rambunctious Democrats through the 2008 election. Mark Nathan is consulting for Brown; Mendoza, who also serves as Sen. Kirk [...]

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The white zone is for loading and unloading passengers only

Do you ever feel like the airline industry is being held together with bubble gum? Yesterday’s radar and communications outage at the Memphis Center only highlights the antiquated systems used by air traffic controllers. Flight delays and an airline’s response to them are so awful that the congress is reviewing legislation to create a passenger [...]

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Oh, Pool Boy!

George Herbert Walker Bush’s pool boy from his compound in Maine talked about his experiences working for the uber-rich in Maine.
Razsa recalls one day when former first lady Barbara Bush was on her way over, and it looked like there wouldn’t be time to bring the pool’s temperature up to her desired 82 degrees in [...]

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Leader Leader!

Mormon leader Warren Jeffs has been charged with rape by accomplice (in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin) and deliberations for his trial resumed Tuesday after a juror was replaced. Jeffs, the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led the church, which moved into [...]

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New “Gay-Point” Average — Not in Tehran!

The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index (not related to global — but yes to other types of warming) — ought to be real recruitment tool for some colleges — just not in Iran, since that country is NOT gay!!
Texas schools on the list include: Texas State in San Marcos and UT (Austin and San Antonio). Notably [...]

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