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Post-COVIDing The Wrong Way
As of 8/14/2023, the uptick in COVID positivity pushed passed 21%, while the wastewater load is at 239%. It’s been increasing for over a month. OK, Houston: What is up with y’all? Are you even trying?...
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Chican@ Heritage Month It’s that time again. Time for extensive amounts of Tex-Mex food and margaritas. (Snark!) But there’s also a lot of culture beyond food and drink. Festival Chicano is scheduled...
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Holly Flynn Vilaseca for At-Large #2
Once again, a big thank you to Off the Kuff for all of the hard work of herding candidates and interviewing them for the upcoming local elections. With so many forums and meetings, it gets to a point...
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Abbott Policies, Biden Indifference Kill Another Kid A 3 year-old child drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass. The child was pulled by the current north of Abbott’s killer buoys,...
View ArticleLos Blogs de Tejas – TPA Round-Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance believes that the truth about Ken Paxton will be known as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff documents the conclusion of the Paxton impeachment trial, and...
View ArticleThoughts on Viernes – 09282023
The COVID Report Trying to decipher the dashboard regarding COVID-19 in the wastewater seems to be getting easier for me. The last measure reported was for September 18 and that tells us that the...
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Feliz Friday the 13th! The No Browns Debate As there was nothing on TV, I did watch the KPRC/League of Women Voters/Other Groups debate the other night. I was going to boycott it because of the silly...
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Thoughts On Viernes – 10202023
The COVID Report Houston Health reports a decreasing trend in the wastewater virus load. 73%! That’s a good thing, but it still means COVID is still out there. I also got their note that the new COVID...
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No Surprise: Bigots Pass Migrant Deportation Bill Greg Abbott’s bigoted legislation, SB4, has passed and will be signed. If this isn’t a lesson for Democrats, Latino ones especially, to stop being...
View ArticleThoughts on Viernes – 12152023
Post Election Thoughts Well, I for one was not happy with the outcome of the Houston election, but that’s the way it goes. What is more insulting is an article stating that because there are more...
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Thoughts on the Freeze of 2024
We are in the midst of a freeze, so, I guess that means I should end my one-month break from blogging. The reality is that I needed the break so that I could collect myself for what is to come in the...
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Thoughts on Viernes – 01182024
DOJ on Uvalde Twenty months after the Uvalde massacre, the DOJ released their report telling us what we already knew: Law enforcement failed miserably. Also, in the aftermath, Greg Abbott and his...
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Once Bitten is Enough!
As I mentioned on my most recent “Viernes,” I finally got bit by the COVID-19 bug. It took four years, and I never want it again! I’d been masked pretty much 100% of the time in stores or any time I...
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Thoughts on Viernes – 02232024
My Voting Experience Hats off to the nice and good folks at the Tracy Gee Community Center for running an effective voting center. I voted on Thursday and, thanks to my Stace Slate, I was done in...
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Molly Cook Wins SD15; HCAD Results
I woke up to the news that ER Nurse and community organizer Molly Cook is my new State Senator after the special election to fill the SD15 vacancy. Running a disciplined and issues-driven campaign,...
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