Grand jury indicts Texas Supreme Court Justice : arson

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Thursday January 17, 2008 · 5:03 PM PST

2008/01/17 · 17:03

Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife were indicted today by a Harris County grand jury in connection with a fire that gutted their Spring home last summer, the judge's attorney said.

Medina is charged with evidence tampering, attorney Terry Yates said. His wife, Francisca Medina, is charged with arson, Yates said

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 4:59 AM PST

2007/11/14 · 04:59

I was too ill to perform my duty as the Democratic observer at the Harris County central counting office last week, so at the last minute I asked John Behrman to stand in for me. And look what he saw:

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Wednesday November 07, 2007 · 6:11 AM PST

2007/11/07 · 06:11

I'm officially ready to adopt the Republican terminology of denigration for those who have chosen to wear the label proudly. I'm not going to call them Blue Dogs or moderates or conservative Dems any longer. They are Democrats.

They are not Democratic.

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Saturday October 13, 2007 · 7:55 AM PDT

2007/10/13 · 07:55

A supervisor with CPS Energy (San Antonio public utility) displays a hangman's noose over two separated bibles -- a symbol of white supremacy -- in his cubicle at the downtown office. Photo here. Management has not responded to numerous complaints about it.

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Thursday September 06, 2007 · 10:43 AM PDT

2007/09/06 · 10:43

Bad news:

The Justice Department said today that Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic.
The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to "Net neutrality," the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user.

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Friday August 24, 2007 · 7:14 AM PDT

2007/08/24 · 07:14

About three hundred Houstonians (SRO capacity at the Christ Church Cathedral downtown) gathered to watch Alex Pelosi's new documentary "Friends of God" and chat with the director last night. Among the many godless liberal activists, there were also the Texas Freedom Network, Americans United, and ACLU staff and board members, Rep. Scott Hochberg, Rep. Donna Howard, and yours truly. The film makes its debut next month on HBO. Here's a snippet:

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Wednesday July 04, 2007 · 6:49 AM PDT

2007/07/04 · 06:49

It's a small, small world for pardons, after all.

President Bush's commutation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence highlights some interesting connections between Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, a former fugitive from justice, an ex-president and two leading 2008 White House hopefuls.

Before entering government, Libby was a private attorney who represented billionaire international commodities trader Marc Rich. Rich was indicted in 1983 by then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani on charges of tax evasion and illegal dealing with Iran during the American hostage crisis.

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 9:50 AM PDT

2007/05/02 · 09:50

Read it and weep. All that stands between democracy in Texas and the most vile voter disenfranchisement legislation imaginable is state Sen. Mario Gallegos' freshly transplanted liver:

A Senate committee has passed the controversial, partisan-charged voter identification bill, but Democrats are vowing to do whatever it takes to block it.

Their success will depend on whether Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr., D-Houston, who has missed most of the session recuperating from a liver transplant, can make it back to work for the vote.

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Wednesday January 31, 2007 · 6:22 AM PST

2007/01/31 · 06:22

in such a way as to overcome the Republican backlash against them? More importantly, does a ticket with both -- not one or the other -- help Democrats down the ballot (rather than hurt)?

That seems to be Dick Morris' premise here, and I want to know if you think it is plausible. Yes, I have considered the source. I'm thinking he's on to something, but that's just me.

Here's the deal -- and for full disclosure, I was a volunteer for Clark in 2004, and am leaning Edwards at the moment ...

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Friday November 17, 2006 · 10:09 AM PST

2006/11/17 · 10:09

The SEIU Janitors for Justice again staged a sitdown in Houston yesterday as their strike continued into its third week.

The janitors are striking for better wages and benefits -- namely $8.50 an hour and healthcare -- and yesterday's sitdown targeted Chevron, which reported earnings of $14 billion last year.

The Houston Police Department, as with the Halliburton protestors last year, got overly aggressive and used their mounted officers to intimidate the peaceful protest.

Photos here.

Watch the video: YouTube link

TX-AG: GOP incumbent rocked by scandals

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Wednesday November 01, 2006 · 2:52 AM PST

2006/11/01 · 02:52

The Austin American-Statesman reports on Greg Abbott's misuse of state resources with an appropriately misleading headline. They manage to get the story right, however (bold emphasis mine throughout): Read More

Max Cleland just kicked Abu Gonzales' ass

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Tuesday September 05, 2006 · 4:52 PM PDT

2006/09/05 · 16:52

... and he doesn't even have any legs.

On Leslie Blitzer's SNAFU Room just a moment ago, Gonzales sat with one ankle crossed behind the other, and dipped and ducked and shucked and jived and didn't answer a single question. And then Max Cleland said, "I don't agree with a damn thing the Attorney General said. It's al-Qaeda, stupid."

Even my wife said that Abu looked like a wussy. He made Blitzer look as macho as The Rock in comparison.

This man couldn't even say if his own mother and father were documented when they came to the United States (in a prior interview. Not that it matters, but the obvious prevarication is just continuous.)

I believe he would be bussing tables in a diner if he had never met *. And for the good of the country, I wish that's where he was.

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