Recently, we discussed how voluntarily being a blogger is different from being monitored by Big Brother. The gist is that in the book, 1984, Big Brother monitored everybody to get them to conform. Despite being monitorable, being an open blogger is different because your public presence is actually a protection from Big Brother; people would [...]
This is truly disturbing. White collar America’s future is crumbling.
Immigration: The Human Cost
There is some confusion about the term Investment as used by the financial services. You can kind of get away with doing this, under the right contexts. However, calling certain things an investment, in the true sense of the word, is wrong. Investopedia has a good definition of the term investment. The main concept to [...]
On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives had House Bill 1 on the floor for a second and third reading. They were deciding the fate of $150 Billion dollars for the next 2 years of state operations. Naturally, this meant that they would work into the late night. They finished around 3:30 AM. I did [...]
The House Votes
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Peña and Guillen Discussing Appropriations
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House in Session for Appropriations
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The Texas House of Representatives is going into all hours of the night to discuss the appropriations for the 2008-2009 biennium.
Jackie Adame of the Morning Brewcast is in search of a new, good Coffeemobile. The specs call for a reliable car built around a good coffee holder (known in some places as a “cup holder”, as if cups just go around empty). The coffee holder must be able to accommodate a large coffee mug. The [...]
Tomorrow morning, I will kick off my 30 day trial for waking up at 5 AM every day. I've successfully got out of bed by 6 AM the past couple days. I'm ready to make the leap.
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Nurses at the Capitol
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The National Nurses Organizing Commitee is at the Capitol in Austin to raise awareness about the unsafe conditions in Texas hospitals and to support HB 1707. This is a bill that would protect nurses from being fired for reporting unsafe conditions in our hospitals.
Some of the problems cited are [...]
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