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Rick Noriega On the Fourth Of July: Announces His Intent To Form A Senate Exploratory Committee

Posted on July 4, 2007 by admin

Texas State Representative and Lt. Col. Rick Noriega speaks today about the Fourth of July and his intent to form an exploratory committee for U.S. Senate: On July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by delegates to the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Waving At Sugar Land

Posted on July 4, 2007 by admin

And, Sugar Land waves back at Houston, joining in on the red light camera craze. Red-light cameras, already a fixture in Houston and other Texas cities, will be going up at busy Sugar Land intersections. By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rep. Pete Gallego: Texas Needs Rick Noriega As Our Senator

Posted on July 3, 2007 by admin

Rep. Pete Gallego, who represents Texas House District 74, one of the border districts, released a statement yesterday explaining why he supports Representative and LTC Rick Noriega for U.S. Senate. This is especially meaningful as there was buzz this spring … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Houston City Hall Water Crisis Averted

Posted on July 3, 2007 by admin

After much deliberation and two “tags” it looks like enriched water won’t be sold at Houston City Hall after all. For now. Prices for drinks at City Hall are going to go up no matter what, so Council Members and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Vote for Roy O!

Posted on July 2, 2007 by admin

Roy Oswalt is in the final vote for the MLB All-Star team. Help send Roy O to San Francisco for the big game by voting for him here (click on Vote Oswalt) by 5 p.m. on Thursday. Surely the gazillion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rick Noriega To Announce Senate Exploratory Committee Soon

Posted on July 2, 2007 by admin

(I’ve been wondering why Kuff hadn’t jumped all over this. Now I know it is because of the affliction. Cross posted from musings.) Looks like the Mid-Cities Democrats got the scoop from State Representative and LTC Rick Noriega that he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EPIDEMIC!

Posted on July 2, 2007 by admin

Kuff is the second person I know with pneumonia. Maybe not an epidemic, but definitely not good. I was all set to be a guest blogger when he goes out of town soon and now I find myself brought up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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OffTheKuff = OutWithPneumonia

Posted on July 2, 2007 by admin

Well, it looks like the vile enemy pneumonia has sidetracked this blog’s namesake. He’ll be on injured reserve for a few days. Guest bloggers have been given the bat signal, so blogging will resume in however much of an OnTheKuff … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Boy Wonder’s ‘Global War on Cats’

Posted on September 9, 2006 by admin

(Greg Wythe here, of GregsOpinion.com, filling in for a travelling Charles Kuffner. Dateline — somewhere in my apartment in full pajama regalia.) Some days its tough to evaluate how something that makes it to the print edition of a paper … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Shane Sklar Q & A

Posted on June 10, 2006 by admin

Here’s the Q&A I promised with Shane Sklar. I’ve gotten some feedback from people asking for stuff like this to be done in podcast form, with an RSS feed. I think that’s a great idea, and will work on it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Adios, Mofos.

Posted on March 7, 2006 by admin

Kuff will be back shortly, and I’m heading off to my precinct convention (are you?) You’ve been a good audience. For election results tonight, check out the posts put together by my colleagues over at BOR.. Continue reading →

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CD7 Scuttlebutt

Posted on March 7, 2006 by admin

Over in CD7, the Murff Campaign is accusing (here and in e-mails) the Henley campaign of massive overnight sign-stealing. Says candidate Murff: Late last night, and into the early morning hours, I joined volunteers who placed “Murff for Congress” campaign … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Takin’ care of the constituents

Posted on March 7, 2006 by admin

Others have mentioned embattled Representative Tom DeLay’s election night plans, but only Juanita puts it in proper context: March 7 – You can spent tonight watching election returns with Tom Campbell, Nick Lampson, Mike Fjeltand, or Pat Baig for free. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Demo Incognito v. The Mighty Slime Machine

Posted on March 7, 2006 by admin

Karl-Thomas directs us to red hot polling numbers from SUSA which indicate that more than 60 percent of Texans are unfamiliar with both Chris Bell and Bob Gammage. Only four percent are unfamiliar with Rick Perry. The margin of error … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go…

Posted on March 6, 2006 by admin

Just a reminder: Tuesday is primary day. Go vote. Or else the Kink-i-acs will be pestering you to sign their petition until Lord knows when. Continue reading →

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The Once And Future Mayor Pro Tem?

Posted on March 6, 2006 by admin

Carol Alvarado: “`I intend to temporarily – temporarily, make sure y’all wrote that down right – step aside from the Office of Mayor Pro Tem pending the outcome of the grand jury investigation.” Anne Linehan: “We got it. Temporarily. Wanna … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Military recruiter case decided

Posted on March 6, 2006 by admin

I understand the desire on the part of some professors to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, but it always seemed to me that those law schools which sued the government recently were trying to take the money and run, so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Not if, but when

Posted on March 6, 2006 by admin

Things which are supposedly imminent, on the grand scale of things: The release of the city’s report on the Carol Alvarado payroll-padding scandal, according to the H-Chron. The release of Guns-and-Roses long-awaited (nine years!) album Chinese Democracy (pardon me, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Mama Says, Little Boys Who Swear Grow Up to be Democrats.”

Posted on March 5, 2006 by admin

Kevin Drum: “[T]he Neuropolitics folks claim to have discovered… [that] Liberals curse more than conservatives. Of course, we have reason to.” Continue reading →

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On (Not) Watching the Oscars

Posted on March 5, 2006 by admin

I’m not watching the Oscars, but I hear Reese Witherspoon won for best actress, so I am happy. Continue reading →

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On the Dynamics of the Circular Firing Squad

Posted on March 5, 2006 by admin

I get e-mail (it’s a mass e-mail; I don’t generally quote personal e-mails): It all starts Tuesday night. Get yourself involved and elected as a delegate to your Senate Convention held March 25. Introduce, support and pass as many of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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George Bush Doesn’t Care About Earth-People

Posted on March 5, 2006 by admin

There are a lot of important headlines in today’s H-Chron, including the story about the Pat Tillman investigation and the story which sort of suggests Tom DeLay might lose. But here’s one story that you probably won’t see blogged anywhere … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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ATTN: Blogosphere

Posted on March 4, 2006 by admin

In honor of Markos (of DailyKos fame) coming to Texas for SxSW, I’d just like to note that – while blogging may be many things – when blogging has been coopted by AT&T advertising (see, e.g., the billboard on East … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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woops

Posted on March 4, 2006 by admin

just in time for the Saturday paper, the Washington Post weighs in on that nice lady Rep. Harris, whose unique interpretation of the relationship between the words “vote” and “Right” gifted us with all the marvellous things this administration has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Stream-of-consciousness blogging

Posted on March 4, 2006 by admin

Yesterday the UH Law Center put on a symposium on LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal siting, part of which was a really nice lunch. I ended up sitting next to Juan Parras, whose son, John, opposed Carol Alvarado in last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The New Brand

Posted on March 1, 2006 by admin

As someone who loves a great cheeseburger above almost all else, I think that this idea is a very good one. In a new twist on cattle branding, U.S. livestock may now get individual identification numbers. Today in Washington, a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Food, glorious food | 3 Comments

Oh dear.

Posted on February 28, 2006 by admin

Granted that sensitivity to nuance has not been a hallmark of the Lieberman campaign thus far, someone at his campaign website really should have thought to ask Mr. Amann (the CT House Speaker) for a different quote. Perhaps they were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hiiiii-YA!

Posted on February 5, 2006 by admin

“Why is Kevin Federline on your box of mints?” My sweetie recently returned from an overseas flight with a remnant from the “courtesy kit” provided him onboard. This particular item was a box of Hiya Liquid Filled Mints – 32 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lambert liveblogs

Posted on February 4, 2006 by admin

Hillary at the Constitution Center Continue reading →

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The new face of reform

Posted on February 4, 2006 by admin

which, I’m sure you must have read, is a major concern for House Republicans these days House Republicans Try to Get Back on Course Boehner seen as face of change in house GOP picks a ‘fresher’ face House GOP’s new … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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robbing Peter’s grandparents to pay Paul

Posted on February 4, 2006 by admin

Our Fiscally Responsible (and, of course, Fearless) Leader is having another go at getting the bills under control In his budget next week, President Bush will propose substantial savings in Medicare, stepping up his efforts to rein in the growing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What’s Missing from HSA Coverage

Posted on February 3, 2006 by admin

Health Care Savings Accounts will save the world! That’s the message post-State of the Union. But the key problem with these types of health plans is one nobody’s talking about: how do you ensure individuals with less-than-perfect health can get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Kuffners Northbound

Posted on September 22, 2005 by admin

Guest blogger Matt here – I just got off the phone with Tiffany, and all four Kuffners (including Harry) are on I-45 near Centerville (about 115 miles north of Houston), the traffic is clear, and they have enough gas to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Katrina Speaks Vietnamese, Too

Posted on September 10, 2005 by admin

Well, for better or worse, Kuff has left the keys to the massive “Off the Kuff” mansion while he’s otherwise preoccupied. So in the spirit of the blog, I’ll add a few tidbits that fall within the blog’s niche. First … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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