Daily Archives: August 8, 2003

White House For Sale

Posted on August 8, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Public Citizen has a new site called White House For Sale that will be tracking President Bush’s prodigious fundraising efforts. They’ve also got a permalinkless blog that appears to be their clearinghouse for tidbits about individual Bush Pioneers and Rangers. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The making of the President | 4 Comments

Lawsuitapalooza

Posted on August 8, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the wall-to-wall coverage of the dueling lawsuits over redistricting, quorums, the powers of DPS, traditional rules, and whether or not Governor Perry’s harispray habit is accelerating the depletion of the ozone layer (okay, I made that last one up). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Killer D's | 1 Comment

Does not compute

Posted on August 8, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The designers of the new Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test have admitted that they screwed up on one of the 10th grade math tests, though it appears from their explanation that they still don’t fully grasp the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 18 Comments