Daily Archives: December 24, 2003

Going to the Galleria

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I believe it’s been well known for a long time now that a sizeable percentage of shoppers at Houston’s high end mall the Galleria are from Mexico, but I’m still a bit surprised to see it expressed in such stark … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Calpundit on the neocons

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Damn straight. There’s the basic contradiction all at once: Wolfowitz and the neocons seem to truly believe that they’re motivated by an idealistic devotion to democracy, but at the same time they’re willfully blind to the fact that their own … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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River Oaks and Star Trek

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Tom Spencer visited home here in Houston and took a look at compassion and class mixing through a Star Trek prism. Check it out. Continue reading →

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Mall Santas going extinct?

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Are shopping mall Santas going extinct? Santa isn’t the big man at Christmas that he used to be, at least not at the mall. While appearances by St. Nick remain a holiday ritual at most of the nation’s 1,130 enclosed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Exactly right

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I agree with this post on TAPPED about the latest DLC/Howard Dean dustup so much, I’m going to quote most of it. [T]he DLC really hasn’t been offering a “Bush-lite” agenda for America. On the other hand, “Democratic centrists” really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 6 Comments