That’s gunfire from Old Mexico across the Rio Grande into UT-Brownsville:
“UTB/TSC Emergency Warning #5
The campus is closed and evening classes have been canceled today and Saturday, Nov. 6, because of gunfire taking place across the Rio Grande.”
One more reason to remove the prohibition on marijuana, cocaine, etc. to wipe out these Mexican drug cartels. It’s Al Capone all over again.
Via Instapundit.
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Posted in South of the Border, Texana
Tagged gunfire across the Rio Grande, Mexican drug cartels, University of Texas at Brownsville
He was my GP, when I was reporting on the AIDS epidemic and he was one of the few non-Gay doctors in Austin who would treat people who had it. I never knew that he had the virus, but I would not have worried if I had known. It is transmissible only in blood-to-blood contact. He was only 55 when he died Sunday. Bless his good heart.
UPDATE: More here. Note that his first wife, Carol Cody, died in 2006.
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They lost the World Series, 4-1. At least they got to play in it and won one game. Wasn’t so long ago no one in Texas would have believed they’d ever get that far.
As for the loss, well, as Wash says, “That’s the way baseball go.” And there’s always next year. Thanks guys for the good show and congratulations on the pennant.
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Tagged 2010 World Series, Texas Rangers baseball, that's the way baseball go
In a recent case before the Texas Supremes, involving the police powers of the state, Mr. Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Paramount Pictures, 1982) is cited in a footnote to the decision.
Oh woe. It seems even the awesome majesty of the law is not exempt from the corrupting influence of the entertainment media of the day. Or, rather, that of yesterday, as it were.
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Nice to see Colby Lewis hold the Giants to two runs while the Rangers got two homers, one of them for three runs and took Game No. 3 by 4-2. Now if they just don’t start Hunter tomorrow night. Cliff Lee would be much better.
Meanwhile, at roughly the same time, the Longhorns fell to Baylor in one of their usual (lately) clown shows of dropped or overthrown passes and spectacular fumbles. The Bears clearly outclassed ’em and deserved to shed their “Doormat of The Big 12” rep and win it. And they did, 30-22. Yay Bears!
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Posted in Scribbles, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged 2010 World Series, Baylor Bears, Texas Longhorns football, Texas Rangers baseball
I hear people in town are trying to sell their season Longhorns tickets for tomorrow’s Baylor game so they don’t have to watch another slaughter of the home team, this time by the traditional “Doormat of the Big 12.”
Also that tickets are being offered free to faculty to try to fill the stadium since the students no longer are interested. I know for sure that Mr. B.’s Cub Scout pack, for the first time, is being offered tickets at just $25 each. I got the email.
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Posted in Mr. Boy, Scribbles, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged Baylor Bears, DKR Memorial Stadium, Texas Longhorns, ticket sales and giveaways
Another historic game by the Rangers. Historically bad. Lost Game two 9-0 after loading the bases twice and walking (walking!) in two runs. It looked like a carousel out there. Bet that one makes Ripley’s.
I’m about convinced God only let the Rangers beat the New York Yankees so they could humiliate themselves in a World Series.
UPDATE: Diehard Rangers’ fans like TFG haven’t given up hope. They’ve been living on hope forever, having not much else to get excited about. The Rangers? They’re hoping to escape California alive.
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