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Democrats set sights on Texas:
Reporting from Washington — As they review the results of Tuesday’s election victories and begin looking toward future campaigns, some Democrats have settled on a rallying cry: Texas is next.
It sounds improbable for the Republican bastion that produced President Bush and served as an early laboratory for Karl Rove’s hard-nosed tactics. [...]

State failed to outline Bible classes for schools: I was sure the state board would give this matter the same thoughtful evaluation as it gave courses in aerobics and apparel in our public schools. In fact, the state board’s aerobics standards are specific to the point of making sure students can identify appropriate footwear. Standards [...]

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he Austin Chronicle: News: Texas Fiction Science: The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology: There’s nothing the evil overlords of the fictional future like more than a nice, healthy round of brainwashing. Whether it’s George Orwell’s totalitarian government of Oceania thwarting rebellious citizens in 1984, the “conditioning” of children in Brave [...]

The Austin Chronicle: News: Can the Bands Play On?: The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin’s claim to fame: “Bands that formerly supplemented their limited local audiences and income by regional touring have seen the ever-rising price of gas devour the thin profit margins on out-of-town gigs. Once slacker-friendly, Central Austin is [...]

Austinist: YouTubeTexas: Here’s the Bush Video They Didn’t Want You To See: “During a political fundraiser for Congressional candidate Pete Olson in Houston last Friday, President Bush admits that the economy is clearly in the pits.
‘There is no question about it. Wall Street got drunk,’ he says. ‘That’s one reason I asked you to turn [...]

Seeded at Newsvine:
In Texas, McCain leads with 42 percent to Obama’s 39 percent, Barr’s 6 percent and Nader’s 2 percent.

Seeded at Newsvine:
An advisory letter written by Andrew Weber, deputy attorney general for legal counsel for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office, and sent to the Statesman by various advocacy groups Wednesday, said the curriculum requirements adopted by the State Board of Education for cour …

Seeded at Newsvine:
The border fence project has faced embarrassments–illegal immigrants employed to build the wall, a “Virtual Fence” project that cannot distinguish humans and vehicles from livestock and bushes–but those setbacks pale in comparison to its fundamental flaws.

Seeded at Newsvine:
“Anyone that Barack Obama wants is my choice for vice president,” Pelosi told the interviewer, who appeared to be from Newsweek.

This is a little late, since the festival was a month ago this weekend. However, I’m testing out a version of MarsEdit, and I would like to start blogging more. This is a re-post of an article I wrote for Newsvine the weekend of the festival.

Another Austin City Limits Music Festival has come [...]

Study Finds The Air Rich With Bacteria: “Want biodiversity? Look no further than the air around you. It could be teeming with more than 1,800 types of bacteria, according to a first-of-its-kind census of airborne microbes recently conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy%u2019s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
The team used an [...]

Texas could accelerate to 80 mph – Yahoo! News: The nation’s top legal driving speed soon could rise to a long-forbidden 80 mph as Texas moves toward increasing the limit on parts of two interstate highways.
The proposed increase on Interstates 10 and 20 in West Texas is opposed by some national traffic safety advocates, who [...]