Parts of far west Texas are in the Mountain Time Zone.
Makes sense. I thought the Texas/New mexico border was the dividing point for that. I should know better since I’ve travelled to New mexico a few times already.
fat albert
May 29, 2012 11:27 pm
#76 Tedtam:
Try AVS Video Converter. It’s a free download that should run on most Windows machines. Convert your “.mod” files to .mpg files and your DVD software should be happy.
Sarge
May 29, 2012 11:22 pm
Three Straus cronies bite the dust. Conservatives scored major symbolic victories by defeating three Republican committee chairs, dealing a major setback to House Speaker Joe Straus. The conservative activist group Empower Texans — a major Perry ally — defeated state Reps. Rob Eissler, Vicki Truitt and “Tuffy” Hamilton. Straus also faced a primary challenge from the right wing of the… Read more »
Sarge
May 29, 2012 11:09 pm
Pat Lykos is probably the pooch screwingest DA I’ve seen in a long time. Supporting her was a fool’s errand.
GJT
May 29, 2012 11:00 pm
The TSA bill was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen erupt in the Texas Legislature. Remarkably dumb. Not understanding what is the problem with forcing a court fight with the over zealous Feds in their stupid crotch groping. What better venue than the great state of Texas? Besides, even Dewhurts was for it in the special session, at… Read more »
Pat Lykos certainly wasn’t my first choice for DA, but Anderson is a politically overburdened pack mule so indebted to every goofball in the Woodfill/ Blakemore/ Stephen Hotze/ Terry Lowry creepfest of Republicans in Harris County, he’ll be as lousy a DA as Rosenthal once he brings back in all his cronies to the HCDAO.
The TSA bill was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen erupt in the Texas Legislature.
Remarkably dumb.
Sarge
May 29, 2012 10:34 pm
Establishment Pubbies targeted TX Rep David Simpson and ran a Straus crony against him. He has handily survived the challenge.
You might remember him from the rousing personal privelege speech he made regarding the TSA Bill that Straus (and Dewcrist) killed.
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 10:21 pm
I just saw Dewdrops crying on the tube,…something about being poor at one time or another….OK?
Sarge
May 29, 2012 10:20 pm
Cruz’ problem now is money aggravated by the fat that Dewcrist can remind any potential Texas donors that he’ll still be Lt. Gubner if he loses and that might affect any decisions he might be making——
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 10:16 pm
#90 Hambone, no doubt.
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 10:12 pm
It looks like Lykos will be beat outright by Mike Anderson!! YES!
If Leppert had not been in the race I think Dewhurst would have over 50%.
Sarge
May 29, 2012 10:03 pm
#84 Hambone, yup Dewdrops 46% Cruz 32%.
Cruz did better than expected, and Dewcrist didn’t meet expectations. Makes one wonder what would have happened had Lepperts not been in the race.
Seems North Texas was a three way tie.
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 9:57 pm
#84 Hambone, yup Dewdrops 46% Cruz 32%. We now have a fighting chance. The winner of the Republican Primary for The Breckgirls’ seat will be a Senator for a Very, Very, Long time. So we have to try to elect the closest thing to a conservative that we can.
shamaal
May 29, 2012 9:57 pm
ABC? AP? Pshaw!
What does Fox News say, other than Obama came in fourth from last?
Sarge
May 29, 2012 9:51 pm
ABC news is reporting Dewcrist didn’t get enough votes and wll be in a runoff with Ted Cruz scheduled for 31 July.
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 9:48 pm
Does west Texas closes after east Texas? If so, how come?
Since El Paso is so Close to New Mexico they opted to be in the “Mountain Time Zone” they moved the line just this much,..(think get smart). 😉
Darren says: May 29, 2012 at 9:25 pm #65; The polls in far west Texas closed just 21 minutes ago. El Paso may save the day!!! Does west Texas closes after east Texas? If so, how come? Parts of far west Texas are in the Mountain Time Zone. Texas is a big place. All Cruz needs to do is keep… Read more »
It looks like they want me to buy a conversion version of the last software I downloaded. I hate the bait and switch crap they pull.
Sarge
May 29, 2012 9:31 pm
Doc Watson has died
Darren
May 29, 2012 9:25 pm
#65;
The polls in far west Texas closed just 21 minutes ago.
El Paso may save the day!!!
Does west Texas closes after east Texas? If so, how come?
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 9:23 pm
Daughter called me earlier to ask me if I saw the basket of veggies that her hubby picked out of his garden, (tomatoes, squash, peppers, okra and green beans) and we got to talking about politics, this is something we do often, and I could hear her hubby in the background Yahooing about Troy Nehls beating Craig Brady for the… Read more »
Sarge
May 29, 2012 9:22 pm
Lepperts has conceded
And it looks like one of Joe Straus’ golden boys, Rob Eisler, is going down, too. There’s a few more on the list, too.
Go ahead.
Call us anti-semites again.
shamaal
May 29, 2012 9:14 pm
The Poles have always been sensitive about the term and prefer German Death Camps in Poland. Apparently, the Obama team never got the memo. This wouldn’t have happened if Zbiggy was still running things.
Okay, geekoids, I need some help. I have a wedding video in MOD file format. I need to put it onto a DVD to send to the newlyweds, et al. I downloaded Burnaware because I thought the review said it would do the DVD burn. It doesn’t convert, wiss it! Then I downloaded a trial version of Wondershare Video to… Read more »
Sarge
May 29, 2012 8:53 pm
Remember the Polish Death Camps in WW2? Mr. Preezy does.
And the Poles are pretty pizztoff at it.
shamaal
May 29, 2012 8:51 pm
FLOTUS isn’t planning on running for public office. On “The View” Tuesday, the first lady said she was interested in other kinds of public service, just not the kind that requires politics and elections. “I will serve. I will serve in some capacity,” Obama said. “The work that I’m doing with military families is a forever proposition because they will… Read more »
shamaal
May 29, 2012 8:44 pm
Please, tell me how they knew.
Perhaps Dashiell Hammett wrote of an encounter in his diary?
Dear Diary,
Discovered that the new gunsel is not as afraid of wood as he would have us believe
Dash
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 8:43 pm
Well the wife just got back from working the polling place for our precinct, it just happens to be in the community center where she works as the local neighborhood Nazi. Anywho they had 143 Republicans voting with one being an old black lady. The Democrats had about 55, 99 % of them were black, almost NO WHITE Democrats &… Read more »
Sarge
May 29, 2012 8:43 pm
If I remember my childhood schoolyard taunts, I think it’s “Takes one to know one”.
Actually, I think they just did what Mr Preezy did: Said something that would be popular with one demographi while not doing anything that would be unpopular with another.
Brave brave, souls they are.
Brave souls.
Next you’ll tell us that the President was born in Hawaii.
Well, I would, but Barry can’t seem to make his own mind where he was born so I’m just sitting back and letting him continue making a fool of himself.
What’s the old saying ? When your political opponent is committing suicide, just keep your mouth shut.
shamaal
May 29, 2012 8:38 pm
Here at Chez Shamaal, we’ve been blessedly fire ant free since the crazy ants appeared a couple years ago. The drought last year seemed to have knocked the crazy ant numbers back and the fire ants are returning.
These brave souls are proclaiming that a charater who was invented in the 1930′s and was retired a few years later was gay.
Please, tell me how they knew.
If I remember my childhood schoolyard taunts, I think it’s “Takes one to know one”.
#57 Super Dave Facebook has big fundamental problems. It will be interesting to see where the bottom is. The principals of any IPO cannot sell their shares, at least legally, for, I believe, two years so these guys were peddling a bunch of crap. The glaring fact GM pulled all their advertising was available to anybody who was paying attention… Read more »
Sarge
May 29, 2012 8:15 pm
He had a girlfriend in the movie.
Different Green Lantern.
These brave souls are proclaiming that a charater who was invented in the 1930’s and was retired a few years later was gay.
Please, tell me how they knew.
Darren
May 29, 2012 8:14 pm
Sorry, that’s about 2% of the pricincts reported in. My bad. Cruz can still win or at least get in the runoff.
This is funny embarrassing. Coal industry unable to locate supporters for a hearing, rents them on craiglist for $50, a t-shirt and a free lunch. Looking for people THIS THURSDAY, MAY 24 who want to make a couple of dollars for a few hours of your time. All you need to do is wear a t-shirt in support of an… Read more »
Darren
May 29, 2012 8:09 pm
Romney may have clinched the GOP nomination by his Texas win but the stars are aligning against him. 😯 NEWS ORLEANS (Reuters) – The votes are in and it is unanimous: Barack Obama will win re-election to the U.S. presidency in November, according to five astrologers who offered predictions at their convention on Tuesday. Each of the five astrologers on… Read more »
shamaal
May 29, 2012 7:46 pm
Awwwwwwwww, Cunningham wants a gun so he can make some money when he’s out of prison. Randall “Duke” Cunningham, the disgraced former congressman currently serving an eight year sentence for his involvement in one of the biggest bribery scandals in congressional history, would like his second amendment rights restored when he leaves prison so he can hunt, fish and protect… Read more »
Super Dave
May 29, 2012 7:41 pm
#13 Bonecrusher, I do not recall seeing anybody else guess what the bottom will be for facebook before it finally stabilizes at a rational market value. C’mon y’all, lets see some numbers. Easy $9.00, my part time broker dude said that all most of the big brokerage firms were really playing up the Facebook IPO because they have soo many… Read more »
The DC Comics character who is going to be revealed as gay in an upcoming issue is the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, according to the Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston. He says that a source at Phoenix Comic Con confirmed the news to him.
He had a girlfriend in the movie.
shamaal
May 29, 2012 7:20 pm
The President bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom today on 13 people. Those honored were Juliette Gordon Low of girl scout fame; the current President of Israel Shimon Peres; Bob Dylan; John Glenn; Toni Morrison, William Foege; Madeleine Albright; John Doar; Gordon Hirabayashi; Dolores Huerta; Jan Karski; John Paul Stevens; Pat Summitt. President Barack Obama on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s… Read more »
Makes sense. I thought the Texas/New mexico border was the dividing point for that. I should know better since I’ve travelled to New mexico a few times already.
#76 Tedtam:
Try AVS Video Converter. It’s a free download that should run on most Windows machines. Convert your “.mod” files to .mpg files and your DVD software should be happy.
Three Straus cronies bite the dust. Conservatives scored major symbolic victories by defeating three Republican committee chairs, dealing a major setback to House Speaker Joe Straus. The conservative activist group Empower Texans — a major Perry ally — defeated state Reps. Rob Eissler, Vicki Truitt and “Tuffy” Hamilton. Straus also faced a primary challenge from the right wing of the… Read more »
Pat Lykos is probably the pooch screwingest DA I’ve seen in a long time. Supporting her was a fool’s errand.
The TSA bill was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen erupt in the Texas Legislature. Remarkably dumb. Not understanding what is the problem with forcing a court fight with the over zealous Feds in their stupid crotch groping. What better venue than the great state of Texas? Besides, even Dewhurts was for it in the special session, at… Read more »
Pat Lykos certainly wasn’t my first choice for DA, but Anderson is a politically overburdened pack mule so indebted to every goofball in the Woodfill/ Blakemore/ Stephen Hotze/ Terry Lowry creepfest of Republicans in Harris County, he’ll be as lousy a DA as Rosenthal once he brings back in all his cronies to the HCDAO.
The TSA bill was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen erupt in the Texas Legislature.
Remarkably dumb.
Establishment Pubbies targeted TX Rep David Simpson and ran a Straus crony against him. He has handily survived the challenge.
You might remember him from the rousing personal privelege speech he made regarding the TSA Bill that Straus (and Dewcrist) killed.
I just saw Dewdrops crying on the tube,…something about being poor at one time or another….OK?
Cruz’ problem now is money aggravated by the fat that Dewcrist can remind any potential Texas donors that he’ll still be Lt. Gubner if he loses and that might affect any decisions he might be making——
#90 Hambone, no doubt.
It looks like Lykos will be beat outright by Mike Anderson!! YES!
If Leppert had not been in the race I think Dewhurst would have over 50%.
Cruz did better than expected, and Dewcrist didn’t meet expectations. Makes one wonder what would have happened had Lepperts not been in the race.
Seems North Texas was a three way tie.
#84 Hambone, yup Dewdrops 46% Cruz 32%. We now have a fighting chance. The winner of the Republican Primary for The Breckgirls’ seat will be a Senator for a Very, Very, Long time. So we have to try to elect the closest thing to a conservative that we can.
ABC? AP? Pshaw!
What does Fox News say, other than Obama came in fourth from last?
ABC news is reporting Dewcrist didn’t get enough votes and wll be in a runoff with Ted Cruz scheduled for 31 July.
Since El Paso is so Close to New Mexico they opted to be in the “Mountain Time Zone” they moved the line just this much,..(think get smart). 😉
AP has called a Dewhurst/Cruz runoff.
Darren says: May 29, 2012 at 9:25 pm #65; The polls in far west Texas closed just 21 minutes ago. El Paso may save the day!!! Does west Texas closes after east Texas? If so, how come? Parts of far west Texas are in the Mountain Time Zone. Texas is a big place. All Cruz needs to do is keep… Read more »
It looks like they want me to buy a conversion version of the last software I downloaded. I hate the bait and switch crap they pull.
Doc Watson has died
#65;
El Paso may save the day!!!
Does west Texas closes after east Texas? If so, how come?
Daughter called me earlier to ask me if I saw the basket of veggies that her hubby picked out of his garden, (tomatoes, squash, peppers, okra and green beans) and we got to talking about politics, this is something we do often, and I could hear her hubby in the background Yahooing about Troy Nehls beating Craig Brady for the… Read more »
Lepperts has conceded
And it looks like one of Joe Straus’ golden boys, Rob Eisler, is going down, too. There’s a few more on the list, too.
Go ahead.
Call us anti-semites again.
The Poles have always been sensitive about the term and prefer German Death Camps in Poland. Apparently, the Obama team never got the memo. This wouldn’t have happened if Zbiggy was still running things.
Okay, geekoids, I need some help. I have a wedding video in MOD file format. I need to put it onto a DVD to send to the newlyweds, et al. I downloaded Burnaware because I thought the review said it would do the DVD burn. It doesn’t convert, wiss it! Then I downloaded a trial version of Wondershare Video to… Read more »
Remember the Polish Death Camps in WW2?
Mr. Preezy does.
And the Poles are pretty pizztoff at it.
FLOTUS isn’t planning on running for public office. On “The View” Tuesday, the first lady said she was interested in other kinds of public service, just not the kind that requires politics and elections. “I will serve. I will serve in some capacity,” Obama said. “The work that I’m doing with military families is a forever proposition because they will… Read more »
Perhaps Dashiell Hammett wrote of an encounter in his diary?
Well the wife just got back from working the polling place for our precinct, it just happens to be in the community center where she works as the local neighborhood Nazi. Anywho they had 143 Republicans voting with one being an old black lady. The Democrats had about 55, 99 % of them were black, almost NO WHITE Democrats &… Read more »
Actually, I think they just did what Mr Preezy did: Said something that would be popular with one demographi while not doing anything that would be unpopular with another.
Brave brave, souls they are.
Brave souls.
#66 shamaal
Well, I would, but Barry can’t seem to make his own mind where he was born so I’m just sitting back and letting him continue making a fool of himself.
What’s the old saying ?
When your political opponent is committing suicide, just keep your mouth shut.
Here at Chez Shamaal, we’ve been blessedly fire ant free since the crazy ants appeared a couple years ago. The drought last year seemed to have knocked the crazy ant numbers back and the fire ants are returning.
#63 Sarge
If I remember my childhood schoolyard taunts, I think it’s “Takes one to know one”.
#52
Ants are sneaky. Damn sneaky.
You can look at my feet and count just how sneaky they are.
Damnants.
#64 texpat
Well there goes that conspiracy theory spoilsport.
Next you’ll tell us that the President was born in Hawaii. 😉
Dude.
The polls in far west Texas closed just 21 minutes ago.
Hold your horses.
#57 Super Dave Facebook has big fundamental problems. It will be interesting to see where the bottom is. The principals of any IPO cannot sell their shares, at least legally, for, I believe, two years so these guys were peddling a bunch of crap. The glaring fact GM pulled all their advertising was available to anybody who was paying attention… Read more »
Different Green Lantern.
These brave souls are proclaiming that a charater who was invented in the 1930’s and was retired a few years later was gay.
Please, tell me how they knew.
Sorry, that’s about 2% of the pricincts reported in. My bad. Cruz can still win or at least get in the runoff.
Doesn’t look good for Cruz. Thus far Dewhurst has 46% of the vote with 46 % of the votes counted. What is it? 51% to avoid a runoff?
http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/may29_160_state.htm
This is funny embarrassing. Coal industry unable to locate supporters for a hearing, rents them on craiglist for $50, a t-shirt and a free lunch. Looking for people THIS THURSDAY, MAY 24 who want to make a couple of dollars for a few hours of your time. All you need to do is wear a t-shirt in support of an… Read more »
Romney may have clinched the GOP nomination by his Texas win but the stars are aligning against him. 😯 NEWS ORLEANS (Reuters) – The votes are in and it is unanimous: Barack Obama will win re-election to the U.S. presidency in November, according to five astrologers who offered predictions at their convention on Tuesday. Each of the five astrologers on… Read more »
Awwwwwwwww, Cunningham wants a gun so he can make some money when he’s out of prison. Randall “Duke” Cunningham, the disgraced former congressman currently serving an eight year sentence for his involvement in one of the biggest bribery scandals in congressional history, would like his second amendment rights restored when he leaves prison so he can hunt, fish and protect… Read more »
#13 Bonecrusher, I do not recall seeing anybody else guess what the bottom will be for facebook before it finally stabilizes at a rational market value. C’mon y’all, lets see some numbers. Easy $9.00, my part time broker dude said that all most of the big brokerage firms were really playing up the Facebook IPO because they have soo many… Read more »
Green Lantern is reported to be leaving the closet.
He had a girlfriend in the movie.
The President bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom today on 13 people. Those honored were Juliette Gordon Low of girl scout fame; the current President of Israel Shimon Peres; Bob Dylan; John Glenn; Toni Morrison, William Foege; Madeleine Albright; John Doar; Gordon Hirabayashi; Dolores Huerta; Jan Karski; John Paul Stevens; Pat Summitt. President Barack Obama on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s… Read more »
That would take out the mailbox as well.
Rent a bulldozer and make it mowable.