Monday, April 18, 2022

Earth Week Wrangle

I'll get to the depressing stuff and the rotten people in just a moment.  I'll begin today with the Chron's feature of Willow Waterhole, the former coastal prairie turned rice field turned detention basin turned into one of the best green spaces in Houston.  And it's right across the street from my house.


Please peruse the pictures and read the story.  There was a music festival weekend before last that seems to have finally raised the profile of the area as a destination spot.

Here's your Black History read.


Yes, I opened with the calm-me-downs first because the state news last week was just so...


And if these conservative serpents weren't bad enough...


Jessica Shortall collected tweets from politicians who put their logos on Good Friday images.  And the San Antonio Current reminded us of that time Chip Roy wanted to steal the 2020 election.

But Texas Democrats are badly positioned to take advantage of the worst Republicans in the world due to their infighting and incompetence.  SocraticGadfly offered thoughts about the Texas Democratic Party leadership battleStace at Dos Centavos provided insight after Beto O'Rourke called out the Biden administration on the repeal of Title 42.

With Earth Day coming, I'll post frequently on ecological topics this week.


"Build the Ike Dike" is a running, unfunny joke.

Here's a few legal updates:

Texas 2036 presented some actual data about crime in the state, while the Texas Observer did more digging into the arrest of Lizelle Herrera.


Meanwhile, actual socialism is coming to the state capital.


And a few more lighter items/Texana to close today.

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