Thursday, November 18, 2021

The Thursday Credible Wrangle


Already this morning there's a Democrat preparing to challenge Jesus Shot Sid, but that's not relevant to me.  (I'm hoping Kenneth Kendrick is getting ready to launch his bid as a Green again.)  I'd like to know what Svitek's definition of 'credible' is.  Specifically how close it comes to Kuffner's, and whether it is dictated by the state's top oligarch, Evan Smith, Svitek's boss at the TexTrib).

Restating the obvious: I have less than zero interest in letting people like the afore-mentioned make the rules by which our governor, etc. are selected.  Call them what you will -- I prefer lickspittles, sometimes starfuckers -- by any definition they are limiting our choices to red pill or blue pill.  And it doesn't take a brain scientist or a rocket surgeon to look around and see where that has gotten us, and not just here in Deep In The Hearta.  These gatekeepers don't want to share, don't want competition for their affections, and damn sure don't want the great unwashed masses having any say-so.  So if you got the money, they got the time.  And if you don't, then heet de rhoad, Jack.

Listen up, bitches: either stop pretending and put the richest MFer in charge, somebody like Elon Musk or Kelcey Warren, or think about what a neo-Bastille Day might look like once the commoners' patience has red-lined.

Don't take it personally.  Strictly business.  The peoples' business.  Oh, and word to Svitek: your spreadsheet is woefully out of date.  Get your assistant on that toot sweet.


Another symptom of the insider establishment thumb on the scale.  I'm guessing Davis -- still feeling the sting from losing to Abbott in 2014 and Chip Roy in 2020 -- is just trying to get back in somebody's good graces.  As long as 'somebody' isn't a woman or outside the halls of power.


No more oligarchs, plutocrats, sycophants, party hacks, Republicans too embarrased to run as Rs, or anybody else in it for the money or the intoxication of authority.  Of the people, by the people, and for the people.  Or hit the reset button and start all over.

Moving on.


Incredible. I need to get offline.

Houston geologist, historian, musician, and author Dan Worrall will speak about the long distance trade routes among the Indigenous peoples through Texas and beyond.

The talk, titled “The Late Archaic Lower Brazos Culture and the Nature of Long Distance Exchange Networks”, is sponsored by the Houston Archeological Society.

Worrall will speak at the monthly (in person and virtual) meeting of the society on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7:00 p.m. He will bring a collection of artifacts from a site in west Fort Bend County for show and tell.

According to Worrall, people of the Late Archaic Lower Brazos Culture (4,000-2,000 years ago) lived along the lower parts of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers extending to the coast. Their territory was approximately equivalent to that of the Coco/Karankawa of the early Historic Period (500 years ago).

The meeting takes place at the Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Road in Houston, starting at 6:30 p.m. The program begins at 7. Here is more information about the talk.

The meeting will be offered virtually via Zoom and YouTube Livestream. The YouTube Livestream link is https://youtu.be/xfCvhInhBp4.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The #TakeAHikeDay Wrangle from Far Left Texas


While Beto's every twitch and utterance continues to be scrutinized and fawned over by the corporate media gaggle following him everywhere, I'll wait until the kerfuffle subsides before addressing the marquee matchup next year.  I would like to give one of the consistently under-reported candidates some attention.


Aside to Governor Fish Lips: Get your socialists straight, dumbass.


And she's right; the Texas Greens do have a tall task ahead.


So pitch in, and help out Delilah if you can.

On to a few more noteworthy filings of late:


The news here is that a woman and an actual Democrat entered the race for lieutenant governor, but the TexTrib settled on describing Beckley as "one of the most liberal members" of the statehouse.  Many Texas Democrats seem to dislike her, if Twitter comments are any barometer.  This may say something about Beckley but probably says more about rando TexDonks who Tweet, as well as the TexTrib, who in announcing GOP bids for office do not lead off with "one of the most conservative members" ... Mark Jones' reviews notwithstanding.  Even poor Beckley called herself a 'moderate' in her announcement.  Meanwhile the titular head of the Texas Not-So-Progressive Caucus shrugged and semi-endorsed Mike Collier, the other former Republican already running.  I'd laugh if any of this marginalization, unconscious or otherwise, was funny any longer.  It isn't.


Minjarez joins former state district judge Peter Sakai in the race.  In reporting that news, TXElects listed all of the state representatives and senators who are retiring or running for another slot.  The list was the best I had seen but is already out of date with Beckley's announcement, the departure of southeast Texas Rep. Joe Deshotel, and this:


You can see why following this just on Twitter is a job for someone who gets paid a lot to do so.  I'm a pensioner, so I'm moving on ... to lesser but still notable developments.


Aren't we all.


A couple of labor items:


With Thanksgiving a week away, Kroger shouldn't be fucking around with the help, because they are very likely to find out what happens when they do.  (And the truth is they have been, for a very long time.)  If you needed a reason to start shopping at HEB, please take this one.


And don't buy any gas from ExxonMobil, either.

Here's the criminal and social justice news.


I sure wish former cops wouldn't cover for cops.


Ed Gonzalez can Tweet all the daily platitudes and inspirational quotations he likes.  When he becomes Sheriff Joe's top border cop, nothing is going to fundamentally change.  And everybody knows it.

How about some good news?


And a few more soothers.

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