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TexTech Free

First off, my screen name. I am a Texan working in a technical field. I did NOT attend Texas Tech. I went to a real university in Texas. Born and grew up in Houston, then spent about 24 years in Austin, back to Houston, and then in Indiana, first time to live outside of Texas. Back to Austin ten years and now 26 months (as of late August, 2021) in Miami, FL. Work keeps me moving around. I am now on my way to North Carolina. While only living in three states, I have passed through or visited 35-40 of the lower 48 states. I have missed the Big Sky country (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana) and upper New England states. As should be obvious from my comments, I am a yellow dog Democrat with views on social justice based on the teachings of all the great religious teachers. I love music of most types. Not opera. I can tolerate some C&W. Have heard very little rap I can tolerate. My music is traditional Blues and 60s-70s rock. Also like classical and easy listening.

Comics I Follow

For Better or For Worse

For Better or For Worse

By Lynn Johnston
Luann

Luann

By Greg Evans and Karen Evans
Tank McNamara

Tank McNamara

By Bill Hinds
Garfield

Garfield

By Jim Davis
B.C.

B.C.

By Mastroianni and Hart
Wizard of Id

Wizard of Id

By Parker and Hart
The Boondocks

The Boondocks

By Aaron McGruder
Shoe

Shoe

By Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly
Doonesbury

Doonesbury

By Garry Trudeau
Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur

By Wiley Miller

Recent Comments

  1. about 11 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    Come to think of it, all the people Trump has pardoned are guilty. They all were convicted of one crime or another (or several). None of them qualified as having “possibly” commited a crime as they were all adjudicated guilty in court of a real crime.

  2. about 11 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    It might be the same. My home state of Texas has the gerrymander down to a fine science. I used to live in one of the ugliest congressional districts imaginable. It went from NW Austin up and eastward through a bunch of rural counties and ended up in a few precincts in NE San Antonio. The rural counties completely diluted the more liberal votes of us urban dwellers.

  3. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    I expect the sales of alcohol to go up for the next four years. The MAGAs will be celebrataing their “owning the libs” until what they have done comes crashing down on them and then they will be drinking in sorrow. Meanwhile, the rest of us will be drinking in an effort to cope with the misery we know is coming our way.

  4. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    I think the Count is about due for Count V03 before too long. He keeps racking up the flags. I gave him one today as well.

  5. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    The only reason to be concerned is if you do not actually follow the news and only pick up talking points from highly biased sources. Getting the full story would have let you know, as pointed out above, they were not pardoned but their sentences were commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole. No reason to be afraid unless you simply choose to spread misinformation over getting your facts straight before speaking up.

  6. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    More of a reality horror movie.

  7. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    You are correct. They are guilty of something. They are guilty of upholding their oaths and doing their jobs for the benefit of the nation and refusing to do whatever illegal or foolish thing Trump wanted to do. That is the only thing they are guilty of, making Donald Trump mad.

  8. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    To be fair, gerrymandering only applies to state/federal congressional districts and state senatorial districts. Which can give a pretty good idea of how bad the gerrymandering is. In my current state, all of the major statewide offices went to Democrats. Meanwhile, Republicans hold 71% of the Congressional delegation, 60% of the state senate and state house. And a big reason their majorities are not larger are that the state constitution requires that counties be entirely within a given district. If they could gerrymander to the precint level, I suspect the Republicans would hold about 80% of non-statewide offices.

  9. about 15 hours ago on Doonesbury

    Most of the BLM violence came from outside and not from the protestors. Granted, some may have reacted badly to the violence inflicted upon their peaceful protest by law enforcement but they did not have the kind of strong leadership The Reverand Dr. King provided in his time.

    As for divisiveness, who is causing that? It is not coming from the black community. Old “closeted” racists feel they have been given permission to let their racist flag fly by a racist charlatan.

  10. about 15 hours ago on Doonesbury

    Is that something like BOHICA? (Ask your army friends if you don’t know this one. They will.)