Entries from Austinist tagged with 'dallasmorningnews'
March 3, 2008
Clinton campaign seeks to control local caucus sessions? According to a Dallas Morning News blog, recent training materials distributed by the Clinton campaign read, "DO NOT allow the supporter of another candidate to serve in leadership roles... If our supporters are outnumbered, ask the Temporary Chair if one of our supporters can serves as the Secretary, in the interest of fairness." Mike Huckabee's latest outreach video reworks "Mr Sandman" Calling "Rangers," Huckabee's supporters are urged......
Continue Reading "Political Remainders: Obama Supports the Gays, Record Early Voting Turnouts, and Who's Gonna Break the News to Hillary?"August 13, 2007
Five local personalities get together to tell The Sickest F***ing Stories I Ever Heard over a game of Texas Hold 'Em 101x hosts a Guitar Hero happy hour at Stubb's Car Stereo (Wars) celebrate the release of their first album, The Bandit—think Burt Reynolds circa 1977—at Beauty Bar, with a little help from Single Frame, White Denim, and NYC DJs Finger on the Pulse Peter Bean, founder of BurntOrangeNation.com, and Chip Brown, a sportswriter......
Continue Reading "In This Week's IST List"November 6, 2006
If you vote for Rick Perry, and you’re not a Christian, you’re going to hell. At least according to the coiffed Governor of Texas. Not that we figured there to be a lot of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, agnostics or Sikhs voting for Perry, but, you know...just in case. Following a fire and brimstone sermon Sunday in San Antonio, Perry made it clear that iffin you aren’t saved, it’s H-E-double hockey sticks for you. "In my......
Continue Reading "All Dogs Go to Heaven. Oh, and Christians. And That's It."October 11, 2006
Chris Bell recently received a $5 million donation commitment from Houston lawyer John O'Quinn. That oughta help. But what Bell knows would really help would be for Independent Kinky Friedman to bow out of the race, freeing up thousands of votes for the Democratic candidate. And he called the Jewish Cowboy yesterday to ask him to do just that. We imagine there are quite a few folks voting for Kinky who would normally vote......
Continue Reading "Bell Calls for Kinky to Step Down"April 17, 2006
The 2006 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today, with UT's David M. Oshinsky, George Littlefield Professor of American History, garnering the prestigious History prize for "a distinguished book upon the history of the United States." Said book was Polio: An American Story, what Publishers Weekly hailed as "an edifying description of one of the most significant public health successes" in our country's time. Congrats, Professor! Other winners included Geraldine Brooks for March (Fiction), the Staff......
Continue Reading "Pulitzers Announced, UT Professor Garners History Prize"April 10, 2006
It appears LaMarcus Aldridge will follow in the footsteps of Longhorn football player Vince Young and leave UT early for the riches of the professional ranks. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that three sources have all said Aldridge will enter the NBA Draft. While Aldridge had an underwhelming performance against LSU in the Elite 8, most experts still expect him to go in the top-three come draft day. Aldridge averaged 15 pts., 9......
Continue Reading "Fare Thee Well, LaMarcus"March 13, 2006
DALLAS - Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman was the Grand Marshal in a St. Patrick's Day parade this past weekend. He wore his black hat, smoked his cigar, and tossed back his pint of Guinness. He then proceeded to show off his mad beer bonging skills with a tall boy of Lonestar... wait that was me last night. But I digress... "Guinness is the drink that kept the Irish from taking over the world. It......
Continue Reading "Don't Drink in Public Unless You're Kinky"