Culture Buzz Charles and Sandra McKee of Waxahachie, Texas, spent the last nine or so years turning their Victorian home into a nearly perfect replica of the Mockingbird Lane mansion from “The Munsters.” Oh Lily!
Politics Buzz Quico Canseco takes the hardest line.
Culture Buzz It's not as hot as it sounds. On a chilly night in Grapevine, Texas, last week Reverend Ed Young and wife Lisa fired up the webcam and got under the covers on top of their Fellowship Church to promote “bring[ing] God back into the bed,” by having sex seven days straight. [Spoiler alert: They didn't have sex that night.]
Politics Buzz Now says he is the greenest Republican.
Culture Buzz As if this story wasn't bizarre and heartbreaking enough.
Culture Buzz This is sooo creepy. If it happened to me, I'd just burn the house down.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/texas-drought-gh...
The Texas drought is giving up long submerged secrets. Some of the discoveries have attracted interest from local historians, and looters also have scavenged for pieces of history. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at one site.
Politics Buzz Oops. Intrade is the online prediction market that follows everything from stocks to box office openings to presidential candidate prospects (it's basically online gambling). Here's a snapshot of Rick Perry's standing immediately after his debate meltdown.
Politics Buzz Rick Perry at the GOP debate can't remember his own talking points when coming up with the third department of government he would eliminate. “Oops.”—Former Presidential Candidate Rick Perry
Politics Buzz Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used to publish a libertarian newsletter in the '80s and '90s. They were not, shall we say, sane. From those newsletters, here are some racist/homophobic/anti-semitic musings on everything from AIDS to Hate Whitey Day (aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Paul says he didn't write any of the following quotes, but they all appeared under his name. Yiiiiiikes.
Politics Buzz The Republican presidential frontrunner's anti-government stance turns deadly as Texas suffers the worst wild fires the state has ever seen. (via salon.com)
BTW, this pic was taken in Fort Worth, Texas. Perry's back yard.
Politics Buzz Another shameless attempt to steal Michele Bachmann's thunder. Talk about stimulating your base. Caucus jokes!
Celebrity Buzz Soon to be displayed in an “adult store” in Dallas, Texas. From Daniel Edwards, the same modern-day Rodin who brought us this. The Canadian Maple Leaf and Texas Lone Star are indeed part of the piece. As are the goose and armadillo. Symbolism, y'all. (via uproxx.com)
They're from Texas, but it's not what you think. (via blameitonthevoices.com)
Claudia Holland posted this sign outside her Texas home after someone busted through her front door last month. Oh, TEXAS.
A map by Mother Jones illustrating which states, in defiance of the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas ruling, still have anti-sodomy laws on the books. Way to go Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas! They form what is known as “Teh Buttsecks Belt.”