Notes from Stan

Noted that the DA has dismissed a murder charge against a Harlingen man without comment. I would have thought that it would be a matter of course to make some sort of press release on such an action; to clear the man’s name, for one thing, and to reassure the public that a [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
…going downhill – letting the bike glide – into Louisiana, Missouri, yelling for joy, or effect, and scaring a man mowing his lush lawn on a hillside just above the river flats of Louisiana, Missouri, and I love to say those mixed-heritage American words, Louisiana, Missouri ….
…and then I yell at dogs and [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
No longer the efficient box-like vehicle that was
Used to keep white order in South Africa, other white-Order wars ….
Brown and black and mixed-order wars, too.
Now, am expensive toy on US roads.
But aging.
My childhood red wagon,
Baseball glove,
Nightstand radio,
They are the same, if dusty ….
Roll on, Hummer.
Age wins.
Roll on wagon,
Age defying.
Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky
September 28, 2008

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A video from The Daily Show
This needs no introduction.

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From Gene’s Notebook
…black-suited banker is overheard saying to well-dressed employees, “We’re on the frontlines.”
Yes, Mr. Banker! You sure are! A system based on speculation and earth-depleting actions, and you’re on the frontlines – nothing to be proud of ….
“The banks are made of marble, with a guard at every door….”
The bailouts are made of deals, [...]

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A note from Gene
Partner Ruth Wagner and I have been involved with the Obama campaign since early February …. OK! He, Obama, is not perfect; he’s NEVER claimed to be, and he’s like King Canute, who upon gaining office, put his throne in the ocean and called people to watch the tide overcome the throne [...]

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A comment from Stan
John McCain announced at an afternoon press conference today that he was suspending his campaign and urging Barack Obama to postpone or cancel Friday’s planned debate.
Is anyone impressed by this as anything other than a grandstand move to claim “ownership” of the issue?  And why not debate? Here’s the issue to which [...]

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A joke from Stan
Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s staff revealed today that her highly successful day of talks with foreign leaders was the result of intensive practice and rehearsals and, particularly, newly devised five-minute “empty chair” sessions. In this photo, Governor Palin is practicing to meet with the President of Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari.

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From Gene’s Calendar
… not by bread alone, and I suspect that NO ONE reading NunnayerBizness Today lacks bread, so feed those minds, and do some digging for more info …. Call it a puzzle that is worth solving ….

speaker at UTB/TSC Tuesday on Mexico and border, 11 a.m., SETB
Noche de Pena Tuesday at [...]

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A note from Virginia Gause
The City of McAllen will be having its first ever historic tour.  The event will be held this Saturday, September 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The trolley will depart the McAllen Convention Center promptly at 9:30 a.m.  Anybody interested in attending this free-of-charge event please contact Xavier Cervantes [...]

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A note from Stan
If you have not done so, I urge you to read Paul Krugman’s column for today (September 22). It is quite possible that Henty Paulson’s plan to save Wall Street (and, thus, our national finances) is not as wise as Mr. Paulson has let on.
Two signs that Paulson’s plan may not be [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
…and yes, Deep South Texas does have fall! It is here, and with it a second spring – colors, butterflies, birds ….
…near a butterfly friendly yard, I think about the black man who was sleeping on the side of the nearby road and was run over and killed – a man who had [...]

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A note from Stan
Cine El Rey in McAllen has sent notes on several events next week:
Concert- Egypt Central and 3 guest bands “1 NIGHT, 4 BANDS @ Cine El Rey Theatre Monday September 22, 2008, at 7:00 pm

Cine El Rey Theatre Comedy Wednesdays Comedian this week is Big Funny Ed, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
…and it was a hot mid-August in 1947 that I saw my first baseball game, and it was in Yankee Stadium; thanks, Dad, for taking me; the stadium closes Sunday – to be knocked down, a new one rising next to it …and baseball has been part of me since 1946, again, thanks, [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown
Faintly now the light rain falling,
Redolent the evening airs;
All the evening birds are calling
(Nested in their airy lairs);
Cooling now the river shallows
Eddying the river sallows
Samisen the moment here.
Mark beside the water’s edge
Alluvion the busy sedges
Ripple, rise, or burble by;
Golden now the light is glowing
Undulant; the apple snows,
Edges every fairy [...]

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Two questions from Stan
1. Are there folks in these parts who feel underserved by the current public broadcasting organization?
2. Are there folks in these parts who’d like to see a new organization take up public broadcasting?

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A note from Jean & Joe Krause

Pax Christi – Brownsville
Sunday, Sept. 21 is the International Day of Peace. To recognize the day, Pax Christi Brownsville is sponsoring the following events to which the public is invited.
1. Join the Rally for PEACE on the 3rd Friday of the month in front of the [...]

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from Gene’s Notebook
…in central Maine, 20 years ago, I picked some wildflowers – did not ask permission – and the landowner pulled up in a big car and said, “Give them to me! You did not ask!”
I did as told, and this year, I saw blackberries on her fence-line and went to her door and [...]

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a note from Stan
Full disclosure: Last November I joined the board of directors of Planned Parenthood of Cameron and Willacy Counties, a non-governmental agency delivering health care and education to more than eleven thousand women locally. Our motto is “Prevention First,” and we believe that quality, scientifically based education, including contraceptive methods, is the first [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
The San Antonio bus station, that stench-filled building, with every San Antonio street-person outside, kept away by the pistol-carrying guard, and no one dares leave the puke-smelling inside to face the 3:29 a.m. street rabble.
I landed there twice in the past three years, once when the feuding-among-themselves bus personnel failed to call passengers [...]

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Noted by Stan

Blogger Mudflats reports on a ‘Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally on Monday. Apparently not all Alaskans are elated to have Tina Fay for governor. While you’re there, look around. It’s a good blog.
UPDATE: Some video of the rally:

UPDATE: A controversy from Alaska’s Wingnut radio

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown
(for Warren Vanderhill)
The girls who lived in old Lucina
Just west of where dear brazen Benny stands
Were majors all and cognate in their minors,
All lovely-limbed and loyal to sundry lands.
All blonde and browned from days of endless summer,
They laughed and chaffed their carefree youth away
And quoted gravely there their mentors’ [...]

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A note from Jack King
In case anyone missed the announcement, Dr. Jared Diamond will visit UTB/TSC Fort Brown Campus Friday, Oct. 17 for the 10th annual Distinguished Lecture Series. Valley Baptist Health System and UTB/STC invite high school students to enter an essay competition entitled “What I Think Can Cause a Society to Succeed or [...]

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A note from Virginia Gause
STC Library Art Gallery
Pecan Campus – McAllen

Proudly Presents
“A Day in the Life: Comic Illustrations and Cinema Prints by Ernesto García Cabral”
September 18 – October 17, 2008

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Art Lecture – 6-7pm, Library, rm. F-102
Opening Reception– 7-9 pm, Library Art Gallery
light refreshments & music provided!!
Free Admission!

For more information call 956-872-3488, or [...]

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From Virginia Gause
STC Library Art Gallery
Mid-Valley Campus – Weslaco
Proudly Presents artworks by
Jimena Marin
September 16 – October 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Opening Reception 11:30am – 12:30pm, Library Art Gallery
Pastries Provided!!
Free Admission!
For more information call 956-872-3488, or visit www.southtexascollege.edu/libraryart
STC Library Art Gallery
Art for Learning, Art for Life!

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