Taking Back Texas Episode 4

Anti-Abortion Terrorism Suspect Arrested in Austin by: moiv The American-Statesman reports the arrest of Paul Ross Evans (left) , 27, of Austin for the attempted bombing of an Austin clinic that provides abortion care. Law enforcement officials made the announcement at a news conference this afternoon. "Our initial estimates are that the device could have caused serious injury or death within a hundred-foot radius," Assistant Police Chief David Carter said. "I do believe the threat has been removed." Evans made an initial appearance before a federal magistrate this afternoon. Evans, who was crying, had an attorney appointed for him. [:::] The bomb was in a soft-side insulated cooler and contained 2 pounds of nails, a battery, a 12-inch piece of copper pipe, a mechanical timer and a propane cylinder, according to an affidavit from an FBI agent that was used to arrest Evans. Inside the pipe was potassium nitrate, which can be used to manufacture gunpowder, and a type of sugar called dextrin, the affidavit says. There was also a device that would detonate the bomb ... Well, My Cat Is In The Hospital by: annatopia The contamination has spread to the human food supply. Poultry in Missouri and pigs in several states are now being tested for contamination. When is this going to end? Claude, my fourteen year old baby, threw up Monday night. We didn't think much of it because, well, cats puke sometimes. But with all the recall mess, I watched him very closely Tuesday. Tuesday he spent the day curled up in a corner of our bedroom. When I felt his ears and throat, he was very very warm. I tried to get him to eat, and he wouldn't. He also threw up the water he drank. thank you to everyone for sending your healing thoughts and prayers. it has helped to comfort me at this difficult time. unfortunately, claude didn't make it. Texas Journalism Awards "Tainted" by: lightseeker Texas Press Club Awards May Be Tainted - Forbes.com By JEFF CARLTON 04.24.07, 10:08 AM ET The Press Club of Dallas may have to review the last three years' worth of Katie Awards, one of the Southwest's most prestigious journalism prizes, because of the possibility they were rigged, the club's president said. The entries for the 2006 Katies apparently never went before judges, and competitions from 2004 and 2005 are being probed, club President Tom Stewart said Monday. by: moiv As reported by the Dallas Morning News and Vince at Capitol Annex, Warren Chisum's HB 175 -- a "trigger bill" to make abortion a felony in Texas should Roe v. Wade be overturned -- appears to have gone down for the count. A stiff anti-abortion bill is probably gone for the legislative session, dragged down partly by a budget analysis that showed outlawing all abortions would cost the state more than $400 million in health care costs over the next three years. [:::] The cost from ending abortions in Texas would come from an estimated 63,000 more births, of which 67 percent are likely to be supported by Medicaid, according to projections from the nonpartisan Legislative Budget Board. Based on current abortion rates of about 78,000 a year, the board estimated that if abortion were illegal, 20 percent of women would go to a state where the procedure was legal. The remainder, based on projections, would carry their pregnancy to term and require medical and social support. While Warren Chisum says his bill failed to make the cut because "It got hung on a bad vote in committee," and Vince Liebowitz wonders whether "some in the Legislature are simply tired of voting for bad public policy time and time and time again," a projected bill for $400,000,000 in social services was just as likely the real sticking point for the solons of the Tax Relief State. Laura Bush: No one has Suffered More from Iraq than George and Me by: krazypuppy Yes. Laura Bush really did say that no American suffers more than she or Georgie do. Laura Bush speaking on the Today Show told Anne Curry that the American people need to know that "no one suffers more than their President and I do." Are you listening America? None of you suffer more than Laura Bush & hubby George do. Not the families of the 3333 Americans who died in Iraq. Certainly not those 3333 Americans (because they are, well, DEAD) who were sent to their deaths by her husband based on false information, false reasons, and by unqualified leaders. Not the 26,000+ Americans who have been injured in Iraq.
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