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Well, At Least He Did Better Than the Republicans
December 12, 2006The Astrodome Speaks
October 26, 2006The Astrodome Speaks
October 26, 2006Radio Houstoned: Remembering 9/11 with Dom Irrera
September 11, 2007Is Jose Cruz a Terrorist?
June 11, 2008Houston Officially A Top Terror Target, Again
July 24, 2008Oh Yeah -- It's 9/11
September 11, 2008Reality's Bite
Prose and post-9/11 prejudice combine in Chitra Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams
September 16, 2004Houston Doomed If Obama Wins
November 3, 2008Houston Gamer Still Causing Worldwide Angst
November 10, 2008A Handy Guide To Terror Targets In Houston
Sometimes it seems like organizations that want to protect Americans from terrorism end up doing all the terrorists' research for them. The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank headed by John Podesta, formerly Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff, has compiled a handy guide to the nation's most vulnerable chemical facilities, complete with how many millions of lives could be taken were the terrorists to win. And guess what? Twenty-seven of the 101 "most dangerous" chemical facili
November 26, 2008Good Morning, Houston -- You're A Target
It's near-freezing, there's a huge accident causing traffic nightmares, half the workforce has called in gay (and half the others are coming in with hugely contagious flu symptoms just to show they're not gay), so who needs bad news?Houston, apparently.A Washington radio station has talked to a terror expert this morning, and he states pretty plainly that Houston should get ready to duck and covre any minute now because of a pending al-Qaeda attack.
December 10, 2008A Houston Connection To That Mumbai Terror Attack
Photo by stutiIt's a bright day of publicity for one Houston firm -- they're getting written up in papers and on websites all over the globe.On the other hand, they're getting written up for a (somewhat tenuous) connection with the horrific terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year, so it's not an unvarnished honor.According to recent news reports, a VoIP phone service, CallPhonex, whose service provider and domain name are reportedly in Houston, were used by terrorists to contact one another. The n
February 12, 2009Yet Another Strange Houston Connection To Tech-Savvy Terrorists
Photo by (nutmeg)For of those of you who are tired of getting your War on Terror information from biased western media sources who are doing the bidding of the American capitalist infidels, you might want to check out this allegedly Taliban-sponsored site -- hosted by a server right here in Houston! The terrorist-watchdog blog (for lack of a better descriptor) Jawa Report reports today that this "Voice of Jehad" website is an official Taliban website, with servers in Houston, L.A., and a Detroit
March 27, 2009Guantánamo's Final Days
As America prepares to close the infamous camp, what about those prisoners?
February 26, 2009We Can Believe In Body of Lies
Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve
October 9, 2008Sex, Drugs and Amputees in "Apertura-Colombia"
The Station's at its best
April 24, 2008Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1 in Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
April 17, 2008Multi-Perspective, Mega-Annoying Vantage Point
The Truth Won't Set You Free
February 21, 2008The Bourne Ultimatum
Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum
August 2, 2007Bill of Rights
April 13, 2006Guantánamo: Pictures from Home. Questions of Justice
A FotoFest exhibition questions justice
May 17, 2007SANGRIA
HANS' VILLAGE BIER AND VINO HAUS
October 12, 2006World Trade Center
A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the twin towers
August 10, 2006Beach Patrol
Hands off the Bolivar ferry, Al Qaeda!
June 15, 2006Fear of Flying
You may not want to see United 93, but you should
April 27, 2006Wait Your Turn
Living with lead paint? The city will tell you...eventually
December 29, 2005Last Laugh
Paradise Now finds humor in the mission of suicide bombers
November 10, 2005Train in Vain
A bomb scare at a Midtown light-rail stop
August 11, 2005Up in the Air
Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?
October 14, 2004George of the Bungle
Michael Moore goes Bushwacking in Fahrenheit 9/11
June 24, 2004Fever Pitch
Houston has no equal when it comes to hankering for war, a study finds
June 3, 2004Best Drink Name
The Boat at 3 Cheers' Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall
September 25, 2003You, Spy
Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?
July 31, 2003Terror Firmer
John Malkovich turns Peruvian politics into a big-screen thriller
May 15, 2003Uncivil Defense
March 13, 2003All Duct Up
From leftist camps and corporate security to semi-panic and port patrols, Houstonians tackle terrorism threats. Sort of.
March 13, 2003Searching for Normal
At Clements, Muslims push church-and-school issues
January 16, 2003Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners
Art Car Museum
September 26, 2002Controlled Explosion
The Stag's Head's Exploding Irish Car Bomb
April 4, 2002War on War Books
Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?
November 22, 2001Quirky Yes, Al Qaeda No
Feds find weird art but not anthrax terrorists at the Art Car Museum
November 15, 2001A New Tune
After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same
November 8, 2001Hell of a Long Day
24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons
November 1, 2001The Brave & the Bold
On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.
October 4, 2001Sound the Retreat!
When the going gets hot, federal prosecutors head south
October 4, 2001Bush Spiritual Adviser: Blame the Church, Not Bin Laden
Local Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell points fingers at those who didn't pray for bin Laden
September 27, 2001Houston 101: An Earlier Time When Shots Rang Out At TSU
On May 17, 1967 racial tension and misinformation led to a riot on the Texas Southern University campus.At the time, Houston, like the rest of the country, was struggling with race relations. Herman Short was chief of police under Mayor Louie Welch; Short was especially disliked by Houston's black community for his strong-arm tactics. So when a rumor spread across the TSU campus that a black six-year-old had been shot by a white police officer earlier that day, the reaction was swift and a
July 23, 2009The Sheriff Of Crosby, N.D Protects His Citizens From Terror Better Than Adrian Garcia
​Harris County Republican chair Jared Woodfill is steamed, according to a letter we first found on Isiah Carey's Insite.He is totally pissed and outraged because Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia has "opened the doors" of his office to Al-Jazeera. A, umm, media outlet.Maybe not a media outlet with a viewpoint everyone agrees with, but a media outlet just the same. "As you probably know," Woodfill wrote to "fellow Republicans," "Al-Jazeera has been linked to Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, Hamas a
September 4, 2009Pay No Attention To The Massive Police Activity At The Ship Channel Tonight
​PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The Houston Ship Channel will not be the scene of a terrorist attack tonight, one that will involve FBI agents, huge law-enforcement motocades, sirens, lights, all the good stuff.If you see such things, don't start running for the hills. It's a drill, baby."Late this evening into early Tuesday, the Houston FBI office will be conducting a practical training exercise in some areas of the Houston Ship Channel," agency spokeswoman Patricia Villfranca says. "Additionally, there m
November 16, 2009
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