Okay, I wanna know, seeing as how the election is tomorrow:

Should an incumbent be voted out of office because he voted for the idiotic tax on businesses?

Corbin Van Arsdale, incumbent voted FOR it. His opponent, Allen Fletcher says that was a bad vote.

What do you say?

If you think we’re waiting anxiously for the 5th Circuit to rule on the cases of border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, imagine the anxiety they’re feeling.

The court’s opinion should be handed down any day now, but it’s been a long time in coming, and Ramos and Compean could use some cheering up. Why not send them a note, letting them know we’re behind them?

Nacho Ramos 58079-180
FCI Phoenix
37910 North 45th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85086

Jose A. Compean 580 80 180
FCI Elkton
P.O. Box 10
Lisbon, Ohio 44432

Hat-tip Mike McGuff:

More here.

PREVIOUSLY: Nietzche Family Circus.

High school students from the south Houston suburb of Pearland took home the trophy at the Texas Academic Decathlon and will represent Texas in the national contest.

The Academic Decathlon contest is considered a premier scholastic competition among high school students, who are judged individually and as teams.

The Pearland team scored 50,595 points out of a possible 60,000 during this weekend’s competition at Plano West Senior High School near Dallas, which hosted 40 teams from Texas’ large high schools. The top 25 teams from medium schools and 15 teams from small schools competed in San Antonio.

The national decathlon has provided a boost to the much maligned Texas education system.

Academic Decathlon teams from Texas have fared well in national contests, garnering 11 national championships, six second-place finishes, five third-place awards and one fifth-place finish in 24 years of competition, according to Sue Edwards, executive director of the Texas Academic Decathlon.

That shows what can be achieved when students are motivated to excel, regardless of the overall reputation of Texas schools. Congratulations Pearland!

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