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Bush #1 could have saved us a world of hurt the first time around.

What a freaking shame. Hope that old mofo gets hit by lightning tonight.

^ Gets it.

He's dead!

I will call my cousins in Israel in a few hours. it is my understanding that there will be lots of celebrating there. They will not miss the Butcher of Bagdad.

Any second now. . . .

Man, that judge got no patience, do he?

NONE playa.

Ohhhh, the witnesses have arrived. Any time now.

Bets the Bush family has a live feed of the execution?

Yeaaa, we won!!! Take that Osama!

I could of swore there was a thread covering St. Joseph's future. If anyone finds it feel free to merge

Anyways, it looks like the 119year old Hospital has found a new buyer. It appears that the new owner will continue running it as it has been.

I think some people suggested turning it into housing, I'm glad it will still remain a hospital. Yeah housing especially moderately priced housing would be a plus for downtown growth, but a hospital is a much needed amenity for the neighborhood.

Here's the Chronicle story

THEN WHAT?

Maybe this new "Houston High" on MTV can make up for Houston being skipped over every season for The Real World. I mean really.....Houston is the largest city in the country without having a "Real World" season. Plus.....the Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston metros are the largest in the country with out a "Real World".

MTV likes using cast members from Houston in The Real World and in many other reality shows. So why can't we get a season? It could certainly boost our city's image in the eyes of popular culture.

I'll admit, Austin was a great season and an ideal place to place "7 young strangers". I also know that since Austin, the chances of the show returining to Texas soon is really slim (but then again....they've been to Califorina 4 times, NY twice, and Florida twice), especially with other cities, such as Atlanta,Phoenix, Detroit, Portland, and D.C. seeking a season. MTV probably won't venture outside of the U.S. soon because of the Paris and London failures.

Anyways, what should happen?

Then what?

why are all of tw2ntyse7en's posts gone?

I have recently started reading the forum. I did not see anything about this in another location.

Read more. Post less.

while we squabble over whether gays can marry, what's in paris hilton's purse, whether madonna will be able to legally keep a black baby adopted from africa, and did OJ really murder nicole (and why it should or shouldn't be a book or be shown on fox) ... the world is literally falling apart around us and before our very eyes.

i guess it's easier for most people to get absorbed in the stupid stuff, than to take a really hard look at what is happening to us all.

Pace of Global Warming Causes Alarm

'Very different and frightening world' coming faster than expected, scientists warn

by Seth Borenstein

Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.

These fast-moving adaptations come as a surprise even to biologists and ecologists because they are occurring so rapidly.

At least 70 species of frogs, mostly mountain-dwellers that had nowhere to go to escape the creeping heat, have gone extinct because of climate change, the analysis says. It also reports that between 100 and 200 other cold-dependent animal species, such as penguins and polar bears, are in deep trouble.

"We are finally seeing species going extinct," said University of Texas biologist Camille Parmesan, author of the study. "Now we've got the evidence. It's here. It's real. This is not just biologists' intuition. It's what's happening."

full story here: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1121-09.htm

Then what?

Man I got choked up during the press conference.

This man was the heart of the Astros for so many years. Sad day. It was comin though.

No news on what's going to happen with the old Astroworld site? They cleared pretty good, but now grass is starting to cover it.

Its gotta be semi-upscale midrise. The perks. Light rail and a effin foot bridge to reliant park?

Antoine @ Tidwell.

Gigantic.

I'm guessin apartments, its the hood.

The land on Montrose from Allen Parkway to Dallas is going to be a Muslim Center. Looks pretty nice actually. They are not calling it a mosque, which I do not know the difference. See posting on the Montrose Board for more details and I posted a Chronicle article and others posted pics of similar ones in other cities.

You kiddin me?

What about that old warehouse on Allen Parkway? They've started tearing it down. I assume they are going to put up another apartment complex.

Which one?

if you are talking about the nw corner, where the hotel and office building use to be, dinerstein is building apartments.

link 1

link 2

Oooooh! I knew it. Nice.

The land is cleared there next to Surprises where Central (Galleria) Ford used to be on Westheimer. Also the corner of Allen Parkway and Montrose is finally cleared.

A.P. @ Montrose? Not W. Dallas @ Montrose?

How big is the Galleria Ford Tract?

Did you ever sell that couch?

It'll be a medical office building serving Twelve Oaks Hospital. There's a big billboard that you can see nearby when driving eastbound on the Southwest Freeway.

Poo.

Went to Best Buy on Gessner and 59South and the mega auto dealership next to it is gone. Used to be a Sam White dealer.

That's right! I forgot about that, that's a pretty big tract right?

With all the land clearings going on around Houston, I thought we could list and continuously update them all in one thread.

The one stuck in my head now is 59s @ Weslayan. There's a huge chunk of land right there where they tore down that old brown building. Any info?

Sauce.

Is this about O.J.'s next target?

They're both white women aren't they?

Will Reliant get a resident pro team?

Is O.J. innocent?

Did Houston Dynamo win the MLS Cup in Dallas/Frisco this year? What did Dallas win in '06?

You think da Cowboyz have a chance at winnin the Lombardi?

How's life on the Good Ship Lolli Pop, you "Q-tip" lovin' bastid?

(I couldn't help it TJ, I was reading that other thread and had to change my shorts.)

I'm lost.

Why pick on lil' ol' Fort Worth?

Why not?

prank calls to FAO Schwarz