mkultra25

I suspect that the 50.5% of the US population that doesn't have a penis might take issue with your characterization of abortion as something that doesn't affect most of us.

Sadly, I'm afraid that we're headed down a path where indictment and/or actual incarceration becomes almost expected for leaders, like it is in Central & South America: Former leaders have been jailed or charged all over the world

I keep seeing "100 miles per hour" in practically every news report about this. I've seen the video, and pictures of the vehicle after the crash, and I'm skeptical that any vehicle could even approach that speed on a street as narrow and congested as that section of Westheimer. Also, as bad as the vehicle damage looks, I'd have expected it to be much worse following a 100 mph impact. So has there been anything to substantiate that number, or is this just another instance of "if it bleeds, it leads" on the part of the media, where someone decided that a nice big round number was a good enough estimate to get more page views on their website?

Perhaps the hot chicken bubble is about to burst.

You couldn't invent a better metaphor for the evolution of Montrose over the past fifty years than this block of Lovett transitioning from KPFT and "One Toke Over the Line" to Toke Properties and $1.6 million "luxury villas".

There's apparently no shortage of people who fit that description. State Rep. Jolanda Jones’ Senior Staff Resigns, Alleging Inappropriate Behavior and Mistreatment

It wasn't always that way. When the Northside section of the Red Line was originally constructed, there was not nearly the amount of pedestrian fencing that exists now. Metro added more fencing several years ago to certain areas, supposedly to prevent people from walking out in front of trains. IMO it's a hindrance and should not be necessary - people mostly manage to keep out of the way of cars, so they ought to be able to keep out of the way of something as big as a train. Then again, you'd think cars would not turn directly in front of trains, but there were a bunch of car-train collisions caused by careless/inattentive drivers when the rail lines first entered service (and it still happens occasionally now). More info here: Metro Plans New Safety Improvements Along The Light Rail Lines

I think a bigger issue than parking is that Wolf is denying Andy's access to the easement in the rear of the property, which their vendors had been using for deliveries. As has been pointed out, there are other alternatives for parking, but if vendors can't access the rear entrance, the only other option is to use the main entrance in the front, which is certainly suboptimal given the interior configuration of the restaurant.

Yeah, I think she has the Congressional seat for as long as she wants it. As far as motivation, I think her age may be a factor, as was already pointed out, but I also think she would welcome the opportunity to use her influence at a local level to push back against GOP-led state government initiatives that don't necessarily do Houston any favors. A similar point was made in a Houston Press piece about her candidacy by Rice political scientist Bob Stein: Houston's Upcoming Mayoral Race is Anything But A Straight Shot

"My name is Astrodomias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

There's no landlord, Andy's owns the property they're operating out of. The chron.com article linked upthread mentions that Wolf Capital offered to buy them out for $600,000, which they obviously declined.

I think the widespread antipathy toward SJL will drive people toward Whitmire who'd otherwise have felt lukewarm about his candidacy - not so much voting for him as voting against her.

Obituary: Mary "Mary Lou" Louise Henry And a link to 2017 Chron interview, from the VHA website: Urban density in Houston? Not really

How do hookah bars get around the city ordinance banning smoking in indoor public spaces? Is it something like the "private club" loophole that some Heights establishments used to serve alcohol when the Heights was still dry?

Not that I needed any more evidence that I'm officially old, but the first apartment I had in Montrose had glass jalousies built into the exterior doors of each unit. As I unfortunately discovered while I was living there, it's very easy for a burglar to break one or more of the slats in a jalousie in order to gain access. :(

IIRC Church's acquired Ron's in the early 1980s. One of my friends always refused to patronize Church's after the Ron's acquisition because very little of what made Ron's great (specifically, their far superior chicken) remained after Church's took over.

The only way this could be better would be if the girl with a red bag was driving it.

In the mid-1950s, AT&T compiled a list of recommended exchange names. The recommendations were for new exchanges, and already-established exchanges weren't required to be renamed. JAckson was on the list of recommended names, but I'm not sure if that particular exchange predated the recommendation list, or if it entered service later and followed the naming recommendation.

Unlikely. They have stated that they plan to keep the statue within the Academic Quadrangle but relocate it to a position of less prominence than it currently occupies.

Never realized that Autry had lent his name to other buildings in addition to the obvious one, Autry House, which is now part of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church but was previously affiliated with Rice University for decades. Edward Albert Palmer Memorial Chapel and Autry House Autry's former residence, also known as the (James L.) Autry House, still stands in Courtlandt Place and is on the National Register of Historic Places. James L. Autry House (Courtlandt Place, Houston)

Proposed campaign slogan: "It's been thirty years since we had a Whitmire in the Mayor's Office. Houston, it's time."

Hadacol is certainly featured prominently in that ad. Almost completely forgotten now, but it was very well-known in its day. And that's only the tip of the iceberg as far as its backstory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadacol

Coincidentally, there was an interesting article in the NYT today about the surge in remote (telemedicine) prescriptions for ketamine, the potential for abuse, and some pretty significant downsides that can result from such abuse. There should be no question that it's extremely irresponsible to prescribe powerful substances that are known to carry a risk of addiction without the patient being under the direct and regular supervision of a qualified medical professional. You'd think that what happened with Oxycontin and similar opioids would have been a sufficient lesson in this regard. A Fraught New Frontier in Telehealth: Ketamine

There are clinics that already offer ketamine therapy under the supervision of a licensed medical professional (psychiatrist). I know someone who suffered from severe depression and underwent ketamine infusions, and it was life-changing - nothing else they tried previously had been nearly as effective. As far as I know, psilocybin and MDMA have so far only had clinical trials in this regard - I'm not aware of any (legal) way to currently obtain treatment using either of those substances.