THE GOV'MENT? NAH, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT JUST NOW..

 

HE WHO LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE SHOULDN'T LAUNCH STONES

PETER DALE: "Elon could do a lot with the letters in his name, I would call him Leon Skum"

FUNNY HOW COMMISSIONER GUS DE LEON NEVER MENTIONED THE SETTLEMENT OFFER

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

After we broke the story Monday on District 3 commissioner's' proposed settlement for "damages" done on his family's trust property which was put before the city commission during the July 7 meeting (see agenda item above graphic) where they considered his $1 million litigation threat, mainstream media has covered this news item.

And lo and behold!, there is nothing in the coverage by KVEO, CBS 4, or KRGV Channel 5 News that mentions the documented fact that De Leon personally has negotiated with the City Manager Alan Gard and City Attorney Will Treviño (who as commissioner he has the power to hire and fire) to reach what many criticize as an inflated "settlement" which can reach as high as $700,000 to $900,000.

In the news coverage, De Leon said that no one had authorized the city "in writing" to build the road and that they had used it to dump asphalt millings on it. 

Was thera an informal "micha micha" verbal agreement working here? We'll use your property and we'll kick in some material to fix the road. It's done all the time.

Disingenuously, he insinuated that the millings spread on the road would increase the value of the property resulting in higher property taxes valuations for improvements from the Cameron County Appraisal District.

An onsite survey indicated that no "new" road was built, and that the city crews used the millings to fill in ruts on the existing road leading to the Border Wall under construction and to level the pothole-filled entrance to the property. 

His late father, former city commissioner Ernesto de Leon Sr., had authorized Border Patrol agents use the road to patrol the nearby river banks as a civic gesture toward law enforcement. Ironically, Gus de Leon is a retired U.S. Customs officer but shows little regard for assisting the Border Patrol agents perform their duties.

Obviously, he's after something else: city bucks.

City crews had reportedly been using the property as a staging area to work on downtown alleys from which they gathered the asphalt millings.

De Leon told the news media that the road will remain in place until the dispute is resolved. He wants the property restored to its original condition.

"And it will be done, and everything that was thrown on our property will be removed, but it comes at a cost we shouldn't have incurred in the first place," De Leon said.

How much cost have you "incurred" and how much money do you want from the city taxpayers you represent Gus? We'll find out in the July 21 meeting where your "settlement" offer will again be considered.

City commissioner Gus de Leon calls this illegal dumping, others call it free road improvements

The collage above and the picture of the wall below were posted by the commissioner on his social page

PAT OLIPHANT, CARTOONIST WHO EVISCERATED PRESIDENTS, PEDOPHILE PRIESTS, DEAD

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

Pat Oliphant, the dean of political cartoonists, who drew and sometimes eviscerated a rogues’ gallery of presidents, pedophile priests, warmongers and other editorial-page villains for American newspaper and online readers for half a century, died on Monday in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 90.

His son, Grant Oliphant, said he had died at home of age-related health issues.
With an impious eye for wickedness in high places and a deft left hand for pen-and-ink drawings, the 

Australian-born Oliphant moved to the United States as a young man, quickly won a Pulitzer Prize (which he disdained), and became one of the nation’s best-known political cartoonists, syndicated in as many as 500 American and foreign newspapers. 

He was showered with awards, and his work was featured in magazines and galleries and collected in books and museums.

WAITER, WE'LL HAVE MEXICANS TO GO! EASY ON THE SALSA!

By Clyde Russell

Reuters

LAUNCESTON, Australia July 9 (Reuters) - One of the clever ways to deal with the unprecedented and disruptive U.S. presidency of Donald Trump is to make up acronyms using Mexican foods.

This has given us TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — to reflect the U.S. president's tendency to escalate a situation before retreating once the economic and ​political costs become too heavy.

Then there was EMPANADA — Everybody Makes Promises And Nobody Actually Delivers Anything — used to describe countries making outrageous and unachievable trade promises in the hope of ‌avoiding the worst of Trump's tariffs.


More recently, NACHO — Not A Chance Hormuz Opens — was popular. The vital Strait of Hormuz did sort of reopen after Washington and Tehran signed an interim peace deal on June 17. But even that partial relief is now in question after Trump said on Wednesday that the MOU was "over," reviving the risk that the waterway could again become a pressure point.

Perhaps the best Mexican food acronym for Trump is TAMALES, standing for Trump Always Messes Around, Leaves Everybody Shafted.

While this ​works on a social and political level, the sector most affected by Trump's policies and actions is commodity trade.

To read rest of article, click on link: https://www.reuters.com/commentary/reuters-open-interest/forget-taco-trumps-best-mexican-food-acronym-is-tamales-2026-07-09/

TRUMP'S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: HOW MUCH HYPOCRISY CAN WE STAND?

THE PLOT THICKENS ON GUS DE LEON'S $1 MILLION DEMAND TO THE CITY

City commissioner Gus de Leon calls this illegal dumping, others call it free road improvements

The collage above and the entrance photo and the picture of the wall below were posted by the commissioner on his social page

By Juan Montoya

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

On the same day that our post appeared asking whether City of Brownsville District 3 Commissioner Gus de Leon had sent the City of Brownsville – whom he represents – a demand letter asking for $1 million dollars in damages for spreading asphalt millings on the entrance and parts of a gutted dirt road on his family's property, we received our answer via a social media rant on Facebook.

The answer: Yes.

The details of the situation from which this demand and proposed settlement arise – like the ruts on the dirt road at the 10.5-acre property off Mexico Boulevard and Sam Perl Drive – remain murky. But the upshot from his social media post is that:

1. He is the executor of the Nora de Leon Ramirez estate and represents his family's interests, and apparently, has acted as his family's legal representative vis-a-vis the city  

2. Claims that "We have never sold it, abandoned it, or granted anyone permission to use it for the construction of a roadway or as a dumping site."

3. "The City of Brownsville and tax payers paid for this road without authorization and the misuse of tax payers money. I will not let it to happen to anyone. At no time did the City obtain our consent, request an easement, negotiate an agreement, or provide compensation before entering the property."

4 . "When I discovered the work, I acted immediately. I contacted the City Attorney (Will Treviño), who personally came to the property and witnessed the work in progress. That same day, I delivered a formal Cease and Desist letter (to the city manager?) demanding that all work stop immediately. I also filed a police report to document what had occurred and to protect my family's rights. Despite having actual notice, the work continued for approximately three more days until the project was completed."

According to De Leon, the city work crews allegedly ignored both him and the city attorney and other city officials (city manager, police department?)  and continued to trespass on his property and he then issued a demand letter threatening litigation unless they righted the "wrong."

Since then, he has personally engaged in negotiations with City Manager Alan Gard and City Attorney Treviño who submitted an item on the city commission's executive session to consider a settlement where they would receive between $700,000 and $1 million. 

The Cameron County Appraisal District places the appraised value of the land at $250,000 and real estate listings since 2018 are offering the property at $825,000 with no takers so far. 

"Throughout this process, I have acted in good faith," De Leon wrote in his post. "I have cooperated with the City, attended meetings, provided documentation, and given every opportunity to resolve this matter without litigation. I have also excused myself from any voting on this matter to protect myself and my family."

Does De Leon not see the blatant conflict of interest in which he has immersed himself? He is prohibited, of course, from voting on any issue that could potentially benefit him or his relatives. And he cannot enter into any discussion on any such matter either. So by negotiating on his own behalf is he in violation of this prohibition?

And by taking a active role in personally issuing a cease-and-desist letter, threatening litigation, and personally negotiating with the city attorney and manager (over whom he has the power to hire and fire) to reach a monetary settlement from which he will benefit, he is blurring the lines between being a city commissioner and simultaneously acting as an adversarial litigant against it. 

His fellow commissioners must also tread lightly. The city had worked with the Border Patrol to facilitate their access to their construction of the Border Wall and to patrol the river, many times informally, on that same property without the current controversy. 

"Mill-and-overlay projects are designed to extend the life of a roadway and provide a smoother driving surface for the public. Crews mill off the old asphalt and then come back and repave it with new asphalt, create a smooth driving surface for the public,” said Carlos Lastra with Engineering and Public Works on the city page.

Aerial Google maps show a web of dirt roads traverse the property used by the work crews and federal agents to access the Wall and the riverside. Contrary to De Leon's post, no new roads have been built there, merely the improvements of filling in of ruts on the existing dirt roads and entrance with the millings (See graphic at right.).

The millings which were spread on the dirt roads to facilitate the Border Patrol activities, access of crews to the Border Wall (left) and to level the entrance were gathered by the city work crews from the work on the alleys downtown. 

A local contractor says the asphalt millings are expensive, about $700 for a 20-yard load. Some city officials have said in the past that the arrangement to help the Border Patrol has been performed informally, mostly based on verbal agreements.

"They can call me and I'll pick them up for them for nothing as long as I can keep them," the contractor said.

Meanwhile, De Leon is portraying himself as the paladin of his family's honor and apparently thinks his family's reputation is being defamed to the tune of $1 million. 

"This is unacceptable and I will not allow my family nor my name be exposed to lies and defamation. The City has not claimed responsibility nor said sorry for what has happened. We will not be attacked and lies be told about my family."

A million dollars in taxpayer money, apparently, will help assuage the anguish. A settlement offer was proposed at the last city commission meeting July 7 and is scheduled to be reconsidered during the next commission meeting July 21.

IS STAGE SET FOR THE CITY TO PAY DE LEON, ET AL, $3/4 MILLION IN CASH FOR "DAMAGES"?

By Juan Montoya
Special to El Rrun-Rrun

You won't find a lawsuit listed on any public portal, online, or in the public record.

But if the scuttlebutt is true, the city commission has been told by legal counsel that the city administration and city attorney are considering settling with a trust of the De Leon family – of which City of Brownsville commissioner Gus De Leon is a beneficiary – and award them anywhere between $750,000 to $900,000 for alleged damages to a property used by the city as a staging area for construction. 

No city administrators or commission members would confirm, or deny, that in the last city commission  meeting July 7 the city's legal counsel informed them that the trust – under the name of Nora De Leon Ramirez, Executrix, – had sent the city a pre-litigation demand letter in which they charged that the city had caused damage to the property located immediately west of the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge, also known as B&M International and Express Bridge (or the Old Bridge). 

It has been left up to commission members to decide whether to fight the claim in court or to dish out the cash to the estate at their next meeting July 21.

The letter – not available to the public – reportedly wants for the the city pay close to $1 million to mitigate the alleged damage to the property. 

At the last meeting July 7, the item for the proposed settlement was in the executive session agenda without any backup to indicate its location or its relationship to De Leon. It was merely listed as:

The property, totaling about 10.5 acres of undeveloped land and agricultural pasture, is identified by the Cameron County Appraisal District as account #30393 listed under the estate of Nora de Leon Ramirez Executrix, located immediately west of the old international bridge and is vacant and has no buildings or improvements. (Nora de Leon Ramirez, 78, of Brownsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.)

The only construction visible on the property is a segment of the Border Wall in its extreme southern boundary adjacent to the Rio Grande. It lies immediately west of the abandoned railroad easement once occupied by the Union Pacific Railroad on the U.S. side. In the past, some family members have said that the estate had leased the land to the railroad for use as a 99-year easement.

Without public access to the demand letter, it is difficult to determine the damage allegedly caused by the city when it used it as a staging area for construction of nearby municipal improvements. Its appraised value, according to CCAD listings, is  $250,719.

Interestingly, it has been offered for sale in local real estate listings at $895,000 since December 2018 with no takers. Could it be possible that the property's legal representatives are aiming for the asking price on real estate listings before they settle? And could the city decide to offer them the appraised value ($250,000) and keep the land instead?

There is no indication on whether the city's legal counsel is recommending that the city commission accept the settlement offer or not. 

El Rrun-Rrun is filing a Freedom Of Information Act request demanding that the pre-litigation correspondence between the De Leon Estate (or any LLC representing them) and the city be produced for public inspection before any financial settlement is considered or approved by the city commission. 

HE'S OVER HIS HEAD (OVER HIS HEAD), AND IT DON'T LOOK NICE..

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

From declaring victory... to calling for more attacks. From announcing peace... to saying the ceasefire is over. From claiming "we don't need to open" the Strait of Hormuz... to demanding it be opened days later.

This isn't a coherent foreign policy or leader...it's a series of contradictory statements that leave allies, adversaries, and Americans wondering what the actual strategy is.

Strong leadership requires consistency, credibility, and careful communication. When the message changes from one day to the next, it creates confusion at home and uncertainty abroad.

Americans deserve clear, steady leadership on matters of war and peace not a constantly shifting narrative.

OUT OF 48, THE TOP 4 TEAMS ARE SET FOR THE WORLD CUP FINALS

FRANCE VS. SPAIN

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2 P.M. CST

 DALLAS ATT STADIUM

ENGLAND VS. ARGENTINA

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2 P.M. CST

ATLANTA MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM

BRONZE MATCH FOR 3RD, 4TH PLACE

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 4 P.M. CST

MIAMI STADIUM

WORLD CUP FINAL

SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2 P.M. CST

NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY STADIUM

HISTORY BOOKS BANNED AND CHARGED WITH HORRIFYING MAGAS

Special to El Run-Rrun

History doesn’t care about politics. It only cares about what actually happened.
If a history book feels threatening, maybe the problem isn’t the book.

Historical facts that often clash with the MAGA worldview frequently revolve around the Founding Fathers' views on religion, the true causes of the Civil War, and the reality of demographic shifts. These realities challenge core tenets of the movement.

The Secular Constitution: The U.S. Constitution makes no reference to God, and the First Amendment explicitly separates church and state. The unanimously ratified 1797 Treaty of Tripoli states, "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

The Reality of the Civil War: Historical documents and secession declarations show the Civil War was primarily caused by the preservation and expansion of slavery, rather than purely regional or state sovereignty disputes.

Reconstruction and Operation Wetback: Following the Civil War, 2,000 Black Americans successfully held political office before being violently overthrown by white supremacists. In the 1950s, the U.S. government ran mass deportation programs, such as "Operation Wetback," that resulted in the removal of over one million individuals, including many U.S. citizens of Mexican descent. 

The Transience of Empires: Studies of past empires demonstrate that all dominant societies and ruling classes eventually face decline or replacement, a fact that challenges anxieties over current and projected demographic shifts in the U.S. 

ONCE A TRUMP CRITIC TURNED MAGA BOOTLICKER, LINDSEY GRAHAM, U.S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, DIES

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Mark Twain 

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

BREAKING NEWS: Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, dies at 71

Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.

Graham, who was a stalwart Trump ally was elected to the Senate four times.

The office did not immediately respond to an inquiry on the cause of death.

Mr. Graham was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, before being elected to the Senate in 2002. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2008, 2014 and 2020.

Last month, Graham won the South Carolina Republican primary in a bid to serve a fifth term in the Senate, fending off five challengers.

IF WE HAD ONLY PAID MORE ATTENTION TO MAD MAGAZINE IN 1991

Give Roger Cohen at The New York Times credit for digging up something from MAD Magazine that shows how far back Donald Trump’s character was known. Writing in A Difficult Independence Day, Cohen references a parody in MAD Magazine of “the Wizard of Oz” from 1991 drawn by Sam Viviano. Hindsight, it is often said (with reason), is 20-20.

ICE SHOOTING AND TRONALD BOMBING, EN FIN THEY WANT US GONE...

ICE shooting and Donald bombing

En fin they want us gone

This summer I hear the crying

Carnal cueteado en Houston

Nos vamos a amarrar un huevo?

ICE is shooting us down

Should've been done long ago

What if you knew Don Lorenzo

Unarmed and dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la

Gotta get down to it, matones are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago

What if you knew el carnal 

And found him dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

WINNER OF SPAIN VS. BELGIUM WILL FACE FRANCE JULY 14

 

Thursday, July 9

 France Beat Morocco 2-0 (Boston Stadium)

Friday, July 10

Spain vs. Belgium, 3:00 p.m. EST (Los Angeles Stadium)

WINNER WILL PLAY FRANCE JULY 14

Saturday, July 11

Norway vs. England, 5:00 p.m. EST (Miami Stadium)

Argentina vs. Switzerland, 9:00 p.m. EST (Kansas City Stadium)

WHY ARE WE STILL AT WAR WHEN WE HAVE ALREADY "WON" MANY TIMES?

This so correlates with the truth.

It has been more than 100 days of this war in Iran and President Trump keeps telling us the war is “finished,” “very close to having a deal,” “essentially won.”

He has constantly said we're almost to peace with Iran...but then somehow never gets there due to his convoluted paths. Follow the Möbius strip. He never gets there and just goes round and round again with more warring.

Not only does none of this benefit the citizens, our troop are being used to play this game and Congress does does nothing

TEXAS SUCKS UNDER ABBOTT, AND WE LIKE IT THAT WAY, STRANGER

TEXAS BY THE NUMBERS

Health

🔻 Highest uninsured rate in America, about 1 in 6 Texans

🔻 Nearly 1 in 4 uninsured kids in the country is a Texan

🔻 Leads the nation in rural hospital closures

🔻 Largest measles outbreak in 30 years, two children dead

Women and babies

🔻 Maternal deaths up 56 percent  after the abortion ban, 5 times the national rise

🔻 A mother’s death risk 155 percent higher than in California

🔻 Infant deaths up 13 percent after the ban

🔻 Highest repeat teen birth rate in the nation

Hunger and wages

🔻 Most people going hungry of any state, and the highest senior hunger rate

🔻 1 in 5 Texas kids go hungry

🔻 Minimum wage stuck at $7.25 since 2009

Workers

🔻 Most workplace deaths of any state, more than California

🔻 One of only two states to ban water and rest breaks for outdoor workers

Energy and environment

🔻 Top carbon polluter of any state, double second-place California

🔻 Highest rate of power plant failures; Winter Storm Uri killed 200 plus

Education

🔻 Among the lowest school spending, 26 percent below the national average

🔻 One of the ten least-educated states

🔻 Second in the nation for banned school books

Justice and cost of living

🔻 Execution capital of America, more than the next four states combined

🔻 At least 18 death row inmates later exonerated

🔻 Highest traffic death rate, with no deathless day since 2000

🔻 Home insurance near $6,000 a year, nearly double the national average

Corruption

🔻 Attorney General impeached on bribery charges, the first in over a century

🔻 Taxpayers stuck with his $6.6 million whistleblower judgment 

MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTCRY DRIVES FEDERAL NAMES PANEL TO REJECT BOCA CHICA NAME CHANGE TO TESLA CYBER BEACH

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

Various Sources

A federal committee rejected a proposal on Thursday to rename Boca Chica Beach in South Texas to "Cyber Beach." The move preserves the historic name despite a SpaceX supporter’s effort to rebrand the public beach near the company’s Starbase launch site.

By an 11–0 vote, the The U.S. Board of Geographic Names Domestic Names Committee  rejected a petition from SpaceX and Tesla superfan Josh Hazel from Mississippi to rename the popular beach in honor of a small group of self-described "enthusiasts" he belongs to, who regularly travel to South Texas in their Cybertrucks to watch Starship launches from the shoreline.

However, officials from across the federal government who attended Thursday's meeting noted that the committee had received more than 20,000 emails opposing the "Cyber Beach" rename over the last day. 

That included the city of Starbase, Cameron County, city and state lawmakers, the Texas Geographic Names Committee and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as the South Texas Environmental Justice Network, which is being credited with quickly mobilizing a public outreach campaign  to oppose the effort. 

Federal officials struck down the renaming effort citing "lack of local support" and the fact that Boca Chica Beach is a "longstanding name."

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names Domestic Names Committee voted against the proposal during its monthly meeting. The decision means Boca Chica Beach will remain the official name used on federal maps and records.

Boca Chica Beach sits at the southern tip of Texas near the mouth of the Rio Grande. The beach has carried its current official name since 1936 and has long been a destination for fishing and camping along the Texas Gulf Coast.

In recent years, however, it’s become the center of SpaceX's growing footprint throughout the region. The public beach sits next to the company's Starbase launch and production complex, where SpaceX builds and tests its Starship rockets.

The name-change proposal was submitted in late 2024 by Hazel, who said the new name would recognize the beach's role in spaceflight development at SpaceX’s nearby Starbase launch site. The area has become the focus of ongoing debates over public beach access, environmental protections and Elon Musk's expanded influence in the region, particularly after voters approved incorporating the company town of Starbase in May 2025.

RESPONSE OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE TO RENAME BOCA CHICA BEACH TO CYBER BEACH AFTER TESLA TRUCK BRAND TODAY

By Juan Montoya
Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Various Sources

A Mississipi man's proposal to rename Boca Chica Beach as "a nod to the Tesla Cybertruck" will be considered today on whether to change South Texas’ Boca Chica Beach to Cyber Beach is being vehemently opposed by residents and local, state and federal officials, including city administrators of Elon Musk's City of Starbase.

Along with Starbase, Cameron County, Texas Geographic Names Committee and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service all oppose the proposal. The Texas Geographic Names Committee with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names will meet  at 2 p.m. today in Austin to consider the proposal. 

The Cameron County Commissioners Court wrote that "maintaining the longstanding name of Boca Chica Beach and not pursuing the proposed name of ‘Cyber Beach.’” Starbase also opposed the change.

The affected area encompasses parts of the city of Starbase and private land as well as parts of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Boca Chica State Park, according to the Board on Geographic Names.

According to news reports, the proposal to rename the beach was submitted to the committee by Josh Hazel of Hattiesburg, Miss. November 2024, and it made the body’s quarterly review list in January. Hazel is said to be of SpaceX and Musk fans who meet up at the beach with their Austin-made Tesla pickups in the days leading up to Starship launches. They camp at the beach and have hosted light shows with the stainless-steel trucks.

Those same reports indicate that Hazel wrote that the Cybertruck is made of the same material as SpaceX’s Starship and also has “often been likened to a ‘vehicle from Mars.'"

The announcement that a name change was to be considered today caught several lawmakers by surprise and they fired off letters opposing the name change.

Texas D-27 Senator Adam Hinojosa wrote that "The proposed name, Cyber Beach, does not reflect the history, culture, or identity of Cameron County. Boca Chica Beach has identified this stretch of the Texas coast for nearly a century. It is part of our local heritage and remains meaningful to the people who call this region home.

"As the elected State Senator for this area, I respectfully urge the Committee to reject the proposal to rename Boca Chica Beach as Cyber Beach. Historic place names should not be set aside when they continue to hold deep significance for the communities they represent. Preserving the name Boca Chica Beach respects the history of Cameron County while ensuring that future generations inherit the same connection to this place that generations before them have known."

Likewise, Texas Representative Erin Gamez (D-38), Brownsville, wrote the committee that "Boca Chica Beach has been known by that name for generations. According to U.S. government records, the name dates back at least to 1936, and to my knowledge the beach has never been officially known by any other name. While many residents affectionately refer to it as 'the People's Beach,' that nickname complements rather than replaces its historic name. 

"Boca Chica Beach is part of the cultural and historical identity of our community, and that identity deserves to be preserved."

Bekah Hinojosa of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network, also fired of a response to the proposal. “Renaming Boca Chica Beach is an insult to the families with deep cultural ties to the region, who have been swimming, fishing, and recreating there for generations. It’s an insult to my mother and my grandfather, who grew up visiting and swimming on Boca Chica...Boca Chica Beach is meant for the people, not for Elon Musk and his fanatics to colonize, pollute with rockets, and push out long-time local families. We reject Cyber Beach."

They urge that residents contact the committee by emailing their dissent to the change at: 

Texas Geographic Names AuthorityRichard Wade

Geographic Names Coordinator

Texas Natural Resources Information System

P.O. Box 13231 Austin, TX 78711-3231

(512) 463-4010

Fax: E-mail: Richard.Wade@twdb.texas.gov

Environmental activists have also launched a petition to stop the name change. So far – at 4:51 a.m.,  they report that 4,445 letters have been sent to the committee, just short of their 6,400 goal. To join the petition, click on link below. El Rrun-Rrun sent ours a few minutes ago. Update: By 9 a.m., they had exceeded the 6,400 and were shooting for 12,800. By 1:15 p.m. the count stood at 14,760.  

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-the-us-board-on-geographic-names-to-vote-against-renaming-boca-chica-to-cyber-beach?source=direct_link& 

NO! HELL NO! FIRST THEY TAKE OUR PUBLIC BEACH, NOW THEY WANT TO RENAME THIS HISTORICAL GEM. SAY NO! ACT NOW!

NO HOLDS BARRED IN GINA HINOJOSA VS. ABBOTT FOR GOVERNOR

"WITH THESE LEAK-PROOF LIDS, YOUR EMOLUMENTS WILL STAY FRESH..."

La Cebolla

WASHINGTON—Raising questions over the ethics of profiting in private business ventures while still holding office, a report released Tuesday found that President Donald Trump has made almost $1.4 billion in his second term selling Tupperware to friends. 

“Since officially reclaiming the presidency in January 2025, Donald Trump has used the multitude of connections associated with the presidency to move a massive quantity of food storage containers and other kitchen accessories,” the report concluded, citing a recent Cabinet meeting in which the president demonstrated the leak-proof lids of a three-piece bowl set and strongly advised everyone in attendance to purchase the containers, as well as a companion set of stackable tumblers. 

“Not only has Trump convened several emergency sessions of Congress to pitch the FridgeSmart storage four-pack to lawmakers, he’s also leveraged his position on the international stage. For example, he appears to be attending this week’s NATO summit solely because the member nations seemed amenable to purchasing millions of space-saving two-quart pitchers in exchange for increased U.S. support for Ukraine. Evidently, when you’re the president of the United States, you can pressure a lot of people into buying a lot of Tupperware.” 

At press time, a panicking Vice President JD Vance was reportedly struggling to come up with the $500,000 he had pledged for the hundreds of boxes of liquid-tight serving bowls that were now stacked in front of his home.

"DON'T STOP AT RIGHT OR WRONG, SAY THE ENTIRE QUOTE..."

"FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS TO KILL ALL THE COMMONISTS..."

"YOU KNOW, I LOVE SPORTS. I WAS VERY GOOD AT SPORTS..."

 

KENNEDY CENTER, REFLECTING POOL, WORLD CUP, REVOLVE 'ROUND ME

HOST NATIONS – U.S., CANADA, MEXICO – OUT OF WORLD CUP

 

OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME (ODS): TRUMP SHOWS OBAMAS OWN A CONDOMINIUM IN HIS HEAD, POSTS RACIST MEME

Associated Press

US President Donald Trump has posted a falsified image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, waving before boarding an Air Force One that had been spray-painted with graffiti.

It came months after another racist post by the president that showed the couple as primates in a jungle. That one was deleted after stiff, bipartisan backlash.

The latest image, posted on Sunday (local time), shows the Obamas smiling and waving at the top of stairs alongside a baby blue and white presidential plane with graffiti painted on it that included the Democrat's campaign slogan Yes We Can, Obama and BLM, short for Black Lives Matter. The post also shows graffiti in Arabic on the plane that says the phrase alhamdulillah, which means praise be to God or thank God.

The use of graffiti is a coded message to remind people of crime and urban decay and has been used in racist messaging against Black people in the past.

Trump has a years-long record of intensely personal criticism of the Obamas, and of using incendiary, sometimes racist, rhetoric. That included everything from feeding the lie that Obama was not born in the United States to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries and posts that have sparked anger on his Truth Social website.

VANDALS DID IT WITH A BOX CUTTER, FATHER. YEAH, THAT'S THE TICKET....

BEER JOINT BLUES: LAS SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS DE LA CATORCE

It's called El Monkey's

The craig on a precipice 

Where the painted sirens sing

Writhing on shoals 

Of whirling briney foam

Lying in wait for 

Wayward souls

Across tempestuous 14th Street 

Charlie's bar beckons

And from the door

Circe's girls sing welcomes

And attend 

To rancho boys

And shrimp-boat hands

With flickering tongues they melt the wax

That had kept them safe and hiss:

Ven p'aca chiquito

Ya te esperaba y

Me tienes encalmada

Aquí

Y estan muertas

Las bironguitas

Como te gustan,

A ti

Lleguen bañaditos, y aquí lo peinamos

Shortchanged,

And overspent,

And kept at bay

Till closing time 

They, 

Turned pigs, depart 

Reeking of hothouse scents

Under the watchful eyes

Of hardened cops

Ready to stop

The swindled prey

As they emerge

From velvet styes

And out the back

The sirens fly

Fluttering jnto the dark, night sky

Lechusas

To sleep off 

The watered wine

With which they fleeced

Their lust-starved swine

Until next night

When once again

Painted and gay

They will entice 

Their willing prey