𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙎𝙃𝙐𝙏𝙏𝙇𝙀 𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙈'𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙐𝙈 𝙁𝙍𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙊𝙁𝙁 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀!!!!!

Posted on: November 30, 2023

BISD TO PROVIDE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO AND FROM SAMS STADIUM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT'S PLAYOFF GAME

If you are planning to attend the Brownsville Veterans Memorial ECHS Chargers Class 5A Region 4 Playoff Championship Game on Friday and are worried about finding parking, worry no more.

Free parking will be available at the Texas Southmost College ITEC Center and the Brownsville Independent School District will provide free shuttle service to and from Sams Stadium.

The ITEC Center is located at 301 Mexico Boulevard.

The shuttle services will run 5:15PM to 7:30 PM, at halftime, and 1 hour at the end of the game.

𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙏 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙐𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝘿𝙀𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙄𝘽𝙀 𝘿𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇𝘿 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙈𝙋 𝘼𝙎 𝘼 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙍𝘼𝙋𝙄𝙎𝙏? ~~~𝙅𝙐𝘿𝙂𝙀 𝙇𝙀𝙒𝙄𝙎 𝘼. 𝙆𝘼𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉 𝙒𝙀𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙎 𝙄𝙉

 

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan

Since jurors in the E. Jean Carroll case found Trump guilty of sexual abuse, not rape, Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina claims rape was not committed and seeks a new trial.

Tacopia equates sexual abuse with "groping, touching the breasts" and wants the $5M award found excessive.

"This was a rape claim, this was a rape case all along and the jury rejected that--made other findings," Tacopia said.

In response to Tacopia and Trump's legal team, a judge has stated this is a distinction without a difference.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood and described the Trump teams Tuesday motion as "entirely unpersuasive."

“The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,’ ” the judge wrote.

Kaplan added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”

Kaplan said New York’s legal definition of “rape” is “far narrower” than the word is understood in “common modern parlance.”

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗨𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦

Mark Cuban

It was 23 years ago, commuting into Fort Worth, when I heard squeaky-voiced Norm Hitzges report the sale of the Dallas Mavericks from real estate tycoon Ross Perot, Jr. to a 42 year old Mark Cuban for $285M, an entrepreneur who'd just sold broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7B.

Those were heady times to be a MFFL, "Mavs Fan for Life," with offense-oriented Don Nelson, Sr. as coach and baby-faced rookies Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, along with veteran Michael Finley forming the Big D version of "the Triplets" playing at Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas.

During Cuban's tenure, a new arena, American Airlines Center, was built and in 2011 an NBA championship won, but in sports there are Billionaires and there are BILLIONAIRES, and Mark Cuban just didn't spend like the Steve Ballmers of the NBA world, and was frequently viewed by fans as a penny pincher.

The perception of Cuban as a tightwad was reinforced by letting Steve Nash walk away to the Phoenix Suns for more money in 2004 and the same for Jalen Brunson in 2022, but the biggest blow to the franchise was the charge of a toxic work environment featuring a high level administrator as a sexual predator

Donnie Nelson, Jr., the longtime Mavs General Manager, became the fall guy for the toxicity, although he was the one who initially reported it and Coach Rick Carlisle tendered his resignation when Donnie was terminated. 

President Donald Trump Awarding Miriam Adelson
the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018

So now, 65 year old Cuban has declared his intention to leave Shark Tank in 2025 and sliced a piece of the Mavs pie off to Sands Hotel's Miriam Adelson for $2B, while retaining control of basketball operations as a minority owner.

Cuban states emphatically that he's not streamlining his life to run for political office.

The Cuban/Adelson cooperative views basketball as only part of a grandiose plan including a hotel, casino, a Dallas river walk, etc. should the State of Texas approve gambling.

Meanwhile, land acquisition far larger than the footprint of an arena is the priority, a massive area for lots and lots of development, perhaps even through eminent domain and taxpayer supplement, billionaire welfare as some call it.

Rumors Place the Proposed Arena/Casino Complex near the
Mavs Practice Facility at 1530 Inspiration Drive, west of I-35E

𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗬 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥, 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝟭𝟬𝟬

 

Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023

Before the defecation coming out of the mouth of Orange Jesus was embraced by the millions of MAGA, before the implementation of racist policies advanced by Stephen Miller, well before the daily barking of Rush Limbaugh, there was the evil of Henry Kissinger.

Even if the life force departed Kissinger sometime Wednesday, November 29, 2023,  the effects of the man's ruthless push to spread American influence will be felt everytime a Laotian or Cambodian is maimed by a land mine or poisoned by the vegetables nourished by Agent Orange.

Even if we credit the despicable Richard Nixon with "opening up" up things with the People's Republic of China, it was his boy toy Henry Kissinger who laid that groundwork.

We say:  "Thanks, I guess."

Now, at age 100, the voice of the man Nixon both loved and hated, a voice delivered with an emotionless monotone, considered as pure genius by a segment of our population, while diabolical to the rest, is silenced in death.

𝗗𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗭-𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗭 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦!

From the editor:  The comments below are from Duardo Paz-Martinez, a self-proclaimed "journalist," and were not initially approved on our blog, but we've decided to publish them en masse for the reader's perusal.

While I'm not a mental health professional and our observations do not constitute a psychological profile in any sense, these comments scream insecurity, excitability, even anger.

Duardo has been blogsquatting or stalking our blog for the last 13 years, sending comments like these and many much more vile, initially containing sexual innuendo aimed at my late wife.

More recently, the comments take the form of insults about physical appearance and other traits; "fatboy, dairy neck, dirty, uneducated, pussy, physically-eccentric, dumbass, moron, lard ass, etc."

This vitriol started some 13 years ago, immediately after we politely declined his invitation to visit the home he shared with a nurse in Kyle, Texas and the animosity has been relentless since. 

It's difficult to understand the motivation since we've never even met, but we'll leave that assessment to professionals in the field.

 Duardo Paz-Martinez, 75, McAllen, TX 

You'll die a Pussy, Barton. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatboy, you keep kissing his ass but he's not using your stories! Que pasa? And Jerry "blasting" Capt. Bob as a Non-journalist made me laugh. Neither is the elderly-about -town blogger, nor YOU!!! Fuckin' losers all the way around. Thanks for the material. Will file it for use next Taco Tuesday. LOL!!!!!!!!!!

You attack him with two losers and an unknown? LOL!!!!! Fatboy, get off the couch and out of the fridge. Physically-eccentric clown!!!! LMAO!!!!!

Then came his defense of the indefensible. Slothy Barton is not a veteran, as we have noted, and he likes to equate veterans with conscientious objectors, his ilk. We keep asking him why he did not serve his country and he never answers. We even labeled him a draft dodger and his reply was: "I dodged nothing..." Yeah, cowardly, isn't it?

Clara Barton, Jim?

Give it up, Dairy Neck! Quit blogging and hit the gym before it's too late, Fatboy. Nenny's watching you.......LMAO!!!!!!

And even after this, you still have that unsightly Dairy Neck, so now what, Little Hands? It never ends................LOL!!!!!.............

Oh, don't be the party pooper, FATBOY. You know you like it. Why else would you post this if not because you are the one who "craves" attention.

Jim Barton is the lying, grifting George Santos of Brownsville. Gimme a reply for next Taco Tuesday. LOL!!!!!!!!

Nice secretarial work there, Fatboy. Your specialty........ LOL!!!!!

You've COPIED my multi-topic headline style now! Be original, Fatboy! Plus, history loser, we were in Nam before JFK!!! May God damn you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liars? You claimed to be a descendant of Clara Barton, Dairy Neck! (Look for yourself on Taco Tuesday, lad). LMAO!!!!!!!

That would NOT include draft dodger fatboy Jimmy Barton! DAIRY NECK!!!!! LITTLE HANDS!!!!.....LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The entire Reio Grande Valley has taken the liberty of funneling your thin resume to shrimpers based at the Port of Brownsville and to managers of every second-rate motel from Rio Grande City to SPI. Your experience cannot go wasted, Little Hands. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, blow me down. You made the correction I offered. As for turkey neck, no, I don't yet have one. Sorry, you insipid, insufferable fatboy. Ana likely has one, though. Post a photo of her gross overbite. Let's parteeeeeeeeeee!!!! LMAO!!!!........

What happened to the libelous turkey/alcohol story? You had no proof, you dumbass. That bulging, obscenely ugly Dairy Neck is weighing you down. And it's spelled tryptophan, Little Hands Moron........................LOL!!!!!!

Hey, thanks. Lots of great material there for next week's Taco Tuesday! You were NEVER invited to Kyle, and you know it! LMAO!!!....

You twit, that photo of DP-M is 5 years old, FYI. Get the 12-inch black dildo out of your fat ass, Fatboy! LOL!!!!!

Another "Pity Me" party by weepy Jimmy Boy Barton. LMAO!!!! You're a loser and will always be a loser. Look in the mirror, Dairy Neck!!! LOL!!!!

You were never invited to any of my homes, Dairy Neck. You're dirty and uneducated. Who'd want to be sociable with your lard ass? But thanks for the mention. Critics are a dime a dozen, Butterball. You're just the latest fatboy slob to come after me. Heard from your errant wife, Trailer trash? McHale is a loser, like you. I ride a state of grace. It pisses you off. LOL!!!!!!!

Ship the story over to Jerry and beg him to use it. LOL!!!! FYI: We denied him again earlier this week................................................

And this has what to do with Brownsville?

Dairy Neck??

𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗟𝗘~~~~~𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟, 𝟰𝟭-𝟯𝟮

𝗝𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗞𝗔 𝗗𝗥. 𝗚.𝗙. 𝗠𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘-𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗦 "𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡" 𝗕𝗢𝗕 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗭!!!

•  by Jerry McHale

Jerry McHale

Show after show "Captain" Bob Sanchez CBS) loses credibility on each succeeding presentation as he rants and raves about the same subjects with the same guests. Like a preacher pounding the pulpit, Sanchez whines and complains as he attempts to sell his version of the truth.

At his last performance he dragged County Commissioner Joey Lopez through the mud as well as most entities including the BISD, the Port and the COB. Sounding as vicious as Hamas, Sanchez, armed with one of Mayra "Miss Menudo" Flores' automatic weapons, wants drug smugglers shot on the spot.

He took Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully's name in vain when he claimed that the famed and respected blogger had predicted that Dr. Laura Cisneros would lose in her campaign against Right-Winger Flores who is leading a band of racists, renegades, rednecks, insurrectionists and religious bigots to reclaim the congressional seat that Democrat Vicente Gonzalez currently holds.

Bob "Captain" Sanchez

"Bob is not a journalist by profession," said Dr. McHale-Scully from his downtown office on Washington Street. "He hasn't read a book in years. He has probably burned more books igniting barbecues than the Nazis burnt during their reign of terror. We can only hope that the 'Captain' doesn't start burning people although he appears ready to dig a trench along the Rio Grande and start dropping Mexicans.

"Since facts give him diarrhea although it really might be the fish he captures and serves from the polluted resacas near his restaurant, he spewed his usual lies that I said that ignorant Mayra Flores was going to defeat the well-educated Dr. Laura Cisneros. I gave Bob the latest South Texas Independent Journalist Association (STIJA) poll that displays Cisneros has edged ahead of Flores and presently holds the momentum.

"She also has Rodrigo Moreno of Pink Ape fame managing her campaign. Moreno is such a consummate pro that he could even get 'Captain' Bob elected to an office in the city or the county even though the boisterous braggart has lost three times seeking public office by four-to-one margins. 

"Since he aspires to being a politician one day, we shouldn't be surprised that he is lying in order to bolster Flores' numbers against Cisneros. Sanchez is on a personal vendetta against Cisneros who has forgotten more than Sanchez will ever learn. As a result of Sanchez's lack of professionalism, Erasmo Castro has reclaimed the title as the municipality's number one podcaster."

According to the Baker Boys, the respected investigative duo, the CBS Board of Directors are disappointed the direction that Sanchez is taking the weekly broadcast. There is talk that attorney Rick Zayas may replace him in the near future. The investigative brothers have connections with both CBS Board President Rene Cardenas and CBS Board Vice-President Arturo Trevino. They are not happy. They may make the "Captain" sad if he keeps performing this badly.

𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗭-𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗭 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦!!

Duardo AKA the "Putz," the "Imp"

As relentless as death and taxes are the daily taunts from Duardo Paz-Martinez, the peculiar,  insecure typer from McAllen.

Duardo, the blood-sucking sanguijuela of the blogosphere, latches onto public people as if seeking the nourishment of relevance, a salve for the sting of his insecurities and relationship failures.

Tad Hasse

It was Brownsville's resident techie Tad Hasse who coined the nickname  "The Putz" to refer to internet pest Duardo after an entanglement in the late 90's, although Bobby Wightman-Cervantes preferred "The Imp."

It was actually Bobby, alarmed at the sexual innuendo Duardo was sending daily to my late wife, who wanted the two of us to drive to the home of Duardo's deceased mother to confront the pendejo, but I had no interest in that.

Most of Duardo's dozen or more failed blogs have been aimed at Brownsville, although he diverted to Harlingen for a year or two with The Paz Files, a blogging vehicle specializing in daily insults directed at longtime Harlingen bloggers Jerry Deal and Tony Chapa.

Through the years, Duardo's methodology has remained constant, albeit unsuccessful, proverbially sniping from the book depository to "take out" his opposition and create a niche for himself in the blogosphere.

After the demise of The Paz Files, Duardo resurfaced as "Sam Losoya, college student from Harlingen," a disguise that fooled no one.  

Rafael Collado

Brownsville activist Rafael Collado characterized the man-child as well as anyone:  "Duardo is a producer of grotesque political gossip, poorly justified as 'style.'  Always antagonistic and consistently offensive.  Unpleasant.  Distasteful.  Can't stand him."

Repeatedly, I've received warnings to "not respond to Duardo," even from his intermittent friend and mentor, Jerry McHale, currently estranged from Paz-Martinez following a reported tiff or pillow fight.

It was McHale who shed some insight into Duardo's character recounting the time he'd bought the two of them lunch at a Mexican eaterie, leaving a tip he saw Duardo himself pocket from the table, depriving the Hispanic wait staff of their just due.

My own tolerance of the blogging miscreant reached a breaking point in April 2015 when I sent Google examples of Duardo vitriol and he was banished that very day, only to resurface on blogspot like a dog returning to his own vomit.

Unfortunately, Duardo is the cancerous tumor that returns after a brief remission, the cockroach hiding under the sofa, the attention seeker for whom there is "no such thing as bad publicity" that we've just gifted with "15 minutes of fame."

𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒

Carlos Cascos

Let me say, I do not support school vouchers.

Having taxpayers fund anything other than public schools is just wrong, in my opinion. Private schools, charter schools and even home schooling are choices parents can make. 

As a side note, these other educational avenues are not required to comply with open meetings, televised meetings, agenda postings etc., meaning, where's the monitoring, accountability and transparency.  

I chose to pay for my daughters' private schools from Pre-K through high school, private catholic schools, while at the same time paying ISD property taxes.  It was my choice. 

Why is voucher legislation, investing in education and teacher compensation tied together? They should all be stand alone issues and should be introduced, debated upon, voted separately and not as a package. They all merit debate, but should not be a quid quo pro scenario.

𝙋𝙐𝙁𝙁𝙔 𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙊𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙀 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙐𝙀𝙎𝘿𝘼𝙔!!!! 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙄 𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙋𝙐𝙁𝙁𝙄𝙀𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙎𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙊𝙉𝙄𝙊???????

 

Puffy Tacos~A Tuesday Favorite!!!

 From the editor: 277.4 miles, just under 4 hours car travel at 70 MPH,  separates Brownsville from Historic San Antonio, Franciscan missions, the River Walk and the ultimate in Mexican cuisine; the puffy taco.

A cushion of air separates the crispy outside from the tender inside of fresh masa fried in hot oil, stuffed with  your favorite meats, queso, lettuce, tomato and salsa.

Below are 10 San Antonio eateries specializing in puffies:

Alamo Cafe

(North Central, West)

Both locations are known for serving up Tex-Mex favorites.The puffy taco plate includes rice, beans and fresh guacamole with two corn masa tacos, hand-pressed and lightly fried before being filled with seasoned or fajita-style chicken or beef, tomatoes, lettuce and cheese. 14250 San Pedro Ave., 210-495-2233; 10060 I-10 W., 210-691-8827, alamocafe.com

 

Chela’s Tacos

(Alamo Heights, St. Mary’s)

Chela’s prides itself on using the best quality ingredients it can find, whether in enchiladas, soups, breakfast tacos or fried puffy tacos filled with your choice of meat and pico de gallo. 5231 Broadway, Ste. 117; 3420 N. St. Mary’s St., 210-535-7340, chelas-tacos.com

 

Henry’s Puffy Tacos

(Woodlawn, Medical Center)

Henry Lopez perfected his puffy taco recipe alongside his oldest brother Ray, of Ray’s Drive Inn, before opening his own restaurant in 1978. They’ve since sold over 15 million puffy tacos, stuffed with guacamole, bean and cheese, shredded chicken and fajita meat. 3202 W. Woodlawn Ave., 210-433-7833; 6030 Bandera Road, 210-647-8339, henryspuffytacos.com

 

Jacala

(Update: Jacala was forced to close after a fire)

This San Antonio staple since 1949 is a go-to for its tamales and enchiladas, but don’t sleep on the puffy tacos, which can be ordered alongside enchiladas as part of lunch and dinner plates or on their own. 606 West Ave., 210-732-5222, jacala.com

 

Lula’s Mexican Cafe

(Downtown)

Classic beef and chicken puffy tacos can be ordered here, just a few blocks from the River Walk, a la carte or as part of a plate with rice and beans for the full Tex-Mex experience. 115 E. Travis St., 210-472-3300

 

Los Barrios

(Central)

The No. 4 Presidential Puffy Tacos arrive filled with beef, chicken, beans or guacamole. Or add a single puffy taco on the side of any order for just $3.89. The tacos are also available at sister restaurants La Hacienda de los Barrios and Viola’s Ventanas. 4223 Blanco Road, 210-732-6017, losbarriosrestaurant.com

 

El Milagrito Cafe

(Woodlawn)

Stop in for a lunch plate served with two classic puffy tacos of your choice topped with lettuce, tomato and cheddar cheese. Add a Fresca Mexicana and a side of borracho beans to make it a meal. 521 E. Woodlawn Ave., 210-737-8646, elmilagritocafe.com

 

Pete’s Tako House

(Downtown)

Tacos can be enjoyed crispy, soft or fried and puffy at Pete’s. Two puffy tacos filled with ground beef or shredded chicken are served topped with the usual lettuce, tomato and cheese plus a side of Spanish rice and your choice of beans. 502 Brooklyn Ave., 210-224-2911, petestakohouse.com

 

Ray’s Drive Inn

(South West)

Ray’s touts itself as home to the original puffy taco, which it serves in numerous options, from traditional beef or chicken to bean, carne guisada and shrimp. Each taco comes filled with lettuce and tomato and are available in packs of one to four tacos. 822 S.W. 19th St., 210-432-7171, raysdriveinn.net

 

Teka Molino

(North Central, Fort Sam Houston)

Order a puffy taco on its own so you can try Teka Molina’s other specialties, too, including its fried cheese taco and picadillo roll, or enjoy them as part of a plate with enchiladas, soup or caldo de teka. Puffy tacos are stuffed with ground beef, bean, shredded chicken or guacamole. 7231 San Pedro Ave., 210-344-7281; 1007 Rittiman Road, Ste. 101, 210-257-5514,
tekamolino.com

 

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𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰

submitted by Rene Torres

 

𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬

 

submitted by Rene Torres

Mrs. Clearwater

Clearwater, Theresa Clark

Theresa Clark Clearwater, first teacher in Cameron County, daughter of William H. Clark, was born on December 9, 1853, at Clarksville in Cameron County.

In 1872 she received a state teaching certificate and a salary of fifty five dollars a month to teach in the first Cameron County School. Theresa was one of the first certified teachers in the area.

In 1875 Theresa Clark married Joseph H. Clearwater, they had two children. After her husband died in 1879 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, she returned to Point Isabel, than moved to Brownsville where she taught school from 1882 to 1936. She died on September 28, 1938.

Clearwater Elementary School was named in her honor.

𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡~~~~~ 𝙈𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝘼𝙋𝘼𝙎, 𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙍𝘿 𝙉𝙄𝙓𝙊𝙉, 𝙃𝙀𝙉𝙍𝙔 𝙆𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙀𝙍, 𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙏𝙉𝘼𝙈

 "Monday, Monday, can't trust that day

Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way

Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be

Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me"

The Mamas and the Papas

The lyrics above, sung by The Mamas and Papas, was on the first album I bought and one of about four or five I brought with me to Brownsville in 1966.

Back then the faces of the Republican Party were true conservatives, men of honor, like Barry Goldwater and Howard Baker, not liars and con artists like George Santos and Donald Trump.

Cassius Clay was kicking ass and shouting poetry.

JFK stupidly got us involved in an unwinnable war in southeast Asia, while Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger escalated things, bombing the shit out of Vietnam, while losing over 50,000 young Americans.

Despite the carnage, South and North Vietnam did unite and Vietnam is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with Da Nang a huge resort with white sand beaches and luxury hotels.  Just don't step on a land mine!

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗬𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗩𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟

 

The two soldiers above, Erasmo Castro on the left, Jerry McHale on the right, have a similar work ethic, skill set and responsibilities, but simply work for different companies.

Erasmo labors for the God of the Universe and like the newly-installed Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, views the Bible as his work manual and go-to guide for problem solving.

Jerry, raised Catholic, was taught to view the Douay Version of Erasmo's guidebook with respect, but decided to place his lot with the actual winners of the fight of good vs evil.

Jerry holds the view that the Deceiver was the true winner in the Garden of Eden debacle, persuading the first human couple to question God's standards, seeking independence and freedom.

When the final tallies are in, Jerry feels that Satan will have demonstrated beyond doubt to have been more influential with the human family than God, simple as that, and Jerry likes to go with winners.

𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘~𝟭𝟭/𝟮𝟲/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

From my apartment across from Sam's Stadium to downtown's Washington Park is about ten blocks, a nice leisurely walk.  

At 64F with a light rain, I wore a wind breaker and my City of Brownsville ball cap.

When I got to the park, a father was playing hide and seek with his son and daughter, about 5 and 4 years old.

The dad was shielding his eyes as he counted to 100, while the two kids went to hide together behind a single big tree..

Finishing the count, the dad pretended to not be able to find his kids, but he knew exactly where they were at.

Both kids stood perfectly still for a few seconds, but the suspense overcame the little girl and she just had to run to daddy.

Anyway, the pics below are just things that caught my attention on my walk:

𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦~𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟮

 submitted by Rene Torres

𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 "𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙃" 𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙒𝙉~𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝘼𝙐𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉, 𝙏𝙓~~"𝙃𝙊𝙉𝙆𝙔-𝙏𝙊𝙉𝙆"

I never believed that the blues "make you sad" despite B.B. King's lyric to the contrary.

My personal theory and belief is that the blues reach the exact point of melancholy in your life, then lift you up.

Sometimes, you don't really want to be "cheered up," just have the darkness inside reinforced for the moment. The blues can do that.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was the first bluesman we met and interracted with.  

Mr. Brown had started his career in 1947 while attending a performance by the legendary T-Bone Walker.  When Walker suddenly got sick on stage, Gatemouth jumped on stage and finished the show using T-Bone's guitar.

But, the night we met, Gatemouth had just finished his first set at a tiny Main Street club in Little Rock and walked over to the bar to ask for a Diet Coke.

The wide leather belt that went around his thin waist simply said "GATE" in back.  "Gatemouth" would not have fit.

My late wife was well received by bluesmen as she was a very beautiful woman in her 30's typically wearing a "blues" cap on her head, white with blue "notes."

Gate tipped his cowboy hat and said "Thank you, Ma'am!" when she told him how much we loved his music.

Gate was one of those musicians with almost too many skills, a multi-instrumentalist he's sometimes called.

He would take his guitar "into outer space" a la Jimi Hendrix, then pull out the fiddle.

The half dozen harmonicas on his belt all played differently and he used each one in his act.

While Gate was a delta blues master, he had a bunch of songs about Louisiana life including his famous one about an "Alligator-Eatin' Dog."

At a very dark time in our lives, my late wife and I immersed ourselves in the blues, coming out the other side stronger than ever.

It saddened me to learn that Gate's home in Slidell, Louisiana was completely destroyed in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and that he died a month later.

𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗~𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵

 submitted by Rene Torres

𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥 𝗖. 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬~"𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦"

 submitted by Rene Torres

𝙂𝙀𝙊𝙍𝙂𝙀 𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙊𝙎 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙇𝙆 𝙇𝙄𝙀 "𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙔 𝙈𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙄𝙍 𝙏𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙃"

 

Rep. George Santos, N.Y.

A few liars have crossed my path in my 3/4 century of life; from a sister-in-law notorious for controlling and manipulating with unnecessary untruths, keeping others off-kilter, out-of-balance to the turkey-necked McAllen blogger who sullies the blogosphere with fake stories coupled with fake comments.

Just for a laugh, check out the McAllen dude's blog comments to see his repetitive methodology; laying down what he thinks is a "profound" comment to his own blog, then responding to himself with "echo that."  LOL!

New York's outgoing Rep. George Santos, also a pathological liar, fits seemlessly with the pair above; no, not stealing tips, but stealing money from donors to spend at Hermes, Ferragamo, Sephora, OnlyFans and Botox.

Santos, knowing his exit from congress is ultra-near, calls out Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, who oversees that process, describing Guest as a "pussy" for proceeding deliberately.

Santos, endeavoring to portray himself as a martyr, emulates the first century Jesus who admonished his betrayor Judas "that thou doest, do quickly."

Making certain that exiting he burns every conceivable bridge, Santos describes his fellow congressmen this way:

"I have colleagues who are more worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyist that they're gonna screw and pretend like none of us know what's going on, and sell off the American people, not show up to vote because they're too hungover or whatever the reason is, or not show up to vote at all and just give their card out like fucking candy for someone else to vote for them. . . . Where are the ethics investigations?" 

Obviously, liars are not noted for self-awareness, that is, seeing themselves as others see them.