Tag Archives: Austin

Via the Austin Statesman: Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman ruled Tuesday that the Texas ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but the county will not issue marriage licenses to gay couples, at least for now. Herman ruled as part of an estate fight in which Austin resident Sonemaly Phrasavath sought to have her eight-year relationship to Stella Powell deemed …

You’ll remember Christine Weick for her conclusive proof that Monster Energy drinks were invented by Satan and from her disruption of a Muslim prayer event at Washington DC’s National Cathedral. Today the allegedly homeless Weick found her way to Austin, Texas, where she rushed the microphone during Texas Muslim Capitol Day to scream about Jesus. Via the Austin Statesman: What …

Via Raw Story: An exorcism performed outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Austin, Texas, was caught on video, mySA reported on Wednesday. In the video, a group of men can be seen with their hands placed another man, who is spewing saliva into a red plastic cup. “All your legions of poison. All your legions out! Out! All your legions …

CNN reports: An intoxicated driver fleeing police plowed his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, killing two people, authorities said early Thursday. The man and woman killed were riding their light motorcycles, said Art Acevedo, chief of the Austin Police Department. At least 23 others were hospitalized, some with multiple internal injuries. A suspect …

At a show taped in the Texas capital, no less.

The man suspected of murdering an Austin gay man after meeting him at a local nightclub has been found already in custody in Louisiana on separate charges. Matthew Bacon, 26, was arrested close to midnight on July 16 after the West Monroe police received a report that he was trying to sell narcotics at a truck stop in the city, …

Austin police have released a surveillance photo of the man they believe may have murdered a local gay man after meeting him at a popular gay nightclub. David Villarreal, 36, was found dead inside his unit at the 360 Condominiums tower late Monday. Police on Wednesday released surveillance images of the victim and suspect. The images show Villarreal and a …

Today Austin will be become the first city in Texas to endorse same-sex marriage when its city council will approve a symbolic resolution. The feel-good proposal on Thursday’s City Council agenda (Sept. 27) is Item 77, an endorsement of marriage equality in the state of Texas. Sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and co-sponsored by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and …

Ron Paul supporter Robert Morrow appeared on Austin’s Outcast radio show this week to make some pretty wild sexual allegations against Rick Perry, including a story about a visit to strip club. This is the guy who last week published a newspaper ad urging anybody who’d had sex with Perry to come forward.

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A Texas man has been charged with two counts of murder after shooting to death the woman dating his daughter and her mother. The Austin Statesman reports: Jose Alfonso Aviles, 45, has been charged with capital murder and was arrested early this morning in Bexar County by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, said Lt. Gena Curtis. Aviles lives in …

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On Christmas night two gay men were attacked outside an Austin, Texas gay bar as dozens of onlookers did nothing. The victims say that responding police seemed indifferent to the attack.

If you missed the live stream of my interview with Austin’s KOOP-FM last night, they’ve now posted a podcast of the show on their site. Hopefully I don’t sound like a tool.

At 7PM EDT, I’ll be on KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas to talk about the Rekers scandal. I’ve done several of these in the last few days, but THIS time I’m remembering to tell you in advance! Stream the show live here. UPDATE: I’ll post the station’s podcast of the interview tomorrow.

The 9/11 Truthers are already claiming that the plane crash in Austin was a “false flag op” by the federal government, presumably to discredit the teabaggers. According to the Crazy People, fire trucks and HazMat teams were already in place outside the IRS office prior to the crash, awaiting the arrival of the plane.

A private plane has crashed into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, killing the pilot and his passenger. It appears that the pilot burned his own house down prior to boarding the plane and left a long rambling manifesto decrying the U.S. goverment’s bailout of General Motors, among other things. Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers …