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So a quick followup to the story we had yesterday, about Republican candidate for Texas Governor Debra Medina stating that Houston is technically bankrupt.  Turns out that a few months ago, a group of CPAs sent an open letter to the members of Houston’s City Government, as well as to major US newspapers.

In it, they don’t beat around the bush on their take of the city of Houston’s finances: Turns out, Houston is broke; it just hasn’t acknowledged it yet:

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“Houston is technically bankrupt”

That was the claim that Republican Gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina made last night at a press meeting after a primary debate.

Who knew?

‘Bin Laden’ blames US for global warming:

A new message said to be from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has blamed global warming on the US and other big industrial nations.

The tape criticises the administration of former US President George W Bush for not ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on combating climate change.

“Bush the son, and the [US] Congress before him, rejected this agreement only to satisfy the big companies.”

Well, it seems that Bin Laden and Al Gore agree on something.