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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: The Slimy Sinister Seditious Six
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Democrats have been attacking Secretary of War Pete Hegseth about the alleged firing upon two drug smugglers who were alleged to be alive after their speed boat was fired upon by US forces. The nature of their allegation is that Hegseth knew the two were in the water and he ordered…
Read MoreSticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers
By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News December 12, 2025 We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there’s an extra complication. Though it’s the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers are still debating whether to extend the subsidies that have given consumers extra help…
Read MoreFolk, rock music icon Bob Dylan to Perform at UT Tyler Cowan Center
Singer-Songwriter brings “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tour to East Texas TYLER, Texas (December 11, 2025) — Legendary singer and songwriter Bob Dylan is bringing his “Rough and Rowdy Ways” Tour to The University of Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 29. Cowan Center Circle members…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
December 8, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 9.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.41/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 16.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 13.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreUnion Hill falls to Gordon
The Union Hill Bulldogs were the beasts of the East in Six-Man Football this season, but the Bulldogs season ended Saturday with a 69-24 loss to a tough Gordon team in the 1A Six-Man D1 state semis. @ejmowery578433 @CowboyTD @FeverScoreboard @KETK https://t.co/7AsnRq7LTN — James Grant (@JGrantSports) December 7, 2025
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: My First Real Girlfriend
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Last night my Aunt Shirley died. She married my Uncle Fred in the summer of 1954. My Uncle Fred was 19 and she was 18. They lived in a tiny apartment in a little old lady’s house in Lubbock. In October my parents, my older sister, and my then one year…
Read More2025 GILMER BUCKEYES FOOTBALL ALL DISTRICT: 7-4A
Offensive Lineman of the Year: Ismael Camara – Jr. #72 1st Team Offense: 2nd Team Offense: WR – Solomon Jackson – Sr. #17 QB – Zade Taylor – Jr. #2 WR – Trace Haynes – Sr. #12 RB – Tayveon Horne – Soph. #6 OL – Van Songer – Soph. #71 FB – Austin Blakeley…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
December 1, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 11.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.51/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are unchanged versus a month ago and stand 0.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Thanksgiving Blackout!
By Jim “Pappy” Moore America’s most petulant group of overgrown adolescents is having another tantrum, and you’ll like this one. Unhappy with their “No Kings” failures, they are now planning to abandon buying anything from Tuesday, November 25th through Tuesday Dec 2nd so as to not enrich the patriarchy. Dubbing their Thanksgiving Tantrum “Blackout the…
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