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Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 8.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.25/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 8.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 2.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore There is more student loan debt in America than there is credit card debt. Student loans total about 1.73 trillion dollars. https://www.statista.com/topics/11983/student-loan-debt-in-the-united-states/ Credit Card debt is about 1.13 trillion dollars. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/02/07/us-credit-card-debt-hits-trillion/72505645007/ Why doesn’t Joe Biden forgive all credit card debt? Then the companies that hold that debt will be paid off…

April 15, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.17/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 12.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 18.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore Every guy who has gone to boot camp and made it through without getting discharged for being unworthy shares something with every other guy who has completed that regimen successfully. There is a camaraderie which exists among veterans of all stripes, and it begins with the Boot Camp Experience. Among the…

April 8, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 11.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.20/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 30.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 2.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore April 8th in the Year of Our Lord 2024 a major eclipse of the Sun by the Moon will occur, cutting a swath across the United States. It may be the most oversold, overexaggerated solar eclipse in the history of the country.  The old tale about Chicken Little having an acorn…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore Growing up in the shadow of a papermill in the 1950s and 1960s, I learned what “working graveyards” was all about. Many of our friends and neighbors worked at the plant, which was the source of a sweet but unpleasant smoke billowing out of its solitary chimney – the tallest structure…

March 25, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today announced Eastman will add an additional manufacturing facility at its existing site in Longview, Texas. Eastman produces specialty materials found in items people use every day globally, like eyewear, cosmetics packaging, medical equipment, textiles, films, coatings, and more. The project will create more…