WORST OF HOUSTON 2011 ” The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” - Friedrich Nietzsche They say sunlight is the best antiseptic. They also say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Why those are relevant, I don’t know. But we are proud to offer up our annual Worst of Houston list this year in our continuing efforts to make Houston a better place by exposing some of it’s worst components. We can’t vouch for factual accuracy, positive motivation, or anything else for that ... Read More »

Story and photos by Alex Wukman Like protests before it the Occupy Together movement is a litmus test, telling readers more about the writers covering the demonstration than anything about the actual protests. Part of the problem is that since the movement is so nebulous, one of the rhetorical devices used by protestors is “what’s your one demand,” anyone writing or commenting about Occupy has a tendency to try and push it in to a narrative frame they are comfortable with. Whether it’s calling it a fad, a tea party for hipsters or a way for freeloaders to annoy people ... Read More »

By Alex Wukman For over a week now supporters of the internet entity Anonymous have been encamped in the heart of New York’s financial district in an attempt to change the corporate friendly political climate. The media coverage of the event has been spotty at best and what has been reported hasn’t always been positive. The demonstrators proclaimed their desire to turn Wall Street into America’s Tahrir Square–whether it’s working or not is another matter. Now some ambitious Anons want to bring the party to Houston. The group, calling itself Occupy Houston, wants to have protestors meet at Market Square ... Read More »

By Alex Wukman Hacker collective Anonymous recently made a huge cache of sensitive law enforcement documents available to anyone. According to the Anonymous release around three gigabytes of “law enforcement sensitive” and “for official use only” files were released including police records, internal affairs investigations, meeting notes, training materials, officer rosters, security audits, and live password information to government systems. Among the files released were the personal email addresses and passwords of nearly 30 active and retired Texas police chiefs and other high ranking law enforcement officers. Anonymous was able to release the personal information, or docs as they like ... Read More »

By Alex Wukman At this writing the various websites of the Westborro Baptist Church (WBC) have been down for over a week now and most people think they were initially taken down by members of the internet collective known worldwide as Anonymous; strangley that is not the case. On Thursday, February 24, a member of the group who goes by the twitter handle ATopiary appeared opposite Shirley Phelps Roper, a spokesperson for the WBC on the Massachusettes based internet and radio talk program the David Pakman Show. The reason for the interview, aside from seeing what happens when the unstoppable force of Anonymous ... Read More »