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The Houston Organization of Public Employees, a/k/a HOPE, has been making its case for better wages for the city’s public…

Here’s your Halloween eve blog roundup. Nothing scary about it, so go ahead and click on for more….

Banjo Jones points out the economics of Taco Bell’s World Series promotion for free tacos Tuesday. That’s right, Taco Bell is handing out free tacos today from 2 to 5pm:

To obtain the Free Taco, consumers must visit any participating Taco Bell® restaurant in one of the fifty (50) the United States or District of Columbia between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (local time) on the Redemption Date only and request a Free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco. Free Taco’s will not be offered on any other date or time, regardless of circumstance. Limit one (1) Free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco per person. Participating Taco Bell restaurant manager reserves the right to deny Free Taco to any person he/she reasonably believes has already received a Free Taco or has engaged in any other fraudulent activity. All eligible consumers: Everyone in line at a participating Taco Bell restaurant before 5:00 p.m. local time will receive a Free Taco, even if it is provided after 5:00 p.m. Free Taco offer is subject to store availability and Taco Bell reserves the right to substitute an item of equal or greater value if due to unavailability. All restaurant managers decisions are final regarding to Free Taco offer.

Can you imagine the lines? I do remember easily getting the free Frosty offer Wendy’s had a few years back though.

Can you imagine a Star Trek movie about Captain Kirk without William Shatner? I can’t.

Can a Google Phone Connect With Carriers?
Google Inc. is close to unveiling its long-planned strategy to shake up the wireless market, people familiar with the matter say. The Web giant’s ambitious goal: to make applications and services as accessible on cellphones as they are on the Internet.

New way for bloggers to make money with video
Google, by way of Feedburner, introduced a new way for bloggers to make money with video units. Video units let website publishers choose relevant content from select YouTube partners and have it streamed to their sites within a highly customizable video player. The videos are supported with user-friendly, targeted advertising, both above the video content and within the bottom 20% of the viewing area.

Hulu Readies Its Online TV, Dodging the Insults
Hulu is the new-media creation of two old-media rivals, NBC and Fox. Since March, when the broadcasters announced their joint effort to bring free, ad-supported television shows to the Web, critics have pounced, predicting the venture would be doomed by diverging agendas, technical challenges and an all-powerful enemy: YouTube. Is Hulu, Joost part 2?

It’s not about the spam
Google says it is winning the war on spam. Will spammers see that as a challenge?

When sports columnists get attacked.

(Thanks Michael Penix)

I am pleased to report that our Houston TexBlog PAC fundraiser, at the lovely home of David Mincberg and Lainie…

Caught this Richard Florida blog post on the rise of global mega-regions - essentially continuous urban areas like the Boston-NYC-Philly-DC corridor. In that post he links to a recent paper he collaborated on identifying the top 40 mega-regions in the…

The Chron makes its recommendations for the two contested HCCS Trustee races. District 1, Kevin J. Hoffman — In this…

The HISD bond opponents get a big story in today’s Chron. African-American political and religious leaders have been on the…