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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Abbot Makes Reelection Bid Official
This will be no surprise to anyone who’s been getting his fundraising solicitation emails over the last few months, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott has officially declared he’s running for reelection in 2018. Abbott’s grip on the Governor’s office is, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, campaign contributions, Elections, Greg Abbott, Joaquin Castro, Julian Castro, Republicans, Texas, Wendy Davis
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LinkSwarm for July 14, 2017
Since I just topped up my Strategic Dog Reserve, blogging may get light at some point. But in the meantime, enjoy another Friday LinkSwarm: This may be what’s driving some Democrats’ idee fixe on Russia: a guilty conscience: Radical left-wing … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Media Watch, Military, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged 4Chan, ABC, Alek Skarlatos, Alyssa Milano, Anthony Sadler, Austin, Bill Clinton, Border Controls, China, CNN, Connecticut, Crime, data security, David Shulkin, Democrats, Donald Trump, Frank Darabont, George H. W. Bush, George Soros, George W. Bush, Hungary, Kid Rock, Kurdistan, Kurds, LinkSwarm, Maine, Marvel, Mexico, Michigan, Natalia Veselnitskaya, NFL, NRA, Omar Weaver Rosales, Preet Bharara, Radiohead, Ron Dellums, Russia, sanctuary cities, Sergei Magnistky, Sheldon Silver, Shia LaBeouf, Spencer Stone, Sweden, USS Nevada, vegans, Veterans Administration, Viagra, Vladimir Putin, World War II
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The State of the War Against the Islamic State
The coalition of forces fighting the Islamic State continue to make steady advances on a number of fronts: Mosul is liberated, though mop-up operations against tiny pockets of resistance continues. They just pulled 28 mostly foreign born militants out of … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Al Mayadin, al-Baghdadi, Brett H. McGurk, Deir ez-Zor, Donald Trump, Guns, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, James "Mad Dog" Mattis, Jihad, Kurds, Military, Mosul, Obama, Operation Wrath of Euphrates, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tabqa, video
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Carlos Uresti’s Fraud Trial: Turn Down For Watt?
Remember Democratic State Senator, the man charged with Carlos Uresti, charged with 11 federal counts of “securities fraud, wire fraud and acting as an unregistered securities broker”? There’s been an odd turn to his case: A federal judge disqualified San … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Texas, Waste and Fraud
Tagged Carlos Uresti, Crime, Democrats, Denise Cantu, FourWinds, fraud, Henry Bemporad, Mikal Watts, San Antonio, Texas
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U.S. Judge to UT Professors Filing Campus Carry Lawsuit: REJECTED
Strangely enough, just as he did when asked for an initial injunction, U.S. Western District Judge Lee Yeakel did not find “but my feelings!” to be a persuasive legal argument against campus carry: A U.S. Western District judge has tossed … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Guns, Texas
Tagged Austin, campus carry, Guns, Lee Yeakel, Texas, University of Texas
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Mosul (Mostly) Liberated
Iraqi forces have declared victory over the Islamic State in Mosul, although evidently a small pocket of resistance right up against the Tigris remains. Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their victory over IS … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Haider al-Abadi, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kurds, Military, Mosul, video
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Go Home, TABC, You’re Drunk (on Power)
Here’s something from the regulators behaving badly file: Leaders at the Texas Capitol love to bash what they call out-of-control bureaucrats at city halls and in Washington, D.C., but a recent case pitting the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission against Spec’s … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Texas
Tagged Greg Abbott, Kevin Lilly, Regulation, Sherry Cook, Spec's, TABC, Texas
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O’Keefe: You’re Going to Retract. Farhi: Never! Washington Post: Here, Have a Retraction
Such a tiny little skirmish victory in the war against fake news, but since it fits into CNN Self-Immolation week, here’s James O’Keefe rubbing Paul Farhi’s nose in the fact that, yes, Farhi screwed up in his coverage of one … Continue reading
Posted in Media Watch, video
Tagged James O'Keefe, Media Watch, Paul Farhi, video, Washington Post
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LinkSwarm for July 7, 2017
It’s Friday on CNN Self-Immolation Week! And yes, there are a few CNN items at the top of this week’s LinkSwarm: 4Chan declares the Great Meme War of 2017. (Hat tip: Stephen Green at Instapundit.) Trump just schlonged the media … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, unions
Tagged 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Senate Race, 4Chan, Abid Awan, AFSCME, Anthropogenic Global Warming, Arizona, Austria, Beto O'Rourke, Border Controls, CNN, Communism, Communist Party USA, Crime, Czech Republic, Democrats, Donald Trump, EU, Europe, Foreign Policy, Glenn Greenwald, Global Warming, Honduras, Illinois, Imran Awan, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Italy, Jamal Awan, Japan, John Paul II, Konami, LinkSwarm, New York Times, Patriot Missiles, Paul Krugman, Poland, rape, Raqqa, Russia, sanctuary cities, South Africa, Soviet Union, Twitter, unions, Zimbabwe
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