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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Dawnna Dukes Changes Course, Refuses to Step Down
Well, this is an interesting turn of events: State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, has informed Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore that she will not step down from her seat in the Texas House as planned when the House convenes … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Texas
Tagged Austin, Crime, Dawnna Dukes, Democrats, Texas, Texas Rangers
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Rep. Sam Johnson to Retire
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson of the Texas Third Congressional district (northeast of Dallas, including Plano and McKinney) has announced that he’s retiring at the end of his term. Like Sen. John McCain, Johnson served as a military pilot who was … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Military, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, 3rd Congressional District, Elections, EPA, Military, Regulation, Republicans, Texas, Van Taylor, Vietnam War
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LinkSwarm for January 6, 2017
The James Quintero interview on Texas municipal pensions generated a lot of interest, including a piece on Zero Hedge. I mention it here because, being Zero Hedge, the firehose nudged it to page 2 before I could even take a … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Guns, Media Watch, ObamaCare
Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Border Controls, border fence, Communism, cop killer, Cuba, Democrats, DHS, DNC, dogs, Edward O'Grady, El Paso, FBI, Guns, Juarez, Judith Clark, Krispy Kreme, Kurt Schlichter, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Mexico, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, Sears, Valerie Jarrett, Washington Post, Waverly Brown, Weather Underground
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Obama Administration Awards Obama Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Un. Freaking. Believable: On Wednesday, President Obama added another prestigious medal to his Nobel Prize collection when he had Defense Secretary Ash Carter award him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Secretary Carter awarded his boss … Continue reading
MD Anderson Announces Layoffs
Well, this is a bad economic indicator for the Houston area: Financially ailing MD Anderson Cancer Center will announce today it will cut its workforce by 5 percent through layoffs and retirements. Dan Fontaine, Anderson’s chief financial officer, confirmed Thursday … Continue reading
Posted in ObamaCare, Texas
Tagged Houston, Houston Chronicle, MD Anderson Cancer Center, ObamaCare, Texas
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Clinton Corruption Update for January 4, 2017
Sure, the election is over, but Hillary Clinton’s crooked deeds weren’t magically washed away when she was defeated, and no one involved in the many corrupt organizations doing her bidding (the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative, the DNC, the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad
Tagged Abdurahman Alamoudi, al Qaeda, Anthony Weiner, Clinton Foundation, Crime, Democrats, EmailGate, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Jake Sullivan, James Freeman, Jennifer Palmieri, Jihad, John Podesta, Joule Unlimited, Judicial Watch, Julian Assange, Preet Bharara, Russia, Sberbank
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Paul Ryan Reelected Speaker
Rep. Paul Ryan has been reelected Speaker of the House: As expected, Republican Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Tuesday was elected speaker of the House for the 2017-2018 congressional term. The final vote was 239-189, with five lawmakers not … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Budget, Republicans
Tagged House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Republicans
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Interview with TPPF’s James Quintero on the Texas Municipal Pension Debt Crisis
James Quintero, the Director of the Center for Local Governance at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was kind enough to provide some detailed answers to questions I sent him about the municipal pension crisis in Dallas and other large Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Budget, Texas, Waste and Fraud
Tagged Austin, Budget, Dallas, Dallas Morning News, debt, Houston, James Quintero, pension crisis, San Antonio, SB 152, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
I’m proud to announce that BattleSwarm Blog has been named to The Fabulous 50 Blog List by Director Blue. Quote: “Best Grassroots Blog Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm: Person’s LinkSwarms extract pure wheat from chaff.” Thanks! And there are a lot of … Continue reading