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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
And the Eternal Greek Farce Starts Up Again
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Germany’s Suddeutsche Zeitung reported that just two (or is it three, this past summer is one big blur) months after Greece voted through its third bailout, one which will raise its debt/GDP … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Economics, EU, Euro, European Debt Crisis, Foreign Policy, Germany, Greece, Welfare State
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“Right Wing” Party Wins in Poland
This seems to be a week for cracks in the EU’s facade of democratic unity to start appearing all over the place. First Portugal finds out that they’re not allowed to have democracy when it conflicts with EU mandates, and … Continue reading
Portugal Decides EU Mandates Trump Democracy
Portugal has decided that EU economic mandates trump that pesky Democracy: Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s constitutional president, has refused to appoint a Left-wing coalition government even though it secured an absolute majority in the Portuguese parliament and won a mandate … Continue reading
Darth Vader Replaces Lenin in Ukraine
In Odessa: “A recent law banning Communist symbols in the country meant that a Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa needed to come down. Instead, the city opted to transform it into a monument to one of pop culture’s … Continue reading
Posted in Communism
Tagged Communism, Darth Vader, Star Wars, Ukraine, Vladimir Lenin
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LinkSwarm for October 23, 2015
Another Friday, another LinkSwarm, heavy on Benghazi and Presidential race news: Seven revelations from the Benghazi hearing. You know who wasn’t happy about Hillary Clinton’s latest Benghazi testimony? The families of the Benghazi victims. Funny how that “absolute moral authority” … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Communism, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Texas
Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Arthur Miller, Bangladesh, Benghazi, Bernie Sanders, Bobby Jindal, China, Communism, Democrats, Foreign Policy, George Pataki, Hillary Clinton, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Round Rock, Texas, Turkey
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Lincoln Chafee Stops Pretending to Run for President
Former Governor, Senator and Republican Lincoln Chafee announced he was dropping out of the Democratic Presidential race. Like Jim Webb, Chafee’s campaign was all but invisible anyway.
Posted in Democrats, Elections
Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Democrats, Elections, Lincoln Chafee
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Three Texas Planned Parenthood Clinics Raided Over Medicaid Fraud
“Health investigators with the state of Texas went into Planned Parenthood’s clinic in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas Thursday morning, but declined to say why.” Snip. “Earlier this week, the [Texas Health and Human Services Commission] alleged that Planned Parenthood … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Texas, Waste and Fraud
Tagged abortion, Crime, fraud, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Texas
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Yuma’s Border Fence is Working
People who say the border is impossible to secure almost invariable don’t want to see it secure. The experience of Yuma, Arizona shows it can be done. Before the fence? Border agents made on average 800 arrests a day, and … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control
Tagged Arizona, Border Controls, border fence, Secure Fence Act, Yuma
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Biden Not Running
Vice President Joe Biden has announced he’s not running for President in 2016. So it’s Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, the crook or the socialist, as your 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee. God help us all.
Posted in Democrats, Elections
Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden
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TPPF: Why the Texas Model Supports Prosperity
I could roll this up into the next California vs. Texas update, but I thought this Texas Public Policy Foundation paper by Vance Ginn on why Texas’ low tax, low regulation model generates prosperity was meaty enough to be worth … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Regulation, Texas
Tagged Budget, California, Economics, Florida, New York, Regulation, Taxes, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Vance Ginn
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