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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Remembering Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan died ten years ago today, June 5, 2004. In memory, here are a few Reagan-related links: Ted Cruz on the anniversary of Reagan’s passing. 10 memorable Reagan quotes. Here’s Reagan’s speech on the 40th Anniversary of the D-Day … Continue reading
Leland Yee Update for June 5, 2014
I’ve been busy with other things, so until Dwight covered it, I didn’t realize that indicted California state senator Leland Yee’s suspended campaign still came in third in the race for California Secretary of State, pulling in a quarter-million votes. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections
Tagged California, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Leland Yee, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow
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The Bergdahl Blunder
If you want to see how quickly consensus wisdom can change as the facts come to light, take a look at the 180º turn in opinion on the five Taliban leaders for Bowe Bergdahl exchange. First “President Obama hailed Bergdahl’s … Continue reading
Posted in Jihad, Military, Obama Scandals, Uncategorized, video
Tagged Afghanistan, Bowe Bergdahl, Jihad, Military, Obama, Obama Scandals, Susan Rice, video
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Texas vs. California Roundup for June 3, 2014
Lots of news on the Texas vs. California front. An audit turns up $31 billion in California budget mistakes, Democrats hike the minimum wage there, Jerry Brown tries to do something about the growing CalSTARS pension deficit, and people and … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged Ameriflight, Budget, California, CalPERs, CalSTARS, Crime, Democrats, Economics, pension crisis, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sriracha, Tesla Motors, Texas, unions
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Wallace Hall Followup: Dan Patrick Win = Witchhunt End?
The witchhunt against UT regent Wallace Hall for uncovering cronyism and favoritism in UT admissions may be coming to an an end, thanks to Dan Patrick’s decisive win the Lt. Governor runoff. Patrick has constantly supported Hall in his investigative … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Crime, Texas
Tagged Charles Matthews, college, Crime, Dallas Morning News, Dan Patrick, education, Joe Straus, University of Texas, Wallace Hall
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UT Tries to Screw Objectivist Student Group
This is almost a non-story, but since I stumbled across it, and it takes place at my alma mater, and I possessed intimate knowledge of Objectivism during my college days, I thought I’d mention it. Basically, UT has money available … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Texas
Tagged Austin, Ayn Rand, college, education, FIRE, Objectivism, University of Texas
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Blogroll Addition: Rock in a Sea of Chaos
One of the bloggers who showed up at Borepatch’s blogmeet was “That Guy” from Rock in a Sea of Chaos. That seems like a sufficient excuse to add another Austin gun blogger to the blogroll, so here he is…
Some Texas Runoff Result Links
I keep looking for some insightful pieces on the Texas election results, but mostly what I’m finding is the usual MSMN “those extreme extremist Republicans have sure gotten extremely extreme” blather (see just about any Paul Burka piece for an … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Media Watch, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Dan Patrick, Emmanuel Garcia, Empower, Jim Hogan, Paul Burka, Texas, Texas Democratic Party
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More EU Election Fallout
It’s hard to know just how much weight to put in widespread gains by Eurosceptic parties in EU elections, mainly because the EU decision-making process seems so opaque to outsiders. Even if Eurosceptic Parties had won significant majorities, you get … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy, video, Welfare State
Tagged Elections, EU, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Eurosceptics, Marine Le Pen, Nigel Farage, UKIP, video, Welfare State
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Patrick, Paxton, Sitton Win, Miller Leading
According to the latest results. Both Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton were hovering around 64-65% of the vote, which is pretty decisive. Ryan Sitton is currently winning with 58% to Wayne Christian’s 42% for Railroad Commissioner. That’s a mild surprise … Continue reading