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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Dear Everyone Freaking Out Over the Precision Guided Firearms Tracking Point: Freak Out Over Something Else
I know I’m a bit late to this party, since it was on Slashdot months ago, but people are evidently still freaking out over the Precision Guided Firearms Tracking Point rifle. That’s the rifle with the integrated fire control computer … Continue reading
Ted Cruz Sides with the Dissent in Maryland vs. King
Ted Cruz sides with the dissent in the recently decided Maryland vs. King DNA gathering case: All of us should be alarmed by this significant step towards government as Big Brother. The excessive concentration of power in government is always … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged Crime, Fourth Amendment, Maryland vs. King, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz
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The Actual Text of the Maryland vs. King Decision
Actual text of the Supreme Court’s Maryland vs. King “police can take DNA samples” decision can be found here in PDF form. Still haven’t read it yet.
Supreme Court: All Your DNA Are Belong To Us
In a 5-4 decision on Maryland vs. King, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can indeed take your DNA sample upon arrest. It was also a decision that split across the court’s usual ideological lines: “Kennedy wrote the decision, … Continue reading
LinkSwam for May 31, 2013
The season has switched from not Summer to Summer here in Texas, so here’s a hot, humid LinkSwarm: In Europe, youth unemployment is climbing to scary, stratospheric heights. So scary I’m going to swipe their chart: Notice how countries that … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Economics, Media Watch, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare
Tagged Border Controls, California, Chicago Sun Times, Eric Holder, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Harry Reid, Harvey Whittemore, IRS, James Goodale, Jihad, Media Watch, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, PIIGS, Ted Cruz, UK, unemployment, Welfare State
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Texas vs. California: The Fate of Cities
There’s a lot to digest in this comparison of migration in California urban areas vs. migration in Texas urban areas. Quick take: Despite anti-sprawl laws, the cores of California cities would be emptying due to migration to the suburbs, were … Continue reading
Susan Combs Stepping Down as Texas State Comptroller
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs won’t run for reelection in 2014. And that despite having a $7.3 million warchest. Naturally lots of Republicans are lining up to run for the spot, though many are probably waiting to see what Rick Perry … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Republicans, Susan Combs, Texas
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Newsweek Owner Seeks New Buyer To Nail It Back To The Perch
Evidently Newsweek (or the online-only digital carcass of same) is for sale again. Gee, people don’t want to pay for an online version of a stale newsweekly turned into another carrier-medium for liberal opinion? Who knew? Previously: Back in 2009, … Continue reading
PETA: People Killing Healthy Animals
Via Slashdot we now learn that PETA, the supposed animal rights group, sucks at keeping animals, you know, alive. In 2011, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) behaved in a regrettably consistent manner: it euthanized the overwhelming majority … Continue reading
What Austerity?
Forbes makes the same point that I have made repeatedly: Austerity has not been tried and failed in Europe, it has been found difficult and left untried. The official figures show that PIIGS governments embarked on massive spending sprees between … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, Economics, European Debt Crisis, PIIGS, Welfare State
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