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Texas Senate Race Update for August 10, 2011

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few senate race updates for these dog days of summer: There will be a Clear Lake Tea Party senate candidate forum Thursday, August 11. Expected to attend are Ted Cruz, Glenn Addison, Tom Leppert, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Andrew Castanuela … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, August 5, 2011

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The last six days of blogging have been pretty packed, so here’s a LinikSwarm for a lazy (and very hot) Friday: Christopher Hitchens on Turkey. He glosses over the fact (maybe he only had so many words) that Mustafa Kemal … Continue reading →

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This Day Eaten By Locusts

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Lawrence Person

In addition to the Ted Cruz interview, I have a longish post on a very packed political Saturday that I’m still fleshing out. Unfortunately, today has been too busy to either finish that or to comment on any of a … Continue reading →

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Clarification: Leppert Did Donate $500,000 to His Campaign, But That Wasn’t Among the $750,000 in Reported Constributions

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Shawn McCoy of the Tom Leppert campaign clarifies Leppert’s Q2 fundraising numbers: Yes, Tom invested more of his own money in the campaign. That was not part of the 750k.= Not sure if you received our press release—it may help … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitism: The Flowchart

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Over at Talking Squid, Chris Lawson has come up with a flow chart to determine whether criticism of Jews and/or Israel is anti-Semitic or not. Since its seems pretty useful, and since Lawson says “Anyone else is also free to … Continue reading →

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“When in the Course of human events…”

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Lawrence Person

…it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm Redux for May 23, 2011

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Yet another passel of news: With the new state budget moving toward passage, the State of Texas will actually spend less money next fiscal year than it did last year, the first state in 50 years to actually implement a … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 18, 2011

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The French are incensed that French elites are not above American law. And who could possibly believe that prison was so primative? “‘There are numerous very heavy barred doors that make a noise each time they are opened or closed,’ … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Flood

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Randall Munroe, the guy who does XKCD has an interesting post up on the possibility that the current Mississippi flood may overwhelm the Old River Control Structure that keeps the river from shifting course to the Atchafalaya, as I discussed … Continue reading →

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Still More Bin Laden Fallout

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The ever-readable and redoubtable Christopher Hitchens. James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal. Including why we went in with troops rather than B-52s: “The president wanted proof that bin Laden was dead. So he assembled a small death panel, which … Continue reading →

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