Category Archives: Crime

Buddy Barfield Pleads Guilty

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Remember Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield, the political consultant who was accused of embezzling over $2 million from David Dewhurst campaign funds? When last we checked, he had sold his house to settle a civil lawsuit from Dewhurst. Well, Barfield just plead … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Rape in Sweden

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Pat Condell offers some pungent thoughts on the connection between mass Muslim immigration and rising rape statistics in Sweden: Is Sweden the rape capital of Europe? Indeed, this BBC report confirms it, though they claim that it’s an artifact of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, October 3, 2014

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Here’s your Friday LinkSwarm of semi-random linkage goodness: ObamaCare’s war on women: higher premiums, cancelled plans, fewer options. ObamaCare has already cost $73 billion and counting. And the Healthcare.Gov website cost 2.5 times what the Obama Administration told us. The … Continue reading →

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Tractor Tragedy Terminates Traficant

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Convicted felon and Democratic ex-congressman from Ohio James Traficant died in a tractor accident on his farm, evidently following a heart attack that left the tractor pinned on top of him. In 2002, Traficant was convicted of 10 felony counts … Continue reading →

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Facts About the Oklahoma City Beheader

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Lawrence Person

A few random facts about the Oklahoma beheader, Alton Nolen, AKA Jah’Keem Yisrael, AKA Alton Threadgill (the name on his Facebook profile): The Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists his birthdate as 08/16/1984 and gives his vital statistics as “Black Male; … Continue reading →

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Gun and Crime Roundup for September 23, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Been a while since I did a roundup on gun news and examples of criminal stupidity, so here it is: Study shows that banning “assault weapons” has no effect on crime. The Missouri House and Senate override the veto of … Continue reading →

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WendyBot5000. Will. Continue. Speaking!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Well, if Wendy Davis was hoping the Rio Grande Valley debate would help her catch up to Greg Abbott, she probably should have worked to have a voice other than the pre-programmed monotone she used. She also loses points for … Continue reading →

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The NFL and Domestic Violence: A Ginned Up Moral Panic

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I had been reading less and less of Sports Illustrated for a while now, partially because of their increasing politicization (see Peter King, Gun Control Zealot), and partially because each redesign was worse than the last. The most recent one, … Continue reading →

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While I Grapple With Rotherham, Pat Condell Brings The Noise

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Lawrence Person

So I keep try to pen a coherent essay on the Rotherham child rape scandal, and I keep getting too angry and/or disgusted to write about it. Pat Condell has no such problem. “If your 11 year-old daughter is regularly … Continue reading →

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“Wallace Hall Was Right About UT All Along”

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Lawrence Person

That’s the headline on this Dallas Observer story by Jim Schutze (who you may remember from my piece on Tom Leppert’s term as Dallas Mayor). The Hall piece details what members of the conservative Texas blogsphere (myself included) have been … Continue reading →

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