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Category Archives: Texas
Texas Economy Continues to Kick Ass
Two bits of news dropped right after I put up the most recent Texas vs. California update. First, Texas added 34,800 nonfarm jobs in November, and 441,200 more jobs year-over-year, more than any other state. And this happened despite the … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for December 19, 2014
I trust everyone reading this has already heard about Sony Picture’s spinelessness in cancelling their release of The Interview, and Paramount’s even more-spineless refusal to allow theaters to show Team America: World Police in its place. This would be good … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Texas, video
Tagged Austin, bribes, Democrats, feminism, Guns, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jerry Pournelle, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, rape, Rolling Stone, Russia, Texas Democratic Party, UVA, Voter ID, Wallace Hall, Wikipedia
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Texas vs. California Update for December 17, 2014
Time for another Texas vs. California update: California’s unfunded health care obligations for retired employees hits $72 billion. (Hat tip: Pension Tsunami.) Meanwhile, the state comptroller says that California’s unfunded pension liabilities has hit $198 billion. (Ditto.) California may extend … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged amnesty, Austin, Border Controls, California, Conroe, Costa Mesa, Crime, Democrats, pension crisis, Texas, unions, Welfare State
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Democrats Hate the South, And The South Hates Them Right Back
With the defeat of Mary Landrieu, the Democratic Party no longer has a single national office holder anywhere in the South. In fact, with South Carolina re-electing Tim Scott, “there are now more black Republicans than white Democrats from the … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Beto O'Rourke, Democrats, Elections, Lloyd Doggett, Mary Landrieu, Michael Tomasky, Moe Lane, Republicans, Texas, The South
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Texas vs. California Update for December 4, 2014
It’s another Texas vs. California update! The real reason the University of California system is raising taxes: “The real driving force behind the tuition hike is the university’s woefully underfunded pension system, which currently serves 56,000 retired employees. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, California, CalPERs, Magpul, Newport Beach, San Bernardino, Stockton, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, unions, University of California, Vallejo, Welfare State
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Imagine a Highly Insightful Post on the Texas Budget Process Here
The folks at the Texas Public Policy Foundation are cranking up the analysis in advance of next year’s budget fight. So this would be the perfect time to offer up a deep, insightful delve into the labyrinth structure of the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Texas
Tagged Legislative Budget Board, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Texas vs. California Roundup for November 26, 2014
Who knows how many people will read this in the rush of Thanksgiving travel: Texas’ economy continues to kick ass. In fact, Texas set a record for new jobs for the third month in a row. (Hat tip: The Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, California, Democrats, pension crisis, San Bernardino, Texas, unions, Welfare State
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LinkSwarm for November 21, 2014
Here in Austin, we’re enjoying a temporary respite from Winter in November, but I don’t expect it to last long. Links! All the lies of ObamCare: The growing impression that politicians don’t play straight with their constituents is completely toxic, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Economics, Elections, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Bill Cosby, Border Controls, due process, feminism, inflation, Jonathan Gruber, Microsoft, ObamaCare, rape, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
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Guns and Crime Roundup
Another roundup of gun and crime news: Washington state’s I-594 evidently makes it illegal to touch a gun you don’t own. Bloomberg’s long-term plan is to destroy gun culture by preventing new recruits. (Hat tip: Shall Not Be Questioned, which … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Guns, Texas
Tagged Crime, Democrats, Facebook, Guns, Michael Bloomberg, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C.
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A Real Texas Speaker’s Race? Don’t Count on It
Despite a broad consensus that he’s too moderate and holding up important conservative legislation, conservatives in the Texas House failed to unseat Speaker Joe Straus in both 2010 and 2012. Since then, one Straus ally after another has fallen to … Continue reading