Category Archives: Texas

Texas vs. California Roundup for October 9, 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Another Texas vs. California roundup: If Stockton bankruptcy judge’s ruling is upheld, a lot of California cities could actually start working for citizens again, rather than public employee unions. There are plenty of lessons to be learned from Stockton’s bankruptcy. … 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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A Quick Look At Texas Migration Patterns

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Will Franklin of WILLisms put up an interesting link on his Twitter feed: A PDF of Texas relocation data from the Texas Association of Realtors. There’s lots of interesting information to be gleaned: The 2014 Texas Relocation Report shows that … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California: Hispanic Edition

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I don’t know how I missed this Mike Gonzalez editorial in the Dallas Morning News from early September, but it’s well worth your attention. It goes into some detail on how Texas Hispanics are radically outperforming California Hispanics. The relative … Continue reading →

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Politico Names Wendy Davis As One of Worst Campaigns of 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Lawrence Person

This Politico piece won’t reveal anything new to anyone who has been following the campaign, but it will probably prove quite a shock for out-of-state liberals who might still believe Davis has a chance: Davis’ June 2013 filibuster against a … Continue reading →

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Rich Liberal Trial Lawyer Steve Mostyn is the Bank Behind Texas Municipal Police Association PAC

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Lawrence Person

It’s always interesting to find out where the money for innocuous sounding political committees is really coming from. Today the Dallas Morning news revealed that rich liberal trial lawyer Steve Mostyn provides the majority of money behind the Texas Municipal … 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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LinkSwarm for September 22, 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Lawrence Person

A Monday LinkSwarm of some recent(ish) news: Surprise, surprise, surprise: ObamaCare covers abortions. Alaska doctor shuts down practice due to ObamaCare. Obama’s own Secretary of Defense says we left Iraq too soon. Strangely enough, Gaza landlords are no longer wild … Continue reading →

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Follow-Up On Abbott-Davis RGV Debate

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The Abbot campaign sent around this two minute exchange from the debate as being Davis’ most cringe-worthy performance: The Houston Chronicle says that Abbott is right on the facts in that exchange: Shot: Davis said “the only thing right now … 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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