Category Archives: Texas

Austin Voters Reject Bumsville

You expect Austin voters to embrace crazy leftwing policies, but turning every grassy median and underpass in the city into a garbage-strewn 24/7 amusement park for drug-addicted transients (with side order of arson and mayhem) was too much even for … Continue reading →

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Austinites: VOTE TODAY!

If you live in the Austin City Limits and haven’t voted yet, go vote for Proposition B today. Travis County Voting locations are here, while Williamson County voting locations can be looked up here. Voters finally have a chance to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 30, 2021

If you live inside the Austin city limits and haven’t voted yet, don’t forget to vote to reinstate the camping ban tomorrow! Joe Biden declares war on America: The country had “done nothing about immigration in 30 years,” (most of … Continue reading →

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Texas Gains 2 Congressional Seats, California, New York Lose 1 Each (With Some Thoughts On Texas Redistricting)

The 2020 Census results are out: Florida and Texas gained House seats while California and New York lost one seat each as a result of population shifts, according to the 2020 census results announced on Monday. Texas gained two House … Continue reading →

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Texas Sales Tax Prep Weekend Snuck Up On Me This Year

Today is the last day: These emergency preparation supplies qualify for tax exemption if purchased for a sales price: Less than $3000 Portable generators Less than $300 Emergency ladders Hurricane shutters Less than $75 Axes Batteries, single or multipack (AAA … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For April 23, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to another super-late Friday LinkSwarm! Been a busy week at the day job. I hope that next week is less frantic, but I also have to start working on my taxes…   Father pulls daughter out … Continue reading →

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The Carpetbagger In TX-06

On May 1st, voters in the Texas Sixth U.S. Congressional District, a suburban Metroplex district that runs from Arlington down to Corsicana, go to the polls to fill the seat vacated by late Republican Representative Ron Wright, who died February … Continue reading →

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Former Travis County Sheriff’s Deputy Murders Three, On The Lam

Just imagine that there’s an “allegedly” in that headline, but that does appear to be the case: Authorities have lifted the shelter in place order near the apartment complex where three people were shot and killed Sunday, but the suspect … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 16, 2021

Greetings! Welcome to an extra-late Friday LinkSwarm! I had a doctor’s appointment and have been running behind all day. This week: #BlackLivesMatter activists raking off that sweet, sweet graft, mainstream media keeps up its assault on independent thought, and a … Continue reading →

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The Building Austin Policing Crisis

Many of the cities that defunded police last year in a fit of social justice warrior-endorsed madness have reversed course once crime rates started spiraling. But Austin’s hard-left City Council seems stuck on stupid. After the Austin police budget cut … Continue reading →

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