Category Archives: Democrats

Texas vs. California Update for February 19, 2015

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup: U.S. bankruptcy judge presiding over the Stockton case says pensions are not sacred and can be cut in bankruptcy. “CalPERS has bullied its way about in this case with an iron fist insisting … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For February 13, 2015

Still recovering from this cold. Enjoy this Friday LinkSwarm compliments of the management: ISIS on the run? Not so much. They just took over the Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, where U.S. troops are training Iraqi troops. 45 “Asian” men arrested … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Bird To Bring Magic of Battleground Texas Campaign to Israel

When word dropped that Jeremy Bird, manager of Battleground Texas’ disastrous 2014 campaign, was going to Israel to help campaign against Benjamin Netanyahu, (“With the help of American money and a former campaign adviser to President Barack Obama, V15 is … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 6, 2015

I’ve got a cold and my dog had major dental surgery yesterday, so pardon me if I seem out of it. Democratic Party makes it clear they expect reporters to be good little lapdogs, going so far as to escort … Continue reading →

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John B. Judis Turns 180ยบ, Proclaims Coming Republican Advantage

John B. Judis is most famous for proclaiming that rising minority populations would make Democrats America’s natural majority party before too long, a theme he expounded upon in The Emerging Democratic Majority (with Ruy Teixeira) in 2002. Now Judis has … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for January 29, 2014

To a certain extent, this Texas vs. California roundup is incomplete, since we’re hot and heavy into the new legislative session and I haven’t had a chance to fully digest the proposed budget numbers yet. By the Legislative Budget Boards … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 23, 2015

This week haw been incredibly busy, so enjoy a briefer-than-usual LinkSwarm: Eric S. Raymond on how Social Justice Warriors use Kafkatrapping, which presumes you are guilty until you are proven guilty or admit your guilt. Instapundit on why Jews are … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for January 21, 2015

The working poor benefit from a lower cost of living in red states. Five of the top ten U.S. cities in economic growth in 2014 were in Texas: Austin, Houston, Ft. Worth. Dallas and San Antonio. (There were also two … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 19, 2015

Enjoy a Monday LinkSwarm to get your week started: Police conduct anti-terrorism raids in Germany, Belgium and France. Could this be the start of a real effort to halt Islamic extremism in Europe? I rather doubt it. Too many leftist … Continue reading →

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John Kerry Deploys James Taylor To Fight Jihad

So how did John Kerry apologize for the Obama Administration not sending a representative to the most important anti-Jihad rally in history? He had James Taylor sing “You’ve Got A Friend.” No. Really. That’s an actual thing that actually happened: … Continue reading →

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