Category Archives: Regulation

New Jersey Wants Your Baby’s Blood

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Unfortunately this story comes a week too late for Halloween season vampire jokes, but the State of New Jersey keeps your baby’s blood without your permission for 23 years. Today, a group of New Jersey parents teamed up with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulation, Supreme Court | Tagged Christie Hebert, DNA, Fourth Amendment, Institute for Justice, Maryland vs. King, Michigan, New Jersey, Regulation, Rob Frommer, Supreme Court, Texas | 8 Comments

Electric Cars: No Panacea

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Lawrence Person

For all that Democrats at the state and national level want to force adoption of them, electric cars are no panacea to solving the “climate change crisis” those same Democrats claim will kill us all. Peter Zeihan explains why. “A … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulation, video | Tagged California, cars, electric cars, Energy Policy, environmentalism, Ford, GM, Mexico, Peter Zeihan, Regulation, technology, Tesla Motors, Texas Public Policy Foundation, video | 14 Comments

California Democrats Disarm Synagogues

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a story I missed from September that takes on an even more sinister cast in retrospect. Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a new Second Amendment lawsuit challenging multiple parts of California SB2, which unilaterally declares numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, Jihad, Regulation, Supreme Court | Tagged California, Democrats, Gavin Newsom, gun control, Guns, Hamas, Jews, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, Regulation, Supreme Court | 20 Comments

LinkSwarm For October 27, 2023

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Lawrence Person

A full scale ground war may or may not be developing in Gaza, the Biden recession claims bank branches, California declares itself a “child molesters across from schools” friendly zone, and lots of criminals making very poor decisions. It’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Jihad, Military, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas | Tagged ACLU, Anne Kringen, Arab-Israeli Wars, Austin, Austin Police Department, Babylon Bee, banking, Biden Recession, California, Casar Martinez, Cops, Courtney Love, Crime, Donald Trump, Fentanyl, Frantz Fanon, Gaza, Grace Rose Baez, Hamas, Home Depot, Israel-Hamas War, Jihad, Jonathan Kringen, Kurt Cobain, LinkSwarm, Michael Stipe, Military, Namer, New York City, Newsguard, Nirvana, NYPD, pedophilia, Riley Hawk, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Tony Hawk, Ukraine, war crimes | 1 Comment

HS2: UK’s £100 Billion Rail To Nowhere

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I’ve long documented the failures of California’s still unbuilt high speed rail, and now a video from Simon Whistler (yeah, him) covers a similar doomed British high speed rail project: “Even in a country used to paying absurd prices for … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Regulation, Uncategorized, unions, video, Waste and Fraud | Tagged Birmingham (UK), Budget, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, Leeds, London, Lord Adonis, Manchester, rail, railroads, Regulation, Rishi Sunak, Rod Edington, Sheffield, Simon Whistler, video, waste | 20 Comments

Texas Constitutional Amendment Voting Started Today (With Recommendations)

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Another Constitutional Election Ballot (crappy formatting there, Ballotpedia is upon us, and early voting starts today. Here’s Texas Scorecard’s roundup, with input from Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, True Texas Project, and the Huffines Liberty Foundation and links to Texas Legislative … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Regulation, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2023 Elections, agriculture, Elections, Energy Policy, farming, Huffines Liberty Foundation, property tax reform, Regulation, Taxes, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Texas, Texas Constitutional Amendment, Travis County, True Texas Project, Wickard vs. Filburn, Williamson County | 9 Comments

ATF Pistol Brace Regulations Blocked

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Lawrence Person

In another small victory in the war against ATF overreach, a federal judge has blocked ATF regulations on pistol braces. After the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that a challenge to the Biden administration’s rule regulating pistol braces … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, Regulation, Texas | Tagged ATF, Firearms Policy Coalition, Guns, Maxim Defense, Mock v. Garland, pistol brace, Reed O’Connor, Regulation, Texas | 8 Comments

LinkSwarm for October 6, 2023

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The job search continues, Buddy is healing nicely from his surgery, and we’ve finally gotten some decent cool weather. This week: More Biden border follies, social justice types getting stabbed by reality, and a double dose of doggy goodness. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas | Tagged 2024 Election, 2024 Presidential Race, Alejandro Mayorkas, Andrew Murr, Angel Almeida, Border Controls, Crime, Dade Phelan, David Covey, Democrats, DHS, Dianne Feinstein, dogs, Elections, F-16, FBI, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, Henry Cuellar, Illegal Aliens, Japan, Josh Kruger, Ken Paxton, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Military, Mogadishu, New York City, pedophilia, Philadelphia, ruble, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ryan Carson, San Francisco, Shellyne Rodriguez, Social Justice Warriors, Somalia, Starbucks, Starr County, Syria, Texas, Tren de Aragua, Turkey, Venezuela, Wes Virdell | 2 Comments

Third Special Session: School Choice and Colony Ridge

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made it official: a third special legislative session starts October 9. In a letter to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan and obtained by several media entities over the weekend, Gov. Greg … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Regulation, Republicans, Texas | Tagged 88th Texas Legislative Session, Border Controls, Brent Lane, Cleveland ISD, Colony Ridge, Dade Phelan, Democrats, E-Verify, Greg Abbott, Gulf Cartel, Houston Terrenos, Illegal Aliens, Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) loans, Liberty County, Mexico, Republicans, Robin Lane, school choice, Sinaloa Cartel, Special Session, Texas, Todd Bensman, unions, William Harris, William Trey Harris III | 14 Comments

LinkSwarm for September 29, 2023

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Well, I’ve had better weeks. In addition to my job ending, my dog had to get $1,700 worth of veterinary work done (removing and testing a lump on his chest, and while he was getting that I got his teeth … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Global Warming, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2024 Presidential Race, Adam Schiff, aircraft, Allison Ball, Amazon, antitrust, Border Controls, bribes, California, campaign finance fraud, Cindy Byrd, corrupt scumbags, corruption, Crime, Critical Drinker, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Disney, Donald Trump, Elections, Elon Musk, Environmental Social Governance (ESG), Federal Trade Comission, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, Guns, Hunter Biden, Illegal Aliens, Intuit, Janis Sammartino, Joe Biden, JP Morgan, Kentucky, Lawsuit, Leonard Francis, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Mexico, Military, Navy, Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAMi), Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA), Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (NZFSPA), Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), New York City, Oakland, Oklahoma, Paul Magliocchetti, polls, Portland, Prosper ISD, Robert Menendez, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, San Francisco, Seattle, Social Justice Warriors, Su-35, Target, Ted Cruz, Ukraine, Washington D.C., Welfare State | 1 Comment

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