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Category Archives: Regulation
Texas vs. California Update for September 18, 2013
Time for another Texas vs. California update: CalPERS decides commoners are unworthy of knowing what their betters in the California state retiree system get paid. New California law to shield pedophiles in teacher’s unions in California each year, seven to … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Economics, Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged California, CalPERs, Marylnd, Missouri, Rick Perry, Texas, Victor Davis Hanson
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Today’s Most infuriating Quote
Via Dwight comes a link to this Jonathan Chait piece in New York magazine. Which contained this gem of prevarication: Bloomberg’s health crusade is so unusual because it embraces a political mode usually associated with the right. Conservatives favor regulation … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Media Watch, Regulation
Tagged Democrats, Jonathan Chait, Media Watch, Nanny State, Regulation
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Should Someone With Downs Syndrome be Allowed To Fight MMA?
Florida stopped a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight between two consenting adults because they have disabilities. Garrett Holeve is a 23-year-old with Down’s Syndrome, while 28-year-old David Steffin has cerebral palsy. Here’s a profile of Holeve: Should Flordia allow an … Continue reading
Texas vs. California Update for February 21, 2013
Another Texas vs. California update! And I don’t even have a line item on how the Houston Rockets picked the Sacramento Kings’ pockets’ in yesterday’s trade. All of TPPF’s Texas vs. California updates in one handy place. California is raising … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Regulation, Texas, unions
Tagged California, pension crisis, Regulation, Rick Perry, San Bernardino, Texas, unions
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The Joys of Watching Matt Yglesias Miss The Point
It’s always fun to watch liberals stub their toes against reality. This time around it’s JournoLista Matthew Yglesias who is shocked, shocked to discover that trying to start a small business (in his case renting out a spare house) is … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, ObamaCare, Regulation, video
Tagged bureaucrats, Democrats, Matthew Yglesias, ObamaCare, Regulation, video
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David Cameron Suddenly Remembers He’s a Tory
Well well well, maybe David Cameron has some cobbles after all. Cameron has generally presided over the “wettest” Tory administration the UK has seen since Neville Chamberlain, but today he delivered a veritable pipe bomb of a speech on the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foreign Policy, Regulation, Welfare State
Tagged David Cameron, Economics, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Foreign Policy, UK, Welfare State
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A Dollop of Gun News
Lots of news in the world of guns and the Second Amendment today, so here’s a quick lunchtime roundup: So Obama has issued his executive orders on guns. The good news is that the Executive Orders themselves are not nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Guns, Regulation
Tagged Assault Weapon, Crime, Democrats, gun control, Guns, handguns, Harry Reid, Joe Manchin, Mark Steyn, Obama, Regulation
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Travis County Gun Show Ban Shot Down, Stuffed, and Mounted on the Wall
Today law-abiding gun owners declared total victory over the gun-grabbing plans of the Travis County Commissioner’s Court: Travis County Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to reverse course on a proposal that would have banned gun shows from county facilities. Commissioners also … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Guns, Regulation, Texas
Tagged Austin, Democrats, Greg Abbott, gun shows, Guns, NRA, Regulation, Sarah Eckhardt, Texas, Travis County
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Brief Impressions of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 2013 Policy Orientation
I enjoyed attending what little I could of the Texas Public Policy Foundation 2013 policy orientation held January 9-11. Here are a few quick and largely random impressions: Because I just started a new day job, I wasn’t able to … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Budget, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Media Watch, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Books, California, Chuck DeVore, David Dewhurst, David Guenthner, Guns, Holly Hansen, John Cornyn, Joshua Trevino, Larry Taylor, Marsha Farney, Newt Gingrich, pics, Regulation, Republicans, Taxes, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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The Elephant Joins the Party
Dwight and I were out front on opposing the Travis County/Austin gun show ban, but now the 800 pound gorilla has climbed on the bandwagon, with the NRA-ILA sending out a notice to members to oppose the gun show ban. … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Regulation, Texas
Tagged Austin, gun shows, Guns, NRA, Texas, Travis County
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