Category Archives: Border Control

Paul Ryan Reelected Speaker

Rep. Paul Ryan has been reelected Speaker of the House: As expected, Republican Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Tuesday was elected speaker of the House for the 2017-2018 congressional term. The final vote was 239-189, with five lawmakers not … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 30, 2016

Welcome to the last LinkSwarm of 2016! I have a lot of bigger posts gestating for next week (including a huge one on Texas’ own municipal pension crisis), so in the meantime, enjoy these: Newt Gingrich on The New York … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 16, 2016

Next week come two joyous events: Christmas, and Donald Trump being confirmed President by the electoral college. The first is a time of family celebration, and the second means liberals can finally shut the hell up about their asinine cockamamie … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 9, 2016

The Dallas police and fireman pension fund has halted withdrawals of money to stop a pension run in order to keep the system (temporarily) solvent. Texas municipal pension debt is a big story with a lot of different ramifications and … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 2, 2016

Welcome to the last month of the year! (Insert standard “where has the time gone” lament here.) Enjoy the traditional Friday LinkSwarm: Kevin D. Williamson brings the wood: The Democratic party is an odd apparatus in which most of the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 25, 2016

Hope all of you had a happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm before you go off to engage in mortal combat to save $5 on an improved deframbulator. Kurt Schlichter on why Democrats won’t autopsy their own corpse. Lots of … Continue reading →

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2016 Election Roundup Part 2: Reactions and Analysis

I wanted to do a comprehensive roundup of analysis of last week’s election, so this post just grew and grew to its current Brobdingnagian size. So tuck in! There’s a lot to chew over. Let me first note that all … Continue reading →

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Clinton Corruption/Election Update for November 7, 2016

The election is tomorrow, so let’s just combine the Clinton Corruption update with the election news update: FBI punts again. Qatar gave the Clinton Foundation $1 million for Bill Clinton’s birthday while Hillary was head of the State Department, in violation … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump’s Closing Message

Don’t agree with all of it, but I think it’s very effective at targeting potential Trump voters: Scott Adams calls it “a masterpiece. It’s a full-body experience. Best I’ve ever seen. Deeply persuasive. He made you wait. Magnificent bastard.” Thoughts?

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Texas vs. California Update for October 19, 2016

Time for another Texas vs. California update! Included here are several links from City Journal’s special “Texas Rising” issue. Texas cities continue to kick ass economically: Texas’s spectacular growth is largely a story of its cities—especially of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, … Continue reading →

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