Category Archives: Austin

Power Out Here

Since 6:08 yesterday evening. Much of Austin is also so afflicted. Expect slow blogging and much shivering… Update: The forecast brings additional risks of power outages and downed trees, which plagued the city yesterday and still impacts over 155,000 Austin … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For January 27, 2023

Democrats enabling sexual predators (yet again), more tanks for Ukraine information, and the unexpected return of Storm Drain Woman. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Democrat-run California loves releasing pedophiles from prison early. Published in November of 2022, the story indicated … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 20, 2023

More Flu Manchu madness, DeSantis continues to drive the woke before him, and a guinea pig mystery. Plus: Monorail! It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Atlanta antifa types are very upset that shooting cops gets them dirtnapped.  “COVID Vaccines Are … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 24, 2022

I just ran out of time to post all the links I had for yesterday’s LinkSwarm, so here’s the rest. “Life expectancy in the US declined by 5% last year, lowest level since 1996.” Life expectancy in the United States … Continue reading →

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Another Cold Blast Heading To Texas

Real winter weather in central Texas rarely starts around the nominal start of the season (which officially begins here in Austin at 3:48 PM tomorrow (December 21st)), but this year an arctic blast is barrelling down on us Thursday. The … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For December 16, 2022

Democrats being soft on criminals, pedophiles and common sense highlights this week’s LinkSwarm.  Man, there sure seems to be a lot of funny number counting going on in Philadelphia. Regular readers are well aware that back in July, Zero … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 2, 2022

Howdy! Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! I spent six days up in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, visiting relatives and buying some 180 books, some for myself and some to deal. Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm!  We keep hearing that … Continue reading →

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Texas Election Results Roundup for 2022

National results were a deep disappointment to Republicans expecting a red wave. What about the results in Texas? Better: Republicans retained all statewide races. Incumbent governor Greg Abbott walloped Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke by about a point less than he … Continue reading →

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Election Day! Go Vote!

Today’s the day! Grab your voter registration card and ID and go vote! Voting Locations: Williamson County (you can now vote in any location for any precinct) Travis County If you’re in Round Rock ISD, read this. Also, come back … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 7, 2022

Greetings, and welcome to a special Election Eve Monday LinkSwarm! My Internet is back up, and tomorrow night I will be liveblogging the election returns starting around 7 PM.  A red tsunami? For the past week or so, my … Continue reading →

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