Category Archives: Austin

LinkSwarm for January 14, 2022

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Biden has a bad week, another high profile Democratic politician is indicted on federal charges, and a dog goes home.   After having his business mandate overturned by the Supreme Court, Joe … Continue reading →

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Austin News Roundup For January 13, 2022

Here’s a roundup of Austin news that’s been clogging the chute: Alder aide pleads guilty to federal charges: A former Austin city staffer has pleaded guilty to taking payments from a nonprofit that won a federal contract he promoted while … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 7, 2022

More Democrats behaving badly and Kazakhstan in flames. Enjoy the first LinkSwarm of 2022! How Democrats running the New York City Department of Correction turned control over to the correctional officers union and they let the inmates run the jail. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 31, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to the last LinkSwarm of 2021! Remember how all those media pundits opined that 2021 couldn’t help but being better than 2020? Yeah, not so much. Assuming the official death tolls are accurate (probably not, but I … Continue reading →

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Which Topic Should I Do A Big Roundup Post On Next?

I have some time off this week and next, so what big roundup post should I tackle? Supersurvey Not a polling choice: A roundup of evidence that a lot of The Holy Covid Narrative is wrong, including that Joe Rogan … Continue reading →

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Texas and Florida Added More Than Half The Nation’s New Jobs In November

You may have heard that the America added an anemic 210,000 jobs in November, which was (as has become standard in the Biden era) much less than “experts” predicted. The news wasn’t great, but Texas did well: Employment in Texas … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 17, 2021

Another mandate injunction, Democrats continue their popularity freefall, China seals more dirty deals, and Turkey melts down. It’s another Friday LinkSwarm! Federal judge halts healthcare employee vaccine mandate in Texas. A federal judge in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction, … Continue reading →

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Samsung To Build $17 Billion Fab in Taylor, Texas

Reports indicate that semiconductor giant Samsung has picked Taylor, Texas as the site for a $17 billion wafer fabrication plant. In recent days, Williamson County and the city of Taylor had seemed to emerge as the frontrunner to land a … Continue reading →

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Is Austin Community College Breaking Federal Law By Discriminating Based On Race?

The federal government is pretty clear on this point: If you accept federal money, you can’t discriminate on the basis of race for education under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are other laws that prohibit … Continue reading →

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Anti-Woke Academics Announce New University of Austin

Yesterday, a number of anti-woke intellectuals announced that they were starting a new university on Bari Weiss’ substack. Pano Kanelos: So much is broken in America. But higher education might be the most fractured institution of all. There is a … Continue reading →

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