Category Archives: Austin

LinkSwarm for January 1, 2021

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, 2020 didn’t manage to kill you! Happy New Year! “Ukraine Press Conference Explicitly Ties Hunter & Joe Biden To Corruption“: A video from a press conference in Ukraine is going viral. It is the follow-up … Continue reading →

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Austin Mayor Adler To Bar Owners: I Decree No New Year’s Eve For You! Governor Abbott: In a Pig’s Eye You Do!

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Because he just hadn’t done enough to bankrupt Austin restaurants and bars, Mayor Steve Adler decreed that would not be allowed to stay open past 10:30 PM on New Year’s Eve: NOW THEREFORE, I, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, … Continue reading →

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UT Disbands PC Police

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Lawrence Person

A tiny bit of good news in a dismal year: Political speech is under attack these days from Beijing to Berkeley, so we’ll take victories where we can get them. One arrived Tuesday when the University of Texas at Austin … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 25, 2020

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to a special Christmas day LinkSwarm! And by “special,” I mean “because Christmas falls on Friday.” Explosion rocks downtown Nashville. “Around 6:30 a.m., police received a call for a suspicious RV with no tags parked across from the Davidson … Continue reading →

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Abbott Receives Draft Proposal For APD Takeover

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Lawrence Person

In the wake of the Austin City Council’s insane decision to partially defund the police, Governor Greg Abbott has received proposed legislation for the state to take over the Austin Police Department. Just in time for Christmas: The Legislative Council … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 18, 2020

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! On a personal note, I was just laid off from my Senior Technical Writer job, so if you have any leads in the department (for either Austin or remote work), drop me a … Continue reading →

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Everybody In California Is Moving to Texas

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Regular BattleSwarm readers already know about Tesla, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan moving from California to Texas. It looks like those were just the first pebbles of the avalanches of companies and people looking to get the hell out of … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Flannigan Goes Down In Flames

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Lawrence Person

A tiny glimmer of hope in Austin’s winter of discontent: Liberal city councilman Jimmy Flannigan was defeated by Mackenzie Kelly: Conservative challenger Mackenzie Kelly beat incumbent Jimmy Flannigan in the Austin City Council runoff election Tuesday, earning 677 more votes … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 11, 2020

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Democrats dance to China’s tune, the media suddenly discover that Hunter Biden is covered in a thick coat of industrial-grade sleaze, California continues to destroy its economy, and Elon Musk moves to Texas. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 4, 2020

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! First up: The rest of the nation gets to see what an incompetent hypocrite Austin’s current mayor is: Austin Mayor Steve Adler is the latest powerful democrat to prove they’re a complete hypocrite: … Continue reading →

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