Category Archives: Austin

LinkSwarm for January 4, 2019

Welcome to the first LinkSwarm of 2019! If things seem a little thin, I worked most of the week and threw a New Year’s Eve gathering, so things are a little discombobulated right now. Hopefully next week I’ll be back … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 28, 2018

The week between Christmas and New Years is always odd. Work slows down with so many people on vacation, but there’s always a personal rush to get things done before the end of the year. Kevin D, Williamson follows the … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly

Sometimes law enforcement officers use poor judgement. This week’s examples: Buying cocaine for the prostitute you’re having rough sex with may be a career-limiting move. Especially if you’re an Austin police officer. From New York, an officer that failed to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 14, 2018

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Austin just had a wind storm, to top off a year of weird weather. Apple to spend $1 billion on Austin campus. This is going to be a couple of miles from my house. Expect … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 16, 2018

Welcome to the Friday before Thanksgiving! I hope you have your family gathering, gluttony and/or shopping plans all laid out. I tend to avoid Black Friday sales unless I happen to be near a used bookstore. (And speaking of booksales, … Continue reading →

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Texas Election Results Analysis: The Warning Shot

This is going to be a “glass half empty” kind of post, so let’s start out enumerating all the positives for Texas Republicans from the 2018 midterms: Ted Cruz, arguably the face of conservatism in Texas, won his race despite … Continue reading →

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2018 Election Day Post

Happy election day, everyone! Go vote, if you haven’t already. A list of Williamson County voting locations can be found here. A PDF of Travis County voting locations is here. A list of my endorsements for Round Rock ISD and … Continue reading →

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I Use Facts and Logic on Popehat. Result: Blocked.

I’m on quite a winning streak with Twitter this week. Ken White, AKA Popehat, is a lawyer with some experience in First Amendment cases, and to which I’ve linked from time to time. Unfortunately, he seems to have come down … Continue reading →

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Austin Boil Notice Lifted

Good news, everyone! Austin Water lifted the boil water notice on Oct. 28, 2018. Customers no longer need to boil water used for drinking, cooking and making ice. Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 26, 2018

Greetings from Austin in October! The skies have finally cleared to deliver some beautiful autumn weather, but we’re still required to boil our water due contamination from the massive rains. The Fort Worth Democratic Party fraud ring we covered Wednesday … Continue reading →

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