Category Archives: Austin

LinkSwarm for May 23, 2016

This kept getting pushed out by other posts, so enjoy a heftier-than-usual LinkSwarm: U.S. district court judge rules that House Republicans lawsuit against ObamaCare on separation-of-powers grounds can move forward. (Hat tip: Elizabeth Price Foley at Instapundit.) You know how … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for April 18, 2016

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup, with the top news being California’s hastening their economic demise with a suicidal minimum wage hike: Jerry Brown admits the minimum wage hike doesn’t make economic sense, then signs it anyway. (Hat tip: … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 1, 2016

Happy April Fools day! No tricks here, just the usual Friday LinkSwarm: ObamaCare didn’t do jack to lower costs. (Hat tip Instapundit.) Indeed, Obamacare is the fail that keeps failing: “As a result of the ACA, between 4 million and … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for March 31, 2016

Lots of Texas vs. California linky goodness, much of it via Jack Dean at Pension Tsunami, who’s been emailing me links of significant interest. Texas continues to grow: As last week’s US Census Bureau population estimates indicated, the story of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 18, 2016

I hope you’re not too hung over from St. Patrick’s Day (and didn’t get stabbed to death on the Ides of March). Here’s a Friday LinkSwarm: Marco Rubio says that Ted Cruz is the only conservative left in the race. … Continue reading →

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Where The Gun Owners Are In Texas

This nifty little map shows you where CHL/LTC owners are in Texas by zip code. Hint: Everywhere. Liberals in big cities should just get over their hyperventilating that a lawfully armed citizen might be somewhere near them, since the map … Continue reading →

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Some Random Primary Results

Not quite as down as I was last night. There’s lots of the commentary this morning on how Donald Trump under-performed vs. expectations. Here are some random primary results and links: “So far, Trump wins open primaries and Cruz wins … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for February 25, 2016

Been too long since I did a Texas vs. California roundup, so here it is: Dark Age California: There are large areas of Central California that resemble life in rural Mexico. Within a radius of five miles I can go … Continue reading →

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Rick Perry Cleared of Phony Travis County Charges

Travis County’s politicized District Attorney’s office loses yet again: Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday dismissed the remaining felony charge against former Gov. Rick Perry in the abuse-of-power case that he blamed for his early exit from the Republican presidential … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 17, 2016

Early voting started in Texas Monday, which means I’m way behind on covering state and local races. Oh well, maybe later this week… Hillary Clinton didn’t do as badly as expected in New Hampshire. She did worse. Sanders’s margin of … Continue reading →

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