Monthly Archives: October 2010

Washington Post Gun Article Followup

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday I mentioned what I thought was the largest problem in that David S. Fallis Washington Post article on Realco: The failure to mention that the shop is the one nearest the District of Columbia and located in an overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

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How the Washington Post Lies About Guns And Crime Through Omission

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Like many liberal publications, the Washington Post has a long history of promoting gun control. Today they published a lengthy, reasonably well researched article by David S. Fallis asserting that Realco, a gun shop in Forestville, Maryland, sold more “crime … Continue reading →

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How Not to Post Content Spam

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Like a lot of blogs, BattleSwarm gets a lot of automatically-generated, badly-written content spam, most of which is supposed to flatter you ego without actually addressing anything in the blog post, and many times the posted name attached to the … Continue reading →

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WMD Found in Iraq

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to the latest batch of Wikileak documents. In particular, coalition troops kept coming across numerous artillery shells filled with mustard gas. Remember the terms of Section 8 of UN resolution 687 that ended the first Gulf War: Iraq shall … Continue reading →

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This Week in Jihad

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Thanks to an Instalanch (with assists from Ace of Spades and Moe Lane, among others), my piece on Elizabeth Moon and WisCon has proven extraordinarily popular, so I’ve been spending a fair amount of attention on that. (And numerous liberal … Continue reading →

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Cowardly WisCon ConCom Caves

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Lawrence Person

The Wiscon convention committee (concom) has caved in to extremist demands and canceled Elizabeth Moon’s Guest of Honor invitation. Why? She dared to voice politically incorrect thoughts about Islam. Naturally the very small but quite vocal FailFandom contingent dedicated to … Continue reading →

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Republicans Suck Less

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

This Frank J. Fleming piece over on Pajamas Media is too funny (and dead on) not to quote copious sections from: So the Democrats sucked. But not just plain old, usual politician sucked, but epic levels of suck where it’s … Continue reading →

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NewsFlash from Larry Gonzales on the House District 52 Race: Williamson County Democratic Party Chairman Resigns, Endorses Republican Gonzales

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Wow. It’s not news when the Republican County Chairman endorses a Republican. However, it is news when the County Democratic Party Chairman endorses a Republican candidate and resigns. Which is what Williamson County Democratic Chairman Gregory S Windham just did. … Continue reading →

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117 House Races in Play?

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Over at NRO’s Campaign Spot, Jim Geraghty lists a whopping 117 House races in play. His list includes all of the races I highlighted as as competitive, as well as two from my list of longshots: Joseph Donnelly vs. Jackie … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Site Estimating Republicans Will Gain 57 Seats in the House

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to Freedom’s Lighthouse. I don’t know much about them, so caveat lector. Among the races BattleSwarm has previously covered, they show the following incumbent Democrats losing: Suzanne Kosmas (FL 24) Trent Van Haaften (IN 8 ) (not an incumbent, … Continue reading →

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