Monthly Archives: May 2012

LinkSwarm for May 27, 2012

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Woke up entirely too early this morning, so here’s a big old bag of randomness: Wisconsin Democratic recall candidate Tom Barrett manicuplated crime figures as Mayor of Milwaukee. (Hat tip: Jim Geraghty.) Shades of Tom Leppert. Or Tommy Carcetti. I … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for May 25, 2012

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Last day of early voting before a long weekend, and only four days till the primary, so here’s another batch of Texas Senate race news: Good profile of Ted Cruz by Robert T. Garrett of The Dallas Morning News. Garrett … Continue reading →

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My Obligatory Blog Post About Convicted Felon Brett Kimberlin

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Just in case you hadn’t heard, today is Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day. Or should I say, “Blog about convicted felon, Speedway Bomber, and all-around psychopath Brett Kimberlin day.” Like Everyone Draw Mohammed Day, Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day is … Continue reading →

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Desperate Dewhurst Tries To Paint Ted Cruz As Supporter of Illegal Alien Amnesty

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

David Dewhurst seems to be getting desperate, as he’s trying to paint Cruz as a supporter of amnesty for illegal aliens. It so happens that this is one of the subjects I covered in my interview with Ted Cruz last … Continue reading →

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Something Tells Me Lloyd Doggett Survives This Time Around

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I always believe in telling the truth as I see it, no matter how uncomfortable. And my reading of the tea leaves (not the Tea Party leaves) is that, despite all the effort to redistrict him out of office, Lloyd … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Picks Up Rick Santorum’s Endorsement

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Rick Santorum just endorsed Ted Cruz on the Glenn Beck show: That’s got to sting for Craig James, who endorsed Santorum’s Presidential run. He’s already got Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, Sean Hannity and Ron Paul, among many others. Who will … Continue reading →

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EuroDoom #Grexit Update: Greeks Already Printing Drachmas?

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Are the Greeks already printing Drachmas? So says a completely unverified tweet from a random Twitter user. Really, what better source could you possibly ask for? The Internet is alive with buzz on Greece exiting the Euro (see #grexit for … Continue reading →

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Major Democratic Donor Larry Flynt Pornographies Conservative Commentator S. E. Cupp

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I wonder if the founding fathers’ conception of the First Amendment right of free speech ever extended to faking pictures of a penis in a woman’s mouth. Which is what Obama supporter and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt just did to … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for May 22, 2012

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Lawrence Person

With just a week to go in probably the longest Senate race Texas has ever seen, expect a lot of election news between now and May 29: Ted Cruz endorsed by Sean Hannity: I am given to understand that this … Continue reading →

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Euro Update: The Euro is “An Unbridled Doomsday Machine”

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Though markets have calmed a bit, the desperate search for a lever that will actually steer Europe away from the looming wall of a EuroCrash continues. Meanwhile, certain repeating motifs are detected: “Now that times are bad, the single currency … Continue reading →

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