Monthly Archives: May 2015

Hunting/Emergency Prep Sales Tax Bills Currently in Texas Legislature

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Lawrence Person

There are at least two bills establishing sales tax holidays for firearms, hunting supplies (“ammunition, archery equipment, hunting blinds and stands, hunting decoys, firearm cleaning supplies, gun cases and gun safes, hunting optics, and hunting safety equipment”) and emergency preparation … Continue reading →

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When You Try to Run Down a Cop…

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Lawrence Person

…you’re pretty much jumping up and down yelling “You-ho, Mr. Darwin! I’m ready for my closeup!.” Investigators received information that a man with four active warrants was inside the residence. When he emerged, police approached the man. They say he … Continue reading →

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Anson Chi Update

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Remember Plano pipeline bomber Anson Chi? Having already plead guilty (twice) for the attempted bombing, Chi, acting as his own attorney during the penalty phase of the trial, now claims his confession was tortured out of him. Given the overwhelming … Continue reading →

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UK Rioters: Nothing Says Classy Like Defacing a WWII Monument

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Evidently the UK hard left is having a giant hissy fit in London over the fact they got their asses kicked by the Tories in this week’s election. Also, here’s a helpful hint: When you start throwing things at police, … Continue reading →

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Another Greece Update: Back to the Shell Game

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Lawrence Person

And the Greece shell game over implementing reform (or, since it’s Greece, “reform”) continues. Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (who’s evidently still doing the negotiating, reports to the contrary notwithstanding) has handed the Eurocrats a proposal that doesn’t match what … Continue reading →

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Tories Win Outright Majority in UK Elections

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Lawrence Person

David Cameron’s Conservative Party won an outright majority in parliamentary elections and will be forming the next government. Labour, after having managed to piss off almost everyone during last year’s vote on Scottish independence, was essentially wiped out in Scotland, … Continue reading →

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News From Bradford West

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Shot: “Get out, you fucking Jew.” Or the naked antisemitism at the heart of George Galloway’s Pakistani-clan-appeasing “Respect” Party in West Bradford. Chaser: “The radical left-wing loon George Galloway has finally been ousted from Parliament. He failed to win re-election … Continue reading →

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Jim Wright, RIP

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Former Texas Democratic congressman and Speaker of the House Jim Wright has died at age 92. As Speaker, Wright was a hyper-partisan that ran roughshod over the Republican minority while committing sleazy ethical lapses. As Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) once … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush Losing To, Well, Pretty Much Everyone in Iowa

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Lawrence Person

A new Quinnipiac poll of Iowa is out, and it shows Jeb Bush losing to, well, pretty much everyone: Only 5% of likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers told Quinnipiac University pollsters that they planned to vote for Bush, placing him No. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 5, 2015

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Happy Cinco de Mayo! My efforts to move the LinkSwarm back to it’s usual Friday position by posting early have failed, so I’m trying to get it there by letting it drift back one day later each time… “Canadian Partnership … Continue reading →

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