Monthly Archives: August 2015

LinkSwarm for August 31, 2015

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to the final week of traditional summer. Of course, it used to be that everything (school, football, the new TV year, etc.) started after Labor Day Weekend, but that’s not the case any more… “it’s cute to pretend that … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Texas, Welfare State | Tagged Austin, Border Controls, college, College Board, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Denmark, E-Verify, environmentalism, Falklands, Guns, heroin, Iran, Japan, Jeremy Corbyn, Jihad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Military, Osama bin Laden, San Antonio, terrorism, Texas, tobacco, UK, victimhood, Welfare State, World War II | Leave a comment

What Damon Linker Leaves Out About the Immigration Debate

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Lawrence Person

So Damon Linker has penned a one-eyed-liberal-in-the-land-of-the-blind piece on how cultural elites have brought opposition to immigration (and Donald Trump) upon themselves by their failure to enforce border controls. These institutions have been sluggish to respond to this discontent because … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Obama Scandals | Tagged amnesty, Border Controls, Crime, Damon Linker, Democrats, demographics, Illegal Aliens, Labour, Obama Scandals, Tony Blair | Leave a comment

Wallace Hall/Joe Straus Update

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Got a bunch of links building up concerning Wallace Hall, Joe Straus and related topics that I’m just going to shotgun out here: UT reforms admissions process so it can only admit unqualified, well-connected students if it really, really wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Elections, Republicans, Texas | Tagged 2016 Election, Crime, Elections, Jeff Judson, Joe Straus, Ken Paxton, Republicans, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, University of Texas, Wallace Hall, William McRaven | Leave a comment

Let the Texas Racing Commission Die

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Lawrence Person

The Texas Racing Commission is tasked with overseeing and regulating horse and greyhound racing in Texas. In 2014, the commission decided to legalize “historical racing”. What’s historical racing, you ask? That’s where bettors use a machine to wager on already-run … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulation, Texas | Tagged Craig Estes, gambling, Jane Nelson, Joe Straus, Regulation, Texas Racing Commission | 3 Comments

Texas vs. California: Cali Goes Batshit Insane Edition

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Lawrence Person

California has long had a tenuous grasp of what the rest of us regard as consensus reality. But two new pieces of legislation suggest they’ve gone off the deep end into full Victimhood Identity Politics land: First, they decided that … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Border Controls, Budget, California, Chuck DeVore, Crime, Democrats, environmentalism, fraud, minimum wage, pension crisis, Political Correctness, San Jose, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Tom Steyer, unions, waste, Welfare State | 5 Comments

VP Joe Biden Meeting With Top Democratic Fundraisers

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Hmmm, I wonder what that could possibly be about… Also, according to Ace, Biden has reportedly offered Elizabeth Warren the VP spot and promise to run a one-and-done Presidency. That would make things very interesting indeed.

Posted in Democrats, Elections | Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Democrats, Elections, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden | Leave a comment

Welcome to Black Monday

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Lawrence Person

If you haven’t been checking your 401K recently, now may not be the day to do it, as markets are plunging around the globe. China’s Shanghai composite index had the largest one-day selloff since 2007. Japan’s Nikkei average fell 4.6%, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics | Tagged China, economy, Japan, New York Stock Exchange | Leave a comment

LinkSwarm for August 21, 2015

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Small LinkSwarm this time. “Hillary Clinton is the contemporary poster child for special privileges for the rich and powerful.” Latest Iran deal revelation: Iran gets to self-inspect their own nuclear site. But Kerry did get them to agree to pinky … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Uncategorized | Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Goldman Sachs, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Homestead Job Corps, Iran, Islam, Jeb Bush, Jihad, Joe Straus, Karl Rove, LNG, Russia, Salvador Dali, Slovakia, Spain, Ted Cruz | Leave a comment

Greek Update: Tsipras Out, New Party Formed, Snap Elections Coming, Debt Payment Made

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Lawrence Person

“Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.” Turns out … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Welfare State | Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Budget, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Greece, Welfare State | 1 Comment

A Look At Russia’s New T-14 Armata Tank

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Last week was almost Russian Tank Week on BattleSwarm, but a plethora of news intervened (like Vladimir Putin intervening in the affairs of neighboring states). But one interesting tidbit I didn’t get to was the fact that Russia has introduced … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged Andrey Nikitin, autoloader, M1A2, Merkava, Military, Russia, T-14 Armata, tanks, Ukraine, video, Vladimir Putin | 4 Comments

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