Monthly Archives: December 2016

Could Trump Actually Cut the Bureaucracy?

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Lawrence Person

One of the great conservative disappointments of my lifetime is how the federal government continues to overrun the landscape like kudzu no matter who occupies the White House. Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, didn’t matter: the size and scope of … Continue reading →

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ShoeOnHead on “Internalized Misogyny”

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Lawrence Person

ShoeOnHead seems to specialize in funny videos that Give Feminists The Business. Good for her. Here she goes off on “internalized misogyny,” along with a few other feminist bogeymen. “These people have an excuse and buzzword for everything. Anything to … Continue reading →

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Taiwanese Animation on Trump’s Phone Call

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Best result of Donald Trump’s Taiwan phone call so far? The Taiwanese Animation of it:

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LinkSwarm for December 9, 2016

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Lawrence Person

The Dallas police and fireman pension fund has halted withdrawals of money to stop a pension run in order to keep the system (temporarily) solvent. Texas municipal pension debt is a big story with a lot of different ramifications and … Continue reading →

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Ex-Astronaut John Glenn Dead at 95

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Astronaut John Glenn, the first American in space, has died at age 95. Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, and later a four-term U.S. senator from Ohio, died Thursday at the Ohio State Cancer Center. He was 95. … Continue reading →

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Donna ISD Update: December 2016 Edition

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Lawrence Person

One update swept aside in late October by the flood of Clinton Corruption news was the latest from Rio Grande Valley’s Donna ISD. You may or may not remember from back in July when I reported that former Donna ISD … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening in the War Against The Islamic State?

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Lawrence Person

The twists and turns of the election, Hillary’s corruption, liberal derangement over Trump’s triumph, etc. have pushed a lot of other news stories onto the back-burner. One of the big ones being: What the hell is happening in the war … Continue reading →

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Texas SEIU Declares Bankruptcy To Avoid Judgment

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Remember when a Houston jury smacked Texas SEIU with a $5.3 million judgment for filing false claims in their unionization campaign against Professional Janitorial Service? Well this weekend Texas SEIU declared bankruptcy: The Service Employees International Union in Texas filed … Continue reading →

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Mad Dog Mattis Tidbits

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Now that President-elect Donald Trump has officially nominated retired Marine Corps General James Norman “Mad Dog” Mattis as his Secretary of Defense, here’s a roundup of some Mattis links: How Mattis approached counterinsurgency operations in Anbar province. How the Obama … Continue reading →

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Dean Drops Out of DNC Chair Race

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Republicans everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean dropped out of the race to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday. Dean, who served as DNC chairman from 2005 to … Continue reading →

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