Monthly Archives: January 2017

LinkSwarm for January 13, 2017

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Time to extract more pure wheat from chaff! Glenn Greenwald says Democrats will go to any lengths to avoid blaming themselves for their debacle: I really haven’t experienced anything even remotely like the smear campaign that has been launched by … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, anti-semitism, Arizona, austerity, Border Controls, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Donald Trump, Elections, EmailGate, Estonia, EU, European Debt Crisis, Finland, Foreign Policy, France, Free Software Foundation, Glenn Greenwald, Guccifer 2.0, Guns, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, James "Mad Dog" Mattis, Jeff Sessions, Jihad, Leah Rowe, Legal Insurrection, LinkSwarm, Luxembourg, Media Watch, Milo Yiannopoulos, ObamaCare, PIIGS, Poland, police, rape, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republicans, Russia, Slate, Social Justice Warriors, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, UK, YouTube | 1 Comment

Texas vs. California Update for January 12, 2017

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Lawrence Person

It’s been a long time since I compiled one of these, so this is going to be monstrously large. Also, just as I was finishing this up, the San Diego Chargers announced they were moving to Los Angeles. Hell, LA … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Guns, Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Arizona, Border Controls, California, CalPERs, Crime, Democrats, Economics, education, Elections, Eric Holder, Florida, Guns, IMDB, Kern County (CA), law school, Los Angeles, Marfa, minimum wage, pension crisis, robots, San Diego, San Francisco, Texas, unions, Welfare State | 1 Comment

Dawnna Dukes Case Headed to Grand Jury

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Lawrence Person

In an update to the Dawnna Dukes story, her case is headed to a grand jury: Travis County prosecutors and Texas Rangers will present evidence to a grand jury that state Rep. Dawnna Dukes abused the power of her office, … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats | Tagged Austin, corruption, Dawnna Dukes, Democrats, Margaret Moore, Texas, Texas Rangers | 1 Comment

Pentagon Successfully Tests Microdrone Swarm

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Given the name of my blog, you wouldn’t expect this development to escape my eye: The Pentagon may soon be unleashing a 21st-century version of locusts on its adversaries after officials on Monday said it had successfully tested a swarm … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged drone, Military, swarming, video | 1 Comment

85th Texas Legislative Session Begins Today

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Lock up your women and liquor, the legislature is back in town! The 85th Texas Legislative Session started today, and one of the biggest concerns is a smaller budget, as detailed by the comptroller: For 2018-19, the state can expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Texas | Tagged 85th Texas Legislature, Budget, Glenn Hegar, Texas | 1 Comment

The Great Pickup Truck War of 2017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Lawrence Person

This past week brought one of those small, illuminating skirmishes in the culture wars, this time over that quintessentially Texas vehicle, the pickup truck. First came this New York Times piece by Many Fernandez on the Texas Truck Rodeo. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Media Watch, Texas | Tagged culture wars, Democrats, John Ekdahl, Kevin D. Williamson, Media Watch, Pickup Truck, Sean Davis, SooperMexican, T. Becket Adams, Texas, Twitter | 1 Comment

Dawnna Dukes Changes Course, Refuses to Step Down

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Well, this is an interesting turn of events: State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, has informed Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore that she will not step down from her seat in the Texas House as planned when the House convenes … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Democrats, Texas | Tagged Austin, Crime, Dawnna Dukes, Democrats, Texas, Texas Rangers | 1 Comment

Rep. Sam Johnson to Retire

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Lawrence Person

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson of the Texas Third Congressional district (northeast of Dallas, including Plano and McKinney) has announced that he’s retiring at the end of his term. Like Sen. John McCain, Johnson served as a military pilot who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Military, Regulation, Republicans, Texas | Tagged 2018 Election, 3rd Congressional District, Elections, EPA, Military, Regulation, Republicans, Texas, Van Taylor, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

LinkSwarm for January 6, 2017

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Lawrence Person

The James Quintero interview on Texas municipal pensions generated a lot of interest, including a piece on Zero Hedge. I mention it here because, being Zero Hedge, the firehose nudged it to page 2 before I could even take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Guns, Media Watch, ObamaCare | Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Border Controls, border fence, Communism, cop killer, Cuba, Democrats, DHS, DNC, dogs, Edward O'Grady, El Paso, FBI, Guns, Juarez, Judith Clark, Krispy Kreme, Kurt Schlichter, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Mexico, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, Sears, Valerie Jarrett, Washington Post, Waverly Brown, Weather Underground | Leave a comment

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