Monthly Archives: February 2018

LinkSwarm for February 9, 2018

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Have relatives coming into town, so the LinkSwarm may be a tad light today. A farewell to death panels. Nancy Pelosi stages a breathtakingly pointless filibuster while Sen. Chuck Schumer is selling DACA out. (Hat tip: Stephen Green at Instapundit.) … Continue reading →

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Twitter Suspends PolitiBunny

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Another conservative voice silenced for Tweeting While Conservative: Sam asked me to let you all know SHE DID NOT DEACTIVATE!! She has been suspended. We do not know why. We are pretty sure it was someone not being able to … Continue reading →

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Transient HTTP/HTTPS Issue

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Lawrence Person

If you hit this page yesterday and ran into an Ubuntu Apache setup page, you ran into a transient cache issue because you came in on: http://www.battleswarmblog.com rather than https://www.battleswarmblog.com. I got the issue resolved with BlueHost, so now any … Continue reading →

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Formerly Bankrupt Stockton Lays Plans For Next Bankruptcy

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Lawrence Person

If you just emerged from bankruptcy, part of your plan to stay solvent probably doesn’t include “handing out free money,” but that’s precisely what the city of Stockton, California is going to try. Michael Tubbs, the 26-year-old mayor of Stockton, … Continue reading →

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Blogroll Addition: Conservative Treehouse/The Last Refuge

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Lawrence Person

On a comment on yesterday’s post, someone suggested I follow Conservative Treehouse/The Last Refuge. Actually, I have been following them, as indicated here. But they’re right in that it’s high time to add them to the blogroll, which I’ve done. … Continue reading →

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After The Memo: What Next?

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Now that the memo has dropped, what’s next for the investigation of the Clinton/Obama/FBI/Fusion GPS conspiracy to subvert the rule of law for political ends? For one thing, Rep. Devin Nunes is now looking at the Obama State Department: Devin … Continue reading →

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From Super Bowl to Homeless Drug Addict

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Lawrence Person

We interrupt our usual political blogging to bring you a superb piece of journalism: Homeless man: “You ought to do a story about me.” Journalist: “And why would I want to do that?” Homeless man: “Because I’ve played in three … Continue reading →

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The Memo and the Damage Done

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Lawrence Person

The Memo we’ve all been waiting for has been released. For those who have been following the scandal here, the only big surprise is that the FBI knew the Steele dossier was unreliable, used it as the basis of a … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 2, 2018

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Happy Groundhog Day! To celebrate, just imagine that I’ve already posted this same LinkSwarm nine times already. Supposedly the Nunes FISA abuse memo drops today. After that happens, I’ll no doubt have some thoughts… Democratic Party freakouts over the memo … Continue reading →

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Quick Impressions: Texas Sixth Congressional District

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Lawrence Person

After Joe Barton’s naked selfies leaked, he announced his retirement, leading to yet another hotly contest U.S. congressional race. The Sixth district runs from Arlington down through Ellis and Navarro Counties. It used to be Phil Gramm’s seat, but in … Continue reading →

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