Monthly Archives: May 2018

Andrew White Concedes Dem Gov Race to Valdez

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Lupe Valdez has won the right to get walloped by Greg Abbott in November: Congratulations to @LupeValdez for winning the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas. She has my endorsement and my support. Let’s #DoRightTX and win in November! — … Continue reading →

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Texas Primary Runoff Today

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Lawrence Person

If you didn’t participate in early runoff voting, today is the day! Also note that, at least here in Williamson County, a lot of the regular voting locations don’t seem to be open, so plan accordingly…

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It Begins

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Lawrence Person

(I’ve always wanted to do a post that portentously starts out “It begins!”) President Donald Trump may have signaled that the endgame on the Clinton/Obama/FBI/CIA/FISA/campaign spying scandal may finally be at hand: If the FBI or DOJ was infiltrating a … Continue reading →

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Shoe0nHead Debunks “The Pink Tax” (Again)

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Shoe0nHead did a video debunking the idea of “the pink tax” (i.e., that women pay more than men for the exact same goods). So what does YouTube do? It puts ads promoting the pink tax at the beginning of her … Continue reading →

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Liberal Texas Republican Follies

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Two primary runoff tidbits, courtesy of Michael Quinn Sullivan of Empower Texans: A silly but effective fake 911 call from liberal Republican Lance Gooden, who’s in a tight runoff with Bunni Pounds in the U.S. Fifth Congressional District race against … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 18, 2018

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Lawrence Person

At some point I will grapple with all the unraveling Clinton/Mueller/Fusion GPS/FISA/Brennan Scandularity…but not today. Democrats, rather than maximizing their chance at a blue wave, have insisted on electing far left-wing candidates over more-electable party moderates. Those national results replicate … Continue reading →

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Twitter Admits Shadowbanning Users

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Lawrence Person

In case you missed it, Twitter came out and admitted it shadowbans users in all but name. Twitter has acknowledged that it is working to artificially limit the reach of “troll-like” accounts on the platform — “shadowbanning” users in all … Continue reading →

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In A Surprise Development, Germany Now Sucks At War

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Lawrence Person

One reason both Kaiser Wilhelm and Adolf Hitler were able to plunge the globe into successive world wars was that the German military was just that good. The combination of Germany’s industrial might and the Prussian military tradition proved a … Continue reading →

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Blue Wave? Not So Much

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Remember when dislike of President Donald Trump was going to propel Democrats into control of both houses of congress in an unstoppable “blue wave”? Well, that thinking is so 2017: After months of confidence that public discontent with President Trump … Continue reading →

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Texas Primary Runoff Voting Starts Today

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Texas primary runoff voting starts today. The headlining race is on the Democratic gubernatorial runoff, with Lupe Valdez and Andrew White jockeying for a chance to be creamed by Greg Abbott in November, but there are a number of undecided … Continue reading →

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