Monthly Archives: August 2018

LinkSwarm for August 31, 2018

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Just when I think the Catholic Church can’t make itself look any worse in the wake of the burgeoning child rape scandal, they prove me wrong: Papal spokesman on the Catholic Church’s spiraling child rape scandal: In an NBC News … Continue reading →

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Semiconductor Update: GlobalFoundries Gives Up On 7nm​

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Lawrence Person

GlobalFoundries has given up work on their 7nm process node. This is a direct result of AMD choosing TSMC over GlobalFoundries to fab their next generation microprocessor. GlobalFounderies was always something of an odd duck. It was spun out from … Continue reading →

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The Texas Senate Race and the Case of the Ever-Shrinking Poll Sample

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Another week, another poll that shows Beto O’Rourke within striking distance of Ted Cruz. The entire sample size on the Emerson poll was only 550 registered voters. It seems that O’Rourke’s numbers go up as the size of the sample … Continue reading →

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President Trump Announces New Trade Deal With Mexico

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Lawrence Person

President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal with Mexico: President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. and Mexico have reached a new trade deal, paving the way for the possible revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In … Continue reading →

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ACLU Finds Clue, Backs NRA On Banks

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Lawrence Person

This qualifies as news because it’s actually novel: The official view of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) remains that the Second Amendment protects a “collective right rather than an individual right.” But the organization nevertheless is helping the National … Continue reading →

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Dinesh D’Souza Demolishes The Myth of the Southern Strategy

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Lawrence Person

The “Southern Strategy” myth refuses to die, mainly because it’s so useful for the political and media wings of the Democratic Party. In his new book, Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party, Dinesh … Continue reading →

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Sen. John McCain, RIP

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Republican Senator John McCain has died at age 81 just days after ending treatment for brain cancer. McCain served his country honorably as a pilot before spending five years in a POW camp where he was regularly tortured by the … Continue reading →

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City of Austin: Here, Soccer, Have Some Tax Subsidies! Travis County: Not So Fast!

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Remember how the City of Austin voted to throw tax break subsidies in order to steal another city’s soccer team? Well, now Travis County has weighed in: “Homie don’t play that!” Oh hey, guess what? In its haste to approve … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 24, 2018

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Lawrence Person

I suspect people in the upper Midwest want summer to last as long as possible, but here in Texas, I admit to getting mighty tired of walking my dog at night when it’s still 90° and windless… Thanks to a … Continue reading →

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How To Lie With Polls: Texas Senate Race Edition

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Lawrence Person

It’s that time of year, when various polls show Texas statewide races closer than they actually are. This time around: The Ted Cruz/Beto O’Rourke Senate Race. Like Wendy Davis was in 2014, O’Rourke is the Texas poster-child for national Democrats. … Continue reading →

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