Monthly Archives: March 2021

Government in Action: Idiot Street Signs

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been watching entirely too many Top Gear/Grand Tour videos on YouTube. This one struck me as just barely justifiable for posting here as an example of idiot government regulation at work: a look at idiot street signs. These are … Continue reading →

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Texas Energy Outage Postmortem

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I finally had time to finish this postmortem post on the Texas winter storm energy grid crisis. I’ve got a ton of pieces to get through, so let’s dig in. How the energy grid fell apart: Here were two problems, … Continue reading →

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China Carries Out Giant Microsoft Hack

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Lawrence Person

This isn’t good: At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments — have over the past few days been hacked by an unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage … Continue reading →

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Mike Rowe on “The Science Is Settled” And Cancel Culture

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame has some useful observations on the left throwing around “The Science Is Settled!” as a universal “get out of debate free” card: David J. Herdrich writes… Look, Mr Rowe, it’s easy to take a … Continue reading →

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Followup on a Water/Gas Valve Shutoff Tool

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another followup to my cheap prepper post. I did not have the Orbit 26097 Gas And Water Emergency Shut Off Tool when I wrote that post, but I already had it on order. Now that I have it it … Continue reading →

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PSA: Mirrors Are Not Bullet Proof

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Feeling lazy today, so here’s a short Demolition Ranch video proving that, yes, mirror are not bullet proof: Since he goes out of his way to break a bunch of other superstitions, it makes me wonder why he didn’t release … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 5, 2021

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! More Democrats behaving badly, and Orange Man Bad simply refuses to abandon the spotlight… Americans are in favor of confronting China over heinous human rights abuses, even if it means risking economic ties. … Continue reading →

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Texas County Judge, 3 Others Arrested on 150 Counts of Voter Fraud

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another example of that election fraud Democrat’s swear doesn’t exist: A Medina County justice of the peace and three others have been arrested on 150 counts of voter fraud after an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General … Continue reading →

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Abbott FINALLY Lifts Wuhan Coronavirus Restrictions

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Lawrence Person

A mere five months after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lifted coronavirus restrictions on his state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is finally doing the same: At a press conference in Lubbock, Governor Greg Abbott announced that he was issuing a new … Continue reading →

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Legislator Proposes Renaming Austin Overpass “Steve Adler Public Restroom Highway”

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Ever since Mayor Steve Adler and the Austin City Council repealed the public camping ban in 2019, Austin overpasses (and significant parts of the rest of the city) have been filled with drug-addicted transients trashing the place. Rep. Bryan Slaton … Continue reading →

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