Monthly Archives: September 2021

Matthew Dowd Running Against Dan Patrick For Texas Lt. Governor

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Matthew Dowd, Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-ABC-News-dweeb-turned-Democrat is running against Republican incumbent Dan Patrick for Texas Lieutenant Governor: Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush’s presidential reelection campaign who later split with the former president publicly, is running for lieutenant governor as … Continue reading →

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Border Crisis Update For September 29, 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Lawrence Person

More news bubbling up on the Biden Border Crisis, so let’s dig in: Remember how stories said the Biden Administration was deporting those Haitian illegal aliens in Del Rio? Yeah, not so much: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted on … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Disruption Update for September 28, 2021

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I didn’t expect to do another supply chain disruption update just two days after the last one, but there’s a lot more news popping up: An energy shortage is plaguing China: Residents in three north-east Chinese provinces experienced unannounced power … Continue reading →

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What If There Was An Austin Shootout And Nobody Noticed?

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Lawrence Person

It took a while, but it appears that at least one Austin media outlet, Fox 7, finally noticed something that was bubbling on Twitter Sunday morning, namely that there were a bunch of shots fired in downtown Austin early Sunday … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Disruption Update

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Lawrence Person

All across the world, supply chains that were disrupted by Flu Manchu lockdowns don’t seem to have fully recovered. Maybe it’s because some political entities are still doing lockdowns, or maybe it’s because vaccine mandates are making critical worker shortages … Continue reading →

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TPPF’s Jason Isaac On The Reasons Behind The Great 2021 Texas Freeze Blackouts

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Jason Isaac has a Prager U video analysis of the reasons behind the great Texas ice storm blackouts. The analysis will be familiar to regular readers: Over-investment in unreliable, subsidized renewable energy meant under-investment in reliable … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 24, 2021

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Unexpectedly, Austin’s fall started the first day of fall! That never happens! The Biden Administration wants the IRS to have access to all your banking transactions of $600 or more. Good thing the … Continue reading →

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Could China’s House of Cards Finally Collapse?

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been writing about China’s bubble economy for over a decade, from the housing bubble to the Ghost Cities and even ghost collateral. And now China’s entire house of cards appears to be trembling thanks to a company called Evergrande, … Continue reading →

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Is Austin Homeless Funding A Conduit For Democratic Party Graft?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Lawrence Person

My working theory for why Mayor Steve Adler and the other leftwing radicals on the Austin City Council inflicted the homeless crisis on Austin is that the Homeless Industrial Complex is a particularly good vehicles for passing graft onto leftwing … Continue reading →

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Have Texas Troopers Secured The Border at Del Rio?

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Lawrence Person

It appears that Texas DPS Troopers have, for the time being, done what the Biden Administration seems actively hostile to doing: secure the border at the Del Rio crossing. State troopers deployed to the border by Gov. Greg Abbott are … Continue reading →

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