Monthly Archives: February 2023

Tab Clearing Poll

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Like just about every blogger, I have some half-finished drafts of posts I never finished, many of which I still have Firefox tabs open for. Every now and then I have a hankering to bear down and finish one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Media Watch | Tagged Austin, homeless, Media Watch, poll, Site Administration, Twitter | 5 Comments

LinkSwarm for February 17, 2023

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Bit of a mini-LinkSwarm this time around, as this was a week that I almost caught up on stuff delayed by the ice storm. Bidenomics: “Core CPI Rises 32nd Straight Month, Headline Inflation Hotter Than Expected.” “Biden’s job … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Jihad, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Border Controls, Budget, California, cars, Chicago, China, DHS, Dianne Feinstein, Foreign Policy, Greg Abbott, homeless, inflation, Las Vegas, Microsoft, Ohio, Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, rape, State Department, Syria, Texas, The Global Disinformation Index, transexual, Turkey, Welfare State, Xandr | 6 Comments

Another Reason To Hate Toast Tab

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I’ve already mentioned how I hate having to order at restaurants using QR codes in general and Toast Tab in particular. Today I found out yet another reason to hate Toast Tab: Al Gore is an investor. Toast, the all-in-one … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats | Tagged Al Gore, Democrats, Generation Investment Management LLP, Toast Tab | 3 Comments

Would You Believe Austin’s New Interim City Manager Is Soros-Backed DA Jose Garza’s Uncle?

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As mentioned previously, Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk has been fired. he Austin City Council on Wednesday voted to fire City Manager Spencer Cronk following his response to the winter storm earlier this month. The council voted 10-1 in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Democrats, Texas | Tagged Austin, Democrats, Jesus Garza, Jose Garza, Natasha Harper-Madison, Social Justice Warriors, Spencer Cronk, Veronica Briseno | 2 Comments

Gun Owners of America Join Forces With Ken Paxton To Sue ATF Over Gun Brace Regulation

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Gun Owners of America and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton join forces to sue the Biden Administration. More lawsuits are pouring in against the Biden administration’s recent decision to redefine firearms with pistol braces as short-barrelled rifles (SBR) under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, Regulation, Supreme Court, Texas | Tagged ATF, Erich Pratt, Gun Owners of America, Guns, Ken Paxton, Regulation, Sam Paredes, Supreme Court, Texas | 3 Comments

Peter Zeihan Thinks We Won The Great Balloon War

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

After talking to his government sources, Peter Zeihan thinks that we won The Great Balloon War, having gained valuable insights by capturing Chinese tech, and that the entire episode is another symptom of high level CCP dysfunction. Some takeaways: “What … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Media Watch, Military, unions, video | Tagged balloon, China, ICBM, Military, nuclear weapons, Peter Zeihan, signals intelligence, spying, video, Xi Jinping | 11 Comments

Haley? No. Pence? No. Pompeo? No. Sununu? No.

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Now that it’s less than two years before the 2024 Presidential election, a small crop of Republicans whose last names are not “DeSantis” or “Trump” seem to have convinced themselves that they’re viable Republican presidential candidates. These people are either … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors | Tagged 2024 Presidential Race, Chris Sununu, CIA, Donald Trump, Elections, Harvard, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, New Hampshire, Nikki Haley, NRSC, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, State Department, Tranny Bathrooms, transexual | 31 Comments

Cronk Conked

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Following the huge power outages from untrimmed trees in the most recent ice storm, Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk has evidently been fired. Austin City Council members unanimously agreed to part ways with City Manager Spencer Cronk, two city council … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Democrats, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Democrats, ice storm, Kirk Watson, Social Justice Warriors, Spencer Cronk, Texas | 4 Comments

LinkSwarm for February 10, 2023

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a longer-than-usual LinkSwarm, since last week’s edition was wiped out by the ice storm power outage. The leftwing corruption of all government institutions continues apace. “US lost 287,000 jobs while government was reporting +1 million in gains.” (Hat tip: … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged 2024 Presidential Race, aircraft, Austin, Bill Maher, Boeing, California, cars, Citibank, CNN, comedy, Communism, Crime, Cuba, Delaware, Democrats, DNC, dogs, drone, economy, Elections, electric cars, Florida, Gawker, Guns, Heavy Metal, Illinois, inflation, Iowa, Jihad, Joe Rogan, KXAN, LinkSwarm, loitering munition, Louis C.K., M1A2, Military, New Jersey, New York, Ozzy Osbourne, Pakistan, Ron DeSantis, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, sexual slavery, Social Justice Warriors, Tampa, Texas, Ukraine, unemployment | 7 Comments

American Business And Chinese Money

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Despite increasing sanctions and scrutiny on hostile Chinese business practices and intellectual property theft, private equity firms have previously managed to mostly evade scrutiny for taking Chinese money. That may finally be changing. Takeaways: “The US is starting to wise … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy | Tagged China, China Investment Corporation (CIC), Chris Chappell, Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), video | 1 Comment