Monthly Archives: May 2023

Coming To Texas This Summer: Demand > Supply

You know how the much of the Texas interconnect grid went black back in 2021 due to over-reliance on trendy renewable energy rather than natural gas and nuclear baseload? Well guess what? Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Peter Lake and … Continue reading →

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A Bakhmut Reversal?

Over the last several months, Russia would grind out costly gains in the fighting around Bakhmut, only to see Ukraine reverse most or all of those gains a few days or weeks later. This pattern repeated for month after month, … Continue reading →

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Three Cheers For The Death Star

The Texas Legislature looks like it’s finally ready to pass some long-overdue corrective oversight on local government overreach: Local elected and community leaders are denouncing what they’re calling the “Death Star” bill — legislation they say would strip the city … Continue reading →

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Americans Reject Transexism Because It’s Anti-Reality

“How many fingers, Winston?” While the usual poll caveats apply, a clear majority of Americans reject transexism. If a majority of the population was starting to reject a dangerous, destructive, violent ideology, normally that would be cause for serious celebration, … Continue reading →

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China’s Slacker City

Remember how a bunch of young Chinese just decided to give up and let it rot? Recently, a whole bunch of them have decided to make Dali in Yunnan Province their own slacker city. Takeaways: “Recently a city has become … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 5, 2023

A Soros-backed DA is stepping down, a Harvard prof lying about playing footsie with commies sentenced, and another Democratic fundraiser convicted of fraud. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Good news, everyone! Soros-backed St. Louis Democrat DA Kim Gardner has resigned. On … Continue reading →

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Lina Hidalgo’s Continued Contempt for Transparency

Remember Democratic County Judge and de-facto Queen of Harris County Lina Hidalgo, she of the numerous staff corruption charges? There have been a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests coming her way over all the alleged crooked dealings, so … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Draws A 2024 Challenger

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A short-term-serving Democratic U.S. congressman is running against Ted Cruz for the senate. With several presidential campaigns well underway for the 2024 election cycle, another office at the top of Texas voters’ … Continue reading →

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Score One For Gary Gates

If you’re a longtime BattleSwarm reader, then you know that I’ve been pretty critical of Republican State Representative Gary Gates of Richmond. Before winning Texas House District 28 to fill the unexpired term of John Zerwas in 2019, Gates was … Continue reading →

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