Monthly Archives: August 2023

Chacon Retires And The APD Stalemate

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a story where the background details are more interesting than the headline story. The ostensible main story: Austin police chief Joseph Chacon is retiring. The City of Austin will again be on the search for someone to head its … Continue reading →

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Homeless Repeatedly Break Into Austin Apartment Complex

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Austin apartment complex gets repeatedly hit by thieves breaking into apartments and cars night after night. Last year they had repeated transient break-ins through a hole in the fence, and this year two individuals seem to be the same ones … Continue reading →

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Just How Does An IRS Agent Get Killed At A Federal Shooting Range?

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The dumbeth here must be off the charts: The FBI is investigating after a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service was killed at a gun range at a correctional facility in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon. According to the Federal … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For August 18, 2023

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Lawrence Person

San Diego tries enforcing the law, a sampler of the lies Obama told about his life, Blade-Runners take on Big Brother’s cameras, a nuke rises in Texas, and a Cthuloid horror swims the chilly waters of Antarctica. It’s the Friday … Continue reading →

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Another Day, Another Criminal Out On Bond Shooting Cops

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Actually, that headline is slightly inaccurate: It was two criminals out on bond shooting a cop. A massive manhunt is underway for two suspects in relation to a shooting of a Harris County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Weapons Expert Rates Movie Nukes

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As I did with tanks, here’s another “expert analyses the realism of Hollywood movies,” this time with nuclear weapons physicist Greg Spriggs on the realism of movie nuke scenes. And yes, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull … Continue reading →

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F16s = Fatigue For Soviet Aircraft?

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Ukraine is expected to receive some F-16 fighter planes…sometime. Like the M1A1 Abrams tanks we’re sending them, the Biden Administration can be frustratingly vague about when they’ll actually get major weapons systems. But Michael Bohnert at Defense News makes an … Continue reading →

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Ruble Now A Penny

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

When Russia launched its illegal war of territorial aggression against Ukraine in February of 2022, many observers thought western financial sanctions would quickly crash the Russian economy. When Russia was cut out of SWIFT, the Ruble plunged to below a … Continue reading →

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China Is Screwed: Pipe People

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I didn’t intend to do an all “China is Screwed” video roundup weekend, but the videos keep stacking up and I need to post some rather than producing a giant unwieldy post with hours of footage. First up: Young people’s … Continue reading →

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China’s New Enemy: Deflation

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I have a whole host of “China is Screwed” videos I’ve gathered to post, but haven’t had the time to properly queue them up. So here’s a big picture piece from Peter Zeihan on China’s immediate economic foe: deflation. “They … Continue reading →

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