LinkSwarm for June 22, 2011

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The big news around Austin is that it actually rained last night, meaning our trees and lawns won’t die, fall over and blow away like so many tumbleweeds. At least not this week.

  • Another fascinating Michael Totten piece, this one interviewing Palestinians in Jerusalem.
  • Having solved all other problems, Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Larado) decides to tackle Texas’ most-pressing need: A week-long statewide celebration of just how awesome Sen. Judith Zaffirini is.
  • Want to call in an airstrike against the Taliban? There’s an app for that.
  • Over at NRO, Matt Mackowiak says this is Rick Perry’s moment.
  • Yelena Bonner, Andrei Sakharov’s widow and a human right campaigner in her own right, died over the weekend at 89.
  • Plus Rich Lowry weighs in on Perry’s “Uncompassionate Conservatism”.
  • Michael Williams puts up his official statement on why he switched to the a congressional race. He also says “In only a week, we have been able to secure over $250,000 in contributions and pledges,” which is a seriously good start for a House race. His website also sports his snazzy new bow-tie logo.
  • The Texas Tribune’s insiders list puts up a poll of 2012 and 2014 race favorites. Use grains of salt as instructed by your spin doctor.
  • Dallas ISD spent $86,000 on Chick-Fil-A, proving not only that administration is wasteful, but that they have bad taste to boot.
  • So far, Jon Huntsman’s campaign is making Newt Gingrich’s look better by comparison.

    • About Lawrence Person

    Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.
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