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LinkSwarm For April 24, 2026

The Iran war remains on pause, more of that Democrat voting fraud that never happens, more California, more felonious illegal alien scumbags, a corrupt Democrat resigns before she can be kicked out, Virginia’s radical Dem redistricting ploy gets court-blocked, black … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For April 11, 2025

I hope your taxes are finished, or at least in the home stretch. Mine are done but not mailed out yet. I made so little last year that I’m getting every cent I sent in back, pitiful though it is. … Continue reading →

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Today’s Most infuriating Quote

Via Dwight comes a link to this Jonathan Chait piece in New York magazine. Which contained this gem of prevarication: Bloomberg’s health crusade is so unusual because it embraces a political mode usually associated with the right. Conservatives favor regulation … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg Fails to Learn From History (Again)

Nurse Bloomberg proposes the Mafia Fulltime Employment Through Cigarette Smuggling Act (though I think he’s offering it up under another name) to raise the price of cigarettes to $10.50 a pack. (Hat tip: Dwight) And how well is that likely … Continue reading →

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City of Austin: How dare you do what you want with your own land?

Once again the City of Austin is living up to its reputation as a Nanny State busybody who can’t keep its nose out of other people’s business. In this case it’s decided that Joe Del Rio can’t dig under his … Continue reading →

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Big Brother Ontario Bans Crystal Head Vodka

Ontario is banning Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka. Why? Because the bottle is shaped like a skull. Which is precisely the reason I bought Dwight a bottle of it for his birthday. I guess with the Tories in power in … Continue reading →

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