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LinkSwarm for July 3, 2026

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Happy Independence Day Eve! We plan to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday tomorrow in the time-honored tradition: Blowing things up. More Democrat welfare state fraud, dispatches from the Democrat Civil War, another very bad week for Russian logistics (and aircraft, and … Continue reading →

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Abbott: Build Your Data Centers, But Pay For Your Own Infrastructure

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Lawrence Person

A number of states have been trying to enact bans on new data center build-outs due to outsized electricity and water consumption concerns. Texas Governor Greg Abbott doesn’t want to ban data centers, but he does want them to pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Technology, Texas | Tagged AI, Austin, data centers, drought, ERCOT, Greg Abbott, Pablo Vegas, Permian Basin, power outage, power transmission lines, Public Utility Commission (PUC), Robert Montoya, Sydnie Henry, technology, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, Texas Scorecard, Thomas Gleeson | Leave a comment

How Texas Kicks Europe’s Ass

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Back when I was doing regular Texas vs. California updates, this is the sort of video I would feature. It covers why Texas is doing so much better than Europe, though the framing misses a few things I’ve tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Regulation, Technology, Texas, unions, video | Tagged AI, ARM, Austin, BASF, CBRE, deficits, Economics, Energy Policy, Estonia, EU, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Flamenville, France, Freeport, General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR), Google, Greece, inflation, Mario Draghi, Microsoft, natural gas, nuclear power, oil industry, Permian Basin, PIIGS, Portugal, Regulation, Schwab, Skype, SpaceX, Spain, Spotify, State Income Tax, Sweden, Taxes, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, unions, video | 4 Comments

LinkSwarm For September 26, 2025

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Lawrence Person

A whole lot of despicable Democrats voted against remembering Charlie Kirk and denouncing political violence, a whole bunch of lefties are still lying about Kirk, Comey indicted, President Trump officially backs a complete Ukraine victory, a new American stealth fighter … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For August 22, 2025

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Trump tackles mail-in ballot fraud, the Democrat Party sinks (and sinks, and sinks), millionaires and billionaires pump money to the same lefties who decry them, a kangaroo verdict gets slapped down, a platoon of swamp creatures get smacked down, Ukrainian … Continue reading →

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Texas Energy Outage Postmortem

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I finally had time to finish this postmortem post on the Texas winter storm energy grid crisis. I’ve got a ton of pieces to get through, so let’s dig in. How the energy grid fell apart: Here were two problems, … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Regulation, Texas | Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Chuck DeVore, Energy Policy, ERCOT, ice storm, Jared Patterson, Jason Isaac, Nacogdoches, natural gas, nuclear power, oil industry, Permian Basin, Regulation, Sid Miller, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, Texas Public Policy Foundation | 14 Comments

LinkSwarm for February 19, 2021

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Lawrence Person

It. Has. Been. A. Week! Regular readers know that Austin has been climbing out of a once in a century winter storm that froze our roads and wrecked our power grid. Right now it’s still 19°F, but it’s supposed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions | Tagged Anthropogenic Global Warming, Apple Computer, Austin, Baen Books, Bill Gates, Border Controls, China, Citadel Securities, coronavirus, data security, Democrats, dogs, Donald Trump, Energy Policy, ERCOT, Facebook, Foreign Policy, GameStop, Guns, India, Iran, Jen Psaki, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lincoln Project, Mark Zuckerberg, Media Watch, minimum wage, New York Times, pedophilia, Rick Wilson, Robinhood, Russia, science fiction, Social Justice Warriors, SpaceX, Sphere, Starlink, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, Trump Derangement Syndrome, unions, Virginia, Vlad Tenev, Vladimir Putin, Wuhan | 3 Comments

Interview with TPPF’s Katie Tahuahua On The Texas Winter Storm Energy Crisis

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I reached out to the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s energy expert Katie Tahuahua about the dire energy problems brought about by the huge winter storm, here are her answers: 1. The Texas Interconnect Grid is a separate grid from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Regulation, Texas | Tagged Energy Policy, ERCOT, Katie Tahuahua, oil industry, Regulation, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, Texas Public Policy Foundation | 3 Comments

It’s a Freaking Winter Wonderland in Austin This Morning

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Lawrence Person

7°F and a good four inches of snow on the ground (which probably feels like a foot to us). There’s an official disaster declaration and the city has pretty much shut down: The University of Texas at Austin is closed … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Texas | Tagged Austin, Bergstrom Airport, ERCOT, HEB, Houston, ice storm, oil industry, Pflugerville, snow, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, University of Texas, Waffle House, weather | 5 Comments

The “Mystery” of the Resilient Texas Economy

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Daniel Gross on Slate and Mickey Kaus on his campaign website (he’s running against incumbent Barbara Boxer for the California Democratic Senate nomination) ruminate on why the Texas economy is so much more resilient than that of most states. Gross … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economics, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Daniel Gross, Kevin D. Williamson, Mickey Kaus, National Review, State Income Tax, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, unions | Leave a comment

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Abbott: Build Your Data Centers, But Pay For Your Own Infrastructure

How Texas Kicks Europe’s Ass

Texas Energy Outage Postmortem

Interview with TPPF’s Katie Tahuahua On The Texas Winter Storm Energy Crisis

It’s a Freaking Winter Wonderland in Austin This Morning

The “Mystery” of the Resilient Texas Economy

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