{"id":9159,"date":"2011-11-11T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2011-11-12T01:28:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T07:28:40","slug":"linkswarm-for-friday-november-11-2011-111111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=9159","title":{"rendered":"LinkSwarm for Friday, November 11, 2011 (11\/11\/11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope you’re celebrating both Veterans Day and Nigel Tufnel Day<\/a> (11\/11\/11) today. A few bits of news: <\/p>\n

  • Willisms debunks a lot of false claims about Texas jobs<\/a>.\n
  • He also notes that Texas leads the nation in exports<\/a>.\n
  • Care for a disabled child in Michigan? The SEIU can deduct union dues from your social security check.<\/a> (Hat tip: Ace of Spades.<\/a>)\n
  • I’ve not been keeping up with the situation in Killeen, but evidently City Council members voted to give the City Manager a $750,000 buyout<\/a>, then refused to justify their actions to the taxpayers. The result? All five remaining City Council members were successfully recalled.<\/a> Note to politicians across the state: Texas is not<\/em> California. Try to get away with this sort of self-dealing here and we will<\/i> boot your ass out of office. (Hat tip: Blue Dot Blues<\/a>.)\n
  • Mexican cartel gunmen crossed into the small Texas town of Escobares<\/a> in the Rio Grande Valley.\n
  • Speaking of cartel violence, the Mexican government evidently has the La Familia Michoacana drug gang<\/a> on the ropes. La Familia was previously allied with the Gulf Cartel, but more recently worked with the Zeta cartel. I’d previously mentioned La Familia (and their activity in Austin) here<\/a>.\n
  • Obama to tax Christmas trees in order to pay for a board to promote Christmas trees<\/a>.\n
  • Democrats on the “SuperCommittee” propose…wait for it…wait for it…spending more money!<\/a> Remember, any time a congressional Democrat says they want to cut spending, they’re lying<\/i>. (If a Republican says they want to cut spending, there’s at least a possibility<\/i> that they’re telling the truth.)\n
  • David Brooks praises Mitt Romney<\/a> as “smart” and “sophisticated.” Yeah, like conservatives needed another<\/em> reason to vote against Romney…\n
  • By contrast, George Will<\/a> says that in Romney “Republicans may have found their Michael Dukakis.” (What’s the difference between David Brooks and George Will? One is a well-dressed, articulate, sophisticated, respected conservative columnist, and the other is David Brooks.)\n
  • Related.<\/a>\n
  • Search and Rescue trailer stolen from NW Austin.<\/a> Contact your local police if you spot the trailer shown in the picture.\n
  • I already mentioned this yesterday<\/a>, but here’s the video of Sen. John Cornyn laying the smackdown on Eric Holder as to the difference between Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious.\n