Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

Austin Police: “Got Robbed? Don’t Dial 911, We Don’t Have Enough Cops To Respond”

The Austin City Council’s partial defunding of the police back in 2020 continues to hurt law-abiding Austinites. Continued understaffing has left APD unable to fulfill what were previously considered basic police functions. Case in point: APD now asks robbery victims … Continue reading →

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The Cardboard Drone Dilemma

As shown by Ukraine, cardboard drones are a very cost-effective way to destroy much more expensive military equipment. And you know who has more expensive military equipment than anyone else in the world? That’s right: Us. Uncle Sam is the … Continue reading →

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Israel’s War Against Color TV

Sometimes I stumble across something that just boggles my mind. Such as this video that explains that Israel, the most technologically advanced country in the Middle East, wasn’t just slow to adopt color television, but actively fought its adoption, going … Continue reading →

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Fast, Cheap and Out of Control

If you were worried that the United States military hadn’t picked up on the importance of drone warfare in the Russo-Ukrainian War, it appears that someone in the Pentagon was indeed paying attention. The Pentagon committed on Monday to fielding … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 1, 2023

A whole lot more Biden Recession hits the economy—unexpectedly! The poor go hungry, the fired Ukrainian prosecutor confirms Biden corruption, people keep flocking to Texas and Florida, McConell’s brain blows up (again), and a whole lot of Texas laws take … Continue reading →

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Brandon Herrera Running For Congress

I somehow missed this news when it broke a couple of weeks ago, but firearms YouTuber Brandon Herrera, AKA TheAKGuy, is running against incumbent Republican congressman Tony Gonzales for the Texas 23rd U.S. congressional district in the 2024 Republican primary. … Continue reading →

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They Want You To Stop Eating Meat And Dairy, But The Gavin Newsoms Of the World Will Always Be Able To Eat At The French Laundry

When radical leftwing city officials push insane, impossible policies, are they merely engaging in virtue signaling, hope to profit off graft for the issue, or want to inflict as much pain on ordinary Americans as possible? That’s the question to … Continue reading →

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Dave Smith on Rogan: The Deep State vs. Trump

If you’ve been following this blog for a a while, very little in this Joe Rogan interview with Dave Smith will be new to you. But this is a nice explanation of how the early part of the Russiagate hoax … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Now Using Dirt Cheap Kit Drones Made Out Of Cardboard

If you thought the Flying Yeet of Death was cheap, the Ukrainians have announced they just used a drone that looks even cheaper to hit a Russian airbase: (A follow-up video suggests they may not have hit much, if anything, … Continue reading →

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Is It Finally Time To Retire The A-10?

If you’ve been following the A-10 Thunderbolt II (AKA Warthog) saga here, you’ll remember that the Air Force tried to kill the A-10 back in 2015, going so far as to accuse airmen who opposed retiring the A-10 of treason. … Continue reading →

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