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.

Why The SA80 Sucked

On the post about China’s funky military gyrocopter, a discussion of just how bad the British SA80 assault rifle (AKA Enfield L85A1) sucked broke out. And boy did it suck. Almost immediately, the rifles were plagued with problems. The L86A1’s … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Naval Drones Hit A Tanker, Gives Russia Another Dilemma

Ukraine is stepping up it’s naval drone game, as they just hit a Russian tanker. A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 4, 2023

More Biden Crime Family evidence surfaces, another mysterious Chinese bio-lab (this one much closer to home than Wuhan), more blue city real estate disaster, and Tim Scott screws up. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  “Joe Biden Allegedly Interacted With Son’s … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Rules Against ATF Brace Rule

A small victory in the war against ATF overreach: The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that two Texas residents are likely to prevail in their legal challenge to a Biden administration rule that redefined firearms with pistol … Continue reading →

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China’s Funky Military Gyrocopter

Of all the weapons China is developing, gyrocopters rank very low among those I’m worried about. In truth, I wasn’t even aware they had them until this video popped up in my feed: The gyrocopter, AKA the autogyro, was a … Continue reading →

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Houston Medicare Fraud Ring Busted

Big Medicare fraud ring busted in Houston. How big? $142 million big. The Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has made a series of arrests and seized assets related to a fraud case in Houston. … Continue reading →

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Taibbi: How The Left Lost Its Mind

“It’s as simple as people thought everything was permitted in pursuit of getting rid of Donald Trump.” Taibbi says he wasn’t pushed out of Rolling Stone, he just thought he could make more money by leaving. And he was right! … Continue reading →

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Goines Murder Trial Still Pending

While writing yesterday’s Houston forensic backlog story, it occurred to me that I never heard the outcome of the pending murder trial of Ex-Houston Police Officer Gerald Goines. Goines is accused of falsifying information on the warrant on a no-knock … Continue reading →

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Houston’s Scandalous Forensic Backlog

Your various CSI-type shows display modern police forensic labs as clean, gleaming, orderly high-tech cathedrals to science. The reality is seldom as glamorous, with cramped offices and significant backlogs being the norm. Around the country, various forensic labs have gotten … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for July 28, 2023

The Hunter Biden scandals refuse to go away, California continues to hemorrhage taxpayers, Texas teachers behaving very badly, more Flu Manchu heart attacks, and a golden new parking aid. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal collapsed. Here’s … Continue reading →

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