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.

Low-Calorie LinkSwarm Substitute

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Lawrence Person

This week’s been a bear… …and I’ve just run out of time to do a decent LinkSwarm. Instead, in honor of police finding Hunter Biden’s cocaine unexplained cocaine of unknown origin at the White House, here’s a video of Norm … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Juba: When China Got Its Ass Kicked

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Peacekeeping missions in Africa have a way of humbling proud nations, like America in Mogadishu or Ireland in Jadotville. But while American and irish troops actually acquitted themselves well in their respective engagements, the same can’t be said for Chinese … Continue reading →

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Bodycam Footage of Cop Taking Down Active Shooter

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I may be late to this party, since the story broke several days ago, but I think this video is worth covering to highlight all the things the Allen PD officer (whose name, as far as I can tell, hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Don’t think anyone is in the mood for any intellectual heavy lifting today, so here’s a fireworks livestream: Don’t ask me how they’re doing live nighttime fireworks during the middle of the day. This is a more eclectic livestream, with … Continue reading →

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Why Does Will Hurd Think He’s Running For President?

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Lawrence Person

In one of those periodic, inexplicable outbreaks of a U.S. Representative deciding that he needs to run for President, former Texas Congressman Will Hurd has announced he’s running for President. Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd announced Thursday that he’s throwing … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Soldiers Love Bradleys

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Although a lot of attention has been lavished on Ukrainian Forces getting Leopard 2, Challenger 2 and Abrams main battle tanks, we’ve also sent them 109 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Many of those have been involved in the Zaporizhzhia counter-offensive, and … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Unilaterally Forgiving Loans

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Lawrence Person

In all the other Supreme Court news dropping, I didn’t have time to include the fact that the Supremes struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness executive order. The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s student-loan-forgiveness program, finding that … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 30, 2023

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Another half year gone. In one way, it seems impossible that it’s flown by so quickly. In another, I certainly feel tired enough for that, and then some… There’s a zillion Biden corruption links I could have added to this … Continue reading →

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China’s Demographics: Even Worse Than You Think

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I’ve covered Peter Zeihan videos on China’s crashing demographics before. We already knew China was “the fastest aging society in human history, with the largest sex imbalance in human history.” Now he’s dug into new some new data. It’s much … Continue reading →

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Special Session: Take Two

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember how the first Texas legislative special session ended without agreement? The second session just started. It’s déjà vu all over again in the Texas Legislature on the first day of the second called special session ordered by Gov. Greg … Continue reading →

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