Blogroll
Local/Texas Politics
Gun Blogs
Foreign Policy/Jihad
Think Tanks Etc.
California/Unions/Etc.
Victimhood Identity Politics
Social Media
Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm
Pages
Categories
Tags
- 2012 Election
- 2016 Election
- 2016 Presidential Race
- 2020 Presidential Race
- Austin
- Border Controls
- Budget
- California
- China
- Communism
- coronavirus
- Crime
- Democrats
- dogs
- Donald Trump
- Economics
- Elections
- Foreign Policy
- fraud
- Greg Abbott
- Guns
- Hillary Clinton
- Illegal Aliens
- Iran
- Israel
- Jihad
- Joe Biden
- LinkSwarm
- Media Watch
- Military
- ObamaCare
- Regulation
- Republicans
- Russia
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Social Justice Warriors
- technology
- Ted Cruz
- Texas
- UK
- Ukraine
- unions
- video
- Welfare State
Author Archives: Lawrence Person
The Ukraine War Is Crushing Germany’s Green Energy Delusions
The combination of pretending to transition to a green energy future combined with dependence on Russian gas and the fallout of the Russo-Ukrainian War has Germany looking at some very tough choices: “Europeans have chosen to largely remove natural gas … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns
Tagged Economics, Energy Policy, Europe, Foreign Policy, Germany, Global Warming, natural gas, Peter Zeihan, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, video
12 Comments
China’s Rich Potemkin Socialist Village
Much of China’s last two decades of apparent prosperity seems to be an illusion designed to fool both its own people and outside investors. But the Potemkin village of Huaxi takes China’s illusory prosperity to the next level. “Huaxi in … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Democrats, Economics, Foreign Policy, video
Tagged China, Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy, Huaxi, video
2 Comments
Why You Can’t Trust Crime Statistics
Some leftists have asserted, despite all evidence, that crime rates in blue states are no higher than in red states. One for this illusion is that Soros-backed DAs game the statistics. Another is that in many deep blue cities, residents … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, unions, video
Tagged Crime, George Soros, Louis Rossmann, New York, New York City, statistics, video
8 Comments
The Sky Warden: “An Up-Armored Crop Duster With Rocket Launchers”
At first, I was not at all enthused about the Air Force’s new Sky Warden platform, a step back to a single-seat, propeller-driven combat aircraft not used since the Douglas A-1 Skyraider was retired in 1973. Some background: U.S. Special … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged Air Force, aircraft, Charles Carpenter, Military, Sky Warden, The Fat Electrician, video, World War II
12 Comments
LinkSwarm for November 18, 2022
Greetings, and welcome to the Friday LinkSwarm…on Friday! Finally, my sloth has paid off! Enjoy a sampler of news stories from the last two weeks. Donald Trump is running for president again. Right now I’m inclined to back Ron DeSantis … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Media Watch, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged 118th Congress, 2024 Presidential Race, Alameda Research, Babylon Bee, BlackRock, Charlie Crist, Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democrats, Disney, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Holmes, Environmental Social Governance (ESG), Florida, Foreign Policy, FTX, Houston, Jay Leno, John Ray III, Miami, Mike Lawler, Nancy Pelosi, NPR, Peter Zeihan, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sean Patrick Maloney, Theranos, trade, transexual
1 Comment
Fired Twitter Employee Applies For A Real Job
People who have never worked anywhere but Twitter might have a sharp learning curve ahead…
Posted in Media Watch, video
Tagged Babylon Bee, Media Watch, Satire, Twitter, video
Leave a comment
FTXed Up
Let me start out by explaining how cryptocurrency works: You exchange your money for digital strings of numbers based on math you don’t understand, for one of the following reasons: A. You believe those digital strings of numbers will be … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Crime, Economics, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, video, Waste and Fraud
Tagged Ben Shapiro, Bitcoin, Crime, cryptocurrency, Democrats, Economics, Effective Altruism, fraud, FTX, fundraising, Gary Wang, Joe Biden, Joe Rogan, Larry David, Lincoln Project, Michael Moritz, Ponzi scheme, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sequoia Capital, Social Justice Warriors, socialism, technology, Tom Brady, video, World Economic Forum
11 Comments
Ukraine Update for November 15, 2022: Dnipro Crossed?
Right after Kherson city was liberated and spans on the Antonivsky and Nova Kakhkovka bridges blown, a whole lot of commenters went “Well, Ukraine obviously isn’t going to try to cross the Dnipro there, it’s too wide.” Looks like that … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Military, video
Tagged Antonovsky Bridge, Arabat Spit, Crimea, Dnipro River, Foreign Policy, Kinburn Spit, logistics, NATO, Poland, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Suchomimus, Ukraine, video
3 Comments
China’s Lockdowns: Even Crazier
Evidently those Chinese Flu Manchu lockdowns are even crazier than we thought: In Hunan, Chinese authorties have built literally hundreds of temporary quarantine facilities on roads “as far as the eye can see.” The Uighurs in Xinjiang (remember them?) have … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Foreign Policy, video
Tagged China, Communism, coronavirus, Foreign Policy, lockdown, Uighers, video, Xi Jinping, Xining City, Xinjiang
8 Comments
Veterans Day: Celebrating Ralph Puckett
This Veterans Day we celebrate the life of Korean War Medal of Honor winner Colonel Ralph Puckett. Selected as the company’s commander, 1st Lt. Puckett had five-and-a-half weeks to train his Rangers before being committed to combat operations. While attached … Continue reading
Posted in Media Watch, unions, video
Tagged Congressional Medal of Honor, Korean War, Military, Ralph Puckett, Veterans Day, video
2 Comments