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About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

Jeremy Clarkson: All UK Farmers Are Reform, None Are Labour (“Truly Useless”)

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Top Gear presenter-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson has some strong words on the current political climate among UK farmers. “There’s one party in particular that seems to be doing very well with the young farmers that I do know. I mean, Caleb … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulation, video | Tagged agriculture, farming, Green Party (UK), Jeremy Clarkson, Keir Starmer, Labour, Rachel Reeves, Reform Party (UK), Regulation, UK, video | 1 Comment

How Ukraine Is Hammering Russian Logistics

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Lawrence Person

In this week’s LinkSwarm, I briefly touched on how Ukraine is absolutely hammering Russia’s logistics behind the front lines. So here are a couple of videos that go into more detail. First up: Task & Purpose. “Right now, Ukraine is … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged 412th Nemesis Brigade, AI, AN-196 Liutyi, Battlefield Air Interdiction (BAI), Cappy Army, Crimea, Denmark, Donbas, Donetsk, drones, FP-2 drone, gamification, Germany, Hornet drone, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kupyansk, logistics, M-14 Highway, Mariupol, Melitopol, Military, Netherlands, Norway, Odradne, Peklo drone, Pokrovsk, R-280 Highway, robots, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Shark drone, Simferopol, Starlink, Sweden, Task & Purpose, Telegram, UK, Ukraine, video, Viktor Orban, Vladimir Soldo, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zaporizhzhia | 18 Comments

Why Vietnam Gave Up On Communism

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a short video on why the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party gave up on Communism. Short answer: It didn’t work. “Why did communists in Vietnam end up adopting the economic system of the country they spent 20 years fighting a … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Economics | Tagged Communism, Economics, famine, farming, Vietnam, Vietnam War | 7 Comments

LinkSwarm For June 5, 2026

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Conflicting economic signals, more Democrat fraud uncovered, more criminal illegal aliens deported, Ukraine sinks more Russian ships and ignites more Russian oil refineries, more Winning, more media companies still try to cling to woke (but Victoria’s Secret wises up), and … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Technology, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2026 Election, 2026 Texas Senate Race, Aaron Spencer, AI, AIPAC, Alabama, Amazon, Asmongold, Azov Sea, Babylon Bee, Bolivia, Border Controls, Brooke Rollins, Budget, California, Communism, corrupt scumbags, Crime, Crimea, Cristobal Liobardo Vasquez-Sanchez, Daily Dose of Internet, Daniel Alexis Casasola-Rivera, Dark Horse Comics, data security, DC Comics, Defense for Children International Palestine, Democrats, Department of Justice, dogs, drones, El Salvador, Embracer Group, EPA, ExxonMobil, Fender, Findraiser.AI, Fourth Amendment, fraud, Gavin Newsom, gay, Graham Platner, Hakeem Jeffries, Hamas, Hawaii, Henry Nowak, horror movies, housing, Illegal Aliens, Ilsky, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Iowa, Israel, James Talarico, Jim Jordan, Jimmy Gomez, John Azzariti, Ken Paxton, Kirill Basin, KKK, Lauro Javier Miron-Tapia, Lawsuit, Lee Zeldin, Legal Insurrection, Lewis Dinges, Libertarians, LinkSwarm, Lord of the Rings, Maine, Mala Tokmachka, Media Watch, Metroplex, Michael Fosler, Michele Siekerka, Mike Lee, movies, New Jersey, New World Screwworm, New York City, NGO, Not The Bee, NPR, Nun Hawi Tuam, oil industry, pedophilia, Plano, police, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Power Forward Communities, rape, Reporting from Ukraine, Rick Beato, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Ron Wyden, Ronald Reagan, Russ Vought, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Samidoun, Samsung, sex offender, sex scandal, Shomari Figures, Social Justice Warriors, Southern Poverty Law Center, St. Petersburg (Russia), Stacey Abrams, Stargate, Suchomimus, Supreme Court, Suzan DelBene, Takings, technology, Ted Chiang, Texas, Tides Foundation, UK, Ukraine, USAID, Vickrum Digwa, Victoria's Secret, Virginia, Warren Davidson, Yardena Wolf, Zach Lahn, Zohran Mamdani | 5 Comments

Katie Porter Whacked Eric Swalwell To Come In 5th

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Everyone and their dog has gone over the results of the California election (pending of course, however many “mail in ballots” Democrats need to “find” to push their preferred candidates over the line), so I’m not going to rehash them … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Texas | Tagged 2026 Election, California, Chad Bianco, Democrats, Elections, Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter, Republicans, sex offender, Steve Hilton, Tom Steyer, Xavier Becerra | 12 Comments

Bill Gates: Sex Machine

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Lawrence Person

I hadn’t intended to do another Microsoft story today, but I couldn’t find anything else I felt like writing about, and this story is too funny. I don’t think anyone had Bill Gates, sex machine on their 2026 bingo card. … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, Microsoft, Mila Antonova, New York Post, sex scandal, technology, TerraPower | 8 Comments

Microsoft Devs Hate Eating Own AI Slop Dog Food

Posted on June 2, 2026 by Lawrence Person

There’s a phrase in enterprise software: “Eat your own dog food.” It means you should be using the software you’re developing internally, because you find bugs more quickly that way. Evidently Microsoft developers prefer the taste of Anthropic’s Claude over … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged AI, Anthropic, Claude Cowork, Copilot, GitHub, Microsoft, Rajesh Jha, Satya Nadella, technology | 1 Comment

The Talafreakco Menace

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Now that Ken Paxton is officially the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, we can finally turn our full attention to the absolute freakshow the Democrats have selected to run against him. In case you hadn’t noticed, James Talarico is … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Elections, Global Warming, Guns, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged 2026 Election, 2026 Texas Senate Race, Anthropogenic Global Warming, Austin, Babylon Bee, Beto O'Rourke, Brianna Menard, cringe, David French, Democrats, Elections, gay, Greta Thunberg, gun control, Guns, James Talarico, Ken Paxton, Not The Bee, oil industry, Social Justice Warriors, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Austin, Texas, Texas Scorecard, Tim Walz, vegans | 13 Comments

Cammo-Clad ChiComs Caught Crossing Into Texas

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Remember how a couple of years ago we mentioned how military age Chinese men were among those flooding in during the Biden’s open borders fiasco? It’s still happening. Texas authorities arrested six Chinese nationals dressed in camouflage who were allegedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Texas | Tagged Beibei Liu, Border Controls, China, Chris Olivarez, Communism, DHS, Maverick County, Neville Roy Singham, Operation Lone Star, Starr County, Texas, Texas DPS | 3 Comments

Two Videos About Death Rays

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Occasionally when wasting time on YouTube searching for content to post here, I come across videos that make an obvious pairing. Today’s topic: Death Rays! First up: Simon Whistler on the U.S. military’s Songbow Laser Cannon: “Lasers are not just … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Technology, video | Tagged aircraft carrier, anti-drone, Arleigh Burke class destroyer, battleship, China, Coherent Aerospace and Defense AKA Atalon, Daryl Caudle, Dragonfire, drones, Fred Pyle, Helios, Houthi, hypersonic, IMALENT MS32, Iran, Iron Beam, Israel, Jules Hurst III, laser, Military, Navy, ODIN, Office of Naval Research, Russo-Ukrainian War, SHIELD laser, Simon Whistler, Songbow Laser Cannon, Strategic Defense Initiative, technology, UK, USS Prebel, Valkyrie laser system, video | 3 Comments

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