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.

When Storage Wars Meets Gun Hoarders

Back when I’d visit my parents a decade or so ago, one of my father’s guilty pleasures was watching Storage Wars. If you’re unfamiliar with this cable staple, it features competing teams of people bidding on abandoned storage units, then … Continue reading →

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Ukraine: Don’t Assume Russia Will Win

Defense analyst Anders Puck Nielsen says there’s a tendency for many to believe that, although Ukraine has put up a good fight, a Russian victory in the Russo-Ukrainian War is inevitable. (I assume he’s seeing these on the various MSM … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Beast

As I did with Fury, here’s a review of another movie that follows a tank crew driving deep into enemy territory. But instead of an American Sherman driving deep into Germany in 1945, it’s a Soviet T-55 taking a wrong … Continue reading →

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The Ukraine War Map Problem

When the Russo-Ukrainian war kicked off back in February, I relied on https://liveuamap.com/ to track military action in the war, just as I had used their similar map when tracking the war against the Islamic State. However, after the initial … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 2, 2022

Biden goes all Nuremberg Rally, more transexual madness, Gibson’s Bakery wins final victory, states subcontract their energy policies to crazy California, and more really stupid criminals. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! You would think that Biden’s team might have better sense … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan on The Kherson Counteroffensive

For those who think I rely too much on Ukraine updates and Peter Zeihan videos, enjoy this Peter Zeihan video update on Ukraine! Takeaways: “Everything that the Russians were bad at before (propaganda, logistics, precision, training, maintenance, equipment), everything they … Continue reading →

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Mikhail Gorbachev, RIP

There are some people whose staggering failures are so awesome that they put ordinary successes in the shade. Like Christopher Columbus trying to find a quicker route to India and discovering the New World instead. Such is the case with … Continue reading →

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Kherson Counteroffensive: Day Two

Ukraine’s Kherson counteroffensive appears to be making significant headway. The Institute for the Study of War has some summary goodness. Ukrainian military officials announced the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast on August 29. Ukrainian officials reported that … Continue reading →

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Kherson Counteroffensive Finally Begins

This morning I’m seeing a lot of reports that that long-rumored Kherson counteroffensive is finally beginning. The Odesa-based newspaper Dumskaya reports that the Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine concentrated in the southern direction have launched a counteroffensive at … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Shop Owners Reach Their Breaking Point

Of all big American cities, San Francisco seems to have had the longest, closest look at what happens when you let the radical left wing of the Democratic Party run your city for decades on end. A half century of … Continue reading →

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