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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Ill-Advised Semiconductor Subsidies Pass
Semiconductor subsidies passed the Senate and House and now will become law. The House on Thursday passed the bipartisan Chips and Science Act, which aims to increase domestic production of computer chips to allow the U.S. to become more competitive … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, China, Democrats, GlobalFoundries, Intel, Samsung, Semiconductors, subsidies, TSMC, Welfare State
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The Chieftain Reviews Movie Tank Scenes
Why yes, this is relevant to my interests! Nicholas Moran, AKA The Chieftain, reviews various movie tank scenes for technical accuracy. Fury and Saving Private Ryan both rank pretty high. He also has good things to say about The Beast … Continue reading
Scenes From China’s Slow-Motion Collapse
Remember the bank runs in China story after all those bank accounts in Hunan were frozen? I’ve been looking for signs of wider contagion amidst the Chinese banking sector, and mostly haven’t seen it. But I have seen a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy, Military, video
Tagged Alibaba, Baidu, bank run, banking, China, Communism, Economics, Evergrande, Ghost Cities, Henan New Wealth Group, Hunan, Lu Yi, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, Pan Darong, Peter Zeihan, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Stephen S. Roach, tanks, Xi Jinping, Xia Haijun
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Dispatches From The Burning Land
Going to the dentist always makes me tired, and I already wasn’t feeling up to any intellectual heavy lifting today, so instead let’s turn to one of the laziest of lazy blogger tropes: Talking about the weather. I don’t know … Continue reading
Russia Signs Grain Export Corridor Agreement With Ukraine, Then Promptly Attacks Export Port
Amid fears of worldwide food shortages due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to reopen sea corridors to allow food exports from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to recommence. Then Russia hit Odessa with missiles. World … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Military, Obama Scandals
Tagged Black Sea, food, Foreign Policy, Military, Odessa (Ukraine), Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukriane, Vladimir Putin
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LinkSwarm for July 23, 2022
Paying people not to work makes them worse off, Democrats sleepwalk toward disaster, another would-be assassin of a Republican congressman walks away without bail, more Democratic judicial officials who refuse to obey the law, and a disturbing number of pedophiles … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged 2022 Election, 2022 Texas Governor's Race, American Airlines, Austin, Beto O'Rourke, Black Hammer, Border Controls, California, Center for American Progress, Charlene Carter, Chesa Boudin, Crime, David Jakubonis, Democratic Party, Democrats, Franklin Bynum, George Gascon, George Soros, Georgia, Harris County, Howard Schultz, Illegal Aliens, Italy, Lee Zeldin, LinkSwarm, Los Angeles, Mario Draghi, Media Watch, New York City, New York Times, pedophilia, Ray Epps, Ruy Teixeira, San Francisco, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Texas, unions, Universal Basic Income, Welfare State
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The Bomb That Ended A War
The title overstates the case, but this story of the red-tape cutting, round-the clock efforts to field a bunker busting bomb during the Gulf War is fascinating stuff. (Today has been a bear for a variety of uninteresting reasons, so … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged Air Force, bomb, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Military, video
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Texas Republican Agriculture Commissioner Comes Out For Legalizing Medical Marijuana
If you’re wondering whether a true sea-change in the way America thinks about marijuana legalization, Republican Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller coming out for medical marijuana is an interesting signpost. Miller likened regulation of medical marijuana to national prohibition of … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Texas
Tagged marijuana, Regulation, Sid Miller, Texas, War on Drugs
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California’s Gun Grabbers Screw Themselves
In an attempt to subvert the Supreme Court’s clear directions in the Bruen decision, California’s gun grabbing Democrats have actually made their case weaker through their own arguments. Armed Scholar Anthony Miranda: Some takeaways: “The state of California just backed … Continue reading
Charges Against Jose Alba Dismissed
Sometimes actual justice wins: After intense backlash from local bodega workers and city tabloids, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday dropped all charges against bodega clerk Jose Alba, who was allegedly acting in self-defense when he fatally stabbed a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats
Tagged Alvin Bragg, Crime, Democrats, Jose Alba, New York City, self-defense
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