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.

Is China Getting Ready To Invade Taiwan?

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Lawrence Person

When I previously covered the possibility of China invading Taiwan, I quoted: The invasion will happen in April or October. Because of the challenges posed by the strait’s weather, a transport fleet can only make it across the strait in … Continue reading →

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The System is Down…The System Is Down…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down right now. Botched upgrade? Misconfigured router? Expired signing certificate? Who knows? I’m just going to assume its a problem with their latest SuppressAllPostsQuestioningTheHolyVaccineMarrative.yml file. But it’s a reminder of how deeply interconnected all … Continue reading →

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Profane Meditations On Current Vexations

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Lawrence Person

People are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore. And they’re being increasingly vocal in their displeasure. Here’s rapper Samson on the many discontents of the Biden era: And here’s J. Random Australian on the country’s … Continue reading →

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George Soros Just Dropped Half A Million Dollars To Oppose Hiring More Police In Austin

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Lawrence Person

George Soros, the man whose money helped install radical leftist Jose Garza in the Travis County DA’s office, is so displeased with the push to put more police back on the streets of Austin that he’s dumped half a million … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 1, 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to the Halloween season! Manchin and Sinema are the only thing that stands in the way of a giant, economy-destroying meteor of leftwing pandering, energy crises ramp up in China and Europe, Biden nominates a commie, and … Continue reading →

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Matthew Dowd Running Against Dan Patrick For Texas Lt. Governor

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Matthew Dowd, Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-ABC-News-dweeb-turned-Democrat is running against Republican incumbent Dan Patrick for Texas Lieutenant Governor: Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush’s presidential reelection campaign who later split with the former president publicly, is running for lieutenant governor as … Continue reading →

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Border Crisis Update For September 29, 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Lawrence Person

More news bubbling up on the Biden Border Crisis, so let’s dig in: Remember how stories said the Biden Administration was deporting those Haitian illegal aliens in Del Rio? Yeah, not so much: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted on … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Disruption Update for September 28, 2021

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I didn’t expect to do another supply chain disruption update just two days after the last one, but there’s a lot more news popping up: An energy shortage is plaguing China: Residents in three north-east Chinese provinces experienced unannounced power … Continue reading →

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What If There Was An Austin Shootout And Nobody Noticed?

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Lawrence Person

It took a while, but it appears that at least one Austin media outlet, Fox 7, finally noticed something that was bubbling on Twitter Sunday morning, namely that there were a bunch of shots fired in downtown Austin early Sunday … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Disruption Update

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Lawrence Person

All across the world, supply chains that were disrupted by Flu Manchu lockdowns don’t seem to have fully recovered. Maybe it’s because some political entities are still doing lockdowns, or maybe it’s because vaccine mandates are making critical worker shortages … Continue reading →

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