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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
A Big Chunk Of The Internet Went Down This Morning
While you were asleep this morning, a big chunk of the Internet briefly went down: Among those affected are Amazon, Twitch, Reddit, The Verge, The Guardian, ZDnet, The New York Times, Freetrade, The Financial Times, Pinterest, Kickstarter, Ebay, The Telegraph, … Continue reading
Posted in Media Watch, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, Google, Internet, Media Watch, New York Times, Reddit, technology
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Abbott: Two Special Sessions Coming
Evidently the exploding clown show that was this year’s Texas regular legislative session, and the House’s failure to pass many conservative priorities (including election reform) has governor Greg Abbott planning on calling an extra special session this summer in addition … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 87th Texas Legislature, Chad Hasty, Greg Abbott, Special Session, voting fraud
3 Comments
Republican Elected Mayor of McAllen
McAllen, Texas in Hidalgo County is a border city smack in the middle of the Rio Grande Valley, a heavily Hispanic area that Democrats have dominated since time immemorial. Hidalgo went for Biden by 16% in 2020, and by 41% … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Elections, Greg Abbott, Hidalgo County, Hispanics, Javier Villalobos, McAllen, Republican Party of Texas, Republicans, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
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California Assault Weapons Ban Struck Down
This is a welcome development: A federal judge ruled Friday that California’s “assault weapons” ban is unconstitutional. The court found the state’s ban on the sale of AR-15s and other popular rifles violated the Second Amendment. Judge Roger Benitez [of … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for June 4, 2021
The pandemic may almost be over, but Mao Tze Lung is still in the news! Katherine Eban at Vanity Fair is shocked, shocked to discover that the Wuhan Coronavirus may have come from a lab! On February 19, 2020, The … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, video
Tagged Allen West, Andrew Yang, Anthony Fauci, Benjamin Netanyahu, Beto O'Rourke, Books, Chris Meledandri, coronavirus, corruption, Crime, defensive gun use, Democrats, Eric Adams, feminism, Florida, Florida Man, FOIA, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Gilles Demaneuf, Guns, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hollywood, Houston, Hunter Biden, Iran, Israel, Jihad, Joe Biden, Katherine Eban, LinkSwarm, Maya Wiley, Media Watch, Michael Douglas, Military, Minnesota, Naftali Bennett, New York City, New York Times, pedophilia, Rashard Turner, Ray McGuire, reconciliation, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, Ron Paul, Scarlett Johansson, Scott Stringer, self-defense, Social Justice Warriors, Spike Lee, St. Paul, State Department, Steve Martin, Steven Spielberg, Texas, Thomas DiNanno, Thomas Sowell, transexual, video, Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Yair Lapid
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George P. Bush Running Against Paxton For AG
Just like the old gypsy woman said: George P. Bush, the current land commissioner of Texas, officially announced at a campaign kick-off event on Wednesday night that he would be running to be the top attorney for the Lone Star … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2022 Attorney General's Race, 2022 Election, Dan Patrick, Elections, George P. Bush, Greg Abbott, Joe Jaworksi, Ken Paxton, Republicans, Texas
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They’re Not Going Back
There’s a very early Laurie Anderson song called “Walk The Dog” where she riffs on (among other things) a Dolly Parton song: “I just want to go back to my Tennessee mountain home now.” Well, you know she’s not gonna … Continue reading
This Day All Bills Die
If you’ve been following the Texas legislature for any appreciable length of time, then the close of the 87th Legislative Session must have felt eerily familiar to you: A whole bunch of conservative priority bills made it to the one … Continue reading
Memorial Day: Remembering John Henry Pruitt
This Memorial Day we honor Marine Corporal John Henry Pruitt, who not only won the Medal of Honor, he won two Medals of Honor (the Army and Navy versions) for the same action: For extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity above and … Continue reading
Posted in Military, video
Tagged army, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Congressional Medal of Honor, John Henry Pruitt, Marines, Memorial Day, Military, video, World War I
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Movie Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai Directed by: David Lean Written by: Pierre Boulle (novel), Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (screenplay) Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald I usually save movie reviews for my other … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Alec Guinness, David Lean, Military, movie review, movies, World War II
3 Comments