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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
The Racism-Free Utopia Is Rural MAGA Land
Funny how social justice warrior types always claim they’re fighting racism, but John Nolte says the most racism-free areas of America can be found in rural MAGA Land: Life in Rural America (which is where Republican Trump voters live and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Guns, Social Justice Warriors
Tagged Crime, Democrats, Guns, John Nolte, North Carolina, racism, Social Justice Warriors
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The Building Austin Policing Crisis
Many of the cities that defunded police last year in a fit of social justice warrior-endorsed madness have reversed course once crime rates started spiraling. But Austin’s hard-left City Council seems stuck on stupid. After the Austin police budget cut … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Austin Police Department, Budget, George Soros, Jose Garza, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
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.50 BMG SLAP, Raufoss Rounds vs. Body Armor
In my continuing series of “Videos of .50 BMG Rounds Hitting Things Make Great Lazy Blog Fodder,” here’s Kentucky Ballistics testing SLAP, Raufoss, and other exotic .50 BMG rounds against body armor plates. Other entries in the series: .50 BMG … Continue reading
Posted in Guns, video
Tagged .50 BMG, body armor, Guns, Kentucky Ballistics, MK211 Raufoss Round, SLAP round
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Dan Crenshaw Undergoes Eye Surgery
Texas Republican U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw has undergone emergency surgery on his remaining good eye: Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) announced that he received emergency surgery on his left eye on Friday, which will leave the congressman “effectively blind” for … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for April 9, 2021
Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Lying media and Biden’s Border Crisis dominates news this week: 60 Minutes proves that they’re lying scumbags again: CBS’s “60 Minutes” deceptively edited an exchange that reporter Sharyn Alfonsi had with Florida … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Media Watch, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Waste and Fraud
Tagged 2022 Election, 60 Minutes, Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan-Rodriguez, Alfonso Rustrian, Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, Border Controls, CBS, CBS News, China, Congressional Medal of Honor, coronavirus, Crime, Critical Race Theory, Dave Kerner, Democrats, dogs, drug lords, Foreign Policy, fraud, FTI Consulting, Georgia, Greg Abbott, hate crime hoax, Illegal Aliens, Joe Biden, Jordan B. Peterson, Kickstarter, LinkSwarm, Marvel, Media Watch, Mexico, Miami, Military, Morgan Magionos, MOVE Texas, MST3K, NBC, New York, Obama, Paul Simon, pedophilia, Pennsylvania, rape, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, sex offender, Sharyn Alfonsi, Social Justice Warriors, Stephen Miller (Trump advisor), SUNY, Taxes, Texas, transexual, United Cartels, Voter ID, voting fraud, War on Drugs, World War II, Wuhan
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Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Is Insane
People reading yesterday’s piece on China’s semiconductor industry have been asking “Wait, are you saying every semiconductor maker in the world relies on one Dutch firm?” For new, cutting edge fabs, the short answer is yes. If you’ve bought a … Continue reading
China’s Semiconductor Industry: Shell Games All The Way Down
I’ve written about China’s semi-illusory semiconductor businesses before: “In China the question is always how much of that investment is real, and how much is illusion. A lot of those ‘under construction’ fabs never materialize, either unable to attract investors … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Foreign Policy
Tagged ASML, Beijing Guangliang Lantu Technology, Cao Shan, Chiang Shangyi, China, Communism, Dehuai Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd., Emily Feng, Foreign Policy, Hu Haifeng, Hu Jintao, Hyundai, Joseph Lee, LG, Li Xueyen, Nanjing, NPR, Semiconductors, SK Hynix, SMIC, South Korea, Tacoma Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd., Tsinghua Unigroup, TSMC, Wuhan, Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC)
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A Good Explanation of the Semiconductor Shortage
A semiconductor shortage has been plaguing the automobile industry for several months, and this piece explains why: To understand why the $450 billion semiconductor industry has lurched into crisis, a helpful place to start is a one-dollar part called a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized, unions
Tagged Applied Materials, Economics, GM, Intel, LAM Research, Samsung, Semiconductors, technology, TSMC, UMC, unions
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Texas vs. California Update for April 5, 2021
After a long hiatus, the Texas vs. California update is back! The update, focusing on news about the two biggest states in the union, and contrasting the the red and blue state models of governance for each, was a regular … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Regulation, Texas, unions
Tagged Amazon, Austin, Border Controls, Breyer Capital, Budget, Cal State, California, China, Chuck DeVore, Crime, Dallas, Democrats, Elon Musk, Fentanyl, Fort Worth, Frisco, Gavin Newsom, Harlan Kelly, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, homeless, HookBang, Illegal Aliens, Jerry Lyons, Jim Breyer, Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg, Metroplex, Midland, Mountain View, Naomi Kelly, New Braunfels, Oracle, Pflugerville, rats, Round Rock, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco Retirement System, sanctuary cities, Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Taxes, technology, Tesla Motors, Texas, Tony Cardenas, USC, Visual Concepts, Wiley X, Williamson County
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Breaking: 2 Shot, 1 Stabbed in Austin Park
Here’s some breaking news for you: Police are responding to a shooting with ‘multiple injuries’ Sunday evening. Police say an initial call of shots fired came in a little after 7 p.m. Public Safety Alert – Multiple people shot or … Continue reading