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.

LinkSwarm for October 16, 2020

I couldn’t post to Twitter yesterday, and briefly thought they’d finally banned me for spreading Disapproved Hunter Biden News. Sadly, it was down for everyone, not just me. Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm: “Twitter, Facebook Go Full Tilt Protecting Biden Just … Continue reading →

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Hunter Biden’s Smoking Guns

I was debating whether to post this story or wait to use it in next week’s BidenWatch, but the fact that so many tech giants are so intent on censoring has forced my hand: Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice … Continue reading →

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Round Rock ISD and North Austin MUD #1 Election Roundup

Since early voting has already started in Texas, here’s my “No one else is doing this so it might as well be me” local races roundup. Consider this “one-eyed man in the land of the blind” advice. Round Rock ISD … Continue reading →

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China Invading Taiwan Follow-Up: From Nukes to Knives

There have been some interesting comments, both here and at Instpundit, on my Taiwan invading Taiwan scenarios piece. First up, some commenters wondered if China would just nuke Taiwan rather than risk the uncertainties of a massive amphibious invasion. That’s … Continue reading →

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BidenWatch for October 12, 2020

Biden refuses to reveal his position on court-packing, but he still wants to take your guns and hike your taxes until your eyeballs bleed, plus more on the enthusiasm gap, fracking flip-flops, and we’re all going to be millionaires (the … Continue reading →

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The Five Worst Production Tanks Of All Time

Dwight and Borepatch have both weighed in on this one already, but as (I think) the only one of us who has actually visited the Tank Museum in Bovington, I though I would weigh in as well. This is not … Continue reading →

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China Invades Taiwan: Two Scenarios

Two different pieces have come out recently, painting competing pictures of what a Chinese attempt to conquer Taiwan would look like. First up, this Samson Ellis piece for Bloomberg: Beijing’s optimistic version of events goes something like this: Prior to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 9, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Today’s topics include Texas, voting fraud, and Texas voting fraud. Potentially the biggest story of the week is President Donald Trump authorizing the release of all documents relating to the Russian Collusion Hoax … Continue reading →

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King Abbott Deems Some of His Subjects Might Be Permitted To Quaff A Flagon Of Ale. Sometime Next Week. Maybe. If The Local Baron Approves.

The title of this post is a shameless riff on this Michael Quinn Sullivan tweet: In today’s Grand Pronouncement, your Texas King – Greg the Masked – has announced his Feudal County Lords may in their benevolence chose to allow … Continue reading →

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Cuties Brings Indictments

I was going to write a piece about Cuties, the French film picked up by Netflix that, while theoretically condemning the sexual exploration of children, actually functions as sexual exploitation of children and meets the definition of child pornography. John … Continue reading →

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