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.

Nevada: Bernie First, Biden Second

Three contests, three Bernie wins. Sanders wins Nevada with 46% of the convention delegates (and 39% of the popular vote), Biden comes in second (with 19.5% of delegates and 18.6% of popular votes), and Buttigieg third with 15.3% of delegates … Continue reading →

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Gutfeld Reviews The Democratic Debate

There will be more of this in the Clown Car Update (sometime Monday, though possibly late, because my Sunday is packed), but here’s The Five reviewing Michael Bloomberg’s debate performance. Summary: Not good! “He burned half a billion dollars on … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 21, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! “Chinese Intel Officers Indicted for Stealing Personal Data of 145 Million Americans in Equifax Hack.” The Justice Department charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday with a 2017 hack of credit-reporting giant Equifax, … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Update for February 20, 2020

Basically every dystopia you’ve seen or read about in the last 20 years is happening in China right now. Here’s a roundup of Coronavirus news: The official infection figures everyone believes are understated: Total confirmed cases: 75,751 Total deaths: 2,130 … Continue reading →

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Bushes Behaving Badly

The Bush family has been a long-time fixture in Texas politics. George H. W. Bush was instrumental in building up the Republican Party in Texas, and George W. Bush helped transition the state from a one-party Democratic state to a … Continue reading →

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Texas Early Voting Starts Today!

Early voting in Texas starts today! Here are some links for research: The League of Women Voters. Empower Texans endorsements. Governor Greg Abbott’s endorsements. Williamson County early voting locations. Travis County voting locations. A Tale of Two Rockeys. And here … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for February 17, 2020

Bloomberg channels Barney, Yang, Bennet and Patrick are Out, enjoy the Buttigieg Platitude Generator, Bernie bros break out the blacklist for Bloomberg hires, and Mayor Pete has a fake Nigerian problem. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! The Nevada … Continue reading →

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The Cult of Social Justice

I’ve talked about “social justice” being a cult before, but this Jonathan Kay piece in Quillette explicates the idea in detail. The words “cult” and “cultish” often are used loosely to describe not only literal cults such as the one … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Update: China’s Economy Burns

Some interesting news on the coronavirus front. First the official infection figures everyone believes are understated: Total confirmed cases: 67,097 Total deaths: 1,527 Total recovered: 8,578 Behind the official figures, how badly is coronavirus and the resulting quarantine hurting China’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine’s Day! Or, as we call it in my house, “Passover.” So just who was the jury foreman for Roger Stone’s trial? Would you believe someone who ran for congress as a Democrat and tweeted about Stone before she … Continue reading →

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