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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
The Battle of the Bulge: 75th Anniversary
Seventy five years ago, on December 16, 1944, Hitler’s last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in World War II got underway. Using the same trick Germany had used twice before (1914 and 1940), they launched a massive offensive push through … Continue reading
Mesta 50
This is the end of an exceptionally busy week for me, so enjoy a little light posting with this look at the largest American forging press ever built, the Mesta 50:
Tory Landslide, Corbyn’s Failure And The American Left: Analysis Roundup
There are lots of conclusions to be drawn and lessons learned from Boris Johnson’s Conservative landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, especially for the American left, who I suspect will learn none of it. First, let’s establish how many … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections
Tagged 2020 Presidential Race, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Andrew Sullivan, anti-semitism, Bernie Sanders, Border Controls, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Change UK, Conservatives, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Mark Steyn, Pete Buttigieg, Rashida Tlaib, Social Justice Warriors, Socialized Medicine, Tamika Mallory, Titania McGrath, transexual, UK, Welfare State
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LinkSwarm for December 13, 2019
Happy Friday the 13th! Going to be a short one, since I spent most of the week finishing up the book catalog I sent out yesterday. And there are a lot of big news topics (like the Horowitz report) I … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Media Watch, Military, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged abortion, Amiral Kuznetsov, Austin, Austin City Council, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Camille Paglia, China, Chuck Todd, CNN, Conservatives, cop killer, Crime, Democrats, Elections, homeless, Houston, Ilhan Omar, impeachment, Jeremy Corbyn, Kentucky, Labour, Louis C.K., Media Watch, Military, New York City, Paglia, Russia, Space Force, Supreme Court, Tavores Dewayne Henderson, Texas, trade, UK, Ukraine, University of Scranton, vegans
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Blue Alert For A Cop Killer
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a blue alert, but I got multiple on my phone yesterday regarding Tavores Dewayne Henderson, accused of killing Nassau Bay Police Sergeant Kaila Sullivan at a traffic stop. A Houston … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Texas
Tagged cop killer, Crime, Houston, Houston Police Department, Kaila Sullivan, Nassau Bay, Tavores Dewayne Henderson, Texas
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Handicapping the 2020 Texas Senate Race
I know I’ve lavished a lot of time and attention to the clown car updates, but there are several other 2020 races worth looking at, some of them right here in Texas. A bunch of Democrats are lining up to … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2020 Election, 2020 Texas Senate Race, Adrian Ocegueda, Amanda Edwards, Annie Garcia, Chris Bell, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, D. R. Hunter, Dallas, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, Galveston, Houston, Jack Daniel Foster Jr., Joe Jaworski, John B. Love III, John Cornyn, M. J. Hegar, Michael Cooper, Royce West, Sema Hernandez, Texas, Victor Hugo Harris, Virgil Bierschwale
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Paul Volcker, Inflation Slayer, RIP
July 1979. Disco still rules, with Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff” topping the singles chart. The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has declared an Islamic Republic in Iran, but the Iranian hostage crisis remains months in the future, as does the Soviet invasion … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged 1970s, Economics, Federal Reserve, inflation, Obituary, Paul Volcker, Ronald Reagan
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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for December 9, 2019
Bullock and Harris drop Out, Bloomberg rises (though slowly), Booker gets weepy, Tulsi sings, and Democrats have a diversity problem. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! Polls Light polling week: UC Berkeley (California): Sanders 24, Warren 22, Biden 14, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Social Justice Warriors, video
Tagged 2020 Presidential Race, Abe Rakov, Ally Letsky, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, anti-semitism, Bernie Sanders, Burisma, Colorado, Darius Khalil Gordon, Democrats, Denver, Deval Patrick, Dick Morris, Elections, Elizabeth Warren, Eric Schmidt, Gabe Newell, Google, Hardie Davis Jr., Hunter Biden, Iowa, Joe Biden, Joe Rogan, Julia Rosen, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, LaJoia Broughton, Marianne Williamson, Matthew Continetti, Maya Harris, Meagan Day, Meg Whitman, Michael Bloomberg, Nevada, New Hampshire, Norm Sterzenbach, Pete Buttigieg, Social Justice Warriors, Socialized Medicine, South Carolina, Steve Bullock, Tom Steyer, Ukraine, video
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Terrorist Cartels And The War On Drugs
Last week President Donald Trump “announced his intentions to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), just weeks after nine American were ambushed and gunned down less than 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border by cartel members.” Sarah McConnell … Continue reading