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.

Our Stupid Media: An Update

Fiction writing usually demands that you eschew “punch in the face” irony as too unsubtle to deploy. Life itself heeds no such constraints. Two Business Insider stories featured back-to-back on Althouse provide an example lesson. The “all in to destroy … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 6, 2019

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! We’ve entered the portion of the year where everything gets compressed, rushing to finish up before Christmas or the new year, and work gets weird because everyone starts taking vacation. Yesterday I remember … Continue reading →

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Peak Woke

Could anything possibly be more woke than a white #BlackLiveMatter activist snatching a microphone away from an actual black woman for the crime of backing Pete Buttigieg? Evidently the disruptor is one Igor Rodriguez and he’s a Bernie Bro: And … Continue reading →

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Let the Harris Campaign Postmortems Begin!

Most campaign postmortems are of the “failure to launch” variety, but the Kamala Harris campaign achieved liftoff, started climbing, and then fell back down to earth followed by a giant explosion. So let’s dig into her campaign’s cataclysmic demise! First … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: Kamala Harris Drops Out

Naturally, as soon as I predict she’ll be in through South Carolina and Nevada, Kamala Harris drops out of the presidential race. California Democrat Senator Kamala Harris has ended her bid to become the next President of the United States. … Continue reading →

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Predicting The Order Democrats Exit the Clown Car

Ann Althouse noted Steve Bullock’s departure from the presidential race and asked what will be the order the next candidates drop out in? Here’s my guess. Before the primaries: Michael Bennet Julian Castro After Iowa: John Delaney Marianne Williamson After … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for December 2, 2019

Biden noms his wife in public, an ex-staffer reveals how badly Camp Harris sucks, Sestak drops Out (or at least stops pretending he was in), Gabbard weaponizes Joe Rogan, and New Hampshire voters beg Tom Steyer to make it stop. … Continue reading →

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How China Manages Its Concentration Camp System

A few days ago, classified documents leaked that discussed just how China runs it’s vast system of concentration camps: A sample of classified Chinese government documents leaked to a consortium of news organizations, is displayed for a picture in New … Continue reading →

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Borepatch on Naval Leadership

I’m sure you heard about the firing of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer for his handling of the Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher case, for ignoring President Trump’s orders, and ignoring the chain of command: Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 29, 2019

Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! Enjoy a complimentary Friday LinkSwarm before your Black Friday battles! Supreme Court to Democrats: “No Trump financial records for you!” “Last week the presidential campaign of Donald Trump announced a six-figure ad buy across … Continue reading →

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