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.

Drone Strike Cuts Saudi Oil Production In Half

Bad news for the world economy, good news for American oil producers: Saudi Arabia’s oil production has been severely disrupted by drone attacks on two major oil facilities run by state-owned company Aramco, reports say. Sources quoted by Reuters and … Continue reading →

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Bill Burr Has A New Special (With Bonus Video Clip Goodness)

Comedian Bill Burr has a new special on Netflix called Paper Tiger: Here’s a bit from the show: Here’s a bit from a Netflix podcast talking about it, including a clip about lunatics being triggered over every damn thing: Here’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 13, 2019

Welcome to a Friday the 13th LinkSwarm! Try to avoid hockey-mask-wearing serial killers today. Although I feel slightly dirty putting up a link to Vox, this piece on how Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend warps the politics of the state is … Continue reading →

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Trump Wins Asylum Rules Case In Supreme Court

Another court win for Trump Administration border control policies: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of new Trump administration rules that bar migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they have traveled through a third country and … Continue reading →

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Brief Thoughts on John Bolton’s Departure

President Donald Trump asked for National Security Advisor John Bolton’s resignation. While Bolton was too interventionist for my tastes, I liked having him in the Trump Administration: Whatever his faults, he actually understood foreign policy challenges like few in D.C. … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan Guest on Hillary Clinton/John McCain/Funding ISIS Dirt

Here’s a bit from Joe Rogan interviewing Pat Miletich, a former MMA fighter who runs a podcast called The Conspiracy Farm. He talks about a lot of scandals and conspiracy theories, both domestic and foreign, involving the Obama and Bush43 … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for September 9, 2019

Democrats want to ban cheeseburgers, Biden’s eye fills with blood, the third debates loom, and Williamson is shocked to find out that leftist activists are mean liars. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! Polls ABC/Univision: Biden 27, Sanders 19, … Continue reading →

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MIT Media Lab Epstein Scandal Prompts Director Resignation

Instapundit likes to note that America has the worst elites in its history, and the scandal engulfing MIT’s Media Lab is an example of the systematic rot. On Friday, a Ronan Farrow piece in The New Yorker revealed that not … Continue reading →

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ThinkProgress Shuts Down

The hard lefty site that warned us about the scourge of breasterants is now no more: Left-wing website ThinkProgress is shutting down after failing to find a buyer, according to the Daily Beast. Launched by the John Podesta-founded Center for … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 6, 2019

For all this talk of hurricanes, it’s rained like five minutes in the last eight weeks here in Austin… Imagine that there’s a long, informative paragraph here explaining the latest twists and turns of the Brexit saga, because I have … Continue reading →

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