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.

Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for June 3, 2019

Biden continues to lead, the DNC raises the bar for Debate Three, Booker spurns his former best buds rabbi, Williamson attends the world’s lamest rave, and Swalwell and Gillibrand compete to see who can run the most cringe-inducing campaign. It’s … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan, Bret Weinstein Discuss Cults, Religion, and Psychedelics

Bret Weinstein was the evolutionary psychology professor at the center of the Evergreen College SJW freakout. Here he and Joe Rogan discuss the differences between cults and religions, psychedelic experiences as a gateway to God, and various other religious topics. … Continue reading →

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Shoe0nHead Is Not Impressed With The 2020 Democrats

“I’m convinced that Trump had to win, in order for Democrats to attempt to get their shit together.” And how well are they doing at gathering said shit? Not so hot: “Identity politics is literally a cancer.” “Biden is gender-swapped … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 31, 2019

Important traffic notice for Austin residents: Half of I-35 is going to be closed between 290 and Rundberg starting at 9 PM tonight and lasting through 5 AM Monday, June 3, while they take down the St. John’s bridge and … Continue reading →

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Beto Puts Down The Bong

This Kyle Smith takedown of Running With Beto is too good to save for next week’s Clown Car Update. Picture you and a couple of buddies spending a long night with a couple of cases of Schlitz and some moderately … Continue reading →

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EU Election Results

From this side of the pond, the EU election results may seem somewhat baffling. Populist parties gained ground at the expense of centrist and traditional parties, but so did the Greens. This doesn’t fit our traditional left-right political schemas. In … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Primary Revisited for May 2019

As I did in March and April, here’s an update on the number of Twitter followers among Democratic presidential candidates. Still more candidates have jumped into the race since the last update, so let’s look at how the Twitter Primary … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update For May 27, 2019

Biden continues to lap the field, Buttigieg’s boomlet bottoms out, O’Rourke stabilizes, Messam registers, Klobucher shows a tiny bit of life, and mentions of John McCain, Jimmy Carter and Alannis Morissette. It’s the latest Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update! My … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day: Remembering Two Badasses

This Memorial Day I’m honoring two Medal of Honor winners that have left us, John N. Reese, Jr. and Cleto Rodriguez, who between them killed 87 Imperial Japanese soldiers in Manila during the Philippines campaign in February of 1945. Rodriguez … Continue reading →

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Theresa May’s Colossal Failure

Theresa May was hired to do one job and she couldn’t do it, and she managed to screw up a lot of other things along the way. Now that she’s stepping down, the political obituaries are rolling in and they’re … Continue reading →

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