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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
MQ-25 Stingray: A Carrier Based Refueling Drone
One problem the Navy has in a potential fight with China is that its carrier strike groups would need to be dangerously close to the Chinese mainland to launch strike aircraft close enough for them to return. The MQ-25 Stingray … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Technology, video
Tagged aerial refueling, aircraft carrier, Boeing, drones, F/A-18 Hornet, logistics, Military, MQ-25 Stingray, Navy, Pacific Ocean, Simon Whistler, technology, USS George H. W. Bush, video
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Austin City Council Tries Sneaking $2 Million AI Camera Contract Onto Meeting Agenda Again
Thank God Louis Rossmann is paying attention to this stuff. Just like they tried back in September, Austin City Council is trying to sneak AI camera funding into the budget. “Remember when we protested AI surveillance being installed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Technology, Texas, video
Tagged AI, alpr.watch, Austin, Austin City Council, Democrats, Live View Technologies, Louis Rossmann, surveillance, technology, Texas, video
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LinkSwarm For January 30, 2026
Uncle Sam assembles another big stick for Iran, the radical leftwing networks in Minnesota continue to get exposed, silver shatters, two state Democrats get clipped in separate forgery cases, the rise of the Amelia memes, Microsoft update breaks everything (again), … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, aircraft, aircraft carrier, Alejandro Gutierrez, Amelia meme, Ayshia “Ajay” Pittman, Babylon Bee, Bailey Templeton, Belgorod, Black Alliance for Peace, Brian Schatz, California, China, cocaine, Code Pink, Colorado, Comal County, Communism, Crimea, Cuba, Dave Rubin, Democrats, dogs, Don Lemon, drugs, Elon Musk, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, forgery, fraud, Gavin Newsom, George Soros, Grace Carol Brown, Hannah Brewer, hate crime hoax, Helms Burton Act, Henry Cuellar, HIMARS, Hispanics, Illinois, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, India, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), interstate commerce, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Japan, Jason Bevon, Jason Smith, Jennica Pounds AKA DataRepublican, Jodie Evans, Keir Starmer, Kevin Warsh, Larry Krasner, LinkSwarm, Lithium, Manolo De Los Santos, Marco Rubio, Martin Cuellar Jr., Medicaid, MGX, Microsoft, Miguel Diaz-Canel, Military, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Neom, Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), Neville Roy Singham, Nicolas Maduro, Novosibirsk, Occupy Philadelphia, Oklahoma, OnePlus, Oracle, People's Bank of China, People's Forum, Philadelphia, polls, Qamishli, retail sales, Robstown, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Saudi Arabia, Semiconductors, Silver Lake, Simon Whistler, Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Stephen Green, Su-30, Su-34, subsidies, Syria, tariffs, technology, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas Scorecard, Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF), Tik-Tok, Tim Walz, transexual, trucking, Twin Peaks, UK, Ukraine, United Independent School District (Webb County), USS Abraham Lincoln, USS George H. W. Bush, Webb County, Windows, Yekaterinburg
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Democrat Talarico: Billionaires Are Evil, Except When They’re Giving Me Money
While his fellow Democrats are assaulting ICE agents over deportations of illegal alien felons, Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is kicking it old school by breaking out a bottle of Grandad’s Olde Class Warfare. Talarico just debated primary rival … Continue reading
Texas Immigration Security Update For January 28, 2026
Despite the best efforts of Democrats, both Texas and the federal government have made vast strides in securing the border the Biden Administration intentionally left wide open, with border crossing by illegal aliens at record lows. But much work remains … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Texas, video
Tagged AT&T, Baylor, Border Controls, Carlos Gallegos, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Crime, Dallas ISD, Greg Abbott, H-1B visa, Hannah Brewer, Illegal Aliens, immigration, Kim Roberts, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mexico, Oracle, pedophilia, Sara Gonzales, Schwab, sex offender, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Scorecard, The Texan News, University of Texas, video
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Ukraine And The Gamification Of Combat
The Russo-Ukrainian War continues to accelerate military innovation at a furious rate. The latest innovation isn’t a better drone or newer hardware, but introducing a fundamentally new organizing principle: the gamification of combat. This article from September lays out the … Continue reading
Technical Difficulties
Spectrum is having an outage in my neighborhood (thanks, Winter Storm Fern), so it may be a bit before I can publish today’s almost finished post. On the plus side, I’m fine and the power’s on. And I’ll finally be … Continue reading
Posted in Austin
Tagged Internet, Site Administration, Spectrum, weather, Winter Storm Fern
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Old And Busted: Youxia In, Xi Out. The New Hotness: Xi In, Youxia Out
Remember back in July when the Sinologist tea-leaf readers suggested that Xi Jinping was on his way out after having lost a power struggle with PLA General Zhang Youxia? Well, that speculation was accurate except for the tiny, teensy weensy … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Foreign Policy, Military
Tagged China, Communism, Foreign Policy, He Weidong, Liu Zhenli, Military, People's Liberation Army, Peter Zeihan, Taiwan, Xi Jinping, Zhang Shengmin, Zhang Youxia
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Winter Storm Fern T+1: Snow Down, Power Up
As expected, Winter Storm Fern brought in ice and snow, but so far the power grid in Austin has stayed up. Austin Energy is reporting 99.99% of customers have power, which is probably slightly more than usual. That’s a sharp … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Texas
Tagged Austin, Austin Energy, ERCOT, HEB, ice storm, Metroplex, Texas, weather, Winter Storm Fern
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Petteway v. Galveston County v. New York?
There are all sorts of Constitutional principles that seem to evade the dubious mental grasp of New York Democrats. Yesterday Letita James displayed her ignorance of freedom of religion, freedom of association and the need for the government to avoid … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court
Tagged Brooklyn, Daniel Greenfield, Democrats, Elections, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Jeffrey Pearlman, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, New York, New York City, Nicole Malliotakis, Petteway v. Galveston County, racism, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Staten Island, Supreme Court
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