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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
LinkSwarm For January 23, 2026
T-1 until Winter Storm Fern hits Austin. Make sure you’re prepared. The National Weather Service forecast still seems grim: The Apple Weather app is finally catching up with the National Weather Service and, holy crap, things are not looking good: … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged 1630 Fund, Abigail Spanberger, AI, Andrew Callaghan, Asmongold, Austin, Babylon Bee, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Becky Pringle, Bill Essayli, Border Controls, Bugatti, California, cars, Catholics, Christine Lagarde, Communism, Crime, Debaltseve, Democrats, Denmark, Department of Housing and Urban Development, dogs, Don Lemon, Donetsk, drones, Education International, Eric Swalwell, EU, FACE Act, FBI, France, fraud, Gavin Newsom, George Soros, Greenberg Traurig, Greenland, Greg Abbott, Harmeet Dhillon, Holly Hansen, homeless, Howard Lutnick, hypercar, ice storm, Illegal Aliens, Illinois, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Italy, Jacob Frey, Japan, Jews, Jihad, Joel Gilbert, Kash Patel, Keith Ellison, Koenigsegg, Kristi Noem, Latin Kings, Letitia James, LinkSwarm, Lori Windham, Mark Rutte, Medicaid, Mediterranean, Microsoft, Military, Minneapolis, Minnesota, National Education Association, NATO, Nekima Levy Armstrong, Neville Roy Singham, New York, Niall Ferguson, Nick Shirley, nullification, Pam Bondi, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Penza, People's Forum, police, rape, Raul Gutierrez, Roman Catholic Diocese v. Harris, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Sanae Takaichi, SEIU, silver, Social Justice Warriors, South Carolina, Supreme Court, technology, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), Tides Foundation, Tim Walz, UAW, Ukraine, unions, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., weather, William Shatner, Winter Storm Fern, World Economic Forum
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Yes, We Have No Bananas (Or Winter Storm T-2)
I usually visit HEB Mondays and Fridays, but given the probability of an incoming ice storm (which now has the name Winter Storm Fern) I went this afternoon, when it was already very busy and the shelves were just starting … Continue reading
Posted in Austin
Tagged Austin, HEB, ice storm, prepper, Texas, weather, Winter Storm Fern
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Ready For Another Deep Freeze, Austin?
It’s no secret that central Texas doesn’t handle snow and ice nearly as well as cities in northern climes. Snowpocalypse and Arborgeddon shut everything here down hard. According to the National Weather Service, another freezing storm is due in on … Continue reading
Paxton: DEI Is Unconstitutional
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has come to a shocking conclusion: Racist discrimination is illegal. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a sweeping new legal opinion declaring that “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” programs rooted in race- and sex-based preferences … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged 2026 Texas Senate Race, Affirmative Action, Brandon Waltens, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, DEI, Democrats, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, liberal racism, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, racism, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Texas Scorecard, The Declaration of Independence
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Another Illegal Alien Ramming ICE Officers
This happened late last year, but I don’t recall any coverage at the time. But indictments have just been handed down. “Illegal Alien Indicted for Injuring Three ICE Officers with His Vehicle. The incident allegedly occurred on December 1 in … Continue reading
Celebrity Reality TV Star Porn Star Files For Austin Mayor City Council
So, I guess this counts as local political news. Of a sort. Porn star Farrah Abraham— Sorry, Not The Bee, I’ve got to stop you right there. Farrah Abraham first became “famous” as a reality TV “star” on the MTV … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Elections
Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Elections, Farrah Abraham, Not The Bee, OnlyFans, reality TV, Ryan Alter, Tila Tequila
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“Tanks? In My Vietnam War? It’s More Likely Than You Think.”
Tanks rarely feature in Hollywood movies about the Vietnam War (Full Metal Jacket is the only exception that comes to mind), so you might be forgiven for thinking they didn’t play any role in the conflict. In fact, several armored … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Military, video
Tagged army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Battle of Ap Bac, Battle of Ap Bau Bang II, Battle of Khe Sanh, Bovington Tank Museum, Communism, Dominican Civil War, Dominican Republic, Hue, M113, M48 Patton Tank, M50 Ontos, Marines, Military, Operation Starlight, tanks, Tet Offensive, video, Vietcong, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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LinkSwarm For January 16, 2026
More Somali fraud in Minneapolis, Democrats have always been at war with Hamas, the Caspian Sea is no longer safe for Russian assets, Texas tops the U-Haul destination list (again), MST3K gets sold, and Scott Adams departs this simulation. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Jihad, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, video, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged 2024 Presidential Race, Abilene, Abilene Independent School District, AI, aircraft carrier, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Anthropogenic Global Warming, anti-semitism, Atlant Aero, Babylon Bee, Black Sea, BlackRock, Border Controls, Brookings Institute, Brooklyn, Budget, Caspian Sea, censorship, China, Chuck Schumer, CloudFlare, Collin County, Crime, Democrats, Dilbert, Dodgers, Donetsk, drone, East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), Elaine Antao, electric cars, EPIC City, Erin Anderson, EU, fraud, Greenland, Hamas, Houston Texans, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, India, Iran, Italy, J.B. Pritzker, Jihad, Joel Hodgson, John Fetterman, Judicial Watch, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lance Carl Mosley, Legal Insurrection, Letitia James, Lindsey Graham, LinkSwarm, logistics, Los Angeles, Manal Wasef, Matthew Prince, McDonald's, Minneapolis, Minnesota, money laundering, MST3K, NATO, NBC, Nebraska, NetZero, Nevinnomyssk Azot, New York, New York City, NFL, Nick Shirley, Nicolas Maduro, Obituary, Oregon, pedophilia, Pittsburgh Steelers, Rockford Files, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Scott Adams, Seattle, sex offender, Somalia, State Department, Taganrog, tariffs, Texas, Texas Scorecard, Tobias Read, TV, U-Haul, USS Abraham Lincoln, Vanguard, video, voting fraud, Xi Jinping, Zhongnanhai
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Abrams M1E3 Tank Prototype Unveiled (Sort Of)
The army has unveiled a prototype of the new Abrams M1E3 tank at the Detroit Auto Show, and people are (slightly) freaking out. Nicholas Moran explains why the freakout is unwarranted, as many features won’t be in the final version, … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged autoloader, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, Javelin, M1A2, M1A3, M1E3, Military, Nicholas Moran, Roush Defense, tanks, Trophy active defense
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Illegal Aliens Cost Texas Hospitals $1 Billion In 2025
The costs from the Biden Administration facilitating an illegal alien invasion continue to mount. In Texas alone, hospital costs for treating illegal aliens was more than $1 billion. Texas hospitals incurred more than $1 billion in health care costs for … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Budget, Texas, Welfare State
Tagged Border Controls, Brandon Waltens, Budget, Greg Abbott, health care, Illegal Aliens, Texas, Texas Scorecard, Welfare State
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