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.

Jonathan Pie on Why May’s Brexit Deal Was So Horrible

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Missed this in December, but everyone’s favorite fake UK reporter does a fine job concisely and succinctly explaining why PM Theresa May’s Brexit agreement was such a horrible deal for anyone who voted Leave: A hard, no-deal Brexit is infinitely … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 18, 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Lawrence Person

This week was filled to the brim with stupid news. I don’t want to get into most of it… “Obama’s Border Patrol Chief Agrees With Trump, Says Build the Wall.” Related Tweet: Will be back in DC next week, canceling … Continue reading →

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Judge to City of Austin in Gun Lawsuit: BOOM!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Remember that lawsuit against the city of Austin over barring a legally armed citizen from City Hall in violation of state law I mentioned two days ago? Well, State District Judge Lora Livingston just ruled against the city: A Travis … Continue reading →

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Two Essays: Workers Vs Elites

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Here are two pretty interesting essays on the “revolt of the masses” currently roiling world politics. The first is from Christopher Caldwell about France from two years ago, and which prefigures the “yellow vest” riots: In France, a real-estate expert … Continue reading →

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Brexit Update: May Survives Again

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Lawrence Person

UK Prime Minister Theresa May survives a no-confidence vote 325-306. To quote Michael Brendan Dougherty in National Review: there are two crises at work. The first is a crisis of responsibility in Parliament. Theresa May’s deal may not be what … Continue reading →

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Parliament Rejects May’s Dog’s Brexit

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Lawrence Person

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s “let’s give the EU everything they want” abomination of a Brexit bill went down in flames: The only meaningful unity that the United Kingdom has seen in the past two years has been opposition to … Continue reading →

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Gun News Roundup for January 15, 2019

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Been a while since I did one of these, so let’s have at it: The Trump Administration’s bump-stock ban is a legal abomination: The new rule represents the most sweeping federal gun control effort since the so-called assault weapons ban, … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Race Clown Car Update for January 14, 2019

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Lawrence Person

More Presidential race news popping up left and right, mainly that Tulsi Gabbard and Julian Castro are both officially In, Tom Steyer is Out, and that some of the people I had down as probably out are already grubbing for … Continue reading →

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Google Won’t Autocomplete “peter strzok lisa page”

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another case of Google putting its thumb on the scale, making you go out of your way to find what it thinks you shouldn’t be allowed to find: Google won’t autocomplete the phrase “peter strzok lisa page.” Or “lisa … Continue reading →

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College Students Hear Democrat Quotes On Border Control, Think They’re From Trump

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Lawrence Person

They quotes they’re actually getting are from Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer. It’s a shame he didn’t follow up with the people who said the quotes were “racist.” It would be interesting to get recations to a quote … Continue reading →

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