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.

LinkSwarm for January 11, 2019

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! At least those of you not among the millions dead from the shutdown, assuming you already survived the tax cut and the end of Net Neutrality… If you ignore the MSM-generated drama, 2018 was a … Continue reading →

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El Chapo Ensnared by His Own Spyware

That is to say, the spyware Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman installed on his own wife and girlfriends’ phones. The story in Twitter form: The texts are mind-boggling.One moment, the couple is cooing over how cute their twin daughters are and … Continue reading →

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Daily Kos: Man, We Sure Love Us Some Old White Heterosexual Millionaires!

Lefty site DailyKos has released their first Presidential straw poll of 2019. Results? ELIZABETH WARREN 22% BETO O’ROURKE 15 KAMALA HARRIS 14 JOE BIDEN 14 BERNIE SANDERS 11 UNSURE 9 OTHER 9 CORY BOOKER 3 JULIAN CASTRO 1 KRISTEN GILLIBRAND … Continue reading →

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Akismet Free Ride Ends

For almost as long as I was using this blog, I’ve been using the free Akismet spam filter. Well, the free ride has finally ended, as they actually want $5 a month to use it now. I’m not complaining, as … Continue reading →

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2019 Texas Legislative Session Starts Today

The 86th Texas legislative session starts today. There’s a new speaker and boatloads of bills have already been filed. Here are some of the pressing issues that Empower Texans has highlighted as key priorities: Abolish the Robin Hood school tax: … Continue reading →

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Tucker Carlson on Rick Wilson Slamming Trump Voters

The “Inbred Redneck Freaks of JesusLand” liberal putdown is alive and well in “Republican” political consultant Rick Wilson, calling the border wall “a con for Donald Trump’s credulous rube ten-toothed base.” (Did anyone else recognize this guy’s name before cable … Continue reading →

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War Against the Islamic State Update: Hajin Pocket Squeezed

Despite President Donald Trump’s announcement of a pullout of American troops from Syria, the war against the Islamic State contains apace. Information is scanty, but Syrian Democratic Forces appear to be systematically crushing what remains of the former Hajin pocket. … Continue reading →

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Borepatch on the Failure of the War on Drugs

Borepatch and co-blogger ASM826 have been trading off talking about the massive pile of failure that is the War on Drugs. Start with Borepatch’s piece on the similarities between gun control and the war on drugs: Let me take a … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 4, 2019

Welcome to the first LinkSwarm of 2019! If things seem a little thin, I worked most of the week and threw a New Year’s Eve gathering, so things are a little discombobulated right now. Hopefully next week I’ll be back … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell on the Anti-American Dream

It seems that he’s not at all impressed with our social media “betters”:

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