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.

All The Feels

Don’t think I can put up anything today with more impact than this: Sully, former President George H.W. Bush's service dog, lies next to his casket ahead of national memorial services for Bush this week. "Mission complete," Bush spokesperson Jim … Continue reading →

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Maureen Dowd Talks About Maureen Dowd (And A Little About George H. W. Bush)

If you want to know why the rise of Donald Trump (or someone like him) was all-but-inevitable, this Maureen Dowd piece about how Maureen Dowd was so very, very chummy with George H. W. Bush provides several clues. On the … Continue reading →

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George H. W. Bush: Passing Reaction Roundup

Here’s some news, tributes, roundups and reactions to President George H. W. Bush’s death: Bush’s body to lie in state in the capitol rotunda. (Hat tip: Director Blue.) The Other McCain: Former President George Herbert Walker Bush will be universally … Continue reading →

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George H. W. Bush Dead at Age 94

George Herbert Walker Bush, forty-first President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan’s Vice President, head of the CIA, U.S. Congressman, envoy to China, World War II fighter pilot, and father of forty-third President George W. Bush, has died … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 30, 2018

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Trump Derangement Syndrome is breaking up marriages as “woke” women leave their sane husbands. “Part of what causes fights is that I don’t want to hear his side, and he hates that. Mostly I … Continue reading →

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Nancy Pelosi Crushes Her Democratic Enemies, Drives Them Before Her, Hears The Lamentations of Their Legislative Aides

Just as the prophecy foretold, Nancy Pelosi easily crushed a small band of Democratic rebels to regain the Speaker’s gavel in 2019: Representative Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) was nominated Wednesday to serve as the next speaker of the House, despite … Continue reading →

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Dispatches From the Twitter Wars

Twitter’s war on conservative users continues apace. First, they’ve kowtowed to the radical tranny brigade in declaring that you can’t refer to trannies by their birthnames (“deadnaming”) or sexes. So you’re not supposed to point out that: Bruce Jenner is … Continue reading →

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Boko Haram Kills 100 Nigerian Soldiers in Base Attack

Continuing our tour of ongoing wars the American media isn’t paying attention to, Boko Haram, AKA the Islamic State in West Africa, AKA Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings for Propagation and Jihad), attacked a … Continue reading →

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Ukraine-Russian War Goes Hot Again

The war between Russia and Ukraine, the one that never actually went away because Russia is still holding on to Ukrainian territory, has gone hot again in the Azov Sea: Russia has fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Expands Hajin Pocket

I’ve needed to write this for a few weeks, but the torrent of election news and general busyness kept me from it. Instead of gradually being crushed as I (and most observers) expected, an Islamic State counterattack against Syrian Democratic … Continue reading →

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