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.

BattleSwarm Blog Endorses Jerry Patterson for Land Commissioner

Because I blog about national and international events as well as state and local events, I haven’t covered some state issues as extensively as I might have. One of those is the down-ballot race between incumbent George P. Bush and … Continue reading →

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Netcraft Confirms It: Slashdot is Dying

It is now official. Netcraft has confirmed: Slashdot is dying. One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Slashdot community when posters confirmed that the site had not been updated since March 1 and that much of the functionality (including … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 2, 2018

Happy Texas Independence Day! I keep waiting for things to slow down, and they keep not slowing down. And the Texas primary election is next week… Eric S. Raymond discusses elite blindness about immigration. Diversity erodes social trust, trust being … Continue reading →

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Amazon BUYcott Today

Given that various liberal gun-grabbing orgs have declared a boycott against Amazon for refusing to cut ties with the NRA, supporters of the NRA and the Second Amendment should declare today a buycott and cluster all of your Amazon purchases … Continue reading →

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Quick Impressions: Texas Twenty-First U.S. Congressional District Race

The Twenty-First U.S. Congressional District, the seat held by retiring Republican Lamar Smith, runs from Austin to San Antonio, encompassing much of the western Hill Country. It’s heavily Republican and largely white, though with a significant Hispanic population. There are … Continue reading →

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Twitter Decides You Shouldn’t Be Able To Type www.FireScottIsrael.com

In the latest in unreasonable censorship, Twitter has decided that it won’t allow you to type www.FireScottIsrael.com in a tweet. Try to, and you get a message like this: If you find a link in one of the messages from … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Launches Several Attacks Around Kirkuk

Like Wesley in The Princess Bride, the Islamic State is just mostly dead, not dead dead. This was driven home by several recent attacks near Kirkuk, which was officially liberated from the Islamic State by Kurdish forces since 2014, and … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell’s YouTube Video About YouTube Censoring His YouTube Video About YouTube Censoring Videos

Here’s a mirror of a Pat Condell video that so hit home at Google they yanked it after a couple of hours: This video is for all you feminists who work in social media, especially the ones at YouTube. But … Continue reading →

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Inter-Blue Fratricide for Texas 7th U.S. Congressional District

I haven’t done a roundup on the Texas 7th U.S. Congressional District race because Republican incumbent John Culberson is not retiring, and he won his two most recent races by 56.2% to 43.8% in 2016, and 63.3% to 34.5% in … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 23, 2018

Another week in which I had zero free time! Enjoy a LinkSwarm, and hopefully I’ll have something a little more substantial next week. “Officials Identify More Rotherham Victims, Number Up to 1,510.” Nancy Pelosi wants you to know that keeping … Continue reading →

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