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.

Roy Moore Wins in Alabama

“Alabama Republicans on Tuesday voted decisively to nominate Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court judge, for a U.S. Senate seat, delivering a rebuke to President Donald Trump and the GOP establishment that supported his rival. ” I wasn’t following … Continue reading →

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Anthony Weiner Gets Hard Time

That’s the New York Post headline, and who are we to improve on the experts? The disgraced ex-congressman broke down crying as he was sentenced to 21 months in prison Monday for convincing a high school student to undress and … Continue reading →

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Merkel Wins (Sort Of)

Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union once again won the majority of votes in German federal elections. However, it got the smallest share of any of Merkel’s victories, and the “far right” Euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) entered the Bundestag with … Continue reading →

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Prototype Laser Weapon Shoots Down Drones

Lockheed Martin has developed a battlefield laser weapon to shoot down drones. Here’s video of it in action. Keep in mind all the caveats of corporate-produced weapon test videos (if a test run was a failure, you wouldn’t be seeing … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Near Collapse?

That’s what this headline implies. The truth is a little less dramatic: Raqqa is on the edge of full liberation and the Islamic State is in retreat everywhere else. Static lines of control that held for months in northern Raqqa … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 22, 2017

Welcome to the first LinkSwarm of fall! Between a new job, car trouble, dog trouble and iPhone updates, you’re lucky there’s a LinkSwarm at all! Final total for J.J. Watt’s YouCaring campaign: $37,131,967. Death toll in the Mexico City earthquake … Continue reading →

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Your Tax Dollars At Work: Democrat Rep. Dawnna Dukes Spent $51,348 in Taxpayer Money on Telephone Psychics

Having been busy with Stuff and Things, Dwight beat me to the punch on the last news on the upcoming corruption trial against State Democratic Representative Dawnna Dukes. But the latest revelation is a doozy: As they prepare for state … Continue reading →

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Blogroll Addition: Judicial Watch

I’ve gone ahead and added Judicial Watch to the Blogroll under Think Tanks/Etc. Judicial Watch carried out a crucial role in uncovering several aspects of Hillary Clitnon’s Emailgate scandal, and continue to discover and document misdeeds by public officials through … Continue reading →

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Hollywood To Unveil New Award Show Devoted to Ridiculing Trump and His Supporters

Today Hollywood groups announced that they were unveiling an award dedicated to ridiculing President Donald Trump and all his supporters. “Sure, there was a fair amount of ridicule of the Bloated Orange Buffoon and his deplorable voters at the Emmys … Continue reading →

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Lazy Blogging: Random Tweet Edition

Monday was a bear, for Reasons (some good, some bad), so here’s the lazy blogger’s friend: Random Tweets. ✔Why you don't step on 🇺🇸✔Why you stand for National Anthem.✔Why we don't erase history.Immature liberals need to grow up!#MAGA #tcot pic.twitter.com/zrjqLzAGPr … Continue reading →

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