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.

22 Dead in Manchester Jihad Attack

Another week, another deadly jihad attack on Europe. Current numbers: 22 people were killed (including an eight year old) and 59 injured in an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. Many of the victims were under 16 … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for May 22, 2017

We’re in the home stretch of hammering out the Texas biannual state budget, which has to be completed by May 29. Until then, enjoy another Texas vs. California roundup: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Texas is once again … Continue reading →

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A Long, Hard Look at Weiner’s Sentence

Apologies in advance, but I’ve got to use up this pallet of Anthony Weiner puns I got at Sam’s or they’ll all be expired by the time he gets out of prison. So let’s quit dicking around and talk about … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 19, 2017

Another eventful week, and not just for the special-prosecutor and impeachment talk freakout Democrats are having. (Looks like they failed to learn the lesson of “Fitzmas.”) Now the LinkSwarm: “Almost every promise made eight years ago about Obamacare turned out … Continue reading →

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Camille Paglia Slams Hillary Clinton (Again)

Everyone’s favorite renegade lesbian feminist is back in the news with another interview filled with pithy quotes. Like this bit on Hillary Clinton: Misogyny played no significant role whatever in Hillary Clinton’s two defeats as a presidential candidate. This claim … Continue reading →

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Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer Poisoned in Iceland

This is a story that needs attention: Last Thursday, I gave a lecture on the jihad threat at the Grand Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland. Shortly thereafter, a young Icelandic Leftist registered his disapproval of what I said by poisoning me. … Continue reading →

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Summarizing The Stupidity Of That Washington Post Trump Shared Intel Story

Let me see if I can summarize the interlocking rings of stupidity on that Washington Post story that President Trump allegedly shared super-duper mega-secret intelligence on the Islamic State with Russians. A newspaper that has long functioned as an extension … Continue reading →

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Arrest Uresti

Democratic State Senator Carlos Uresti’s offices were raided by the FBI and IRS in February. Today, the other shoe finally dropped: A federal grand jury has indicted Texas state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, on charges of conspiracy to commit … Continue reading →

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Attempted BlueHost Phishing Attack

Just got this phishing attempt purporting to be a domain change notification. Raw source (slightly edited to remove my email address, and with added line breaks to keep the block from spilling into my righthand links column): Delivered-To: [my email … Continue reading →

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Weird WordPress/Firefox Cache Issue

So I just published scenes from the liberal freakout, but it’s not showing up on the main blog page, nor in a next link from the previous page, nor linked from any of the Index topics. Visibility is on and … Continue reading →

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