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.

Sweden Burning

God looks out for children, drunks, the United States of America, and Donald Trump. Trump is like a magic machine that instantly creates hubris in his enemies just for it to be clobbered by nemesis in short order. Like this … Continue reading →

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Milo Screws Up, Apologizes

Not gonna talk about it. Not gonna talk about it. Not gonna talk about it. Not gonna— DAMMIT! I wanted to avoid the whole “Milo Yiannopoulos Defends Pedophilia Controversy” because there’s too much squick factor and more heat than light … Continue reading →

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Trump Budget to Eliminate PBS, NEA, NEH, LCS, Americorps?

Let’s take a look at this New York Times piece titled “Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget.” WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to … Continue reading →

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Happy President’s Day

In celebration, I’m relinking this classic Presidential knife fight post: In a mass knife fight to the death between every American President, who would win and why? Someone beat me to the obvious answer that a final showdown would see … Continue reading →

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I May Have to Buy This Shirt

This one right here. And if there’s a Kickstarter to get that scene into Sharknado 5, I’m in…

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LinkSwarm for February 17, 2017

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Absent from this roundup is who really got National Security Advisor Mike Flynn axed, because there’s not enough time in the world to read all those links… Illegal alien convicted of that voting fraud Democrats … Continue reading →

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Democratic State Senator Carlos Uresti’s Offices Raided by FBI, IRS

Via Dwight comes word that the offices of Democratic State Senator Carlos Uresti have been raided by the FBI and the IRS: Agents have been confiscating documents from the office of the Democratic lawmaker. “I can confirm the FBI and … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for February 15, 2017

Welcome to another Texas vs. California Roundup! California Governor Jerry Brown wants to hike gas taxes by 42% to bail out CalPERS. Brown’s pension reforms have failed: Since 2012 passage of his much-heralded changes to state retirement laws for public … Continue reading →

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Meetup Doesn’t Want Republican Business

Yesterday I got an email from Meetup, the company that allows you to set up group meetings: Meetup has always served as an organizing platform for a wide range of political views, welcoming everyone from the Howard Deaniacs to the … Continue reading →

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Remember When Japan Was Going To Take Over the World?

Do you remember those fabulous 80s? Reagan was President, cyberpunk was new, and Jennifer Grey had a nose. Also, everyone knew that Japan was going to take over the world. Giant Japanese electronic companies like Sony, Toshiba and Fujitsu were … Continue reading →

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