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.

Video of French Forces Fighting the Islamic State

Here’s a video of French Special Forces operating against the Islamic State, including some mopping up operations in Mosul: A few points of interest: In the first few minutes there’s a glimpse of the tunnel systems that have become common … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 10, 2017

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Here in Texas it’s looking a lot like Spring. This LinkSwarm is heavy on border control and jihad issues. “The 9th Circuit’s dangerous and unprecedented use of campaign statements to block presidential policy.” By accepting … Continue reading →

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Right to Work Signed Into Law in Missouri

Missouri joins the right to work parade: Republican Gov. Eric Greitens signed legislation on Monday making Missouri the latest “right-to-work” state, as the growing movement sets its sights next on New Hampshire – hoping to break into one of the … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers in Poor Life Choices

A good bit of education used to be dedicated to helping people avoid poor life choices. “Gallant studies hard to pass tests, while Goofus knocks over liquor stores to feed his meth habit.” But some people go above and beyond … Continue reading →

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Brexit and the Perpetual Liberal Trump Tantrum

I was going back through some posts in the middle of last year and came across this link on the Brexit aftermath. Tell me this bit doesn’t apply equally well to American liberals throwing tantrums over Trump as UK leftists … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Branding Failure

Via Twitchy comes this news of a browser extension from American Bridge (one of David Brock’s liberal super-PACs) that changes “Trump” to “Steve Bannon.” Evidently love now Steve Bannons hate. This has to be one of the more remarkable branding … Continue reading →

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Trump is Serious About Securing America’s Borders

President Trump’s first two weeks have been extremely busy, including making good on his campaign promises to secure America’s borders in the form of three Executive Orders: Executive Order 13767, Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, which states: It is … Continue reading →

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Is Twitter Throttling Trump Supporters?

Scott Adams pointed out this video that suggests Twitter is using deep analytics to hide the posts of some users from the “power users” among their followers: They basically cut them off. Say you’ve got a hundred followers and 10 … Continue reading →

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Bill Burr Has No Sympathy for Hillary Clinton

It’s not like I set out to make Bill Burr Video Saturday, but he just keeps popping up. (And keep in mind, Burr says he leans left and obviously isn’t a Trump fan.) Here he is on why he has … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 3, 2017

It’s been a weird, busy week here at BattleSwarm World Headquarters, including a bunch of job interviews and having my iMac in the shop most of the week. Now I’m back up and running, and even have that OS upgrade … Continue reading →

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