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.

Post-Wisconsin Presidential Race Update

A few quick hits after Cruz’s victory in Wisconsin, where he ended up with 48.2% of the vote, and will end up with 36 delegates: Cruz takes the lead nationally in Reuters polling. (Hat tip: Director Blue.) Four things to … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Wins Wisconsin

Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin with (as of this writing) about 55% of the vote. Also, nationwide polls are now showing Cruz in a statistical dead heat with Donald Trump nationally. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is winning on the Democratic side with … Continue reading →

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Presidential Race Update for April 5, 2016

Today is Wisconsin’s turn in the primaries. Ted Cruz leads there in most recent polls, and there are signs the Donald Trump campaign is continuing to implode. So here are some Presidential race links: “Ted Cruz’s preferred candidates won the … Continue reading →

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“You don’t have an army. You’ve got 500 marxists in mom’s basement.”

TL:DR Summary: Social Justice Warriors tried to pull their usual social justice warrior thing, in this case trying to get a presenter for a programming conference called LambdaConf kicked off because he said politically incorrect things on his blog. LambdaConf … Continue reading →

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Milo Explains It All For You

And by “all” I mean two different things. First, here’s Milo Yiannopoulos why it’s so important to beat the Social Justice Warriors now at the peak of their powers: Second, here’s Yiannopoulos and Allum Bokhari’s very interesting piece “An Establishment … Continue reading →

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Putin and the Panama Papers

Here’s a potentially huge scandal that’s just unfolding now: An unprecedented leak of more than 11 million documents, called the “Panama Papers”, has revealed the hidden financial dealings of some of the world’s wealthiest people, as well as 12 current … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 1, 2016

Happy April Fools day! No tricks here, just the usual Friday LinkSwarm: ObamaCare didn’t do jack to lower costs. (Hat tip Instapundit.) Indeed, Obamacare is the fail that keeps failing: “As a result of the ACA, between 4 million and … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for March 31, 2016

Lots of Texas vs. California linky goodness, much of it via Jack Dean at Pension Tsunami, who’s been emailing me links of significant interest. Texas continues to grow: As last week’s US Census Bureau population estimates indicated, the story of … Continue reading →

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Legendary Nazi Commando Otto Skorzeny Was Secretly a Hitman for Mossad

This is a pretty amazing story: On September 11, 1962, a German scientist vanished. The basic facts were simple: Heinz Krug had been at his office, and he never came home. The only other salient detail known to police in … Continue reading →

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Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz

This won’t hurt Ted Cruz’s chances: Washington (CNN)Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker formally endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, saying he is “a strong new leader” and “constitutional conservative.” “After all these years of the Obama-Clinton failures, it’s time we … Continue reading →

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