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.

Ding Dong, the ExIm Bank is Dead!

One bit of good news this week: The charter for one of crony capitalism’s favorite boondoggles, the Export/Import Bank, expired at Midnight June 30. Hopefully it will stay dead after congress returns from recess, despite attempts to revive it. If … Continue reading →

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Leland Yee Pleads Guilty To One Count of Racketeering

As part of a plea agreement, former California Democratic state senator Leland Yee plead guilty to one count of racketeering, as did three other co-defendants. Yee, in case you don’t remember, was charged with being involved in a wide web … Continue reading →

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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before…

Greece’s leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants more negotiations. Because, you know, Europe just hasn’t had enough of those over Greek debt. Mr. Tsipras said Greece was “prepared to accept” a deal set out publicly over the weekend by the … Continue reading →

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Greece Officially Defaults on IMF Payment

And verily it came to pass. Greece lost its financial lifelines Tuesday, as the country missed a crucial payment to the International Monetary Fund amid growing questions about whether it would be able to remain in the euro zone. Greek … Continue reading →

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“Gender Fluidity”

Just a quick hit from twitter… "My gender is totally fluid and—OWWWW! MY BALLS!" "Guess what, princess? My foot just verified your gender." @Nero @Yohanzor @Cernovich — BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) June 30, 2015

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Judgment Day for Greece

Today is the day Greece defaults: “Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis confirms Greece will not pay the International Monetary Fund debt due today. The European part of Greece’s international bailout expires Tuesday and with it any possible access to the … Continue reading →

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Greece Slides Toward Default

Looks like that optimism over Greece caving in to reality was a bit premature, since Alexis Tsipras is back to his old tricks again, proclaiming loudly that he won’t be “blackmailed.” Because we all know that agreeing to cuts in … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 26, 2015

The problem with doing a LinkSwarm is there’s just no end to links! I suppose I could post each and every one as I find it, but then I’d be be traveling in the wake of Instapundit, without his indefatigable … Continue reading →

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Belated News: Grand Jury No-Bills John Daub

I missed this good news when it came out on June 2, but a Travis County Grand Jury has declined to indict John Daub in the self-defense shooting death of a home intruder who turned out to be autistic. And … Continue reading →

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Hutto Police Officer Murdered On Duty

Hutto police Sergent Chris Kelly was was killed in the line of duty today after being run over by a suspect during a traffic stop. (The suspect is in custody.) Kelly was a USAF veteran, and left behind a wife … Continue reading →

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