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.

Syrian Headlines One Year From Now

New Syrian President Greets American Ambassador “A New Era” Syria Pledges Cooperation in Iraq, Lebanon Israel Claims New Syrian Government Shipping Arms to Hamas Damascus Under Sharia “They beat my wife,” claims distraught shopkeeper Syrian chemical weapons missing? Sunni, Shia … Continue reading →

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NSA: Annals of Non-Denial Denials

So House Intelligence Committee leaders say that Edward Snowden is lying. They’re saying that he couldn’t possibly have had access to the records he said he did, that he lied about his past, etc. You know what neither the House … Continue reading →

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Political Correctness Trumps Fighting Terrorism Yet Again

Want to keep the FBI from keeping tabs on you? Then operate out of the one place they’re not monitoring: Mosques. Because there’s no chance Islamic terrorists could be operating out of there. So the NSA needs to monitor the … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit Against Rosemary Lehmberg Moves Foward, Jury Trial Schedule for July 22

That’s what I’m gleaning from this Statesman article on Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg following her DWI, though it doesn’t say the July 22 trial is for her removal under state law for intoxication of public officials. (The trial is … Continue reading →

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Public Not So Hot on Unlimited Surveillance State

Or so says a CBS poll on the vast NSA/FISA/PRISM monitoring program. Republicans and Independents were pretty strongly against the government reading their emails and seizing their phone records. Democrats, on the other hand, were evenly split; evidently half of … Continue reading →

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Fisking Obama’s NSA Conference (Part 1)

Obama gave his speech on the NSA scandal a few days ago. I wanted to fisk it because it’s eminently fiskable, and I don’t think that anyone else has done it (though Scott Shackford over at Reason took a stab). … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz on the NSA and Other Obama Scandals

Currently working on a fairly large (and hopefully important) piece on the NSA scandal. In the meantime, here’s Ted Cruz on the scandal, and here he is on Glenn Beck discussing how the Obama Administration seems to view the Constitution … Continue reading →

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LinkSwam for June 8, 2013

It’s hard to find time to do an ordinary LinkSwarm with so much Obama scandal news breaking. It’s like ScandalPalooza. And there are some scandal tidbits here as well. Inside the life of Kim Il-Sung’s personal sushi chef. Obama’s arguments … Continue reading →

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FISA/NSA/PRISM/IRS/Etc. Midday Obama Scandal Roundup for June 7, 2013

The torrent of Obama scandal information is flooding the news is something to behold. In contrast to the tiny drops of Benghazi information the MSM would begrudgingly dole out last year, every day seems to bring a new outrage about … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for June 6, 2013

Yest another busy week, so here’s a very brief Texas vs. California update: Why Houston is a job-creating juggernaut. And why California cities aren’t. Texas now produces one-third of all U.S. crude oil. Midland now has a higher per-capita income … Continue reading →

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