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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.

This Week in Jihad

Jihad waits for no man, so here’s another roundup of news: It takes very special skills to take someone with a sworn confession of involvement in the murder of 224 people, and to bungle the prosecution so badly that you’re … Continue reading →

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Fat Lady Starts Clearing Her Throat for Solomon Ortiz

Most of the recount is finished, and the vote total of has only fluctuated by a few votes. Unless Ortiz has a few magic ballot boxes up his sleeve in Nueces County, Republican Blake Farenthold is the new U.S. Congressman … Continue reading →

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Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead Still In Charge

Sheeeee’s baaaaaack….. —Democrats in the House of Representatives voted 150-43 Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their leader in the new Congress, a number of lawmakers said as they emerged from the caucus meeting. I wonder what revenge … Continue reading →

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Or “Democratic House Members Held Hostage: Day 15” (Imagine dramatic Nightline opening theme music here.) You might have noticed we had an election a couple of weeks ago. Democrats didn’t do so well. Especially in the House, where Democrats lost … Continue reading →

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Joe Walsh Wins in The Long Run. Life’s Been Good to Him So Far

Republican Joe Walsh wins over Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean by 291 votes. Now he’s gone from being an average ordinary guy to enjoying life in the fast lane as a U.S. Congressman. That brings the total of GOP pickups to … Continue reading →

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Symantic’s Extensive Analysis of the Stuxnet Worm

Available here. My hacking skills are pretty much limited to writing “Hello World” in Python on a good day, but even a cursory glance shows that Stuxnet is a very sophisticated beast indeed. Let’s hope it delivered a critical blow … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rangel Found Guilty

Of 11 of the 13 counts against him by the House ethics committee. And what will Rangel be sentenced to for tax evasion, rent control fraud, etc.? Most likely, a strongly worded letter. He’ll get to live on in the … Continue reading →

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Democrats Hold On To Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democrat Ben Chandler eked out a win over Republican Andy Barr by 648 votes. That leaves Republicans with a net gain of 61 seats in the 2010 elections, with six races still undecided.

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Houston Redlight Cameras Coming Down Monday

In the “old news is so exciting” department, Houston voters got rid of red light cameras in last week’s election. Well, voted them down, anyway. The usual red light sycophants were saying they couldn’t possibly shut them down until March, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Jihad

Another week, another roundup of the World of jihad: Arabs would evidently prefer to see a little Arab boy die rather than have his life saved by an Israeli ambulance Jihadists try to blow up airplanes by stuffing dogs with … Continue reading →

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