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About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

Recall Petition Filed Against Seattle’s Far Left Mayor Katie Wilson

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Certainly the current crop of far-left “Democratic Socialists” mayors ruining American cities are not the sharpest knives in the drawer (though Zohran Mamdani seems to display the sort of unprincipled cunning exhibited by many confidence artists), but Seattle’s Katie Wilson, … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats | Tagged Crime, Dale Osterud, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, Katie Wilson, Melinda Jacobson, Seattle, Shon Barnes, Washington | 6 Comments

Newest Drone Killer: AI Rifle Scopes

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Lawrence Person

“Smart rifle” technology seems to have finally arrived in the form of an “AI” enhanced scope that still requires you to pull the trigger, but picks the optimal time to actually fire to take out drones. “High-tech, often AI powered … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged AI, anti-drone, drones, Germany, IDF, India, Israel, Marines, Mavic 3T Drone, Military, Netherlands, rifle, Simon Whistler, Smash 2000L anti-drone system, UK, video | 13 Comments

LinkSwarm For August 14, 2026

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Finally, an SPLC arrest, Iran is broker than broke, a crazy commie loses despite a huge poll lead, more Russian Wildberries, ships, and conveys blow up, more of that voting fraud that never happens, and Israel dirtnaps more Hamas scumbags. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Technology, Texas | Tagged 2026 Election, Abdolnaser Hemmati, Admiral Grigorovich, Afshin Masheli, AI, Andrew Oldham, Ann Coulter, Babylon Bee, Belgorod Oblast, Bitcoin, Border Controls, Brandon Herrera, Charlotte, China, Crime, Daily Mail, David Crowley, defensive gun use, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, Diquan Hunt, Donetsk, Fatemeh Mohajerani, Fazlollah Haritash, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Flock AI cameras, Francesca Hong, fraud, Gina LaPlaca, Google, Guns, Hamas, Hasan Piker, Heidi Beirich, Illegal Aliens, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ismael Vega, Israel, Israel-Hamas War, Jacob Daniel Terrazas, Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, James O'Keefe, Jason Arday, Jason Carty, Karoline Leavitt, Kilo-class submarine, Lakers, Legal Insurrection, LinkSwarm, logistics, Los Angeles, Masoud Pezeshkian, memes, Military, Muhammad Mushtaha, National Firearms Act, NBA, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ofa'tangikivaha Angilau, polls, Project 22160 patrol ship, Project Farm, Royce White, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, silencers, Social Justice Warriors, Spencer Merriweather, submarine, Texas, Tobolsk, Todd Branch, transexual, Transiberian Railroad, Trayvon Martin, Ukraine, Urazovo, Utah, Voronezh, Voter ID, voting fraud, Wes Virdell, Wisconsin, WNBA, Yachua Mauricio Flores, Zero Hedge | 5 Comments

Shapeshifting Talafreako Scrubs Radical Past

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Lawrence Person

I have a whole lot of links saved up to do a Talarico round-up of all his various stupidities and attempts to walk back his social justice activism that I haven’t gotten around to posting yet. In the meantime, Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged 2026 Texas Senate Race, Border Controls, Democrats, Elections, gay, James Talarico, Sara Gonzales, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Texas Scorecard, transexual, video | 5 Comments

No Repentance = No Grace For Woke Bullshit

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Various leftists, including Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, are now claiming that you can’t drag them for past statements because “Woke 1 was crazy.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) debuted a new phrase on Sunday meant to distinguish the current rise of socialism … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Democrats, Elections, Jihad, Social Justice Warriors | Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Communism, coronavirus, defund the police, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, feminists, Francesca Hong, Jihad, lockdown, media bias, Obama Scandals, Social Justice Warriors, transexual, victimhood | 24 Comments

Ecosystems Of Digital Fraud

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Lawrence Person

This starts out as a warning that off-brand digital devices can be doing sketchy stuff behind your back and blossoms into a expose of a wide-ranging ecosystem of worldwide digital fraud. Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Crime, Technology | Tagged advertising, AI, Bitsight, Brian Krebs, China, Crime, Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS), fraud, H96, hacking, Pedro Fale, technology, Zhejiang Fengwo IoT Technology Ltd. | 4 Comments

Parts Of NFA Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Lawrence Person

A federal judge in Texas has ruled significant parts of the National Firearms Act unconstitutional. A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the registration and approval requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns in the National Firearms Act (NFA) … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, Regulation | Tagged ATF, Commerce Clause, Gun Owners of America, Guns, Hughes Amendment, James Wesley Hendrix, Machine Gun, National Firearms Act, Regulation, Second Amendment, Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, silencers, Sonzinsky v. United States, Taxes, video, Washington Gun Law | 2 Comments

“How Is The B-52 Stratofortress Still In Service?”

Posted on August 8, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Simon Whistler takes a look at why BUFF is eternal. That longevity is amazing, considering how many times the Air Force tried to cancel the B-52 project before it ever saw the light of day. “Even though it’s the longest … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged Air Force, B-1, B-2, B-21, B-52, Boeing, bomber, Desert Storm, MiG-21, Military, nuclear weapons, Simon Whistler, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, video, Vietnam War, World War II | 6 Comments

LinkSwarm For August 7, 2026

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Lawrence Person

More Iran War spin cycle, Ukraine hits more oil refineries and Wildberries, more welfare state fraud, more Fauci follies, more Democrats behaving badly, and one anime lover does something really, really stupid. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! (Note: Somehow an unfinished … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Jihad, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Technology, Texas, unions | Tagged 2026 Election, Abdallah Adnan Taha Abu al-Tayf, Abdul El-Sayed, AI, American Academy of Pediatrics, anime, Anthony Fauci, Babylon Bee, baseball, Bashneft-Novoil, Bret Weinstein, Brian Romero, Cambridge, China, Communism, Crimea, data security, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, Dodgers, drones, Elections, Facebook, FIRE, Flock AI cameras, fraud, Free Speech, Gaza, hacking, Haley Stevens, Hamas, Hasan Piker, Hawaii, Heather Heying, IDF, Internet, Iran, Israel, Jalal Tsubeih, Jason Arday, Joseph Roy Ozment, Kay Granger, Ken Paxton, Kirill Basin, Krasniy Bor, Lawsuit, Legal Insurrection, LinkSwarm, logistics, Mahmoud Fatair, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Nizhnekamsk, Novorossiysk, Novosemeykino, OpenAI, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, privacy rights, Rand Paul, Rice University, Rom Braslavski, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Sam Altman, Sarah Hoyt, Social Justice Warriors, St. Petersburg (Russia), Strait of Hormuz, Suchomimus, Superman, Tatarstan, technology, terrorism, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas DPS, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Ufa, UK, Ukraine, University of Texas, University of Texas at Dallas, vaccine, vaccine mandate, Welfare State, Wildberries, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg | 4 Comments

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