Monthly Archives: July 2018

Twitter Suspends Jim Treacher

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Lawrence Person

In another suspension for Tweeting While Conservative, Twitter has suspended Jim Treacher’s account: Here's the last thing I tweeted on that account before it was suspended. Too extreme? pic.twitter.com/OEzKfM1dgj — Sean Medlock (@Sean_Medlock) July 21, 2018 I assume I annoyed … Continue reading →

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Guy Destroys His Truck With Tanks

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Lawrence Person

For the guy at Demolition Ranch, merely shooting his old pickup truck just wasn’t dramatic enough…

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LinkSwarm for July 20, 2018

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Job interviews and book-related work have taken up the majority of my waking hours this week. Also, The Burning Time has fully arrived here in central Texas. It’s supposed to hit 108° on Monday… There are plenty of risks with … Continue reading →

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Immigration: Did Liberals Fall Into Yet Another Trump Trap?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Lawrence Person

According to this Gallup poll, immigration is now the top national issue, probably because Democrats took a temporary break from their Russian collusion fantasy to splash “OMG! Look at these heart-rending pictures of illegal alien children!” across the nightly news … Continue reading →

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Twitter Bans Satirist Godfrey Elfwick Again

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Clicking on @Godfrey_Elfwick brings up the generic “Account Suspended” page. Supposedly “permanently,” though I don’t know where the poster is getting that information from: Godfrey Elfwick, the best satirical account on Twitter, has now been suspended permanently. Those in power … Continue reading →

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Another Summary Of How Trump Operates

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Lawrence Person

It’s both puzzling and gratifying to see the American left make the same mistakes over and over again. Thinking that American voters will take kindly to their open borders and socialism platform is one. Refusing to learn just how President … Continue reading →

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Socialism: The Axe Body Spray of Ideologies

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Saw this and thought it was well worth highlighting: Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. https://t.co/un9YfjmSGQ — Instapundit.com … Continue reading →

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If Dianne Feinstein Is Too Right Wing For Democrats…

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Incumbent U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein was snubbed by the California Democratic Party’s executive board, who opted to endorse state Sen. Kevin de Leon (real name: Kevin Alexander Leon) for the seat instead. As John Fund notes, de Leon is “running … Continue reading →

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Everything In the Middle East Is Blowing Up

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Or to put it another way, everything in the Middle East is blowing up slightly more than usual: Hajin, reportedly the last Islamic State stronghold in Syria, has come under sustained attack by coalition forces. There are supposedly some 4,000 … Continue reading →

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Happy Bastille Day

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Since Jerry Pournelle is no longer around to post his standard Bastille Day post, here’s a goodly excerpt: On July 14, 1789, the Paris revolutionaries with aid of the local militia stormed the Bastille, a fortress in downtown Paris which … Continue reading →

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