Monthly Archives: July 2022

Lebanon Seizes Ship Loaded With Stolen Ukrainian Grain

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Lawrence Person

A small story with possibly big implications: Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen from Ukraine, said Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat. The Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Military | Tagged Beirut, Feodosia, food, IMF, Lebanon, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Syria, Ukraine | 6 Comments

Steep Mexican Road 15, Drivers 0

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Instead of actual content, enjoy watching drivers attempting (and failing) to drive down the steep, rain-slick streets of the Paso Florentino in Mexico City. Also: Open thread.

Posted in video | Tagged cars, Mexico, Mexico City, Paso Florentino, video | 3 Comments

LinkSwarm for July 29, 2022

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The Biden Recession picks up downhill speed, liberals are spending $160 million to seize control of elections, Biden wants to starve your children until you accept transgenderism, and another Soros-backed DA gets the heave-ho from voters. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions | Tagged 2022 Election, 2022 Texas Governor's Race, auctions, Baltimore, Biden Recession, Buzz Aldrin, Crime, deficits, Democrats, Elections, FBI, Foreign Policy, George Soros, Hunter Biden, Joe Manchin, LinkSwarm, Marilyn Mosby, Military, NASA, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Samantha Bee, school lunch, Texas, Title IX, Tranny Bathrooms, transexual, unions | 2 Comments

Ill-Advised Semiconductor Subsidies Pass

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Semiconductor subsidies passed the Senate and House and now will become law. The House on Thursday passed the bipartisan Chips and Science Act, which aims to increase domestic production of computer chips to allow the U.S. to become more competitive … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, Democrats, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Budget, China, Democrats, GlobalFoundries, Intel, Samsung, Semiconductors, subsidies, TSMC, Welfare State | 3 Comments

The Chieftain Reviews Movie Tank Scenes

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Why yes, this is relevant to my interests! Nicholas Moran, AKA The Chieftain, reviews various movie tank scenes for technical accuracy. Fury and Saving Private Ryan both rank pretty high. He also has good things to say about The Beast … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged Military, movies, Nicholas Moran, tanks, video | 4 Comments

Scenes From China’s Slow-Motion Collapse

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Remember the bank runs in China story after all those bank accounts in Hunan were frozen? I’ve been looking for signs of wider contagion amidst the Chinese banking sector, and mostly haven’t seen it. But I have seen a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy, Military, video | Tagged Alibaba, Baidu, bank run, banking, China, Communism, Economics, Evergrande, Ghost Cities, Henan New Wealth Group, Hunan, Lu Yi, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, Pan Darong, Peter Zeihan, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Stephen S. Roach, tanks, Xi Jinping, Xia Haijun | 6 Comments

Dispatches From The Burning Land

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Going to the dentist always makes me tired, and I already wasn’t feeling up to any intellectual heavy lifting today, so instead let’s turn to one of the laziest of lazy blogger tropes: Talking about the weather. I don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin | Tagged Austin, heat wave, weather | 3 Comments

Russia Signs Grain Export Corridor Agreement With Ukraine, Then Promptly Attacks Export Port

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Amid fears of worldwide food shortages due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to reopen sea corridors to allow food exports from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to recommence. Then Russia hit Odessa with missiles. World … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Military, Obama Scandals | Tagged Black Sea, food, Foreign Policy, Military, Odessa (Ukraine), Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukriane, Vladimir Putin | 7 Comments

LinkSwarm for July 23, 2022

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Paying people not to work makes them worse off, Democrats sleepwalk toward disaster, another would-be assassin of a Republican congressman walks away without bail, more Democratic judicial officials who refuse to obey the law, and a disturbing number of pedophiles … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2022 Election, 2022 Texas Governor's Race, American Airlines, Austin, Beto O'Rourke, Black Hammer, Border Controls, California, Center for American Progress, Charlene Carter, Chesa Boudin, Crime, David Jakubonis, Democratic Party, Democrats, Franklin Bynum, George Gascon, George Soros, Georgia, Harris County, Howard Schultz, Illegal Aliens, Italy, Lee Zeldin, LinkSwarm, Los Angeles, Mario Draghi, Media Watch, New York City, New York Times, pedophilia, Ray Epps, Ruy Teixeira, San Francisco, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Texas, unions, Universal Basic Income, Welfare State | Leave a comment

The Bomb That Ended A War

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The title overstates the case, but this story of the red-tape cutting, round-the clock efforts to field a bunker busting bomb during the Gulf War is fascinating stuff. (Today has been a bear for a variety of uninteresting reasons, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged Air Force, bomb, Desert Storm, Gulf War, Military, video | 3 Comments

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