Monthly Archives: August 2022

Russians Fleeing Crimea

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Lawrence Person

I suppose I should clarify that the Russian fleeing Crimea are not Russian soldiers but civilians. Videos posted to social media show Russian vacationers fleeing Crimea following blasts at a military air base in the region that Moscow seized from … Continue reading →

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Is China Buying Texas Land?

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The issue of Chinese interests buying up Texas land is one of those stories that has been flitting around the edges of my peripheral awareness for a while. Now Robert Montoya, Jessie Conner and Emily Wilkerson of Texas Scorecard has … Continue reading →

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Russian Airbase In Crimea Goes Boom

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Multiple loud explosions have rocked a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea: Evidently the explosions shattered windows for a kilometer around. No windows within 1 km of today’s Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian airbase in Crimea survived. The Ukrainian … Continue reading →

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Harris County Really Doesn’t Want Vote Audits

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The possibility of having votes audited sent Harris County’s Democratic executives into a preemptive panic. Harris County Commissioners Court voted 3 to 2 along party lines this week to mount a legal challenge to a state-planned audit of county-run elections … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Export Deal: Too Little, Too Late

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Lawrence Person

You may remember Peter Zeihan’s analysis of world agricultural output in the wake of of deglobalization and the Russo-Ukrainian War, and his forecast of famine late this year. That was just before the Ukraine export deal was signed. Now he’s … Continue reading →

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Top Chinese Chip Executives Arrested

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Remember Tsinghua Unigroup, a wholly owned business unit of Tsinghua University and itself owner of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) (Previously mentioned here.) Well, it turns out that a bunch of their top executives just got arrested: The video shows … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 5, 2022

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Ron DeSantis drives more enemies before him, the Biden Administration keeps doubling down on tranny madness, Batgirl dies for DC’s sins, and the most “Ewww” inducing headline of the year. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!   Why America can’t build. … Continue reading →

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Why Dutch Farmers Revolt

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Those who get all their news from the MSM may be unaware that Dutch farmers are staging a revolt against attempts to seize their land and force them out of farming. Americans should start paying closer attention to the ongoing … Continue reading →

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Eric Schmitt Wins Missouri GOP Senate Race

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Good news, everyone! Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt has won the Republican Senate primary. Eric Schmitt has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Missouri, NBC News projects, ending a comeback bid by the state’s disgraced former governor, Eric Greitens. … Continue reading →

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Is Russia’s Economy Collapsing?

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Given the cutoff from SWIFT, the widespread economic sanctions, and the huge pullout of Western firms from Russia in the wake of their invasion of Ukraine, I would have expected more signs of the widely predicted economic decline on the … Continue reading →

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