Monthly Archives: January 2023

Toss-able Suicide X-Wing Drone

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

More interesting news on the drone front: The state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries arms firm on Thursday unveiled a new small hand-launched loitering missile, or attack drone, that can land back in a soldier’s hand without exploding, the company said. The … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 20, 2023

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

More Flu Manchu madness, DeSantis continues to drive the woke before him, and a guinea pig mystery. Plus: Monorail! It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Atlanta antifa types are very upset that shooting cops gets them dirtnapped.  “COVID Vaccines Are … Continue reading →

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Texas Aims To Rein In Rogue DAs

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As George Soros-backed leftwing Democrats started capturing District Attorney offices across the country, a dangerous soft-on-crime ethos has taken hold in many blue-controlled cities. Prosecutors are letting violent felons back on the streets for minimal bond, no bond, or even … Continue reading →

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Russia Says It’s Expanding Military To 1.5 Million

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As Peter Zeihan noted in yesterday’s video, Russia says they’re expanding their military manpower to 1.5 million. Russia detailed plans Tuesday to expand its military to 1.5 million personnel over the next few years, a move that comes as Ukraine … Continue reading →

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German Dam On Ukraine Aid Finally Bursts

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Lawrence Person

For most of last year there was a recurring pattern for German military aid to Ukraine: The German government would talk about sending various types of modern military equipment to Germany. The German government would actually send Ukraine numerous pallets … Continue reading →

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Which Democratic Party Kingmaker(s) Want Biden Out?

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As revelations continue to roll out about a third set of classified documents being illegally kept by Joe Biden, and crackhead son Hunter Biden paying The Big Guy $50,000 a month to rent his house (which would have meant that … Continue reading →

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Why Commies Couldn’t Do Semiconductors

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Asianometry has an interesting video up about East Germany expensive, strenuous efforts to catch up to the west in semiconductor manufacturing technology. Spoiler: They didn’t. Some takeaways: “In the late 1980s, the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, went all … Continue reading →

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Court Clears Ways For State Takeover of HISD

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

This seems like big news. The Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) on Friday reversed a lower court judgment that has prevented the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from taking over the troubled Houston Independent School District (HISD) since 2019. In overturning … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For January 13, 2023

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Fallout from the House speaker’s race, Biden busted for mishandling classified files, more blue state teachers raping their students, Cadillac’s EV breaks into double digit sales, and the Imelda Marcos disco musical! It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Kevin McCarthy finally … Continue reading →

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Texas To Run Another Big-Ass Budget Surplus

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Lawrence Person

One huge advantage Texas has over one-party Democrat-rule states is the salutary habit of running budget surpluses year after year after year. (Or, to be technically correct (“the best kind of correct!”), biennium after biennium after biennium.) Now Comptroller Glenn … Continue reading →

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