Monthly Archives: December 2024

Marvel Rivals Censors On Behalf Of Communist China

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Video game YouTuber Asmongold documents some interesting behavior in the new video game Marvel Rivals: It censors your text messages if you try to say anything critical of Communist China. Marvel Rivals is a “third person hero shooter” that’s just … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Media Watch, video | Tagged Asmongold, censorship, China, Communism, Disney, Hong Kong, Marvel, Media Watch, NetEase Games, Taiwan, Tibet, video, video games | Leave a comment

Jimmy Carter And The Weirdness Of The 1970s

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Lawrence Person

The past is another country, and it’s hard to understand Jimmy Carter (who died yesterday at age 100) without understanding the very weird decade that thrust him into prominence. The cultural milieu of the 1970s usually gets squeezed down to … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy | Tagged 1970s, 1976 Presidential Race, Communism, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Gerald R. Ford, inflation, Jimmy Carter, Obituary, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union | 15 Comments

Chinese Gambling Interests And The Texas House Speaker’s Race

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Lawrence Person

I’ve not been covering every twist and turn of the Texas House Speaker’s race because it’s obvious there’s a lot of Liar’s Poker going on. The current state of play is the Rep. David Cook is the Republican choice to … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Democrats, Republicans, Texas | Tagged Ana-Maria Ramos, China, David Cook, Democrats, Dustin Burrows, gambling, Gene Wu, John Bryant, Republicans, Texas, Texas Speaker's Race | 4 Comments

China’s Population Only 600 to 800 million?

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Lawrence Person

We’ve previously covered that China’s demographics are in severe decline and that China’s GDP may be overstated by 60%. Now a researcher says that China’s population could be overstated by 37-50%. (Before we dig in, two caveats: First, the channel … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Economics, video | Tagged AI, China, Communism, coronavirus, demographics, Economics, India, Lei’s Real Talk, video, Yi Fuxian | 17 Comments

LinkSwarm For December 27, 2024

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Congratulations on making it to the end of a difficult but exhilarating 2024, and I hope you had a Merry Christmas! Christmas week is always slow, so this will be a smaller LinkSwarm than usual, and thank goodness for that. … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged airlines, Airplane, Azerbaijan, Babylon Bee, banking, Border Controls, Brandon Johnson, Brian Krebs, California, Crime, Critical Drinker, cryptocurrency, death penalty, Democrats, dogs, Elon Musk, Georgia, hate crime hoax, Hollywood, horror movies, Illegal Aliens, Jeremy Clarkson, Joe Biden, Keir Starmer, Ken Paxton, Lawrence O’Donnell, LinkSwarm, Luigi Mangione, Media Watch, Military, MSNBC, murder, pardon, pedophilia, rape, Rhodes College, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Syria, Tennessee, Texas, Tom Homan, UK, Ukraine, Wells Fargo | 3 Comments

ASML Exits, China Screwed

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Lawrence Person

I’ve previously talked about China’s difficulties in catching up to the west in semiconductor manufacturing here, here, and here, among other places. To summarize: Western nations have an advanced, highly interconnected semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem that China doesn’t have the technical … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Foreign Policy, video | Tagged ASML, China, Communism, EUV, Foreign Policy, Huawei, Netherlands, Semiconductors, technology, TSMC, video | 8 Comments

Merry Christmas: Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Lawrence Person

As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”: Merry Christmas!

Posted in video | Tagged Christmas, music, video | Leave a comment

Paxton Sues NCAA Over Men In Women’s Sports

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Ken Paxton is giving women in college athletics an early Christmas present this year: A lawsuit against the NCAA for allowing men to compete in women’s athletic competitions. Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association for … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged Democrats, Ken Paxton, Lawsuit, NCAA, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, transexual | 3 Comments

Ghosts In The Machine

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Lawrence Person

One of the big stories last week was Biden White House insiders finally admitting what conservative had been saying since at least 2019, if not earlier: Biden was too cognitively impaired to perform the duties of President of the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas | Tagged 2020 Presidential Race, 2024 Presidential Race, Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams, Democrats, Jake Sullivan, Janet Yellen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, John Anzalon, Kamala Harris, Kay Granger, Lael Brainard, Lloyd Austin, Michael LaRosa, Mike Donilon, Republicans, Robert Hur, Steve Ricchetti, Texas | 2 Comments

Texas Democratic Congressman: Hispanics Are Stupid For Voting Against Open Borders

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Back in the dim mists of time, Texas Democrats could boast Barbara Jordan as a congressman. Though wrong about just about everything, Jordan was bright, articulate, and a well-spoken advocate for her point of view. Since then, “bright, articulate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Texas | Tagged black, Border Controls, Dallas, Democrats, Hispanics, Illegal Aliens, Jasmine Crockett, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Texas 30th Congressional District | 6 Comments

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