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China’s Rich Potemkin Socialist Village

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Much of China’s last two decades of apparent prosperity seems to be an illusion designed to fool both its own people and outside investors. But the Potemkin village of Huaxi takes China’s illusory prosperity to the next level. “Huaxi in … Continue reading →

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Why You Can’t Trust Crime Statistics

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Some leftists have asserted, despite all evidence, that crime rates in blue states are no higher than in red states. One for this illusion is that Soros-backed DAs game the statistics. Another is that in many deep blue cities, residents … Continue reading →

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The Sky Warden: “An Up-Armored Crop Duster With Rocket Launchers”

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Lawrence Person

At first, I was not at all enthused about the Air Force’s new Sky Warden platform, a step back to a single-seat, propeller-driven combat aircraft not used since the Douglas A-1 Skyraider was retired in 1973. Some background: U.S. Special … Continue reading →

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Fired Twitter Employee Applies For A Real Job

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Lawrence Person

People who have never worked anywhere but Twitter might have a sharp learning curve ahead…

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FTXed Up

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Let me start out by explaining how cryptocurrency works: You exchange your money for digital strings of numbers based on math you don’t understand, for one of the following reasons: A. You believe those digital strings of numbers will be … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Update for November 15, 2022: Dnipro Crossed?

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Right after Kherson city was liberated and spans on the Antonivsky and Nova Kakhkovka bridges blown, a whole lot of commenters went “Well, Ukraine obviously isn’t going to try to cross the Dnipro there, it’s too wide.” Looks like that … Continue reading →

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China’s Lockdowns: Even Crazier

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Evidently those Chinese Flu Manchu lockdowns are even crazier than we thought: In Hunan, Chinese authorties have built literally hundreds of temporary quarantine facilities on roads “as far as the eye can see.” The Uighurs in Xinjiang (remember them?) have … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day: Celebrating Ralph Puckett

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This Veterans Day we celebrate the life of Korean War Medal of Honor winner Colonel Ralph Puckett. Selected as the company’s commander, 1st Lt. Puckett had five-and-a-half weeks to train his Rangers before being committed to combat operations. While attached … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Russian Retreat Complete, Kherson City Liberated

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday’s post about Russians starting to bug of Kherson Oblast north/west of the Dnipro Rover is already obsolete, as Russia appears to have completed its retreat. Russia’s military said on Friday it had completed its withdrawal from Kherson, a lightning-fast … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 7, 2022

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to a special Election Eve Monday LinkSwarm! My Internet is back up, and tomorrow night I will be liveblogging the election returns starting around 7 PM.  A red tsunami? For the past week or so, my … Continue reading →

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