Monthly Archives: December 2017

Free speech? In DC? Ha!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The METRO (the subway and bus/train system which serves the District of Columbia and nearby areas of Northern Virginia and Maryland) has a ban on political and religious advertising on its buses, trains, etc. It is commonly … Continue reading →

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Mind Your Business – We Are One

Posted on December 14, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The following pictures are of the very first coin authorized by the Continental Congress, in 1776.  It is called the Fugio coin.  (The Continental Congress was known then as the Congress of the Confederation, and officially “the … Continue reading →

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Arabian chaos

Posted on December 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Deutsche Well reports from Yemen that the on-going war has shifted as Saudi invaders back Saleh loyalists against Houthis. It is more than a bit confusing: “A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Shiite … Continue reading →

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Welfare scientists “flee” to France

Posted on December 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton According to the Guardian, President Macron of France is crowing over the fact that American scientists are “fleeing” the Fifty States and the tyranny of Donald Trump in order to enjoy freedom to research man made global … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia – demonstrate brotherly love by making crime easier for the disadvantaged to commit

Posted on December 10, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Thanks to Scott for passing this one on. Information Liberation (seriously, that’s the website’s name!) tells us that Democrats who are “people of color” (and their allies and supporters and instigators) are demanding that bulletproof Plexiglas barriers … Continue reading →

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Privacy and shopping

Posted on December 9, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Both Mike and “Slave Larry” make some excellent observations about privacy, tracking, and stores – and as Mama Liberty pointed out, all the others who can use that data being collected. (see the commentary “Cashless society and … Continue reading →

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Doomed, doomed, I say

Posted on December 8, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton An interesting article was posted at The American Conservative once again proclaiming the death of the American fleet carrier. To many of us, that comes as no news at all. The vulnerability of flattops has been known … Continue reading →

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Cashless society and privacy?

Posted on December 7, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A friend recently complained about how the ads he sees on-line are more and more targeted to him, personally. He clicked on a link on one website that led him to an Amazon page (where he could … Continue reading →

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Charity and Responsibility

Posted on December 6, 2017 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty As a home heath nurse for many years, before I went into hospice care, I visited the homes of people all over So. Calif. I saw patients in almost every socioeconomic situation, and people of every race and … Continue reading →

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Fame, wealth, and power, and the greatest of these is… (Part 2 – dealing with predators)

Posted on December 6, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In part 1, I tried to dissect this current rash of exposing and (supposedly) punishing sexual predators. Although sexual predation (and abuse) are endemic in human society, those in power, with wealth and influence, and who are … Continue reading →

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