Monthly Archives: August 2018

Eating their own… even if long dead

Posted on August 29, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton There is afoot a proposal, “bipartisan” of course, to rename the Russell (Old) Senate Office Building (SOB – a worthy acronym for the place) in honor of recently dead John McCain. It is fascinating to compare these … Continue reading →

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Collapsing institutions

Posted on August 28, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A comment on a recent column “Get your children out …” points out that it may take a “catastrophic extinction event” to rid ourselves of the odious institution of government-run, theft-funded “public” schools in the United States. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye and good riddance

Posted on August 28, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton We were taught, as we grew up, to respect the dead, to show sympathy for the families suffering the loss, and above all to “speak no ill of the dead.” How naïve we were back then. Of … Continue reading →

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Get your children out…

Posted on August 25, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A Blaze story points out one of the many evils of government-run, theft-funded schools – so-called “public schools.” The teacher punished the fifth-grader and threatened him for treating her with the respect his parents expected of him towards … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Ghetto

Posted on August 22, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Today, the word “ghetto” has really bad connotations.  It refers to slums where the vast majority of residents are black,  living in these inner-city neighborhoods of rotting buildings and utilities, crime, and neglect.  (See also “barrio” and … Continue reading →

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Innocent until … Part 2

Posted on August 21, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Part one is a short piece of fiction about surveillance cameras and police and public perceptions. Surveillence cameras and their complex and sometimes amazing software are a modern fact of life.  In many cities, and even suburban … Continue reading →

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Innocent until… part 1

Posted on August 20, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By  Nathan Barton (Fiction… or?) You are driving around town, going about your daily business. You are downtown: you promised the preacher you’d stop by to help him move some furniture in his office.  But all the spaces around the … Continue reading →

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The state and armed forces – in space

Posted on August 18, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton War in space? Military in space? We who have been associated with The Price of Freedom, like many lovers of liberty, have always been interested in the exploring and settling space. As have Americans and Brits (Aussies, … Continue reading →

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Is it catching? (#3 of 3)

Posted on August 15, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Is it in the water?  the air?  Maybe the fog that rolls in through the Golden Gate or from Ocean Beach and Baker Beach?  Or is it some sort of infection that people can get from breathing … Continue reading →

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California – a legacy of filth and evil (#2 of 3)

Posted on August 14, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Obi-Wan was wrong.  The writers that penned those words knew it.  Because they lived in a worse, more wretched hive. It is called California.

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