Monthly Archives: August 2019

Bakers Dozen ™: What the Regressives are pushing

Posted on August 27, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Regressive is a more accurate term for those people who usually call themselves “Progressives” and include national, international, and transnational socialists: Nazis, Communists, and Tranzis. As we begin the 2020 election cycle far too soon (in my … Continue reading →

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Mainstream media shows its bias – the history of slavery

Posted on August 26, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton That dean of the mainstream media, as it continues to fail and decline, has a special series this year to commemorate the 400th anniversary the first known slaves to arrive in the English Colony of Virginia (at … Continue reading →

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Stupid government tricks – recycling

Posted on August 25, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

The following is taken from an article by Michael Munger, an economics professor.  It points out the stupidity of recycling as usually run by governments (and sometimes even by for-profit and non-profit groups).  My wife and I have long taught … Continue reading →

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Oh, yes, the mainstream media

Posted on August 24, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Time and again, the media demonstrate that they cannot be trusted. Consider three different stories. See how the mainstream media buries the story under the huge serving of propaganda they are dishing out to us, the public. … Continue reading →

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Insanely, San Francisco debases the language – again

Posted on August 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What fun!  The Tranzi elites that have turned San Francisco into a Fourth-World city have struck again, this time at the English language. According to the Daily Mail, their Board of Supervisors (nickname, Politburo, but I think … Continue reading →

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Comparing apples and oranges – education and more

Posted on August 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What should government provide?  How? Under what limits? Over at FEE.org, Kerry McDonald has an excellent article comparing public libraries and public schools. It triggered more thoughts and some memories of political campaigns from years back. She … Continue reading →

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Sayings

Posted on August 22, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of a friend and correspondent, here are some great bits of political humor to share.  They all point to the problems with government, and remind us that no matter how bad government gets, we can still laugh at it. … Continue reading →

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Can America expand by adding states to the East?

Posted on August 20, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Having looked in North America and the Caribbean, let us now turn to the East, and therefore to the West (as in Western Europe and the British Isles). Remember this discussion all started with Greenland, politically and … Continue reading →

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American expansion beyond North America to the west

Posted on August 19, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Modern technology means that the communications and access gap between the “home country” and “colonies” is largely gone.  In the days of sail – say, the British Empire before the American Revolution – it took one to … Continue reading →

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Expanding by adding Canadian states?

Posted on August 18, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In the last commentaries, I’ve discussed the potential for expansion of the Fifty States – de jure and not de facto (as American forces straddle the globe today). In the last commentary, we looked at the politics … Continue reading →

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