Monthly Archives: March 2024

America in hospice care

Posted on March 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

We apparently have now entered the longest general election campaign in American history. With both Uncle Joe and The Donald securing sufficient delegates to win their respective gang’s nomination, they are now officially able to go after each other tooth … Continue reading →

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Are modern American liberals heirs to Karl Marx?

Posted on March 28, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Or perhaps Groucho? A correspondent recently found and shared this quote from the father of Communism and Socialism: “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” … Continue reading →

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Same old, same old

Posted on March 27, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

It seems that the “white hope” of the 2024 presidential election (in many eyes) has chosen a running mate. This makes the election more problematic, and more of a mess. Robert F Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan, a California … Continue reading →

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A bridge to…

Posted on March 26, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As any number of libertarian writers have pointed out today, the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early this morning by a Hyundai-built, massive container ship destroyed not just a key (pun intended) icon of Maryland, but … Continue reading →

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“Constitutional” rights?

Posted on March 25, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

(A Baker’s Dozen: our rights) How many times have you heard the claim “our rights are ‘given’ to us by the Constitution”? Or “government gives us our rights”? We were recently told by a pundit of some sort that anyone … Continue reading →

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Smile a while – political style

Posted on March 23, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Sharing some images and memes to cheer us all up. Here in the Black Hills, winter has returned for a few days, and we are trying to stay both free and warm! How many Americans fall into this category? I … Continue reading →

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War on freedom of speech gets hotter

Posted on March 22, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Are we seeing an even more massive, widespread, and even organized attack of freedom of speech that we suspected for the past decade? Certainly in the last few weeks, we see many whom we would never think of attacking this … Continue reading →

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The long arm of the taxman – California style

Posted on March 21, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

The People’s Republic of California is in trouble. Almost everyone knows it. Their budget deficits and “national debt” are on a par with that of Uncle Sugar – but unlike the Fed Sacramento can’t just print money (paper or electronic). … Continue reading →

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Enemies of the State versus Enemies of Liberty

Posted on March 20, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Many of us in what is sometimes called the “liberty movement” have been labeled more than once as “enemies of the state.” The implication is that we are therefore opposed to decency and good order. That we are opposed to … Continue reading →

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A reminder as the darkness grows: there is light ahead

Posted on March 19, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Remember this? Of course, that was just an old dead white guy – evil for all political factions: a religious fanatic, an extremist, a secessionist and rebel, and (for some libertarians, the telling blow) governor of Virginia twice! And worse, … Continue reading →

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