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About TPOL Nathan

Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.

Conspiracy or merely cooperation and CYA?

Posted on 2024-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

CNN has published an article summarizing the testimony of the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner to a congressional committee on the almost-successful killing of The Donald. The testimony, if accurately reported, seems to contradict several other reports. While we cannot (and … Continue reading →

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Celebrity-murderer or adult delinquent?

Posted on 2024-07-23 by TPOL Nathan

An article from Rob Morse back in April triggered some thoughts about the recent killer in Pennsylvania. And the media (mainstream, social, and alternative) response to it: to say nothing of the usual hoplophobes and hoploclasts in high places. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Uncle Joe

Posted on 2024-07-22 by TPOL Nathan

Well, not quite. That won’t happen officially until 20 January 2025, but we now again have a lame duck at 1600 PA. Y’all have probably seen this, but here it is anyway. Another historic first for 2024. As resignation letters … Continue reading →

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Lesson not learned from almost two centuries ago.

Posted on 2024-07-21 by TPOL Nathan

Nobody wants to learn lessons from Russia or Turkei, do they? But… By the time 80,000 Russian troops invaded Ottoman territory in June 1853 at the outbreak of the Crimean War, the imperial finances of the Ottoman Empire were already … Continue reading →

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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

Posted on 2024-07-19 by TPOL Nathan

The attempted killing of The Donald last week brings to mind an old political aphorism. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (枪杆子里面出政权). The phrase was coined by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. He first used the … Continue reading →

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The bitter fruit of politics and parasites

Posted on 2024-07-18 by TPOL Nathan

American politics is honestly the pits. A series of cesspools in which idiots, their manipulators, and their clientele and victims splash around, spewing and spreading vicious evil. Some of the occupants of these cesspools are symbolic plants – ugly, bitter, … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen ™: Why do people fear independence and liberty?

Posted on 2024-07-17 by TPOL Nathan

Just a few thoughts. These thirteen reasons are somewhat vague. No doubt readers will think of many other reasons. Or have been told by people they know why those people are afraid of being free. Some of them might seem … Continue reading →

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It’s Tuesday – what universe is this?

Posted on 2024-07-16 by TPOL Nathan

In the days since the killing and attempted killing in Pennsylvania, the rifts in American society are getting wider. An example of this is the absolutely astonishing commentary published in Slate yesterday. The headline does not accurately describe the actual … Continue reading →

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Civil war? Catastrophic impact on the States?

Posted on 2024-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

As we here at TPOL already mentioned, we believe that these States dodged a bullet when the would-be assassin’s shot only sliced his right ear and did not even skate around his skull or punch a big .223 hole in … Continue reading →

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Trump assassination attempt – first thoughts

Posted on 2024-07-13 by TPOL Nathan

Just minutes ago, we here at TPOL first learned of someone shooting Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, which apparently had happened about 30 minutes earlier. We saw video and what sounded like 8, maybe 10 shots, heralding the … Continue reading →

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