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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.

Hatred breeds contempt and stupidity

Posted on 2024-07-13 by TPOL Nathan

As the Democratic Party seems to be on the verge of internal civil war – seeking someone, anyone who can replace Uncle Joe and Auntie Kamala on the November ticket, there are more examples of what passes for drastic action … Continue reading →

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Four months and counting – election day 2024

Posted on 2024-07-12 by TPOL Nathan

As I wrote this, it was 5 July 2024, the day after Independence Day and therefore in the public mind, the 1st Day of Anno Libertatus (AL) 249. Wow. And four painfully long months before the official election day. {And … Continue reading →

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CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better

Posted on 2024-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of this commentary know we here at TPOL are NOT lovers of urban areas. We imagine that the recent commentary on Chicago’s homicide record supports that understanding. Indeed, as time goes on, our distaste for the places (including their … Continue reading →

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Murder Unlimited

Posted on 2024-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

Many readers may recall the tales of the fictionalized “Murder Incorporated” here in the States in the great 20th Century Gangster Era (1929-1941) as the enforcers for the National Crime Syndicate. (Please note that there was no official tie between … Continue reading →

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Government stupidity on display in near-earth orbit

Posted on 2024-07-08 by TPOL Nathan

It’s been up there for 24 years now. Hanging over our heads. We present the International Space Station. It looks huge, right? As manmade things in space, maybe it is. But it is actually tiny: about the size of a … Continue reading →

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Fiction or fact: the world of the 21st century

Posted on 2024-07-06 by TPOL Nathan

For many years, the Darien Gap, a dense jungle in the eastern end of the Republic of Panama, has featured, often prominently, in novels and movies. It was an impenetrable barrier to movement from Panama to the rest of South … Continue reading →

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Greetings on traditional Independence Day

Posted on 2024-07-04 by TPOL Nathan

Between hot dogs and beach time and fireworks, remember that freedom and liberty are dear and a gift from God that can be accepted or rejected; ignored or bartered away. Posted on TPOL in 2012 and reposted this Anno Libertatus … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary strategy and tactics – then and now

Posted on 2024-07-03 by TPOL Nathan

The term revolution and all its sister words and phrases are very often misunderstood. We get confused. The same word, revolution, is used to describe or name totally different events. Events, people and ideas are “revolutionary” – but in what … Continue reading →

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Celebrate freedom?

Posted on 2024-07-02 by TPOL Nathan

A Rapid City Journal headline today told us to “celebrate freedom: fireworks, festivities abound for July 4” and as usual, we here at TPOL recognize that the actual day that the Continental Congress voted to secede from the United Kingdom … Continue reading →

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Nazgul rule on The Donald and immunity

Posted on 2024-07-01 by TPOL Nathan

And everyone is confused and even angry. As announced today (Monday, 1 JUL 2024), the SCOTUS ruled 6-3 today on the Jack Smith prosecution against The Donald for his instigation of events on 6 JAN 2021. “The nature of presidential … Continue reading →

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