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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.

Is the world exploding?

Chicken Little had nothing on the modern media, and not just the clickbait brigade! (Although all the oldline, mainstream media and much of the new and supposedly independent media seem to have adopted that modus operandi.) Consider: Newsweek: Lake Mead’s … Continue reading

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Texas, my oh my

We here at TPOL completely skipped it last month, as we remembered the 188th anniversary of the Fall of the Alamo in 1836. Yes, a 200-year-old flag. See below for its story! Meanwhile read on about why we remember that … Continue reading

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Colorado discourages gunowners and defenders of liberty

To put it another way: Colorado Democrats wage war on peaceable gun owners With, we point out, the assistance of Republicans and so-called independents. Wasn’t it just yesterday that Colorado leftists wanted to “defund the police” in Colorado? Courtesy of … Continue reading

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Electrical power, greenies, and liberty

The question was recently asked, Can a city the size of Los Angeles rely solely on renewable energy sources like wind, hydroelectricity, and solar power without the use of fossil fuels or nuclear power plants? In today’s American and Californian … Continue reading

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Let’s compare the FBI to…

… A whole host of historical tools of tyranny and corrupt government. We’ve all read the labels and shelf-stickers telling us about the store brands and generic versions of various foods and drugs, right? “Compare to BIG BRAND NAME whatever.” … Continue reading

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A Baker’s Dozen reasons not to vote in the 2024 election for massa

Editor’s note: Hopefully, all readers will see this as the satire it is intended to be.But these do make us think about this activity. Provide your own reasons to, or not to, vote this year. A Baker’s Dozen reasons NOT … Continue reading

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A Baker’s Dozen ™ things to not say to a gunowner

Why not say them? Well, it generally isn’t (99.99999 percent of the time) because that gunowner is going to hate you so much that they remove you from the land of the living. (99.99999 is one chance in 10,000,000.) And … Continue reading

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America in hospice care

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?

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

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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