Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Media and the real standard for military personnel

Posted on 2025-10-07 by TPOL Nathan

Sometimes all you need is a headline and an opening paragraph to come to the correct conclusion that the “news” article (and even an “opinion piece”) is full of errors, lies, twisted facts, crazy claims, and generally spouting a particular … Continue reading →

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Today’s military, discipline, hazing, and purposes

Posted on 2025-10-06 by TPOL Nathan

Like many, a correspondent questioned SecWar Hesgath’s removal of a prohibition on hazing in basic and other military training. This is part of the massive package of reforms for the Department of War and the six military service branches. (As … Continue reading →

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Oh, dear, no government!

Posted on 2025-10-05 by TPOL Nathan

As we now complete one whole week without the FedGov, while millions suffer without health care, children are not taught about choosing their own gender, and planes fall from the air? We share this amusing but somewhat true cartoon: The … Continue reading →

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Whom do we believe? Vaccines and illness

Posted on 2025-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

Shared by a correspondent: Share and read yourself: the URL is https://tinyurl.com/58s7f563 at Mercola.com.

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Government shut down, dems begging?

Posted on 2025-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

This picture appeared in the Rapid City (SD) Journal today, along with a headline “Trump uses shutdown [sic] to punish his enemies.” Good, on both counts. We here at TPOL, back from an unintended sabbatical, are excited. And feel a … Continue reading →

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Shut up!

Posted on 2025-09-20 by TPOL Nathan

As the States and the world continue to seemingly grow ever more divided, we see that enemies quickly start to resemble each other more and more. Not in their physical appearance, perhaps. But certainly in their actions and reactions. As … Continue reading →

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Organlegging – American style

Posted on 2025-09-18 by TPOL Nathan

Got a liver? A kidney? Maybe a spare lung or heart? Come here, do I have a deal for you! That very odd Regressive (Liberal/Progressvive) Robert F Kennedy Jr. is at it again. Angering his erstwhile comrades. (Who, like 1950s … Continue reading →

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British brothers find themselves in peaceful protests – that will most likely prove useless

Posted on 2025-09-17 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent, Konstantin Kisin, recently posted this: I went to the “Unite the Kingdom” rally to film interviews with people on the ground as well as Tommy and other speakers backstage. I have been to pro-Palestine, pro-Israel, climate protests etc … Continue reading →

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Myths and misconceptions

Posted on 2025-09-16 by TPOL Nathan

A generally libertarian social media poster recently featured this cartoon on an email. Okay, at first (and later) glances, it is funny. But is it true?

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Looking back: Democrats and Republicans show up rather badly

Posted on 2025-09-15 by TPOL Nathan

Yeah, “rather badly” is a strong understatement. But read on. Certainly not excusing any libertarians, natural law, constitutionalists, or even democratic socialist politicians and activists, the GOP and Democrats have a highly undesirable record of their actions going back as … Continue reading →

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