Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Government lies: the Consumer Price Index

Posted on 2024-08-07 by TPOL Nathan

The most recent Consumer Price Index numbers are out for June (July’s are not yet out: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm), and they show that the cost of food overall, food at home, and food away from home (dining out, for example) rose across the board. … Continue reading →

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War coming?

Posted on 2024-08-01 by TPOL Nathan

The times, the times they are a changing. That was a popular song back in the 1960s and 1970s during the war in Southeast Asia and upheavals in the States. It has applied on and off since then. Today perhaps … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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