Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Steve Baker of The Blaze arrested, humiliated

Posted on 2024-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

Steve Baker, an investigative reporter, has been arrested in a humiliating manner in Dallas related to 6 January 2021. Continue reading →

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A CRY AGAINST INJUSTICE

Posted on 2024-02-28 by TPOL Nathan

Astute readers may recognize this guest editorial, so applicable to 2024 and the political court system, judicial and social insanity, economic and medical and judicial warfare, and the evils of the omnipotent (so-claimed) state and its various systems which claim … Continue reading →

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Pentagon follies again?

Posted on 2024-02-27 by TPOL Nathan

It is reported that the Department of the Army (DA) is planning to eliminate about 24,000 troop slots, or 5% of the Active Duty force, to “reorient” towards the next expected war. Many of these are Special Operations and counterinsurgency … Continue reading →

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Highway robbery? Or just desserts?

Posted on 2024-02-26 by TPOL Nathan

Well, it appears that yet another politician has jumped on the reparations for slavery bandwagon. Big time. While that comes as no surprise (standard modus operandi for politicians), it again raises some big questions about liberty, responsibility, and use of … Continue reading →

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In the old Roman tradition – privately-funded public works

Posted on 2024-02-24 by TPOL Nathan

From MSM comes this odd little story: a candidate for the 49th Congressional District in California has paid for buying and installing 400 feet of concertina (general purpose barbed tape obstacle GPBTO, commonly called “razor tape” by the idiots in … Continue reading →

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When has a State seceded? Who calls the shots?

Posted on 2024-02-21 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1860s, it was all very simple and clear-cut – at least looking back a century and a half. A State called a convention with delegates selected by voters, and if the convention voted to leave the Union, … Continue reading →

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Government immorality explodes?

Posted on 2024-02-16 by TPOL Nathan

Or is it just more obvious today? The little soap opera in Georgia regarding attorneys seeking to imprison The Donald for life is just one of hundreds of examples. Especially here in the Fifty States. John Adams stated, “Our Constitution … Continue reading →

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North Dakota seeks monetary damages from FedGov

Posted on 2024-02-15 by TPOL Nathan

Longtime readers of TPOL may recall the nasty fuss over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in which thousands of Lakota and their allies launched massive protests in rural and frontier North Dakota (and adjacent parts of other States) to keep … Continue reading →

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Broken judicial and government system near collapse?

Posted on 2024-02-13 by TPOL Nathan

In State after State, and in DC, we hear more and more about really incredible, stupid actions and demands. By special interest groups, politicians, bureaucrats, and big businesses. Many of these actions and much of the rhetoric are incomprehensible from … Continue reading →

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Speaking of education … ban the nasty stuff!

Posted on 2024-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of a correspondent from the ever-deeper blue Colorado: Preschool Regs: Wow, how surprising that government funding for “private” preschools has brought new government regulations of them. Here is an indicative line from the CPR report: “There was also a last-minute save for … Continue reading →

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