Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Trigger warning

Posted on 2023-08-12 by TPOL Nathan

A cute, funny picture, right? Unless you were also to launch a screed against certain people or institutions, that is.

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We don’t need or want conscription

Posted on 2023-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

A couple of weeks back, Ron Paul’s Liberty Report featured this op-ed in the Military Times. Freedom’s Phoenix repostedDr. Paul’s (staff) charges with the headline “DC Swamp calls for a draft.” Big credit to both Dr. Paul and the Hancocks … Continue reading →

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“Will no one rid me of this mettlesome priest?”

Posted on 2023-08-10 by TPOL Nathan

This is a quote attributed to Henry II of England that preceded the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The king’s words were “misinterpreted” as an order, prompting four knights from Normandy to travel to Canterbury and … Continue reading →

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The life and pending death of San Francisco

Posted on 2023-08-09 by TPOL Nathan

We here at TPOL were able to generate some discussion a few weeks ago about the current state and decline of San Francisco. Including a discussion on whose and what data do we believe when it comes to understanding conditions … Continue reading →

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How many battalions does the Supreme Court have?

Posted on 2023-08-08 by TPOL Nathan

Once again we are reading stories that Uncle Joe’s regime is being urged to (and plans to) defy the US Supreme Court, refusing to obey their decisions. Which means that the FedGov bureaucrats will continue to do things the Nine … Continue reading →

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The South African dilemma

Posted on 2023-08-07 by TPOL Nathan

Recently MSM reported (and oddly enough, seemed to condemn) black South African politicians and government leaders urging that white South African children be preyed upon. Including just plain killing the white women and children. (While this is apparently condemned even … Continue reading →

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Water lost! We is all gonna die!

Posted on 2023-08-03 by TPOL Nathan

Or so we seem to be told. CNN recently reported that the mighty Colorado River has lost TEN TRILLION gallons of water! Shocking! Lost! Where did all that water go? The headline tells us it is enough to completely fill … Continue reading →

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Ramping up the military worship

Posted on 2023-08-02 by TPOL Nathan

The Association of the US Army (AUSA) featured this tidbit recently: Congress is considering legislation that would get the Defense Department and service recruiting commands involved in public expressions of gratitude to high school graduates who volunteer to enter the … Continue reading →

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School avoidance and anxiety “disorder”

Posted on 2023-07-26 by TPOL Nathan

Fewer and fewer students (grades PS though grad school) seem to be allowed a break from being confined to government-run tax-funded schools or their private equivalents. (That is, the bootlicking privately-funded schools that are still in essence controlled by government … Continue reading →

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Private property rights?

Posted on 2023-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

Are government agencies and politicians at least destroying private property rights in the States? Are the courts helping them to do this, or acting to prevent that destruction? Is there even a God-given right to private property? Is private property … Continue reading →

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