Category Archives: Commentary on the News

The robotic censor – a reality at last?

Posted on 2021-11-17 by TPOL Nathan

The Daily Mail reports on a new device called Themis, which apparently lets rip a loud obnoxious two-minute alarm sound when “Through the use of speech recognition and sound sensors we were able to program Themis to detect offensive terms … Continue reading →

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Vaccine “fascism” or what?

Posted on 2021-11-10 by TPOL Nathan

Max Borders at AIER makes some very important points about what can be termed “Vaccine Fascism” – an unholy alliance between big business and big government revolving around the increasingly contentious vaccine for the dreaded COVID-19. (Much more that just … Continue reading →

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“You can’t tell the players without a scorecard”

Posted on 2021-11-09 by TPOL Nathan

And maybe not even then. On Friday, a coalition of three Antifa factions reportedly launched a counter-protest against an “anti-vaxxer” and “anti-mask” protest on Boston Commons in Massachusetts. As I understand it, the “Rise Against Tyranny” protest was organized by … Continue reading →

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What is wrong in Wyoming? And why?

Posted on 2021-11-08 by TPOL Nathan

The cracks in American society grow wider and deeper daily, it seems. [A clarification (thanks, Tom!) is added in the main body of this article. Please read below.] Some States have it worse than others: consider Virginia or New Jersey, … Continue reading →

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The “civil discourse” becomes less and less civil

Posted on 2021-11-07 by TPOL Nathan

The new phase (campaign) of the COVID War is just one of the ways in which the social and political scene in the States and around the world have been ramping up. COVID is definitely a problem, with its masking, … Continue reading →

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The “COVID War” enters its next phase?

Posted on 2021-11-05 by TPOL Nathan

The OSHA “Emergency Temporary Standards” requires all PRIVATE employers with 100 or more employees to mandate “The Shot.” (That is, the COVID-19 “vaccine” jab which often seems NOT to vaccinate people against the dreaded disease.) Its publication yesterday (Thursday, 4 … Continue reading →

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Is there a limit to the madness, or are we just taking a break?

Posted on 2021-11-03 by TPOL Nathan

A few days ago, Tom Woods reported An NBC poll finds Americans souring on vaccine mandates, perhaps as they begin to observe their consequences. The question: “Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose requiring that everyone … Continue reading →

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Supply chain collapse

Posted on 2021-11-02 by TPOL Nathan

A couple of weeks ago, Ryan Johnson published a very interesting piece in Medium.com. He explains (1) the current shipping crisis – key to the supply chain collapse we are living through – is very likely a LONG-TERM problem, and … Continue reading →

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Foreign aid – such benevolence!

Posted on 2021-10-28 by TPOL Nathan

As the cheerleaders race out to tout the grand and glorious COP26 to be held in Glasgow, as billions of grams of “greenhouse gases” are generated by all the elites swarming the Scot city, one of the frequent memes seems … Continue reading →

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The war on COVID-19? Or the war on the economy and liberty?

Posted on 2021-10-27 by TPOL Nathan

It is a worldwide war, we’re told – we must fight the dreaded Beer Flu in the streets! In the stores! In the bars! In our very bedrooms! It is a worldwide war. If you are not with us – … Continue reading →

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