Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Oh, yes, the mainstream media

Posted on 2019-08-24 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Time and again, the media demonstrate that they cannot be trusted. Consider three different stories. See how the mainstream media buries the story under the huge serving of propaganda they are dishing out to us, the public. … Continue reading →

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Insanely, San Francisco debases the language – again

Posted on 2019-08-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What fun!  The Tranzi elites that have turned San Francisco into a Fourth-World city have struck again, this time at the English language. According to the Daily Mail, their Board of Supervisors (nickname, Politburo, but I think … Continue reading →

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Comparing apples and oranges – education and more

Posted on 2019-08-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What should government provide?  How? Under what limits? Over at FEE.org, Kerry McDonald has an excellent article comparing public libraries and public schools. It triggered more thoughts and some memories of political campaigns from years back. She … Continue reading →

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Sayings

Posted on 2019-08-22 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of a friend and correspondent, here are some great bits of political humor to share.  They all point to the problems with government, and remind us that no matter how bad government gets, we can still laugh at it. … Continue reading →

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Can America expand by adding states to the East?

Posted on 2019-08-20 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Having looked in North America and the Caribbean, let us now turn to the East, and therefore to the West (as in Western Europe and the British Isles). Remember this discussion all started with Greenland, politically and … Continue reading →

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American expansion beyond North America to the west

Posted on 2019-08-19 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Modern technology means that the communications and access gap between the “home country” and “colonies” is largely gone.  In the days of sail – say, the British Empire before the American Revolution – it took one to … Continue reading →

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Expanding by adding Canadian states?

Posted on 2019-08-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In the last commentaries, I’ve discussed the potential for expansion of the Fifty States – de jure and not de facto (as American forces straddle the globe today). In the last commentary, we looked at the politics … Continue reading →

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American expansion – how and where?

Posted on 2019-08-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In a previous commentary, I discussed the FedGov acquiring Greenland from Denmark, much as (102 years ago) the FedGov bought the US Virgin Islands. While Greenland would almost certainly not be admitted to the Union (become a … Continue reading →

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American expansion?

Posted on 2019-08-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton By now, you may have heard that The Donald (Trump) is “obsessed” with the idea of the FedGov purchasing Greenland.  It is presently a dependent territory (“autonomous country”) of the Kingdom of Denmark, as it has been … Continue reading →

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Is Red China dying?

Posted on 2019-08-13 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Hong Kong is in the news a lot: protests have disrupted business and usual, and even shut down airline flights in and out of the former Crown Colony.  The protests started several months ago, because Beijing was … Continue reading →

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