Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Five years ago – has anything changed?

Posted on 2025-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

Continuing to look at the insanity of the Pandemic Panic and the lockdown over Beer Flu (COVID-19), we ran across this cute meme from 2020. Today, every few days we see another bait-click headline on the mainstream media news sites … Continue reading →

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What kind of leader?

Posted on 2025-07-08 by TPOL Nathan

What kind of leader uses threats to get his way?” This is a question a correspondent asked today. He is an American evangelist in Belgium, and the question was in regards to both domestic and foreign US politics and the … Continue reading →

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Beer flu saga continues

Posted on 2025-07-07 by TPOL Nathan

We here at TPOL recently looked back at some news stories and reports that interested us months and months ago. Particularly dealing with health care and health issues. Let us share a few. They are old news, but still of … Continue reading →

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We is “all gonna starve” if RFK Jr. isn’t banned

Posted on 2025-07-06 by TPOL Nathan

At least that is what the mainstream media is trying to sell us, The latest – published in the Daily Mirror (US edition) and broadcast by MSN, has a nice scaremongering headline: 8 fast food items to disappear after RFK … Continue reading →

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Things to ponder: the coming transition: Collapse and catastrophe? Or rebirth?

Posted on 2025-07-05 by TPOL Nathan

Cleaning up messages and files is never fun, but sometimes it triggers a fresh look at things worth sharing. Think about these things we at TPOL discussed back in early 2023. Is the cup half-empty? Or half-full? We face such … Continue reading →

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Independence Day celebrated

Posted on 2025-07-04 by TPOL Nathan

A photo and meme selection. May we find ways to live up to the gift they gave us! (Next: Fireworks at Mt. Rushmore) (And see the thoughts of guests Doug and Tom, at the end.) None of the four men … Continue reading →

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Happy “4th-of-July” Eve – enjoy sleeping in tomorrow!

Posted on 2025-07-03 by TPOL Nathan

As we write and publish this today, it is just 8 or so hours before the local clock (Mountain Time) ticks off midnight. Tomorrow morning, NPR (National Public Radio – one of the propaganda arms of the Woke left and … Continue reading →

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An appeal to lovers of liberty on this 2nd of July, AD 2025, AL 249

Posted on 2025-07-02 by TPOL Nathan

A country run by banks will always be in debt. Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease. A state run by war will never know peace. A nation run by media will never know the truth. Christians who … Continue reading →

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Are we free?

Posted on 2025-07-01 by TPOL Nathan

Not long ago, the Iowa Libertarian Party shared this great cartoon: This is, of course, a lot more taxes and regulations and government stupidity and meddling (the Fed!) that could be shown. But as we near the celebration of Independence … Continue reading →

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Projection – a favorite tactic of enemies of liberty

Posted on 2025-06-30 by TPOL Nathan

Projection is a all-too-common psychological “defense mechanism.” It involves attributing one’s (supposedly undesirable) desirable actions, traits, feelings, or impulses to other people. For instance, someone who is dishonest might accuse others of being dishonest, thereby shifting attention away from their own … Continue reading →

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