Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Baker’s Dozen: ALL Black Lives DO Matter

Posted on 2016-08-07 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton, from an idea by D. Pettis, a reader. Author’s Note: I drafted this a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the news pages have been (as always) filled with a steady stream of photos of dead black … Continue reading →

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Returned!

Posted on 2016-08-06 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I’m back, I think! Last week, in the middle of yet another 1500-mile week of travel and work, I got violently sick and for the last nine days have been sick as a dog, lost a few … Continue reading →

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Aren’t they always? Part 2 – Nazgul

Posted on 2016-07-28 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Just as political parties are always screaming about how evil their opponents are, so too are Nazgul constantly finding reasons to steal away rights, often for their own perceived self-interest. Ammoland talks about how Ruth Ginsburg, the … Continue reading →

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Whom do we believe? More terrorism or just nutcases?

Posted on 2016-07-27 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The hits are coming hard and fast now, in Europe: Ansbach, Normandy, Munich… the peaceful society of Europe’s two major powers is long gone. And who is to blame? Who is doing it? Today, look at just … Continue reading →

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Baker’s Dozen ™ Reasons for Civil Unrest to Explode

Posted on 2016-07-25 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Doom and gloom cause us to fear “the worst” and for many people, that is going to lead directly to massive civil unrest, ranging from 1968 style protests to armed uprisings and revolts. Obviously politicians, bureaucrats, military … Continue reading →

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Turkey, Tyranny, and Successful Revolts

Posted on 2016-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton As usual, we don’t really have any idea what is going on, but it is clear that Turkish citizens are losing still more of their freedoms. The coup may have been real (if executed with total ineptness) … Continue reading →

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Aren’t they always?

Posted on 2016-07-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Debby and I somehow got on the SD Democratic Party’s (that’s South Dakota, not San Diego) e-mail list, and now and then we think about unsubscribing (assuming they would let us, and not consider it a form … Continue reading →

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Baker’s Dozen – Don’t Complain!

Posted on 2016-07-22 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton A Baker’s Dozen ™ response to those awful people who don’t like what the government and politicians do: (with thanks to John Whitehead)

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What If? Politics 2016-17

Posted on 2016-07-21 by TPOL Nathan

What if? (Fiction by Edward Johnson, provided to Nathan Barton for The Price of Liberty!) Warning: not our usual fare! Mama’s Note: We could get very lost in such speculation. While I appreciate Edward’s story, I would rather have The … Continue reading →

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Bakers Dozen ™ Rules for liberty partisans

Posted on 2016-07-20 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The enemies of liberty are all around us: we must strike and not count the blows; for just one strike, just one effort, is not enough. We are not talking about or advocating aggression against those who … Continue reading →

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