Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

It’s Tuesday – what universe is this?

Posted on 2024-07-16 by TPOL Nathan

In the days since the killing and attempted killing in Pennsylvania, the rifts in American society are getting wider. An example of this is the absolutely astonishing commentary published in Slate yesterday. The headline does not accurately describe the actual … Continue reading →

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Civil war? Catastrophic impact on the States?

Posted on 2024-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

As we here at TPOL already mentioned, we believe that these States dodged a bullet when the would-be assassin’s shot only sliced his right ear and did not even skate around his skull or punch a big .223 hole in … Continue reading →

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Trump assassination attempt – first thoughts

Posted on 2024-07-13 by TPOL Nathan

Just minutes ago, we here at TPOL first learned of someone shooting Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, which apparently had happened about 30 minutes earlier. We saw video and what sounded like 8, maybe 10 shots, heralding the … Continue reading →

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Hatred breeds contempt and stupidity

Posted on 2024-07-13 by TPOL Nathan

As the Democratic Party seems to be on the verge of internal civil war – seeking someone, anyone who can replace Uncle Joe and Auntie Kamala on the November ticket, there are more examples of what passes for drastic action … Continue reading →

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Four months and counting – election day 2024

Posted on 2024-07-12 by TPOL Nathan

As I wrote this, it was 5 July 2024, the day after Independence Day and therefore in the public mind, the 1st Day of Anno Libertatus (AL) 249. Wow. And four painfully long months before the official election day. {And … Continue reading →

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CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better

Posted on 2024-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of this commentary know we here at TPOL are NOT lovers of urban areas. We imagine that the recent commentary on Chicago’s homicide record supports that understanding. Indeed, as time goes on, our distaste for the places (including their … Continue reading →

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Murder Unlimited

Posted on 2024-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

Many readers may recall the tales of the fictionalized “Murder Incorporated” here in the States in the great 20th Century Gangster Era (1929-1941) as the enforcers for the National Crime Syndicate. (Please note that there was no official tie between … Continue reading →

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Government stupidity on display in near-earth orbit

Posted on 2024-07-08 by TPOL Nathan

It’s been up there for 24 years now. Hanging over our heads. We present the International Space Station. It looks huge, right? As manmade things in space, maybe it is. But it is actually tiny: about the size of a … Continue reading →

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Fiction or fact: the world of the 21st century

Posted on 2024-07-06 by TPOL Nathan

For many years, the Darien Gap, a dense jungle in the eastern end of the Republic of Panama, has featured, often prominently, in novels and movies. It was an impenetrable barrier to movement from Panama to the rest of South … Continue reading →

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Greetings on traditional Independence Day

Posted on 2024-07-04 by TPOL Nathan

Between hot dogs and beach time and fireworks, remember that freedom and liberty are dear and a gift from God that can be accepted or rejected; ignored or bartered away. Posted on TPOL in 2012 and reposted this Anno Libertatus … Continue reading →

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