Category Archives: Short Takes

Look up before you breathe too deeply?

Posted on 2024-05-22 by TPOL Nathan

“Take a great big breath! It’s good for you.” The powers that be – and academia in particular – aren’t happy about all of us folks who declined their vaccines and continue to live. As opposition ramps up to the … Continue reading →

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As for me and my house…

Posted on 2024-05-14 by TPOL Nathan

The sign says it all: Tyranny is built on lies and fabrications – including lies which are warping of truth. And as with freeways, where you would find such a sign, the wide gate and the broad way is the … Continue reading →

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Wartime is fun time – for government

Posted on 2024-05-09 by TPOL Nathan

We were warned a long time ago, weren’t we? It was not, of course, just Madison who told us what might happen. George Washington, yet another Virginian aristocrat, told us to avoid foreign entanglements. Something that we “sorta” did avoid … Continue reading →

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Pie in the sky by and by – “prophets of science”

Posted on 2024-04-22 by TPOL Nathan

The term in the headline was first applied, I think, to the strongly Pentecostal roving brush arbor preachers of the Great Awakening in the States back in the early 1800s – whom Westerners referred to as “sky pilots.” It was … Continue reading →

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Economy bringing changes for the good?

Posted on 2024-04-19 by TPOL Nathan

Funny but real image from a certain Western State;\: As the economy worsens under the current system and regime, we find inventive entrepreneurs expanding the offerings of their businesses. Having a Subway inside a NAPA Auto Parts store is a … Continue reading →

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Liberty: which can you have if only one? Economic? Political?

Posted on 2024-04-16 by TPOL Nathan

Consider the following quotes, please: Now: But: Of course, we need to know what it is to “force” political freedom. Perhaps it is fairly simple: refuse to let people become dependent on government, not let them submit. That is certainly … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen reasons not to vote in the 2024 election for massa

Posted on 2024-04-04 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s note: Hopefully, all readers will see this as the satire it is intended to be.But these do make us think about this activity. Provide your own reasons to, or not to, vote this year. A Baker’s Dozen reasons NOT … Continue reading →

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Are modern American liberals heirs to Karl Marx?

Posted on 2024-03-28 by TPOL Nathan

Or perhaps Groucho? A correspondent recently found and shared this quote from the father of Communism and Socialism: “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” … Continue reading →

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Smile a while – political style

Posted on 2024-03-23 by TPOL Nathan

Sharing some images and memes to cheer us all up. Here in the Black Hills, winter has returned for a few days, and we are trying to stay both free and warm! How many Americans fall into this category? I … Continue reading →

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War on freedom of speech gets hotter

Posted on 2024-03-22 by TPOL Nathan

Are we seeing an even more massive, widespread, and even organized attack of freedom of speech that we suspected for the past decade? Certainly in the last few weeks, we see many whom we would never think of attacking this … Continue reading →

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