Blaming Uncle Joe

Posted on 2022-01-11 by TPOL Nathan

There may be a trend of coming up with ways to excuse dear Uncle Joe for all the bad stuff that is happening on his watch in the White House. Other than he’s old, tired, needs to sleep a lot, and loses track of things.

Perhaps the excuse of “It’s all Trump’s fault” is wearing thin?

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The Ascendency of Silly Science

Posted on 2022-01-10 by TPOL Nathan

(Thanks to David Wojick for the title and subject of this commentary.)

One of the recent trends in world affairs is the rise of “silly science” and its adoption by more and more of the world’s educrats AND government goons.

David Wojick first used the label to address “manmade global warming and what he calls “climate alarmism” – one of the great fear producers of the last three decades, in a great and very readable article here. He concisely points out the absurdity of the claims that the hundreds of government agencies united in this vast con job which has already stolen billions and billions of dollars from tax- and rate-payers and the future.

But there are more fields of silly science for the woke and social justice warriors and the con artists to use to suck still more money – and instill more fear – among the masses.

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Suicide by government – state style

Posted on 2022-01-09 by TPOL Nathan

In California, I understand that a new constitutional amendment (expected to pass) is intended to double State tax revenue. According to National Review (hardly an enemy of big government), income taxes would increase for the highest bracket to a tax rate of 18.05%. There would also be a payroll tax – like Medicare and Unemployment, paid by the employer. Of about 2%. AND a “gross receipts” tax of 2.35% on all revenue received by a company – whether they make a profit on not. And that would be basically a sales tax on ALL transactions: wholesale and retail. Again, paid by the seller, supposedly.

Of course, all these taxes ultimately are paid by the consumer and the wage/salary earner. All told, California wants $163 billion dollars a year INCREASE – double current State theft – beginning in 2023. If this insanity passes. And as I hear, it is expected to pass.

Why?

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OMG! That woman is stupid! (- from a reader)

Posted on 2022-01-08 by TPOL Nathan

A good reader/correspondent just sent me this little tidbit of a news story (on a late Friday afternoon).

Justice Sotomayor claims to not understand, on Yahoo News,

“S” told me: How did she even graduate high school let alone make it through law school? Check out the story in the link.  If this does not leave you shaking your head at the utter STUPIDITY I will be shocked….
Where is a brick wall to hang my head?

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A Baker’s Dozen: Teaching children in these times about what is wrong

Posted on 2022-01-06 by TPOL Nathan

With many thanks to Paul Rosenberg of FreemansPerspective.Org, who first developed most of these ideas. These are things which apply to all children, but especially to those we are attempting to raise as lovers of liberty able to be responsible adults who are self-governors.

Although there are always times of crisis and danger, what we in the States and around this planet have faced for two years is NOT normal and not right: it is wrong. We must tell them this and help them see through the propaganda (from ALL sides) that they are deluged with daily.

So here we have thirteen concepts about “wrong” that we should teach our children while they are young:

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Blackshirts again roam the streets of Germany

Posted on 2022-01-05 by TPOL Nathan

Despite the departure of die Fuhrerin from Berlin, the situation of liberty in Germany is dire.

This video shows an elderly woman, walking her dog when accosted by three blackshirts – actually, fully uniformed in black: two men and a woman. Apparently, she is not wearing a mask, and is out on the street without permission of the authorities. And no papers.

As they proceed to wrestle with her and handcuff her – perhaps even slap her around – they are soon jointed by an entire squad of “peacekeepers” in black, armed and equipped with cameras to record the faces of the crowd and those who came to see what was going down (and care for her dog, left to wander into traffic). No doubt more squads of goons will be sent to round up those who did not immediately flee the scene and “mind their own business.”

Sadly – especially for the people of Deutschland – the leadership of Germany seemingly has reverted to its imperial and national-socialist roots, flavored of course with the evils of Communism in the Ostzone and “Social Democracy” (a joke?) in the Westzone. Liberty is fading rapidly – more rapidly than fog on the Rhein. Our hearts weep for our brothers in Christ and in liberty in that nation.

This time, the excuse is of course the beer flu – the Omicron variant a “justification” for more panic, more tyranny, and more abuse of the poor and weak. The young thugs seen above – now both men AND women – seem eager to exploit the old, the weak, and to flex their muscles.

Pray for the people of Germany.

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Tom Jefferson – another enemy of the state

Posted on 2022-01-04 by TPOL Nathan

As Instagram seeming tries to cancel a man dead for 213 years (Tom Paine – see the commentary), it reminds us here at TPOL of another similar evil deed.

It happened more than six weeks ago in Babylon on the Hudson, but I still find myself unable to be even close to civil when thinking about it – the entire affair sticks in my craw.

The best story, complete with pictures, is found in the New York Post. The New York City Council removed the statue of Founding Father and President Thomas Jefferson from their chambers on Monday 22 November 2021. It was relegated to the New York Historical Society.  Why?  Because Jefferson was a slaveholder – or so they say.

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Not just governments lie

Posted on 2022-01-03 by TPOL Nathan

Last month, a Council Bluffs (Iowa – across the river from Omaha and once an incredible business investment by a certain Chicago lawyer) high school teacher was arrested and fired for committing acts of terrorism. She was 37, an Anglo, and claimed she didn’t mean to carry out the “gun violence” threats she wrote in several notes, in which she pretended to be a bullied student.

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Tom Paine and other enemies of the state

Posted on 2022-01-02 by TPOL Nathan

Recently, I learned that a quote from Tom Paine was the excuse for Facebook and Instagram to block someone, as reported in American Military News.

What is quite strange, as the screenshot below shows, is WHAT Paine quote triggered this:

False information

The “story was removed for false information” according to the posting. A dozen sources confirm that the problem is not misattributing the quote to Founding Father Paine, but apparently something else. When you consider all the writings by the prolific Paine that DO offend people, this seldom makes the list. And you would not expect this particular quote to tick off the Tranzi corporate entity that has renamed itself as Meta (Meta Platforms, Inc. formerly Facebook, Inc.).

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Happy new year from The Price of Liberty

Posted on 2022-01-01 by TPOL Nathan

After two years of crises, threats to liberty, fears and panic, we can all pray that 2022 will offer opportunities to promote and enjoy peace, prosperity, and liberty for all. Let us look forward!

“Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.”

Although it is just pages on a calendar, most people think of the New Year as a time of new beginnings, opportunities to seize, and a time to forget and get past the mistakes of the past. Let us all take advantage of that attitude in ourselves and others!

Although liberty and freedom are often used interchangeably, they are distinct, and both are valuable. It is said, “Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.” Both are the opposite of what too many people – those in power, in particular – want for anyone but themselves. In 2022, we have the potential to revive and rejuvenate both.

A Baker’s Dozen Thoughts on Liberty and Freedom

Some thoughts to all readers and friends and family for the New Year, as far as our benefits and responsibilities as lovers of liberty:

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