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The evils and abusive nature of modern marketing

Posted on August 21, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

All the radio news and online talk shows and social media, for the last couple of days, have been talking all about the new Cracker Barrel logo. It took a day or two for most observers to notice it is … Continue reading →

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A humorous glance into the future? Maybe…

Posted on July 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Assuming there is still an advertising industry, fedgov or State governments, and radio/TV/internet in a decade or so, a nameless friend suggests you might hear or see this advertising: Radio/television ad script, dated 30 July 2033: Did you or a … Continue reading →

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Brainwash open for business – as usual

Posted on January 27, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

A recent radio news hour reported that a “poll” said that a majority of Americans thought that people wearing masks are more attractive than those not wearing masks – and specifically those wearing “medical-type” masks. Okay, I said, lets look … Continue reading →

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Climate branding news

Posted on December 3, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

I understand that “manmade climate change” and “manmade global warming” are being put to rest by the media and the environists. The new phrase is “global meltdown.” It is a neat term – “meltdown,” that is. I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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Meth – “we’re on it!”

Posted on November 20, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

I almost HAVE to comment on this rather funny issue and controversy, here at home in South Dakota. Funny but deadly serious. Tom Knapp posted on Freedom Net Daily today:

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Can we do without government?

Posted on April 28, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Modern advertising, as we know it today, did not exist until sometime in the 1700s, well after the invention of printing.  Today, in print and electronic media, it is pervasive – and invasive.  We cannot do anything … Continue reading →

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Free speech? In DC? Ha!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The METRO (the subway and bus/train system which serves the District of Columbia and nearby areas of Northern Virginia and Maryland) has a ban on political and religious advertising on its buses, trains, etc. It is commonly … Continue reading →

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False religions, new and old

Posted on May 12, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-19C, By Nathan Barton False religions are, of course, a dime a dozen and have been since not all that long after Adam and Eve got kicked out of the garden. Today, more than ever, we see the … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 02 December 2015, #15-48C

Posted on December 2, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton What comes across my desktop these days seems a steady stream of fearmongering, and predictions of disaster, the world economy is rushing to catastrophe, the American economy is crashing, World War III is being gestated in Syria, … Continue reading →

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