Tag Archives: border jumpers

War on the border

Posted on November 8, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of the El Paso Times is this photo. It is not a low-budget reinactment.

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Perceptions – Martha’s Vineyard and other things

Posted on September 17, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

We humans tend to – and love to – exaggerate. Especially when it concerns our enemies and rivals: in romance, business, war,… or politics. The latest (and rather amusing, in a weird sort of way) example is found at Fox … Continue reading →

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Trump, Biden, and the border(s)

Posted on April 23, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Despite what he (and supporters) claimed to be his best efforts, The Donald failed in a LOT of ways to accomplish everything he supposedly set out to do. This is especially true regarding the U.S.-Mexican border. (And U.S.-Canadian line, but … Continue reading →

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“Woke” bus lines defy Fedgov to protect border jumpers

Posted on February 26, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Greyhound Lines, Inc. the largest private intercity bus line in the Fifty States has given the middle finger to DHS and ICE/CBP/Border Patrol, according to stories like this one in the Florida Times. DHS agents will no longer be allowed … Continue reading →

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Walls don’t work?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

This weekend, one of the “big” news items was that – shock! – people are cutting holes in the border wall. The implication is that this is yet another example of how stupid Trump and his supporters are. “$100 saws … Continue reading →

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The “Nazi” Card

Posted on June 20, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It’s more and more common these days, in politics and elsewhere.  Federal, state, local level politics especially. Social controversies. Nasty playground fights.  Even divorce court. It is the ultimate ad hominem attack: “she’s just a *^&)& Nazi.”  … Continue reading →

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Disestablishment is NOT Abolition

Posted on July 26, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton People don’t like ICE, or so says The Hill (a pandering journalism-light rag that sucks up to politicians) in an article on polling concerning the FedGov’s “Immigrations and Customs Enforcement” agency which includes the jack-booted thugs of … Continue reading →

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How wonderfully hypocritical

Posted on June 19, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Ari Armstong, a libertarian Republican in Colorado, just published his latest Colorado Freedom Report, discussing the response of the Colorado congressional delegation to the hot political fad of the month, trashing the Donald for the policy of … Continue reading →

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Does it matter?

Posted on June 12, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton You may have seen this picture. Apparently a lot of people have, thanks to the former 1600 PA squatter’s speechwriter Jon Favreau. He had shared the images on Twitter, mistakenly believing they were taken during Donald Trump’s presidency, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News #15-42A: Homeless and Migrants and Barbarian Invasions

Posted on October 20, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Mama Liberty notes that “Of course there is not one word proposing to eliminate all the taxes and other government barriers in place preventing people who wish to do so from taking any real responsibility for themselves.” … Continue reading →

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