Tag Archives: California

California – more than just another “banana republic”

Posted on March 20, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Typically a lot of us poke fun, if in a very serious vein, at California. Not just today’s California, but going back to the 1980s. The People’s Republic, we call it. Or the Democratic (Communist) Republic. In Iowa, we have … Continue reading →

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Crashing careers – and lessons we can learn from them

Posted on February 24, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

All around us, it seems that political careers of major movers and shakers are cratering. Boom! Flatter than a pancake. They are in both old parties – with various political philosophies. But I think we can learn a lot from … Continue reading →

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How soon they forget – Germany 2021

Posted on January 21, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Quarantine is a fairly simple and basic medical technique. When someone has an transmittable/infectious disease, you isolate them to prevent them from spreading that disease. It can be applied to someone suspected of having such a disease. It is a … Continue reading →

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Dystopian California

Posted on January 19, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

A few months back, Jim Rickards over at Agora put me onto this summary of what California was and has become. I have ties to California: my father and his parents lived in Southern California during WW2 and the last … Continue reading →

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How bad it is getting… tyranny in the States

Posted on December 18, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

American rulers (there is no other word for them), regardless of which old party letter they put after their name, have gotten so dictatorial, so authoritarian, so elitist, that their leftist, populist comrades in other nations have taken to criticizing … Continue reading →

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Compromising with rebellious governments is not godly

Posted on August 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

In California, incredibly, a superior court judge ruled that a religious congregation can continue to worship indoors… with conditions, of course. Why is this incredible? In part because the US Supreme Court, by vote of 5 Nazguli, denied an application … Continue reading →

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It is NOT about a virus or a pandemic…

Posted on July 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

… it is political, and it is about tearing down society and implementing an agenda that will finish off our liberty, our freedom, for generations. From the California Globe: LA Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Reopen Unless Charter Schools Shut Down, … Continue reading →

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California regime joins its comrades on other side of the Pacific

Posted on April 26, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

As California’s dictator is given kudos in the mainstream media for its “wise efforts” to reopen after the COVID-19 Panic Lockdown, it appears to all be “Pie in the Sky By and By.” Supposedly beaches are to be open on … Continue reading →

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Attacks on religion around the world BCV and now

Posted on April 18, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

In the midst of the current persecution of religion supposedly triggered by the COVID-19 Panic (and which is such a convenient excuse), we must not forget that these restrictions, these attacks have been going on for a long time, in … Continue reading →

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First Amendment further trashed – State by State

Posted on April 10, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Breitbart News reports that police showed up to “warn” a congregation that they were violating the “law” (executive order of the Dictator of California and his deputy dictator of public health) by gathering for worship on Sunday afternoon, the 5th, … Continue reading →

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