Tag Archives: communications

Our fragile communications and economy

Posted on July 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Over at Agora Financial, a libertarian investment and publishing firm based in Baltimore, their editors and writers have been sounding alarms about the signs of the FedGov (and the EU and others) pushing a “cashless society.” One in which plastic … Continue reading →

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Corrupt business, society, and political correctness

Posted on May 27, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Ah, brand names, naming rights, forbidden words, and other such fun things! In a society where the powers that be (economic and political) conspire on this and that, the society becomes (in some eyes, at least) stranger and stranger. And … Continue reading →

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Technology for liberty 2 – satellite cellular

Posted on October 8, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

After discussing distributed grid cellular and internet communications in a local area, the natural question is “how do we communicate over larger distances?” We’ve had “satellite cellular” phones for decades – a standard ploy in action movies and books. IF … Continue reading →

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Technology for liberty – distributed (mesh) communications

Posted on October 7, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As society continues to deteriorate and liberty is seemingly more on the defensive right now, we need to remember that technology is virtually always neutral. A tool can be used for good or for evil, and there are few exceptions … Continue reading →

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Wearing masks – is it destroying our society?

Posted on September 10, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Let us, for a bit, talk about the social impact of wearing face masks, not just here in the Fifty States but around the world.  Our society is becoming more and more impersonal.  This long-term trend has entered a new … Continue reading →

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Tightening the noose – government wants more control

Posted on March 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

One of the keys of a free society, especially in the 21st Century, is communications. The current novel coronavirus crisis and the Beer Flu Panic are demonstrating – again – the truth of this statement. Whether or not we are … Continue reading →

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Is more government the solution to attacks on free speech?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Alex Jones, the gravel-voiced publisher, owner, editor, and voice of InfoWars and other websites and podcasts, is in the news and the commentaries this week. And he is actually in trouble.  As I understand it, Apple, Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Bizarre reasoning, indeed – free speech?

Posted on May 26, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I seem to agree with Freedom Net Daily, which had this headline: “Judge: I have no earthly idea what the First Amendment means or requires”  FND posted a NBC News story, which read in part, “President Donald Trump … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media (Part 2)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I have generally distinguished between media differently. (Part 1) First, there is the mainstream media (MSM), with such things as the WaPo, USA Today, New York Times and other major dailies, the “networks” of radio and TV … Continue reading →

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At last – a return to sanity?

Posted on December 17, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It appears, as I write on Thursday afternoon, that the FCC has killed “net neutrality” – two years after the hideous abomination was put into effect by the Obummer regime acting on behalf of George Soros and … Continue reading →

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