Tag Archives: government stupidity

Welcome to pre-Beta version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Posted on October 13, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Quite a few people are writing about the various dangers of “Artificial Intelligence” or AI. (In our humble opinion, as poorly named as the “Holy Roman Empire” or calling the guy who killed the South “Honest Abe.” (Hints: it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Solving the world’s problems

Posted on April 3, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Buckminster Fuller once wrote: If you take all the machinery in the world and dump it in the ocean, within months more than half of all humanity will die and within another six months they’d almost all be gone; if … Continue reading →

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Put not your trust in princes… or presidents… or congresscritturs… or bureaucrats

Posted on October 3, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Rob Morse, writing from (and about) the Helene-hit hinderland of the Old South: Why are people in North Carolina suffering after the latest storm? The answers are both obvious and unusual. We are responding to both acts of nature and … Continue reading →

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Republican garbage piled deeper and higher

Posted on November 12, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Meanwhile, the garbage trucks keep rolling in, the illegal dumpers are not slowing down, and GOP landfill operators continue to pretend that they know what they are doing. Enough of a metaphor? Read on. The 2022 election was the GOP’s … Continue reading →

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Ah, the “benefits” of government

Posted on December 16, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Over the past several weeks I have accumulated a half-dozen news stories about how wonderful government is for those under its thumb. Or should I say “governments” and “their thumbs.” Over the next week or so, I want to look … Continue reading →

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Colorado’s rapid collapse – in real time – a follow-up (Part 2)

Posted on August 18, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In addition to the commentary series on homeschooling (starting here) last week a lot of readers accessed the commentary about Colorado’s collapse here. Let us see if we can ramp the fear up! This week, Colorado was joined by Afghanistan, … Continue reading →

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The rising insanity of COVID-19 dictates

Posted on July 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s Note: Dealing with various issues kept us from updating for several days, but we hope to resume a more regular schedule! The news is coming fast and furious right now. Publicizing and abetting the fearmongering of government. New mandates … Continue reading →

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Mask or vaxx – put up or shut up

Posted on May 16, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Take your pick: The Godfather, Uncle Joe, has spoken. Obey or die. (The die is cast, it is time to march across the river, for America’s Master is now in control. All hail! Biden’s puppet masters are “laying down the … Continue reading →

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South Dakota – punishment for Trump and more?

Posted on March 17, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Author’s note: As I sit writing this, our home outside Rapid City in the Black Hills sits under 15-18 inches of fresh, wet, spring snow, courtesy of the vast Storm Xylia that engulfed much of the Rockies and Great Plains. … Continue reading →

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Sticks and stones may…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

… break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Or so the old maxim once went. Today, of course, there are millions of social justice warriors, parasites of various sorts (including politicians), and of course, children, who claim exactly … Continue reading →

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