Tag Archives: Home front

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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Looking back – 20 years and a lifetime

Posted on September 11, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Ben Franklin’s quote from either 1755 or 1774 once again is proven a valid prophesy: ‘They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.’ Tuesday, Bloody Tuesday. 2001. Today, we look … Continue reading →

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Commentary on the news – a quick look at a collapsing civilization

Posted on July 10, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In this Year of our Lord 2021, a year in which godliness continues to be at a premium, the news is filled with reports of chaos, depravity, and a general breakdown of society – all strong indications of a soon-to-come … Continue reading →

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When do protests become aggression? When do protests become riots? Is this good or bad?

Posted on June 8, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Summer is here. We are already full swing into construction season. And Minneapolis just demonstrated that protest season is here too, and in many cities, just around the corner. Looks like a hot one again this year, in both ways. … Continue reading →

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Who is to blame?

Posted on February 2, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton As the political, social, and economic climate here in the Fifty States continues to grow more polarized, more fragmented, more incivil (and more disgusting), people always find someone to blame. This is, in many ways, the opposite … Continue reading →

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Suppressing our liberties

Posted on September 2, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In These Times (which I believe is a leftist webzine) has an exultant article by Peter Cole about how wonderful the most Tranzi of unions, the Dockworkers et al, just shut down “fascists” in California and were … Continue reading →

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Nationalists and supremacists – segregated by color?

Posted on August 16, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The scene is familiar in the second decade of the 21st Century, especially in university towns.  A “protest” march (not quite a mob) of people bearing signs and torches and chanting slogans winds its way down a … Continue reading →

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War: clouds on the horizon

Posted on August 15, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The drums of war are pounding: the dogs of war snap at their tethers, seeking to be let loose. Or so you’d believe looking at the major, mainstream media – and much of the alternate media. A … Continue reading →

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The warping of American society: political correctness, assault by lawyer, and more

Posted on August 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Tradition, indeed, everyday life, is increasingly warped in the 21st Century. This is not incidental or unintended. Many people doing this warping want to twist society to and past the breaking point. They want to completely change … Continue reading →

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Taxes and Government Waste

Posted on August 7, 2017 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty I have interesting conversations, even with liberals. A few lately have given me a lot of food for thought, but not much encouragement on the individual liberty front. Most people just don’t seem to “get it,” at least … Continue reading →

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