Tag Archives: Stupid government tricks

Facing facts on energy, the economy and the environment

Posted on May 1, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Publisher’s Note: Several postings were delayed by travel and computer/internet fun and games. These are being posted belatedly and may not be as up-to-day as we want. Belated happy May Day (the non-Socialist/Communist/Tranzi kind)! Just a collapsing power plant or … Continue reading →

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Weather, climate, and lies

Posted on April 6, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

As I sit here, warm and snug, on 4 April 2023, I look outside my window to see a good 15 inches of snow (although it is melting down as it falls) here on the eastern edge of the Black … Continue reading →

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Any excuse…

Posted on April 4, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

… for government intervention. For giving government agencies more power, more control, and of course, more money. (Except, of course, we are not giving government more money. It isn’t like being enticed by advertising to go spend our money at … Continue reading →

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Foreign policy – joke or serious?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The current squatter at 1600 PA might go down in history for his seemingly most-spoken phrase, “I’m not joking.” Neither are were here at TPOL. But regardless of what he’s saying, the actions of the government he nominally heads definitely … Continue reading →

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Remember this? Is it going to happen again?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This photo was taken just three years ago, on 20 March 2020, in a Northern Great Plains city. Bread and pastry shelves Meat shelves (beef, pork, lamb) – the stuff in the bottom right is fake meat products. This city … Continue reading →

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Unacceptable facts about government

Posted on March 21, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

In facing today’s myriad problems (“challenges”) far too many of us think “if we just had a better society,” or “if we just could force people to be better.” Or even, “if we just had a better government,…” “IF” one … Continue reading →

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Banks, politicians, and lies

Posted on March 20, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Once again, his puppet masters are having Uncle Joe lie and lie and lie. After all the bank drama in the last week, do you remember this? In his State of the Union speech grand lie, Uncle Joe told us, “Our economy … Continue reading →

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French mob does what French mobs do

Posted on March 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Or should we say “the Paris mob” instead? Since about 1787 or so, mobs have been a seemingly inescapable part of the French system of government. Regardless of what they call it: democracy, republic, empire, monarchy. Fairly frequently, the streets … Continue reading →

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Biden and the great “un-bailout”

Posted on March 15, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The last five days have been an earthquake – a financial earthquake destroying billions of dollars. And the FedGov, led by dear old Uncle Joe (and his puppetmasters), isn’t responding to repair the damage, rescue the real survivors, and protect … Continue reading →

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Ramping up – tensions and liberty

Posted on March 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The decline of liberty often seems to be a matter of increasing provocations, responses, and especially more and more extreme rhetoric. Which in turn escalates more physical actions: more cracking down on dissidents and perceived enemies, more small acts of … Continue reading →

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