Tag Archives: Theft by government

Lo, the poor Indian…

For more than 150 years, the white regressives (they call themselves progressives and compassionate conservatives and liberals – corrupting the meanings of all the words) of these States and many in Europe and Canada have bemoaned the so-called racism and … Continue reading

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Who is to blame?

This meme was posted recently: Nonsense. No, it is because government is spending us all into poverty: borrowing money ad infinitum, and pumping more and more Federal Reserve Notes (paper and electrons) into the economy while the supply of goods … Continue reading

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Free speech? “Not on my watch!”

A guest commentary. Several years ago, I got a rare treat: a real, hardcopy, postage-stamped Nigerian scam letter – from Nigeria. All the usual things: the widow of a prince wanted me to help her smuggle millions of dollars of … Continue reading

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Lesson not learned from almost two centuries ago.

Nobody wants to learn lessons from Russia or Turkei, do they? But… By the time 80,000 Russian troops invaded Ottoman territory in June 1853 at the outbreak of the Crimean War, the imperial finances of the Ottoman Empire were already … Continue reading

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Share and enjoy!

Courtesy of Conner Boyack: Connor shared this a couple of months back, and one unthinking response had this: “Nobody wants a society like this, Connor, that’s why Libertarians don’t get votes.” Connor had not attached this directly to libertarianism, or … Continue reading

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People’s Republic rip-off scheme(s)

As mentioned recently, we here at TPOL are bashing California a lot these days. Here is another: a “parks and recreation” district in Southern California is apparently illegally issuing “tickets” for those idiots who do a “rolling stop” or “California … Continue reading

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California ups the ante on cars and trucks and their owners and operators

We know, it is a long headline. Hopefully it attracted your attention. As mentioned several times recently, we seem to always be hammering on California and San Francisco (and other cities and regions in the People’s Democratic Republic). So here … Continue reading

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Education – then and now

Let us return to a frequent theme of TPOL. Modern American education is worse than a farce. It is perhaps the single greatest cause of the seeming collapse of American society, the economy, and the hope of many. A century … Continue reading

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Who do they represent?

The nearly $100 billion authorized by Congress and celebrated in this picture of Congress for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan demonstrates to whom these men (and women) give their first loyalty. We can also note: this money is NOT there – … Continue reading

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Are modern American liberals heirs to Karl Marx?

Or perhaps Groucho? A correspondent recently found and shared this quote from the father of Communism and Socialism: “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” … Continue reading

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