Our right to defend ourselves – anywhere and against anything

Posted on 2026-07-20 by TPOL Nathan

Thanks to Bob Malone (among others) for sharing this video and his thoughts.

The video below is disturbing –

https://www.malone.news/p/sunday-strip-great-balls-of-fire#media-5c9bcab7-1c71-4f36-ad26-1f5ef2a6e203 (Yes, that is a bison bull tossing the man into the air, after chasing him for most of a minute around a clump of trees. The man and his grandson did nothing to create ire in the bull, except be 50-60 feet away (at first, before the bull assaulted them).

Bob wrote: “The man was the unfortunate object onto which an already highly aroused rutting bull directed its aggression. Had another person, cyclist, vehicle, or even another bison occupied that same place at that moment, they might well have become the target instead.

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Why China is failing and the States may, too

Posted on 2026-07-19 by TPOL Nathan

Dear readers: this is a followup to the last commentary, as new information and discussion takes place.

This story reports an example of why even a (possibly fatally) flawed, corrupted free enterprise system is superior to the CCP/Red China system which is still centrally-controlled and just as corrupt (if not more so) than DC and Sacramento, etc.

https://www.newstarget.com/2026-07-16-wind-solar-power-goes-to-waste-in-china.html

“China’s renewable energy expansion is not the clean energy revolution it appears to be. Behind the headlines of record-breaking solar panel installations and towering wind turbines lies a troubling reality: The country is wasting vast amounts of wind and solar power because its coal-dominated grid cannot flexibly integrate them. A neglected study from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), summarized by the South China Morning Post and brought to light by analyst Ethan Tan, reveals that China’s renewable capacity is largely a mirage. The installed hardware exists, but the electricity it could produce is squandered due to inflexible grid management, medium-term coal contracts, and transmission bottlenecks. For Western nations racing to adopt wind and solar, China’s failure offers a stark warning: capacity without integration is not just waste, it is a costly deception.”

Although the power produced may be “clean energy” (something many engineers and scientists will argue against), if it is not able to be transported and used in an efficient manner, what is accomplished?

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Is China really so much more advanced than the States?

Posted on 2026-07-18 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent shared a glowing article about the massive 1,000 MW hybrid solar powerplant recently turned on in the Gobi Desert by the People’s Republic of (Red) China:

One commenter wrote: Many still look at China as a somewhat backward nation, and with respect to culture and treatment of the individual, it is. But they are increasingly announcing scientific and knowledge developments that seem to be ahead of ours, unless we are suppressing information of our own developments as well. Instead of fighting endless wars with ghost enemies, would we not be way ahead if we focused on doing something good instead?

The article does indeed seem to indicate that China is “ahead of” the States. And no doubt, various groups and power-brokers are suppressing information. But the article starts out with the lies from the git-go: Molten salt does not “generate” a single watt of electrical power: it functions as a giagantic (and freaky, even dangerous) battery for electrical power. Solar electrical power, which as always, is only produced when the sun is up at the location, and in places like the Gobi and similar American and European locations, there are no clouds (such as dust clouds generated by the wind) and conditions are just right.

But are we Yankees really so backward compared to the estimable technocrats and brave, bold, and wise vanguard of the proletariat ruling wisely from Bejing?

Americans built something like this near Ivanpah, California. It was smaller, 392 MW versus this claimed 1,000 MW: so only about 40%, but was supposed to be expanded. It wasn’t. The California plant was approved in 2009 and constructed between 2010 and 2013 and began operating on a limited basis then, and fully connected to the grid in 2014.

We understand it has been pretty much a total disaster, costing much more than it was supposed to and with operating costs between 5-8 times what they were supposed to be (according to various sources). It was supposed to have an indefinite lifetime but its owner/operators (who have a huge number of creditors, including the FedGov) have never achieved any of the production, it has a very low capacity factor, and its environmental impact is far, far worse than initially reported. Starting in 2025, the owners/operators tried to shut it down (and among other things, stop hemorraging money). But the State of California has forced it to remain open, despite all of the problems and costs.

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This and that – commenting on commentaries

Posted on 2026-07-17 by TPOL Nathan

This week, several items posted on Freedom Net Daily were of particular interest to us here at TPOL. First, DEI (or DIE or DEI(A)) at California colleges, then looking at the “rising” Democratic Socialists (Communists) in the States.

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Sound money?

Posted on 2026-07-16 by TPOL Nathan

The history of money is largely tied to the history of human government. Therefore, it is not a good history. And although there are many lessons to be learned from history, few people actually do. And for most people, it is hard to recognize that government is not necessary for the concept of “money” to exist in a society, or even between societies.

Prior to the invention and widespread use of printing, money was always in the form of some kind of metal. Gold and silver, in particular. However, copper and its alloys (bronze and brass), platinum, (and at one time aluminum) were also money. Government did not create the concept of metals as money, they simply recognized it and co-opted it. Then perverted it in many ways.

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Limited government: myth or future fact?

Posted on 2026-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

As anarchists, we here at The Price of Liberty are opposed to any and all mandatory human government. From a “one-world” or transnational state and government to a local “homeowners’ association” or special services district. (Yes, most homeowners’ associations are de facto governments.) The key, to us, is “mandatory” – a government of any type which has power over you (and us) based on where we were born or where we live (or work).

But even so, we understand that limited mandatory human government is far more preferable, far better, than what most of us (and most of mankind) have endured and endure today. It is a sad fact that such is necessary at all.

There were multiple times in history when men have attempted to create and sustain limited government. We submit that this is little more than tolerating something that is inherently intolerable. Many ways have been sought and tried to limit the power of government, to prevent the rise of the all-powerful state. However, humans are perversely ingenious and are inventive when it comes to enslaving their fellows. And usually in convincing the slaves that they are still free.

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Wrong and right: the two great “revolutions” of the 1700s

Posted on 2026-07-14 by TPOL Nathan

Today, 14th of July, is of course Bastille Day. Over the years, TPOL has commented on it as much as any other significant event.

The French Revolution of 1789-1799 actually began on 22 February 1787, just a few months before the Philadelphia Convention signed and published the US Constitution on 17 September 1787, and not long after the American War of Independence was won (the surrender of British troops at Yorktown in October, 1781). The so-called American Revolutionary War lasted 8-1/2 years, from 19 April 1775 to 3 September 1783 when the peace treaty was signed.

The French Revolution actually began with the “Assembly of Notables,” a kind of Congress, refused to obey the King and dissolved itself on 25 May 1787. However, it is usually dated as starting on 14 July 1789 with the storming of the Bastille, a prison in Paris. And its official end on the 9th of November in 1799 (by Napoleon Bonaparte’s successful coup over the Directorate) was just a pause in a mess that did not really end until 1815. Whether we count this as 28 years or just 10, it was a terrible time and resulted in almost no change: they started with a king and tyranny, and after the reigns of terror, rule by an emperor, and millions and millions dead, ended up with the emperor replaced by another king and continued tyranny.

In other words, the French people (and government) are today celebrating a single event in a failed “revolution.” (Of course, we at TPOL argue that the call the 1775-1783 conflict the “American Revolutionary War is just as bad: a war of secession, a War of Independence? Yes.

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“Get out. Now!”

Posted on 2026-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

With the breakdown of negotiations and the loss of patience and control, as we see combat resume in South Asia and the Middle East, does it hurt to talk about the objectives of Muslims? Especially of those we label as “Islamists” today?

One correspondent suggested that we again (as so often we do) look to Europe to see what we can learn.

Let us start with recent events. Just a few days back, a Muslim politician publically proclaimed: “Belgians must leave Belgium.” Saliha Rais said: “If people don’t like seeing hijab and niqabs.. if you don’t want to see us any longer, go elsewhere, get out.”

(In response, Elon Musk says: “If tolerance means the end of our civilization, then we can’t be tolerant. When Europe will regret having bartered its own principles and values for cheap labor, it will be too late.”

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Propaganda is almost impossible to dodge today

Posted on 2026-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

It is not just government agencies and officials, or even “failed” politicians (in other words, those not in office or who are not really in control: the puppets and ne’er-do-wells) who spout the biased, usually twisted and filled with lies, tales that seek to push this or that political or government idea.

Nor is it big (or small) business trying to cozen you into buying X or not buying Y. And trying to convince you of their honesty, their compassion, and their generosity. And it isn’t even your child or grandchild channeling Calvin!

The “academic community” may be the greatest purveyor of propaganda today. And we can show evidence that status may go back centuries. They are (regardless of “public” or “private” status) the natural allies of the powers-that-be: the rulers and would-be rulers in government.

Consider the Smithsonian Institution, and its centuries-long partnership with government. Not just the National Park Service (as you might expect), or the various historical elements of many other agencies. The Smithsonian, like NPS, USFS, BLM, USACE, and many other agencies, is an enormous generator of twisted lies and interpretations. And the source of most is not their political masters in Congress or down at the other end of the Mall in the White House. No, it is academia.

We easily see this in the National Museum of American History (NMAH), perhaps the best known of the Smithsonian’s outlets, with all the historical objects, many of the historical documents, and all in all, a vast treasure store.

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Are we really ‘welded at the hip’ as some claim?

Posted on 2026-07-08 by TPOL Nathan

As we look past 250 years, we wonder. Information like this from last month has caused many people to question what is going on.

Many characterize this as a de facto merger of the FedGov’s and Jerusalem’s military forces. Perhaps this thought is driven by the “success” of the joint US-Israel war on Iran.

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