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Stop, don’t go away! I know you’re sick of stadium stuff, but my intent is not to continue the stadium debate, really. This is about the debate, not an engagement in it. You know how sick you are of stadium stuff? So is everybody else, and it’s like it became the whole session. That’s the point.
There’s a good reason to care about what’s happening in Europe. I mean a practical reason, beyond humanitarian concern for poor and middle class people having utterly pointless suffering inflicted on them by the austerians who control most European governments and seem unable to learn economics from either a textbook or from the effects of their policies. Continue Reading
Star Tribune sports writer Joe Souhan raised a bit of a ruckus when using the clever turns of phrase and hard-hitting criticism common in sports writing, and desirable in sports writing, when going after a political figure on a political matter, to wit, saying some tough stuff about State Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City:
The war in Syria may have just escalated, now that Syria has fired across the Turkish border. This is an argument against attacking Iran. I know that’s a jump. Stay with me.
In introducing a segment on the 5-4 decision by the US Supreme Court that strip searches can be conducted with no suspicion of the person being searched being required, Kerry Miller mentioned a phrase used by a critic, that “All risk be eliminated at the expense of those who pose little r Continue Reading
I’m really not trying to be flippant about a war, but the sales campaign for an American and/or Israeli attack on Iran reminds me of anecdotes I heard about Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), called “Star Wars” by opponents. Continue Reading
On Thursday, MPR’s Midmorning had a program on the dangers of using cellphones while driving, and it’s a perfect illustration of how science gets denied when its implications are a challenge to our habits or values.
A dangerous national leader died Sunday. He had a profound effect, causing other governments to shake. How unfortunate his death is being overshadowed because North Korea’s dictator died at the same time.
Maybe it’s a lesson in “check it out when so many don’t know what they’re talking about”. I needed a refresher apparently. I’m referring to the rather precipitous drop last month in the unemployment rate, from 9.0 to 8.6. I accepted a report that the drop was due to more workers giving up searching. Continue Reading
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