Shot in the Dark

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  • Fraud: The Entire Story So Far

    That moment when the local media gets shamed into covering the DFL.

  • Batting Order

    Who’s On Cleanup?

  • Problem Statement

    So what IS the fraud problem in MInnesota?

  • Growth In Office

    MTG – suddenly the “good Republican”.

  • Late To The Game

    We were “No Kings” before it was cool.

  • Omar Fateh Is WORTH It

    Hard to believe – but another DFLer who opposes the police and supports gun control wants other to pay for his security.

  • New System

    If it weren’t for politicans, lawyers and judges, we’d have this thing fixed.

  • I Heard It On The NARN

    The worst day on the air is better than the best day off the air. Well, not totally.

  • Fraud In Minnesota: We Ain’t Done Yet

    Fraud in Minnesota is a barrel with apparently no bottom to scrape.

  • Gremlins

    Yep. I know. I know.

  • Stay The Curse

    Who’s up for four more years of Piglet?

  • Technical Difficulties

    Some of the basic functionality behind the scenes of this blog is starting to break down.  Part of it, I think, is that I haven’t updated the WordPress template since…uh, 2011.   Hey, it’s not like I don’t have enough to do, is it?  Anyway – expect some disruption, probably this weekend.  

  • Sic Transit

    Well, that post-assassination round of Kumbaya didn’t last long, did it?

  • Return To Sender

    Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Why fly deportees to Africa?  Is Trump trying to provoke a constitutional crisis? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/stephen-miller-goes-biden-judge-who-ordered-plane/ My understanding is that the animals being deported are so vicious that their own countries won’t take them.  They’re being sent to the only place that will accept them.  Yes, it’s a Third-World shithole.…

  • What Joe Voted For

    Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Trump is trumpeting a trade deal with the EU.  I put no stock in trade deals, they don’t last and everybody cheats. I put more stock in the mindset that “you’ve been riding our coattails long enough, we’re cutting you loose.”  End of the free ride, end of…

  • A Modest Counterproposal

    The Strib notes that the new Minnesota state flag is not getting traction outside DFL neighborhoods: Don’t get me wrong – I like Brehm’s idea. But I also think we should leave things as they are. Having two state flags – one foisted on the state by a pack of arrogant wannabe tyrants set on destroying institutions,…

  • Performatism Of A Lifetime

    Just in case you’d forgotten that Rep. Morrison is a doctor, even after her starting 1,000,000 tweets, website postings, Facebook posts, soundbites, TikToks, Reels, Instagrams, Snapchats and MySpace posts: A lab coat.  In the well of the House.  Does she keep a lab coat in her office, in case there’s some emegency where someone in…

  • Taco Tuesday

    Joe Doakes, once of Como Park, emails: That’s the new Democrat line about tariffs – Trump Always Chickens Out.  He proposes high tariffs then reduces them when the other side offers concessions. He chickens out

  • One Sunday Morning At “Brunchily”

    SCENE:  It’s a Sunday morning on the patio a “Brunchily”, a breakfast place in Northeast Minneapolis.   The usual crowd is settling in for mimosa brunch; 30-something SEO marketing managers in their man-buns, recruiters for ad agencies with their emotional support dogs, directors of local arts non-profits and DEI consultancies in their Lululemons and pajama bottoms…

  • Why?

    Joe Doakes, formally of Como Park, emails: If Joe Biden was senile for his last year in office – as everyone now seems to agree – then some are wondering who was actually in charge and whether his presidential acts are valid.   The real question is what happened to Kamala Harris? If Biden was…

  • A Tale Of Two Tales

    As the legislature grinds toward a halt during the first session since the end of complete DFL control, there are two ways of looking at what just happened.  One of those ways, I discussed with Walter Hudson on my show on Saturday:  Two years after DFL (and only the DFL, as they were not only proud to say,…

  • Oversold

    Look – I’m all for women.  My mom was one.  So are my sister, daughter and daughter in law.   Go, women! But the trifle that is modern feminism has gone a little overboard with claiming “firsts for women”.  One of my more glaring recent examples was the Saint Paul City Council, who are indeed seven…

  • Calculated Risk

    Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Scott Johnson from Powerline has a column explaining why Trump’s tariffs are calculated incorrectly and are therefore too high.  He gives a formula from some academics showing that the inelasticity of trade was improperly factored into setting our new rates. Missing the point, Scott.  The point is foreign…

  • Just Like Shakespeare Said; All Them Marketers Oughtta Be Dead

    Joe Doakes, once of Como Park, emails: I get lots of spam emails but never see them.  My spam filter works fine for real spam.  It’s spam-ish emails that get through.  “Legitimate” spam, so to speak.   Marketing people will tell you that the best source of business is your existing customer list.  They already…

  • Compare And Contrast

    When “Satanists” – actually a sophomoric cheetoh-dusty club of militant atheists – erected a “Satanic” holiday display in the Capitol rotunda, Christians angrily dissented, and occasionally fulminated – but let the “Satanists” enjoy their free speech and one of their few trips outside their parents’ basements.  When an Easter display got excluded from the Capitol,…