Month: March 2007
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On the One Hand…
…pimp-smacking Larry Jacobs – U of M professor and apparently the only “political expert” on any Twin Cities reporter’s rolodex – like fisking Lori Sturdevant, is sort of like doing finger exercises on the guitar, mandolin and cello; they’re things you do over and over again because it keeps you limber for the real fun…
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It Was Thirty Years Ago Today…
…that I dragged an old guitar out of a closet in my dad’s house, and walked down to Midwest Music to buy strings, a couple of tuning machines, and a book on how to make chords. A girl in my church youth group whom I hated with whom I fought constantly – Cindy Soper – had brought a…
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Standing Astride History, Yelling Stop
The small north ‘burb of Spring Lake Park stands up and is counted against a statewide smoking ban: To the delight of some and the embarrassment of others, the City Council last week voted 4-1 in favor of a resolution that said the city “is opposed to a statewide smoking ban without exceptions recognizing the…
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But Not For Ye
The Elder beats down Brian Lambert: For all the talk of “crushing of dissent,” “questioning of patriotism,” “building a theocracy,” “trashing the Constitution,” and “creating a climate of fear” in George Bush’s Amerika, it’s notable that at the end of the day, the only actual efforts to limit debate and free expression are coming from…
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Worthwhile
I could hardly care less that Keith Ellison is Moslem. Oh, I think he’s going to be a terrible representative – as, indeed, pretty much any dogmoleftist will be – but his faith really has nothing to do with it. This, however, could be useful: Now, two months in office, the Minnesota Democrat plans…
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It Occurred To Me This Morning
Steve thought he’d surprise his wife with an anniversary gift. He went to the travel agency, and bought tickets for a sea cruise from his agent, Rajiv. Sarah was ecstatic. She’d always wanted to take a sea cruise. On the day they were supposed to sail, they went to the docks. A man in a…
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Go Wait In The Truck
Robin “Rew” Marty answers my questions about Andy Birkey’s piece on last week’s vandalism of a “Soulforce Q” bus in Iowa… …well, no. That’s not true. Robin – a high double-dog poobah at “Minnesota Monitor”, the local rentablog that swears it’s never gotten a nickel from George Soros, but has released no financials that I’m…
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Bump Brodkorb. Lose Layne. Abandon Atrios.
The mysterious anonymous blogger I want to find out would be Feisty Republican Whore, who claims to be a right-leaning sex-trade worker in the Twin Cities. Some of the writing just screams “guy”, but it’s hard to place. But it is a good, clever, and frequent/long-term blog. She (?) never responded to the invite to…
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Where Justice Is Due
In Minnesota, if you’re a law-abiding citizen, you have a right to use lethal force in self-defense, provided you meet four criteria: You can’t be a willing participant in the fight. If you’re in a fistfight and it escalates to knives, you’re not eligible to claim self-defense. There must be a reasonable threat of death…
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Always Happy To Help
My NARN Radio colleague Ed Morrissey asks: If anyone has contact information for Senator Thompson, I’d love to get it. I’m always happy to help: City Hall (212) 788-3000 260 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
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The Whole Story?
Minnesota Monitor – the group blog funded by a group that shares offices with George Soros’ attack-PR firm “Media Matters”, but whose operatives claim there’s no connection, nosirreebob, although no financials seem to be available – wrote about last week’s incident at Dordt College in Sioux Center Iowa (which I wrote about below): Expect more…
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Your Moment of Dumb (or, that Vaunted Lefty Tolerance)
One of the interesting things, to me, about the whole Marcotte kerfuffle was that you actually saw a bit if integrity on the part of many leftybloggers. While many among the thin film of left-leaning Christian bloggers were quite rightly offended by Marcotte’s raw bigotry (and John Edwards’ slimy cynicism), the interesting thing to me…
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Gutless
Nutroots tell Nevada Democrats “jump”. Nevada Democrats respond “off what?” The Nevada State Democratic Party is pulling out of a controversial presidential debate scheduled for Aug. 14 in Reno and co-hosted by Fox News, according to a letter released late Friday from state party chairman Tom Collins and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev). The…
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Anniversary
Girl on the Right notes an anniversary I’d sadly forgotten: On this day three years ago, 191 innocent people were murdered in the name of Allah while they were on their way to work in Madrid. That is Islam. That is the religion of Allah and the Prophet Mohammed. Well, it’s wahabbi extremism, a sect…
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Counterprotest
We talked with Janet from SCSU Scholars about the drive get conservatives, veterans and other pro-Americans to go out to Washington next week to counterprotest the big lefty demonstrations scheduled for that weekend – to shield the Vietnam Memorial from their depredations. Call 651.983.1431, or go to this site for more information. If you’re interested,…
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Take The Deal!
Gary Miller on the idea of Fred Thompson – former senator and, then, supporting actor on Law and Order – possibly running for President: Thompson looks like a president straight out of — forgive me — central casting. His magnificent booming voice is rivaled only by his magnificent conservative voting record. Hmmmm. Somewhere or another,…
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300
I don’t often take the City Pages’ arts reviews very seriously; most of the criticism is dragged through enough of each revewier’s personal agenda to the point where you can identify the writer just by the little tics in each piece. I have no idea whether 300 – the screen version of Frank Miller’s comic…
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NARN Today
Tune in today for the Northern Alliance Radio Network. 11-1, it’s Volume 1 – John, Paul and Ringo Brian and Chad. 1-3, it’s Ed and I, on Volume II. You might assume we may mention “Cut And Run 3.0” and the tossing of the DC gun ban. 3-5, it’s the Final Word, with King and…
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I Closed My Eyes, And It Slipped Away
Did the seventies have a voice? You could nominate quite a few voices for the title, of course; Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Paul McCartney, Barry Gibb, Eddie Kendricks, Linda Ronstadt… …but if you were a teenager in the rural midwest, huddled in your friends’ basements, listening to their older brothers’ records on their dads’ stereos,…
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A Crushing Blow For Liberty!
As we’ve seen today, not all judges are dolts! Washington DC – along with Chicago, the nation’s greatest bastion of gun-control lunacy – has had its long-standing complete ban on law-abiding citizens’ ownership of handguns tossed out. A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the District of Columbia’s longstanding handgun ban, issuing a decision that…
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All Due Shame
Earlier this week, some of my commenters were piqued that I didn’t demand Ann Coulter have her head sawed off in the public square for using the anti-gay slur “F” word in referring to John Edwards. I called it “bad form”, using my gift for understatement, and bemoaned the fact that Coulter’s constant “malaprops” (I…
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Tag It, Bag It, Put It On The Slab
Blois Olson’s suit against Michael Brodkorb has been tossed on a summary judgement. And the leftybloggers who last year hopped about and screeched like poo-flinging howler monkeys at the notion that their arch-nemesis was getting his comeuppance? As this is written? [crickets] [more crickets] [female crickets] [snarky crickets who need new material] [rich crickets with Hungarian…
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So Much To Write About…
…and I’ve been enjoying my annual bout of “sleeping until seven AM”. More later.
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Grrrrr
WordPress lost about 5/6 of my latest installment of “Losing My (State) Religion”. Grrr, I say.
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But Not For Me
Debra Saunders dings on Algore – and, more importantly, the “carbon neutrality” cult in Hollywood: I used to figure that rich sinners, who bought “indulgences” from the Catholic Church before the Protestant Reformation, would be ashamed of the bargain that other churchgoers looked upon with scorn and derision. But lo, on Academy Awards night, the…