Speaking Of Shots In The Dark: Welcome To the New Design!
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Never Again?
Today is International Victims of Communism Day. And we need to really push this one, because it’s direly needed. In an infamouis 2016 survey of millennials: 32% of Millennials thought George Bush killed more people than Stalin 42% didn’t know who Mao Zedong was 37% thought Lenin was the good guy. By all rational accounts, Communism has been…
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The Keystone Gungrabbers: As If On Cue
On Friday, in discussing the brouhaha over the Big Lake High School Trap team, I noted that “Protect” Minnesota, the habitual liars who lead Minnesota’s gun-grabber movement, disavowed one of their own oranization’s facebook posts. This is merely the most ridiculous in a long pattern of such japes by the organization and its leader, the…
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June Smith
Over the weekend, I heard about the passing of June Smith. You’ve heard about her in this space before; she was the wife of Dick Smith, my college choir director, about whose passing I wrote six years ago. And while I spent less time with Mrs. Smith, she was just as important a figure in…
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Q: Why Is Minneapolis Police Chief Janae Harteau’s Head Always So Itchy?
A: Because Mayor Betsy Hodges gave her a case of Athlete’s Scalp, going over her head. That’s why.
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Participation Trophy: Protest Edition
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: Students at Yale are on a hunger strike. Except when they’re not. This is the epitome of Liberalism in action: claiming the intention is as good as the deed and deserves just as much credit. The Senate had a rule that any member may filibuster a bill and until…
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If I Were A Betting Man…
…and I am not, but if I were, I’d bet good money that the headline at the Strib tomorrow will be something like: Minnesota Republicans Reject Black Chair Candidate I can honestly say that I’d have voted for anyone in the field – Rick Rice, Dave Hann or Chris FIelds (who I figured would be the final two in the…
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I Heard It On The NARN
Here’s the link to Jeff Williams’ North Star Oasis.
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Who’ll Bring The Harvest NARN?
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network – America’s first grass-roots talk radio show – is on the air! Today on the show: A Tale Of Two Conventions Life In A One Party Town Don’t forget – King Banaian is on from 9-11AM on AM1440, and Brad Carlson is on “The Closer” edition of the NARN Sundays from 2-3PM. So tune in…
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What Government Really Does
When Matt Järlström got snagged by one of Oregon’s red light cams in 2013, he began researching the effectivness and side-effects of these red-light cameras – and the jiggering of yellow lights cycle times that allowed then to earn extra money for their jurisdictions. Since then, his research into red light cameras has earned him…
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Our Morally Incontinent Would-Be Overlords Speak Again
This was “Protect” MN’s response to the Big Lake dust-up yesterday: In what way does this statement do anything but put the Big Lake High School Trap team – high school kids, doing a sport sanctioned by their school, under rigorous supervision, who are learning the safety rules vastly better than most people (and some…
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So Many Levels Of Violence
Baltimore – like most Democrat-run cities – as become a cesspit of crime and murder: (CNN)The number of homicides in Baltimore this year is soaring — reaching 100 before the end of April for the first time in nearly two decades — and the mayor is asking the FBI for more help. So – like…
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Dancing With The One That Brung Him
Steve Van Zandt – or “Miami Steve”, “Silvio Dante”, or “Little Steven”, depending on the era where you first ran into him – has had a peripatetic career; from a freelance sideman and producer, to Springsteen’s long-time guitar player, to leader of several incarnations of his own band, to small-screen consigliere, to one of America’s…
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Big Lake. Big Litter-Storm.
The fastest-growing school sport in Minnesota today is trap-shooting. All over greater Minnesota, even into the outer Metro, trap teams are popping up, and drawing all kinds of students into the shooting sports. The growth in terms of numbers and percentage is overwhelming; we’ve got regular commenters on this blog who can go into the…
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Blinded By “Science”
I sort of cringed when I watched the “Science March” – because “Science” is being dragged down the same Orwellian linguistic rathole that has claimed so many other once-useful/meaningful words. At one point, science meant “You have a theory. You frame a hypothesis. You come up with experiments that can disprove the hypothesis. You publish the theory,…
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Rebooted Morality!
Remember when questioning the provenance of immigrant voters was a baaaad thing? Either does Alondra “The Brain” Cano, the “third world feminist” and Minneapolis City Council ward heeler: Minneapolis City Council candidate Mohamed Farah is accusing Council Member Alondra Cano of “Jim Crow tactics” after she questioned the credentials of many of the Somali-American delegates…
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Your Obligatory Feel Good Story
Fireman catches baby dropped from third-story window: With heavy smoke billowing from the windows of the apartment building and the size of the fire inside unknown, Knoxville Senior Firefighter Eric “Bo” Merritt said he could only see one option – the father would have to drop the baby from the window. Merritt made the “once-in-a-lifetime”…
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In The Not Too Distant Future
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: Grocery checkout clerk: I’m sorry, sir, your sale has been declined. Liberal: What? My card is declined? Fine, I’ll pay cash. Clerk: No sir, the card is fine. But the manufacturer won’t allow us to sell certain items to you. I’ll have to remove them from the conveyor and…
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Pounding A Square Peg Into A Round Hole – On Your Dime
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: Ramsey County tore down the old jail and West publishing buildings on Kellogg Boulevard, now the county is ready to negotiate with a developer for new buildings on that site. When government “negotiates” with developers, I fear the only question will be “how much are Joe Doakes’ taxes going…
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Verdict
Kevin Williamson’s conclusion on the Democrats’ seeming compulsion to inflict more Clintons on us, and themsellves, via Chelsea: …for Pete’s sake, stop it. Have a little self-respect, Democrats. Build Bill Clinton a statue or . . . whatever. Send him your daughters like a bunch of bone-in-the-nose primitives paying tribute to the tribal chieftain. But stop trying to inflict…
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Good Guys 3. Criminals 0. “ELCA Engage” Bummed.
Three armed men tried to rob a Nashville store the week before last, guns blazing, robbery in mind. An armed citizen changed their plans: An unnamed person inside a Nashville (TN) sneaker shop went John Wick on three armed robbers last after they made the mistake of charging into the store with guns blazing. A…
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No Facts Were Used In Writing This Column: Des Moines Register Edition
Iowa passed a self-defense reform law in its most recent session, mere weeks ago. Commonly called “Stand your Ground”, what it does is removes the “duty to retreat” – which is really a “duty to remember a lot of state statutes about attempting to disengage” – from the affirmative legal defense for self-defense. Now, if…
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From The “Things I’ve Learned About Politics In The Past Eight Years” File
The only reason not to vote for Marine Le Pen (if you’re a French voter) is sexism. (Hat tip to Dave Fitzsimmons).
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Fierce
Not long after the inauguration, when Big Feminism threw their nationwide “Women’s March” in media centers around the country, I heard the usual suspects hyperventilating about all the “strong, fearless, powerful women” who were converging for the marches. Of course, I saw episodes like t his… …and observed that it’s always the “feminists” – male…
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I Heard It On The NARN
Find out more about Jonathan Honerbrink’s campaign for mayor of Minneapolis.
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Oh, Luke, No My Dreams Did Not Come True – They Only Came a-NARN
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network – America’s first grass-roots talk radio show – is on the air! I”m in for Brad Carlson today. I’ll be talking with Jonathan Honerbrink – candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis. Don’t forget – King Banaian is on from 9-11AM on AM1440, and Brad Carlson is on “The Closer” edition of the NARN Sundays from 2-3PM. So tune…
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