Canny observers have been pointing out for years that the DFL protests too much when it comes to Big Pharma. Particularly Angie Craig, who perennially faces a tough re-election fight in CD2; I expect Craig’s biennial raft of ads driving … Continue reading
I say this fully aware it might be deeply insensitive. By the way, “Deeply Insensitive” was the caption in the high school annual my senior year, so that tracks. Anyway – people appear to be choosing sterilization over wrangling with … Continue reading
The worst part about last week’s news about long-time National Public Radio (NPR) editor Uri Berliner’s tell all about the network’s, uh, systemic bias toward the left isn’t the bias itself (and if you haven’t read Berliner’s entire article, you … Continue reading
A “plan” for a “masjid [mosque]-centered development” in Lino Lakes dropped into the chat this week. And it’s generating the usual clouds of ire from the usual suspects. I’ve got my suspicions. We’ll come back to that. First (with emphasis … Continue reading
As you may recall, our “Lieutenant”/co-governor and state’s designated Karen, Peggy Flanagan, filled out her March Madness bracket based on the schools’ home state abortion laws. She got well under half right in the first round. She was down to … Continue reading
“Pregnancy Resource Centers” attempt – and succeed with gratifying regularity – at convincing women and couples considering abortion to carry their children to term. In many/most cases, they offer post-birth financial and emotional support. It’s in stark contrast to Planned … Continue reading
To: Governor WalzFrom: Mitch Berg, middle aged obstreporous CaucasianRe: Conversation Governor Klink Walz, Last week, you said that “old white men need to learn how to talk about abortion“. “I think old white men need to learn how to talk … Continue reading
Elon Musk illustrated the truth for many in America’s political “middle”: I’m not in “the middle”, by any means. I used to call myself “center right”, but these days I am proud to call myself a Paleocon, from the “let’s … Continue reading
Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Notice the list of priorities does NOT include: “Build The Wall and Make Mexico Pay For It.” Nor does it include: “StopPissing Away Money in Ukraine.” “Lock Up Criminals” is mostly a local … Continue reading
Text message that went out from Planned Parenthood on Thursday: What must it be like to be the ghoul working at the Planned Parenthood “Abortion Talk” Command Post on holidays?
Big Feminism – in this case, the always-puerile Jessica Valenti – is going after Idaho with the same nuanced grace as a Rashida Tlaib press conference. They’re attacking over Idaho’s first prosecution in an “abortion trafficking” case: Unmentioned (but for … Continue reading
In writing this, I realize I may have a case for another Berg’s law – in a place run by progressive, every alternative to your current politicians is worse than the one you have. People might’ve thought “what could be … Continue reading
The Strib is trying to wag the state’s proverbial dog: “Flooding in” to a Reddit thread? Why, it sounds good, doesn’t it? The kind of good news that an undistinguished meat puppet of a governor can’t be expected not to … Continue reading
Borrowed with permission from a friend on social media: When I moved to Minnesota in May 2010, I had just graduated college and taken a job offer in Edina. In the aftermath of the Great Recession jobs were scarce, especially … Continue reading
Mitch BERG is on the air in the bunker at AM1280. He’s interviewing Aaron ROSTON, writer at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog “MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com“. He is a crossing guard at a school in rural southern Minnesota, and is a bullying activist … Continue reading
A friend of the blog emails: The Delano parade on the 4th is always a big thing. Lots of fire trucks, bands, small town celebration royalty, and usually, lots of politicians. Now I know this fall is an “off year”, … Continue reading
Minnesota is getting its thoughtcrime registry. First, some credit where it’s due. I actually found a relatively fair, well-balanced story on the subject. Of course, I had to go to Grand Forks to do it. The piece covers the registry’s … Continue reading
It’s faint – easy to miss in the din and blare of the DFL celebrating its just-finished legislative orgy, in the bleating of the news media, in the squawking of Governor Klink and honking of Lieutenant Governor Flanagan at a … Continue reading
2022 was an upset and a good year at the polls for the DFL, largely on the strength of: In terms of divisive issues that turn out Democrats in droves, the big kahunas of recent years? They can’t re-overturn Roe, … Continue reading
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Silly peasants. There’s no such thing as “Woke!”: [Ipsos] latest poll confirms that no one really knows what “woke” means, particularly when respondents aren’t provided with any accurate definitions. “Republican presidential hopefuls are vowing to wage a war on ‘woke,’” USA … Continue reading
It’s not “pro-choice”. It’s “pro abortion”. Someone broke out the windows and tagged the walls of the crisis pregnancy center. But wait. There’s more. The next day, as the “protest” got going, the staff was repairing the damage. WIth a … Continue reading
Remember last year, in the immediate aftermath of the Dobbs decision, when Kansas referred a constitutional amendment banning abortion to a popular vote… …and it lost? In deep-red (but for Wichita and Kansas City) Kansas? Big Left took it as … Continue reading
Lieutenant, governor Flanigan – who is known to wear an Anishanabe costume when it suits her, politically – was crowing about Minnesota being on the brink of adopting, the most radical abortion law in the country., and one of the … Continue reading
Ask a vocal pro-choicer this question: “At what point in your mother’s pregnancy with you would it have become unacceptable for her to abort you?” Not some abstract “woman” excercising “reproductive rights”. Your mother. Not some abstract “Fetus” or “clump … Continue reading