Shot in the Dark

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  • School’s Out

    Gene Pelowski – one of the few DFL house members in a relatively rural area, from HD26A, which is the very southeast corner of Minnesota – is retiring from office. And he’s having second thoughts about the DFL’s trifecta: On the one hand, I applaud, and approve.  On the other – where was all this…

  • Self-Fullilling

    They warned me if I voted for Donald Trump, democracy would be in danger. And they were right: It’s the things they say when they are among friends that really illuminate.

  • The Minnesota Prototype

    Seen on Twitter: If someone on the Trump campaign doesn’t turn this into a bumper sticker, it deserves to lose. But it brought me back to something I talked about on the air the other day. Hear me out. The Minnesota Model See how Kamala Harris has been campaigning? Evading all questioning Avoiding policy discussions…

  • Jackboots Of Joy

    Here’s some Kamala Harris “Brat Vibes” from her time as San Francisco DA: Just because you have a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible… If you don’t find “ignoring the Fourth Amendment” absolutely disqualifying, I’m…

  • Berg’s 20th Law Goes 33 For 33

    Berg’s 20th Law of Social Justice Warmongering reads as follows: All incidents of “hate speech” not captured on video (involving being delivered by someone p roven not to be a ringer) shall be assumed to be hoaxes until proven otherwise. Look – these laws, and the concept of “Berg’s Laws” themselves, were always intended to…

  • Place Your Bets

    The DFL and Media (should almost be one word, shouldn’t it) are howling about allegations of domestic abuse against a GOP legislator, six weeks before the election: In 2008, Dotseth was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic assault and he later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. In a sworn affidavit by…

  • Outcomes

    Look – it’s not like there’s any reason at all, ever, that I’d vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.   I am not better off than I was four years ago, and likely either are you.  But in addition to the whole “communist” thing, she appears to have been exactly the kind of soulless bureacratic…

  • School’s Out

    During Covid, I spent a lot of time driving between Minnesota and North Dakota. And I listened to both governors’ press conferences, back when those were a daily or weekly thing – in one case, back to back, Walz and Burgum.  And the contrast could not have been more stark: listening to Walz felt like…

  • Coverage

    While this appears to be pure fluff on the surface… Minnesota Governor and 2024 Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz has built a reputation as a bit of a foodie, or maybe just someone who enjoys food of varying qualities. After all, he’s not always eating the most refined foods — he’s declared his love for…

  • A Hard Conversation

    SCENE:  Mitch BERG is shopping at the Roseville Cub.  The one on Larpenteur, not the one at Har Mar.   He rounds the end-cap in the condiment aisle, and sees Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT and Gutterball GARY.  Before he can backtrack, they notice him. SCAT:  Hey, Merg. BERG:  Uh… GARY. We need to talk about voting…

  • Just Another Day

    Another assassination attempt on Trump yesterday.  Looks like eight years of “denormalizing Trump” is bearing fruit.

  • “This Is MAGA Country!”

    “Klan” leaflet with “German”-style type appearing “according to a pastor” in Springfield Ohio: “Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope?” Berg’s 20th Law governs: All incidents of “hate speech” not captured on video (involving being delivered by someone proven not to be a ringer) shall be assumed to be hoaxes until proven otherwise. Now, let’s take bets on how…

  • I Heard It On The NARN

    John Nagel is running for the MN House in District 46A. Kim Rich? He’s running for 46B And Nathan Herschbach? If you’re in 53A, your mission is clear. And here’s today’s music list. 

  • The Terrorists, Communists, Nazis And King George III Won

    There are two kinds of people in the world: people who look at statements like this and think: And, moreover …either: “WHAT?  Government doesn’t have a plan for me?  Ehrmuhgerd what will I do?“ Or “Well, good.  That’s why my ancestors came to America; so we could have our own plan and not worry about…

  • Functional

    Amongf the Kamala Harris lies that ABC at the debates was the idea that “crime is down”: It means you have a functioning BS detector. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which measures Americans interactions with crimes not reported to the cops, unlike the FBI report Muir was flogging. And it’s not good: And a…

  • Pretense

    It may be a symptom of how complete the “Great Sort” has been – but the safer a Democrat is, the more comfortable they feel “saying the quiet part out loud”, as the kids say these days: By the way, Governor Newsom:  No.  Denied.  Now what? Now, Warnock feeling safe? Well, he is, for another…

  • Let Them East Avocado Toast

    Minneapolis has a crime problem.  Even some Democrat-voting locals appear to be on the ragged brink of figuring it out: Nothing is being done about it? Balderdash! Minneapolis DFL leaders are posting photos of people biking, and sunsets! Who are you going to believe?  Your lying eyes?

  • Kicked Upstairs

    If the Harris/Walz ticket wins the presidential race, taht means Minnesota will be left with Peggy Flanagan as governor.  Not only is Flanagan a died-in-the-wood radical, she is one of the least likeable people in Minnesota politics (or was, until we met the DFL’s legislative class of 2023). And if Trump wins, Walz will return…

  • Debate Review

    Harris didn’t do as badly as she could have. Trump didn’t do as well as he should have. Both told howlers that got their opponents exercised. The moderators were awful. Nothing will change. I predict there will be no second debate.  Thoughts?

  • Things That Are Too Obvious To Reiterate, Except That Events Always Call For You To Reiterate It

    #3:  No matter how well they start and how promising they look, the Vikings will break your heart. #2:   “Keith Olbermann needs to put down the phone and get out a little.   #1:  Jen Rubin has departed controlled intellectual flight: It’s an evergreen statement. And yet periodically she outdoes herself.

  • Habits

    During the heyday of blogging, in the late 2000s, two of the big guidelines were “update predictably” and “give people reasons to keep coming back”.  Where those two guidelines converged was this blog’s publication schedule.  In 2007, I did some research, and discovered that something like half of this blog’s traffic hit before betwen 5AM…

  • Astroturf

    “Hunters for Gun Control”. “Kulaks for Lenin” “Chickens for Foxes”. Two of those are made up. This next one…: …I give about 50-50. Show me the “Republican” who supports price controls, open borders, defunding police, gun confiscation, soical decline, packing the SCOTUS, creating two new Democrat states to pack the Senate, explosive debt, and a…

  • Don’t Get Cocky

    I mean, it’s only Grenell.  But, if true…: …I mean, it’s not like I need more reasons not to vote for Kamala Harris. Picking one of the only attorneys-general worse than Eric Holder would be one. But since the idea of appointing Ellison to AG is so egregiously stupid, one needs to ask – why?…

  • Out Of Their Depth

    The BIden/Harris administration seems to be slowly figuring out something that most of the rest of the world knew last October 6: Hamas are evil people who don’t want a “deal”, except one that leaves them able to keep killing Jews. Not that it’s sitting well with them: And yet, in her disastrous interview the…

  • “LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

    FIve’ll get you ten she’s a teacher Someone’s gonna get discovered alone in an apartment full of cats after drinking too much boxed wine:

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