And send the rest to jail September 6, 2011 Perhaps Schools were designed to drain the life out of children. I’d like to think that was part of the reason I never made… Continue Reading
ISD 709 $ cuts to gen X and gen Y September 6, 2011 A Mr/Mrs. D (or some other letter of the alphabet who wishes to keep him/herself anonymous) sent me this Answer to a Question on… Continue Reading
A Red planner accuses a church… September 6, 2011 …of cheating our children. “Christ Lutheran Church: Now is the time to get the deal resolved. The children need this land to complete this… Continue Reading
of Obama – “We need to remove this piece of garbage in a PRIMARY!!!” September 6, 2011 With friends like this who needs enemies? The “this” is quoted extensively in my Buddy’s favorite blog – Powerline. Perhaps my buddy got a… Continue Reading
My Buddy’s second item of interest September 5, 2011 I was watching the great Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard the other night with poor old William Holden floating in a pool reminiscing about… Continue Reading
My science or your science September 5, 2011 My buddy sent me two interesting items today. As you might have guessed my buddy and I are sometimes a bit testy with each… Continue Reading
With Dixon gone and many schools nearing completion… September 4, 2011 …it appears that some of the lost 10% of our students are returing. This is an abbreviated account from information sent to the School… Continue Reading
The School Board will meet next Tuesday… September 3, 2011 …at 4:30 pm to revise the 2112 budget. No explanation was given the Board about what changes are necessary and why. Its not a… Continue Reading
Virgil’s swing… September 3, 2011 …is not a miss. Only his Budgeteer column is missing from the DNT’s online site. That’s too bad. He points out that the public… Continue Reading
Secrecy September 3, 2011 Someone else who has been paying attention dismisses Sen. Bakk’s explanation of preserving Excelsior’s privacy regarding its spending of $40 million. Bakk’s surreptitious maneuver… Continue Reading
Good news if its true September 3, 2011 More families are returning to Piedmont Elementary: While attendance numbers won’t be finalized for a few weeks, the number of registered students was 30… Continue Reading
When the National Rifle Association were…. September 2, 2011 …jack booted thugs trying to take our guns away: It was May 2, 1967, and the Black Panthers’ invasion of the California statehouse launched… Continue Reading
Today’s GOP is not the first minority to wield out-sized power September 2, 2011 On Ken Burns new documentary about Prohibition. The Anti-Saloon League played an outsized role at the margins, killing off moderates at the primary level,… Continue Reading
And we should let the rich… September 2, 2011 …(who can hire lobbyists to get tax dodges written into law) make unlimited secret donations to legislators to keep America productive: “Why are left-wing… Continue Reading
Stomping on the Internet nonsense… September 2, 2011 …that I helped disseminate. More on that hospital ranking chart from Megan McCardle. The problem of hospital acquired infection is quite bad enough without… Continue Reading
What for are thou, Copyright? September 2, 2011 An exceedingly good history in six minutes. Continue Reading
About that frightening chart… September 1, 2011 showing that hospitilization is crazy dangerous in the US compared to Europe. Nevermind! Continue Reading
Let’s dump taconite tailings in Lake Superior again… September 1, 2011 …to keep government off the back of business. Go Chip. “The state’s regulations, aimed at thwarting the spread of invasive species that hitchhike in… Continue Reading
“Get the Hell off the beach” September 1, 2011 For those Republicans who are panting after Christie to enter the race keep in mind that Americans aren’t easily cowed: Continue Reading