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Big Tech vs. Rocks and Cows

In 2017, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota stated that the rural (Republican) areas in Minnesota are “mostly rocks and cows.”  In August of last year, he said that the Minnesota National Guard was made up of “19-year-olds who are cooks.” Rural Minnesotans have a wry sense of humor.  They took

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The Monetization of Fear

If you take only one thing away from reading this article, remember this:  The companies making the COVID-19 vaccinations don’t get paid for every life they save.  They get paid for every person injected with an experimental drug that was fast-tracked through the clinical trial process. If you’re short on

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Bad Moon Rising

There’s a line in an old Creedence song that goes like this, “I see the bad moon a-rising.  I see trouble on the way.” I see it too. In three weeks, either President Trump will have won his second term, or Joe Biden will have successfully stolen the election.  In

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Schrödinger’s Candidate

According to the theory of quantum mechanics, Joe Biden is both the winner and the loser of the presidential race.  It’s the act of measuring the results that determines which he is.   I know what you’re thinking, WTF does quantum mechanics have to do with electing a president?  Trust

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Cheaters Never Win

I grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota and have small-town values.  One of the things I was often told is that winners never cheat, and cheaters never win.  If someone cheated, I was supposed to shrug it off because, eventually, the cheater would get their comeuppance (yes, that’s

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An Imperfect Storm

In August of 1992 we were living near Ft. Lauderdale.  On the night of the 24th, hurricane Andrew struck and laid waste to south Florida.  It scoured a large portion of the area right down to the blacktop and the city of Homestead was nearly completely gone.  Supplies were limited

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