Back to the Game

by lonepair

I feel like it’s been a while. Holy Christ, more than a couple years? Really? Wow. All this time with so much going on in the world and so many people to piss… Read More →

Climate!!! or are we boned yet?

by beardedbeard

So the election was a week ago today and as I am sure everyone who reads this (if anyone reads this) knows the Republicans made giant gains across the nation. There are thousands… Read More →

Mountian Biking

by beardedbeard

There are many days when you are training when all you can think is “why in the name of his noodellyness do I do this” today was not one of those days. I… Read More →

Cyclocross

by beardedbeard

I finally got to my first Cyclocross race this week. For those who don’t know and don’t like following random links (don’t blame you) Cyclocross is an off-season short course bike race that… Read More →

Aftermath of the Strike

by lonepair

[Metro Minnesota] hospitals prepared for the strike by bringing in extra non-union staff, hiring 2,800 replacement nurses and reducing patient counts by transferring patients to non-affected hospitals. Dr. Penny Wheeler, chief medical officer… Read More →

Tim Pawlenty and the Skewed Priorities of Republicans

by lonepair

Do I even have to say anything? There is a movement to build a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings. It would involve tearing down the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (previously deemed outdated… Read More →

White Noise Orchestra

by lonepair

This is just painful.   And they claim not to be the party of “NO.” I call shenanigans. On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed their version of the health care reform bill… Read More →

Health Care

by lonepair

From Beardedbeard There is no need to lay out the case for single payer health care if you don’t think it is the best way to take care of the ill and injured… Read More →

The Dying Party

by lonepair

Wow. We’ve never had an Official U.S. Senate Pornographer before, though pornographic behavior is frequently the entertainment provided to the public by the world’s oldest deliberative body. So Al Franken, the answer to… Read More →

All about torture, or the lines we cross

by crouchingkitty

This is one of the best and most interesting debates I’ve seen in a while. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 1… Read More →