So, for those who don’t know (and that’s most of you, hopefully) I’ve been teaching for the last 6 years. Now, what that has amounted to in terms of my direct and outward expression of opinion in line with the 1st amendment has been that I have been silenced. Expressing my opinion could, and likely […]
Read More I’m Done With SilenceI 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 off and where have I been? Oh, right, learning things… Anyway, I’m back if anyone was worried. I’m sure you weren’t. But […]
Read More Back to the GameSo 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 of pundits out there who will tell you who is to blame or who is responsible depending on their point of view. […]
Read More Climate!!! or are we boned yet?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 hit the trail shortly before noon and it was a ride that makes a whole summer worth of suffering and toil worthwhile. […]
Read More Mountian BikingI 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 is time limited. You race over grass, mud, dirt, rocks, roots and some asphalt. And because the race is so short you […]
Read More Cyclocross[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 of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, said the preparations paid off, that patients at all of the affected hospitals received quality care with […]
Read More Aftermath of the StrikeDo 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 It would involve tearing down the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (previously deemed outdated for the Twins and requiring a new stadium for them, now deemed far too outdated for the Vikings) and erecting a new […]
Read More Tim Pawlenty and the Skewed Priorities of RepublicansThis 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 that will now move on to the Senate. However, it was not without problem. It seems the Republicans will try anything to […]
Read More White Noise OrchestraFrom 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 in the united states that’s fine go read something else. The progressives among us have had a rough month the news has […]
Read More Health CareWow. 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 Harry Reid’s prayer, should fit right in. Some of the Democrats can’t wait to see what mischief they can do. “With the […]
Read More The Dying Party
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