Category: News
-
that\’ll do it
click here to read about former heavyweight champion mike tyson\’s sentence for felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor DUI. no, wait– let me save you some time. iron mike\’s sentence? 24 hours. tyson\’s jail term is a lifetime in relative terms, when you compare him to lindsay lohan (84 minutes) and nicole richie (82 minutes). while…
-
In The News: Surprising edition
So I stumbled across this article about a poll that asked how bad bosses were treated in the workplace. Not since the study that showed a link between drinking too much and eating fatty foods has there been a poll or a study that screamed out DUH! quite as loudly. Not surprising, it\’s much more…
-
stand by for news…
in the not-too-distant past, i listed to MPR every morning. was a member, even. and then this whole minor skirmish in the middle east happened, that that\’s ALL they started to talk about. my feelings about said skirmish are as such that i cannot listen to updates about it anymore. i acknowledge that this is…
-
Today\’s News
If you are a faithful reader, you know I enjoy the news…and I often write (I write, I don\’t \”blog\”) about various articles. If you know me personally you know my mind is a scary place with odd and random connections that lead me from point A to point Q in anything but a straight…
-
Warren Buffett is my new hero.
The proof is in the pudding, as the saying goes.* Buffett said he makes $46 million a year in income and is only taxed at a 17.7 percent rate on his federal income taxes. By contrast, those who work for him, and make considerably less, pay on average about 32.9 percent in taxes – with…
-
Hinky
Two things. One serious; one not. First off, this article on how to best gauge what is, and what isn\’t, a security threat. I\’m pretty much in lockstep with what the author is saying here, but I think my own personal feelings are best summed up in the first comment. Second, I just had the…
-
Second Amendment
In case you haven\’t heard, some madman shot and killed 32 people at Va. Tech before killing himself. Too soon for the sarcastic intro? Anyway, shortly after hearing this I am reading a news article and the president is quoted, to be fair it was a spokesman, saying \”The president believes that there is a…
-
Quotes
what it\’s like . . . when it\’s unknown if a trip to school will be your last. I wonder if my family is OK . . . This is a big challenge for us. We are courageous people. We are brave. Virginia Tech? Not quite. I\’m not here to make the claim that people…
-
The Dark Side of Socialism
No, that isn\’t the title of Pink Floyd\’s new album. It came to my mind after reading this article. The Reader\’s Digest version is that a couple in Sweden is trying to name their baby girl \”Metallica\”. What stuck me about this article is that they are \”trying\” to name their baby. In America you…
-
Kersten: I don\’t like you, but you make a good point
I\’ve ranted before on how much I can\’t stand Star Tribune columnist/blogger Katherine Kersten, but sometimes she makes a good point.