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• National Voter Registration Day - and the New MN Online Voter Registration

  

  I am deeply proud that Minnesota has a great secretary of state in Mark Ritchie, and that an equally pro-voter replacement for him is in the wings to succeed hi... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's National Banned Book Week!

  

  from the web site: Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Republicans Do Not Want and Do Not Support FAIR Elections

  

  Last Thursday, Kris Kobach, the radical right wing extremists Secretary of State for Kansas, lost a state Supreme Court battle regarding the 2014 ballot in... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Does the GOP Have Such POOR Candidates?

  

  We have the MN GOP endorsing the wack-a-doodle Michele MacDonald for the prestigious position on the state Supreme Court, running against the very... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Armed Voter Intimidation in Wisconsin?

  

  If you wonder why I prefer the UK to the US.  Yesterday's referendum was carried out in a peaceful manner, despite strong sentiments on both sides. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Breaking Up is Hard to Do

  

  Just to remind you, there is actually a world out there: Scotland will soon be voting on independence in another two days. This is something I have a personal... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me...

  

  Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Gun Owner to Black Civil Rights Movement Analogy Has Gone a Bit Too Far...

  It seems that someone glommed onto this section of the US Code,  18 U.S. Code §241, with the idea that it would apply to "the Second Amendment Right". Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Kin in the Game: Bachmann & Family, Going Down?

  It's a fair bet we will be seeing more of this kind of press conference from Michele Bachmann, using the Sgt.Schultz defense. Kent Sorenson, pled guilty last... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Audio of the Michael Brown Shooting Discovered

  From CNN: Attorney: New audio reveals pause in gunfire when Michael Brown was shot (CNN) -- Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Presser v. Illinois is the Progunner's Worst Nightmare.

  Of course, Scalia dismissed it in his exposition of mendacity called District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), but he also dismissed such pearls as:... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• William Rawle on the Second Amendment

  NOTE:   The right judicially created by the Heller-McDonald cases does not extend beyond the curtilage (boundaries of the home). I've been quoting William... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Touring Test?

  

  OK, this is a pun on the Turing Test for artificial intelligence named for Alan Turing (who was recently given a posthumous pardon by the queen). Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Eric Holder Ferguson Success ENRAGES Right

  

  now then [c.1970] I've been watching the response from the radical right to the events in Ferguson, Missouri, particularly since the visit Wednesday... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Meet Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)

  I am amazed at how much the Second Amendment debate is held in ignorance: in particular, this case should be front and centre. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Primary Election Perspective and Retro-spective

  

  From my view on Primary Tuesday as an elective judge, the predicted low turnout was more variable. The up-ballot races were not driving voter participation,... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Goodbye, Robin Williams

  On hearing that Robin Williams had committed suicide after battling deep depression, I was reminded of the words from Hamlet, Act I Scene 2, part of the famous... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Stewie Mills the Turd -- LYING Again About Nolan,SO Desperate to Win CD 8 Any Wa...

  

  ‘Friends of Stewart Mills’ sent out a mailer recently, calling Rick Nolan out of touch, illustrated by an automatic pistol hanging by a threat attached to the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 'Dangerous' Half-naked Flying Putto, with Sword Russian J...

  

  'Dangerous' half-naked flying Putto, with sword Russian Jet NOT violating U.S. airspace OH NOOOOOOOOH! It's a bird! It's a PLANE! It's a Russian JET...... It's ... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friday Fun Day! And.... Ford Day?

  

  The world is full of serious, tragic events. Sometimes, no matter how important those events are, we need to take a breath, and step back for a moment, in... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY