December 25th, once known a religious day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, has become a major economic event … Black Friday begets Small Business Saturday which produces Cyber Monday … Yet, those are not the subject on FoxNews Nation website … where the War On Christmas is the focus … but the Real Victims [...]
Ah, Minnesota, we knew it well ! Alas, it seems we do not want Minnesota to be a part of the United States anymore … in fact, since a petition was created on November 11th, over 75% of the required signatures have already been offered. We petition the Obama Administration to: Peacefully grant the State [...]
Food for thought … to address budget constraints, what should be “on the table” ? The Republican-controlled House is preparing to vote on H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act. This bill would eliminate the discretionary cuts to 2013 spending that are required under the Budget Control Act, known as the “sequester,” and replace them [...]
With the Honorable Virginia Foxx (R {as in Roadblocker}-NC-05) acting as Speaker pro tempore, the House of Representatives returned after a week off … to address the key issues facing the country. For example, on November 18th, the US Postal Service may default if Congress does not approve another Continuing Resolution … well, actually, much [...]
“If I were president today, I would call all the members of Congress back into Washington, D.C., and I’d say this: ‘Look, we are going to get this AAA credit rating back, and this is what we’re going to do,’ ” — Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06) — August 9th. Well, Ms. Bachmann is not the President [...]
After the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United case opened the doors for unlimited campaign contributions, voters were not surprised by the expansion of attack ads targeting candidates … but now the Politico is reporting that fliers are being sent to inform voters to return absentee ballots in two Wisconsin recall elections, for a date [...]
“I actually got lucky because I had a very high draft number. I’ll never forget, that was an amazing period of time in my life” … Donald Trump — whose parents sent him to the New York Military Academy which he completed in June 1964. Mr. Trump went on to recall, “I was going to [...]
America is at war, and yesterday the House voted on HR 525 … the bill was approved but there was strong dissent by the Republican majority with 138 saying NO including Minnesotans John Kline (R-MN-02), Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) and Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06). Looking particularly at the members of the House Armed Services Committee, all the [...]
Whatever happened to Cray Research ? At the Annual Meeting of National High Performance Computing, or “HPC 2010 China,” in Beijing Thursday, it was announced that the Tianhe-1A is now the fastest computer eclipsing the previous record holder, the Cray XT5 Jaguar. Tianhe-1A was designed by China’s National University of Defense Technology and is fully [...]
Brothers of the Sigma Lambda Beta, Minnesota chapter, stepped for the crowd at the 2010 Dakota County Fair. It was awesome! The recently created step team showcased multicultural influence in their dance. The video clip below shows Cambodian influence and then regular stepping. Besides what is shown in the clip, group members strolled, showed Pakistani [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
