Wednesday, December 30, 2020

The people have spoken

If you were to take a gander at the latest NFL power rankings, you'd see a team in the top 5 which hasn't been there in probably a quarter century. That team would be the Buffalo Bills. 


Despite the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs having another fine season as they've clinched the AFC's top seed, I believe the Bills could present a serious challenge to KC even returning to the big game.


As a Vikings fan, I am all too familiar with the fact the Bills and Vikes are equal in their Super Bowl futility with both having gone 0 for 4 in the big game. So if Buffalo goes on to represent the AFC in Tampa, FL on February 7 and loses, would my fellow Vikes faithful feel a modicum of solace that our favorite team would no longer be the most inept Super Bowl participant? Yeah? 


But what if the Bills matched up with the hated Green Bay Packers?


With that in mind, I decided to put together a Twitter poll addressing that very issue. 





Skol Nation (or at least 32 of them) has spoken!


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Monday, December 28, 2020

Wish in one hand.........

 Just recently came across this tweet from Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator. 





A headline from Newsweek last August: 




Oof. Better luck next time, Klobee. 
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Life is so strange when you don't know.....

It's the final Sunday of 2020! As such, the year's final installment of my radio show The Closer will air today from 1:00 until 3 PM Central Time. 


In the first hour I'll discuss the haggling over the COVID-19 relief package and the utter dysfunction of all in Washington. Also, is conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh done for good?


At 2:15, our official technology wonk Greg Scott will join the show to discuss the Nashville bombing and the damage it caused to some of our critical infrastructure. He will also weigh in on the Solar Winds cyberattack from a couple of weeks ago. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.

Until then.....

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Friday, December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas

 Luke 2:8-14 - New King James Version (NKJV)


Glory in the Highest

8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

About that COVID-19 "relief package......."

I actually agree with almost every single word President Trump has to say. I say "almost" only because he indicates his administration will also be the "next one."


 



This speech even triggered a rare moment of unity with House Speaker Marie Antoinette Nancy Pelosi...... 




......and.....Ilhan Omar????


 



Look, I get it. This bill will just add to what is already an out-of-control annual deficit and overall National Debt. However, if government's handling of the pandemic results in putting livelihoods in peril, then this is the second best option (the best of course would be no lockdowns at all).  


Not sure where we go from here but precious time is a wastin'.


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Monday, December 21, 2020

The response is worse than the ailment

Is it any wonder that the U.S. Congress consistently has the most abysmally low approval ratings? Their dithering over how to assist struggling Americans in the midst of a deadly pandemic has been utterly disgraceful. I guess their pettiness and finger-pointing are OK given these elected officials will suffer little to no real-world consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We peons are told to suck it up and stop being selfish for wanting to work and tend to our families, while their gravy train continues to roll along. 

I guess passing a nearly 6,000 page bill (which no one read in its entirety) totaling close to $1 trillion is no skin off their Ashtabula since we the taxpayers will be on the hook. Eh, what's another trillion when the National Debt is already at about 25T? 

Not surprisingly, House Speaker Marie Antoinette Nancy Pelosi, who extolled the virtues of expensive ice cream on national TV while many American struggled to make ends meet and violated COVID protocols for a hair appointment, continues to be the most two-faced, disingenuous figure in all of this

While Pelosi praised the $600 payment provision, she previously characterized thousand-dollar bonuses provided to employees by corporate America as “crumbs” in 2018.

After the Republican-led tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed, many companies – ranging from Capitol One to Fiat Chrysler – decided to reinvest in their businesses by giving out worker bonuses. These efforts were largely encouraged by perceived savings from a number of provisions, including a drastically lowered corporate tax rate.


This is all in light of the fact that Pelosi pretty much admitted she torpedoed a more significant stimulus payment to Americans for fear it might portray President Trump in a positive light


I may be stating the obvious here, but the fecklessness and lack of engagement from our elected officials is not sustainable for a more peaceful union. Their response to a global pandemic was confirmation of that.

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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Who killed that bird out on your window sill?

It's the final Sunday before Christmas, but the Northern Alliance Radio Network will be live from 1-3 PM Central Time today!

In the first hour I will focus on local news, particularly Gov. Tim Walz's revisions to Minnesota's COVID-19 restrictions. In response, a number of bars and restaurants on the brink of financial ruin look to defy Walz's latest orders. 

Then in the second hour I will discuss national politics with our show's political wonk Matt Mackowiak. Matt will join the broadcast at 2:00 to weigh in on the incoming Joe Biden administration, the latest in the Georgia Senate runoffs, etc. Speaking of the Georgia races, GOP volunteer Joe Witthuhn will check in at 2:30 to share his experience volunteering in the state on behalf of Sens. Perdue and Loeffler. 


So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.

Until then.....

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Are we supposed to thank him?

Not surprisingly, the DFL majority in the MN House declined to strip Gov. Tim Walz of his peacetime emergency powers this past week. As such, Walz on Wednesday adjusted restrictions he put in place last month in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. 


The new order, which will take effect at midnight Saturday and last until Jan. 11, replaces a four-week closure of bars, restaurants, fitness clubs and entertainment venues. It allows gyms to open with caps of 100 people or 25% capacity; amateur sports to resume practices but not games on Jan. 4; and gatherings of up to 10 people from two households indoors, or up to 15 people from three households outdoors. The prior pause discouraged gatherings outside of immediate household members.

Indoor entertainment venues such as theaters and museums remain closed through Jan. 10, but outdoor events can continue at 25% capacity, capped at 100 people.

And who says the Governor isn't flexible, particularly in light of this big "compromise?"

One concession was the allowance of outdoor bar and restaurant service at 50% capacity, though that has limited benefit in the heart of Minnesota's winter. Closing time must be 10 p.m., and tables of no more than four people must be kept 6 feet apart.




And if indeed there are Minnesotans who are hardy enough to dine outdoors in FREAKING DECEMBER, it wouldn't be beyond the Walz administration to cite being able to do so solely because of the unfortunate existence of climate change. 


Have I mentioned lately how we live in very stupid times?


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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Focusing on the wrong things

I would be totally naïve to say that there was no voter fraud this past (or any recent) election cycle. Of course there was. Where I break from many of President Trump's supporters is I believe it wasn't on a scale to sway the election to Joe Biden. And the kooky statements coming from Trump's legal team as well as Trump himself has only underscored that belief. 

All that said, there are nefarious reasons why Trump lost, but it has nothing to do with fraud.  

Indeed, something profoundly fishy happened in the 2020 election, but it wasn’t the Kraken or Venezuelan communists running remote software when they can’t even make the red lights work in their own country. Those shiny objects will play out with time and examination of evidence.

What happened in 2020 is something more fundamental and profound. What happened in 2020 is cultural and systemic, and sadly, generally legal. Until Republicans, and more importantly Trump supporters, understand what happened to them this year, it will happen again.

Two things happened in 2020. First, COVID led to a dismantling of state election integrity laws by everyone except the one body with the constitutional prerogative to change the rules of electing the president – the state legislatures.

This should have been addressed through the legal system the millisecond any state's governor or secretary of state unilaterally changed election laws. Thankfully here in Minnesota there were judicious individuals who rightfully took exception to Secretary of State Steve Simon extending the deadline for absentee ballots. And the good guys won that suit. However, all GOP held legislatures have to make election integrity a top priority this year. The first place to start is obvious. Sh*t can "mail-in voting." 

There is a long list of things being reported as fraud that are not fraud that will need to wait for another day to address, but the singular fact is the rush to mail balloting created weaknesses all across the system.

Mail ballots went to dead people. Mail ballots went to abandoned mines in Nevada. Mail ballots went to vacant lots in Pittsburgh. Mail ballots went in the garbage. Mail ballots were voted by people other than the voter.

I successfully argued in court that Virginia election officials violated Virginia statute when they issued rules that ballots can arrive late and without a postmark. But sadly, that case was one of the few instances of success at blocking the Democrats’ frenzy to throw out election integrity laws. By and large, the Democrats succeeded in tossing out state laws related to absentee ballot verification, deadlines and a whole range of laws all in the name of COVID. By and large, GOP efforts in court failed. It was a courtroom bloodbath that created vulnerabilities across the system.


Given that Trump garnered the largest share of the non-white vote of any GOP presidential candidate since 1960, how is it he still came up short?


Well......

 

(T)he Center for Technology and Civic Life happened.

If you are focused on goblins in the voting machines but don’t know anything about the CTCL and what they did to defeat Donald Trump, it’s time to up your game.

The Center for Technology and Civic Life and allied groups are responsible for building an urban get-out-the-vote-machine of the sort that Democrats could only dream up on a bender fueled by jugs of Merlot and all the legalized pot they could smoke.

The Capital Research Center has this deep dive into what the Center for Technology and Civil Life did in just Georgia. It starts with this:

 

This year, left-leaning donors Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan gave $350 million to an allegedly “nonpartisan” nonprofit, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), which in turn re-granted the funds to thousands of governmental election officials around the country to “help” them conduct the 2020 election.

 

“Help.” That’s a good one. What these grants did was build structural bias into the 2020 election where structural bias matters most – in densely populated urban cores. It converted election offices in key jurisdictions with deep reservoirs of Biden votes into Formula One turnout machines. The hundreds of millions of dollars built systems, hired employees from activist groups, bought equipment and radio advertisements. It did everything that street activists could ever dream up to turn out Biden votes if only they had unlimited funding.

In 2020, they had unlimited funding because billionaires made cash payments to 501(c)(3) charities that in turn made cash payments to government election offices.

Flush with hundreds of millions in new cash, government election offices turned those donations into manpower, new equipment, and street muscle to turn often sluggish and incompetent urban election offices into massive Biden turnout machines across the country – in Madison, Milwaukee, Detroit, Lansing, Philadelphia, and Atlanta among dozens of others.

The kicker is that such practices aren't illegal. So how does the GOP combat this going forward? I honestly have no idea. But in order to address this situation, it at least has to be engaged in. Sadly I'm not seeing a lot of evidence of that at this point in time. 

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Ya don't say.......

Has anyone else noticed how Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator has lately gone into full Karen mode when it comes to wearing face coverings?





Especially when one is in a cramped indoor setting, right Klobee?






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Monday, December 14, 2020

Quick Hits: Volume CCXXXVIII

 - Had the NFL season ended after last week 13, my Minnesota Vikings were the #7 (and final) seed in the NFC playoffs. Alas, there were still four games to be played. 


With Sunday's 26-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Vikes are now on the outside looking in with regards to the playoffs. However, the focus of their loss to the Bucs was on the ineptitude of kicker Dan Bailey. Despite being one of the more accurate kickers in NFL history, Bailey has been plagued with the "yips" of late, as he missed his only extra point attempt and all three field goal tries on Sunday. Over the past two weeks, he's 1 for 4 in extra points and 2 for 6 in FGs. 


Given the Vikes' recent history of woefully timed kicking mishaps (see: Anderson, Gary and Walsh, Blair), fellow Vikings fan John Kriesel (who lost both his legs while in combat in Iraq) had this to say after Sunday's debacle. 





Yikes. 



- So the Cleveland Indians baseball team is dropping their 105-year old nickname


If you're asking my opinion as to what their new nickname should be, I'm thinking it's one which comes with a readymade team anthem.



- It's official. Joe Biden is President-elect of the United States


In light of this, the focus shifted to President Donald Trump and his continued refusal to concede the election. If I were Trump and some smarmy media person asked me about my lack of a concession, I would just answer with "Whatta ya talkin' about? My concession speech was the exact one used by Stacey Abrams."


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Sunday, December 13, 2020

We can live like Jack and Sally if we want.....

Only 13 shopping days until Christmas, but we hope you have an opportunity to tune in to today's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour broadcast gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the latest challenge to the presidential election results in multiple states, so it appears official that President Trump will not be reelected. Also, I have had several listeners over the past month or so convey their disappointment in me over my concession that Trump lost. I've got a few things to say about that as well. 


On a local level, the Minneapolis City Council voted to reduce funding to its police force despite significant increases in violent crime in the city. Also, some prominent health club owners are lobbying to have their facilities re-opened during the COVID-19 pandemic. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.

Until then.....

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Friday, December 11, 2020

Good Trump

Despite the month of December showing record daily American deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic began 9 months ago, there is some good news

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.

Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of what promises to be a strongly protective vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech.


President Donald Trump took a well-earned victory lap upon this being announced. 


 



This is an undeniable positive to come out of Trump's four-year term (one of several, IMO) despite his initial handling of the pandemic leaving a lot to be desired. I can't help but think if he had just allowed VP Mike Pence take the lead on the COVID-19 task force, it would have put a much better face on what was a harrowing situation. Unfortunately that is just not in Trump's nature to delegate, so he ended up inserting himself into what were once daily COVID pressers, often resulting in some of the more boorish, disjointed and awkward moments of his presidency. I can't say for sure if this alone cost him reelection, but it was definitely a major factor. 


I just hope for Trump's sake that he is able to one day find that inner peace that seems to have eluded him probably his entire life. 


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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Part of me wished for a different resolution

 By now you've heard of the "woke Santa" who denied a young boy's wish for a toy gun. 





Thankfully there was a happy ending as the boy received his nerf gun after the aforementioned incident went viral. 




While that certainly was the more heart-warming and appropriate ending to this sorry saga, a part of me wished the kid would have got back in line with that "woke Santa" and had this exchange (CAUTION: STRONG LANGUAGE)





Yeah, yeah, I know. That is wholly unacceptable behavior from a kid. Forgive me, as I let my vindictive side get the best of me there. 

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Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Quick Hits: Volume CCXXXVII

- On Tuesday, many commemorated the 40-year anniversary of the death of legendary musician John Lennon. 


I was in 6th grade when this occurred and while I knew the name "Beatles," I couldn't have named one member of the group. I was also taken aback at how this tragedy affected my fellow 6th graders. Apparently they were much more musically engaged than I was. 


But the one aspect of this anniversary which stood out to me? Lennon has now been gone for almost the same amount of time (40 years) as he was alive. Dang. 



- University of Nevada-Las Vegas quarterback Max Gilliam apologized for eating sushi off a naked model on an episode of some reality TV series called Below Deck. 


"This is not a reflection of my character or the way I was raised nor a reflection of the culture of UNLV Football," Gilliam wrote. "I would like to humbly move past this and focus my time and energy on our game against the University of Hawaii this weekend."

I would concur that this was as egregious an offense as one can imagine. One should never partake in eating sushi.


- Yet another in a long-running series of reminders about how we are so not "all in this together" in the fight against COVID-19.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning that renewed restaurant restrictions could be on the way in the state as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, but operations at NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” won’t be interrupted despite the fact that the program recently had an indoor, live audience.

As previously reported by Fox News, the comedy show is said to have skirted strict coronavirus regulations in the Big Apple by paying audience members $150 for their participation in the season premiere this fall. This would allow the program to consider live audience members paid individuals who “work” for the show.

An NBC spokesperson did not return Fox News' request for comment on whether this policy is ongoing.


This is on the heels of SNL personality Pete Davidson mocking small business owners who reside in his hometown of Staten Island. Davidson implied they were crybabies for essentially not wanting to acquiesce to their livelihoods being in peril.


You ever notice that the biggest critics of anti-lockdown protests are those who aren't suffering much (if any) of a financial loss? 


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Monday, December 07, 2020

Dick Allen: 1942-2020

 Former MLB slugger Dick Allen has passed away at the age of 78.


As of his passing, Allen was not in the baseball Hall of Fame. With a lifetime .292 batting average, 1,848 hits and 351 home runs, should he be in the Hall?


A few years ago, MLB Network's Brian Kenny made a compelling case. 





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Sunday, December 06, 2020

It's all such a blur when time goes so quickly.....

We're now into December of a year that has been......noteworthy. Good thing I have a 2-hour weekly radio show, which I'll broadcast today. My program The Closer will get started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 

Much of the political news is focused on the two Senate races and presidential election results in Georgia, so I will definitely weigh in on what's happening there. I will also discuss the blatant Democrat politicization of COVID-19.

At 2:30, MN State Representative Peggy Scott (R-Andover) will join us via phone to discuss the latest MN budget projections as well as offer a preview of the 2021 legislative session slated to begin next month. 


So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.

Until then.....

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Thursday, December 03, 2020

Like shooting fish in a barrel

It's not that surprising when we learn of an elected official not willing to live up to the standards they insist their constituents adhere to, and this era of the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. But what has me somewhat taken aback is the sheer number of politicians (all Democrats) who have been busted breaking their own edicts. 


The latest offense involving the mayor of Austin, TX was not only egregious but utterly hilarious. 





My radio show's political wonk (and Austin resident) Matt Mackowiak with the mic drop response: 


 



Both Daily Caller and New York Post are compiling pretty lengthy lists of those officials ignoring their own mandates. Maybe these politicos should just resort to the tactic of their media enablers by continually pointing the finger at Sturgis


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Wednesday, December 02, 2020

True sacrifice

When former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick became the face of Nike shoes, the slogan tied to his ad campaign was "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." The insinuation being that Kap's outspoken activism is the reason he has not had a job in the NFL since 2016. 

Kaepernick played in the National Football League for six years. Sure, he lost out on a significant amount of money with no team opting to sign him. But it's a stretch to suggest that he made a huge sacrifice when he had a longer than average NFL career, attained a financial settlement in a grievance against the NFL as well as locking in a lucrative Nike endorsement deal. I'm guessing Kap's not living check-to-check (not to mention his not playing pro football means he's avoided significant risk of additional head injuries). 

Now, you want an example of true sacrifice?

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail on Wednesday on charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest last year at the city’s police headquarters.

Wong, who pleaded guilty to organizing and participating in the protest, received 13 1/2 months behind bars. Chow, who also pleaded guilty to participating in the protest and inciting others to take part, received 10 months, while Lam received 7 months after pleading guilty to incitement.

The protest took place on June 21 last year and saw thousands surround the police headquarters as they demonstrated against excessive force by police against protesters, as well as a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China.

The jailing of the trio, known for their advocacy for democracy in Hong Kong both at home and abroad, comes as Beijing tightens control over the semi-autonomous city following months of anti-government protests last year, which occasionally saw violent clashes between protesters and police.

In June, Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong to crack down on dissent.

It is the first time that Chow, 23, has been given a jail sentence. Wong, 24, and Lam, 26, had previously been jailed over charges related to their activism.


In China, there has been a longstanding practice of enslaving Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in prison camps. Recently there's been proposed legislation aiming to ban imports of a significant number of goods produced with forced Chinese labor. One of the prominent major U.S. companies lobbying against such a bill? Nike. 


Enjoy those royalty checks, Kap.


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Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Unhinged

It's become increasingly clear that there is no one in President Trump's inner circle who can convince him he's dead wrong on a subject. It appears to be some sort of ego defense, one in which he's wholly incapable of admitting error even when discussing the most innocuous, superficial subjects

Trump's obsession with taking shots at Georgia elected officials is just the latest instance where he is woefully misguided. 




Ed Morrissey at Hot Gas Air punctures Trump's flawed demands.


In the first place, how would any emergency relate to ballot procedures? We set rules in advance for elections precisely to prevent ad-hoc handling of elections. There is no emergency declaration that would touch this process, and the process itself is set by legislation which Kemp has no authority to change. The idea of using “emergency powers” to override statute on elections is absurd on its face, and more reminiscent of banana republics than American governance.

Next, the ballot signatures have already been checked — twice — in this process. Kemp can’t order another signature match against the ballots because the ballots get separated from the signatures when they get counted. We have secret ballots in this country, remember? Once the signatures get checked on intake (after a previous check on the absentee application), the envelopes are separated out. Even if you find a mismatch, you can’t point it to a specific ballot.


The greater issue here is Trump raising doubts about Georgia's electoral system five weeks ahead of the two critical U.S. Senate runoffs taking place in the state, races which will decide the balance of power in the upper chamber. If enough GOP voters are convinced their votes for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler would be undermined, they may not bother to vote at all. And if indeed both Republicans lose, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy resulting in Trump et al continuing to shift the blame to the Georgia Secretary of State for not "STOPPING THE STEAL," or something. 


The Republicans keeping the U.S. Senate and gaining double digit seats in the U.S. House sets the party up nicely for the 2022 midterm elections, especially since there remains dominant GOP representation in state legislatures across the country. As such, the redrawing of Congressional districts in early '22 will be favorable to the party. But the fact Trump his airing his own personal grievances as well as peddling baseless conspiracy theories threatens all that, which would in turn undo unquestionably positive aspects of his legacy. 


Sad!


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Monday, November 30, 2020

Vandy virtue signals

A historic day in college football this past Saturday in what was otherwise a forgettable game

Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game on Saturday when she delivered the opening kickoff of the second half for Vanderbilt against Missouri.

Fuller, a senior goalkeeper on Vanderbilt's SEC championship soccer team, sent the low kick to the 35-yard line where it was downed by Missouri. Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said Fuller executed the so-called squib kick exactly as it was designed
(Uh huh - ed.).

"Honestly, it's just so exciting," Fuller said after the team's 41-0 loss. "The fact that I can represent all the girls out there that have wanted to do this or thought about playing football or any sport really, and it encourages them to be able to step out and do something big like this, it's awesome."


I'm sorry, but this stunt reminded me of a certain move made by Bill Veeck in 1951. Veeck. who was the owner of MLB's St Louis Browns, had 3'7" midget Eddie Gaedel make a plate appearance in an actual game. Obviously it was done for show since it was an August game with the Browns sporting a pathetic 36-78 record. No chance a carnival act like this would have even been conceived of had the Browns been a pennant contender. 


The Browns' situation seemed to parallel Vandy's given they were an 0-7 team in a game where they were a decisive underdog. Do you honestly believe Ms. Fuller would have been allowed to participate in any fashion had this game held any serious implications? 


Go ahead and write off my objections as misogynistic if you like. Here's what conservative writer Alyssa Ahlgren had to say. 


I’m all for women playing college football if they’re the most skilled, talented, and qualified for the position. But they’re not. Don’t get me wrong, athletes like Sarah are top tier female athletes. However, they’re not top tier football players.

I’m sick of women being used as publicity stunts in men’s sports and we have to act like it’s a huge deal and pretend we don’t know it’s just part of society’s obsession with diversity tokens and woke milestones.

Vanderbilt has a men’s club soccer team, a men’s rugby team, and I’m sure one player out of the entire Vanderbilt football roster can kick. But why would an already terrible football team skip out on a chance to “make history” and plaster the news? They wouldn’t. So instead the coach calls a squib kick for Sarah Fuller to start the second half of the game.

And anyone that knows anything about football knows you don’t squib kick to start a half, let alone squib kick to start a half while you’re down 21-0. You call a squib kick when your kicker can’t kick.


I too am not the least bit opposed to women playing football. If more had the skillset to be effective in the game, you'd likely seem them in prominent roles. But you don't. Because men and women are physically built different. And that is truly settled science. 


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Sunday, November 29, 2020

But I know that this time I've said too much, been too unkind....

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving weekend! As we prepare to wrap up the month of November, the Northern Alliance Radio Network will be live today with my program The Closer. The 2-hour festivities get started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


In the first hour I will discuss the dangerous game Trump-kins are playing in looking to undermine the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia. Also, former President Barack Obama is becoming more vocal in his disdain for Trump supporters. 


At 2:00 PM, Archway Defense founder Peter Johnson will check in to discuss how gun rights could potentially be impacted in a Joe Biden administration. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.

Until then.....

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Friday, November 27, 2020

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Perhaps the most vapid and shrill Hollywood-ite wants to make nice with supporters of President Trump. 


After months of condemnations of President Trump and his administration, Alyssa Milano says she's extending an "olive branch" to his supporters.

The left-leaning activist and actress, who voiced an exorbitant amount of support for President-elect Joe Biden leading up to the 2020 election, took to Twitter on Tuesday with her peace offering.




Judging by the replies from "Trump Twitter," many had not-so-pleasant suggestions as to what Ms. Milano should do with that olive branch.

For the record, I vehemently disagreed with the vast majority of what Ms. Milano had to say regarding politics. And the fact she often denigrated concerns held by conservatives was something I never took personally either. That said, not all of Trump's supporters lauded his boorish behavior towards the media and other proggie institutions, rather they voted for him in hopes he's strengthen border security, solidify the Federal judiciary, strengthen a sluggish economy, etc. So if Ms. Milano thinks that after four years that the proverbial hatchet can be buried that easily after essentially writing off those people as enabling an evil, fascist dictator, then she's utterly delusional . 

To be fair, Ms. Milano isn't alone in expressing this sentiment. A lot of condescending progs (including the President-elect and VP-elect themselves) made pleas to begin the healing process. However, I believe this to be a cynical ploy. My guess is the "reaching out" is to make themselves appear to be more magnanimous than the many Trump supporters who are unable to come to grips with their guy losing the election. 

Truth be told, I prefer the up-front truths from vapid leftists like Rep. Tide Pod Evita Ocasio-Cortez, Chris Evans and Zach Braff, who basically sanctioned "black lists" of those who dared support Trump. I am more apt to believe those sentiments are actually sincere. 

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Scorched Earth strategy

You had a feeling this was coming. Committed Trumpkins in Georgia threatening to undermine the Republican party if elected GOP politicos don't deliver the state for President Trump. A state he lost after recounts confirmed a Joe Biden victory and then results being certified by the Secretary of State. 





Obviously there is a lot at stake in Georgia with the U.S. Senate majority hanging in the balance. If both incumbent Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler lose in the January 5 runoff elections, that would bring the Senate to a 50-50 balance, with a Vice-President Kamala Harris being the tie-breaking vote. The only hope then would be Democrat Senator Joe Manchin keeping his word about standing in opposition to eliminating the legislative filibuster, packing the Supreme Court, de-funding police, etc. Do you wanna place all your hope in Democrat to do the right thing? I sure as hell don't.

This is what happens when you have a cult of personality. If your guy (in this case, Trump) doesn't get to be the hero in thwarting the Dems' attempt to pivot to socialism then not only will these fanboys not lift a finger to prevent it, they will aid and abet. 

Not even Donald Trump, Jr. wants to be complicit in this crap. 




The fact is the Republican party as a whole did very well this election cycle. The GOP put a significant dent in the Dems' House majority, including electing 17 new female members to its caucus. The party also increased its share of the non-white vote to levels not seen since 1960. So if a bunch of blustery, mostly lily white thumb-suckers think they can tear down the momentum Republican are currently enjoying, they're going to be in for a rude awakening. The Democrat party is hellbent on a sprint towards socialism. A good number of newly elected Republicans escaped that kind of government in their respective native countries, so they aren't ceding this new GOP without a fight. My money is on the freedom fighters. 


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Sunday, November 22, 2020

I've got everything I need, and nothin' that I don't....

The last Sunday before Thanksgiving, so we're thankful to be live on the Northern Alliance Radio Network today. My 2-hour broadcast The Closer begins at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


In the first hour it'll be a lot of COVID-19 talk and how things look to get worse before they get better. As always, elitist governors like Gavin Newsom of California and Andrew Cuomo of New York are lauded despite not living up to their own edicts.


On the local scene, two prominent DFLers in the MN Senate leave the caucus. We'll discuss. 


Finally at 2:15, fellow Minnesota sports nut Dan "Whenesota" will join the broadcast to discuss his book entitled History of Heartbreak: 100 Events That Tortured Minnesota Sports Fans.



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Friday, November 20, 2020

Dark days

I saw a stat the other day where 49 of the 50 states in America are experiencing significant growth in COVID-19 cases. And my home state of Minnesota is currently enduring its worst stretch since the pandemic began 9+ months ago, and not merely due to the high rate of positive cases.  




The death toll is also rising at an alarming rate, as Minnesota surpassed 3,000 total deaths this past Wednesday. In fact, the past three days have seen 205 Minnesotans die due to the virus, easily the largest three day total in the state. To put that in perspective, it took more than a month to accumulate the first 200 deaths in Minnesota due to the pandemic. 


Despite all the harrowing news, there still seems to be a significant amount of COVID shaming towards those who questioned the severity at the outset but are now coming around. Republican governors Doug Burgum (North Dakota) and Kim Reynolds (Iowa) have issued mask mandates in their respective states after declining to do so the first several months of the pandemic. Naturally the COVID woke scolds dredged up old quotes from the governors showing where they once adamantly opposed such mandates. 


Here in Minnesota, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka recently tested positive for COVID-19 as did multiple other state senators who gathered for an in-person event. Despite being a vocal critic of Gov. Tim Walz's handling of the virus, Gazelka has now emphasized that the Senate understands the seriousness of the virus. Naturally he was roasted by DFLers who accused Gazelka of showing concern only after the most recent election cycle. 


Perhaps the biggest eye opener had to do with former Elk River legislator (and personal friend of mine) Nick Zerwas. What began as what he thought was merely a nagging cough evolved into something much more dire. 

 

“I spent four hours in an emergency room while they were trying to figure out which hospital had an open ICU bed,” he said. The Elk River Republican, who was born with a heart condition and had many open heart surgeries, knew he was at risk for COVID-19 but was not prepared for the seriousness of the infection.

“I’ve been sick. I’ve been down this road before,” he said. “I was stunned when I became so overwhelmed and ill.”

Zerwas, who spoke during the Walz press briefing Tuesday, said he opposed the governor’s early restrictions but says the surging caseload and the effects on the hospital system make this a different situation.

“This is a completely different ballgame. Everything has changed,” said Zerwas, who was released after a five-day hospital stay. “If we don’t respond now I feel like it may be too late.”


As a Minnesota Republican, Zerwas was overrun on social media by MN proggies for not taking the virus more seriously from the beginning. He also received scolding from COVID deniers who suggested that his significant underlying health condition regarding his heart was the main reason he wound up in the ICU, not necessarily the virus itself.


My main point in sharing all these stories is to emphasize all that's wrong with the discourse in our society. People seem to be more interested in being right than helping a person "see the light" on a key issue (Sarah Silverman cleverly described this as "righteousness porn"). If people who took COVID seriously from day one really desired to have us all "come together" in an effort to combat this pandemic, shouldn't they be rejoicing that the initial skeptics are coming around more to their line of thinking? I've been wearing a facemask in public long before Walz's mandate, and I know I was derided by some for the practice. But if those same people came to me confessing the error of their ways, I'm not sure how an attitude of "I TOLD YA SO!!!!!!!!" would help matters. 


Thankfully there is a glimmer of hope as it's been estimated that vaccines could start to be administered as soon as next month. Until then, I will pray fervently that lessons learned from being physically distanced from our loved ones, having our economy disrupted, etc. will lead to a deeper appreciation of life once this pandemic is under control. I'm not terribly optimistic that will occur but I will pray for it nonetheless. 


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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Seismic shift

Over the past month or so I had heard persistent rumors of two certain MN state senators on the DFL side contemplating a party switch. 


On Wednesday, it became official


Two influential state senators from the Iron Range including a former majority leader announced Wednesday that they are splitting from the DFL Party to form an independent caucus in the narrowly divided state Senate.

The decision by Sen. Tom Bakk of Cook, a longtime Capitol power broker, and Sen. David Tomassoni of Chisholm will likely further shift dynamics at the state Legislature next year. The decision means that instead of 34-33 split in the GOP-led chamber, the Senate will be comprised of 34 Republicans, 31 Democrats and two independents. Democrats will retain a majority in the state House.

In a statement, the two breakaway legislators cited growing political polarization and an opportunity to "chair committees and makes sense to better serve their districts within the legislative framework" as reasons for the split.

"People are going to wonder why I'm doing this — and to be honest, there are several reasons. I'm very disappointed by the extreme partisanship going on nationally and right here in Minnesota," Bakk said in a statement on the move, which was first reported by KSTP and MPR News. "Both political parties are to blame. The constant negative and sharp rhetoric is undermining voters' confidence in our public institutions. It doesn't have to stay this way."

Despite the Iron Range evolving into a stronghold for today's Republican party, Bakk and Tomassoni still won their respective races by double digits last month. However, it would appear both seats would flip to the GOP once both decide not to seek reelection. That would explain the chess move Senate Republicans played last week by voting then DFLer Tomassoni to the role of President of the Senate despite his being in the minority party. This was done in the event Sen. Amy Klobuchar is selected for a post in the Joe Biden administration. The speculation is that Gov. Tim Walz would then appoint Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to replace Klobuchar in the U.S. Senate, thus elevating the President of the Senate (in this case, Tomassoni) to the lieutenant governor post. If that were to happen, Tomassoni's vacated MN Senate seat would be up for special election which the GOP believes they could win, enhancing their majority. 

I have no inside knowledge as to how long Bakk and Tomassoni have been contemplating this move, but I suspect the final straw occurred last February. Just prior to the 2020 legislative session, the DFL ousted Bakk as leader of their caucus in favor of Woodbury's Susan Kent. This sent a very clear signal that the Metrocrat agenda of gun control, higher taxes, etc. far outweighed the more moderate desires of outstate DFLers. 

For the constant talk of how there are multiple factions within the Republican party doing battle with one another, it's amusing to see this play out on the Democrat side. I guess time will tell if this is merely a symbolic move or if this has an impact beyond 2021.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Quick Hits: Volume CCXXXVI

While President-elect Joe Biden, VP-elect Kamala Harris, et al called for "unity" (which is prog speak for "capitulate") among all Americans shortly after Election Day, they were conspicuously silent when Trump supporters were physically accosted over the weekend. 


Mr. Biden finally came around on Monday..... sort of.


"President-elect Biden continues to denounce all acts of violence," Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates said Monday, although he did not name Antifa or Black Lives Matter.

"Likewise, he also condemns the repugnant displays of white supremacy that were made in Washington, DC this weekend," Bates continued, citing a sign displayed at the march that read "Coming for Blacks and Indians first welcome to the New World Order."

Y'see condemning Antifa alone would've flown in the face of Biden's declaration they're just "an idea," so let's thrown in other groups (i.e. white supremacists) who, as my friend Mitch Berg says, have the political clout of your local bowling league.

Gonna be an interesting four years as progs start to realize that the Antifa thugs don't just show their lunacy when a Republican is in the White House. 


- Some long overdue good news on the COVID-19 front. Both Pfizer and Moderna have had successful trials administering their respective vaccines, to the tune of 90%+. 




The mental gymnastics leftists will have to perform in an effort to not praise two of their most mortal enemies (President Trump and the pharmaceutical industry) will be a sight to behold. 


- Yeah, this is a really bad idea.

President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to deliver on his plan to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt faces steep odds unless Democrats take control of the Senate.

Barring that outcome—which hinges on two Georgia races in January—Democrats have urged a second option: bypassing Congress through executive action. It isn’t clear whether such a move would survive a legal challenge.

During the election campaign, Mr. Biden said he would push to forgive $10,000 in debt for every American with federal student loans to help them cope with the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

He has also called for forgiving any student debt that covered tuition at public colleges for borrowers earning under $125,000, and any student debt owed by those who show they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.

Congressional Democrats sought to forgive $10,000 for all borrowers early this year as part of a broad pandemic-relief bill known as the Cares Act, but the Republican-controlled Senate opposed it. The two parties compromised on a provision to suspend student-debt payments through Sept. 30.

A Senate Republican aide recently said the party continues to oppose Mr. Biden’s debt-forgiveness plans. Senate Republicans have opposed Democratic proposals for large-scale debt forgiveness, which would drive up the record budget deficit without offsetting tax increases or savings.

Leave aside that canceling debt via Executive Order may not even pass legal muster. The people whom this would most benefit are those in the upper middle class and higher, the opposite of whom progs are targeting with this program. Another issue is how those who worked, saved and scrimped to avoid taking on college loan debt (or those who have worked just as diligently to pay it off) have their dedication completely undermined. Those who were disciplined in such matters will see no benefits, rather they'd have to pony up for someone's tuition. The "repayment" of course would come in the form of higher taxes since the government, who personally guaranteed those loans, has to pay them back with our money.

At the end of the day, we need to get the government out of the student loan business altogether. The reason being is universities/colleges will continue to increase tuition at a rate which surpasses inflation because they know they'll ultimately get their money. That and the U.S. government is the anti King Midas in that everything they touch turns to sh*t.

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Sunday, November 15, 2020

Twisted truth and half the news, can't hide it in your eyes

Another Sunday, yet another edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour blitz gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


At 1:15, political wonk Matt Mackowiak will check in to discuss the latest in the Trump campaign election lawsuits, a look ahead to the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia, etc. 


In the second hour, I'll discuss the Minneapolis City Council's complete 180 on their "de-fund the police" movement. I will also weigh in on the increasingly perilous situation with COVID-19 across the county. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

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Friday, November 13, 2020

Complete 180

Say, remember when the Minneapolis City Council vowed to de-fund the city's police force in the aftermath of George Floyd dying while in MPD custody?


Good times.


Minneapolis City Council narrowly approved a plan Friday that allows the city to bring in outside police officers to help amid a shortage.

The additional officers — likely from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Metro Transit Police — would help the city respond to 911 calls and violent hot spots amid a rise in violent crime.

The proposal drew a fiery discussion when it went through a council committee earlier this week but passed Friday without any further discussion.

Police Chief Medaria Arradondo has said he needs 20 to 40 additional officers to help while “our city is bleeding” and “resources are hemorrhaging.”

Earlier this week, some council members pressed Arradondo for details on how an additional $500,000 — the amount of money requested — would allow them to reduce violent crime when the department is already focused on patrolling.

The proposal was approved 7-6 and now heads to Mayor Jacob Frey, who has said he supports it.

This is the kind of self-inflicted wound proggie activists inevitably bring on when they actually attain elected office. It's easy to shriek for major overhauls when shouting from the proverbial peanut gallery. However, when you have actual constituents who are going to suffer real world consequences due to your making emotionally-charged decisions (while enjoying perks which shield you from said consequences), you're going to get significant push-back. And when push-back occurs, you just lay blame at the feet of the very individuals whom you've been denigrating for the past several months. 

I guess one can hardly blame MCC president Lisa Bender for wanting to jump ship from the quagmire she helped create. I'm sure a lucrative social justice gig will greet her once she moves on from the city council next year. 

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

What's worse: The ailment or mitigating the ailment?

I'll admit that there will be no easy solutions to mitigating what is becoming a bigger wave of COVID-19 cases. However, one idea that was floated Wednesday would result in the most radical set of restrictions we've seen yet. 


Shutting down businesses and paying people for lost wages for four to six weeks could help keep the coronavirus pandemic in check and get the economy on track until a vaccine is approved and distributed, said Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden.

Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said earlier this week that the country is headed toward “Covid hell.” Cases are rising as more people grow tired of wearing masks and social distancing, suffering from so-called “pandemic fatigue,” he said Wednesday. Colder weather is also driving people indoors, where the virus can spread more easily.

A nationwide lockdown would drive the number of new cases and hospitalizations down to manageable levels while the world awaits a vaccine, he told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.

“We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers, for losses to small companies, to medium-sized companies or city, state, county governments. We could do all of that,” he said. “If we did that, then we could lock down for four to six weeks.”

While Dr. Osterholm's idea is worthy of consideration due to his expertise in epidemiology, he clearly lacks any grasp on economics. With America's national debt fast approaching $30 trillion with no slowdown in sight, what kind of unconscionable number would it require to pay people not to work for 4-6 weeks???? And we've already learned of the adverse impact lockdowns have on kids as well as those Americans enduring mental illness. I'm afraid 4-6 weeks of extreme isolation could potentially inflict more harm than catching the virus itself. 

In addressing how we've gone backwards since the pandemic began approximately eight months ago, a lot of government officials (specifically Gov. Tim Walz here in Minnesota) essentially blamed the citizens (emphasizing small gatherings in homes) for not strictly adhering to the various COVID mandates handed down. And while I do believe some citizens have let their guard down over the past few months, our self-anointed betters within government don't seem to be taking much of a gander in the mirror. 

Within the first two months of the pandemic, people largely went along with the shelter-in-place orders as well as mask mandates, and we had the economic damage (e.g. high unemployment claims, businesses faltering, etc.) to prove it. However, in late May, the viral video of George Floyd being killed while in the custody of Minneapolis police inflamed Americans to the point that there were large demonstrations occurring on a daily basis throughout the summer. The vast majority of those gatherings saw no physical distancing and middling mask usage, yet the harsh condemnations that hit the protesting of lockdowns in April were conspicuously absent for significantly larger protests in the name of "social justice." The fact a global pandemic became almost an afterthought in the summer months didn't escape the attention of some prominent epidemiologists. I said at the time that future lockdown proposals are going to lack severe credibility given many government officials (especially Walz) didn't even issue a warning about the inherent risk posed by large crowds decrying racial injustice. No one can deny that such issues are important to address, but a virus doesn't magically steer clear of large gatherings which are deemed more righteous than others. 

For those so anxious to have the year 2020 done and over with, I'm afraid 2021 isn't going to be the dramatic upgrade we're hoping for.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Quick Hits: Volume CCXXXV

 - More COVID-19 restrictions in Minnesota appear imminent now that Gov. Tim Walz has extended his peacetime emergency powers another 30 days. 


As positive cases are on the rise, Walz took aim at what he believes are some of the most pervasive "super spreader" events.


“......you gathering with three or four families in your backyard, or worse yet in your garage, for a celebration, would have an equally detrimental effect, and we’ll have to target those, too.”

Translation: The beatings will continue until the morale improves.


- The national political scene now focuses its eyes upon Georgia as both Republican held U.S. Senate seats will be up for grabs in the January 5 runoff election. With the GOP currently having a 50-48 majority in the upper chamber, Dems are still clinging to the idea of attaining all three levers of power in D.C.

Worst case scenario for the GOP would be to lose both Senate seats from Georgia, resulting in a 50-50 split. If that were to happen, a Vice President Kamala Harris would be the tie-breaking vote. As such, the Dems' prog utopia of eliminating the legislative filibuster, packing the Supreme court, Medicare for all, etc. still has a glimmer hope, right?

Well......




There you have it. A Democrat Senator from West Virginia of all places could potentially become the most powerful politician in Washington. 



- Speaking of one-party rule, the Minnesota Democrat party needed a net gain of two seats in the MN Senate to control all of state government. Not only did the Dems fall just short in the Senate (GOP has a 34-33 majority) they actually lost five seats in the House, shrinking their edge there to 70-64.


Given Joe Biden handily won the state of Minnesota in the presidential race, how is it that result didn't translate down ballot? Outgoing Sen. Jeff Hayden (DFL-Minneapolis) weighed in


“The sloppy way in which the Minneapolis City Council went about (discussing the de-funding of police) did have an effect on legislative races and congressional races as well,” he said.

Hayden, who lost his primary race to a progressive newcomer, Omar Fateh, said that as a Black man he was as committed as anyone to police reform, but he said the incoherent messaging of “defund the police” was rejected by the already skeptical voters of the suburbs and greater Minnesota.

“The inability for us to articulate what police transformation looks like and what we need to do … that was a big concern for people in the suburbs and greater Minnesota,” Hayden said. “That message from Minneapolis became a national issue, and it became something that (Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka) used around the state, which is that Senate Democrats want to defund the police.”

Soooo.....Republicans POUNCED?!?! Hey, whatever it took!

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Monday, November 09, 2020

Imax theater level projection

It's been said about the political left that even when their preferred candidates win elections, they remain miserable louts. 


From black activist Touré: 





Yep, I voted for President Trump. But excruciating pain over his (likely) loss? Pffft. Barely more than mild disappointment. Y'see, when one doesn't view elected officials as a deity, there aren't daily sh*t fits, complaining about "microagressions" or desperate attempts to seek a "safe space."


Sorry to disappoint, bruh. 


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Sunday, November 08, 2020

I'd listen to the words he'd say but in his voice I heard decay.....

It's the Sunday after Election Day, so there is a ton to digest about the results of the 2020 campaigns. As such, today's edition of my radio show The Closer will be power packed for the entire two hours, starting at 1:00 PM Central Time. 


In the first hour, I'll pore over the national results. Although it appears President Trump has been denied reelection, the GOP had a very good election cycle overall. 


Then in the 2:00 hour, I will talk to four different elected MN state senators who helped keep the Republicans in the majority in that legislative body. Zach Duckworth (2:00), Julia Coleman (2:15), Karin Housley (2:30) and Gene Dornink (2:45) will each have one segment for a proverbial victory lap. 



So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 
You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis")If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

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