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Top Ten 2010 Hottest Politicians in the World by Rolling Stone Magazine. Women are the hot topic in politics, but are they hot? Hmm maybe One way or another, these 10 politicians captured my attention and are some of the … Continue reading →

The Bison Turf Review Just North of the Loaf & Jug at the corner of University Drive and Twelfth Avenue North stand the historic Bison turf.  I say historic, because it has been there since sometime in the seventies, and … Continue reading →

John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate was an unqualified disaster. Not only did voters flee from the novel idea of a female vice President (at least– this potential female vice president), but they abandoned the Republican … Continue reading →

President Chapman is not extremely popular among the faculty. It is important, I think, to note that he is not the “boss” of the faculty in any sense. Continue reading →

This week will be Looong week for this guy.
Next week faculty comes forward. scandal at ndsu with president Joseph chapman. Continue reading →

Controversies in recent days have created distractions that have made it
impossible for me to provide the leadership this institution deserves. Continue reading →

“There is no basis for the Marxist hope that an “economy of abundance” will guarantee social peace; for men many fight as desperately for “power and glory” as for bread” – Reinhold Niebuhr

END OF CAMELOT BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his … Continue reading →

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. The following questions and … Continue reading →

Finally Roxana Saben has been released from an Iranian prison and returned home among much publicity.  I’m not sure what all the politics were that were involved in this, but I’m glad she’s not any longer in danger in an … Continue reading →

Not long ago I was visiting Rochester, MN, when I heard on the local news that the Red River of the North had fallen below flood stage.  This event probably made national news.  In each case I’m sure the community … Continue reading →

Any Excuse to throw up Some AC/DC That act and the music that goes with it — more than a dozen studio albums of strict blues-riff grammar, lewd vocal snarl and bull-elephant charge — have made AC/DC one of the … Continue reading →

Joint Russian-Indian Company Will Make World’s Fastest Cruise Missile “  It is the first supersonic cruise missile operational in multiple platforms against multiple targets; particularly in the land attack role it.”

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No one can complain of a shortage of information about the Great Financial Meltdown. The biggest growth industry today is words: A whole new vocabulary has spread from board tables to kitchen tables. Superannuated whiz kids planting cabbages to offset … Continue reading →

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Democrats also are lining up behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to bring lawmakers back to Capitol Hill after the Nov. 4 election to work on a second economic relief plan. The idea is “give the middle-class and the average … Continue reading →

Who won the Palin-Biden debate? Barack Obama, I suspect. Who was the big loser? In an historic fortnight that had already underscored his erratic nature, John McCain. The fact that Palin was able to string her sentences together last night … Continue reading →

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand had been caught in a gate while working with cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually, the topic got around … Continue reading →

Fargo ND, “Biden needs to be ready for two Sarah Palins: the smiling one and the attacking one. Actually, she is pretty good at doing both at the same time. Joe should not go after her at all, but only … Continue reading →

The House failed to pass a $700 billion emergency rescue plan for the financial sector on Monday, causing the Dow Jones industrial average to plummet at one point more than 700 points amid continued uncertainty. It did not appear that … Continue reading →

“Obama I think was closer to the top of his game. He dispelled the idea that he couldn’t keep up with McCain on foreign policy issues. Earlier this year some Republicans said they thought McCain would clobber the Democrat in … Continue reading →

Good evening from Fargo….. I look forward to a lively discussion. I urge readers to give me their own assessments of the debate — who did the best, and why? Which points were the most effective? Who stumbled, and when? … Continue reading →

Republican John McCain ended the suspense….. and agreed to attend the first of three debates with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, setting up a showdown that could help decide a tight White House race. John McCain and Barack Obama. With … Continue reading →

No Deal, GOP Sen. Richard Shelby emerged from a White House meeting on a $700 billion Wall Street bailout to say: “I don’t believe we have an agreement.” Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, had earlier told … Continue reading →

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It’s not eerie inflections straight out of the movie, Fargo. It’s not when she dropped her first nuc-u-lar, and my mind screamed “sweet lord, please, not four more years of mispronunciation of a force that could turn us all into … Continue reading →

I would have bet good money as recently as amonth ago that I NEVER would utter such a disturbing sentence. Karl seams to think todays campaigns have Both gone to far. Let’s take a look at His perspective. Here is … Continue reading →

What the Hell is Going on Guys? Insurer American International Group struggled for survival a day after a financial tsunami swept away investment bank Lehman Brothers and forced the sale of rival Merrill Lynch in the biggest financial industry shake-up … Continue reading →