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Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
(Note from Mitch: I got this from my “evil” twin brother, Jed. He believes in some funky stuff, including spiritualism and seances. While I post his occasional pieces, I don’t necessarily endorse his views). “It’s …
Tagged: mitch s evil twin jed
Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
In the world of gear, there are toys - things that’ll give you that little burst of pleasure instantly - and then there’s machinery, the things you have to work to get what you want with. A fuzz box? It’s a toy. I …
Tagged: hot gear friday
Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
I was wandering through a store picking up some stuff for my daughter last night. One of the clerks had a boombox, tuned to “The Current” (MPR’s alt-music affiliate)… …and I had one of those musical bolts from the …
Tagged: music
Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
I have my differences with Senator Norm Coleman. That should be no shock; the guy came up through the DFL. He even gave Paul Wellstone’s nominating speech at the 1996 DFL convention. But he was one of Saint Paul’s …
Tagged: campaign 08, minnesota politics
Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
Living in a one-party city, you see and hear some strange things. There’s a conceit on the part of an awful lot of Twin Cities leftists - Democrats, Greenies, and all their various flavors - that “if we just showed …
Tagged: music, uncategorized, campaign 08, convention 08
Shot in the Dark - May 30, 2008
I wrote last year for Veteran’s Day about the history of the North Dakota National Guard from the Spanish-American War through Iraq. There was a bit of current history I’d missed; Jamestown’s National Guard company …
Tagged: war on terror, midwest, five ate for owe won
Shot in the Dark - May 29, 2008
Representative Michele Bachmann (MN6), noted archconservative and immigration hawk, notes this story from Belgium (via the NYTimes, a quote from which starts the excerpt): Al Qaeda Warrior Uses Internet to Rally Women …
Tagged: culture war
Shot in the Dark - May 29, 2008
Obama, after tittering and poo-poohing the notion of going to Iraq with Mac, is thinking about it after all. (Presumably he’ll need a Pashto interpreter). Why would that be?
Tagged: war on terror, campaign 08
Shot in the Dark - May 29, 2008
Art: From South Park, via the Urban Dictionary: Stan Darsh - Stemming from the South Park episode where the children go skiing and encounter a stereotypical 80s movie plotline. Sort of a lame whiney insult for someone …
Tagged: uncategorized
Shot in the Dark - May 29, 2008
To: Scott McClellan From: Mitch Berg - unpaid hack Re: Interview Mr. McClellan, Since you’re on a big honking book tour anyway, I’d like to invite you on the Northern Alliance Radio Network one of these next …
Tagged: campaign 08