About that Musk mine

Feb2

February 2, 2022

With updates.

Anti-vax, Big Lie acolyte gets humiliated. Does it matter?

Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers NFL team. For the most part he’s really good at it, and as the NFL is now by far the biggest sports draw in America that makes him a major public figure, like it or not. From a couple of days ago: “When the president […]

by Dan Burns Stories

Topsoil loss proceeds apace

Jan19

January 19, 2022

According to a new study, about 35% of the best topsoil in the U.S. Corn Belt is gone. The mechanization of plowing began in the mid-1900s. While this allowed farmers to work larger areas of land, it has resulted in some negative effects on soil health. Tillage breaks up the soil and unlocks nutrients, but […]

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A bit of a reality check on the Great Resignation

Jan11

January 11, 2022

I have to confess that when I started seeing news about the Great R, I maybe allowed myself to get a little carried away (though only in my own thoughts, so no harm done). I’ve long yearned to see real movement toward a place where everyone who wants to – a large majority, to be […]

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Enbridge’s mega-con

Jan3

January 3, 2022

Well, now. As Republican state officials insist that Canadian oil pipelines are necessary to lower energy costs for American consumers, the fossil fuel giant operating those pipelines is suddenly citing the climate crisis its products are creating as a rationale for raising those prices higher, according to new documents reviewed by the Daily Poster… Last […]

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A charter school feeds the hand that bit it

Dec17

December 17, 2021

Hmong College Prep Academy

by Rob Levine Stories

Ethanol fuel should just be killed dead

Dec16

December 16, 2021

This article is a really good look at where this issue is currently at. If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, almost all gasoline sold nationwide is required to contain 10% ethanol – a […]

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Those black flags on Trumper poles

Dec5

December 5, 2021

They’re not what I thought

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I was wrong about MN Senate Republicans

Nov29

November 29, 2021

A while back I posted here about the possibility that members of the slim Party of Trump majority in the Minnesota Senate had decided to start being more, in a word, sane. As it turns out, nope. No way. Minnesota Republicans are reigniting debate over the emergency powers used by DFL Gov. Tim Walz during […]

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