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If one assumes that a person is making their money, including enough money to have no incentive to "work", by…
Ob sie wirklich Deutsch spricht. Normalweise, kommt die US Soldaten nicht ins Stadt und spricht nicht so oft mit denn…
As for being a Nazi, ich spreche fliessend deutsch und wohnte in Deutschland fuer drei Jahre mit der americanishe Luftwaffe…
And of course this "incentive" only applies to poor people: Rich people who already have enough to live off of…
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Author Archives: Jeff Fecke
Anti-Choice Trolling Fail
So let’s say that I was a part of a couple, and one of us was pregnant. ((Probably not me.)) And let’s say we were ambivalent about having a child for one reason or another. Let’s say we were, as … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights
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The Republican Plot to Steal the Minnesota Governor's Mansion
The Minnesota Republican Party has jumped into the recount of the Governor’s race with the amp turned up to 11, screaming about ACORN and fraud and tabulation errors in Hennepin County. But anyone with any rudimentary understanding of recounts — and … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics
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Waves
The president was inexperienced, they said. Weak. Oh, he’d accomplished some great things in his year-and-a-half in office, but clearly he was doomed in a couple years. Meanwhile, Congress, which had been a rubber stamp for this Democrat, was seen … Continue reading
Laws Are For Little People
Remember Minnesota Majority? Sure you do! They’re the Republican group that has decided that the best way to ensure fairness at the polling place is to harass and intimidate voters follow voters around with cameras, demanding they prove they have … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics
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The F Word
There are epithets that decent people shy away from using. One obvious example is the use of racist, ethnic, or gender-based slurs. If you’re a decent human being, you don’t use them, because one uses them to hurt, to malign, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Like a Kid Out There
Brett Favre sexually harassed a co-worker when he played for the New York Jets. Oh, you can sugarcoat it all you want; the woman he harassed — Jenn Sterger — wasn’t the one to bring these allegations forward. Because we … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sports
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Voting is a Right, if You’re Not One of Them
Minnesota’s Republicans are in a quandary. While other midwestern states appear poised to elect Republican governors, Minnesota appears likely to shun state Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, in favor of former Sen. Mark Dayton, DFL-Minn. This comes on the heels of two … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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If I Go Crazy Now Will You Still Wait for Superman?
The public schools are awful. We are told this over and over, again and again, by politicians of both parties. They are terrible. They fail students. They are the reason America is not competitive. They are leaving children behind. Teachers … Continue reading
Posted in Education
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When capitalized, "Sie" is the formal way to address adults of either gender in polite German. I majored in the…