Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Of Course

I really haven’t understood why the right is freaking out about Obama being a socialist/communist/redistributionist. After all, Obama is talking about doing crazy socialist things like taking your money and using it to build schools in poor areas to better … Continue reading

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Get Out The Map

There’s a short story I read years ago; I’ve forgotten the title and author, but I remember the plot: A woman is living on an Earth that’s been sent spiraling into the Sun, and she’s bearing up as the world … Continue reading

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The Conspiracy to Steal Our Precious Carbonated Fluids

John Hinderaker may not have been dropped on his head as a child. When they were handing out brains, it’s possible that he didn’t hear “trains” and didn’t say, “No thank you.” It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that … Continue reading

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Don't Be That Guy

That guy, in this case, is Chad Michael Morrisette, who has come up with a hi-larious Halloween display: A West Hollywood Halloween display showing a likeness of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused a … Continue reading

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Hulk Smashed!

I think the odds are good that Ted Stevens will lose his re-election bid: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted today on seven counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in improper gifts he received from 1999 to 2006, … Continue reading

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Nuclear Safety, Schmuclear Schmafety

You know, this is perhaps the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen, and I read The Corner: You get that? Barack Obama’s a namby-pamby liberal idiot because he wants nuclear power to be “safe.” It’s totally safe! Which is why the … Continue reading

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Freak Out!

You know, given the position of the McCain/Palin ticket in the polls, and given that the country is about to elect its first African-American president, I know the right is going to go bonkers here in the last nine days … Continue reading

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Six Years

Six years ago today, Sen. Paul Wellstone, DFL-Minn., died, along with his wife, daughter, three campaign staffers, and two pilots, when his airplane crashed en route to Eveleth, Minn., for the funeral of Martin Rukavina, father of State Rep. Tom … Continue reading

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Whassup?

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Roll It, Pat It, Mark It With a 'B'

I wanted to wait on the Ashley Todd story until a bit more information came out — while there was some reason to be skeptical initially, that didn’t mean that it wasn’t true. For those few of you unfamilliar with … Continue reading

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