Welcome Jack...

I am one of those left wing nuts that the majority on OPP are so fearful of..

But as I am pure of heart and with a mission to accomplish.. I trust you will decide for yourself just how foolish some are and how enjoyable a bit of golf and a beer would be with many of them..

Look for ward to your posts and enjoy..

HA HA>... I have cousins over in that state.. Haven't seen them for years but the wind is real..

radiance,,, ????? it is the real deal.. an actual even here in Minnesota and it causes me some concern about how eather party, and I think the law would apply to both.. can with to run their own primary e******n is such a way.. total wrong from the free e******n stand point..

Hope your morning is fine today.. have coffee and enjoy..

I am starting well this morning..

Hello CD.,.. see the note I sent to Archie..

The Carbon tax is no longer a doable option, have not read about one for a long time..

Have a good day..

The only English connection I have is that my viking ancestors took the place over in 1066 or so..

I trust the tea party remark is a joke.. no real connection at all. but amusing..

Hi archie,

The premise behind a carbon tax is that the tax, if applied per the desired process, would raise the price of the carbon fuel, with the tax proceeds being returned to the customer based on how much they purchased.
The added cost to the fuel business would not be recovered by the business. making the business less profitable and bringing alternative s more quickly to market.

Many of these proposals were bandied about so we would have to carefully read any particular plan to find if it was workable or not.. the word of "tax" in all these planes pretty much put an end to these efforts and I have not read of any proposed for a very long time..

I do not think we will ever see a Carbon Tax, it seems an idea which has run the course and has no chance of being enacted..

Weather.... After all the rain/snow we are now in to a Jan thaw with the coldest week of winter just past, we can anticipate warmth of spring any day LOL.. So the snow remains feet deep but the temp reaching the 30s for near 2 weeks, about 10 days to go.. if the weather man is right..

Have a nice day and keep posting..

Max...

While the Trib has been liberal, it is now owned by Glen Taylor, also owner of the Timberwolves and a bunch of other businesses..

Glen is very strong Conservative.. the paper has changed a bit, the OP-ED now has longer articles and from both sides as it always has, from the time I delved the paper in high school.

Taylor once paid 10 grand to have his picture with Sara Palin and Micheal Bachmann...

He is indeed one of those Billionaire conservatives..

Now that McMillian has moved to Florida, Glen Taylor is the richest man in Minnesota..

And again, this was not to be about trump, but rather the blocking of any meaningful v**e by Republican to choose a Candidate of choice, whether it be trump or anyone else..

Glad you read the whole article, I found it interesting and also puzzling that the court found it legal by the written law..

Good points...

Well this post missed the mark...

I posted this not as against trump. Plenty of that for me to continue all day..

It is only about procedure, only a single name on the b****t, why bother to v**e?

While I have to think the same rules apply to the Dems, I did not check out that rule..

And, this is about the primary e******n.. in Minnesota, last I checked to v**e in the primary you can only do so if you are a registered GOP/Dem.. no cross v****g..

Nothing to do with the general e******n or any political fight with Dems.. only Republican Vs republican.

Now that it was mentioned, are the trump people so insecure they must repress v****g even in their own party, to protect the orange sanction they place over our nation?

So, stop worrying about your cult leader and think of the procedure being used. To protect a failing president??

A favorite picture, makes me hopeful for the future..

I did not pay much attention to this for some time.. but now I have to be puzzeled..

The Minnesota republican party passed a rule that only trumps name can be on the primary b****t in Minnesota. no other names..

Now this is not so puzzling, run of the mill tactic by strong arm wanna be dictators..

But this is hard to swallow.. the Minnesota supreme court upheld the tactic and declined the suits to allow other names on the b****t of those running..

So what do any of you think of this result. the rights of any republican who wishes and gets the support and follows the requirement should be on the b****t. regardless of your personal support, this seems to me to be a real violation of e******n rules/ideals..



http://www.startribune.com/justices-reject-challenge-to-minnesota-gop-s-trump-only-primary-b****t/566856442/

Minnesota Supreme Court rejects challenge to state GOP's Trump-only primary b****t
The quick ruling came in a case that threatened to disrupt the start of early primary v****g next week.

The law had been challenged by James Martin, a Minnesota v**er from Lake Elmo, and De La Fuente, a California businessman and long-shot candidate seeking the 2020 Republican nomination for president.

“We’re challenging basically a process that’s made a mockery of democracy,” said Minneapolis attorney Erick Kaardal, representing Martin and De La Fuente. “It’s very sad that we’re going to spend $12 million [in] March on the p**********l primary and they’re going to have only one candidate on the GOP primary b****t.”

Son,, why does the word "tax" bring such fear to you guys?? No one likes to pay tax,, but we have to do so. just like v****g, it is an obligation of living in a wonderful nation.. we all want to keep it wonderful and part of that is paying for the services we receive..

Think for a moment on the consequence of a nation not paying its debts.. we would be in a depression as we have never experienced.. even our defense treaties would be gone..

And while a carbon tax would likely be the most efficient way to accomplish results in controlling CC, no one at the moment is proposing any form of carbon tax.. nor explanation of how it would work..

As for a tax on guns.. only referenced because a fellow coffee drinker mentioned the possibility as a last horrible political attempt , that no one could consider..

Relax, don't worry.. be happy.. thing will mellow out..

Wrong on both counts.. stop accepting what the darn trash right wing media tells you without checking it out with some legitimate media source..

This is the new dog, down the road a ways.. Honest.. trust me...

It is all an attempt to avoid the already declared results..

Besides, it makes me feel Nobel and Norwegian..

This truly did sort of happen a few years ago.. Only one time though..

Carol, bet you have no idea how many times the ACLU has supported even the dumbest of right wing points because you do have the right to spout dumb ideas..

You should send money today...

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