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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: MN Supreme Court upholds Instant Runoff Voting in Minneapolis
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. MN Supreme Court upholds Instant Runoff Voting in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis IRV system has never actually been implemented, yet, so this challenge was not to the application. Of the ordinance, but to the concept. As such, the court rejected a host of theoretical arguments, both against and for. So, in order for the IRV ordinance t...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: February 2009
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. The quasi-State of the Union speech. First of all, President Obama (and I still get a happy thrill down my spine hearing, saying, or reading or typing that phrase) doesn't know. For one thing, can you imagine how long the speech would have been if it had. More than 50 minutes, I'll tell you that right now. For another thing, nobody w...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: June 2009
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. On the other hand (Iran). Posted by Uncle Mikey. Now the issue is:. Links to this post. I find myself unable to care on more than a very basic, entirely intellectual level about what's going on in Iran right now. It's not, mind you, that I think they deserve to have their election stolen from them. They definitely do not. It'...I'm a...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: Inauguration
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. For the most part, I'm all right with that. I don't need the ceremony. I need- this country needs- what comes after. I don't expect miracles. I just expect adequacy, after eight years of supremely inadequate leadership, supremely deficient decisions. The day I will be most jubilant is the day everyone looks at the inauguration of an ...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: H1N1 and You: A Primer
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. H1N1 and You: A Primer. It's also being exacerbated, a little bit, by a certain batshit-crazy congresswoman from slightly north of my current location, who, thank heaven, is not my representative. I'm firmly convinced she continues to get airtime because she amuses the hell out of the people who make such decisions). Here's the thing...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: November 2008
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. Gravity Continues to Assert Itself. But to me, the more interesting, and potentially more dire news comes from the heretofore neglected realm of agriculture. Wrong The price of crops has crashed along with the rest of the commodities market. Right now, a bushel of winter wheat would go for about $5, but cost about $6 to grow. As well...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: So...Iran...um...meh
http://mikey-explains.blogspot.com/2009/06/soiranummeh.html
Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. I find myself unable to care on more than a very basic, entirely intellectual level about what's going on in Iran right now. In that region, and not the least bit abashed to say so, themselves. They'll still be trying to build a nuclear arsenal. They'll still be working actively for the destruction of Israel. I'm also not as firmly c...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: April 2009
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. H1N1 and You: A Primer. It's also being exacerbated, a little bit, by a certain batshit-crazy congresswoman from slightly north of my current location, who, thank heaven, is not my representative. I'm firmly convinced she continues to get airtime because she amuses the hell out of the people who make such decisions). Here's the thing...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: Obama's Delicate Dance
http://mikey-explains.blogspot.com/2008/12/obamas-delicate-dance.html
Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. But that's not what I'm here to talk about right now. But by starting so early, and naming such high-profile, intelligent, active individuals to the roles, it looks a lot like a shadow government. On the other hand, I have to say that I have few complaints with his choices so far, both for those top jobs and for others that have been...
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable: The quasi-State of the Union speech
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Uncle Mikey Explains the Inexplicable. In which a self-proclaimed pundit presumes to parse the thorny thicket of media madness and get to the heart of the issues of the day. The quasi-State of the Union speech. First of all, President Obama (and I still get a happy thrill down my spine hearing, saying, or reading or typing that phrase) doesn't know. For one thing, can you imagine how long the speech would have been if it had. More than 50 minutes, I'll tell you that right now. For another thing, nobody w...
