From the Notebook

-Spent some time talking with people about Collin Peterson’s remarks about townhalls. The reactions were all negative. The complaints focused not on Peterson calling the district 25% “truther,” but on the fact Peterson didn’t like doing townhalls. Seems even a popular representative should spend time listening to their district. Even when half the district has [...]

Twins Free Giveaways

I was just thinking, as the trading deadline approaches, who are the guys on the Twins’ roster who can be basically given up in trades for next to nothing (low prospects/roster fillers)? Here’s what I came up with:
Alexi Casilla
R.A. Dickey
Mike Redmond
Joe Crede
Matt Macri
Nick Punto
Matt Tolbert
Basically, they are all superfluous replacement level players on the [...]

Rep. Collin Peterson, Jerk?

“Twenty-five percent of my people believe the Pentagon and Rumsfeld were responsible for taking the twin towers down. That’s why I don’t do town meetings.”
–Rep. Collin Peterson, MN 7th District
Minnesota GOP Chairman Tony Sutton replies:
“Collin Peterson must immediately apologize for the outrageous and offensive comments he made about his own constituents. By stating that ‘twenty-five [...]

Questions on Healthcare

If healthcare is a “right,” does that mean doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers are slaves? Even in part?
There are laws requiring people to help in emergency situations, might the same principle apply to non-emergency situations?
I can’t see how someone has the right to another person’s labor just because the circumstance is [...]

Personal Update

These summer session classes are only 4 and 1/2 weeks long and both are 5 credit courses. So, I’ll have my hands full for a while. Presently I’m taking an “Human Resources” course (not taught by Catbert, but maybe approved by?).

Utopia: Canada

From the Notebook

-It’s no secret, I haven’t been blogging a lot lately. Well, it’s mainly because I have been working on a “supersecret” project. My goal is to have the project done in time for El Dos de Mayo 2010. It has been eating up a ton of my writing time. On top [...]

New Seth Stohs Book

Seth Stohs, the hardest working Twins blogger I know and all around decent guy, has come out with another book. The author of the “Twins Prospect Handbook” has ventured into even niche-ier territory with his latest book, co-authored with several other great Twins bloggers, “TwinCentric: Trade Deadline Primer.”
Here are some details:
An Unapologetically Biased Guide [...]

Joe Mauer’s HR Derby Appearance

After four strikeouts the day before, I was hoping for little more from Joe.

Bob Davis is Back

Doing Podcasts anyway. It’s great to see him back in the fray.