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Mail from the Montana Secretary of State
After emailing the Secretary of State, and sending a written letter certified mail, both explaining how unlawfully ignoring subsection 7 reduced choices in Lincoln County elections to something approximating zero, I had a brief thrill when I saw mail from the Secretary of State in the PO box. The thrill didn’t last – I might Read more
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What Effect Does Cutting 2 Million Barrels Have
Renata told me Sunday morning that OPEC’s decision to reduce oil production by 2 million barrels daily cost 13 cents per gallon – and the reduction doesn’t start until November comes around. So I went looking for a chart that could bring everything into perspective and I found this one: I like that I could Read more
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Force Seven Moderate Gale- Whole Trees in Motion
This installment describes the strengths and weaknesses of each group in the Lincoln Electric member uprising, as I saw them at the time it became apparent that the Lincoln Electric board and management was unwilling to back down. It is important to stress that while InterBel’s trustees were different from Lincoln Electric’s, management at the Read more
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Making Sense of Political Polls
In a world of perfect polling – and there are spots where polling sample correlation with reality approaches perfection – there would be no suspense or surprises on election day. As I look at today’s polls, I recall an election where the polls showed South Dakota voters supported a very restrictive law on abortion – Read more
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Ballot Measures for November
There are two statewide ballot measures we’ll see in November. One’s a constitutional amendment and the other is a state statute. The Constitution, after the Amendment (Article II, Section 11) would read: The people shall be secure in their persons, papers, electronic data and communications, homes and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures. No warrant to search Read more
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The 25th Amendment
Four years ago, I was hearing calls for invoking the 25th amendment based on several shrinks (who hadn’t met with him) diagnosing Trump as having a narcissistic personality disorder. I’m not even hearing cricket chirping from those same folks as the right hand folks bandy the word “dementia” as a descriptor of our current president. Read more
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