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Jim Camery

River Falls, WI
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5 years 7 weeks

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Posted on 04/11/11 at 12:26 pm in response to Vikings stadium bill: the good, the bad, the ugly -- a close look at its details

Don't see how the lottery thing can fly. Adding a new game probably just shifts purchasing around from game to game instead of adding to the total purchase. It won't be new money.

And its got constitutional issues: Article XI, Sect 14 of Constitution says "Not less than 40 percent of the net proceeds from any state-operated lottery must be credited to the fund until the year 2025".

So 40% of lottery is off limits, and dedicating a chunk of the remainder is the same as cutting...

Posted on 04/08/11 at 02:17 pm in response to Wisconsin vote-counting woes

This just in: 246,302 ballots were found under a partially-melted snowbank on a roadside in Dane county this morning, all clearly marked for Tom Barrett.

Posted on 04/08/11 at 02:17 pm in response to Wisconsin vote-counting woes

BREAKING NEWS: Turns out the Packers lost the Superbowl. The Steelers scored a last-minute touchdown that was not reported by the Republican official until now.

Posted on 02/28/11 at 01:01 pm in response to A church building boom in the 'burbs

What's news is what wasn't in the news.

100,000 people show up in Madison to protest Muammar el-Walker's budget (I'll use 100k - organizers claimed 130k), and it doesn't make P1 of either rag. Biggest labor rally ever in WI, and biggest rally of any kind since Vietnam. Bigger than a Super Bowl win. Bigger than Favre.

Holy ADHD, Batman! No matter how big of an issue it is, its not an issue if it hangs around 2 weeks with no resolution.

Posted on 02/08/11 at 03:10 pm in response to Laurence Tribe on the constitutionality of the health care mandate

My understanding is that the basis for the health care requirement was modeled on social security and medicare -- which have no opt-out option either.

Would striking down health care because its not voluntary lead to challenges for social security?

That's a big can of worms.

Posted on 02/07/11 at 01:46 pm in response to 'If anybody tells you that Americans work for China now...'

I don't see it as a big deal, really. The only way for Japan or China (or me) to sell their (my) t-bills is to find someone who will buy them and to agree upon a price. Flooding the market will only drive down the value.

Posted on 01/31/11 at 02:59 pm in response to 'Saturday Night Live' parodies Michele Bachmann

Would all of this voter ID technology address the thousands (probably tens of thousands) of retirees actually living in FL or AZ but voting in MN? The law is 6 months and a day, and you're not a MN citizen anymore (but you can still have a MN driver's license).

If you're living in FL for tax purposes but voting in MN because the races are tighter and your vote is more important, you're committing either voter or tax fraud.

Posted on 01/20/11 at 10:21 am in response to Obamacare is 'crown jewel of socialism,' says Bachmann

re: 'she was: "a screamer, and in many cases, pretty close to a nut case." That ... that ...'.

Come on, now. I hope we don't know if she's a screamer.

Posted on 11/29/10 at 12:25 pm in response to Twins' move for Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka may require new view of team's roster management

Question: do the Japanese leagues test for PED's like MLB?

Posted on 11/30/10 at 04:00 pm in response to 'Going Hollywood' with the Kardashian Kard lands St. Paul community bank group in unwanted spotlight

Did you see how Slate picked up your story but referred to you as the "Minnesota Post"? No respect.

http://www.slate.com/id/2276364/