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Jim Olmstead

St Paul, MN
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5 years 2 weeks

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The river downstream, at least far as the Ford Bridge, has also been frozen over for some time. Again, not the usual.

Posted on 01/05/09 at 01:05 pm in response to Senate recount outlook: Here are some real lollapaloozas

Finally, for the first time, after reading this piece, I think I now understand what's going on here.

Posted on 07/28/08 at 12:58 pm in response to Sights and sounds of the Postville rally

Thanks to Steve Date and MinnPost.com for this much needed coverage.

An eyewitness account of how our justice system operated after the Iowa raid, has been written by Erik Camayd-Freixas, Ph.D. who was one of 26 federally certified interpreters there at the time. A link to his account is provided in the New York Times editorial of July 13, 2008 which was titled "The Shame of Postville, Iowa". Its url is :...