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Steve Titterud

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
4 years 16 weeks

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Posted on 05/22/13 at 02:00 pm in response to Minnesota’s new tax laws decidedly lacking in reform

...theses you've culled from this column will never adequately explain anything. They have no sound explanations. They don't need no lousy explanations !! They do no real research subject to peer reviews and adequate analysis - but they sure like a good headliner !

Mr. Dornfeld is a frequent water-carrier for these "policy entrepreneurs", who are actually political operators whose followers like to mis-characterize them as think tanks, an insult to all genuine independent think...

Posted on 05/23/13 at 09:33 am in response to Minnesota’s new tax laws decidedly lacking in reform

..."As they say in the circus, it's a big job cleaning up after a big elephant !"

Posted on 05/21/13 at 03:08 pm in response to Crop costs on the rise; warmer Lake Superior affecting big fish

...a nasty single malt Scotch was once described as:

"Violent, with a hint of asphalt."

Posted on 05/21/13 at 11:16 am in response to Rushing water, sharp S-curve lead to out-of-boat experiences on Namekagon

...it's got me thinking about next year.

Posted on 05/21/13 at 10:29 am in response to Minnesota lawmakers beat the clock, barely

They're sure not going to quit the love of money.

Posted on 05/21/13 at 12:19 pm in response to Sequestration is imperiling scientific research — and economic growth

Rather, seeing a matter of fundamental importance to their society, China is moving forward and accelerating its funding of basic research.

The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)…

“…has pledged to increase spending on scientific research to 2.2 percent of GDP by 2015.”

“Meanwhile, a study has found that the volume of research papers published in the field of materials science is being driven by Asia and, in particular, China, which has overtaken the...

Posted on 05/20/13 at 02:04 pm in response to Early poll shows close race between Bachmann and Graves

The crosstabs show the distribution of answers (assumably 500 per question). I ALSO want to know how many total calls were made, and how many surveys were aborted before conclusion. This firm knows these numbers - Devin, please ask them to provide and please make them available here.

Posted on 05/20/13 at 12:33 pm in response to Peter Waldron, Bachmann whistleblower, describes a campaign and candidate in distress

No wonder she became debilitated - it takes a tremendous amount of all those kinds of energies to to keep a fantasy going. To get a jag going like she did ?? Uff Da !!

Posted on 05/18/13 at 08:36 am in response to FBI joins probe of Bachmann's presidential campaign

...shows just how far Ms. Bachmann has come to distrust even those close to her. Being a shifty, untrustworthy person herself, she would naturally be inclined towards suspicion.

Withholding earned pay in favor of this petty demand would seem to be illegal in a plain and simple way, as the employer is simply and plainly obligated to pay for the work of the employee.

Posted on 05/18/13 at 11:49 am in response to Ranked-choice voting: Minneapolis data show people use it with sophistication

The author also points out, and with a specific example, that in non-competitive races, only a small minority may rank their choices.

Since so many, many races are non-competitive due to the enormous advantages of incumbency, it takes no great leap to know that even though Mr. Jacobs may indeed appear correct in his thesis of a low OVERALL voter use of ranking (due to numerous non-competitive races), that his thesis does nothing to explain the cases of competitive elections cited,...