[image_credit]REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque[/image_credit][image_caption]President Donald Trump[/image_caption]
On the front lines of the battle against CWD. MPR’s John Enger reports: “Marv Stroschein and his Crow Wing County, Minn., landfill crew poured gallons of kerosene onto a huge pile of cordwood in an incinerator the size of a shipping container, then tossed in a road flare to light it up. … Supercharged with oxygen, temperatures inside the massive open-air incinerator top out at 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit. Stroschein needed at least 1,000 degrees — near the melting point of aluminum — to kill what he was hunting this day: prions, the deformed brain and nerve cells of deer carcasses infected with chronic wasting disease.”
Another Eighth District challenger. The Forum News Service reports (via the Duluth New Tribune): “Marjorie ‘Marje’ Holmstrom-Sabo announced her candidacy to represent Minnesota’s 8th District in the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming 2020 election. … Holmstrom-Sabo is the second candidate this month to announce a challenge to incumbent U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Duluth. Democrat Quinn Nystrom of Baxter officially kicked off her campaign Thursday, Oct. 3. Holmstrom-Sabo’s official announcement will take place at noon Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine View in Hibbing.”
Beats leaving the house. The Star Tribune’s David La Vaque reports: “Two ranked football teams. Bleachers packed with fans representing each. … A playoff atmosphere permeated everything about the Class 6A, top-10 game last Friday between Lakeville’s two high schools: then-No. 1 North and South. … Those with a rooting interest who were either unwilling or unable to attend could catch a live video stream of the game on their computer or smartphone. … Once a novelty at the local high school level, livestreaming has become a more prominent part of the broadcasting landscape.”
In other news…
Congratulations: “Marlon James, Laili Lalami are National Book Award nominees” [Star Tribune]
Twins win: “Rollin’ Twins win 2019 Wheelchair Softball World Series” [KMSP]
Another media bankruptcy: “Tiger Oak Media, publisher of Minnesota Bride magazine, files for bankruptcy” [Star Tribune]
They could use the help: “Target donates $250,000 to University of Minnesota to boost cybersecurity program” [Star Tribune]
Also in Big Red news: “Target powering Toys ‘R’ Us relaunch” [Star Tribune]
How sweet it isn’t: “Women sue Post over shortage of honey in Honey Bunches of Oats” [City Pages]
Remember “The Chalice”? “An Oral History of Lizzo’s Rise to Fame” [Minneapolis.St.Paul]
Hmmm..Lawless Anti-Union President thanks head of Minneapolis Police Union for his support. Somebody is letting their emotions get in the way of the common sense.
The President’s not anti-union. He’s worked with the building trades for 40 years.
He just doesn’t pay them and expects them to agree with him.
Then why is his administration going to trash the building trades apprenticeship programs?
Look a little closer.
He has stiffed building trades contractors for over 40 years. And he has bragged about it as a cost containment strategy:
“Let them sue me”
You are not a union supporter if you don’t pay for the work done by companies big and small.
How would you like to be a 10 person building trades start up, get a Trump contract only to be later put out of business by this serial cheater?
Does anyone know if those tee shirts are union made?