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We should, of course, protect ourselves when we are attacked. We should provide some help to our allies when they are invaded. We do not, however, need to defend every Saudi citizen regarded as a traitor by the Saudis, even if he does write newspaper articles from America. We do not need to beat our chests in outrage every time an adversary spies on us; we should instead just adopt some ruthless defenses against the spies. Above all, however, we should get over the idea that a government is an enemy just because it is nasty, or even just because it is undemocratic.

Making other countries conform to USA standards is not a function of the U.S. government.

Brexit, the move to withdraw the UK from the European Union, has left the nation divided. The UK is set to leave the EU on October 31, 2019. But will it happen? And should it happen? In this article, Dr. Mark Hendrickson looks at the pros and cons of Brexit for the people of the UK and writes, “all eyes are on the UK. The British people face a momentous decision with existential implications for their culture, economy, and political system.”

It's nothing new, really.  It's been going on for roughly a century now, and it is probably happening now - has happened recently - in your hometown.  Trust me - it's not good.

Today I bring you a roundup of stories of Islam.  I began by looking at them all to find what here would speak to North and South Dakotans and Minnesotans.  I finally decided you should look at them all.

Is this happening in your district?  Will it be happening there this year?  Next year?

A couple of boys, a girl and a knife.  It could happen anywhere, including a schoolyard near you.

A political platform is a formal set of principled goals which are supported by a party and its candidates. As a metaphor, the platform is composed of positions or viewpoints known as “planks” that address topics important to the party. The idea is to appeal to the general public.

The party’s national convention votes on the platform. In a sense, the platform becomes the party’s manifesto. Once adopted, the campaign begins in earnest.

Given the Democrats’ divergent field of presidential candidates, the party can use some platform suggestions. The following suggestions come from comments made by the twenty or so Democrat presidential candidates on the issues gleaned from debates and news interviews.

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A pattern emerges in the Democrat platform and should be very obvious – control by the few over the many is best for America. In their view, the individual exists for the good of the state. The only question now is, “Will the many vote away their freedom in 2020?”

SIOUX FALLS; MITCHELL, SD; A WAYS TO GO; STUBORN PROBLEM; NOT EVERYONE IS PLEASED; A WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM; SELL ICE TO ESKIMOS; ATV DDEATHS; ON ON HEMP IN SD; THE MINNESOTA PARADOX; THE RACIAL GAP; WATCH WHERE YOU WALK; IN MINNEAPOLIS; DAKTOIDS

You might not see this on the streets . . . yet.  Chances are very good that you will one day.

There are no guns involved in this.  It’s not happening in Nigeria - it happened last month in Minneapolis at Target Field, the home otf the Twins.

It is always the right time to teach your kids (or grandkids) about their inheritance - our Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights!  

In the 18 years which have passed since the treachery of 9-11, we have made little to no progress against terrorism.  In fact, it could well be argued that not only did we learn nothing from the tragedy but we have gone on some kind of walkabout, shedding our freedoms the whole time.

On Tuesday, September 4, Democrat presidential wannabes engaged in a seven-hour environmental scare fest. And -- we are nowhere near Halloween! Those who buy into the manmade climate change drivel, like children at story time, want to be scared.

On Wednesday, after hearing about the CNN-sponsored dark festival, I made a beeline to a couple of books on my bookshelf. Much like the Democrat leaders today, previous doomsday soothsayers were saying silly sooth as far back as the 1960s. Even at that time Chicken Little’s sky had not fallen – but it might have in twenty or thirty years.

ND FOOTBALL LOOKING GOOD; ONLINE NEWSPAPERS CLOSE ACCESS; BYE BYE COAL; THE NATION'S ECONOMY; BAD WEATHER; CROSS-MEDIAN CRASHES; NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK; ONLY IN ND; WARD COUNTY HAS A CRUEL DILEMMA; PODUNK PROBLEM; DEMOS DILEMMA; FILMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS; INDIANS IN PRISON;BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE; DAKTOIDS

While the president's indignant defenders deny that he is even considering a social credit score to deprive us of our Constitutional rights, we need to recognise that he is.  There have been many red flags before this man was nominated to run for president - many of us who were calling attention to them during the 2016 campaign were shouted down in a frenzy by Trump's supporters, goaded by a not unreasonable fear of the spectre of a Hilary Clinton in the White House.  But that is why we needed someone better qualified.  This is the price we are paying for electing someone totally foreign to our history, our laws and the reasoning which underpins these laws and our Constitution.  What he blithely proposes to "end" gun violence is nothing more than direct violation of our most sacred rights as Americans.  It's not "fake news" - it is a glaring reality.  

Another First Amendment case.  What will it mean for our freedom to make movies and see them?  What might it portend in view of the candidacy of Pete Buttegieg?

The controversy, today, is about semi-automatic rifles. It is a dishonest controversy. The great majority of rifles made today are semi-automatic. “Semi-automatic” simply means that the rifle cocks itself. The enemies of the first amendment, however, try to spread two misunderstandings:
1. that “semi-automatic” means fully automatic, like a submachine gun; and
2. that “semi-automatic” rifles are only fearsome war weapons without legitimate civilian purposes.

The naked truth is that the proponents of gun legislation are simply city slickers who just do not like fire arms, or ignorant people who want to limit rifles to the technology of 1919.

Is polyamory the secret to overcoming the “patriarchal oppression” of marriage? Dr. Joseph Horton begs the contrary. Analyzing the practical consequences of polyamory’s promise of non-exclusive, interconnected networks of romance, Horton observes that “the suggestion that polyamory be considered normal portends a seismic cultural shift … Normalizing relationship limitlessness will in the end be limiting.”

There is a reason why loony left environmentalists are laughed at. They brought it on themselves with their foolish proposals to “save the planet.” What used to be known as “conservation” is now a weird and wild playground of the absurd and irrational.

A few representative stories drawn from many, many examples illustrate the silliness of their premise. The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that professor emeritus Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh wants to replicate the effects of the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, to study the effects of global warming. His idea is to spray massive amounts of sea salt into the atmosphere using wind-powered pumps on ships. The salt would reflect the sun’s rays back into space and thus lower the global temperature. Brilliant! And what happens when salt rain falls on arable land? Crop failure anyone?

It's beginning to look a lot like China.

THE 2017-19 ND BUDGET CYCLE; A RECESSION MAY HIT; ND PRISON SYSTEM IS BULGINHG; NOT A PROBLEM?; CHASE IRON EYES; DOPS AND DONT'S; WHO IS THE OLDEST PERSON IN ND?; PEGGY LEE; THE MINOT DAILY NEWS WAS "VERY EXCITED"; TAKE NO CHANCES; THE OMAR DRIP, DRIP, DRIP; DRIP BECOMES A TORRENT; A RASH OF SUICIDES; DAKTOIDS

The City of Grand Forks is considering providing clean needles for drug addicts.  What could possibly go wrong?

It starte with raw fear.  The knock on the door in the midle of the night.  The "social credit score" which strips you of the right to travel, to have a job, to go to school, to buy things you need.  Then it takes away your right to assemble or to speak.  Eventually you are nothing but an organ farm, kept alive only to supply vital organs to the marketplace.   But before that first step, the authorities take away your guns and your right to self defense.  When it reaches the end game, it looks like this.

The First Amendment is baked in the cake.

Dan Wos of Gun Owners of America has an urgent message.

We've all heard the expression, "There oughta be a law!"  whenever something seems unfair or amiss in our lives.  Usually that is the last thing that there "oughta" be!

A stimulating e-mail from an old friend last week inspired me. He cited various quotations of famous men. How wonderfully conversant these quotes were to my way of thinking. They recalled old-school values and a heritage spanning centuries.

I began my own search for quotations. The following is a selection of a few of the many aphorisms worth reciting. Anyone can find gratification and affirmation by noodling around the internet. Suggested sites include brainyquote.com, rightwingnews.com, quoteload.com, and refseek.com.

            Insights from our Founding Fathers include:

It might seem to some of us that our governor and our president are just a little to sanguine about our Bill of Rights - our due process is at stake and these guys are pretty off-hand about its importance in every aspect of American life.

"Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."

We are inundated with con jobs - people who call and try to steal your bank account, websites and smartphone games that mine data.  There is really no end.  But perhaps the most costly con game around is the green one.