These are the mad political rantings of one Matthew McNeil, Liberal/Democratic radio host in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. The postings are mine, the thoughts are mine. Mostly about politics, but I will occasionally get into raising kids, cooking, gardening, the arts and my favorite sports. Bon Appetite!
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Hi all. It's been a brutal week. I'm exhausted. I need a smile. This week is all about laughs. I've often featured ZeFrank on the Friday Link. The first time I ever saw one of his videos was at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where they made the point that art does include comedy. This week he has a great piece on how flowers trick flies into getting their pollen. I will warn you this is a…
Hi all. Big Brother is indeed watching. A lot of people are bothered by the collection of our day-to-day activities and by them being shared with the Feds, law enforcement, and databases (and likely AI companies). To give you a prepper course on this, here is John Oliver and Last Week Tonight's recent segment on Police surveillance. Here is why this is becoming a HUGE problem. It doesn't matter…
Hi all! I love baseball, and being a Twins fan, the last few seasons have been BRUTAL. It all came to a head last year when the ownership sold off most of the team for pebbles and twigs, and the fans were left to wonder what the heck we had to look forward to. This year has been...fine. We're a .500 team in a league that is best described as bland. There have been a few moments of enjoyment, but…
Hi all! Happy Friday! This year I've had two exceptional music experiences. Last Thursday I was in Chicago for the Rush 50 Something tour, and it did not disappoint. As a fan of the band, I never thought I'd ever hear them play again, since Neil Peart passed away. Then Paul McCartney (who I saw play last October) encouraged Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to get back at it. They found an amazing…
Hi all! Happy Weekend! Back in late April, I had a Friday Link which included Tasting History's Max Miller listing off the worst historical recipes he's ever recreated (edible leather??? Hard pass!). Realizing there is always a day for the night, he has now put out the best-tasting recipes he recreated, and I will admit I am surprised by his top favorite. I have made two of these myself,…
I have an eclectic group for tonight's Friday Link. I grew up in the video game age. I still remember exactly where the video arcades were in the area malls I grew up around. I was a Galaga guy, getting up to level 30 once. I remember when Dragon's Lair came on the scene. They would have a TV on top of the video game so everyone could see the action being played out. When this game showed up, kids…
Hi all! Kind of short and sweet as we are in the holiday weekend! I hope everyone in the US has a wonderful Independence Day. Remember, this country is far more than a bloviated, narcissistic, serial abuser and pedophile. If you've never seen The Play That Goes Wrong, it was a theater production from 2012, originally from London, that eventually made its way to Broadway, where an ill-equipped…
Howdy All! This week we dive into the question of who exactly was Jack the Ripper. The question of who murdered women in Whitechapel, London in 1888 has been the source for a lot of debate for the century and a half since the murders, and frankly we still don't have any concrete evidence of who was behind the slaughters. As time has rolled on, and as criminology has gotten sharper, many people…
Hi all! I have not done my favorite SNL skits from the past year, so here we go. Disclaimer as always: These are just my opinion, and by all means, feel free to completely disagree with me! #10 - Passing Notes. I do like it when the cast breaks, and no one gets the cast breaking more than Ryan Gosling. It also helps that one of the best cast members for breaking, Ashley Padilla, makes the skit…
Hi everyone. One year ago on Sunday, Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated in their home, and MN Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot, all by the same deranged man. Speaker Hortman was a really good leader. And an absolutely wonderful person. I'm very sad about this anniversary. I'll make sure to light a candle for them this weekend. For this Friday Link, I want…
