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Amazon Drops M4GW Because of Minnesota’s New Internet Tax

By Elmer Beauregard It’s not just M4GW but Amazon is shutting down the accounts of all  Minnesotans participating in its Associates Program, citing the state’s new “unconstitutional” internet sales tax. This is the email I received from them. Amazon Associates: Important Account Notification We are writing from the Amazon Associates …

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In Minnesota the fishing is open but the lakes aren’t

On scale not seen since 1950, Minnesota fishing opener on ice On Thursday morning, just two days before Minnesota’s fishing opener, Mark Lease of Grand Rapids had a problem. It was the same problem thousands of other anglers were  Most northern Minnesota lakes were still sealed under a few feet …

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Monckton asks IPCC for correction to AR4

Originally Posted at Wattsupwiththat 4 May 2013 IPCC Secretariat, Geneva Request for correction of a serious inaccuracy in the contribution of Working Group 1 to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report As an Expert Reviewer for the Fifth Assessment Report, 2013, and in accordance with the IPCC Protocol for Addressing Possible …

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Set the Canadian Geese Free

ROCHESTER MN: A record breaking 14″ of snow from a rare May snowstorm in Rochester Minnesota wasn’t enough to make this Canadian Goose leave the nest. “This photo was taken today by Greg Munson, Quarry Hill Nature Center naturalist in Rochester. The mother goose has been sitting on her 9 …

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Good Question… Bad Answer

By Elmer Beauregard Good Question: Is ‘Global Warming’ The Wrong Term To Use? With all the cold weather and deep snow this spring a lot of thinking people are questioning the whole global warming scare. Our local CBS affiliate does a segment called Good Question where they answer questions from viewers. …

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Happy #$&*!? Earth Day

Well it’s earth day again, and here in Minnesota we are supposed to get 6 to 9 inches of global warming over the next 24 hours. We are breaking all kinds of snow and cold records in this state, it was 14 degrees below zero in Embarrass Minnesota Saturday morning and …

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Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown

By Alister Doyle (Reuters) – Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around …

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Winter’s Icy Grip Continues in Minnesota

By Elmer Beauregard Well it’s tax day tomorrow so that means it must be the middle of April but instead it looks like the middle of December here in Minnesota. Its snowing today which makes it the 6th day in a row of measurable snowfall, that hasn’t happened since February… …