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Mrs Dear Leader and I each have a friend who is in hospice, friends of many years. Having also lost two of my closest buddies of over forty years just in the last year alone I think I can say, this really sucks. In fact, life has been tough for a lot of people the last few years and it's easy to get down about it. There's another way to think about this though. As difficult as it is, sad events like this should make us realize, no, remember that life is precious. Yup, we have a lot problems maybe individually and certainly as a country but you know what?  If you’re still vertical then things aren’t so bad and there's always hope. Nobody has ever called me a Pollyanna but maybe we could stop whining and realize how lucky we are? Okay, end of sermon.  With that said it’s time to embrace the sweet fragrance of spring in Minnesota. The days are getting longer, golf courses are opening, lakes are turning from white to blue - can flip flops and sun dresses be far behind? Best ...

    Perhaps It's an Illness Clearly something is not right with a huge group of our fellow citizens who cling to the coat tails of a known liar and seditionist. And now, apparently since democracy isn’t working for them, they also want to restrict the right to vote. I read the article about the Republicans nationwide working hard to make voting “safe from fraud” and, like many people who actually care about democracy and the right to vote, I was outraged. After further consideration, I believe they are still wrong but I now think they deserve at least a little understanding; even before they allowed themselves to be hijacked by that corrupt, east coast grifter they had some mental health issues. Starting with St Ronny Reagan with his assault on unions and goofy trickledown economics, they began to drift off the road of being a functional political party. Aided by guys like Newt Gingrich and Trump, they are so far off road now that it seems unlikely they will survive with...