The West Central Tribune website appears open this morning (Saturday) at least for those who are registered readers. That includes me although I do not pay anything. I do not pay to read anything online. That means I cannot read David Brooks' columns for the New York Times. I actually do not pay for anything online. Isn't there always a risk of getting "hacked?"
If the bank in Hancock could get hacked, then what guarantee is there for an individual like me? The bank has since come under new ownership.
I'm "in" for looking at the West Central Tribune's sports coverage on this pleasant Saturday morning - a little nippy outside but we have been spoiled this winter. I'm happy about it as long as it is not evidence of climate change. I do fear that it is evidence. And you may be happy in the short term. But climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather. Remember the "derecho" of a couple years ago? Are you all prepared to have the roofs blown off your homes? Maybe that will change your perspective.
I wish my writing this morning could focus on the MACA boys basketball game. In an ideal world, that's the way it should be. But life rolls on with the Willmar newspaper really "sticking it to us" here in Motown.
The little heading that reports the score refers to us as "Morris/CA." That is an improper reference. We are "Morris Area Chokio Alberta" or "MACA" and proud of it. The Willmar paper has done this for a very long time. Very unprofessional, and I thought Forum Communications prided itself on its professionalism. The Forum owned the Morris newspaper for a while, then the company just up and left.
The first sentence of today's WC Trib item refers to us as "Morris/Chokio-Alberta." Well, a pox on those people at the Willmar paper. And how much of a service is the WC Trib today, in terms of reporting to us about our 84-53 win? They more or less dump on us. The coverage is four sentences with the last one announcing when Benson's next game is. No reporting on the Tigers' next game. A middle finger to the WC Tribune, and to think they want online readers to "subscribe."
No players' names in today's coverage. Not for either MACA or Benson. The third sentence tells us that Benson has a 0-13 record in the conference. Maybe Benson needs to start focusing more attention on its programs instead of fighting such a nonstop battle to keep its "Braves" nickname. Where does that stand now? Is Benson using a "delay" tactic just like Donald Trump? They should have made the change a long time ago. Be done with it.
When all else fails, go without a "nickname." Just be Benson High School, boys and girls basketball.
The third sentence says the Tigers are now 8-4 in conference, 16-8 overall. That's nice. Lots of excitement and highlights I am sure. Nothing would make me happier right now than to supply an individual scoring list and some other stat highlights, plus the halftime score and other standard details. I cannot.
Why can't the parents and fans organize some way to remedy this situation? I look at the clock and it's 10:30 a.m. Nothing on the kmrs-kkok site about the Benson game. Well, it's the "weekend." No one ever bought that excuse from me when I was at the paper. Oh, "people don't work on weekends." Well, good for them.
Our win over BOLD was reported with just the score on the kmrs-kkok site. Just the score, which we could find on "Minnesota Scores" within seconds.
Who was the scoring leader for the Tigers? Any 3-pointers? We're in the dark. Brett Miller was very helpful on the kmrs site when he was at the station. But he left, so now we are screwed.
Yes, more Trump news
More disturbing news about the habits and attitudes of the former president yesterday (Friday). Yes indeed, more big headlines today, but to what effect? Do we ever learn anything? Someone should write an alternate history of the U.S. in which Trump lost in 2016 as a result of getting three million fewer votes than the Democratic Party nominee. Wait, that's what actually happened, I mean the vote difference of Trump vs. the Democrat.
We got four years of Trump and he's been in the headlines every day since. Gerald Ford talked about our "long national nightmare" due to Nixon's missteps. Appears like child's play compared to what we are looking at now. Because, Trump could well come back into the presidency. Hold on to your seats.
The biggest danger will be if Trump gets control of the Federal Reserve. It appears not many people are thinking about this. I am assuming he will want to get control of the Fed because he truly wants to be a dictator, and toward that end he appears to have the support of our congressperson here in western Minnesota. And that person would almost certainly be re-elected regardless of her specific positions on things, because she has an "R" next to her name.
We are now just like the Dakotas. We are "East Dakota." Rural America wants to put the Orange Man in the White House again. And if he gets control of the Federal Reserve, he will want interest rates to be pushed down recklessly. I assure you that interest rates do exist for a reason.
Oh well, you probably don't listen to me. And if the country virtually implodes, Trump will sit there and blame others as he always does. The "radical left Democrats." Someday we might pray for a return of the "radical left Democrats."
Below is the comment I submitted to Yahoo! News yesterday, soon after the big news came out re. the fraud trial. Most of you will be tuning in to Fox News to get your take on that, or Newsmax.
For most of my life, I understood that Republicans had their principles - fine and good - but they could still distinguish right from wrong and would never countenance sheer wrong. They could dismiss one of their own and move on, because they were a party of ideas. So it's so strange now. Defrauding banks and insurance companies. And a well-known Fox News host is already quoted saying today's verdict is a positive development for Trump's campaign. I had to read this twice. Really, do principles matter at all any more to the GOP? Will Trump's rallies get more pumped up now?
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- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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