Tom LaForce

Filled up Monday for $3.29 in MN. Not close to $2.00.

Now that I've seen northern lights, that just leaves a tornado for me to still see, preferably moving away from me.

Within the past week, I could have sworn I heard someone from the government claiming gas to be approaching $2.00 a gallon. Today's fill was at $3.29 for regular. I'd call that a long ways from $2.00.

So many of these seem like jokes, but then I realize nope, they're real.

Am I remembering a statement about the ballroom being near the White House, but not actually touching it? Maybe that will be true after the east wing has been completely torn off. I don't remember anything said about the teardown.

Strib managed a straight up headline as well. Adding in the A to Z subhead.

Reuters played it straight.

The story is that there are lots of protest planned for today. Why did @apnews.com feel compelled to add a GOP talking point to its headline? 😖

When doing one's research, who should we trust? I typically find data generated by experts to be pretty reliable.

He's not looking at her, but rather reaching deep into his brain in an attempt to create just the right slur.

Anyone who does the family grocery shopping knows which way food prices are going. Everything is more expensive.

But did you first saw through some aluminum cans to prove their quality?

Lived in MN my whole life. Never heard the team "row crop farm." Is that something different than another kind of farm?

I thought we were all about shrinking gov't.

I was just wondering about this very question this morning. Who wants this job?

I remember thinking that must have been a mistake.

Today's gospel. The Good Samaritan. The priest hit many good points in his homily. Might have been just a bit more clear for people who couldn't connect the dots to the government's deportation effort.

IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.

What's to prevent dark money donations from encouraging pastors to make the preferred endorsements? This is a pathway to churches losing members. www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...

List of countries with highest military expenditures - Wikipedia

The US spends more on defense than the next 9 biggest spending countries, including 3x as much as its closest rival. Can someone help me understand why we need to increase it at the cost of programs for food and healthcare? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Sometimes cities have them. Might call City Hall.

1 day a year we eat garlic scapes. Today was that day.

You know how pro wrestlin' has a lot of insults flying as part of the show? The audience eats it up. Wondering if we're being played by the feud.

If the bill is so "beautiful", you'd think they would have not chosen to go with the middle of the night to pass it.

And yet, they'll still find some way to not notice or blame Biden.

There was a day when that would have meant trouble for her. These days, I don't see any consequences other than a few articles like this one.

Lyricosis definition and example.

You know that moment when someone lets you know that you are singing the wrong lyrics to a song? Yes, it's embarrassing, but you adjust and proudly sing the right lyrics from that day forward. This same concept applies when professing "facts" that turn out to be wrong.

dorothy from the wizard of oz says " oh my " ALT: dorothy from the wizard of oz says " oh my "

Lyin' and tariffs and bribes, oh my.

Isn't the MAGAverse opposed to libraries? He didn't seem interested after his first term.

So much nuance. Will the MSM ever rediscover their spines?