Wisdom in SpaceOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
-- Arthur Ashe
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Bruce MacDonaldThose venturing into the Boundary Waters should prepare for high water and possible inundation of portages and campsites, as well as dangerous rapids and very cold water.
https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MNZ012&warncounty=MNC075&firewxzone=MNZ012&local_place1=11%20Miles%20E%20Winton%20MN&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=47.9499&lon=-91.5752
Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr
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'There’s a “scarcity complex” where people think there aren’t enough permits for everyone, Quinn said. But she said the number of permits issued for the Boundary Waters has stayed relatively steady, at around 26,000 annually.'
Boundary Waters canceled permits, no-shows up last year
By Kirsti Marohn
MPR News
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/04/boundary-waters-canceled-permits-noshows-up-last-year
As regards the celebrated "struggle for life," it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
The point is not for women simply to take power out of men's hands, since that wouldn't change anything about the world. It's a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.
-- Simone de Beauvoir
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The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate.
-- Thomas J. Watson
Banking today is like playing Russian roulette with someone else's head.
-- Anonymous Banker (Swimming with Sharks)
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Fight Back! NewsMinneapolis gathers for Earth Day amidst attacks on environment
Minneapolis, MN – On April 18, hundreds took to the streets of Minneapolis, to celebrate Earth Day and demand an end to capitalism’s relentless attacks on the planet. Organized by the Climate Justice Committee along with numerous coalition partners, the rally and march was held under the banner “Earth is for everyone – No one is illegal.”
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-gathers-for-earth-day-amidst-attacks-on-environment
