NoiseInsideMyHead

I've always found it interesting that a guy can buy a girl a $70 dinner and take her to a $30 movie, after which they have casual sex, and it's called a "date" and the morality police are mostly silent. Same guy gives same girl a $100 bill, skips dinner and the movie, and it's called a "crime." But wait, they say...there is at least some economic impact when you go out and spend money on a date. Well, can't a legal, regulated sex industry be taxed, which would offset the sales tax losses entirely?

RIP Sickies -- Another one bites the dust. Service basically sucked after they moved across the river, but the burger options were worth some inconvenience. Probably should have just stayed put in GF with the smaller footprint. PS - a little advance notice would have been nice...I have two BOGO coupons that were good until 8/31.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/crime-and-courts/7171655-GFPD-uses-prostitution-sting-to-study-human-trafficking-in-the-city Saw this story on WDAY Friday night and was puzzled. The gist was that GFPD ran a typical John sting, with a non-existent prostitute. Here's the problem: No indication of trafficking here. I've watched "COPS," and I can tell you that adult women can and often do voluntarily engage in sex-for-money. What about this setup is even remotely related to "individuals who are doing this against their will"? Could they not at least have posed as an adult offering the services of a minor, or the services of a "young woman new to town" or an "immigrant"? You know, to draw in the real scuzzballs? The CVIC person is quoted as saying that ordinary Johns "are doing harm and may not realize the person providing sex to them is going through, they may be being beaten, held against their will, starved." But all you could possibly accomplish here is to soften the market for ALL prostitution. You could bust 1000 Johns (ruining countless lives) and not put a single dent in 'human trafficking.' Would this not have been infinitely more intelligent to set up as a reverse sting, drawing in the trafficked, or the traffickers, rather than three horny, lonely dudes who were just looking for love in the wrong place? I really hope that the Herald and WDAY either got the story wrong or that certain details were left out. Because otherwise this sounds like a Keystone Kops exercise, devoid of logic, and I want to believe that the GFPD is better than that. If you want to bust regular Johns, fine, but please don't pretend it has anything to do with some greater evil. (Discussion time) What say you...is it time to legalize and regulate the sex trade in ND?

So much news coming out of UND lately about things that are well-endowed.

How's that town-and-gown relationship working out for you? This is an abysmal planning failure, and a total embarrassment for all concerned. Historic drought, so they sure can't blame the weather. Huge black eye for the City.

(close enough)

https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/7142767-A-Grand-Forks-doctor-says-he’ll-defend-his-clinic’s-name.-But-is-it-unique-enough If only one of them had thought to include the word "Fighting"...

What's likely to happen is...one of the ag equipment auction houses will fold and the stuff will just rust into place right there in the south parking lot. They'll throw up a building around those and call it the ag exhibit. Then they'll rope off part of the tailgating area while in use, and call that the "Effects of alcohol consumption" wing.

Mentally unfit for service? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(military) Homeless? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)

Plenty of this to go around. Some people may want to double-wrap. Because the world can be scary, what with all those pesky variants, and unvaccinated monsters, and such.

*you could have been *you should have never #petpeeve

Sunday in Tokyo with some white knuckle drama. USA takes gold (Schauffele grinds to win by a stroke), 7-man playoff for bronze, including Morikawa and McIlroy. (still underway as of 2:45 am CT) Who needs sleep? This event probably needs to incorporate some match play and more of a true team element. But it's been fun to watch.

Just passed by Wendy's on S. Wash. Appears the post-fire reno is complete and the dining room is open.

Former Taco John's on Washington being gutted. Permit on the window indicates a coffee shop is coming. Will be SO disappointed if they don't call it "Six Pack and A Ground."

Including Brockway, Ogdenville, AND North Haverbrook.

They can run Deep Blue Light Specials.

Olympics just the latest fiasco. It is well past time that we ditch COVID testing as a pathetic ruse for safety among athletes and participants. I think that we need a 100% consent model rather than a vax/testing model. Everyone has more than enough information to make their own decisions. Life - and sports - must go on for those who choose to do so. The rest may continue to cower in their basements…until the shot wears off, that is. Which is about a month, in Rahm’s case.

Until Goose hits his head on the sunroof.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/7110664-Altru-announces-expanded-hospital-plan-going-back-to-a-seven-floor-facility-construction-is-set-to-begin-in-fall That steel has been exposed a long time. Any engineers on here care to weigh in? Calculated risks are one thing, but given that the impetus for this construction was a near-catastrophic structural failure, one might wonder if it's worth the chance. The article in the Herald was awfully light on tech...surely they would have asked the tough question and/or sought comment from an independent expert. 'Cause journalism, right? I mean, I can't be the only one thinking about it.

A good rule of thumb these days before you head out to eat is to have a Plan B and a Plan C. Lots of crazy hours and odd closings.

I think people should be creative and have fun like this. Life is way too short to be serious all the time.

Nice combo. I would have operated both, called it "Suds and Muds." Complete with hot capuccino foam baths, and spot-and-dairy-free creamer rinses. Not sure how popular the optional espresso undercarriage wash would have been, though.

Couple of observations from The Match: 1. Aaron Rodgers can putt. 2. I would definitely play that course, but would bring 2 dozen balls AND spring for a cart. 3. Made-for-TV celebrity golf matches are a blast and should happen more often. 4. Aaron Rodgers can putt.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/7097399-Letter-Memorial-Union-on-Grand-Forks’-UND-campus-shouldn’t-include-Chick-fil-A Surprised it took this long. Induced enough eye roll to get up and over the Columbia overpass.

<checks salary> Six months of lame duck status, plus the freedom of getting out on one's own terms (even if just technically), is hardly a bad deal.