Don't Even Get Me Started .... Union Clerks On Strike -- Won't Accept $195,000 Offer --- These Are Clerks -- It's Not The Money -- It's Jobs For Their Kids

Link to LA Times. And then read what they are striking over. Meanwhile ships headed to Los Angeles ports are diverting to competing ports.

And, I will be re-posting all the non-Bakken stories, so folks coming here for the Bakken may have to scroll down. The Bakken stories are clearly marked.

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Oh, by the way, it's snowing in Boston! Hurrah for global warming. Global warming predicted increased precipitation.

Baby, Please Come Home, Darlene Love
Don't forget to check out the incredible Sky Spy photos of North Dakota at KQCD; photos taken by your neighbors. 

Plan to raise estate tax not universally accepted, WSJ. The big question: how will Ms Heitkamp vote? If she is lucky, the deal will be done before January 20, 2013. From the Williston wire yesterday:

A record 634 North Dakotans reported incomes of more than $1 million on their 2011 individual tax returns; up from 532 in 2010; largely due to royalties paid to mineral owners by oil companies. Average adjusted gross income in North Dakota increased from $53K in 2010 to $61K in 2011.

And then, speaking of raising estate taxes -- the North Dakota family farms. Cue up Connie Francis.

AARP, huge supporter of ObamaCare, opposes Medicare cuts, WSJ. Cue up Connie Francis.