Parking this here so I can find it later!! It’s one of those days…

No wonder the top Generals are being fired. They’re objecting to illegal orders of the incompetents in charge.

I know next to nothing about international law, so off to wiki for a start:

The ICC reserves the right of states to prosecute war crimes, and the ICC can only proceed with prosecution of crimes when states do not have willingness or effective and reliable processes to investigate for themselves.

From the footnote:

There’s no way that war crimes are an “official act.” Who has the gumption to arrest and prosecute?

p.s. No wonder tRump hates Jack Smith — he’s an expert in prosecuting war crimes.

Just out, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel Energy‘s request to increase the Cannon Falls Power Purchase Agreement by 45-70MW. The Commerce ditty after the order explains what Xcel wants and their justification for it. Is it related to the Cannon Falls data center across the way???

Data Center loads? this 45-70MW is comparatively small. To track large loads, this could be useful:

MISO’s Large Load Working Group. From that page:

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Next week, Monday April 6th and Tuesday April 7th, there are meetings about the “Iron Range-St. Louis County-Arrowhead” transmission line, or “ISA Transmisison Project,” and an online meeting on Thursday, April 9th.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!!

In the Notice are directions to show up at the online meeting, Thursday, April 9th, and the full Notice is right below:

Read the section on what this meeting is about on pages 3-4 of that Notice.

Comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on April 23rd:

The biggest problem with this line that I see is that ATC, and now MInnesota Power, are wanting to eliminate the 800MVA limitation on the Arrowhead substation, a limitation that’s been in place since 2001. And what’s really weird is that in the HVDC Modernization Project, at the Arrowhead substation and the DC line, CN-22-611 and TL-22-607, ATC wanted to hijack the Minnesota Power project, and Minnesota Power was not having it… yet now it’s OK… a complete turn around. Hmmmm, wonder what happened there?!?!?! What does this new project have to do with that Phase Shifting Transformer at Arrowhead? Well, for sure it’s connected, so putting more electricity into the Arrowhead substation, that’s simple enough.

And then there’s MISO, today saying, not to worry, this is NOT to power the Hermantown Data Center… which then reinforces the notion that it’s for export, bulk power transfer!

Where is the increased power coming from — the DC line? From Manitoba Hydro? From CapX 2020 connecting in — after all, it’s ALL connected! Inquiring minds want to know. Why? There’s a Presidential Permit limiting power coming across the border to 833MW.

And the purpose of the Arrowhead limitation was to prevent bulk power transfer of North Dakota generated coal. What coal plants have shut down??

I’m representing, STILL representing, World Organization of Landowner Freedom, it never ends. We were an intervenor in the Minnesota and Wisconsin dockets for the Arrowhead-Weston transmission project — that was 25+ years ago, with a couple iterations I think the last in 2004. WOLF was not allowed to intervene in the HVDC Modernization Project when that limitation of the Phase Shifting Transformer was at issue!

Way back when, we were at the MN Appellate Court about this substation and Arrowhead transmission project exemption from Minnesota permitting by EQB in 2001-2002 and got nowhere:

So here we go about that Arrowhead substation again, and about the bulk power coming into the substation, in this “Iron Range to St. Louis County to Arrowhead” transmission project.

Two missives regarding Talon Mine in the inbox yesterday:

First, this cut and paste of tidbit in the Current Monitor: March 31, 2026 Volume 50, Number 13:

Talon Nickel January 12, 2026 Exploratory Drilling Plan

Location: Aitkin and Carlton Counties
Process: Petition
Step: Petition exempt from review

Notice description: On March 24, 2026, EQB staff received notice from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (the designated responsible government unit) that the above-named project is exempt from environmental review under Minn R. 4410.4600 Subp. 2 B.

Responsible governmental unit and contact: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Jill Townley, 651-259-5168

Second – Got a missive the other day from Dept. of Natural Resources, the state agency that handles mining permits. Talon Metals made a change a while ago in January, a Legalectric post:

Tamarack Mining & Talon Metal update

And here we go, DNR‘s release of Proposer Documents:

March 23, 2026 Tamarack Mining Project Revised EAW Form (PDF)

March 23, 2026 Tamarack Mining Project Revised Figures (PDF)

Per the DNR, this is the SIXTH revision:

We’re still in this mobius strip of scoping, haven’t even had a public comment period yet. Sign up HERE on DNR Talon/Tamarack page to get the DNR‘s notices and other info:

Since June of 2023, and we’re still going round and round and round, which calls into question whether this project is real or vaporware — it’s reminding me of the Mesaba coal gasification project! How many years before the DNR says “STOP WASTING OUR TIME!”

Here’s Talon HQ in Tamarack. Maybe next time I’m up visiting my friend in Tamarack I’ll drop in and say howdy!

Again, sign up HERE on DNR Talon/Tamarack page so you will get the DNR‘s notices so you can weigh in on this project.