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Twin Cities Daily Planet: Remembering Rondo: Central Corridor residents speak in Headwaters St. Paul tour

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:01:01 -0500

News Story Keeping the Faith

Carl Griffin grew up in the Rondo Neighborhood in the late 1950s, when "there actually was a Main Street" there.

And then, in the 1960s, Griffin watched as the construction of I-94 devastated the landscape and culture [...]

Dump Michele Bachmann: Michele Bachmann Embarrasses Her District Yet Again

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:02:00 -0500

The Cucking Stool has the story, and video. [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Wilder Foundation downsizes: How did it decide where to cut and how to tell its story?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:01:02 -0500

News Story Keeping the Faith

Last month, the Amherst Wilder Foundation announced that over the next two years it would cut program funding by 35 percent or more than $20 million and trim 200 of its 525 full-time equivalent staff.[...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Asinine item of the day – Nov 9 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:27 -0500

New York City bans flavored tobacco to fight the scourge of calabash smoking among urban youth. Tweed jackets tremble in fear Last week New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products that takes effect in February. This ordinance goes beyond the arbitrary, [...]

Fraters Libertas: Dazed and Confused

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Sen. John Kerry on how he came to the conclusion that we need to dial back it back a few notches in Afghanistan.Last month I was traveling down a dirt road in Afghanistan's Helmand province in a heavily armored vehicle. Through thick, bullet-proof windows, I could see Afghans staring as [...]

Psycmeister's Ice Palace!: Maybe Bill O'Reilly Will Learn Something From This

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:56:00 -0500

They say that if one has too open of a mind, eventually, one's brains will fall out.

Bill O'Reilly says he's fair and balanced one minute, yet also says that he operates the "No Spin Zone" the next.

Bill O'Reilly will often ignore readily available contrary evidence and [...]

Psycmeister's Ice Palace!: What a bunch of INGRATES!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:12:00 -0500

20 years ago, the Berlin wall was torn down; soon before, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!"

It was the genius of Ronald Reagan's policies, coupled with Maggie Thatcher and Pope John Paul II that fostered the conditions that allowed the two Germanys to unite, [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Rybak flouted campaign rules, but will he pay political price?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:01:03 -0500

News Story Election 2010 Governor

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is running for governor. The development comes as no surprise. Political observers predicted it for months. Rybak hardly hid his interest in seeking the state's top office. He even garnered a union [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: “The Death of my political career”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:30 -0500

Posted in Video Tagged: Health Care, Healthcare [...]

Shot in the Dark: Das War Den Moment Andem Wir So Lange Gewartet Habe

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:25 -0500

I started watching Youtube vids from twenty years ago tonight – and I couldn’t stop. Here’s an excellent, contemporary report from the CBC that shows some of the immediate background – but still reports on the Deutsche Democratische Republic as a going concern. More about the extended, but brief and dramatic, collapse [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Phelps Nut Family Protests Outside Obama's Children's Quaker School; Plan to Protest Ft. Hood Funerals

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

One of them is posting photos on her "Twitter" site. They believe that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the ensuing wars and even the mass shooting last week at Fort Hood, are punishment from God for tolerance... [...]

mnpACT!: Sen. Tom Bakk: It's the Jobs, Stupid!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:20:42 -0500

by Dave Mindeman

(A reminder: Sen. Tom Bakk and former Minority Leader Matt Entenza will be joining mnpACT! this Friday, November 13th (7pm) at Open Circle Church in Burnsville, MN)

Sometimes the art of moving a campaign forward is simply having the [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Artsy - Green Pink Caviar, by Marilyn Minter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:01:00 -0500

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Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Deal with it

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:31 -0500

Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Muslims, Obama [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: India Has More Honors Kids Than America Has Kids (& other Techie facts)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

(Thanks to Alan Castle, Seattle) Sony played this video at an executive conference this year. [...]

True North: Senator Al on Health Care

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:55 -0500

My Friend Scott wrote Al Franken with his concerns about the train wreck that is both the house and senate health care bills being considered. Scott Writes, "This is his reply to my letter informing him that government run health care was not sustainable and a very bad idea and" [...]

Freedom Dogs: Senator Al on Health Care

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:23 -0500

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Benedict Arnold Congress

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:24 -0500

Saturday night Congress betrayed us. Not only did the House of Representatives ignore our calls, emails, tea parties and town halls, but they did so in the process of pushing through the Pelosi-Obama socialistic, Big-Government healthcare fraud. And friends, this is why we are on the road right now with the [...]

Boots On: Fort Hood Shootings In a Nutshell

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500

I’m going to play amateur psychologist and sum up the Fort Hood shootings. Army Major Nidal Hasan is a practicing Muslim who opened fire on his fellow soldiers, killing many, wounding many. Let’s be frank. He was not insane. This was premeditated. He did not expect to survive. He fully [...]

Mary's Page: GOP Gov Candidates

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:09 -0500

With Brian Sullivan definitely not running, it keeps Marty Seifert in a more comfortable position as the presumed front-runner on the Republican side of the race for governor. Seifert told me Sullivan would have "been a formidable candidate." Sullivan issued a statement today saying:

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The Raabe Review: The Great Minnesota Governor’s Race 2010 – R. T. Rybak

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:22:55 -0500

Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak made his bid for MN Governor official when he filed papers to form a gubernatorial election committee last Thursday, November 5. The bid comes as no surprise to Minnesotans who had been working diligently to convince him to run for governor for several months via a website (currently offline) and [...]

News Cut: Fresh Eye on the Radio: Tombstone texting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:08:09 -0500

What if tombstones were written like text messages from cellphones? [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: The mark of Obama: Majority say America’s best days are behind her

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:10 -0500

Break out the misery index, I believe Barack Obama and this congress have an even lower than Carter misery rating. Nobody ever thought that could happen. According to a new Rasmussen poll 52% (I’m one of those) believe the country’s best days are over. Welcome to the wonderful world of [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Policies for LGBT community quietly pass in health reform bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:51:19 -0500

Photo: WDCpix

While abortion politics dominated conservative opposition to the health care reform package that barely passed the U.S. House on Saturday evening, several measures in the bill that are beneficial to LGBT Americans largely went unnoticed — especially by conservatives.

The Human Rights Campaign reports it [...]

Political Party: Quist hosts "Freedom in Health Care Forum" tonight in Roch

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:38:00 -0500

Potential GOP congressional candidate Allen Quist will be in Rochester tonight hosting a "Freedom in Health Care Forum" tonight in Rochester. The event starts at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn.

Quist has established an exploratory committee as he mulls over a potential [...]

Residual Forces: Those Zany Krauts

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:33:51 -0500

Today, in Germany, they celebrated the fall of Communism, the US President refused an invited to represent the country most responsible for Communism’s failure.

In America, that same President and leader of Congress, celebrated its arrival.

Sad.

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MinnPost - Political Agenda: Complaint filed about narrowed skyway width in St. Paul

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:00 -0500

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The Minnesota Independent.: Franken speaks out on employment discrimination

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:39 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Sen. Al Franken spoke at a Senate hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Thursday. ENDA, which is vociferously opposed by the religious right, would make it illegal to fire somebody because of their sexual orientation. Franken sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Will Norm Coleman be next victim of guv-race ‘buzz’ kill?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07:06 -0500

There’s the well-known Sports Illustrated curse that has seen athletes as mighty as Joe Mauer struggle soon after they appear on the magazine’s cover. Now for the bevy of Minnesota politicians hovering around the soon-to-be-open governor’s seat, a hex seems to descend once a [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Rep. John Kline (R-MN-2): Brace Yourself for a Deficit-Growing, Job-Killing, Bureaucracy-Creating Government Takeover of Health Care

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:08 -0500

As you probably know, the Democrats passed Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page health care bill Saturday night that will grow an already bloated federal deficit by trillions of dollars, kill millions of jobs, and create endless programs and additional layers of bureaucracy. No wonder the Wall Street Journal calls the proposed government [...]

Politics in Minnesota: 9 more legislative hopefuls step up to the plate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:35 -0500

More Minnesotans are stepping up to run for the state Legislature next year.

Thus far, 59 challengers have registered with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to run for the state Senate and House in 2010.

We've kept track of those legislative hopefuls in the Capitol Report in stories on' [...]

SCSUScholars: Part of the job

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0500

So now some station discovered that -- shock! horror! -- faculty at state universities get sabbatical. It's true! And it's in ... the contract we signed when we agreed to our job. Article 19, Section C.
The purpose of a sabbatical leave is to enhance professional development, support [...]

MN Progressive Project: Michele Bachmann and the point of that rally in DC

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:42:54 -0500

I didn't have to do any Michele Bachmann updates on the Kos these last few days because so many other people were suddenly doing them on that blog.

Why? With only a week's notice in advance on the Hannity program, Bachmann recruited thousands to march on the Capitol. Ostensibly, the point' [...]

Mr. Dilettante: New London to New Brighton

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Every year as part of the Stockyard Days celebration, the City of New Brighton has an antique car run between the town of New London, MN and New Brighton.

There's another New London that has a direct connection to New Brighton -- New London, Connecticut. That New London is [...]

Politics in Minnesota: Dave Griggs will head Bakk 2010

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:23 -0500

Dave Griggs will be leading the campaign effort for state Sen. Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook), the campaign announced today. Griggs, an NYU and St. Thomas Law grad, had most recently been with the DFL Coordinated Campaign and got started out of college with Sen. Paul Wellstone's campaign in 2002. The DFL [...]

The Political Animal: Dems target Paulsen

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:10:18 -0500

The Democratic National Committee is targeting Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen and 31 other Republicans who voted against the House health care bill Saturday and represent districts that President Obama carried last fall.
The Dems won't run TV ads, but they'll send e-mails to Obama's mailing lists in the target [...]

True North: Living In Oblockbusterville

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:08:42 -0500

Have you ever felt like you were living in a movie? This weekend, as I read the news and did my “blog homework” to catch up on current events, I had the surreal sense that I was living in a movie. I felt a little like [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: “In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:02 -0500

Democrat consultant says he got a warning from White House after appearing on Fox News Does anybody else find this disturbing, odd, and Stalinesque? The White House telling people which media outlets they may talk to, and which one’s they can’t. I don’t see a red flag with a yellow hammer [...]

Across the Great Divide: Infrastructure, Design and Use Make Safe Streets.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:49:35 -0500

The Pioneer Press reports that the Twin Cities had the safest streets for pedestrians among the nation’s 52 largest metropolitan areas, according to a report by Transportation for America.
The study [...] concluded the Twin Cities’ investment in trails, sidewalks, dedicated bike-pedestrian bridges and other infrastructure makes [...]

Fraters Libertas: Welcome To Our Crib

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:46:00 -0500

Every day, the media is filled with stories about the difficult economic times we're facing. With unemployment and foreclosures rising there's no doubt that a lot of Americans are hurting out there. With some many people in so much need, it's a time when Americans look to their charities to' [...]

HometownSource Blog: Republican Brian Sullivan definitely staying out of governor’s race

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:39:41 -0500

Republican businessman Brian Sullivan, who challenged then state representative Tim Pawlenty for the Republican party gubernatorial endorsement in 2001, has been reported to be considering another run for governor next year.

But today Sullivan issued a statement squashing speculation about a 2010 run.

“In June, I announced that I would not run [...]

News Cut: The immigration debate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:37:11 -0500

Which is the more effective way of dealing with illegal immigration? [...]

Wright County Republican: MinnPost - Report finds some legislators doubling their pay with per diem payments

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:08:00 -0500

MinnPost - Report finds some legislators doubling their pay with per diem payments

The per diem scam is intrinsicly crooked. Any legislator who defends this nonsensical bit of taxpayer larceny is a fool. It's gotta go. Report your actual expenses and call it a day.

And [...]

MNpublius.com: Far More Scary Than Swine Flu

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:06:49 -0500

Last night on CBS, sandwiched between the Giants-Chargers game (which was actually a pretty good watch) and a Katie Couric interview of Andre Agassi, was a truly terrifying 60 Minutes story about the state of cyber-security in the United States. As the report started, I expected it would [...]

True North: AP: Public Option is Dead

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:03:43 -0500

Nancy Pelosi may have been all smiles on Saturday, but the difficulties encountered in her full-court press on the ObamaCare bill will only get worse, the AP reports this morning. The AP declares the public option dead, thanks to skeptical Democrats, and Joe Lieberman pledges to stop the bill [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: The Death Penalty is justified for Fort Hood & 9/11 linked killer Major Nidal Malik Hasan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:42 -0500

Number of comments: 2
It’s amazing how the news is really sanitized in this country. Do we have a free press anymore? I don’t think so. It’s state run nonsense for the most part. The Fort Hood killer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan should be executed, and not in a very humane way, either. I [...]

Bluestem Prairie: Rochester Post Bulletin hits sweet spot in NSM coverage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:59:57 -0500

Media criticism

Though Bluestem Prairie has been critical of the Rochester Post Bulletin's coverage of this year's National Socialist rallies in Austin, the reporter and editor nail it when covering the latest of Sam Johnson's recruitment drive for the neo-Nazi organization.

Austin anti-immigration rally flops begins:

On [...]

The Political Animal: Pawlenty amendment will get hearing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:54:04 -0500

While DFL legislators greeted Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed constitutional amendment to limit state spending with scorn and ridicule, Senate Taxes Committee Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, today scheduled a hearing of the proposal on Dec. 7.
An aide said Pawlenty's top budget expert, Management and Budget Commissioner Tom Hanson, and Senate [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Sullivan announces (again) that he won’t run for governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:48:37 -0500

Brian Sullivan is not running for governor. If that news sounds familiar, it’s because the conservative businessman initially announced that he’d be sitting out the 2010 contest in June during an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio.

But in recent weeks speculation has grown that Sullivan, a Republican National Committee member, [...]

Strong: Progressive: Michele Bachmann Hates Women, TooOrMichele Bachmann Is A Stupid & Crazy Bitch (Part 1,982 of a continuing series)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:44:00 -0500

In my post last week about the House passing the health care reform bill, I missed this:

That's Michele Bachmann interrupting Congresswomen who try to address the House in turn on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday. Unwilling to even let the other side [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Dems target Paulsen for voting no on health-care bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:38:36 -0500

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen is one of 33 Republicans in Congress who have “a giant target on their back” after voting against an overhaul of health-care system Saturday. That’s according to the Democratic National Committee, which announced plans to target Paulsen and other GOP reps [...]

Politics in Minnesota: Comings and goings: Walz named subcommittee vice chair

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:36:39 -0500

(Editor's note: Politics in Minnesota's new weekly Comings and Goings feature will make note of new appointments, resignations, promotions and other movement of people within and adjacent to government in Minnesota. The new feature will replace the St. Paul Capitol Report's Capitol Notebook. Let us know if you have [...]

MinnPost - Eric Black Ink: Brian Sullivan will not run for Guv

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:35:00 -0500

Brian Sullivan will not run for Guv

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Anti-Strib: Barak Obama is a low class communist cocksucker.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:58 -0500

Oh I’m sorry, was that a bit, er, below the belt?

Below the dignity of this blog?

Rhetoric out of place to be used against the office of the POTUS?

Yeah, I would have agreed, at least regarding the profane portion until I read about this description by Obama ** [...]

Strong: Progressive: Why Does Tom Coburn Hate the Troops?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:00 -0500

Sen Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Ensign's confessor and co-conspirator, has been identified as the lone senator holding up a bill to improve benefits for wounded veterans:
Veterans and their supporters called on U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote to [...]

The Political Animal: Sullivan won't reconsider governor's race

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:27:56 -0500

Republican National Committeeman Brian Sullivan won't change his mind and jump into the governor's race after all.
Sullivan, the wealthy businessman who narrowly lost the GOP gubernatorial endorsement to Tim Pawlenty in 2002, was widely rumored to be reconsidering his decision not to run, but today he issued the' [...]

Politics in Minnesota: Latest from Sullivan: He's not running for governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:27:31 -0500

We just received this statement from Minnesota businessman and one-time GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Sullivan, who tried for the party's endorsement in 2002:

"In June, I announced that I would not run for governor in 2010. However, in the following months, I received many requests from Republican activists to reconsider that [...]

The Political Animal: Ted Lillie has a wicked curve

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:23:12 -0500

No, not that Ted Lilly. This one.

The brother of DFL House member Leon Lillie has filed paperwork to run for DFLer Kathy Saltzman's Minnesota Senate seat ... as a Republican.

Now that should make for an interesting Thanksgiving dinner around the Lillie family home.

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Strong: Progressive: Got It In One

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:17:00 -0500

Kos, Retweet from Twitter:

The weird thing about the coathanger amendment (the Stupak anti-abortion amendment to the health care reform bill) is that I thought Republicans didn't want government between a doctor and patient. Hypocrisy?
Hell yes, it is!' [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Palin Upset "In God We Trust" almost put on Edge of Dollar Coins

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:10:00 -0500

She saw a conspiracy in the new dollar coins. She believes "In God We Trust" had been removed recently as part of "change" of the Obama administration. Politico attended the fundraiser (closed to the press) and took notes. Noting there... [...]

MNpublius.com: I object

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:17 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The legislative process is often messy, and it can look somewhat chaotic even on bills that are not particularly contentious. But when one party is determined to try to obstruct the process, then it’s a veritable circus. As Democratic lawmakers attempted to speak on the health reform bill, Republican [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: The President on the 20th Anniversery of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:05 -0500

Posted in Video Tagged: President Ronald Reagan [...]

Free-Spirited Ruminations: When the Berlin Wall Came Crumbling Down

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:00 -0500

A very good friend of mine was in Berlin when the wall went down in 1989. Fortunate to work for the airlines at the time, he was there for the festivities and all the excitement. He said the best way he could describe it when the eastern residents came across [...]

Anti-Strib: As predicted by Sequel

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:29:28 -0500

Senior Democrat is 'confident' that Stupak amendment will be stripped

By Michael O'Brien - 11/09/09 11:50 AM ET

A House Democratic leader said Monday she's “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final healthcare bill.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’' [...]

News Cut: Books: The final chapter?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:10:10 -0500

If the book business is dying, how come it seems like everyone is writing one? [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: What they’re saying about T-Paw’s red-hot, smokin’ Iowa speech

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:07:56 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Tim Pawlenty didn’t bring it. Or he did, depending on who you ask. Here’s a roundup of reaction to the Minnesota governor’s speech to Republican activists in Iowa over the weekend.

But first things first. Below is the clip from the 2006 movie “Talledega [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Iranian Math Student Criticizes the Supreme Ayatollah to his Face

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:07:00 -0500

Iranian student dares to criticise Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to his face | World news | The Guardian He is Vahidnia, 25, a math student who won the annual math Olympiad. He spoke against the post-election crackdown and denounced the media... [...]

Shot in the Dark: I Saw The World Change In The Blink Of An Eye

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:25 -0500

Number of comments: 10
It was twenty years ago today that the Berlin Wall fell. It’s hard to remember at twenty years remove that it, and the Communism it represented, didn’t just get swept away in a wave of small-l liberal euphoria. Dinesh D’Souza, in his excellent bio of Reagan, notes that between 1980 and 1983, the [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Tyranny Defined

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:18 -0500

I ran across this while researching tyranny. It amazes me at how ignorant and uninformed a good part of the public really is. This is exactly how Obama and the Democrats are ruling. If you have the capacity to be honest with yourself, you can not deny this truth. Almost [...]

Hindsight - From Minnesota 2020: Why Tenure & Sabbaticals Benefit Minnesota’s Colleges & Universities

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:50:46 -0500

KSTP recently ran a story criticizing sabbaticals and, by extension, the tenure system at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. While accountability with public dollars and general fiscal responsibility is always important, it is also important to fully understand the benefits all Minnesotans glean from the tenure [...]

MN Progressive Project: Well, "Grandstand, Oppose, and Pretend" Is True, Too!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:46:59 -0500

For the past few years, I've been saying "GOP Now Stands For 'Greed Over Principles'."

Rep. Ed Markey, D-MA says differently. Let's look!!!

Markey: You know the G.O.P. used to stand for Grand Old Party. Now it stands for grandstand, oppose and pretend. They grandstand with phony claims about non-existent death panels.' [...]

News Cut: What to do with Nidal Hassan?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:41:14 -0500

How will a mass murderer be punished without making him a martyr? [...]

True North: Video: If ObamaCare is so good …

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:37:10 -0500

Greg Hengler picks his favorite moment from the House debate on Saturday as the moment that Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) asked the question that could easily have been asked twenty years ago today at the Berlin Wall. If the ObamaCare proposal is so good, why do you have to [...]

MinnPost - Eric Black Ink: A small update, er, backdate, on gay marriage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:37:00 -0500

A small update, er, backdate, on gay marriage

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mnpACT!: Bachmann Has Close To "Unsinkable" Status

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:30:13 -0500

by Dave Mindeman

The point is that the takeover of the Republican Party by the irrational right is no laughing matter. Something unprecedented is happening here and its very bad for America.-- Paul Krugman (NY Times)

Outside of Bill Prendergast at [...]

Residual Forces: Buck Ofama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:28:45 -0500

Propagandist in Chief.

Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going [...]

Residual Forces: The Communists Built The Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:23:09 -0500

I wonder if Obama is more concerned with how the wall was built, then he is about its fall.

If you want to see a decent video about why the Fall of the Berlin wall does matter, and the snubbing of the current US President is a travesty of justice and [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Lusty Lady Survives the Recession

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:00 -0500

The former incarnation of the "Lusty Lady was "The Amusement Center" and was located up the street nearer the Pike Market. The then-manager June Cade said that such places do well in times of conservatism. I'm wondering how they doing...'" [...]

Fraters Libertas: The Eleventh Hour

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:17:00 -0500

A trio of offers and activities to commemorate Veteran's Day this Wednesday. First up, John (himself a vet) e-mails to make us aware of a very special offer from Applebee's: On Veterans Day all active duty military and vets can eat free at Applebee's. All they have to do is [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: From Nyc in Munich - Nirvana Poster in old East Berlin

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:15:00 -0500

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Silenced Majority Portal: From Nyc in Munich - Nirvana Poster in old East Berlin (with Falling Dominos & U2)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:15:00 -0500

Nyc took these night photos; U2 celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: Sesame Street's Birthday - The Collected Google Headings, "Pox" Video, & First Lady!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500

Google did this for a week and we collected them all. They've appeared here and there on this blog for a few days. For some strange reason, Google used different characters and pictures in some foreign countries, such as Belgium,...' [...]

SCSUScholars: Ein Volk, Ein Plan, ...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:08:00 -0500

Courtesy Steven Horwitz, from last weekend in Ithaca, NY. That sign is created by this group. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of their pages, you find a symbol for this group that would indicate the latter is parent of [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Barney “The Fudgepacker” Frank takes a swipe at Michele Bachmann

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:51 -0500

Number of comments: 1
The queen of congress took a dig at our own Michele Bachmann on Friday. A dig coming from one of the two men most responsible for the financial meltdown. Way to go, Barn! Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: “Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage [...]

Anti-Strib: Why some people vote Democrat

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:16 -0500

There is a substantial part of humanity that will always want to opt for the thin comfort of slavery... where as long as one pays tribute to the masters, the basics of susbsistence will be provided in return for one's loyalty. "Yes we can!"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/08/1989-berlin-wall

EXCERPT: Since the demise [...]

SCSUScholars: 254

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0500

Lawrence Reed, 2001 (reprinted today):

August marks the anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall that for 28 years thereafter, divided the city of Berlin and closed off the only remaining escape hatch for people in the communist East who wanted freedom in the West. It was a [...]

HometownSource Blog: Hey, she is hot, Pawlenty insists

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:44:08 -0500

During his speech to Iowa Republicans this weekend, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, as he has on other occasions, made reference to First Lady Mary Pawlenty’s physical attributes by using the description “smokin’ hot.”

Following the speech, a woman reporter asked the governor about the comment and perhaps offending women by using it.

Pawlenty [...]

MinnPost - Political Agenda: Complaint about St. Paul IRV vote moves forward in courts

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:43:00 -0500

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Savage Republican: A Sunday in Heron Lake

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:38:00 -0500

I watched the film footage of this soldier running concertina wire across a street. I was twelve but didn't appreciate what was happening, but my Grandmother said, as she listened to the reporter "This sounds like war." What I was witnessing was the very beginning of what was to be' [...]

Let Freedom Ring: Let’s Rebuild the Right Way

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:05 -0500

Saturday night, Twitter went crazy when Joe Cao voted at the last minute for Pelosicare. People were outraged at his betrayal. I wasn’t one of them. I remembered that he’d voted against Cap and Tax and that he’s from an ultraliberal district. His district is as liberal as Pelosi’s district. [...]

Anti-Strib: Big story missed by the Red Star

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:39 -0500

Bitters pill to take! Acute angostura shortage shakes cocktail trade

Bars are struggling to replenish supplies of angostura following a shutdown at the sole manufacturer, a recession-hit firm in Trinidad and Tobago.

Made from a secret recipe of herbs, barks, roots, spices and rum, bitters became popular in Britain [...]

MinnPost - MinnPost.com: Politics: Key deal in House's health care vote centered on abortion

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:00 -0500

Key deal in House's health care vote centered on abortion REUTERS/Yuri GripasHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is greeted by other Democrats at a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill Saturday.

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Freedom Dogs: Republicans working to re-establish grass roots in Bloomington

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:15 -0500

Margaret Cavanaugh and Rick Weible, Co-Chairs of CD3 worked very hard on bringing Bloomington back from a liberal direction and a crushing future tax system this fall. Mary Jane Smetanka at the Strib took note of the success.

Bloomington City Council members like to say their jobs are nonpartisan and that [...]

Grizzly Groundswell: Random Thoughts, by a Random Medic

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:18:43 -0500

Been a while since I posted anything here and not sure why other then what? No excuse and it is time to get it on and kick some Democrats aka Socialists and RINOs to the curb. Here is a random thought(s) for Monday…. Am I disappointed in our Government? Certainly. It is [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Complaints against IRV campaign will get hearing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:12:59 -0500

Complaints that supporters of instant-runoff voting misled St. Paul voters will be heard by a three-judge panel. Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy ruled on Friday that sufficient evidence exists that the St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign violated state statutes to merit a full hearing on the matter.

The [...]

True North: Republicans working to re-establish grass roots in Bloomington

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:12:59 -0500

Bloomington City Council members like to say their jobs are nonpartisan and that [...]

Grizzly Groundswell: OPERATION BATON DROP

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:12:24 -0500

Hello Everyone: As we all know the Health Care Bill passed the House this weekend. The President is asking The Senate to “carry the baton” and pass a Senate version. I am asking everyone to write, call, and fax The Senate to let them know that we want them to “DROP [...]

MinnPost - Political Agenda: Burnsville to get national award for surface water treatment plant

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:11:00 -0500

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MinnPost - MinnPost.com: Politics: Burnsville to get national award for surface water treatment plant

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:11:00 -0500

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SCSUScholars: Enough to make me want to move to Canada

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0500

No, no, not the health care vote this weekend in the House. That was all theater, after all; even the AP says the public option is dead, and it appears to have caused a major rift in the majority.

No, the story that caught my eye over [...]