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Twin Cities Daily Planet: In art and life, a playwright sees neo-Nazis with "soft eyes"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:01:01 -0500

News Story

When Giselle Stern Hernandez finished writing her one-woman show, "The Deportee's Wife," not in her wildest dreams did she imagine she'd one day perform it for neo-Nazis. MORE »Byline dougmcgill TC Daily' [...]

MNpublius.com: Obama at Fort Hood

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:53:40 -0500

President Obama delivered a powerful speech earlier today at a memorial for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings. At least a few pundits have classified it as his best speech ever. I’m not sure about that, and I think focusing on that distracts from why Obama was speaking [...]

THE SAME ROWDY CROWD: The Wall

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:43:34 -0500

A wall is a symbol. Of fear. Of hope. The Berlin Wall — and its absence — is a symbol that change is possible. Change can come. There is always hope, in the deepest dark, that the world can change. For 28 years in prison, Nelson Mandela held on to [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: How to Sneak A Camera Into A Concert - Things I Haven't Tried Yet

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:00 -0500

How to Sneak a Camera into a Concert, by WikiHow I actually didn't have to try any of these with my Sony DSC H5. The Moore Theater wasn't like The Showbox, which tried to say I had a "pro rig"... [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: CNN Admits Healthcare Worst in the Red States

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:27:00 -0500

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Barataria - the work of Erik Hare: Quality

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:09:21 -0500

I’ve long been a believer in the power of Citizen Journalism, but I’ve never seen myself as any kind of expert or leader in the field. While I’ve long wanted a primer on quality in Citizen Journalism, I have yet to see a good comprehensive one. So I’ve decided to [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Checking in on charter schools: A review of 2008 financial management practices

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:02 -0500

News Story

Some of Minnesota's charter schools have a financial management and accountability problem. A Minnesota 2020 examination of the financial audits for all charter schools filed for the 2007-2008 school year found that some conduct their business affairs reasonably well while others face great difficulties. [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Asinine item of the day – Nov 10 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:26 -0500

Mount Alvernia College suspends student for shaving her head to raise money for cancer research. Stay classy, Mount Alvernia College A 15-YEAR-old Brisbane schoolgirl was suspended for shaving her head to raise money for vital cancer research, The Courier-Mail reports. Emily Pridham and her family told Channel Nine News her father is [...]

Blue man in a Red district: Pawlenty Deer Hunting: Metaphor for 8 years of TPaw rule

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:00 -0500

Startibune had a story today about Governor Pawlenty and his deer hunting trip.

Pawlenty shot a deer!
Pawlenty, who tends to come up empty-handed during the opener, shot a small buck while hunting north of Thief River Falls on Saturday morning.

But it ran off into the [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: D.C. Sniper John Allen Muhammad Has Been Executed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:56 -0500

RICHMOND, Virginia — John Allen Muhammad was executed tonight for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas. The three-week killing spree in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., was carried out with a teenage accomplice [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: BOOKS | "You don't get to pick your obsessions": John Irving addresses a rapt audience of Minne-acolytes

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:03 -0500

News Story

I would never have guessed that the hottest ticket of 2009 would be a 67-year-old author of 700-page books, but while tickets to most sold-out events can be found—albeit at a premium—on Craigslist, booklovers who missed scooping up passes to John Irving's Monday night [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Hey John! Just close your eyes and relax, it’ll all be over soon. You won’t feel a thing!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

They should have given that little prick who was with him, Lee Boyd Malvo the death penalty as well. So what if he was only 17. He knew what the hell he was doing. The little effer should have fried in the electric chair. Posted in Posts Tagged: John Allen Muhammad [...]

Blue man in a Red district: What vote did Bachmann miss while getting her crazy on?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:00 -0500

I heard the rumor while on "The Hill" about Bachmann, Boehner, Pence, and King missing (ironically, Stupak too) a vote in the House.

Imagine that, Congresswoman Bachmann missing a vote while getting her crazy on...what did she miss?

HR 868

BILL TITLE: Honoring and recognizing the [...]

Norwegianity: Tagged and in the bag

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:37:41 -0500

The new header’s actually scarier when you can read the tags. Not sure everyone realized it, but the tags do denote what passes for thoughts in my innermost cranial thinkspots. Word cancers would be another way of putting it. Lots of word cancers. This iteration of Norwegianity isn’t even a year [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Nov 10, 1975: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:08 -0500

Estimated between 5:30 and 6:00 PM -The Avafors radios the Edmund Fitzgerald: Avafors: “Fitzgerald, this is the Avafors. I have the Whitefish light now but still am receiving no beacon. Over.” Fitzgerald: “I’m very glad to hear it.” Avafors: “The wind is really howling down here. What are the conditions where you are?” Fitzgerald: [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Complaints against IRV campaign will get hearing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:01:04 -0500

News Story

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 [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Harry “The Ferret” grabs the baton

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:53 -0500

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News Cut: Veterans: Your 'coming home' stories

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:03 -0500

What are your challenges in returning to civilian life. And how can non-vets help? [...]

MN Progressive Project: FDL Action Health Care Update: Tuesday (11/10/09)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:34:20 -0500

Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 10.

1. Jon Walker warns that the Stupak Amendment "reaches far beyond any of the reporting so far" and could "effectively stop many employer-provided health insurance plans from covering abortions for tens of millions of" [...]

MN Progressive Project: Tarryl Clark announces campaign staff

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:27:52 -0500

[I took some time off of work and decided to take a little vacation from blogging as well. I'm back]

Tarryl Clark announced her campaign team today. Clark is vying with Dr. Maureen Reed for the DFL endorsement to face Michele Bachmann in 2010. This is an important development' [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: MnSCU provides majority of U transfer students

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:01:05 -0500

News Story

The University of Minnesota relies heavily on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system for transfer students, which make up about a third of the undergraduate student body. MORE »Byline The Minnesota Daily By: Taryn Wobbema [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: 41 seat pick up, oh yes, it could happen!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:37 -0500

The Democrats, maybe I should refer to them as what they are now. The Communists are, without question employing a scorched earth policy. Health Care, Climate Kook crap, taxes, government seizure of private enterprise, pay czars, etc… no question they will attempt to do as much damage, and destroy as [...]

News Cut: Bucks for the buck

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:54:05 -0500

How much does it cost to get the governor to the deer hunt opener? [...]

SCSUScholars: test

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0500

trying a post from my Android phone. if this works I am happy. [...]

SCSUScholars: test

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:00 -0500

trying a post from my Android phone. if this works I am happy. [...]

Bluestem Prairie: Echoes of Obama-Hitler comparisons heard in Quist's Mankato health care forum

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:13 -0500

Back in October, the Minnesota Independent reported in Speaker for local rightwing fundraiser likens Obama to Hitler:

The New York [...]

Mr. Dilettante: Obama at Fort Hood

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:34:00 -0500

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We do a lot of Obama bashing around here, but if we're going to be fair, we need to give the man credit where it is due. And today, the President gave an excellent speech honoring the 13 people who were killed at Fort Hood last week. The transcript' [...]

Across the Great Divide: Pawlenty Leaves a Gut-Shot Minnesota.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:04 -0500

In the Strib story about the deer hunting opener, DJ Danielson sees parallels between Gov. Pawlenty's performance as governor and his hunting ethic.

After wounding a small buck

Pawlenty had to leave for Iowa, where he was headlining a Republican Party fundraiser.

Before leaving, he told reporters, "they're looking for it [...]

HometownSource Blog: Rep. Tom Emmer snags local endorsements for governor

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:27:01 -0500

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, snagged a handful of endorsements from local Republican lawmakers in his quest for governor.

The lawmakers are: Representatives Bruce Anderson, Buffalo Township, Mark Buesgens, of Jordan, Tom Hackbarth, of Cedar, Mary Liz Holberg, of Lakeville, Tim Sanders, of Blaine, and Peggy Scott, of Andover.

Emmer also picked up [...]

Residual Forces: Good News – Bad News

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:20 -0500

Number of comments: 1

So good news, Apple has finally gotten around to allowing the iPhone to receive text message pictures.

Bad news, my girlfriend was the first to send me one.

Why bad news? Because she got to go shoot fun guns at work today. The text was “Full auto [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Down to the wire: St. Paul Public Schools hires a superintendent

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:06 -0500

News Story Keeping the Faith

This is a big week for St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS), as the district moves several large and rapid steps further toward hiring a superintendent. The public will get its first look at candidates on Friday [...]

Eyeteeth: Mail-art: Abe's Penny Vol. 1.8 (4 of 4)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:00 -0500

A bit late, here's the final edition of October's issue of micro-magazine/mail-art project Abe's Penny.

Mail-art: Abe's Penny Vol. 1.8 (1 of 4)
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Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Senior Democrat ‘confident’ that Stupak amendment will be stripped, taxpayer funded abortions will prevail in health care bill

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:20 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Let’s see a show of hands. How many of you like getting it up the stink hole with a hot poker? (Barney Frank not included). How many of you believe that your tax dollars should fund abortion? What about the folks that don’t believe their money should fund abortions? What [...]

Bluestem Prairie: Mayo and Mankato Clinic leaders praise"pay-for-value" measures in H.R. 3962

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:22 -0500

First District GOP Congressional hopeful Allen Quist wasn't the only one in Southern Minnesota talking about the House health care bill today.

I attended a press conference at the Mankato Clinic this morning with Congressman Walz; the Mayo Clinic's medical director, state government and local affairs, [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Obama honors St. Paul’s Xiong at Ft. Hood memorial

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:19:58 -0500

Pfc. Kham Xiong

At Ft. Hood Army Base today, President Obama honored the thirteen people killed Thursday in a shooting spree there, including St. Paul’s Pfc. Kham Xiong. Obama told of Xiong, a 23-year-old married father of three, who “came to America from Thailand as [...]

Let Freedom Ring: Pawlenty Acts; Berglin Whines, Refuses to Enact Important Reforms

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:43 -0500

This morning, DHS Commissioner Cal Ludeman announced that people currently on GAMC will be automatically transferred to MinnesotaCare. In transitioning people from GAMC to MinnesotaCare, Gov. Pawlenty’s administration has laid to rest one of the DFL’s accusations, that his unallotments would create thousands of new uninsured people.

Meanwhile, Sen. Linda [...]

SCSUScholars: It's a spending problem

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0500

Analyzing the current fiscal trend and the Left's answer to it, Keith Hennessey concludes:
This is why I try to encourage elected officials to use the phrase “spending discipline” rather than “fiscal discipline.” Our long-term deficit problem is a spending problem.Welcome to Minnesota, where Governor Pawlenty has announced he [...]

Minnesota Democrats Exposed: HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY FROM THE NRCC

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:03:49 -0500

Tomorrow, as you take a moment to reflect upon the servicemen and women who have served our country, please check out this special video honoring our Veterans. The quote is from Judge William S. Sessions, former FBI Director and Captain – United States Air Force 1951-1955 – and read by [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: MUSIC | At the Triple Rock, Art Brut channel (but don't sing about) the Replacements

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:02:01 -0500

News Story

Full disclosure: I didn't do my homework before going to see Art Brut at the Triple Rock on Monday night. I knew what they sounded like, but I didn't know what they looked like. So when I saw a short, skinny guy with [...]

True North: Pawlenty Acts; Berglin Whines, Refuses to Enact Important Reforms

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:02:00 -0500

This morning, DHS Commissioner Cal Ludeman announced that people currently on GAMC will be automatically transferred to MinnesotaCare. In transitioning people from GAMC to MinnesotaCare, Gov. Pawlenty's administration has laid to rest one of the DFL's accusations, that his unallotments would create thousands of new uninsured people.

Meanwhile, Sen. Linda [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Good News for the unemployed: 1,250 Twin Cities janitors reportedly fired over immigration status, those jobs need to be filled!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:15 -0500

This is certainly good news for real Minnesotans that need a job. Possibly 1,250 new openings at American Building Maintenance (ABM) in the janitorial division. An immigration attorney says roughly 1,250 undocumented [illegal alien] janitors in the Twin Cities were fired from their jobs in October as their company checked immigration [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Now Minnesota Family Council is noticing LGBT measures in healthcare bill

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:52:26 -0500

Number of comments: 3

As noted here Monday, social conservatives — distracted by concerns over abortion and the House health care reform bill — missed key provisions in the bill that benefit LGBT Americans. One group that apparently overlooked the measures, the Minnesota Family Council, confirms that assessment. [...]

The Political Animal: Ventura returns to Capitol

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:46:45 -0500

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura paid a surprise visit to the state Capitol on Tuesday, but he didn't have politics or policymaking on his mind.
He stopped in to get a new "governor's ID card" from the Capitol Security office. "I call it my get-out-of-jail free card," Ventura said.
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Twin Cities Daily Planet: Stolen grapes of wrath: ‘it’s espionage’

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:02 -0500

News Story

Clippings from experimental grapevines with high earning potential were taken from the University of Minnesota's Horticultural Research Center in Victoria, Minn. in what police say may be an inside job. MORE »Byline The Minnesota Daily By: [...]

Truth v. The Machine: The Little Big Lie

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:01:04 -0500

President Obama’s speech at Fort Hood was nearly flawless, but tucked in the beginning was a little clause containing a Big Lie: “No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts”. Mr. Obama apparently operates with a far more abstract definition of “faith” than do most of US and the perpetrator [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Health Care Theme Song

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Posted in Video Tagged: Health Care, Socialized Medicine [...]

Bluestem Prairie: Live from the Mankato Happy Chef: Allen Quist's Health Care Reform Forum

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:55:02 -0500

Note: a technical glitch in Bluestem's online editing software prevented me from posting the final notes on the meeting; fortunately, I was able to save them in Word and now post them here. [end note].

1:27 Someone raises the issue of constitutionality; Quist agrees that the bill [...]

MinnPost - Political Agenda: Veterans Day perks for vets

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:00 -0500

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EckerNet.Com: Happy Birthday To You!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:23 -0500

Yeah that title should be in my best Marilyn Monroe voice….

Happy 234th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! Happy Birthday to all Marines, active or otherwise. Stay safe in whatever you’re doing and enjoy another year of the corps.

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Hindsight - From Minnesota 2020: New Report: Minnesota Education is Average

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:58 -0500

Number of comments: 1

A report card issued Monday on education innovation found most states earn C’s, D’s, or F’s in key areas as technology, high school quality, and removal of ineffective teachers. We find some of the grades to be on the mark, and some to be awry.

The report, [...]

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Anti-torture protests at Condoleezza Rice speech

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:02:03 -0500

News Story

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Twin Cities tonight to find a couple of dozen protesters outside where she was speaking at the Beth El Synagogue in St Louis Park. The protesters were upset that Rice had said the US did [...]

Mercury Rising: Honduras Coup, Act V, Day Twenty-One: Interesting Connections

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:33 -0500

Number of comments: 1
We all know about the ties of Lanny Davis to the coup leaders. But I just found out that a Minnesota politician has a more wholesome connection to Honduras. State Senator Tarryl Clark, D-St. Cloud, is running for Michele Bachmann’s seat. She’s announced her campaign crew, and I couldn’t help noticing [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: An important message from the leading authority on left wing radicalism, former communist & radical David Horowitz

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:14 -0500

Number of comments: 1
When you take a hard look at what Barack Obama already has done and plans to do, you quickly realize he is not Jimmy Carter. He is not even Bill Clinton. That’s because Barack Obama, working in concert with the ultra-liberal socialists that run the Democrat party, is radically transforming [...]

I Don't Hate America!: Buckshot Pawlenty

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:49:18 -0500

In his reporting of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s deer hunting opener, Bob Von Sternberg unintentionally, perhaps, describes the situation as a perfect analogy of T-Paw’s last seven years in office:

Pawlenty, who has more often than not failed to shoot a deer during the opener, shot a small buck while hunting [...]

Across the Great Divide: When Judges Go Postal: Justice Anderson Fires a Shot.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:06:18 -0500

Eric Black reports on the Minnesota Supreme Court decision to levy an addition $100 to the annual fee paid by practicing lawyers to renew their licenses.

The funds raised will to subsidize the operation of state public defender offices and Legal Aid — which help poor Minnesotans in criminal and civil [...]

True North: One Label Fits All

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:40 -0500

I joke, constantly, with liberal commenters and critics - the few that are worth engaging, anyway - "If a princpled conservative orders a pizza in the woods, and no liberal is there to hear it, is he/she still crazy?"

It's a joke that covers a very serious reality; for a big [...]

MNpublius.com: In almost 30 states, you can be fired for being gay

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:44 -0500

Not only that, there are still apparently people out there who think this should be allowed to continue. We don’t allow employment discrimination on any other basis, such as race or gender, but there are lawmakers who are actively working to keep it legal to fire someone because of [...]

HometownSource Blog: Sen. Tarryl Clark announces campaign team

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:58:53 -0500

Sen. Tarryl Clark, the St. Cloud DFLer wanting to take on Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann next year, announced her campaign team today.

Serving as campaign manager is Zach Rodvold, who comes from U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office where he served as state director.

Former finance director for St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman’s [...]

True North: Affirmative Inaction - Part 1

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:28:34 -0500

The Robbinsdale Area Schools, like so many surrounding districts, has seen enrollments fall and diversity rise. Fewer students mean less revenue, putting pressure on class sizes and the relatively fixed costs of facilities. Meanwhile, more diverse student populations require more specialization that also contends for those decreasing revenues. Trouble is, [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: At least Molnau didn’t tweet the I-35W bridge collapse

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:11:56 -0500

Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau mishandled the I-35W bridge collapse badly enough that the state Senate stripped her of her second job as transportation commissioner. But at least she didn’t live-tweet that tragedy, as her counterpart in Missouri is doing today with a hostage [...]

Let Freedom Ring: Rubio vs. Crist: The Battle Is Joined

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:59 -0500

Following the NRSC’s annointing Charlie Crist as the next senator from Florida, the conventional wisdom was that it was a fait accompli that Crist would win the primary going away and be Mel Martinez’ replacement in the Senate. This is why I frequently reject conventional wisdom.

I understand why the conventional [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: “So What?” U.S. Rep. David Obey (D-WI-7) on lack of stimulus accountability

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:09 -0500

“So what?” That’s what Dave Obey said when he was asked about the lack of accountability or oversight in the $787 billion “stimulus” bill he wrote. I know. I couldn’t believe he said it either. And now America’s unemployment rate has broken 10%, worse than the Administration projected if the stimulus didn’t pass [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Debate over Stupak amendment touches true third rail: knee surgery

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:42 -0500

Number of comments: 2

The furor over the Stupak amendment banning abortion in the House health bill was already highly charged. Now one conservative commentator has dared touch the third rail in the right-to-choose debate: optional knee surgery.

In a Twitter message, Jonah Goldberg wrote:

?? Dems want a health [...]

True North: Rubio vs. Crist: The Battle Is Joined

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:13 -0500

Following the NRSC's annointing Charlie Crist as the next senator from Florida, the conventional wisdom was that it was a fait accompli that Crist would win the primary going away and be Mel Martinez' replacement in the Senate. This is why I frequently reject conventional wisdom.

I understand why the conventional' [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Mainstream media joins speculation over Bachmann’s ambitions

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:26 -0500

Number of comments: 9

“Where is Michele Bachmann headed?” asks CNN.com in a longish story that charts her rise alongside Sarah Palin’s. Once upon a time the Sixth District congresswoman had to prime the pump to get speculation about her future flowing. Now it comes almost unbidden as [...]

Shot in the Dark: One Label Fits All

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:07 -0500

Number of comments: 10
I joke, constantly, with liberal commenters and critics – the few that are worth engaging, anyway – “If a princpled conservative orders a pizza in the woods, and no liberal is there to hear it, is he/she still crazy?” It’s a joke that covers a very serious reality; for a big [...]

MNpublius.com: Clark’s Campaign Team

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:38:27 -0500

Tarryl Clark rolled out her campaign team today and it is very impressive. Highlights include former Klobuchar Field Director (and current Klobuchar State Director) Zach Rodvold as Campaign Manager and Lauren Beecham, most recently Finance Director for Chris Coleman and previously Deputy Finance Director for Al Franken, as Finance Director.

These [...]

News Cut: The 'simplicity' of Afghanistan

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:23:19 -0500

As President Obama considers whether to increase troops strength in Afghanistan, a Two Harbors father has a suggestion. [...]

The Political Animal: Clark's campaign team announced

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:18:26 -0500

Sen. Tarryl Clark, who is running for Michele Bachmann's seat in the 6th Congressional District (along with Maureen Reed) announced her campaign team today.

Campaign manager is Zach Rodvold, formerly U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar's state director and who led her field operation during the 2006 Senate campaign. Rodvold also served [...]

Blue man in a Red district: State Senator Tarryl Clark announced her campaign ...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0500

State Senator Tarryl Clark announced her campaign team today...it's a pretty impressive team! More to follow when I get home...but I'm even more excited!

(update)

I can't cut and paste on my phone yet....so here are the details.

Zach Rodvold is serving as Campaign Manager. Rodvold joins' [...]

Silenced Majority Portal: UPDATED with "Finale": Sesame Street's Birthday - Google, "Pox" , & First Lady!

Tue, 10 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,...' [...]

MinnPost - Political Agenda: Tarryl Clark announces campaign team in congressional race challenging Michele Bachmann

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

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Norwegianity: Change change

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:57 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Kill it. Yes, people will die, but people will die if this bill passes as is. Joe Lieberman should die. No, I don’t need Peter fucking Beinart to tell me it was a smart move. And I’ll ask the U.S. Conference of Bishops for their opinion the next time they chain themselves to [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: ANOTHER OBAMA FAILURE: 25 billion dollar stimulus program produces zero jobs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:38 -0500

Number of comments: 4
The unemployment rate jumped to 10.2%. Over three million Americans have lost their jobs under Obama, since the stimulus. Yet, the White House just claimed that over 600,000 jobs were “saved” or created. What are you going to believe? The data and evidence, or are you a child that blindly [...]

Shot in the Dark: Mistaken Identity

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:16 -0500

Number of comments: 1
After almost six years of doing the Northern Alliance, my mom is finally worried. She sent me this email, asking “I had no idea your radio shows got this violent!”. The headline: This not very charming fan: Morrissey storms off stage after bottle hits him in the eye “No relation”, I told Mom. [...]

Politics in Minnesota: Tarryl Clark assembles campaign team

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:41 -0500

Minnesota state Sen. Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud, who hopes to challenge Rep. Michele Bachmann for her seat in the U.S. House next year, announced members of her campaign team this morning.

The team brings "a wealth of Minnesota experience and a record of unseating incumbents" to the campaign, Clark said in [...]

Political Party: Walz, Mayo to tout Medicare payment reform

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:34:00 -0500

Back after casting a vote this weekend for the House health care reform bill, 1st District Rep. Tim Walz will surround himself with area doctors and nurses at a news event.

The Democrat will be at Rochester Community and Technical College at noon to discuss the importance of having Medicare payment [...]

MinnPost - MinnPost.com: Politics: Health care moves to Senate: Klobuchar, Franken want changes in House bill

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:34:00 -0500

Health care moves to Senate: Klobuchar, Franken want changes in House bill REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstSens. Amy Klobuchar, left, and Al Franken, right, say there's a lot more work to be done on the health care legislation in Congress.
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Minnesota Democrats Exposed: MN SENATE GOP CAUCUS RELEASE – SEN KOCH TO CARRY PAWLENTY AMENDMENT

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:26:39 -0500

Number of comments: 3

(Saint Paul) – Senator Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) announced today that she will be the chief Senate author of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s “Spending
Accountability Amendment” during the 2010 Legislative Session.

The bill will be heard at a special meeting of the Senate Taxes Committee on December 7th at 10 AM in Room [...]

Mary's Page: Lawmakers in Israel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:20:51 -0500

It's not often we see press release photos this strong, but I love photography and these images from the House of Representatives caught my eye. Here's the news release:

This week, a Minnesota legislative delegation led by Rep. Frank Hornstein touring Israel and the [...]

Anti-Strib: What is our President's name?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:20:09 -0500

Ed stumbled into a very valid question, what is the real name of our president and how is it spelled?

Every ancestor on his father's side has an Arabic name, because his father was officially classified as "Arab African" by the Kenyan government. 100% African tribal members of western [...]

MinnPost - Political Agenda: 'Instant' voting system could have more results Wednesday, eight days after election

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:00 -0500

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MinnPost - MinnPost.com: Politics: 'Instant' voting system could have more results Wednesday, eight days after election

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:00 -0500

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News Cut: Rape in America

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:16:29 -0500

In many states, rape kits that could provide evidence to solve the crime are never tested. [...]

Fraters Libertas: Free To Go

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:00 -0500

All of the recent commentary and remembrances of the fall of the Berlin Wall remind us again of how the Wall became a stark symbol of the divide and differences between the Communist block and the West. It brought clarity to the Cold War struggle and made efforts to claim [...]

The Political Animal: Lieder honored in Israel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:05:44 -0500

State Rep. Bernie Lieder, a World War II veteran who helped liberate several Nazi slave labor camps, was honored in a ceremony at Israel's Holocaust museum this week.

During a Minnesota legislative delegation tour of Israel, Lieder had the privilege of rekindling the eternal flame and laying a wreath' [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Expelled from University for wearing a short dress… in Brazil?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:48 -0500

No! Say it ain’t so! SAO PAULO (Reuters) – In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus. The Universidade Bandeirante (Uniban) said it had expelled the student, Geysi Villa Nova [...]

Anti-Strib: Justice and the War On Terror

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:58:42 -0500

John Allen Muhammad has a date with Allah tonight. The jihadi "matermind" of the D.C. Sniper attacks in 2002 is scheduled to be executed tonight in Virginia. The SCOTUS has declined his last appeal, and out-going Democrat governor Kaine has officially refused to intervene. A little after 9:00 PM Eastern [...]

SCSUScholars: Grandma and the necktie

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0500

Arguing that “economic incentives in health care” are perverse, David Leonhardt asserts that “As long as doctors and hospitals are paid for each extra test and treatment, they will err on the side of more care and not always better care. No doctor or no single hospital can change that. [...]

Let Freedom Ring: The Wrong Battlefield, The Wrong Questions

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:49:16 -0500

Democrats talking about health care keep touting the fact that their bill bends the cost curve down. They point to the CBO reports telling the world that their legislation is deficit neutral.

I’ve said it before and I’ll repeat it again: Big whoop!!!

First off, the deficit neutrality wasn’t achieved through good [...]

The Political Animal: Bachmann on political watch list

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:46:54 -0500

POLITICO has listed 6th District Republican firebrand Michele Bachmann's bid for a third term on its list of the 10 most interesting races to watch in 2010.

Noting her "rock-star status," POLITICO remarked that Bachmann's brand of conservatism is beloved just as much by supporters as it is [...]

MinnPost - Eric Black Ink: Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature By Eric Black | Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

The Minnesota Supreme Court has added $100 to the fee lawyers pay to renew their licenses. No biggy, right? But the court's order and accompanying documents are filled with [...]

MinnPost - MinnPost.com: Politics: Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature By Eric Black | Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

The Minnesota Supreme Court has added $100 to the fee lawyers pay to renew their licenses. No biggy, right? But the court's order and accompanying documents are filled with [...]

True North: The Wrong Battlefield, The Wrong Questions

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:40:32 -0500

Democrats talking about health care keep touting the fact that their bill bends the cost curve down. They point to the CBO reports telling the world that their legislation is deficit neutral.

I've said it before and I'll repeat it again: Big whoop!!!

First off, the deficit neutrality wasn't achieved through good' [...]

MinnPost - Daily Glean: The Star Tribune trades employees for Web development?

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

Star Tribune trades employees for Web development? By Max Sparber | Tues., Nov. 10

ALSO: The almost invisible loss of 1,250 Twin Cities janitors; Al Franken responds to the health care reform bill; the British love it when the Timberwolves lose.

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True North: Representative Bachmann Gets It Right

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:09:30 -0500

Last evening, November 9, the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Maria Anne "Hansi" Hirschmann" was the keynote speaker at a dinner fundraiser for Twila Brase's Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC). More will be posted on Hansi's freedom talk later.

So,'" [...]

The Minnesota Independent.: Maplewood government headed in new direction — for now

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:07:26 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Will Rossbach and Diana Longrie

This biggest electoral shakeup of 2009’s quiet campaign season occurred in Maplewood. Voters ousted Mayor Diana Longrie after four combustible years in office, replacing her with city council member Will Rossbach.

The decision of city council member Eric Hjelle not [...]

THE SAME ROWDY CROWD: Pawlenty’s Secret Weapon in Iowa

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:06:04 -0500

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has been busy preening Presidential in Iowa, which raises an interesting question: Where will his breakthrough political moment come in the Hawkeye State? Will Governor Pawlenty’s breakthrough come during a spellbinding address to the Muscatine County Republican Women’s Meeting? Will it come with a well-timed anti-evolution zinger [...]

Truth v. The Machine: Stealth Jihad N+1

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:05:50 -0500

Our prayers, sympathies, and gratitude go out to all the victims of the Fort Hood massacre and to their families. We are particularly grateful to the hero of Fort Hood, Sergeant Kimberly Munley. No one should extend any [...]

Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0: Recognizing a Communist

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:25 -0500

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