January 2012
17 posts
WatchLately, I’ve been splitting my time between eating cookies on Delta flights and modeling Final Cut Pro effects for Crumplepop.
“Buffets [Inc.] is the nation’s largest steak and buffet restaurant company, with...”
– “TAHOE JOE’S FAMOUS STEAKHOUSE”
Just when I thought my dream job coming up with ridiculous names for inconsequential things was pure fantasy, I learn that something called “Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse” exists. Though, its parent company is going bankrupt so perhaps absurd business names aren’t...
Between the Lines →
That prized garage space or curbside spot you’ve been yearning for may be costing you—and the city—in ways you never realized. A journey into the world of parking, where meter maids are under siege, everybody’s on the take, and the tickets keep on coming.
This is an excellent article on the costs of parking. In MN, the current parking debate is whether the state should subsidize a $200,000,000...
December 2011
33 posts
“Adultery.
Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. When a married woman has sexual...”
– Based on that definition, gay people can’t commit adultery in MN, but Amy Koch can (heterosexually, of course).
“After he put money into the savings accont from his job, Daniel Ganziano’s...”
– TCF Bank. Fighter of debit card fee restrictions. Top donor to Michele Bachmann. And active redistributor of hundreds of dollars to their bottom line from a kid with $5.10 in their bank.
When U of MN students flash their TCF cards at Gopher games, do they understand who they are supporting?
“My frustration in being a stadium supporter is other stadium supporters. The...”
– Eric Ferguson (via tcdailyplanet)
It’s tough to make a case for the current corporate welfare demands being made by the Vikings organization. It gets particularly difficult when the team and other advocates attempt to make a financial case for public borrowing of more than $650 million on...
“In the same fashion, House Republicans have continued in the negotiations to...”
– Politico
We should be very clear on a couple things. The Republicans have attempted to muddy the water over who is beholden to corporate interests—but their legislative agenda is a series of giveaways to the dirtiest parts of the energy and financial industries. They are doing everything they can...
“In Minnesota, fighting is to hockey what nightclubs are to New York City.
Some...”
– The NY Times received a letter from someone who thinks it’s no big deal for an NHL player to die of a drug overdose at 29 from a combination of alcohol and the pain killers he became addicted to over his career with the Minnesota Wild. I think he may be confusing what happens in his weekly...
“Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe, who is a ranking member of the Senate...”
– Sen. Inhofe doesn’t think it’s a big deal that people can light water from their faucets on fire.
My Blog: To Fund Or Not To Fund (A New Vikings... →
arlolyle:
It seems like every time I turn on the local news the anchors are talking about a new Vikings stadium whether there is anything new to report or not. My feelings on the topic are mixed. There is plenty of evidence that arguments about the positive economic impact of new stadiums are…
Nice thinking on Vikings stadium justifications. Based on the team’s current public...
Many Americans who are opposed to taxing upper... →
This is a good point. The truly wealthy are a lot wealthier than the non-wealthy think.
“Asked later if he thought Sutton may have deceived him, Brodkorb chose his words...”
– from a truly explosive report at Politics in Minnesota that recently resigned MN GOP chairperson Tony Sutton agreed to take on the recount debt.
This shit is straight up BANANAS. Like one of the biggest local stories in all my years of living in MN. Unbelievable.
(via mediation)
It makes me...
“I need the ministers to come outside the door of the church where there is...”
– Rahm Emanuel, speaking at a Chicago event sponsored by the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He was quoted by the Chicago Tribune.
Wow. Love this.
(via preachers-wife)
“Derek Boogaard was badly let down by the team that drafted him in 2001, presided...”
– Nick Coleman on Derek Boogaard.
The NY Times piece is amazing.
Muppets are brainwashing kids against capitalism. →
soupsoup:
Damn liberal Muppets!!
This is one crazy debate.
: Dome Goes "Here" →
mn70s:
Conceptual design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1978
See if this sounds familiar…
Minnesotans from all parts of the state take sides in a frequently acrimonious debate over a new sports stadium in the Twin Cities area. There are deep divisions over how the stadium should be funded, where…
