September 2010
58 posts
“This month in The Globe and Mail, in his article titled, “Asian Investors...”
– Our post-9/11 tightened immigration policies are hurting the USA but helping Canada.
Top-5 Searches in Backpage's Minneapolis Personals
NSFW
personals
threesome
nsa
cutie
bondage
milf
A MILF cutie who’s into bondage and looking for an NSA 3sum could go far in this town.
““In the hour before midnight each month, shoppers load their carts with...”
– Wal-Mart’s CEO on the spending habits of the “hand to mouth” poor.
“But since 2001, we’ve gone from offering 195,000 high-skill visas to about...”
– Increasing immigration of highly skilled people in good for the US of A. And, non-educated immigrants can be good for us too.
William S. Hewett →
I started a Wikipedia page for this bridge builder who built stuff around 1900 that’s still standing today, including the Interlachen Bridge that goes over the streetcar line between Harriett and Calhoun on William Berry Parkway.
“In a Sept. 8 obituary for John Kluge, The Associated Press misspelled names of...”
– Kluge was unavailable for comment.
“Minneapolis Park Board Commissioner Annie Young was identified as being black in...”
– Assume nothing.
“Luke Watson, the Stillwater native who finished 7th at the Medtronic Twin Cities...”
– My brother in law has some running to do.
WatchI’ve been meaning to try out xtranormal for a while now. Finally had something worthy.
Qwest Denies Request to Opt-Out of Print...
Mark (20647): Thank you for contacting Qwest. My name is Mark (20647). How may I help you today?
Current Resident: Hello, I'm trying to figure out how I can get my address off of Qwest's print marketing mailing lists. Could you help me with that?
Mark (20647): Will you please verify the phone number or account number that you are inquiring about?
Current Resident: I'm not a customer. I receive advertising from Qwest at my apartment and would like it to stop. That would save me some time, you some money, and the environment a bit of pain.
Mark (20647): I am unable to assist with that request.
Current Resident: Do you know of someone I could talk to about that? A contact in marketing, perhaps?
Mark (20647): Sorry, no.
Current Resident: That's very disappointing. Surely, there is someone within Qwest who'd think it's smart to NOT send print marketing materials to people who don't wish to receive them. I just need to know who to talk to, a department, an online form, email. Something like that.
Mark (20647): Is there anything else that I can help you with today?
Current Resident: Wow, this is very disappointing. I'm sorry to hear that you were unable to assist me with what I believe is a very reasonable request.
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Muggings Behind the Seward Pizza Luce
CRIME ALERT Robbery of Persons 3rd Precinct September 22, 2010 Facts: 1.) On September 16th 7:20 p.m. – 7:35 p.m. Victim was in the underground parking garage at 9xx 22nd Ave South when four to five Somali males approached the victim all wearing hoodies. They ask for the victim’s wallet and one of the suspects lifted his hoodie showing what the victim believe was a gun in...
Trying to list a haunted house for sale.
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“I then transported Buesgens to the Wright County Jail, and at 2232 (sic) hours...”
– See? Phone books are still valuable.
Of course, the police report goes on to explain that Bursgens didn’t reach an attorney, so maybe they weren’t valuable?
Tea Party Class Would Test Boehner →
notthatkindagay:
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the most outspoken conservatives in the House, said last week that he wants Boehner and other House leaders to sign a “blood oath” that they will include a repeal of health care reform in every appropriations bill next year, even if President Barack Obama vetoes the bills and a government shutdown occurs.
“I’d like to challenge them to make...
there must be a devil between us: Eliminating junk... →
mkfiasco:
I protect my e-mail inbox pretty carefully, taking immediate steps to unsubscribe from pretty much anything that isn’t a personal e-mail. A few years ago, I started taking steps to do the same with my physical mailbox. I make a point to unsubscribe from every unwanted catalog and all repeated…
Great resources.
One issue most of these don’t solve is helping people get off...
“Dean Al Levine said the film opens with a lot of drama, and spends too much time...”
– U of M dean says ‘Troubled Waters’ film ‘vilifies agriculture’ - Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
Wow.
(via hennepinave)
Does Dean Al Levine think that people are too stupid to watch a film, then make up their own minds?
“What would they be saying if I had endorsed Tom Emmer? … They would have...”
– Former Republican Governor of Minnesota, Arne Carlson, responding to criticism from the MN GOP of his endorsement of Independence Party candidate, Tom Horner, over Republican, Tom Emmer.
“Bristol Palin has decided to drop out of the nursing assistant program she...”
– Failing upward.
Swipegood →
Here’s a feel-good startup with Minnesota connections. It rounds up your credit card transactions to the nearest dollar, and donates the money to DonorsChoose.
It’s currently in beta. Give it a try.
“Another option could be to have rings made for every civil engineering graduate...”
– Coolest 35W Bridge scrap reuse proposal I’ve heard to date.
“Jim Flanders of Flanders Brothers Cycles says he’s gotten reports of...”
– If biking faster than 10 MPH on the Greenway is a crime, we’re all criminals. And so are most inline skaters and elite runners.
“Conservative forces normally hostile to government subsidies have been strangely...”
– The issue? Subsidies for Southwest Transit, Minnesota Valley Transit vs Metro Transit. It turns out that the coach buses bringing people in from the burbs receive more tax subsidies than inner-city buses. More than $1 per passenger more.
How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child... →
For the last 12 years, I’ve dedicated immense amounts of time, money and energy to end violence against women and children. As a victim of violence myself, I’m deeply committed to destroying any institution or individual leveraging the sex-power matrix that results in child trafficking, nonconsensual prostitution, domestic violence and other abuses. If I believed that censoring Craigslist would...
“There are no incentives that I am aware of for an individual or family to
come...”
– One would think that the City of Minneapolis would be working hard to get people with renovation skills to pick up properties in North and rehab them into livable homes before they reach demolition status, but Nikki Carlson explains that her experience has less than smooth. And, that some of the...
People of Apple →
“Tom Emmer didn’t enter the House of Representatives quietly. He was just more...”
– Emmer.
“This is not just some theoretical argument about efficiency for...”
– Sustainable sentiments.