Deets After Dark

Aug 30 2010 ∞

s4xton:

mnpublius:

Margaret Anderson Kelliher catches Tom Emmer goofing off during a budget hearing. As I established yesterday, Emmer doesn’t understand our budget situation. Maybe he would have if he had paid attention. [Via MN Progressive Project]

It’s impressive to see Tom Emmer be such an irresponsible politician AND offer no on the record apology for his actions. Few politicians are capable of being so inconsiderate of  taxpayer’s money.

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stuffaboutminneapolis: Walkin’ The Pit Bull, Broadway & Penn Ave N, Minneapolis Sadly, that’s probably one of the only pit bulls that gets walked in North. Others get their exercise chewing on strangers.

stuffaboutminneapolis:

Walkin’ The Pit Bull, Broadway & Penn Ave N, Minneapolis

Sadly, that’s probably one of the only pit bulls that gets walked in North. Others get their exercise chewing on strangers.

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“ Just because I like pizza it doesn’t mean I should marry it. Biologically, I am predisposed to enjoy the immaculate melding of mozzarella cheese, red sauce and thick crust baked to tasty perfection. But that doesn’t mean I should enter into a lifelong commitment with Sicilian or plain, nor bed it down, nor bring children into the world and have them have to explain to their classmates why their mom’s crust is not a crisp as it once was. Does any child deserve to have their friends tossing Monday 2 for 1 coupons in his face? Not in my world they don’t. Yet, to say that I am against pizza-eaters or gays is absurd.
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—Rick Warren on Gay Marriage in an interview with Dateline.  (via irenelovesjello) (via gayformarriage)

But….pizza can’t give sound consent. This ‘argument’ equates a homosexual human adult’s ability to give sound consent with that of a pizza. A pizza.

(via goodreasonnews)(via dangerboi)(via emilyswash)(via dorianisms)(via ekswitaj)

This is parody, right? I mean, by the time I got to the 2 for 1 coupons bit, I was just convinced that this has to be satire, because no one could actually make this analogy and then take it so far … right?

(via thecurvature)

(via robot-heart-politics)

(via heroicdestinysquad)
Aug 29 2010 ∞
“ Don’t the Afghans know that you should take bribes indirectly—by collecting publicity, popularity, public recognition, prestige, influence, and, most of all, power? Then big corporations put you on their boards of directors and that’s when you get the money. Meanwhile you’ve been riding in government cars, flying on government planes, eating out of the government pork barrel (lamb barrel in Afghanistan), so why worry about payoffs up front?
— The 72-Hour Expert (via Instapaper)
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“ Along with peace, the mullah said, one of the most frequent topics of his sermons is leadership. Two of the criteria that the quiet mullah gave for political leadership would eliminate most U.S. politicians, “Be educated. Know the society.” But the first criterion was to be Muslim.
— The 72-Hour Expert (via Instapaper)
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“ She claimed that she competed for the strawberry throne to win the three-thousand-dollar scholarship, although she had spent twenty-eight hundred dollars on her pageant gown. Her big concern was the bathing-suit competition. “It’s an opportunity for lust,” she said. “Why do you have to flaunt yourself in public?” She consulted a former Strawberry Queen and finally decided that she was O.K. with wearing a swimsuit on a public stage because it showed that she believed in good nutrition and fitness.
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The Strawberry Girls [longform.org]

Strawberry pageantry sounds complicated.

(via Instapaper)

Aug 27 2010 ∞
“ Carter’s trip means that the only living former presidents not to have rescued Americans imprisoned in North Korea are George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush.
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The Associated Press: US implores Americans not to visit NKorea

LOL

(via nickdouglas)

Compassionate conservatism.

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brianshekleton:

Capitalism defined.

Aug 26 2010 ∞
The University of Alaska, Fairbanks doesn’t sugar coat the weather on their FAQ.

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks doesn’t sugar coat the weather on their FAQ.

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I think farmers have a lot to gain through the publication of videos like this. This one is currently featured on the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association’s website.

Farmers selling direct through farmers markets would probably benefit the most from this. Help people who want to understand where their food is coming from do so. It should lead to more interesting conversations between farmers and their customers down the road as well. Make a connection.

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