December 2010
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“I would describe Governor Pawlenty as a caretaker governor. I don’t know...”
– Former state Rep. Phil Krinkie, from “What’s Pawlenty’s legacy? Some surprising answers,” by Eric Black
Dec 23rd
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2nd Most Prolific Film Market in the World:... →
We hear there’s a great place to find Nollywood videos in Minneapolis near Lake Street and 13th Avenue. Does anyone know the name? A Google search is no help, but this might be worth a field trip. utnereader: It all started in 1992, when Kenneth Nnebue, an electronics dealer in Lagos, Nigeria, needed to unload a shipment of blank VHS cassettes. He figured the tapes would be easier to...
Dec 22nd
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Blogger goes after Target's political donations... →
Brian Lambert recaps Target’s less than glorious PR yesterday after The Awl published an article on the company’s political donations. But what, no mention of Ed Kohler’s grassroots efforts on Twitter?
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Census numbers released: Minnesota retains all... →
Good job procreating, Minnesota.
Dec 21st
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Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue... →
Minnesota Senator Al Franken on net neutrality and the free speech implications. Watch the FCC meeting on C-SPAN today. (via kateoplis)
Dec 21st
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What's the real poverty rate in Minnesota? Higher... →
You may have heard recent reports that the poverty rate in Minnesota is about 10 percent. But Brian Rusche, who makes his living advocating for the poor, has helped devise what he thinks is a more telling way of demonstrating the health of the American economy.  Called the Job Market Failure Index, this analysis includes both the numbers of unemployed and those who are working but not earning a...
Dec 21st
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“The Midwest High Speed Rail Association (MHSRA), a privately-funded rail...”
– Dave Beal, from “Bullet trains to Chicago in less than three hours? High-speed rail alliance launches study” A three-hour trip to Chicago is an alluring prospect, but the proposal is not without obstacles.
Dec 21st
Getting to Know the Minneapolis Public Schools... →
edkohler: freshmn: This improving school lunch thing is not as simple as you’d think. But they are making steady progress. Really interesting. This is excellent.
Dec 20th
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Timelapse of TCF Bank Stadium snow removal In preparation for the Monday Night Football game tonight at TCF Bank Stadium, more than 1,500 workers have cleared some 40,000 cubic yards of snow. This timelapse video by the University of Minnesota shows the progress over the course of four days. We hope they still have shovels handy, because it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas outside...
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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2010 Twin Cities Tumblrs Of The Year
Thanks for the shout-out, Paul! We’ll try to keep the news as un-boring as possible. stuffaboutminneapolis: So the year is ending soon, and every day you see a “Best Of” or “Year In Review” list that comes out and tells you who the top folks in selected talents are. Well, I decided to do just that myself, and highlight folks in the Twin Cities who have Tumblr blogs. I took ten categories...
Dec 20th
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MinnPost's Interview with Met Council's Peter Bell →
freshmn: Done by Steve Berg for his Cityscape column. This is a really fantastic interview. The discussion of how Peter Bell’s personal center-right philosophies influenced his work was especially interesting. So were his comments on appropriate scope of Met Council activities. So were his comments on incorporating Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) goals into overall development goals.
Dec 18th
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Joel: Tumblr is very difficult to understand if you don't know Tumblr.
Me: So is Chinese.
Dec 17th
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Jeff Severns Guntzel talks public defense on KFAI →
Jeff stopped by KFAI’s studio this morning to talk about the public defense system in Minnesota. His interview starts about 20 minutes into the hour.
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Two films about AIDS, and a national controversy,... →
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Minneapolis murders 2010: Not 'Murderapolis Redux' →
Despite violence early in the year, Minneapolis is two weeks away from the New Year with 39 recorded murders. That’s the second-smallest number since 1986, according to University of Minnesota’s Eric Ostermeier (though still double the 19 murders in 2009). While that’s notable, what Ostermeier is really curious about is whether the media will report the average number with as...
Dec 15th
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St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman criticizes today's... →
A St. Paul snow day throw down? Valeria Silva took the high (and presumably, plowed) road in response to Coleman, saying: “I very much understand the mayor’s concerns, and the city has done an amazng job of taking 25 inches of snow off the ground and having all our major streets plowed. But my perspective is the safety of our students, as they get on and off the bus and in and out of...
Dec 14th
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“Conservatives/Republicans understand that winning the argument in political...”
– Eric Black, from “Don’t think of an elephant, or a millionaire, or a tax cut, while reading this”
Dec 14th
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“According a Public Policy Polling survey, Minnesota Republicans want Michele...”
– More in this morning’s Glean: State Republicans want Bachmann v. Klobuchar in 2012
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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am-neubs: pencilthin: Video from inside the dome as it collapses.  Yikes! Amazing footage of the Metrodome collapsing as a result of the snowstorm in Minnesota yesterday.
Dec 12th
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Minnesota's Legacy Spending →
This site was created by the Minnesota Legislature to help citizens track Legacy Amendment spending. We’ll be interested to see how this develops.
Dec 10th
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In this week’s episode of TPT’s MNOriginal, documentary photographer Terry Gydesen discusses how she captures iconic pictures amidst chaos. We count ourselves lucky to have Gydesen in our stable of MinnPost photographers. You would probably recognize her riveting photos from the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
Dayton to be oldest ever to assume office of... →
Dayton will be 63. Until now, the oldest had been Samuel R. Van Sant, who was 56 in 1901. Harold Stassen was the youngest, 31, when first taking office in 1939. See the online list of ages here.
Dec 9th
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Demand at food shelves soars, including in the...
From Cynthia Boyd’s latest article: “Many of the people she sees are shocked to find themselves asking for help, says ICA case manager Pat Gau. “They are used to being on the giving end. They can’t believe they’re here. They’ve never accessed food support, or Hennepin County or welfare,” Gau said. Covering Minnetonka, Hopkins, Shorewood, Excelsior,...
Dec 9th
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This morning in MinnPost
We have a new governor, who wants to make sure you know he’s serious about his upcoming role. Elsewhere in the DFL, the future is less certain. Max reflects on our Victorian Christmas traditions, and a devilish take on a holiday pageant. And Cynthia Boyd explores a less joyous symptom of the season: demand at local food shelves is skyrocketing. (MinnPost photo by Terry Gydesen.)
Dec 9th
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