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Archives for June 2009
A good use of YouTube by a Minnesota agency. The Metropolitan Airports Commission has produced a series of videos about each of the six “reliever” airports in the Twin Cities. Here’s the feature on Crystal, for example.
Somali bombings, losing Uncle Walter, the unfunny comedian, the funny comedian, and why rats gamble.
Iran protests
The U.S. Senate today passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation.
The story of a dead airline pilot isn’t the big deal — safetywise — that people are making it out to be.
The joy of watching Midwest weather, killing house flies, another day in Iran, who would use solipsistic in a sentence, and can you cure Alzheimer’s by drilling a hole in your head.
Some images are getting out of Tehran, despite the ban on foreign journalists being allowed to cover demonstrations.
On MPR’s Midday this afternoon, Rep. Loren Solberg predicted massive property tax increases because of Gov. Pawlenty’s “unallotment.” At the same time, the League of Minnesota Cities has just posted a Department of Revenue spreadsheet showing the impact on each city in the state. Find it here. The League makes clear that pushing many of Read more →
Crowd-sourcing: Photoshopping Iran
Tweeting Iran, monitoring your e-mail, when you get a wrong number, Pawlenty’s unallotments, and the worst ideas ever.