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Archives for September 2011

Three videos that can make you want to be a better person

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 10:26 AM Sep 12, 2011

Artist Lucas Jatoba believes in sharing.

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Five by 8

Ted from Owatonna (5×8 – 9/12/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2011, 7:02 AM Sep 12, 2011
11 Comments

When people do good in Faribault, the BWCA in the rear-view mirror, when the earth speaks, girls just don’t want to sing the National Anthem correctly, and spelling and security.

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Surveys and trivia

And now, someone’s national anthem

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 10, 2011, 9:29 AM Sep 10, 2011
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If national anthems consisted of pop music, what songs would be the national anthems of what country?

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Tiptoeing through 9/11 marketing

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2011, 1:52 PM Sep 9, 2011
10 Comments

Is there a right way to advertise around 9/11?

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Obama as Captain America

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2011, 1:44 PM Sep 9, 2011
1

NMA, the Taiwan animation outfit, is out with a video about President Obama’s jobs speech last night.

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Should religion be part of the NYC 9/11 observance?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2011, 12:17 PM Sep 9, 2011
6

It won’t be, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg insists.

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Five by 8

How a word manipulates your political view (5×8 – 9/9/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2011, 7:15 AM Sep 9, 2011
25 Comments

The ‘J’ word, Mauer’s dough, the business of 9/11, give me your huddled masses; keep your mentally ill, and your moment of Minnesota zen.

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Pay to vote in Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 3:21 PM Sep 8, 2011
11 Comments

Wisconsin throws up barriers to free IDs for people who want to vote.

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The search for big ideas

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 1:23 PM Sep 8, 2011
6 Comments

To the extent we’re running short of jobs right now, perhaps it’s because we’re tapped out on big ideas.

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Surveys and trivia

Who slipped the moose a mickey?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 11:31 AM Sep 8, 2011
6 Comments

Trust me, somewhere today a journalist is turning in his/her story about terrorism, the economy, or famine, and nobody will remember it because the newscast will have this.

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How to see a supernova

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 11:24 AM Sep 8, 2011
1 Comment

If you should spot it, just remember that you’re looking 21 million years back in time.

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The pushback against 9/11 commemoration

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 10:24 AM Sep 8, 2011
7 Comments

There’s pushback to the near non-stop coverage of a 10-year-old event.

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Big plane sits while wildfires burn

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 9:21 AM Sep 8, 2011
1 Comment

One of the frustrations of fighting wildfires is how long it takes to get the resources deployed to fight them.

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Five by 8

The unhappy working woman (5×8 – 9/8/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2011, 7:48 AM Sep 8, 2011
4 Comments

The unhappy survey, adding jobs in Minnesota, faith and 9/11, the life of a tow truck driver, and the magical billboard.

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Speaking for chimps

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2011, 3:16 PM Sep 7, 2011
4

What would it be like to never have been allowed to go outside?

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