KARE 11 Slams South Minneapolis AGAIN
Here’s their latest headline:
Here’s a map of where it happened:
According to Google Maps, it takes 16 minutes to drive from the South Minneapolis where the murder took place to the other end of South Minneapolis.
Does anyone from KARE 11 actually live in Minneapolis? Spend time in Minneapolis? Do they realize how absurd it is [...]
Seward Neighborhood: Not McPalin Friendly
Dear Seward Democrats,
Stop stealing Republican lawn signs. You’re acting almost as stupid as some of Republican candidate Erik Paulsen’s supporters, including Michael Brodkorb, who runs stake-outs at suburban Perkins locations, then harasses people when they lawfully removing signs from public property.
Political hostility in Seward
Hoffman took over Gabrick’s role so Gabrick could address the organization, [...]
Yellow Pages is Paying Bloggers to Say Nice Things About Them
You cant make this stuff up.
Yellow Pages company, DexKnows.com, is paying people to write nice things about them on blogs.
Oh, and it gets better. YP industry consultant, Ken Clark then takes the payola and blogs about it on one of his industry blogs, where he claims the paid posts are “actual experiences.”
I [...]
Kayaking the Mississippi River Gorge
Photo by Brian Shekleton
That’s me in a kayak in the middle of the Mississippi River just downstream of the Upper St Anthony Falls and the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. A group of locals did a trip down the river from Boom Island Park to Hidden Falls on Sunday. Good times.
A few minutes before that, [...]
Yellow Pages Delivery Spam Discussed on Flak Radio
Jim Norton and Taylor Carik were kind enough to invite me onto their radio show to discuss the Yellow Pages Industry’s phone book spam policy that led to my trip to Idearc’s Eagan Campus to return an unsolicited phone book to their plastic putting green.
Click on the link above for a variety of listening options, [...]
Clean Coal: Lipstick on Coal
Is there really such a thing as “clean coal?” According to Appalachai historian, Jeff Biggers, there is not:
‘Clean’ Coal? Don’t Try to Shovel That.
Clean coal: Never was there an oxymoron more insidious, or more dangerous to our public health. Invoked as often by the Democratic presidential candidates as by the Republicans and by liberals and [...]
How KARE 11 Hurts South Minneapolis Neighborhoods
I don’t like it when KARE 11 says that people are being robbed at gunpoint in South Minneapolis, then fails to describe where in South Minneapolis the robberies are happening for seven paragraphs.
Here’s a map of South Minneapolis with the area KARE 11 took 7 paragraphs to describe:
The entire map covers an area with more [...]
An Undecided Hillary Supporter
Wow.
A KTLK listener, perhaps?
Or AM 1280, “The Patriot?”
Las Vegas Hilton TP
This just in from Greg Swan, who’s out in Las Vegas for the Blogworld conference:
You can tell a lot about a hotel based on their TP folding.
Having stayed in that particular property before, I can say that this photo is an accurate representation of the Las Vegas Hilton’s overall quality.
Adjusting Your Hot Water Temperature
Ranty has some great energy saving tips on her Healy House blog, including one regarding home’s hot water temperature:
The Healy House: It’s that time of year again…
8. Stay out of hot water. Water heating accounts for 15 percent of household energy use. Reduce water heating costs by lowering the water heater’s thermostat setting. Each 10ºF [...]
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