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If someone writes constructive criticism on Minnesota Democrats Exposed, it gets deleted. If someone asks what happened to the constructive criticism that was deleted, that gets deleted too. First, this comment I wrote, asking what happened to another commenter’s comment was live. Keep in mind that “montego” is a right-wing dude who was simply saying [...]

Greg Seitz from Friends of the Boundary Water Wilderness wrote an excellent comment on the post I wrote about PolyMet’s mining proposal that I think it worth promoting to its own post status: Erik – 81% of Minnesotans want our state agencies like the Pollution Control Agency and the DNR to do a better job [...]

Every blogger can make up their own mind regarding which comments go live on their sites and which do not. It’s not a free speech issue. Yes it’s still interesting to track the bloggers’ comment moderation behavior to see what it reveals. For example, I’ve pointed out the pathetic choices made by Andy Post and [...]

As my income has grown, the taxes I pay (especially income and property) have grown due to making more money and moving into higher tax brackets. I feel fortunate that I’ve been able to earn more, and don’t find higher tax brackets I’ve entered to be punitive. Interestingly, if someone were born into an extremely [...]

I’ve added Marlon Danner of 8314 Delaney Circle, Inver Grove Heights, MN to the White Collar Crime Map for Minnesota that I’ve been maintaining. I found this comment on Pioneer Press’ piece about the FBI’s charges against Danner by someone posting under the name “Rice St” particularly interesting: Danner is a Good old Boy, Started [...]

Looking through the most popular posts on The Deets for 2010, I see that some things I wrote about Craigslist and Comcast are at or near the top of the list, due to their national interest. However, if I filter visitors to The Deets by location, and just look at Minnesotans who visited this site, [...]

Last night, NPR ran a piece about Target and WalMart’s new store layouts used in some urban locations. One mentioned is in the Uptown area of Chicago, which appears to be similar to the downtown Minneapolis store’s layout (2-story with parking underneath, corner entrance). Regarding a Target with a more traditional layout in the Columbia [...]

Greg Seitz from Friends of the Boundary Waters mentioned in the comments of this post that I may find the movie produced by his organization worth watching. He was right. Precious Waters is a 25 minute long overview of the threats proposed sulfide mining operations (that’s mines that use acid to extract minerals like copper, [...]

Earlier today, I praised Ryan Lyk’s work at Minnesota Democrats Exposed, only to see this tweet from loyal Lyk’r, Erik Leist, pop up on Twitter: Erik is referring to what I wrote in this post. I’ve since told Erik that I would post a follow up to that post. I mean, why not? Reflecting on [...]