Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

(xpost) Oh jeez, Dan, the track suit isn't even the beginning of it:

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is that... Sebastian Bach?

how on Earth is that person taken seriously

oh man i hadn't even realized :(

xp about n mpls but i guess that too

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/michele-bachmann-bradlee-dean

bradlee dean has been a "TPM star" for a little while. i think they caught wind of him during some bachmann bs a year or so ago (or maybe the recount?) and now they cover him! so it was a little weird to hear of him in like real media since he's never been mentioned there before, haha.

and north, yeah, damn.

Can I just vent about this for a second here?

The state's Legacy Amendment that uses a 3/8ths of 1 percent sales tax to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the outdoors and the arts was passed in 2008, but now some groups would like to see it repealed.

"I think the voters were hoodwinked," said Andy Cilek, president of the Minnesota Voters Alliance, which is joining forces with the North Star Tea Party Patriots and the Northern Liberty Alliance on a repeal campaign. "Most people didn't even know it was a tax," he said, and were misled into believing they were simply voting to support programs for the outdoors and the arts.

Most people didn't even know it was a tax?! The actual wording on the referendum here:

"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to dedicate funding to protect our drinking water sources; to protect, enhance, and restore our wetlands, prairies, forests, and fish, game, and wildlife habitat; to preserve our arts and cultural heritage; to support our parks and trails; and to protect, enhance, and restore our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater by increasing the sales and use tax rate beginning July 1, 2009, by three-eighths of one percent on taxable sales until the year 2034?"

How stupid are you, exactly?

hahahahahahahahahaha

hate these idiots so much

will be in northfield again ca. july 20th

recommendations on kayaking your fair state?

also what is a cool 15-20 mi route that encompasses the greenway

hmmm. I can put something together for you when I get back to a computer

Maybe they thought 3/8ths of one percent of the existing tax was getting reallocated from health clinics for freeloaders to useful things, like stocking lakes with sport fish.

attn vahid: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4550104

roughly sketched, obv, but it starts/ends at the birchwood cafe (which is delicious), includes the greenway, lakes calhoun harriet and nokomis (sorta), minnehaha falls, and the might mississippi

the part from harriet to minnehaha can be a little tricky w/r/t route-finding (the trail is sorta discontinuous), but it's mostly intuitive if you study the route ahead of time. also there are great city bike maps at any bike shop (there's one right on the greenway, too...they serve waffles! yum!)

just when i was thinking how awful easting out is in munich you go and mention the birchwood...

I will be in the Twin Cities from the 19th to the 24th. Someone msg me if you'd like to meet up.

Does Greg Norton still run his restaurant in Red Wing?

the birchwood is g-d delicious

i pine for that quinoa burger

i havent been in months, tbh, but last summer my jam was to go on a bike ride early in the morning (sometimes the loop above) and stop at the bwood for espresso on the way home. it felt v...genteel

this is me on the way to the birchwood for the ~4 hour brunch/lunch/high tea described upthread

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"we've gone on holiday by mistake"

aw that almost makes me miss winter

...almost

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haha

hey kingfish

i would prob be available one of those nights yer in town, and would be down w/hanging out. also i think that norton is still doing the restaurant thing, but idk if hes there all the time or what

yeah i should be available, too

oh hey any other mn types subjecting themselves to the grueling "fun" of grand old days this weekend?

i have never been, i don't think?

ah shit gbx we were supposed to get beers this week huh

xpost it is kinda entertaining and kinda awful but def an excuse for people to make terrible decisions and put them on display so

caek i would also just like to point out that mpls in the summer is a goddam wonderland

xp dude i am kinda free for a while, so whenever---any good shows coming up (aside from n/a's on monday)?

Rock. Meeting y'all finally would be great.

ha i think the only stuff i know about for sure is all metal shit but let me take a look when i get a chance

also fuck i keep forgetting n/a show, which i should absolutely go to.

what day is grand old day anyway? i don't want to look it up

sunday

you guys should come meet me and drink with me. you don't have to listen to the music.

is there anything near the cedar that i should check out?

Veggie/vegan food and crust punks at hard times cafe around the corner. African joints up and down the block.

All-night art/music/dance/random other stuff festival happening tomorrow night: Northern Spark. (I'm singing on a boat!)

yeah just found out about this like two hours ago---looks rad!

Ok, updated sched: I fly in on Sunday the 19th, and stay in Cottage Grove that night.

On I'm in Shakopee on Monday/Tuesday and fly out Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd.

oh hey n/a if you are reading this while in the cedar/riverside, i will vouch for the triple rock for drinks

so anbody got any plans for when the state government shuts down? i think i might go over to the police station and drive their cars around for a while

you should pull ppl over and ticket them:

$50 if they aren't listening to The Current
$200 if they are listening to The Current

mr. perry is just all good ideas all the time

gov dayton was on npr this morning and said that one unspecified group was going to be a bringing a constitutional argument to the mn courts next week saying that the mn constitution specifies that no funds can be apportioned in this case, which means that if they win, they have to shut down the prisons.

so yknow its booze up and riot time really

at least you get to vote on amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage!

yay my state is so awful

Bachmann : MN :: McCarthy : WI

We'll be apologizing over this bitch until we're all dead.

yeah no lie