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| 13.9.13 11:32 |  | @TheKFV I must have needed that - thanks "brah" :) |
| 13.9.13 11:24 | | @dbrauer I'm probably just grumpy over the Wagner video - I'll be sure to let you know when I've finished my series (which is also insane) |
| 13.9.13 11:21 | | @TheKFV It's distressing that this is the kind of baloney that will get a candidate attention in this race, yes. I'm losing my idealism! |
| 13.9.13 11:11 | | @dbrauer "Insane?" Shouldn't EVERYBODY be doing this? (I'm only a third of the way through myself but I DO have almost two months left) |
| 13.9.13 10:41 | | YOGURT OF THE DAY: STRAWBERRIES 'N BANANAS #yogurtoftheday |
| 13.9.13 10:35 | | @jjyeley1 @ChicagolndSpdwy SPEED DICE: 8 |
| 13.9.13 09:59 |  |  Symantec (Roseville, MN) |
| 13.9.13 09:56 | | Listened to Cocoon - On My Way |
| 13.9.13 09:54 | | Listened to Giorgio Moroder - Underdog |
| 13.9.13 09:49 | | Listened to Judge Jules - Essential Mix 2013-09-07 |
| 13.9.13 09:47 | | U.S. Post Office (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 13.9.13 03:14 | | @DomDerringer We should talk. |
| 13.9.13 02:31 | | Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't note that MPD (correctly) flip-flopped on their decision to pull their open data. Again, bravo to MinnPost for making noise and getting results! (Link to MinnPost: Update: Minneapolis Police Department restores accessible data format) |
| 13.9.13 02:27 | | 53 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY - MAYORAL CANDIDATE #11: JOHN CHARLES WILSON (LAURAIST COMMUNIST) (Let's do a little catch up!) Wilson, 47, collected bus schedules as a child and got more peculiar from there. On his campaign website (which currently has three pages - unlike his personal site, which has at least ten) he starts right off describing his time "locked up" in the mental health system. From his "What I Believe" page, he starts right off with "First and foremost, I believe that Laura Ingalls Wilder is God. This is due to visions I started seeing at the age of 15." and to be honest...this is kinda where he lost me. (I DID try to watch the video on his "party's" Facebook page but tonight I learned that even I have a breaking point when it comes to "opposition research.") His principle is a combination of his Wilder-centered "religion" (although he also says he's an atheist) with good ol' fashioned communism ("the best form of government"). He had a Libertarian phase in high school, which may or may not have been a stepping stone to his committal. The tagline on his campaign site is "Your 2nd Choice for Mayor of Minneapolis!" which is an interesting tactic in the Ranked Choice Voting era. (...even if I think he should be pretty close to your 35th choice.) I have more Likes than him, and I am very thankful for that. He lives in Whittier but has a lot of stuff in Seattle in storage - in fact, as I type this he's beginning a train trip to go get it. He'll be back next Sunday. I don't know how much of his stuff he can take on Amtrak. Amongst other adjectives, I think my favourite one Wilson has used to describe his campaign is "non-hygienic" - I don't totally know what that means, but I believe he's probably the only one of the 35 to use the term. He also describes himself as a "psychiatric survivor" and has authored a autobiography entitled "The Conscience of a Communist." He intends to run for office as long as he is alive. That sounds like he may have a pessimistic idea of how far he'll get this time around. This is his second run for mayor; in 2009, he received the coveted 11th place out of the eleven candidates, amassing 137 votes. (To his credit, he uses this result to rebuke accusations that his is a "vanity" candidacy, asserting that finshing 11th out of 11, behind the admitted non-serious candidate..." isn't exactly the greatest stroking of an ego. His Party or Principle THEN was "Edgertonite National," which I also believe ran a grand total of one candidate...although there may also have been a presidential run in there as well. Or maybe he was just president of that party. "Edgerton" is another manifestation of his transit fascination - and now we've come full circle. I think I can honestly tell you I would absolutely be a better mayor than this guy. Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: NOW we'll get to the only candidate to knock on my door while I was home (so far) |
| 12.9.13 23:48 | | 54 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY - MAYORAL CANDIDATE #12: MARK ANDREW (DFL-DEMOCRAT-FARMER-LABOR) Andrew, 62, is one of the chosen few to get regular coverage and "be taken seriously," I guess by virtue of his former stint as state chair of the DFL and 17 years on the Hennepin County board. Most people who pull opinions out of their collective asses seem to think that Andrew and Betsy Hodges are the top two and only people to pay attention to in this race. Or they're all working for Andrew or Hodges, not sure...although he has a HELL of a lot of Likes ("...for a Minneapolis mayoral candidate," I am quick to add.) Interestingly, his party or principle as listed on his filing (he filed 8/5) is more than three words, but nobody from Elections called HIM to encourage HIM to amend HIS filing. Or maybe they did and he just declined like I did. But if not...clearly, he's an important candidate! I have a hunch he will be listed on the ballot as "Democrat-Farmer-Labor" and wonder how this could possibly get changed without an amended filing...granted, I don't wonder this enough to sue anybody, but...hmmm, but maybe that would get me some attention.........naaaah. (His handwriting is atrocious, by the way.) He has a very ugly car and his team wear very ugly green T-shirts. He's super big on calling himself the "greenest" candidate, by virtue of his running the GreenMark consultant firm. At the same time, folks are wondering aloud how a lot of his friends/donators seem to CALL themselves green yet barely make any positive impacts on the environment in any appreciable manner...beyond spending money on Andrew, of course! Cam Winton says that Andrew "has been bought and sold by every union in town," which not only raises concerns about Andrew, but about Winton, who has spent months pandering to anyone on any angle he can find, so the fact that he's actually gone negative against Andrew shows that at least HE feels that Andrew must be a frontrunner. Andrew has also made a super big deal out of spending his entire life in Minneapolis, which I'm not sure is the kind of "experience" folks are actually looking for in a mayor. I'm not terribly interested in giving you a lot of info on him because he's one of the small amount of folks sucking up all the news coverage. It's EASY for you to go check him out if you want, and believe me, I'm sure one of his many promises is one you'll agree with. I have WAY more fun with the guys nobody's heard of who have barely left a paper trail...they're more of a challenge to talk about. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I have a real problem with anybody who is raising a large sum of money to run for this office, make a lot of promises to do stuff the mayor can't do and not to forget I am naturally suspicious of all of the "top tier" candidates, so naturally... I'm going to feel like I might make a better mayor! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! But seriously - don't even give this guy your #2 or #3 vote. An Andrew administration would be no better than a Rybak one...and that's a terribly low bar as it is... NEXT: The only candidate to knock on my door while I was home (so far) - NO WAIT! Oh no, I JUST noticed that I skipped one! And he was a FUN one! So NEXT: One of the fun ones |
| 12.9.13 22:58 | | Shhhhhh.....Daddy's head hurts RT @WOW_Wrestling: NEW WOW WEBSITE LAUNCHING TOMORROW!!! http://fb.me/2SW4OsrT3 |
| 12.9.13 19:40 | | I Googled Priyanka Chopra and still have no idea who she is |
| 12.9.13 19:29 | | (Also, I may have been the only guy on twitter to use the plural apostrophe) |
| 12.9.13 19:28 | | Brad Nessler's trip to the little boys' room isn't trending only because nobody watches @nflnetwork |
| 12.9.13 18:20 | | McDonald's (New Brighton, MN) |
| 12.9.13 16:24 |  | Jalapeno Cheddar |
| 12.9.13 16:22 | | 24 oz bottle of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 12.9.13 15:00 |  | SYMC closing quote: 24.97 ▼0.29 (Range: 24.36 - 25.18) |
| 12.9.13 13:31 | | @webster Do any of the old files now look any different (or less "corrupted") to you? |
| 12.9.13 13:30 | | RT @webster: MPD just posted the Excel file for August 2013 and said they will continue to post! http://www.minneapolismn.gov/police/statistics/crime-statistics_codefor_statistics |
| 12.9.13 11:57 | | Coffee |
| 12.9.13 11:35 | | YOGURT OF THE DAY: APPLE TURNOVER #yogurtoftheday |
| 12.9.13 10:13 | | Symantec (Roseville, MN) |
| 12.9.13 02:10 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #10: JAMES EVERETT (GREEN PARTY) Everett, 36, is described as both an "activist" and an "artist." He lives in Willard-Hay (activist for the north side) and founded the SubZero Collective (where his art is "positive hip-hop" - although their website doesn't appear to exist in 2013...and their MySpace profile didn't seem to survive the "new" MySpace transition. His LinkedIn title is "CEO/Freedom Fighter/" and yes, that's one slash too many.) He was also a former president of the greater Minneapolis NAACP. He's another guy who filed early (8/2) but then may have been encouraged to amend his filing (8/13) - interestingly, he changed his "website" from a search on Facebook (which worked, at least...check out that quote from 2009's campaign!) to a bona-fide website address...but the domain name that doesn't actually exist. He also changed his phone number and email address (from a yahoo.com account to a gmail.com one) ...I suspect that neither address works. On the other hand, he has about 30 more Likes than me. Like I said up there, Everett ran for mayor in 2009, where he amassed 357 votes (0.79%), finishing eighth out of eleven. In 2009, he ran as James R. Everett - alas, I don't know what the R stands for. He's also run for school board and although technically he was never on the ballot, he made some noise out of a run for governor in 2006. (He may have been a write-in.) Like Doug Mann, Everett didn't seek out the Greens' endorsement. I have no idea what this might say about the Greens, or about Mann and Everett. (Mann and Everett don't seem to have a whole lot in common other than they both declared "Green Party" as their party or principle.) I'm probably not supposed to say stuff like this, but I had to scroll waaaaaaaaay deep into his Facebook friends list to find a picture of a white person. (This MAY mean anyone voting for him probably won't rank me second, to my dismay.) I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I feel like I might be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: One of the "serious" candidates |
| 11.9.13 21:40 | | 55 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY: I am a big, BIG fan of "open data" - public data gathered when public funds are spent deserves to be public. This should be a no-brainer! This move to make it more difficult to get public data in a usable form is the exact opposite direction Minneapolis should be moving when it comes to allowing free, easy access to "what's going on" in our city. Bravo to MinnPost for this story - please stay on it! (Link to MinnPost: Minneapolis Police Department responds to data format questions) |
| 11.9.13 21:35 | | I hope every #MPLSmayor candidate denounces this move; I'll go first. MPD is moving in the wrong direction http://www.minnpost.com/data/2013/09/minneapolis-police-department-responds-data-format-questions #opendata |
| 11.9.13 21:30 | | @hansen9j Before this level, mine was one. I can't remember if I ended up using three or four |
| 11.9.13 21:25 | | @hansen9j I told myself "if you ever get within (x) lollipop hammers, you PULL THAT TRIGGER" |
| 11.9.13 20:54 | | Can of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 11.9.13 20:21 | | Buying one, getting one for a penny - McDonald's (Saint Paul, MN) |
| 11.9.13 19:52 | | Cub Foods (Saint Paul, MN) |
| 11.9.13 19:43 | | Holiday Station Store (St. Paul, MN) |
| 11.9.13 17:20 | | @grumpymartian Hey I need to talk to you or Aaron RIGHT NOW - can you DM me your number since he's not answering? |
| 11.9.13 15:00 | | SYMC closing quote: 25.26 ▲0.03 (Range: 25.14 - 25.48) |
| 11.9.13 14:05 | | Coffee |
| 11.9.13 13:25 |  | Updated album "Photos from my current phone" (25 new photos) |
| 11.9.13 11:33 | | YOGURT OF THE DAY: ORANGE CRÈME #yogurtoftheday |
| 11.9.13 11:28 | | Symantec (Roseville, MN) |
| 11.9.13 11:15 | | U.S. Post Office (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 11.9.13 01:09 | | Never....ah, forget it. |
| 10.9.13 21:34 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #9: EDMUND BERNARD BRUYERE (LEGACY-NEXT GENERATION) Dr. Bruyere, Ph.D., or "Eddie," expects to surprise a lot of people by exploiting both his longtime Northside roots (although he now lives in the President Apartments in Whittier) as well as his ties to the Native American community; "[he] is a tribal member of the Sagkeeng First Nation located in Manitoba, Canada" - wait, what? Closer to home, he also claims to be "an Anishinabe First Nation tribal member of paternal decent" which is fuzzy on several levels...I think he used another spelling of "Anishinaabe" and wonder why he wouldn't just say "Ojibwe" which would be far more recognisable in Minnesota... but perhaps one is techically true and one is technically...less true (the Manitoba thing again? But the Ojibwe were in Manitoba...oh, I'm getting caught up in tangential research again). Finally, I think he meant "descent" and not "decent" - not to imply he's not a decent man. I'm a picky proofreader, I know, but you put his two selling points up to scrutiny and... He's also a veteran and I thank him for his service to our country. Oh, and he's ALSO a Bear. (No, not that kind of bear.) Go see the cover photo on his personal Facebook wall for proof. I can't suss out his age, but going by his enrollment info, I would guess he's my age give or take a couple years. I believe his father AND son are also named "Eddie" and wonder why he'd eschew the "Jr." - this is usually where I'd make a Vincent K. McMahon joke, but you're not here for that. (Or are you?) This appears to be his first campaign. Obviously, I'm all for a grassroots campaign, but how about real talk? He's one of the few candidates on Facebook who I'm doubling in Likes. There ARE people on the north side who have the Internet...I believe they may also vote! My original question was going to be "what's a guy so smart doing running for mayor?" but it appears he's currently a substitute teacher in Roseville. Nothing against teaching, but I bet being mayor is far preferable. He has an old resume online where he makes mention of being "director of The Sacred Beings Project," a nonprofit organization for Native American children (I think - every website they ever had are suffering from expired domains and/or having been taken down) His "Issues" pages has a lot of stuff the mayor can't affect and a lot of "youth" issues. Between this, his former(?) nonprofit, his current occupation...this guy loves the kids. His very first announcment also set the tone: "Running on a platform of family's and children's issues..." I'm not sure you'd find a candidate who'd go on the record as being AGAINST family and children's issues, but...I don't think it's really the top concern in the Minneapolis mayor's race. When she profiled him, Naomi speculated he'd be much better off running for school board. I think he's got about the same chance of winning either race. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I feel like I would! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: Another "serial" candidate |
| 10.9.13 20:33 | | Has @LWVMinneapolis determined that money is the most important criterion in #MPLSmayor race? http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/4iTvsx87PdwzXn89xRwg2M #transparency |
| 10.9.13 20:32 | | EIGHT WEEKS TO ELECTION DAY: You can't get covered if you aren't a major candidate, but you can't be a major candidate if you aren't covered. That there's Catch-22. Until we can get the notion out of our collective hive mind that money's the only standard on which candidates should be judged, we'll continue to be presented with the same old candidates. Here's my post over at e-demo describing my "invitation" to a League of Women Voters-sponsored forum. |
| 10.9.13 17:59 | | RT @anton612: One of many reasons to cancel League Pass: http://i.imgur.com/Gh0flkW.png cc @HPbasketball @NBA |
| 10.9.13 15:56 | | Roast Chicken |
