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For Democrats, seeing where the themes are going in movies and TV shows is important. We need hope and we need to feel like we can change things. In our imaginations and our fantasy, can we imagine success?
Dave Thune wins easily in the ranked choice voting, which I expected. In the first allocation round, the votes that had no mathematical chance were eliminated and those votes were allocated to second choices. Dave Hosko did move from third place to second place. However, it was an easy win for Dave Thune in the last round.
Local government aid (LGA) is so critical to St Paul because we have many impressive Minnesota state buildings like the capital, which are served by St Paul city services, yet those buildings pay no contribution in property taxes. Add to this, the abundance of churches, colleges and other state-mandated tax exempt buildings and you have the most valued property NOT supporting the city. Continue Reading
Minnesotans from faith, labor and community groups rallied outside of the annual meeting of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce today to demand that large banks and corporations pay their fair share of taxes, invest in good jobs, and fix the foreclosure crisis. Continue Reading
In getting to majorities, we need to persuade people who are not like us. Jon Haidt says on a TED talk that basically liberals have two ethical values while conservatives have five ethical values. In looking at this chart, One side is liberals and one side is conservatives. Continue Reading
In politics, the numbers lag the words, so if one can analyze the words, then there is a time advantage. Mitt Romney is the heir apparent to the Republican nomination for president, especially now with Chris Christie’s endorsement. Although Republicans are not generally happy, the endorsement race is Romney’s to lose. Using text mining, what can we find out about Romney?
Banks chose to destroy the world economy, yet no single person and no single decision made that decision. We blame banks and bankers. Yet is it that simple? For example, can we blame banks and bankers when each one of us is making purchasing decisions that increase the negative effects of climate change?
Pretend that you are banker and make your choice:
Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District (DID) took Melissa Hill’s bike, which was next to Melissa as she was chalking on the sidewalk. The tail light was even flashing. Fortunately Melissa was able to capture video. As you watch the tape, you can see that they knew it was Melissa’s bike since she was right there chalking. Continue Reading
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) decided to cut off all cell phone and WIFI service that it provides to stop a protest that might disrupt service. There is not even a strong claim of illegal activity. There was no court permission obtained to do this act. Continue Reading
Ramsey County Sheriff Bostrom has a new policy manual demonstrating the policy implementation of election promises. Now, granted, a policy manual is not certain execution. Continue Reading