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New York City Metblogs @
Thursday 2 July 2009 at 9:16 pm
NYC is calling you for service. After living here for a long while, it’s time that the city can benefit from us. Sure they’re charging 25 cents more now on the subway, but it’s also because we have more people living here now than ever before.
I’ve never found myself defending the MTA before today, but ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Thursday 2 July 2009 at 11:53 am
You know I’m pretty sure I’ll never meet Obama, but if I did I’d probably say something really stupid and/or awkward. Or something really clever like “Yo.”
Really thinking about it is all academic (barely), but what would we say if we met a president is a question I think most people have asked themselves.
As ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Wednesday 1 July 2009 at 10:46 am
As of today Minnesota residents can fish free in most state parks!
The exemption allows state park visitors to take fish without a license when shore fishing or wading on state-owned land within a state park. All limits and special regulations in effect for the body of water still apply.
Fishing without a ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Monday 29 June 2009 at 4:12 pm
According to the Register, a nudist group lost a court battle to keep Trail 6 of San Onofre Beach a legal haven for the clothing-less.
Problem is that there was no true set policy, the one being relied upon to fight the legal ban on nudity at public beaches being a letter written by a deputy-director ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Friday 26 June 2009 at 9:24 am
I guess it isn’t just another music Friday, the King of Pop has passed away and in tribute I will be postponing my Rock and Roll post until next week.
Michael Jackson was the type of star that I believe everyone in the world had an opinion on and most have a memory.
Our own local Max ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Monday 22 June 2009 at 11:02 am
In case you haven’t heard, yesterday the Lowry Bridge was imploded.
Check out this awesome video via Finance and Commerce
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WCCO reports
The Lowry Avenue Bridge stood for more than ...
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Denver Metblogs @
Sunday 21 June 2009 at 6:54 pm
*updated 5/21/2009 with video*
If you’re curious about what today at the Colorado Capitol Building looked like, see this link for photos. Around 250 Iranian Americans showed up to show support for the people of Iran, not the government.
Here’s my ten minute long youtube video:
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Miami Metblogs @
Sunday 21 June 2009 at 12:42 pm
The film “Food, Inc.” has now opened in various locations across South Florida:
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Gateway 4
North Miami, FL: Intracoastal 8
Palm Beach Gardens, FL: BMC PGA Cinema 6
Miami Beach, FL: South Beach 18
Food, Inc. presents a documentary-style look at the food industry of the US, and what exactly is happening behind those happy farms that ...
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Seattle Metblogs @
Friday 19 June 2009 at 3:09 am
Yesterday’s revelation of the bizarre “don’t call me Liz” e-mail thread between a McDermott aide and an overly apologetic scheduler from JP Morgan Chase has made it from Politico’s “shenanigans” blog [#] across the internet and back. Today it crossed over into even stranger territory when Keith Olbermann ended Countdown [msnbc] with a staged reading ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Thursday 18 June 2009 at 8:06 pm
How’s this for redonk?
Woman ordered to pay $1.92M in music downloading case
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, a Brainerd mother of four, was found liable for downloading and distributing more than 1,700 songs on Kazaa, an Internet file-sharing network.
…a federal jury in Duluth found her liable up to $220,000 for copyright infringement of the 24 songs the RIAA ...
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Minneapolis Metblogs @
Wednesday 17 June 2009 at 11:51 am
I know that with all the budget cuts and perceived problems with our Minnesota school system people are getting frustrated and more and more I’m hearing vitriol aimed at our teachers.
It’s my understanding that Minnesota has some of the best teachers in the country and in my own personal experience that held to be true. We rank #1 in ...
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Islamabad Metblogs @
Sunday 14 June 2009 at 12:32 am
Many kinds of histories would have been made this Saturday on June 13, 2009. But the most significant one of them all, that I can think of, was that the budget of Pakistan was delivered for the first time by a woman in the history of Pakistan. The lady who delivered the budget speech was ...
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Seattle Metblogs @
Friday 12 June 2009 at 3:56 pm
The Seattle City Council is reviewing a draft plan to make Seattle a more pedestrian-friendly town. Appropriately enough, the measure is called the Pedestrian Master Plan. Very grand sounding, ain’t it?
I’ve lived in Seattle long enough to remember when Westlake Plaza was closed to traffic, and I’m still outraged that the city opened it. ...
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New York City Metblogs @
Friday 12 June 2009 at 5:46 am
My friend Carolyn is a dedicated journalist/blogger.When she turns vegan and does a post on all the non-nasty tasting vegan cheeses, she means business. So what does she do? Goes to Whole Foods to take a bunch of photos.
After a few minutes of snapping away at the non-dairy/dairy aisle, she’s yelled at for taking pickchas.
This ...
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Washington D.C. Metblogs @
Thursday 11 June 2009 at 1:31 pm
Today James W. von Brunn will be charged for the murder of Stephen T. Johns, a 39 year old security guard that he shot when we walked into the Holocaust Memorial Museum with a rifle and opened fire. Johns was critically wounded before two other guards returned fire on the 88 year old von Brunn, ...
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Seattle Metblogs @
Wednesday 10 June 2009 at 7:41 pm
Look forward to fewer arbitrary ticketing fees from the Crocodile this summer. After they flush out the shows already on their lineup being sold through Ticketmaster, all advance tickets purchased online will come with a flat $2 fee plus standard credit card charges. How, you might wonder, has this miracle of sensible pricing been brought ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Wednesday 10 June 2009 at 1:47 pm
After years of expressing support for a high-speed rail project originating from Anaheim to Las Vegas, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now favors a line that begins in Victorville.
That is bad news for Anaheim, who has been anticipating the high speed rail system in the plans of their newly approved design of the transportation hub, ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Tuesday 9 June 2009 at 8:45 pm
Yes folks, it’s true. According to this OC Register article, the fair committee approved (and apparently already filmed) a 3-D movie about “Al’s brain” to be shown at this year’s OC Fair. The 10 minute film will be shown in a temporary tent that will be set up for this year, however there ...
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Miami Metblogs @
Monday 8 June 2009 at 11:55 pm
I’m in Puerto Rico once more dealing with a family thing, so posts here will go on hiatus until I get back to Miami. Check the South Florida Daily Blog for your fix. ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Sunday 7 June 2009 at 3:03 pm
For those of you who were waiting with bated breath for me to update my brush fire post with photos I just did. Sorry it took me so long … I misplaced my camera cord. As you can imagine, it was right where I left it, of course.
P.S. I decided to hyperlink ‘bated breath’ since ...
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San Francisco Metblogs @
Sunday 7 June 2009 at 8:53 am
I went yesterday to ConspiracyCon, which is exactly what you’d guess it is: a convention of conspiracy theorists. UFO chasers, 9-11 deniers, tax protesters and this year’s big favorite, explainers of the current economic crisis.
Here are some of the things I learned:
Obama and his administration are pawns of the international banking conspiracy, and it’s ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Friday 5 June 2009 at 7:31 pm
UPDATE: I did walk down to the fire area and took some pictures. The fire area is on the corner of Moulton Parkway and Aliso Viejo Parkway (not Laguna Hills Drive as the OC Register states. LHD is on the other side of Moulton.
AVP was shut down between Cedarbrook and Moulton. Moulton was also shut ...
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Seattle Metblogs @
Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 10:53 am
Confused by the intense beacon of blue light rising from Seattle Center into the sky last night, I turned to Google and found out that it as related to something called Bing from Microsoft. [google/news] ...
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Orange County Metblogs @
Tuesday 2 June 2009 at 4:27 pm
This just happened a minute before I got to the scene.
A large pine fell and struck the front of a car travelling East on El Toro Road at Canyon Wren. There was minor damage to the front of the car, and the driver was not injured, albeit shook up by the incident.
Authorities have been notified ...
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Montreal Metblogs @
Saturday 30 May 2009 at 4:50 pm
As mentioned in a previous post, a coalition is forming to protest the proposed “revitalization” of the lower Main, and the destruction of Café Cleopatra and much of the red-light district. For those who are interested in supporting a more democratic approach to revamping this space, there will be a “Friends of Cabaret Cleo” rally ...
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