Post in TC Daily Planet: Rumors of police sweeps; Still protesting, still praying; Police-community forum; Who will get the true story?
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 HEADLINES Rumors circulating of possible police sweeps in Minneapolis this weekend http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13911 by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent Could a roundup of anti-RNC activists be on tap for this weekend in Minneapolis? Char Madigan: Still protesting, still praying http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13758 by Jeanette Fordyce Char Madigan will be praying for peace during the RNC this year, a continuation of a career of prayer and protest that goes back more than thirty years. Police, community exchange views at forum http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13888 by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Police Chiefs John Harrington (St. Paul), Tim Dolan (Minneapolis) and John Laux (Bloomington) met with around 70 community residents August 19 at St. Paul's Martin Luther King/Hallie Q. Brown Recreation Center to discuss criminal justice issues and concerns. The event was hosted by the Council on Black Minnesotans (CBM). VOICES | 15,000 reporters, but will we get the true story? URL: http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13856 by Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota In the years I've lived in the Twin Cities, I've witnessed some pretty high-profile events: a Super Bowl and the visit of Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. But nothing compares to the hype surrounding the upcoming Republican National Convention. How to save $18 billion in health care costs http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13885 by Elizabeth Rich, Minnesota 2020 The health care crisis. It's an issue that tops Minnesotans list. Last year, Minnesota spent an average of $6,500.00 on out of pocket medical expenses. In 1970, we spent about $390.00 annually. What if there was a way to cut between $8 and $18 billion off that number? What if, while doing it, we could help work on healthier Minnesotans and fight abuse and neglect? The Academy on Violence and Abuse thinks they can do just that. INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET THINGS PEOPLE SAY | Oral Roberts U grad Bachmann says Harvard grad Obama 'isn't well-schooled' http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13912 by Karl Bremer, Minnesota Independent Michele Bachmann recently told the Hometown Source, an online extension of ABC Newspapers in the northern suburbs, that Barack Obama "isn't well-schooled and prepared to be President of the United States."<br><br>That's an interesting observation, coming from a graduate of a law school that once lost its American Bar Association accreditation. Food and Restaurants Italiani's Family Restaurant Grill & Bar http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13858 by Jeremy Iggers, The Rake I got a hot tip recently - a sighting of a pasta making machine at Italiani's Family Restaurant Grill & Bar, 3508 E. Lake Street. That's pretty rare these days - making pasta by hand is very labor intensive. A fresh alternative in bar & grill country http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13806 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project Sometimes it seems like the owner of the <a href="http://www.cafewren.com ">Café Wren</a> has a better idea of what's going on in John Adams' vegetable plots than he does. "I think she has spies in the garden," Adams joked on a recent August afternoon while showing me his produce operation near Luck, in western Wisconsin's Polk County. "She knows when my stuff is ripening. She knows her stuff about food and promoting local food." Bridgeland makes the most of sidewalk season http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13891 by Jeremy Stratton, The Bridge In Minnesota, we hold our summers precious. The long, Siberian-like winters mean we make the most of our temperate days, the likes of which So-Cal and Florida take for granted. Common Roots Cafe's "Rootsy Lucy" http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/13899 by Brian Moen, East-Lake.net On Saturday night, I went to the Common Roots Cafe for dinner to try the newest competetor to the Juicy Lucy universe. The Rootsy Lucy is made withThousand Hills beef stuffed with 12 month aged cheddar on foccacia with heirloom tomatoes, lettuce and aioli. NEW IN BLOGS Weekend what's what 8/28-9/1: Republican party! http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/13908 by l'etoile magazine staff, Arts Orbit As Republican delegates from all over the country breeze into town in preparation for next week’s RNC melee, the city is literally ablaze with more art, entertainment, and political buzz than you can shake a stick at (no State Fair pun intended). Show your stripes by hitting up such inspired events as the Liberty Parade, the Call & Answer Block Party, or the Take Back Labor Day Festival—all of which give the term “political party” a whole new meaning. Be a Real Man, the Mike S. Adams way by Jeff Fecke, Blog of the Moderate Left http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13829 Ah, Mike Adams. You remember Mike Adams; he’s the UNC-Wilmington professor who singlehandedly devalues my friend’s brother’s college degree, the idiot who once argued that we should end abortion so women will stop having sex. A place for the perplexed: Part two http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13871 by Emilio DeGrazia, 8/25/08 • Whitman, poet of democracy, urged us to be tolerant and large, to contain multitudes, to connect and make passages to all parts of the globe. So it’s tempting to think boyishly big again—to be stirred by the democratic idealism of manifest destiny and American exceptionalism and to cheer on the new globalism. Big pigs and barn tours http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/13919 by Mary Turck, Minnesota State Fair big boar is back, despite a dearth of entries that put this year's exhibit in doubt until the last minute.
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