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Mary Turck
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Oct 04 02:56 UTC
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
<b>HEADLINES</b>
McCain Care could be a hard sell to Minnesotans concerned about health
care costs
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14904
by Kathlyn Stone, TC Daily Planet
James Kvaal, a senior fellow at the Washington, DC-based Center for
American Progress was in St. Paul yesterday to issue a warning about
Sen. John McCain’s “radical” plan for health care. Kvall was one of
five Center staff members who are fanned out across the nation to
outline the plan, which has received little national attention.
Ellison defends bailout vote
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14912
by Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent
Monday's House vote on the proposed $700 billion bailout package
resulted in some strange political bedfellows. Perhaps most surprising
was Rep. Keith Ellison — widely viewed as the most liberal member of
the Minnesota delegation — aligned with staunch conservative Rep. John
Kline in supporting the measure. The proposal was ultimately defeated
by a 228-205 margin as many legislators bulked at bailing out Wall
Street investment firms for their reckless behavior.
Franken bashes bailout package
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14913
by Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent
Al Franken stated today that he would have voted against the $700
billion bailout package passed by the Senate last night and harshly
criticized the legislation. "I hope nobody in Washington felt any
pride or sense of accomplishment," the Democratic Senate candidate
said at a press conference at the Capitol. "Because this bill didn't
fix an economy that isn't working for middle-class families. … It is
in fact the exclamation point on eight years of the worst stewardship
of our economy since Herbert Hoover, a terrible end to a terrible
presidency."
Radio K turns 15
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14846
by Keith Hovis, Minnesota Daily
After 15 years, Steve Nelson can still remember exactly what was said
at 6 a.m. on Oct. 1, 1993 in a studio on the top floor of the Rarig
Center.
VOICES | In the Swagger: College introduces the world of Korean
America to one adoptee
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14805
by Megan Lynn Wetzel, Korean Quarterly
I'm currently aboard a flight destined for Rochester, Minnesota, where
my parents live, and home to the Mayo Clinic, a slice of middle-class
America.
<b>INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET</b>
A string of sugar crystals: Greenway inspires a new model for urban
development
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14881
by Jason Ericson, Uptown Neighborhood News
Before Tina Nelson started working for the Midtown Greenway Coalition
back in 1999, she worked for years as a community organizer in the
Seward neighborhood. She toyed with the idea of going back to school
for urban planning, but remained uncertain.
NEWS YOU CAN USE | Green means go
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14882
by Bruce Cochran, Uptown Neighborhood News
<i>"Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance <br>Everybody
thinks it's true" - Paul Simon</i><br><br>Well, yes and no. Not
everybody likes the sound of the southwest light rail project but most
are coming around to support it. This is the current thinking of
citizens in the Southwest, confirmed by Gail Dorfman, Hennepin County
Commissioner, at the last Southwest Transitway Project Public Meeting.
At Calhoun Square about 40 people gathered to listen to details and
ask questions of Dorfman and Project Manager Katie Walker.
Interview: "Rasta Bard" David Daniels makes <i>Magic</i> at the Acadia
Café
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/14840
by Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
David Daniels has to be one of the most unlikely success stories
imaginable. He crafts ingenious performance theater; he is a capable
playwright and compelling spoken-word orator. However, Daniels
prevails despite himself.
'Gently into the reach of the night'
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14879
by Jon Collins and Karle Weinmann, Minnesota Daily
Less than a half-mile from the University's West Bank campus last
Monday, Ahmednur Ali, an Augsburg College student and tutor at the
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood's Brian Coyle Center, was shot to death.
<b>NEW IN BLOGS</b>
BLOG OF THE MODERATE LEFT | Dee-Bate!
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/14905
by Jeff Fecke
Well, the debate is over. And Joe Biden won it, though Sarah Palin
defied expectations by speaking in complete sentences almost
throughout the entire debate.
ARTS ORBIT | Illin' ullieann
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/14899
by Cyn Collins
Direct from Ireland, masters of the uilleann pipes are bringing us
Piperlink, a multifaceted experience all about uilleann (pronounced
“illan”) pipes.
KOLET INK | Give me liberty or give me...?
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/14895
by Colette Davidson
What does it take to get a girl excited these days? I’m feeling so
seriously jaded. Call me ungrateful, a cynic, a snob. Maybe I am. But
the more I see of the world, the more it looks the same. Is it just
me, or does each Mediterranean palm tree seem to sway in the same
direction? And I’m sure that those public squat toilets are just as
gag-inducing whether it’s France, India or Korea (although China
probably wins as the most disgusting). Restaurant servers are rude in
Paris just as they are in New York (maybe it’s a big city thing) and
dogs are everywhere--whether on a leash or running wild towards your
inviting, rabies shot-free leg--and they want you.
ARTS ORBIT | 20 years of Cinema Lounge
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/14896
by Paul Clark
Believe it or not, IFP Minnesota’s Cinema Lounge, the Twin Cities’
original short film screening series, is turning 20. While technically
still not old enough to drink (ha!), that hasn’t kept us from ushering
the masses into the venerable Bryant-Lake Bowl theater on the 3rd
Wednesday of each month to partake in film and refreshments, the
latter usually being alcoholic and the former always indie, always
local.