From:
Mary Turck
Date:
Nov 17 04:35 UTC
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
<b>HEADLINES</b>
Feeding people, activism and arrests connect RNC 8's Nathanael Secor
and Robert Czernik
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15953
by Roxanne Bergeron, TC Daily Planet
Just before 8 a.m. on August 30, Jean Johnstad was sitting on her
porch in south Minneapolis having her morning coffee. She was still in
her bathrobe, enjoying a peaceful Saturday morning. Suddenly, the
quiet was broken by a commotion and raised male voices coming from the
street behind the garage. She peeked around the corner of a garage and
saw police in SWAT team gear with their guns drawn in front of the
Food Not Bombs house at 2301 S. 23rd Ave.
'Ordinary voter' in New York Times recount story has strong GOP ties
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15936
by Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
A man presented as an "ordinary voter" in a New York Times article
today about the impending recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race has
strong ties to the Republican Party and conservative causes that the
article does not reveal.
Northeast artists resolute in face of recession
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/15971
by Melissa Slachetka, TC Daily Planet
“Art Attack had a strong attendance,” says sculptor Ernest Miller—but,
he says, the economic troubles on Wall Street seem to be trickling
down to local artists. “We as creative individuals will have to just
hold out. It is a part of the natural shakedown when funds are
slowing. Those who can creatively adapt will survive.”
Rail key to reducing Minnesota's CO2 emissions
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15941
by Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
Transportation can be a big culprit when it comes to climate change.
So what's the best way for Minnesotans to reduce their transportation
carbon footprint? It's probably walking or bicycling, even though
exercise makes you exhale more carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse
gas linked to global warming.
GLBTA chorus aims to entertain, enlighten, educate
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15896
by Elizabeth Ellis, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
On October 27, One Voice Mixed Chorus (OMVC), Minnesota's gay/lesbian/
bisexual/transgender/straight allies (GLBTA) chorus, held a concert
and community forum in the Sanctuary of Unity Church — Unitarian, St.
Paul. Emmy award-winner T. Mychael Rambo was emcee. Guest performers
included Julie Warder, dancer; Desdamona, spoken word artist; Frank
Sentwali, spoken word artist; Thomasina Petrus, vocalist; and Thom
West, pianist.
<b>INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET</b>
VISUAL ARTS | A primer on Minnesota cartoonists
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/15959
by Britt Aamodt, mnartists.org
A proverbial flood of attention is being lavished on an art form that,
for far too long, has languished in the sock drawer of American
lowbrow entertainments, along with the <i>Hustler</i> magazine and
cigarettes you bought at recess and didn’t want Mom to find. Perhaps
it’s in this spirit of full disclosure that the Minnesota Museum of
American Art presents a new exhibition, <i>Hot Ink: Comic Art in
Minnesota</i>: “Hey, Ma, I’ve got a drawer full of comics, and I like
‘em.”
U lobbyists: influence for hire
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15913
by Jon Collins and Karlee Weinmann, Minnesota Daily
Donna Peterson was plucked from her seat in the Minnesota Senate in
1990 to serve as the associate vice president of the University of
Minnesota's Government and Community Relations, the department that
handles lobbying efforts.
SLIDESHOW | Jeune Lune Rummage Sale
http://tcdailyplanet.net/image-galleries/Jeune+Lune+Rummage+Sale
by Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
The Theatre de la Jeune Lune recently held a rummage sale to liquidate
30 years of stage props and other supplies.
<b>NEW IN BLOGS</b>
ARTS ORBIT | John Munger is dance
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/15957
by Matt Peiken • A researcher for Dance USA by day, John Munger has
been producing his own dance works and participating in the dances of
others locally since the 1970s. This past Wednesday, as part of his
occasional series at the Bryant-Lake Bowl, Munger invited a handful of
other local dance-makers to perform an evening of solos.
FROM THE SOAPBOX | One Myth About Taxes
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15920
by Michael Rodning Bash • 11/8/08 • Throughout the closing days of
this grueling campaign season it was inevitable that one side would
start hammering away on taxes, taxes and more taxes. At the national
level, Senator McCain claimed that Senator Obama's plan to raise taxes
on wealthier individuals amounted to "redistributionism" (as far as I
know, a new word in our political lexicon) and more pointedly accused
the Democrat of "socialism," as if a system of progressive taxation
were the equivalent of collectivized industry and agriculture. Here in
Minnesota, the Republicans were trumpeting over and over that DFL
candidates were all for taxes, taxes and more taxes (see for example,
Erik Paulson's ads in his race against Ashwin Madia).
BLOG OF THE MODERATE LEFT | Do as I say (and ignore what I've done):
Tim Pawlenty reinventing himself
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/15942
by Jeff Fecke • My governor, Tim Pawlenty, has been a regular media
gadfly during the Republican Governors' Association meetings. He's had
the combover line and the less ideology, more doing line, and he let
loose with a rebuke to Sarah Palin, saying that "Drill, baby, drill"
was just a slogan. If you didn't know anything about Minnesota's
governor, you might think he was a decent, pragmatic guy who was
willing to stand up to his party's orthodoxy.