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Insults with Class

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This is absolutely brilliant — so simple, and so beautifully base. Check out the Shakespearean Insulter, “thou lumpish hell-hated popinjay!”

WCCO-TV News Director to Leave (UPDATED)

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This morning’s rumor has Jeff Kiernan leaving his job as news director at WCCO-TV for an upgrade in Boston. As the hacks says … “Developing”. (Update) It is now confirmed. Kiernan, news director for ‘CCO since 2003, will exit here on the 19th and begin work on the 24th in Boston for the two CBS … Read more

Some Things Really Do Come Free

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SEMINARS Unsatiated Appetites Are you in marketing? Communications? Public relations? Public affairs? Advertising? Brand management? Web publishing? Or just generally interested in the digital world and American consumption? The fabulous thing about the Internet is its vast span — the scope, the range, the access to information and communication. But you have to know how … Read more

Twitch your nose and a sandwich will appear

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It’s funny. Not too long ago, I was with a group of people who were bemoaning the lack of “real” delis in the Twin Cities. Then, as if magically, two contenders appeared. First, the New York Deli & Bar opened in June on the south side of downtown Minneapolis. And on Monday, September 10, former … Read more

Avista to Strib Edit Board: Go Easy on Gas Tax

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For a couple weeks I’d been hearing rumors of a directive … or something … to the Star Tribune editorial page from Chris Harte, the ex-Knight Ridder executive, (way back in the early ’90s), and as far as anyone knows the only Avista member with any actual newspaper experience. At first hearing the information was … Read more

Delicious Relief

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When the rain started falling in August, it did more than just water the tomatoes. Sadly it washed away many of the season’s hopes for farmers in Southeastern MN. Many farmers found their homes washed away or their fields under contaminate water. Luckily enough, there is a sweet connection to the area with many local … Read more

Bush as Zoolander?

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From The Guardian Unlimited (London), an observation that GWB’s new “Freedom Institute” bears a remarkable resemblance to the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.

One Big Night Out to Sustain Sustainable Famers

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Flooding in southeastern Minnesota last month caused heavy losses to some of the small farms that practice sustainable farming. Now some of the Twin Cities restaurants that serve locally and sustainably grown foods are lending a helping hand. Dine at any of the participating restaurants next Saturday, September 8, for their One Big Night Out, … Read more