Tag: Shutdownpocalypse 2011
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Chanting Points Memo: The Cult Of Compromise
In anticipation of tonight’s game against the Detroit Tigers, who are ten games ahead of the Twins in the AL Central, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire gave a press conference early this morning. “We’ve done our best to be bipartisan in the run-up to the game”, said Gardenhire, whose team has a .321 record so far…
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Strikepocalypse 2011: Shutdown Stories You Won’t Read In The Strib
Kwama Heaton of Richfield wanted to sign his kids up for basketball camp. But when he got laid off from his job as a car salesman, due to a lack of used cars (due to Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program and cost cutting for Obamacare), he had to cancel those plans. Cynthia DelAmitri of Woodbury…
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Let The Interference-Running Begin
Session ends and, if you believe the the media, the MNGOP spent the entire time sightseeing: All that and more must now await a special session this summer, as the Republican majority and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton ended an acrimonious five-month session with very little business done and a $5 billion projected shortfall mostly untouched. There’s…