SCENE: It’s a planning session at Big Left (TM), the central planning organization for leftist, “woke”, “progressive” groups. Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT, Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK, Stephanie Marie ANNAN, Edmund DUCHEY, Evan Micah BRYAN, Inge “Lucky” CARROLL are gathered around a conference … Continue reading
SCENE: A coffee shop in Roseville, MInnesota. Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT and Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK are drinking kombucha and checking their phones. Mitch BERG walks in. SCAT: Merg! BERG (not happy to run into the three of them) Oh, hey… BIRKENSTOCK: … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG is spreading salt and grit on his sidewalk, trying to stay ahead of the thaw-refreeze cycle. So engrossed is he, he doesn’t see the Nissan Leaf with GUTTERBALL GARY and CAT SCAT, both bloggers at the (possibly … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG is looking for Gatorade Zero at Cub Foods when Cat SCAT, he designated “fact checker” at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog “”MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com“ and office manager at a small phrenology practice, steps around the corner. SCAT: Merg! BERG: Uh, … Continue reading
SCENE: The year is 2028. Mitch BERG has just been sworn in as governor of Minnesota, via a series of happenstances too bizarre to go into. He is speaking to a press conference. BERG: As the first phase of my … Continue reading
SCENE: The studio at the National Public Radio Twin Cities bureau. Mitch BERG is sitting, in headphones, in front of a microphone. Around the corner of the table is Cat SCAT, designated “fact checker” at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog … Continue reading
SCENE: Cat SCAT, the designated “fact checker” at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog “”MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com“ and office manager at a small phrenology practice, approaches Mitch BERG at the afterparty for an AM1280 event. BERG doesn’t notice until it’s too late. SCAT: Merg. … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG is looking for almond flour at a Cub Foods, when Cat SCAT, designated “fact checker” at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog “”MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com“, and the office manager at a small phrenology practice, glomphs up from behind. SCAT: Hah hah, … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG is taking in a glorious fall day walking around Lake Como when, unbeknownst to him, a Tantric Protest class in the pavilion building lets out. Before BERG can react, he’s confronted with Cat SCAT (the designated “fact … Continue reading
SCENE: A meeting of the “Protect” MInnesota governing board. The Reverend Nancy Nord Bence presides over a room with half a dozen middle-aged, white men and women with ELCA hair (short, unadorned gray for the ladies; close cropped gray hair … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG, driving down Larpenteur Avenue, is behind a Subaru. The Subaru, coated in liberal campaign stickers dating back to when the car was new (Wellstone’s first re-election campaign), suddenly blows a tire. It tries to drive for a … Continue reading
SCENE: DFL headquarters in Saint Paul. Behind a door with a sign labeled “Field Worker Training”, Avery LIBRELLE is leading a group of DFL employees, including Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK, Edmund DUCHEY, Gutterball GARY, Cat SCAT and about a dozen other activists being … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG walks into Sluggo’s, a sports bar on University [1]. NFL games are on on six big-screen TVs around the room. Around five, there are small, dilatory groups watching games. Around one TV, though, there are a group … Continue reading
SCENE: Mitch BERG is shopping in the dairy aisle at Target in Roseville. Suddenly, Avery LIBRELLE rounds the corner. With LIBRELLE is Ashley FIGG, a young woman of apparently mixed but minority-ish ethnicity. LIBRELLE: Merg! It’s time … Continue reading
SCENE: The handheld camera walks to the door of the basement headquarters of “MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com”. A crudely hand-lettered sign on the door reads “Wingnuts NOT ALOUD”. The camera steps down the stairs into the hidden lair where the magic happens. … Continue reading
SCENE: MITCH is sitting on the light rail, heading from the Mall of American downtown to a Twins game. At Bloomington Station stop, Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT and Gutterball GARY get on the train. MITCH turns toward the window and … Continue reading
SCENE: at the Twin Cities Liberal Blogger Collective, located in a secret chamber below the 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis. Liberal bloggers Cat SCAT, Derek ROSTON, Betty Rae TORSTENGAARDSEN, GUTTERBALL Gary, and Senior Blogger Randy POSTAL are plotting out their … Continue reading
SCENE: MITCH is walking down Constitution Avenue, near the state capitol. It’s a bright, bright, sunshiny day. Detached-looking figures wander, aimlessly and slightly out of focus, in the distance. (Aaron ROSTON, DFL activist, pro-bullying-activist and blogger from Fungus Flats, MN, … Continue reading
The following is a guide to the personalities you’ll encounter on this blog. Mitch Berg – I’m the humble proprietor of this blog, and have been since February of 2002. I live in Saint Paul, have two kids who are … Continue reading