Dave Mindeman writes the leftybot blog MNpACT!. And he – like Lori Sturdevant and Nick Coleman – misses the good ol’ days, when “Republicans” were nothing but Tics with better haircuts. He’d also seem to have bought, whole hog, into … Continue reading
Anyone remember Dave Mindeman? About ten years ago or so, he ran a blog – “MNPAct” – which was a website for putative organization Dave putatively ran. Now, let me be clear: Dave was one of a small handful of … Continue reading
What best sums up rural/urban American relations? To me, it’s the Thomas Franks book What’s the Matter with Kansas?. The de facto subtitle was “why do Rural Americans vote against (I’m gonna add a little emphasis here) their best interests?” Can you think … Continue reading
I noticed this late last week; Buzzfeed noting that the GOP is working on a national level to turn the Democrats’ “War on Women” rhetoric back in their faces: After enduring an election year in which the Obama campaign advanced … Continue reading
Doug Grow – DFL stenographer and reporter for the Joyce-Foundation-supported MinnPost – is convinced that the GOP is lying about the effects of the Warehouse Tax. Exhibit A? Grow writes about the Red Wing Shoes’ opting out of building a new … Continue reading
Let’s say, hypothetically, that you live in a city. And in that city there are 19 big companies. They have everything that makes up a big enterprise – a CEO, executives, management, stores, labs, manufacturing plants – in your … Continue reading
Governor Messinger Dayton famously appeared at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. And boy, did he give ’em what-for! Gov. Dayton told a stunned luncheon audience that Minnesota is among the best places for business in the country, contrary to the Chamber’s … Continue reading
First things first: Charlie Quimby of “Growth and Justice” and Dave Mindeman of MnpACT are two of a small, select set of Minnesota liberal bloggers who needn’t be under police surveillance or at the very least restraining orders. I’m just giving credit … Continue reading
To: Dave Mindeman From: Mitch Berg, Non-Physicist Re: Elementary Logic Mr. Mindeman, I had yogurt, oatmeal and orange juice for breakfast this morning. Then the sun rose. Clearly, the yogurt, oatmeal and orange juice caused the sun to rise. Thus, I owe … Continue reading
Last week, I addressed a Dave Mindeman post about the DFL whose highlight was Mindeman saying, essentially, “the beatings will continue until morale improves, and you’ll like it!”. Well, no – his idea was the business has nothing to fear from … Continue reading
Dave Mindeman at mnpAct (?) illustrates why trying to discuss economics with Democrats is such a deeply, abidingly frustrating diversion: The business community worked hard to get Republicans elected during the last election…Now they say they are nervous about DFL … Continue reading
Dave Mindeman seems flabbergasted that elected officials must be in tune with their voters on even the most flamingly, sirens-blazingly obvious issues: Rep. Colin Peterson has confirmed that there is one thing more important than being a Democrat….one thing more important than … Continue reading
Dave Mindeman is one of the small group of Twin Cities leftybloggers who doesn’t deserve to be under police surveillance. That’s actually pretty solid compliment, given the nature of Twin Cities leftybloggers. But he obeys a bunch of the usual … Continue reading
I’m going to go back to Dave Mindeman’s piece at mnpACT, about the most recent Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey of Minnesota politics, for the numbers on some issues that don’t pertain to Governor Dayton and the Legislature. Minnesota’s constitutional … Continue reading
This particular chanting point has been making the rounds this week – a “Public Policy Polling” (PPP) survey appears to show that Mark Dayton is dreamily popular, and the people just can’t stand the GOP-run legislature. It’s made the rounds … Continue reading
(NOTE: For purposes of comedic affect, the author, Mitch Berg, is going to write most of this piece in an affected “North Dakota” accent. The author notes in advance that the written patois actually sounds a lot more like a … Continue reading
Minnesota’s redistricting process – mandated by constitutions all up and down the governmental food chain to reallocate our congressional and legislative representation after accounting for changing populations – usually goes a little something like this: The party in the power … Continue reading
No, the title’s not bad grammar on my part. It’s a great Steve Earle tune, from 1985 or so: But yeah – since we’re on the subject, Dave Mindeman at mnpAct sniffs that “Minnesota Conservatives Are Not Satisfied“. The conservativve … Continue reading
As I noted a while ago, I have been tempted for quite some time to write a long, long series of posts trying to explain the basic logical fallacies to leftybloggers. I do this – or would do it, if … Continue reading
Dave Mindeman at mnpACT has his eyes on the GOP’s priorities: Remember the good old days when the House and Senate GOP were going to make the budget and JOBS issue number one? Actually you should remember….it was three weeks … Continue reading
We’ve established this for quite some time – DFL Minnesotans speak a very, very different language from Real Minnesotans. Case in point – Dave Mindeman at mnpACT, doing his fifth annual “Ten Worst Political Persons In Minnesota of 2010” award … Continue reading
When looking at spin from the left over this next few months – which will involve an epic battle between responsible, austere, adult GOP legislators and a profligate, irresponsible, spending-addicted, passive-aggressive, grossly-dysfunctional DFL governor and legislative minority – look for … Continue reading
There’s still a month until the primaries. Tom Emmer’s been crisscrossing Minnesota, doing what he does best – meeting people. In his bio with Bill Salisbury in the PiPress, he estimates he’s met 100,000 Minnesotans. I’d imagine that translates to 80,000 … Continue reading
Last week, we discussed the media flap over what amounts, in the end, to Tom Emmer’s not releasing details on how he plans to change Minnesota government until he actually has an opponent. Politics In Minnesota Weekend summed up the details: On … Continue reading
The idea of Democratic Party unity – in Minnesota and nationwide – has passed beyond “charade” and “myth” into outright fraud. No, I”m not talking about the primary battle; while the Dems’ three-way battle for the Gubernatorial nod is a sign … Continue reading