{"id":64251,"date":"2017-08-25T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64251"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:06:47","slug":"quiz-parody-or-actual-news-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64251","title":{"rendered":"Quiz:  Parody, Or Actual News Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s quiz time!<\/p>\n<p>Is the following passage one of my hamfisted parodies of Minnesota &#8220;progressives?&#8221; \u00a0Or an actual bit of &#8220;Progressive&#8221; content?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lefse and kale wraps, kombucha tasting with Garrison Keillor and an artisan-crafted hotdish featuring organic, locally sourced tofu are just a few things that could bring people from Minneapolis and Los Angeles together. Are there more? You betcha. Both cities are filled with creative, progressive people who make their communities better and more inclusive for everyone. We have a lot in common.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never been more important for all of us to work together\u2014in cities all over the country. Whether you\u2019re a Minnesotan who immigrated to Los Angeles or a native Angelino who happens to know the Twin Cities as some of coolest places on Earth, I hope you\u2019ll join me for a fundraiser supporting the reelection of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges. She\u2019ll be there, along with Mayor Eric Garcetti and David Stone from William Morris Endeavor, who are the co-hosts for this event at the Wilshire Country Club.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Answer: \u00a0 It&#8217;s an actual bit from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.eventbu.com\/los-angeles\/fundraiser-for-minneapolis-mayor-betsy-hodges\/3940290\">Betsy Hodges&#8217; website<\/a>. \u00a0 So it&#8217;s not, technically parody.<\/p>\n<p>Technically.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to Swiftee for the tip)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s quiz time! Is the following passage one of my hamfisted parodies of Minnesota &#8220;progressives?&#8221; \u00a0Or an actual bit of &#8220;Progressive&#8221; content? Lefse and kale wraps, kombucha tasting with Garrison Keillor and an artisan-crafted hotdish featuring organic, locally sourced tofu are just a few things that could bring people from Minneapolis and Los Angeles together. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minneapolis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64252,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64251\/revisions\/64252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}