Tag: Esme Murphy
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Shakedown
In many ways, the classic Minnesota corporations have always been the very model of “good corporate citizens”. These corporations – 3M, Daytons (now Target), Medtronic, Mayo, Best Buy and many more – gave profusely to Minnesota charities, schools, universities, arts, research…the whole works. But they’ve also gotten squeezed, hard; has bad as taxes are for…
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This Is My “Representative”
Do I envy people in places like the Second District, where John Kline will win by forty points over whatever hapless stooge the DFL puts forth this November? Or even the Sixth, where Michele Bachmann will endure a full court press from the national (also local) Democraticicicic party to win by (I predict) eight this…
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Mondale: “Peasants! Don’t Make Me Turn This Country Around!”
About twenty years ago, I read a fascinating profile of and interview with Gus Hall, longtime head of the Communist Party of the USA and perennial CPUSA presidential candidate. The thing that struck me about the profile – which appeared in the Strib but was syndicated, if memory serves, from the NYTimes – was that…
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If In The Greater Fargo Area…
…and you’re not already sandbagging, Esme Murphy (from WCCO TV) notes via Twitter: SANDBAGGERS needed – go to Hope Lutheran church in Fargo – 2nd Fargo exit on 94 25th street south 2 miles 2 church – will bus u in. Sounds pretty drastic up there.