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• "The big lie that Republicans have inflicted on us, starting with St. Ronald, is that government is a..."

  
  To Here Knows When — Authority: 481
  “The big lie that Republicans have inflicted on us, starting with St. Ronald, is that government is a morass of inefficiency, and private enterprise is the Enlightenment. My own experience is that when I go to get a new driver’s license in St. Paul, or deal with the city inspector when a sewage line breaks, or ...
  18 hours ago

• The linkcetera you’ve been waiting for

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 515
  Haaretz is excited . But not so excited they forgot to mention that Marc’s father was “released from federal prison last year after serving a nearly five-year sentence for wire and bank fraud.” Former Iowa Congressman Ed Mezvinsky’s sins, of course, should not be visited upon the son. But maybe someone ...
  19 hours ago

• The Official Mediavore Thanksgiving Survival Guide

  
  The Mediavore — Authority: 483
  When we were kids, Thanksgiving meant sleeping in, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and growing hungry as breakfast and lunch fell victim to the kitchen’s single-minded obsession with producing Thanksgiving dinner. Now that we’re grown-ups, we get up early to delete answer old emails, the parade ...
  1 week ago

• (Retro)spect: Turkey Day Edition

  
  Viciousblog's Weblog — Authority: 133
  Thanksgiving is tomorrow. That means I’m obligated to write something seasonal. Now, I could get all sentimental on you—I could conjure my inner Garrison Keillor and tell a heartwarming tale about my youth. A soft stroll down memory lane, rife with comical anecdotes and ultimately, a lesson learned. But this ...
  1 week ago

• “A Prairie Home Companion” Announces Musical Guests for Town Hall Shows, Tickets Still Available

  
  Bumpershine.com — Authority: 139
  A Prairie Home Companion It’s not my favorite program (in fact, whenever I hear it, I immediately turn the dial), but like him or not, Garrison Keillor does tend to get some decent musical guests on his long running public radio show. Here’s what the announced musical guest lineup looks like for the ...
  1 week ago

• Sermon: The Problem Of King Jesus

  
  Big Circumstance — Authority: 457
  John 18:33-37 ‘What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.’ Many of us think of Francis Bacon’s famous words when we read this account of Jesus before Pilate. But we have a problem: the Lectionary omits verse 38 where Pilate says, ‘What is truth?’ for reasons that are beyond ...
  1 week ago

• AM.MN: Like Oprah, Pawlenty will quit his show in 2011

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 657
  The year 2011 will be the end of an era in broadcasting. That’s when Oprah will leave her long-running show — and, by coincidence, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty will leave his , Minnesota Public Radio confirms. Today, his “ hot ” wife Mary sits in for T-Paw on ‘CCO, but you won’t see Her Hotness unless the ...
  1 week ago

• Simon Doonan Gets In Front Of The Mic At The Moth Ball

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 690
  [All photos by Jimi Celeste for PMc ]. Jonathan Ames , Simon Doonan and Garrison Keillor were among the headliners at The Annual Moth Ball Gala last night, held at Capitale NYC. - The event, which takes place each September to benefit The Moth, included a cocktail party, dinner, dancing, and of course a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Keillor gives pep talk, Gophers crush? More please

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 718
  We figured rah-rah football pep talks were a little more blood-and-guts than Powdermilk Biscuits. Guess we thought wrong.
  2 weeks ago

• Free fat grams for veterans day

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 515
  They serve and fight for their country, and this is how we repay them? Then again, maybe a bacon quesadilla cheeseburger would sound good to one of Minnesota’s 4,000 homeless vets . - In a rare bit of good news, Jeff Huber says it’s bullshit that Obama has decided to send more troops to Afghanistan . ...
  3 weeks ago

• An AAHSA Home Companion

  
  The Future of Aging Blog — Authority: 123
  Early on Tuesday, a thick crowd clustered in front of the doors of McCormick Place’s Arie Crown Theater for a chance to hear perhaps the most anticipated speaker of the 2009 AAHSA Annual Meeting, National Public Radio star Garrison Keillor.Keillor, a 67-year old fixture of public radio for more than 30 years on his ...
  3 weeks ago

• half a lifetime?

  
  Neil Gaiman's Journal — Authority: 541
  The editor at CBS Sunday Morning asked if I had any photos of my son Mike back at the period when I first had the idea for The Graveyard Book - late 1985. I looked. We really didnt have any. I wandered next door and asked Mary (his mum, my former wife and for these last five years my friend and next-door neighbour) ...
  3 weeks ago

• 5 things you can’t miss this weekend

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Entertainment in Des Moines — Authority: 132
  Below are your top five weekend events. Get more details on Arenacross at Wells Fargo Arena here , and on the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival here. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] 1. Friday: St. Lawrence String Quartet The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pounding Rand up their asses

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 515
  From the Strib : Bill Owens beat Sarah Palin/Tim Pawlenty-endorsed Doug Hoffman in NY23, and dirty-as-hell-and-twice-as-corrupt former USAG Chris Christie is the new governor of New Jersey. CA10 just moved considerably to the left. Oh, and Breckinridge overwhelmingly legalized pot and paraphernalia. ...
  4 weeks ago

• We Need More Norwegian Nisse’s This Year

  
  The Confessional Outhouse — Authority: 121
    Not to ape all the stores this year and start talking about Christmas way, way before its time. And not to lend any credence to forms of paganism that would that deal with us according to our sins, or repay us according to our iniquities.  But sometimes some pagan folktales do humanity a better service than other ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Friday Mixtape: All Souls Edition, 10/30/09

  
  Popdose — Authority: 615
  Welcome back. Are you feeling comfortable? Good. Right about now, you’re sitting casually in your seat, perhaps in a chair staring at the monitor, perhaps bundled up on the couch, wrapped in your Snuggie, your laptop buzzing on your lap with the warmth of its underside providing a pleasant sensation there. ...
  4 weeks ago

• When the Tough Should Get Going

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 707
  By Garrison Keillor The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he’s gotten and more. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries October 27, 2009 Of Laureates and ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Flu Bugaboo

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  With another flu season upon us and the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus looming large in our imaginations, we are in the midst of another predictable conversation over the merits of public vaccination programs. Vaccination is one of those thorny issues, like evolutionary theory, where the controversy in public opinion is ...
  5 weeks ago

• Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Notable Quotables

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  I couldnt resist posting some of my favorite quotes about the dynamic of the father-daughter relationship. What are some of your favorites? Id love to hear them! "Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ...
  5 weeks ago

• The sporting life

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 515
  Painful choice tonight: first game of the World Series , or the first game of the Timberwolves 2009-2010 NBA season ? I’ll watch both, obviously. That’s why I have a TV and a computer. I’m just glad I never had to try to listen to two different games on the radio at once. - A sea change at the ...
  5 weeks ago

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