81908 - Fri Oct 30 09:12:03 2009 - [Vote on firefighters best skill] By: Tony R |
Vote on if the Duluth fire fighters are better at fire fighting or leading the city into bankruptcy?
Vote on the Duluth News Tabloid at:
http://www.duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com/ |
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81907 - Fri Oct 30 08:19:51 2009 - [Questions for the Duluth Media] By: Off the sidewalk |
| Question for the Duluth Media, (or anyone else) How much money has been spent on the Comp. Plan?#2 How many jobs will be created from this plan and how will the average citizen of Duluth benefit from it?#3 Is this the next RED PLAN being unfolded before our very eyes?#4 With millions of Americans out of work who better to serve the city than someone who has been there? re: Unemployed candidates for City Council. I would like to thank all the folks who are willing to stick their necks out and run the gauntlet of local politics. I am a Fiscal Conservative,Social Liberal who is looking for anyone who is able to bring jobs and lower taxes to the City I Love. Whomever is declared the winner in November, Please remember, You ride the road of success on the backs of the Little Guy. |
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81906 - Fri Oct 30 07:31:57 2009 - [DFD union forced out volunteers] By: volunteer ff |
| pro dfd: Isn't it true that your union, basically wanted nothing to do with the members that were volunteering? In fact they were going to be brought up on charges if they didn't take it upon themselves to get out of the union. I am sure that all of them are proud to serve there local communities and have no regrets about what they do. |
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81905 - Fri Oct 30 02:04:40 2009 - [Lavendar tea] By: Inside Look |
| Hey dfl rube, You are an idiot! The way that you speak about other EMS folks definitely tells me that you are a failure in what you do. You put others down to make yourself feel better. I bet that YOU didnt even pass the fire test and were not selected by any other volunteer dept. Get real with your B.S. and wake up and smell the coffee. (or maybe your lavendar tea) |
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81904 - Fri Oct 30 00:15:18 2009 - [Just another DFL LIE?] By: Pitt Street Panther |
Rainbow Lady,
Where exactly does Beth Olson work? Her days at the DAIP are over so enlighten us or is this just another DFL LIE? |
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81902 - Thu Oct 29 23:45:25 2009 - [Will be celebrating next week ] By: Rainbow Lady |
Just for the record, my friend Beth Olson, the council candidate who will be elected is employed.
Whoever is spreading these rumors of her being unemployed is just trying to undermine her successful campaign. Beth is an outstanding person and a great mother to her child. Why is it that during election time there seems to be mud-slinging towards candidates. I will be celebrating next week with both Beth and Kerry as our future council leaders. They will take us into prosperity and job creation.. |
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81899 - Thu Oct 29 23:36:53 2009 - [Help our cause and grow our Unions] By: Pro-DFD |
| Just for the record, the Duluth Fire Union did not throw out the 3 Duluth Fire Fighters who wanted to serve their own communities as volunteer firefighters or "volly's" as we call them in the fire service. We would never do that. Many are disappointed they decided to become volunteers because it goes against what a professional fire departments stands for. If there were no volunteer firefighters in any community, those communities would have to hire full-time professional firefighters which would help our cause and grow our Unions. Every city and township needs firefighters and we want all cities and townships to employ full-time professional firefighters because it is what is needed. Not to piss on volunteers but they can't hold a candle to what we can do or what we are trained to do. This puts the taxpayers in jeopardy.It is my guess that a blogger named "politico" is one who tested with us but didn't pass because he is a PISS-ANT. |
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81897 - Thu Oct 29 23:31:31 2009 - [DFL me ASAP!!] By: DFL Rube |
| Barb (fake DCB name), No dignity? She's DFL!!! Everyone else messed up our nation for too long!!! I don't care who she is as long as she's not "watchin for rushions from alaska"!!!! DFL me ASAP!! |
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81896 - Thu Oct 29 23:23:56 2009 - [Gay DFD politics is very disturbing ] By: BK |
| There's no way I expect to see OUR fire department in GLBT parades using city resources. First responders need to be ready at all times or turn the duty over to others. The DFD getting involved in all this gay politics is very very disturbing and we're not getting our money's worth. What ever got the DFD involved so heavily with the GLBT issues? |
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81895 - Thu Oct 29 22:45:39 2009 - [DFD will have to lay it all on the line] By: LezBeReal |
It's only a matter of time until the DFD have to lay it all on the line.
July 30, 2008
CBNNews.com - Outside of gay marriage, another legal battle is brewing in California
Four San Diego firefighters ordered to work a gay pride parade are suing the city for sexual harassment and the violation of their freedom of speech.
"Me and my crew were given a direct order to be in that parade," captain John Ghiotto said.
Ghiotto had served with the San Diego fire department for 19 years before receiving parade orders for the first time. He says he and his fellow crew members feared retaliation if they refused to go along. "My engineer was on the captain's list. I was on the battalion chief's list, and if you go against any type of order I would be suspended on the spot," he explained.
The crew went ahead with orders. Pictures from the day show an event charged with sexual activity and nudity.
"The stuff that goes on in that parade, if I was to go out and take pictures of some of that stuff we saw out there and hang it in the fire station, I would be disciplined," Ghiotto said.
The firefighter's lawsuit charges the city of San Diego with sexual harassment, violation of freedom of speech and retaliation.
The San Diego city attorney called the retaliation charges "petty" and "not true."
City officials did admit, however, they got "caught short" on the day of the parade and asked Ghiotto's crew for help.
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81894 - Thu Oct 29 22:38:50 2009 - [Wants to throw up over DFD endorsement] By: Dee |
| dfl rube, I do not give you the dignity of using capital letters. You know as well as I do that many people, who are not connected, past the fire test, but because they were not connected they were not offered the position, even though they were ranked higher on the civil service test. I was on the fence for giving my respect for the DFD but with this latest endorsement I want to throw up!!! |
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81893 - Thu Oct 29 22:32:42 2009 - [Rainbow Fire Trucker] By: Skittles |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EtRIlHCDgE
The new DFD protype called Rainbow Fire Trucker engine no. 69 |
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81892 - Thu Oct 29 22:27:33 2009 - [not so Fresh Duluth] By: Muffin Top |
Here's an interesting read from the rump runners at PDD. This blogger makes a good point.
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2009/10/25/not-so-fresh-duluth |
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81891 - Thu Oct 29 22:06:45 2009 - [Disappointed with the fire department] By: Barb J |
| DFL Rube, how can you endorse the likes of Beth Olson? Is she in your pocket or what? Do you people have no dignity? What happened to a DFL with class? I am disappointed in the fire department. |
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81890 - Thu Oct 29 21:48:21 2009 - [Get fined by the DFL inspector ] By: DFL Rube |
M.P.
Stories of building inspectors? Why do you need these stories? Did you turn to the DCB for elecritical or plumbing questions and geot nailed by the inspector for DELETED work? |
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81889 - Thu Oct 29 21:45:01 2009 - [Support the DFL public employee unions] By: DFL Rube |
DELETED
Cynic, seriously? St. Louis Cty Rescue? The losers who failed the fire tests they took after leaving fire school? The tardy folks, that the REAL fire/resque folks pass on the way back to the station, as they are still on lights and sirens on the way to the finished emergency? The people with a station in Pike Lake when a water/car accident emergency in Lakeside happens and it takes them an hour to find their rig let alone respond to Lakeside? Need I say more, Cynic? Pass through downtown anytime your in the area. Spend some money here as well!! Support your local city services!! |
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81888 - Thu Oct 29 20:36:11 2009 - [Are your inspectors following the code?] By: M P |
| I need stories of building inspector problems going on in Duluth. Are your inspectors following the code? |
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81886 - Thu Oct 29 18:37:15 2009 - [Can't keep track of your own BS] By: kojak |
"C" so you are admitting that you do come from an "upper-class upbringing" and "privileged background". It is quite clear that you admit to that in your writings. You blog so much you can't keep track of your own BS. LOL!! Where in the world did you get all that money to travel? 45 countries! Wow! Why do you hide your upper class background? Why live in Duluth? The upper east side would suit you much better. BTW, how was the Concorde?
From DCB Watch. Written by "C" of course.
"BTW, I was surprised that the geniuses over at the DCB are trying to downplay DELETED obvious affluence (which is totally irrelevant to anyone outside of her family and friends) by ranting and railing about a Beth Olson supporter's "upper-class upbringing" and privileged background." Um, so what, that person (a.k.a. "C") isn't running for office now, is she ("C") ? So it's even *more irrelevant* to public discussion than DELETED socio-economic status. |
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81883 - Thu Oct 29 16:57:09 2009 - [Endorse this Duluth Fire Fighters] By: Tony R |
Hot out of the fire, check out the latest Duluth Fire Fighters PAC endorsement on the Duluth News Tabloid:
Duluth Fire Fighter View: Making a difference
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com/
Share the picture(s) with all your friends by right clicking on the picture and choosing Save Picture As.
Things are really heating up in the final days.
Ciao!
The " REAL" Tony Ramone
ramoneanthony@gmail.com
http://www.duluthcitizensblog.com
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony_Ramone/1497522456
http://www.youtube.com/DCBtony
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81880 - Thu Oct 29 16:15:21 2009 - [Get off the sauce Rube] By: Cynic |
| Somebody take that six pack away from Rube. |
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81879 - Thu Oct 29 16:13:50 2009 - [Duluth volunteer rescue squad needed] By: Cynic |
I hope they figure in all the benefits for life etc. we will pay to firefighters when they save us all this money by providing ambulance service. I keep hearing we have the most expensive fire department in the state can you imagine if they take over the ambulance service. What DFD is looking for is the nice fat raises that will come with ambulance service jobs.
How about looking into running something similar to the St Louis Co. volunteer rescue squad inside the city of Duluth. It could be call the Duluth volunteer rescue squad. |
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81878 - Thu Oct 29 16:13:03 2009 - [Unemployed even received DNT endorsment] By: Dolla Bill |
| The Duluth media is DFL. Take Stahlalinski and the DNT for example. They are as biased as they come. Locals committing crime, what a crock. Then catering to Claire Kirch, another crock of DFL crap. No surprise to me that they hid the Beth Olson and Kerry Gauthier no job facts and even the DNT even endorsed them. More liberal biased media plain and simple. |
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81877 - Thu Oct 29 15:53:24 2009 - [Fire Dept. resources used in campaigns] By: Truthism |
May be the Duluth fire dept. mobsters can have Olson wash their clothes, make some meals, and make some campaign calls on the taxpayer dime. Oh, that's right, that's already happening.
TONY: Truthism, what about Gauthier? What can he do for the DFD? |
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81876 - Thu Oct 29 15:51:08 2009 - [Is local media afraid of DFL retaliation] By: Unbelievable |
| Can we not get this to our local media stations/newspaper? The public needs to know this. |
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81875 - Thu Oct 29 15:29:23 2009 - [Two unemployed gay activists councilors] By: Dismayed |
| Wait a second, now my city is going to have two unemployed gay activists? Absolutely unbelievable. |
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81872 - Thu Oct 29 14:47:41 2009 - [Gauthier & Olson unemployed. Why?] By: Inspector Clouseau |
I see another DFL candidate for city council is unemployed. Beth Olson and DAIP have separated ways putting her with Kerry Gauthier as not employed.
Put aside the fact that these two candidates are respectively lesbian and gay and ask yourself this question: DO YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE WHO CANNOT HOLD A JOB REPRESENTING YOU?
TONY: Inspector Clouseau, this is breaking news about Olson. We knew about Gauthier getting fired. The important question is why. Thanks for the excellent post. |
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81871 - Thu Oct 29 14:40:17 2009 - [DCB the only two sided Duluth blog] By: DFL Rube |
"All content on this message board is strictly the opinions and statements of individual bloggers and doesn't reflect the opinions, or purpose, of duluthcitizensblog.com, or any other entity."
If we don't agree we'll just not post you. In other words, we're a one sided bitch fest!
TONY: Rube, are you not on your meds today? We always let you post your bitching here. |
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81870 - Thu Oct 29 11:18:55 2009 - [NERCC Escapee Arrested in Duluth] By: Locals Gone Wild |
DATE: 10/29/2009
NATURE OF INCIDENT: NERCC Escapee Hawpetoss Arrested in Duluth
CASE NO.: 09387956
INCIDENT DATE :10/28/2009
INCIDENT TIME: 2133 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: 300 Block of South 19 Avenue East
SUBJECT: NERCC Escapee Hawpetoss Arrested in Duluth
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator
Northeast Regional Correction Center (NERCC) escapee Eugene Raymond Hawpetoss was arrested in Duluth last night.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Duluth Police received information that NERCC escapee Eugene Raymond Hawpetoss was currently at an apartment in the 300 Block of South 19th Avenue East. Police, along with St. Louis County Sheriff Deputies, went to the address and within a short time Hawpetoss was taken into custody without incident. Hawpetoss was transported to the St. Louis County Jail where he was lodged for Escape from Custody.
Hawpetoss escaped Monday when he was being transferred from NERCC to the St. Louis County Jail. |
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81869 - Thu Oct 29 07:53:41 2009 - [Politicians & draft dodger represent who] By: 60's Warrior |
| Looks like Senator John Kerry is trying to run the war in Afghanistan like the war was run in Vietnam, getting politics involved. Washington elites and elected officials will never win wars or any conflicts, it's the boots on the ground that win with guidance from the Generals'. Isn't that right Larry? Oh I forgot, when his number came up he fled to Canada to avoid serving his country and then when the Vietnam war is all over he starts working for "the working man". I'm at the "working mans" watering hole almost every Friday about 5:30 for a drink, if you'd show up I'd buy you one and we can discuss your draft dodging, hell you might even have a good explanation why you'd let your fellow classmate fight in the Vietnam War while your fleeing from your call to duty. The soldiers who fought in Vietnam are true "Labor World" workers, and so are the current ones fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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81868 - Thu Oct 29 07:37:45 2009 - [Do taxpayers pay Gold Cross?] By: Pro-DFD |
| What we are trying to do is save the taxpayers money by looking at the possibility of the fire department providing the medical service in Duluth. We want to put a comprehensive committee together to look at the possibility of getting rid of Gold Cross if it makes economic sense for the taxpayers. The City of Superior is doing the exact same thing. We want to look at providing the medical service because we think it will save the taxpayers money and know we can respond faster than gold cross. The Duluth Fire Department is a first class organization who wants to serve the first class citizens of Duluth the way they deserve to be served. Many thanks to our supporters. |
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81867 - Wed Oct 28 22:07:44 2009 - [DNT white male, DPD Indian or black male] By: Locals Gone Wild |
DATE: 10/28/2009
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Robbery
CASE NO.: 09387879
INCIDENT DATE :10/28/2009
INCIDENT TIME: 1926 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: 2707 West Superior Street
SUBJECT: Subway Restaurant Robbery
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator
The Duluth Police are investigating the robbery of the Subway Restaurant at 2707 West Superior Street.
Tonight at 7:26 PM, a Subway Restaurant employee reported that a single male suspect entered the business and demanded money from the cash register. No weapon was seen but the employee believed the suspect was armed. The suspect fled the business on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The suspect is described as an Indian or light skinned black male, 18-21 years old, 5’9” tall, thin build, wearing a "plain"(no lettering) navy blue hooded sweatshirt, black undershirt, black “sandblasted” jeans, black gloves, and sunglasses.
The incident is currently under investigation. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Duluth Police Department Violent Crime Unit at 218-730-5050.
DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE VERSION
Published October 28 2009 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150343/group/home/
Man assaulted in Canal Park
Police said the man was assaulted by a white male and suffered some broken bones in his face.
Duluth police are investigating the assault this morning of a man who was walking to work from his parked car in Canal Park.
Police said the man was assaulted by a white male and suffered some broken bones in his face. The victim called police from the hospital at 7:20 a.m., police spokesman Brad Wick said.
There was no indication anything was taken from the man, who is scheduled to have plastic surgery Thursday, police said. |
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81866 - Wed Oct 28 21:34:12 2009 - [A strong independent DCB woman ] By: C K |
For the record:
1. I am envious of Tony Ramone.
2. I do not try to ever post anything on the DCB. Well nothing I would admit to anyway. I can't help it. I have a narcissistic personality. I have all the answers, I have the *intellect* and I'm a strong independent woman who always has to have the last word. Why would I want to associate with hard working American patriots who make this country work, who are essentially *right* on the issues. When I do try to argue ideas, my logic is contradictory, nonsensical, or completely incomprehensible. Many comments posted on the DCB under my name are actually posted there by me. It's my guilty pleasure. Somebody has to tell you right wing misogynistic, racists, the *progressive* point of view. Somebody needs to make an attempt to silence you. The truth about us cannot be exposed.
3. I have read the DCB and disagree quite often, but the latest posts about me are surprising true. Uh, yeah, I live on a trust fund. So what! Do you think I'd really buy a mansion on London Rd? Instead I choose to live in a house near UMD that's bursting at the seams and is next to a student rental. Why? To make me look like an *average* person. Friends of people who live in glass houses really shouldn't throw stones. NOT! That's why I live in a brick house.
4. I think that the DCB is where the action is these days. It's the only blog besides this one I post comments on -- b/c I know my comments won't be altered by those who know my agenda. I want to buy the DCB-- so it isn't controlled by someone who is not under my thumb. |
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81865 - Wed Oct 28 21:28:42 2009 - [DFL mad about Beth Olson being exposed] By: DFL2010 |
Tony Ramone you suck posting Beth's personal wedding info and the Canadian marriage ad is a new low for the DCB! Get a life!
STARFIRE: DFL Dufus2010, on behalf of Tony, thanks for the compliment. All of us at the DCB enjoy your hideous posts and have a "denied post of the day" email thread. DFL Rube is leading so far this week. BTW, if you really think no one reads the DCB, why do you keep coming back to only be denied? You can’t be that dumb, can you?
Here's the link so you can see all the truth on Beth Olson and the hiding of her arrest and past.
http://www.duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com/
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81864 - Wed Oct 28 18:56:56 2009 - [Another Progressive Lie] By: confused |
| From Progressive majority web site....... "Beth Olson is a 38 year old first time candidate from Duluth, MN running for the Duluth City Council, at large. Beth is a social worker in Duluth and a community leader. She is running to build a stronger, more inclusive city. Currently, the Duluth City Council has a conservative, anti-labor majority by one vote. The election of Beth will flip the Duluth City Council to a progressive majority. Beth has been working tirelessly to reach key voters with her progressive message. Beth will be a dynamic member of the city council and help it to build a progressive vision for one of Minnesota's leading cities." |
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81862 - Wed Oct 28 16:17:49 2009 - [Pain and betrayal ] By: Dennis Miller |
LMAO Tony! Here's another one for you.
Can you imagine your girl leaving you for another girl? The pain and betrayal is like no other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxlQgsKFNJ8
What this 4 minute video and the unbelievable happy ending.
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81860 - Wed Oct 28 15:38:24 2009 - [Beth Olson playing the GLBT card] By: Tony R |
Check out the latest on the Duluth News Tabliod
Stonewall view: Beth Olson playing the GLBT card
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com
Ciao!
The " REAL" Tony Ramone
ramoneanthony@gmail.com
http://www.duluthcitizensblog.com
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony_Ramone/1497522456
http://www.youtube.com/DCBtony
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81859 - Wed Oct 28 14:56:01 2009 - [Thank you Dave] By: Tony D |
| Dave, thanks for that extremely in-depth and useful contribution to the vital dialogue happening. |
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81858 - Wed Oct 28 14:03:59 2009 - [Duluth vs. Hermantown Chambers of Comm] By: Dave |
The Duluth Chamber of Commerce has officially been renamed the Duluth Area Chamber of Communism and supports:
Higher taxes for its members
Higher utilities
Downtown housing for drunks
What’s next at the Duluth Area Chamber of Communism, AFSCME membership? Daddy Warbucks is good buddies with union boss Craig Olson.
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81855 - Wed Oct 28 12:31:52 2009 - [Two cities, two differnet results] By: Anti-Business Duluth |
Hermantown Chamber of Commerce listens to all of its members,
UNSKEWED ALL MEMBERS COULD VOTE SURVEY RESULTS
The results are in from the Hermantown school district bond referendum survey. A poll of the Chamber membership was conducted to reflect the business community's view on this important issue.
Following are the results:
29.3% support the referendum
53.3% oppose the referendum
17.3% are undecided
The Hermantown Chambers seems a lot different than the Duluth Chamber. |
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81853 - Wed Oct 28 09:41:41 2009 - [DFLers may find this offensive] By: youtube dude |
The Warrior Song - Caution DFLers as you may find this offensive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTs6a0ORdQU
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81852 - Wed Oct 28 08:56:04 2009 - [Where's the DFL GLBT Pride? ] By: DFL Watch |
| Hey my DFL flyer didn't have the couples pictures. You know, Beth Olson and her wife (same sex partner number one), and Kerry Gauthier and his same sex partner. Where's the DFL GLBT Pride? |
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81851 - Wed Oct 28 01:18:34 2009 - [DFL tradition of indoctrination] By: JBBP |
I just got an adorable flyer in the mail from the DFL. It shows all of the local candidates they are endorsing.
This practice is against the rules of the city charter regarding municipal election laws, but that's okay- they're all so cute and everything, they can just seem to get away with practically anything.
I'll be taking this cute little flyer with me to the polls so I can see even more clearly who NOT to vote more.
Thanks, DFL, for the education.
Thank you. |
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81848 - Tue Oct 27 08:06:53 2009 - [Reinert owned by DFD union] By: Politico |
Anyone want to make a bet that former city councilor Roger Reinert will be pushing at the state legislature a new law on changing the primary service area for ambulance service.
You see, for the past 20 years the Duluth Fire Service has wanted this and in the past it went down in flames because of a state law. In this case the state law states there shall be only one ALS (advanced life support) service in any one primary service area. In Duluth we have Gold Cross Ambulance providing that ALS service. Roger Reinert owes the fire department favors for them endorsing him and working on everyone of his campaigns. It is NOT a coincedence that the Duluth city council voted in favor of looking at the possibility of the fire department providing ALS service at this particular time. This folks is all timed by the fire department. I can say our fire fighters are very good people but are being led by some politically motivated individuals. On a side note, I'm told the fire union kicked 3 firegighters out because they serve on a volunteer fire department and serving as a volunteer firefighter is not desired by the Duluth Fire Union leadership. I think these 3 firefighters serve on the Hermantown volunteer fire department. I say good job for wanting to volunteer as a firefighter in your own community. |
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81847 - Tue Oct 27 07:43:40 2009 - [Lost respect for DFD] By: Duane D. |
| The way our government is expanding and spending our money, it makes perfect sense that now our local fire department wants to expand to provide ambulance service and then thinking it is going to save the taxpayers money or provide revenue. Any government expansion into the private sector is almost always a disaster. I'm sure whomever is on that committee to review this change will, in short order, figure it out. The Duluth fire fighters need to stay out of politics. After endorsing Beth Olson as a council candidate they lost respect. |
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81845 - Tue Oct 27 07:26:49 2009 - [DFL lack of talent again] By: willard m |
| Has the city ever entered into an agreement or contract with an outside group, that did not come back to bite us in the ASS?(Tribe wants 75 million).Can somebody please go to City Hall and hold a seminar on how to write a contract? |
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81844 - Mon Oct 26 23:08:00 2009 - [Dover Widthdrawal Syndrome] By: Ben Dover |
| I am guessing that The Pudknocker and The Snagglepuss of Khester Park are suffering from Dover withdrawal syndrome. I be back to hold your hands soon enough gals. |
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81840 - Mon Oct 26 20:57:05 2009 - [Heartwarming] By: mp |
Heartwarming videos of Obama Youth in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtGr1JFCnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GghZq582hzc&feature=related
http://www.cityyear.org/index_ektid13309.aspx |
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81839 - Mon Oct 26 20:25:40 2009 - [DFDer corrected] By: rp |
| Dfd’er said the following “it is not like the police where 5 officers responding to 1 incident results in 5 calls for service, artificially inflating numbers.” Dfd’er if you do work for the fire department like your handle indicates you would know that when a person calls 911 for police response it generates an ICR. If 1 squad is dispatched to that call it shows as 1 call for service, if “5” officers respond to that call it’s still 1 call for service or 1 ICR. So If 5 officers go to the same call it’s only 1 ICR, Hardly inflating numbers. Under the fire department if 3 fire trucks go to the same call for service then they code it as “3” runs. So if they sent 8,177 trucks to 1 call for service they count that as 8,177 runs. BTW what do you mean when you call them “unique fire calls”? |
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81837 - Mon Oct 26 13:28:08 2009 - [More DFL BS] By: Mouth Breather |
What did obamaniac post this time that he is crying about not getting posted? Probably more BS about how obama is saving the country. What an idiot.
Hey obamaniac! Why don't you quit watching the news and give up on your HOPE crap! |
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81836 - Mon Oct 26 10:39:15 2009 - [Jumped the shark] By: Survivor |
| DCB truly has jumped the shark. |
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81835 - Mon Oct 26 09:31:34 2009 - [Must be off his/her meds] By: Obamaniac |
You know if you posted messages from both sides you would not seem like such a bitch. Are you afraid that I might actually educate some of the mouth breathers that read this site?
You should keep being a gutless coward, it really works for you. Stay anonymous, it suits you. |
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81834 - Mon Oct 26 07:54:45 2009 - [Not AFSCME or DFD endorsed] By: Willard M |
| Wanted! Fiscal, Independent candidate for Duluth City Council. Must have the ability to say NO. |
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81832 - Sun Oct 25 21:22:29 2009 - [Truth or hearsay?] By: Common Sns |
Can someone clear this up?
Every School Board election, one of my friends says "Mary Cameron has no business handling our tax money! She has filed for bankruptcy in the past and is clueless with money"!
Does anyone know if this is true or just political hearsay? |
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81831 - Sun Oct 25 20:32:41 2009 - [DFL Duluth special] By: Cynic |
I was looking at used cars on craigs list and got a kick out of this add. Look at the bottom and see where the car is located.
"1998 Ford Taurus
Runs great!
Recently broken into and had the heater, AC, and fan control knobs removed with the sterio. The driver side window rolls down but had the u-shaped bar broken when it was popped out.
The dashboard had the clips removed along with the stereo, a new plate could be glued on with no problem tho.
The Car runs perfectly, there is no damage to any of the inner workings of the car, I just want to switch cars and this is a perfect opportunity.
Car is perfect for someone sho likes to work on cars, or someone needs a car for cheap to get around.
Drop an e-mail if you would like to check out the car, want pictures, or want more information."
* Location: Central Hillside Duluth |
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81830 - Sun Oct 25 19:44:36 2009 - [Whine-hart fails to take responsibility] By: jthyme |
| d, the signs were lit up on Friday as well. Maybe whine-hart was too busy talking on his cellphone to pay attention to the signs and the road. Funny how they would turn off all of a sudden when he shows up. |
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81829 - Sun Oct 25 16:00:12 2009 - [Caution slippery road ahead] By: d |
| Sat AM at about 1o:30 the first electronic sign after I got on the freeway down from 21st Ave. E was lit up saying Caution, slippery roadway ahead I have no idea when it was on, but it was on then I saw it when I was headed West |
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81827 - Sun Oct 25 13:00:25 2009 - [DFL blame game whine whine whine] By: The Great Cornholio |
Looks like our elected "leaders" need to retake drivers ed.
Whats with DFL'ers and driving? Remember Sharla last winter? On her way down to beggin days at the capitol? She rolled her car. I just don't get it. If they can't control a car, how in the hell can they control a city / state budget?
Good call there Roger, blame the electronic sign. Whatever you do, don't take personal responsibility! I wonder how this can be linked to the Bush administation?
Another issue. Why is Roger driving a foreign made car? A VW. I thought he was a "union man". Should he not buy and drive an American made vehicles?
From the DNT:
Icy roads in Duluth lead to many accidents this morning
Published: October 24, 2009 4:09:15 PM CDT
Icy road conditions resulted in about 15 minor accidents on Interstate 35 in Duluth this morning, but only two of the accidents reported minor injuries, said the Minnesota State Patrol.
A dispatcher called it “absolute chaos for a while out there.
Most of the accidents happened near the 21st and 27th Avenues West exits.
One of the accidents had involved state legislator Roger Reinert and his Volkswagen Jetta near 21st Avenue West at about 8:45 a.m today.
“It was pretty scary,” Reinert said of the accident that resulted in a trip to urgent care for a minor head injury.
Reinert said his car hit glare ice and did two spins before hitting a median.
In the approximately 40 minutes before the tow truck arrived, Reinert said he saw more than six more vehicles get in accidents at that spot.
“I got out of my car and I couldn’t keep my feet,” Reinert said.
Reinert said he was disappointed that the electronic signs over the roadway didn’t alert drivers to the adverse conditions.
“In retrospect, my gosh, that is what the signs are supposed to be for,” Reinert said. “If it posted something, it could have avoided some of the accidents.”
Reinert said he will look into fixing the sign alerts next week when he returns to St. Paul.
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81826 - Sun Oct 25 10:58:34 2009 - [Abusing the system] By: Cynic |
Tourv, I remember many years ago(over 20) a person telling me they were charged for too many fire or police calls to their house. Could have been they were filling me with bull but it just stuck in my head and made. I don't know if anyone on here knows if people were charged for too many police or fire call years ago?
Did you know people will call 911 and ask what time it is? If we had less people abusing the system it would help or like you say charging them. If they call 911 over nothing then have it charged to their phone bill and the money funneled back into police and fire. |
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81822 - Sun Oct 25 08:05:59 2009 - ["DFD Padding their Stats" ] By: Tourv |
| The financial aspects of any city are not easily understood by many members of the public but I feel the need to respond to what a blogger who identifies himself/herself as "Dodge St." wrote earlier. To Dodge St., I say your numbers you present are not totally accurate because the numbers given to the state by our local fire department are the correct numbers for any given incident. What you need to figure out is what actually constitutes a "structure fire", or a "hazmat" incident or other "misc" calls for service in our Duluth Fire Department. I will give you a few examples that qualify for each. This is a true story, a man was using a propane torch in his garage and inadvertantly threw some hot ashes into his garbage. The ashes smoldered for awhile and the homeowner came back outside to find smoke coming from the garbage can. He grabbed the garbage can and pulled it outside the garage and watered it down. The neighbor seeing this called 911 reporting a "garage fire". Several minutes later 3 Duluth Fire Engines arrived however there was nothing for them to do because the homeowner had put it out himself. Guess what? In this particular case, the Duluth Fire Department coded this call as a "structure fire". When they get called to the local gas station because a vehicle owner, while filling up with gas, spills some gas, they code it as a "HazMat" incident even though they put 3 handfuls of "cat litter" down to soak the half-gallon of gas up. Another example is when the Duluth Fire Department puts on these safety clinics such as hosting a car-seat clinic at one of their firehalls, they count every time they assist or educate a person on the proper way to use a car seat as a "Misc" fire call. Are you getting the picture now? Lastly, we need to give the fire department credit where credit is due. They along with the police department are undertaking a new idea to our city. They will now be charging for false alarms. Businesses or private property owners who have several false alarms in any given period of time will now be charged for those false alarms. This is a great idea. Because both police and fire respond to many false alarms (99%), this will save thousands and thousands of dollars each year for the taxpayers. |
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81821 - Sat Oct 24 19:46:29 2009 - [Red Cross needs an Apology] By: UMD Supporter |
"To Charlene, About the calendar... Yes, there was a calendar made to raise money for the red cross. It was a calendar with pictures of both men and women of the Brewhouse...FULLY CLOTHED! I saw the rough draft...the deadline wasnt reached...so the project was scrapped. An apology should go out to the Red Cross for missing the opportunity to raise money for them. Get your facts straight before you start hammering on someone who provides nearly 100 good paying ocal jobs, brings culture and the arts to the area, and is an ambassador of good will to our city."
"Ambassador of Goodwill huh??
Yes, let's just totaly ignore several counts of sexual misconduct with college girls? And, those are the ones on record. If the News Tribune can get more of the people at UMD to talk, they fear for their jobs from the top dog, this may not be the end of that whole sordid story. |
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81820 - Sat Oct 24 17:03:40 2009 - [DFD money well spent?] By: Inside look |
| I will give you a little known fact... over 50% of the "Professional Firefighters" in Duluth who are against having a volunteer service due to it's "inadequacy" actually live outside of the city limits....in areas of "inadequate, volunteer Fire Service" and dont pay one red cent toward their own livelihoods in taxes that they pay ourside of the city. Just take a look at a roster. Additionally, the run numbers that the FD records equals one run number for every truck that moves. Automatic (false) fire alarm with 6 units responding = 6 calls. Money well spent?????? NOT!!! |
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81819 - Sat Oct 24 16:51:55 2009 - [Is harrassment of women worth 100 jobs?] By: Hugh G |
| To Charlene, About the calendar... Yes, there was a calendar made to raise money for the red cross. It was a calendar with pictures of both men and women of the Brewhouse...FULLY CLOTHED! I saw the rough draft...the deadline wasnt reached...so the project was scrapped. An apology should go out to the Red Cross for missing the opportunity to raise money for them. Get your facts straight before you start hammering on someone who provides nearly 100 good paying ocal jobs, brings culture and the arts to the area, and is an ambassador of good will to our city. |
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81816 - Sat Oct 24 08:39:18 2009 - [Knows very little] By: R K |
Is that post by CK for real? Someone must be punking? In 1995 was on the Concorde....want to compare notes?
One virtue about being well traveled is that the more you do see other cultures it makes one realize you know very little. |
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81814 - Fri Oct 23 23:35:32 2009 - ["Requesting a Change"] By: Stu |
| Claire, aka "stinky". please change it up |
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81813 - Fri Oct 23 23:34:44 2009 - ["Good Enough for Me"] By: Living Locations |
Cynic, Your right on..
I was told Just under half of the fire department members live outside the city of Duluth and are served by the ST. Louis Co rescue squad or area volunteer fire departments. If volunteer fire fighters are good enough for those Duluth firefighters living outside Duluth why then are not volunteers accepted in Duluth or at least able to help when help is needed. Hummmmmm. |
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81812 - Fri Oct 23 23:28:25 2009 - [Continued DFD fleecing] By: Dodge St |
| to mr. DFD'r. Your one of the reasons the Duluth Fire Department is the most expensive fire department in the state. you sleep a third of the time you work, fight 10 true structure fires a year and are looking to save your jobs by trying to become the paramedics too. You and your buddies are fleecing the taxpayers beyond belief. You have 36 firefighters sleeping every night and gettting paid by the taxpayers. By the way, when you and your professionally trained firefighters respond to a medical call, I'm sure Gold Cross Ambulance service, (the paramedics in our city,) appreciate doors being held open for them, the ambulance cot brought in for them and the little white piece of paper with the patients name on it which you hand to the paramedics is very helpful. All 4 of your firefighters friends aren't really needed at medicals and you know it. You and your buddies drive around town blowing your sirens like your the most important people in the town only to find that your responding with your lights and sirens blowing to a patient who has had back paid for several days. The DFD wants to put on a show for the public driving fast and loud, if only the taxpayers really knew what your all about, your scare tactics are old and the public isn't buying them anymore. We need to scale back the number of firefighters on duty to about 20 and if a major fire happens, you can call more in if needed or use mutual aide, depending on the location. OH, thats right, you refuse to call any surrounding volunteer fire departmnents to help because your ego's get in the way. DFD is one of the reasons our city is in big financial trouble. The DFD and their PAC is losing credibility from the taxpayers every day. |
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81811 - Fri Oct 23 21:20:14 2009 - [Those were the days] By: C K |
| Hall's mention of her backpacking trip through Europe reminds me of my own trips after I graduated from college. She & I are about the same age, however I hardly doubt, we would have crossed paths in the mid-80s in Europe. The dollar was king then (10 French Francs to the dollar for instance), and it wasn't so hard to live on $1/day, if you were a commoner. They resort to sleeping in convents, train stations, or even slept under the table, they even took temp jobs that'd pay room & board. Not me. Because of my background and upper class upbringing (I attended elite private colleges) I could afford *1st class* accomodations. Back in the 80's the Concorde was in its glory days. One could fly to Paris in under 4 hours. I doubt Hall could have afforded that. Unlike you all I have been to over 45 countries, including Japan, India, Israel... to mention a just a few. Those were the days, it seems like it was a rite of passage for college students back then, the dollar is so weak I doubt any of you could afford it even if you had the culture, class and sophistication to travel abroad. |
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81808 - Fri Oct 23 12:14:35 2009 - [Are there more UMD trainer problems?] By: Charlene |
| Good Morning - I wondering if the accusation against Mr. Raymond will affect his businesses, and his triathlon? Also, it was brought to my attention by a former waitress that Mr. Raymond and his partner, Tim, made a calendar titled "Candy Canes" to raise money for the Red Cross. They took pictures of their female employees, and they were NOT wearing their uniforms, and planned to make so called calendar. Needless to say, the calendar was not made. What happened to these risque pictures? Talk about a pervert!!! I think we are just scratching the surface with this guy. YIKES! |
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81807 - Fri Oct 23 11:47:37 2009 - [Volunteer fire department saves big $$$$] By: Cynic |
If that was 354 fires the Duluth "Fire" Department responded to was for a year that comes down to what? 29.5 fires a month? How many fire halls to handle 29.5 fire calls a month? BTW were all those "reported" fires actually fires?
How about some kind of volunteer Duluth Rescue Squad to handle many of those other calls the DFD goes on? More people trained in the community and living in the community would be a good thing.
Let's not forget many of these heavily trained Duluth firefighters do not even live in Duluth. They put their trust when they have their heart attack into the hands of Gold Cross, St Louis Co rescue squad or a volunteer fire department somewhere. |
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81806 - Fri Oct 23 11:33:49 2009 - [DFL tax, fee, permit, license galore] By: Cynic |
Many people do not have cable tv as they cannot afford it. Property taxes are just one portion of the taxes Duluthians pay into the city. There is city sales tax and many other fees. Go to the City of Duluth web site and look up the list of fees people pay. Look up what people pay for licenses and building permits. The people in Duluth and those who own businesses or rental property are paying plenty into the city coffers. Property taxes and cable tv indeed. Enjoy your pay and benefits dfd'er. They are some of the best on the planet.
dfd'er said: "As far as fleecing goes, most of us pay less for our city portion of property taxes than we do for cable TV" |
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81804 - Fri Oct 23 09:22:55 2009 - [The DFD numbers] By: dfd'er |
To correct the false information reported here by dodge st-
According to the MN State Fire Marshal's Report "Fire In Minnesota" Duluth Fire Department responded to 354 Reported fires with a total fire loss of$5,185,482.00. They also responded to 8,177 other runs as well, for a total of 8531 calls. These are unique fire calls, it is not like the police where 5 officers responding to 1 incident results in 5 calls for service, artificially inflating numbers.
What this report does not show, unfortunately, is the millions of dollars saved by a quick response with the level of staffing needed to put these fires out in the early stages. Those fires are largely unheard of, because a fire held to a small room or trash can just isn't news worthy.
On the EMS front, Dodge street should feel safe, because #6 engine is only a few blocks from his home. It is equipped with well trained EMT's, and often a paramedic is working there. If Dodge Street has a heart attack and his heart stops, they can begin CPR within a minute or two. They are also equipped with a defibrilator, which may restart his heart, and they can keep him on oxygen and help him along until gold cross arrives. If they are coming from their station at 40th West, it could be a while. Just hope they are not coming from Hawthorne... Without 6 engine just a few blocks away, it would likely be much longer before CPR could begin or your heart defibrilated. Would Dodge Street live long enough for Gold Cross to arrive? That's just not a chance I want to take.
As far as fleecing goes, most of us pay less for our city portion of property taxes than we do for cable TV. |
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81803 - Thu Oct 22 21:06:39 2009 - [Homosexual Agenda] By: Katie |
| It is good that the DNT does not endorse Olson. I fear Olson's only really concern is the advancement of homosexually. The city has to more important problems than Olson's homosexual agenda. |
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81802 - Thu Oct 22 19:15:07 2009 - [DFL psycho-analyzer ] By: Newbie |
| Patriot sounds so full of himself, and why does he care so much about other people's choices? Sounds like sour grapes to me. He sounds very jealous of the people he's "psycho-analyzing" and his post tells me more about him than it does the people he complains about. I hope you all aren't like him. |
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81801 - Thu Oct 22 19:02:47 2009 - [DFD taking over ] By: Cynic |
Here is something else from the original article about DFD taking over ambulance service.
"The city administration has no plans to explore adding paramedics to the Fire Department, say Fire Chief John Strongitharm and David Montgomery, the city’s chief administrative officer." |
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81800 - Thu Oct 22 16:30:55 2009 - [Mississippi Civil Rights in Duluth] By: Without Prejudice |
Mississippi Civil Rights Project Fundraiser:
Music and Performance
Tuesday, October 27
7:30-10pm
Carmody Irish Pub
308 E. Superior St, Duluth
$10 suggested donation
Welcome by Claudie Washington.
Community leaders, including Barton Sutter, Rabbi Amy Bernstein, Mary Cameron, David Comer, Portia Johnson, and Claire Kirch read short pieces by Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Fannie Lou Hamer, Stokely Carmichael, Sojourner Truth, and Barbara Jordan. Jazz by Perfectini.
This November, Duluth-based movement historian Sue Sojourner is returning again to Holmes County, Mississippi, after working there in the Civil Rights Movement for five years in the 1960s. This time the Oral History Center of the University of Southern Mississippi-Hattiesburg is holding a gathering for the surviving veterans of that Movement. The event uses a workbook Sue created on the Holmes Movement History as a memory catalyst. It will be a unique local-community-led oral history documentation project.
This fundraiser will help defray travel costs to Mississippi. It will also help Sue finish her memoir and catalog her historical collections for transfer to two archival institutions.
Sponsored by NAACP. For more info contact Ann Klefstad 218-525-3037. Donations are tax deductible. |
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81799 - Thu Oct 22 15:58:56 2009 - [Puzzled in 4th District] By: Web Hound |
http://www.howiehanson.com/?p=25638
Today, I’m (Heath Hickok) proud to announce my endorsement of Kerry Gauthier in his campaign for the Duluth City Council seat in District 4. I believe that Kerry is committed to serving all of the constituents in district 4 equally and intends to be fiscally responsible.
Kerry stated that he is against increasing city fees and is against raising taxes during a recession. He also expressed a willingness to work with the business community and that he would welcome new business developments to the city. Furthermore, we both agree that investing in our neighborhoods should be a top priority for the Duluth City Council.”
Meantime, Grant released the following written statement regarding Hickok’s endorsement of Gauthier:
“I guess I am somewhat surprised because Mr. Hickok represented himself at times as a ‘fiscal conservative’ to the citizens in the 4th District. Apparently, that was a political tactic to win votes in the primary.
I also think Heath is positioning himself with the DFL for their endorsement in 2011 when it is rumored that Heath will run for the city council At Large seat.
I’m further puzzled by the fact that the director of a business organization (Lincoln Park Business Group) would endorse a person with such liberal positions, inconsistent with creating a climate for economic development.” |
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81798 - Thu Oct 22 15:46:48 2009 - [Could it be Dr. Z?] By: inspector Q |
from the duluth news tribune site. btw drz and big iron are one of the same
October 22, 2009 10:07 AM
Teri S. Duluth, MN
dr z is from Saginaw, MN , works in law enforcement & makes it his business to know where people live, what they do. His personality certainly comes thru on these comment pages, scarey for doing the work that he does. Can you imagine the poor people he encounter daily, yikes! |
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81797 - Thu Oct 22 15:32:15 2009 - [This is DFL Duluth] By: Pepe R |
| I've about had it. This town is getting worse. It's being run by sycophants that only care about their own political ambitions or preserving their wealth status. No one is trying to bring in new jobs. I repeat- NO ONE! The Mayor is a joke. We continue to elect ticks like Oberstar, despite a failing economy and an aristrocratic mentatlity of our elected officials. We worship the march towards socialism because of a few organized people that feel that traditional morals and values went out with the horse and buggy. We have companies like DELETED who outsource all of their jobs to out of state companies. We have Government programs like Visit Duluth who do nothing for our area but butter their friends bread. We have unions who will picket a small mom and pop business if they don't open up a new union shop. We have anti-development cronies who spend more on eliminating competition than their own streets. We discourage a new business from opening up by our anti-business climate. We spend more time/money on yanking down a donated monument to the ten commandments while putting up a monument for a hanging that took place 100 years ago. We'll push for a casino train from the cities but will make damn sure that our government doesn't cut back on employee hours or wages- who cares about the private sector! Our local elected officials get paid for doing NOTHING- check out the likes of Pig Swiney or any other County Board member- they don't even have to go to work for crying out loud! Yet we still pay these people, we still elect them, and we still wonder why our streets are in shambles, we're losing jobs, businesses are closing and our biggest employers are the local hospital (non-profit!) and local government. For God's sake people WAKE UP! AAAAAAAAARGGGGH!!!!! |
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81796 - Thu Oct 22 14:39:34 2009 - [New social agenda for Duluth] By: Gary G |
| Anderson, Olson and Gauthier? A new social agenda for Duluth. |
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81795 - Thu Oct 22 14:37:56 2009 - [Kerry Gauthier seeks St. Paul funds] By: Tracy L |
I found this on Kerry's FaceBook. Interesting how St. Paul would have such an interest in the little 4th District of Duluth.
Kerry Gauthier for Duluth City Council
Please join me at the home of Matt Entenza and Lois Quam on Monday October 26, 2009 from 5:00-7:00 PM. 1647 Portland Avenue, St Paul, MN. Your support will help obtain a Progressive Majority on the Duluth City Council. I hope to see you to catch up o...n whats going, enjoy good company, good friends, and great politics |
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81794 - Thu Oct 22 13:22:06 2009 - [CAN YOU SAY DOUBLE STANDARDS? ] By: snachey bus |
| HI....I NOTICED YOU ALL DIDNT DELETE MY STATEMENT "WHITE TRASH" BUT DELETED THE OTHER STATEMENTS..LOL...CAN YOU SAY DOUBLE STANDARDS LOL....UMM YOU ALL ARE TEN YEARS BEHIND IN MIND SET,..PROTECTING THE MINORITIES LOL...STAY IN YOUR WORLD, BELIVE THAT OBAMA EARNED HIS NOBLE PEACE PRIZE,AND YOUR *DELETED* .WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! |
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81793 - Thu Oct 22 13:16:31 2009 - [Olson denied DNT endorsment this time] By: DW |
| I see the DNT did not endorse Beth Olson like they did in the primary. Looks to me like they are wising up on to what Olson will do to the city but what's up with endorsing Gauthier in the 4th? |
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81792 - Thu Oct 22 12:29:02 2009 - [How much longer? ] By: Big Iron |
| Change? Been hearing that for 2 years now, Dodge St. How much longer do the citizens of Duluth have to hang on your every word? |
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81791 - Thu Oct 22 11:37:25 2009 - [DFL Rube doesn't give any "facts"] By: Cynic |
Rube, Talk about someone who rambles and doesn't give any "facts". If you are a Duluth Firefighter I can only hope I never need your assistance. If you passed any tests it was because you were given the answer before hand and a family member got you your job. Fact is you couldn't hold a candle to any "real" firefighter and that includes volunteers.
Here is Rubes post: "How much $ does St. Paul fire dept bring into the city, DODGE ST.? You should bee about the Duluth Firefighters doing the same! How long does it take Gold Cross to get to your house? You have a PROFESSIONAL fire department right down from you. You are an IDIOT!" |
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81790 - Thu Oct 22 08:45:53 2009 - [It's still the same] By: snachey bus |
| hi, i used to live in duluth,have not lived there in many years...i come back for a few weeks....and its still the same, lower income folks in the hillside area, rich people in the east side, mostly decendents of old money.druken DELETED in down town, DELETED dudes looking around to get DELETED girls pregnant,for trophy purposes.the mayor,just wants a career in politics,so he can get free money,and not get his hands dirty.still an old skeleton of a town,with a cycle of white trash keeping it alive.umd is still very good income for the city,rich kids parents spend allott on there beloved sweet peas. |
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81789 - Thu Oct 22 08:28:34 2009 - [DFD fleecing you over $50,000 per day] By: Dodge St. |
| From just up from the Secretary's house. DFL Rube, read your own Duluth Fire Dept. stats. In 2008, there were 11 legitiment house fires in our city. In that number of 11 house fires includes the deck of a house which started on fire in the lakeside area where in fact, the neighbor put it out with his garden hose before your sleeping friends awoke and made all kinds of noise with their fire engines arriving at the scene ready to use their professional training to put out a deck which was on fire. But they didn't need you, it was a neighbor who put the fire out with a garden hose. That incident alone,including your professional fire department response cost the taxpayers almost $5,000 because your professionally trained firefighters cost the taxpayers of this city $2,000 every hour of every day, even while sleeping which you and your firefighter friends do one-third of your entire career. We taxpayers pay $50,000 a day to staff the overstaffed Duluth Fire Department. The DFD is fleecing the taxpaying Duluthians but the taxpayers are being educated. The most expensive Fire department in the state is the Duluth Fire Department. The same fire department who was on the scene of a structure fire on Woodland avenue within minutes of the fire starting and the whole damn house was a loss. The only reason their was a fast response to that particular house fire was because your rig was traveling down Woodland Avenue to the grocery store in Kenwood and the resident of the house was at the end of her driveway staying clear of the fire. On this incident your union president got in front of the camera's and said the structure was lost because of the materials used in making the beams in the house. OMG It is no surprise you want to take over a private ambulance service to save your jobs. Change is a comning..... |
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81788 - Thu Oct 22 08:18:15 2009 - [Expose the fakes] By: Edgar |
Where are the watch dog groups in this town? The city seems doomed for another tax and spend election result. Show us something on paper exposing these fakes for the interest of the citizens they claim to be.
TONY: Edgar, excatly who are the fakes? |
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81787 - Thu Oct 22 08:07:48 2009 - [How will you bring jobs to Duluth?] By: Angus Y |
| Here's a question for our local candidates. Even if Cirrus doesn't close their doors. What can you do to bring more economic growth to the city. Tell us your plan 1,2,3. This question is for the current politicians holding office.Where are the jobs you promised? |
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81786 - Thu Oct 22 07:38:08 2009 - [Oathkeepers.org a great website] By: R K |
EMU....great post. Saved the website. I still think we need to respect firefighters especially those of NYV and NJ who worked and died on 9/11.
Again, great post EMU. It really defines the battle. |
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81784 - Wed Oct 21 23:57:08 2009 - [Like a wierd bird ] By: DFDSUCKS 1 |
"Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters (wait, firefighters?!?) who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God."
Uh-oh EMU - you have the wrong blog here... Our firefighters f-in suck man!!!!!!!!! Oh, and is an emu a prey species? Like a wierd bird or somethin? BAM! (mounted)
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81783 - Wed Oct 21 22:25:56 2009 - [DFD tops the arrogance scale] By: DFL Rube |
Cynic,
Who said the 1/3 thing? Stauber? Go figure. Ask Lakeside, Woodland, UMD, Gary, Lincoln Park, and Park Point who gets there first. I research my facts. Try it sometime! Gold Cross has 1 station in Duluth. The city fire department has 9. Who gets there first?? Take the test again, jackass. Maybe you'll luck out this time.... Quit with the hard feelings just because you can't make the cut! I bet a volunteer fd will have you but who has time for that bullshit? |
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81782 - Wed Oct 21 22:15:52 2009 - [Not on my watch] By: EMU |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf2K4-BQYAI
Not on my watch.
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ |
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81781 - Wed Oct 21 21:58:15 2009 - [Man pleads guilty to Hillside stabbing] By: Locals Gone Wild |
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Duluth News Tribune
Published October 21 2009
Man pleads guilty to Central Hillside stabbing
A Duluth man pleaded guilty today to an assault in which he stabbed a man outside a Central Hillside residence.
Byron Murray Hobbs, 64, admitted to stabbing Michael Hangsleben once in the ribs on Sept. 10 in the area of the 300 block of East Sixth Street. The victim sustained a stab wound to the left side of his chest.
Hobbs told Judge Shaun Floerke that Hangsleben started the fight and he responded by drawing a pocket knife from his pocket in self defense.
“It was to stop him — once in and out,’’ Hobbs said of the stabbing. He said he understood that he could have retreated, as the law requires him to do for a self defense claim. The victim didn’t sustain a life-threatening injury.
Floerke scheduled sentencing for Nov. 10.
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81780 - Wed Oct 21 21:56:09 2009 - [Police arrest two men ] By: Locals Gone Wild |
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Duluth News Tribune
Published October 21 2009
Duluth police arrest two men after brief car, foot chase
Police have arrested two men after a brief car and foot chase ended in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Police have arrested two men after a vehicle chase over the Blatnik Bridge and foot chase in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
It started about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police say two men in an SUV were wanted on drug charges in Superior. The SUV fled over the Blatnik Bridge from Superior to Duluth.
After reaching Duluth, the men got out of the car and started to run in the 1800 block of West Third Street. Two canine units helped search for them.
Two men were arrested. A third man was also in the car, but it appears police have stopped looking for him.
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81779 - Wed Oct 21 20:57:41 2009 - [DFL Duluth Diversity = Big Money] By: Dolla Bill |
| d, regarding the Woodland Middle School beating, I believe this is call DFL Duluth Diversity. Look at all the government jobs and big dollars in the diversity scam. |
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81778 - Wed Oct 21 20:01:16 2009 - [Stahalinski protecting his buddies?] By: Big Iron |
| Yes, Suzanne, (cough-cough)he certainly is doing a damn good job protecting his buddies. |
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81777 - Wed Oct 21 19:15:40 2009 - [Woodland school problems?] By: d |
| I was told a white boy at Woodland Jr. had the crap beat out of him -- broken jaw-- by a black kid and when the black kids parents showed up they informed the school "My boy aint' gonna get kicked out of school" anyone else heard this? Wonder if the school board and Woodland Jr. like to to taken to court over this? |
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81776 - Wed Oct 21 18:37:36 2009 - [Suspect arrested in Superior ] By: Beth |
Drive by shooter in Superior has been arrested..Cletis Bernard Portis. Good Swedish name.
Suspect arrested in Superior drive-by shooting
Cletis Bernard Portis, 29, is accused of firing at a woman and her 3-year-old son as they exited an apartment Saturday. |
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81775 - Wed Oct 21 17:28:20 2009 - [Refresher course needed] By: Proofreader |
| The Patriot may have "multiple advanced (sic) degrees," but he certainly could use a refresher course in spelling and grammar! What are his "advanced" degrees in, anyway? |
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81774 - Wed Oct 21 16:56:26 2009 - [Doing a damn good job] By: Suzanne |
| Big Iron what's your problem with Brandon? He doing a damn good job. Get over it. |
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81773 - Wed Oct 21 15:26:39 2009 - [DFD GLBT choices and activism ] By: Dave |
Rube,
You state a "professional" fire department. If you are "professional" how do you explain your endorsing of a GLBT activist who's been arrested and will clearly per her GLBT agenda above the fire departments? Unethical and immoral are more fitting.
Or is there something else going on at the fire department where GLBT issues take priority over the public safety you are supposed to provide?
Why can’t you just do your jobs and get out of the GLBT nonsense with Beth Olson who dumped her husband for another woman and goes to another country to get married to this woman.
You people on the fire department are really scaring me with your choices and activism in the community.
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81772 - Wed Oct 21 15:16:56 2009 - [New world lie record] By: youtube dude |
The King of Liberal Liars sets a new world record.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/10/record-lies-in-record-time.html
I wonder what award he will get for this? |
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81771 - Wed Oct 21 14:36:30 2009 - [Fake logger where are you?] By: Cynic |
| Crude is up to $81.91 as of a couple of minutes ago. Should make the "logger" happy. I think most of the summer it was around 68 to 72. I hope this is only a spike because then heating oil goes up and even natural gas goes up just because oil is up. |
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81769 - Wed Oct 21 14:10:24 2009 - [DFLers/DFD do NOTHING for less] By: Cynic |
Saying city government is going to take over for a private business and save or better yet make us money is like saying you can reverse the flow of the Mississippi river.
All of a sudden we would need more firefighters and by the time you've paid all their retirement alone it would cost a small fortune. Not to mention all the health care for them their spouses and all their children. Then the remodel of fire halls for added ambulance service.
What I read said the fire department arrived earlier 1/3 of the time, Gold Cross arrived earlier 1/3 of the time and 1/3 of the time it was a tie. Then again it doesn't matter if the DFD arrived faster 100 percent of the time as the City of Duluth does not need to take on even more spending at this time. Even if Gold Cross left Duluth we should first look for another private company to take over ambulance service. |
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81768 - Wed Oct 21 13:08:52 2009 - [No comments allowed on DNT article] By: Big Iron |
| So every new article in today's DNT has a comment section EXCEPT the one written by Stahl on Rod Raymond's sexual harassment case. I didn't know they were that close! |
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81767 - Wed Oct 21 11:54:01 2009 - [PROFESSIONAL DFD Political Machine] By: DFL Rube |
| How much $ does St. Paul fire dept bring into the city, DODGE ST.? You should bee about the Duluth Firefighters doing the same! How long does it take Gold Cross to get to your house? You have a PROFESSIONAL fire department right down from you. You are an IDIOT! |
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81766 - Wed Oct 21 10:30:27 2009 - [That's my gal!] By: kojak |
That's my gal!
Who loves ya baby!
Big Iron said:
kojak, would that person be about 4'-9"...150lbs...narly, black, dyed, curly hair, large glasses and the biggest mouth east of the Mississippi? |
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81765 - Wed Oct 21 10:01:40 2009 - [Disciplined for harassment] By: Tara |
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/149632/
Does this guy get a big screen TV from UMD? Why did the paper omit the word SEXUAL as it was SEXUAL HARASSMENT. |
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81764 - Wed Oct 21 07:18:14 2009 - [Gov. Pawlenty does the right thing] By: appalled |
"ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Pawlenty called the purchase of big flat-screen TVs for a Minnesota sex offender treatment facility “boneheaded” and said Tuesday he wants them removed, sold and replaced with smaller sets."
"Boneheaded" is understatement of the year. I wish he could've said what he really felt. I'm employed and law-abiding and I have one tv in my home and it is much smaller, much older, and I still use bunny ears with an uncle sam converter box. Maybe I should become a sex offender before next Viking's game - I could be watching it in high-def!!!! |
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81763 - Tue Oct 20 22:19:26 2009 - [DFL explanation is impossible] By: Professor K |
BARSTOOL ECONOMICS
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.” Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.
But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
“I only got a dollar out of the $20,”declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,” but he got $10!”
“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I got”
“That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
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81762 - Tue Oct 20 21:08:32 2009 - [Race as a cultural construction] By: mp |
The Duluth News Tribune need not mention "race" in criminal reports, since there is no such thing according to Mr. Joel Sipress.
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu043/educ610/610_webreadings.htm#joel
"Relearning race: Teaching race as a cultural construction.
Joel M. Sipress
DESPITE A RECENT SPATE of newspaper and magazine articles chronicling the malleability of racial identity, it may nonetheless surprise many Americans to learn that the biological sciences have come to reject race as a scientifically meaningful category. No longer do scientists speak of the "races of man." Biology has abandoned as fruitless the search for hereditary traits that are sufficient to distinguish distinct human types. The tripartite division of humankind into "Negroid," "Mongoloid," and "Caucasoid" occupies a position in the biological sciences roughly equivalent to that of the Ptolemaic model of the universe in astronomy.
Historical scholarship has, in recent years, caught up with biological science. Since the publication of Barbara Fields' path-breaking 1982 essay, "Ideology and Race in American History," historians have to come to view racial identity as a social and cultural construction, rather than a biological fact. Historians generally understand that racial identity and racial categories are fluid and changeable. The study of racial identity and its evolution, in fact, has emerged as a major growth field for scholarship and publication.
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81760 - Tue Oct 20 18:01:21 2009 - [Envious of the success of others] By: Jack A |
"The following exerpt from Mark Levin eloquently explains the mindset of people like Claire Kirch and her husband Joel Sipress. They are dissatisfied with the condition of their own existance. They cannot accept personal responsibility for their own misery and they become envious of the success of others"
If he is a prof, I feel bad for his students!
"Until you step outside the circles of people who merely affirm what you believe and open yourself to other viewpoints you will continue to be truly ignorant."
Your theory is wrong - Claire steps out onto this site all the time and she is still "truly ignorant." |
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81758 - Tue Oct 20 17:58:05 2009 - [ASnother DFL spinner at the public tit ] By: Muffin Top |
| Can'tIgnoreTheTruth X is no logger. Looks to me like another DFL spinner at the public tit seeking more milk but times are getting a lot tougher. |
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81756 - Tue Oct 20 17:50:00 2009 - [Truly ignorant] By: Patriot |
Joey R(Joel?),
Claire is a trust fund baby with NO real accomplishments of her own except being a loud mouth on the blogs and Joel is a liberal professor? a professor!? I also have multiple advanced degrees but my success has nothing to do with the degrees I hold. It has to do with my outlook and my attitude toward life. My success is the result of my own hard work and sacrifice. I have never expected anyone, especially the governmnet to bail me out. I am responsible for my own successes and failures. If I don't succeed as I would like I don't expect the government to redistribute someone elses wealth to me to equlaize the result, especially if they have worked harder and sacrificed more to attain their success . As for Claire, I think someone who has led a life of priviledge and has a trust fund should be expected to be more successful than her. If you are born on third base you should be able to score. Don't try to overinflate them. I know who they are. Both are lost and need acceptance, they find it with the liberal politicians who are more than willing to use them to attain their goals. And yes, Mark Levi. Until you step outside the circles of people who merely affirm what you believe and open yourself to other viewpoints you will continue to be truly ignorant. I was once a liberal democrat and now consider myself an independent. I look at all sides. You should too. |
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81755 - Tue Oct 20 17:40:18 2009 - [Logger post below a fraud] By: Cynic |
| Someone who doesn't care if oil prices go up is not a logger. They could work for a logger and not care if the boss is suffering. Higher oil prices cut directly into a loggers pocket book. Perhaps someone who makes such boasts goes out and cuts a cord or two of wood a year and calls themselves a "logger". |
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81754 - Tue Oct 20 17:28:59 2009 - [Who is Joel Sipriss?] By: Jack A |
| Who is Joel Sipriss? does he hold office here? |
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81753 - Tue Oct 20 17:25:51 2009 - [Like teachin math to a poet] By: Jack A |
"ST. PAUL — Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and leaders of the Democratic-dominated Minnesota Legislature got a head start on their 2010 work today, agreeing they would start work on issues such as public works projects and how to inject money into the economy."
Good Luck!! It'll be like teachin math to a poet! |
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81752 - Tue Oct 20 17:22:56 2009 - [Who should we believe?] By: JAck A |
All parties say they are the "peoples" party - who should we believe?
http://www.gop.com/index.php/learn/who_we_are/
http://www.usiap.org/
http://www.democrats.org/a/party/stand.html |
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81748 - Tue Oct 20 17:15:04 2009 - [Centralized government will destroy USA] By: Jack A |
People power is the answer to eliminating the oppression of the federal bureaucracy in this country, which is strangling the freedoms from our land. Unless some political parties bring about some changes in their policies regarding tax relief, schools, law and order, and the high cost of living, they will face a massive protest at the ballot box by those who think like us.
People power, the strong voices and political action of the people expressed within the law, is the answer to curing our ills. Without a mass movement of the people the present trend of despotic and centralized government can and will destroy America.
Better give tax relief to the working people and put the burden on Wall Street, or some political parties will wind up short in the next election. We must have an atmosphere of freedom from unwanted intrusion from the federal government. Mankind must be free and unfettered by federal encroachment in their employment, home, community, domestic institutions, including schools and association with other human beings.
Our schools are being destroyed because those who believe in government by law and not by bureaucrats failed to unite against federal government control.
It is our desire and plan that the Independent American Party be responsive to the needs of the people. Please join us in this effort by clicking the join link, then donate what your concerns are valued at.
Thank you,
Independent American Party
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81746 - Tue Oct 20 15:42:55 2009 - [Why is it the liberals' fault?] By: Can'tIgnoreTheTruth X |
jthyme - Why is it the liberals' fault that oil prices are rising? It seems like their push for renewable energy will ease the demand on oil and therefore keep the price down.
If you ask me, the price of oil is rising again because people are driving their Hummers again. My cousin is in Iraq right now and I have half a mind to spraypaint "unpatriotic" across every Hummer I see. In WWII we scrapped metal to help the war effort; today we still act like gluttons for oil even when our sons and daughters (and cousins) are risking their lives for it.
Personally, I don't care if the price of oil goes up. I'm a logger. Sure it will cost more to fill my trucks, but maybe it will make more people heat with wood instead of oil and the demand for wood will go up. Short term pain for long term gains. None of my neighbors works on an oil well. |
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81745 - Tue Oct 20 15:37:38 2009 - [Major changes needed in health care ] By: Can'tIgnoreTheTruth X |
"While voters are skeptical of the plan working its way through Congress, 54% say that major changes are needed in the health care system. Sixty-one percent (61%) say it’s important for Congress to pass some reform."
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform |
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81744 - Tue Oct 20 15:33:22 2009 - [Congress setting a new low] By: Can'tIgnoreTheTruth X |
"Although overall approval of the Republicans in Congress is about the same today as it was in December 2008, support among Republicans has dropped from 52% to 39%. At the same time, approval among Democrats has increased from 9% to 20%, helping to keep the overall rating from setting a new low. Remarkably, an outright majority of Republicans today (58%) say they disapprove of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing."
http://www.apexatthetop.com/ |
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81743 - Tue Oct 20 15:04:33 2009 - [DLF legends in their own minds] By: Joey R |
| Mark Levin? Seriously, Mark Levin? Joel Sipress, has a PHD and I believe he is a tenured Professor. Claire Kirch is a successful freelance writer. I seriously doubt that the people here, who are so concerned with Ms Kirch and Mr Sipress, have achieved the kind of success in their lives that Ms Kirch and Mr Sipress have. You need to come up with another crackpot theory -- maybe it is time to break open a book by Ann Coulter. |
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81742 - Tue Oct 20 15:01:04 2009 - [Take back OUR country from the wingnuts] By: Unslanted 1 |
Let's be honest here - both parties are losing the approval of the American Public:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/123011/Parties-Congress-Near-Record-Low-Approval.aspx
Time for the Independents to take back OUR country from you right and left wingnuts. |
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81741 - Tue Oct 20 14:45:49 2009 - [Presidential Tracking Polls] By: Mr. T |
The honeymoon is over.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll |
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81740 - Tue Oct 20 13:35:43 2009 - [Angry, resentful, petulant, and jealous] By: Patriot |
The following exerpt from Mark Levin eloquently explains the mindset of people like Claire Kirch and her husband Joel Sipress. They are dissatisfied with the condition of their own existance. They cannot accept personal responsibility for their own misery and they become envious of the success of others. They are unwilling to work hard and make the personal sacrifice neccessary to acheive the success that others have acheived and so they seek to destroy the successful. When they are frustrated in their own efforts to destroy those they envy they join with the politicians who they beleive can acheive this Utopian dream and releive their angst over not having what others have. Altough they find a sense of belonging in the common vision they share Joel and Claire are but pawns in this game. The politicians that they rely on for acceptance and affirmation have as much contempt for them as for the successful they wish to destroy.
"It is observed that the Statist (big government liberal) is dissatisfied with the condition of his own existence. He condemns his fellow man, surroundings, and society itself for denying him the fulfillment, success, and adulation he believes he deserves but has not earned. He is angry, resentful, petulant, and jealous. He is incapable of honest self-assessment and rejects the honest assessment by others of himself, thereby evading responsibility for his own miserable condition. The Statist searches for significance and even glory in a Utopian fiction of his minds making, the earthly attainment of which,he believes,is frustrated by those who do not share it. Therefore he must destroy the civil society piece by piece.
For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. It is not possible to achieve Utopia if individuals are free to go there own way. The individual must be dehumanized and his nature delegitimized. Through persuasion, deception, and coercion, the individual must be subordinated to the state. He must abandon his own ambitions for the ambitions of the state. He must become reliant on and fearful of the state. His first duty must be to the state; not family, community, and faith, all of which have the potential of threatening the state. Once dispirited, the individual can be molded by the state."
-Liberty and Tyranny- Mark Levin
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81738 - Tue Oct 20 11:38:57 2009 - [Duluth political hack at it again] By: Inspector Clouseau |
Duluth political hack Joel Sipress, husband of Clair Kirch, is at it again.
Actually the Republican lable is increasing in value as the country sees what liberal socoalist like Sipress are doing to destroy jobs and families locally and across America.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/149519/
Published October 20 2009
Reader's view: Hall should tell all about party ties
In her candidate profile published Oct. 18 (“At Large City Council candidate Becky Hall”) City Council candidate Becky Hall denied being a Republican. If true, her break with the Republican Party must be relatively recent.
In 2006, Hall ran for a seat in the Minnesota Legislature as a Republican. She also volunteered as a Republican vote challenger in last fall’s presidential election.
Individuals have the right to affiliate with whatever political party they believe best represents their principles and values. Candidates for public office, however, have an obligation to be honest about those affiliations. Perhaps Hall’s fear of losing outweighs her commitment to the truth.
Joel Sipress
Duluth
HERE'S SOME MORE INFO ON SIPRESS
http://www.holtuncensored.com/members/column102.html
Dear Holt Uncensored:
I am outraged at the line of questioning pursued by the Amazon.com attorneys in their lawsuit against Amazon Bookstore. This is harassment, pure and simple. I am in the process of composing a letter to Amazon.com informing them that, not only are they total homophobes who have no business prying into the personal lives of Amazon Bookstore owners and staff, but they are also simply incorrect in their theory that Amazon Bookstore caters only to lesbians.
I myself am a heterosexual married woman with a small child. Whenever I travel down to Minneapolis, I always make a point of stopping by Amazon Bookstore to see what's new. My husband, Joel Sipress, has accompanied me to Amazon on numerous occasions, and we have both purchased books there . . . Joel has never felt unwelcome at Amazon: Staff members have been cordial to him and he has found many, many books there that appeal to him. He has also attended several readings at Amazon and has been just one of a number of men at these events.
Moreover, Amazon Bookstore has a fabulous collection of children's books--not only have I purchased books for my daughter at Amazon, I have recommended Amazon Bookstore to friends (hetero and lesbian) with children who want good, non-stereotypical children's books.
Amazon Bookstore is a community treasure. To say that it caters to a small fraction of the Minnesota populace is ludicrous. I urge all of your online newsletter subscribers to write to Amazon.com and order them to tell their attorneys to quit harassing the owners of Amazon Bookstore about their personal lives or sexual preferences. It's nobody's business and has no place in this or any lawsuit.
Claire Kirch
Duluth MN
WHO ELSE HAS INFO ON SIPRESS?
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81737 - Tue Oct 20 09:08:20 2009 - [DFD wants less sleep on the job] By: Dodge St. |
| Just up from the secretary's house. This mornings DNT article about the firefighters wanting to become paramedics is a way to justify their jobs. They want to become like ST. Paul Fire so bad because St. Paul firefighters are paramedics also. The city of Duluth's Call volume doesn't call for 36 firefighters sleeping at night and they know it. The firefighters are fleecing us taxpayers and are the most expensive fire department in the state. We need to seriously look at reducing the number of firefighters we have on duty during any one time. The savings will be huge. Simonsen, give it up!! |
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81736 - Tue Oct 20 09:01:03 2009 - [Smiley Face Murder Cases In Duluth] By: Dullooth |
The Smiley Face Killer strikes Duluth:
http://surfdete.ipower.com/duluth.html |
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81735 - Mon Oct 19 23:57:12 2009 - [Will you be molded?] By: Patriot |
"It is observed that the Statist (big government liberal) is dissatisfied with the condition of his own existence. He condemns his fellow man, surroundings, and society itself for denying him the fulfillment, success, and adulation he believes he deserves but has not earned. He is angry, resentful, petulant, and jealous. He is incapable of honest self-assessment and rejects the honest assessment by others of himself, thereby evading responsibility for his own miserable condition. The Statist searches for significance and even glory in a Utopian fiction of his minds making, the earthly attainment of which,he believes,is frustrated by those who do not share it. Therefore he must destroy the civil society piece by piece.
For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. It is not possible to achieve Utopia if individuals are free to go there own way. The individual must be dehumanized and his nature delegitimized. Through persuasion, deception, and coercion, the individual must be subordinated to the state. He must abandon his own ambitions for the ambitions of the state. He must become reliant on and fearful of the state. His first duty must be to the state; not family, community, and faith, all of which have the potential of threatening the state. Once dispirited, the individual can be molded by the state."
-Liberty and Tyranny- Mark Levin |
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81734 - Mon Oct 19 18:25:03 2009 - [A Sensible Gun Registration Plan] By: Truthism |
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS IN DFL DULUTH.
Finally, A Sensible Gun Registration Plan
Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U. S. Constitution as well as Vermont 's own Constitution very carefully, and his strict interpretation of these documents is popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.
Maslack recently proposed a bill to register non-gun-owners and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.
Maslack read the "militia" phrase of the Second Amendment as not only affirming the right of the individual citizen to bear arms, but as a clear mandate to do so. He believes that universal gun ownership was advocated by the Framers of the Constitution as an antidote to a "monopoly of force" by the government as well as criminals.
Vermont 's constitution states explicitly that "the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State" and those persons who "conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" shall be required to "pay such equivalent." Clearly, says Maslack, Vermonters have a constitutional obligation to arm themselves so that they are capable of responding to "any situation that may arise".
Under the bill, adults who choose not to own a firearm would be required to register their name, address, Social Security Number, and driver's license number with the state. "There is a legitimate government interest in knowing who is prepared to defend the state should they be asked to do so," Maslack says.
Vermont already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along with the least restrictive laws of any state - it's currently the only state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. This combination of plenty of guns and few laws regulating them has resulted in a crime rate that is the third lowest in the nation.
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81733 - Mon Oct 19 17:02:42 2009 - [Who's to blame now? ] By: jthyme |
| Ahhhhhh yes.........I see gas went up another 10 cents per gallon today. That's up 28 cents per gallon since last week alone. How come I don't hear any "damn Bush" cries anymore? Heard that ALL the time when gas went up when Dubya was in office. Who's to blame now, Dumb F*** Liberals? |
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81732 - Mon Oct 19 16:24:01 2009 - [Wierdest blog post EVER] By: fanofwelty 1 |
Harry Welty should stick to the LDV vs. LRFP stuff. I visited his lincolndemocrat blog today and encountered this:
"I pounded on the closet door and begged to get 'my sweetie' back but he just yelled through the crack in the door 'MY sweetie.' We argued like this all weekend and he keeps winning the argument by wrapping his arms around his grandma to keep her all to himself."
Wierdest blog post EVER. http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=2657
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81731 - Mon Oct 19 15:56:40 2009 - [Monkeys slinging crap in the same cage] By: JustAnothaHillsida Z |
At least you have one thing in common:
If a liberal doesn't like the way things are going, he blames the conservatives. If a conservative doesn't like the way things are going, he blames the liberals.
If you ask me, you're all monkeys slinging crap in the same cage. Or just fools in an echo chamber, I can't decide. |
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81730 - Mon Oct 19 15:23:35 2009 - [Differences ] By: Pitt Street Panther |
Differences between conservatives and liberals
If a conservative doesn't like gun. he won't buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life..
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up, laughs and is embarrassed.
If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like he's in labor and then sues.
If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he's "offended".
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81729 - Mon Oct 19 15:08:13 2009 - [Stop drooling over your scanners] By: JustAnothaHillsida Z |
| Why are you all so concerned with the race of the teenage girls? I live on the hillside and we all know that crimes are being committed by all kinds of people with all kinds of backgrounds. I had a white dude break into my house last month, but I didn't much notice his race as I leveled my weapon and calmly asked him to leave. No police needed for me, so stop drooling over your scanners. There are plenty of punks out there - both white and black. If you keep playing the race card offensively, they will get to keep using it defensively. I say shoot all the crooks and let God sort 'em out, and you can bet your sweet little white butts he doesn't sort 'em out by color. So, neither do I. And for your information, the same guy who almost peed on my rug when he saw the .45 was the same guy who I saw scoping out our neighborhood as a fake salesman a week before. No one suspected him cause he's white and you've convinced my neighbors that only black people from Chicago commit crimes. Thanks for nuthin - you almost got a white crook killed and I almost went to jail. |
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81728 - Mon Oct 19 08:57:04 2009 - [True New Tribune fashion or...] By: Common Sns |
"I do not have a scanner Common Sns. What was the description of the four teenage girls? Curious minds want to know."
I heard the "drive by shooter" call but was at my office when the Lake Walk incident took place. The Police always give full discriptions out on the air, including race.
Either two things are happening with that one. Either, in true New Tribune fashion they are witholding something, or because the suspects are minors, the Police haven't given out more details in their report? |
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81726 - Sun Oct 18 23:30:19 2009 - [Would that person be... ] By: Big Iron |
| kojak, would that person be about 4'-9"...150lbs...narly, black, dyed, curly hair, large glasses and the biggest mouth east of the Mississippi? |
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81725 - Sun Oct 18 22:26:29 2009 - [East or Marshall muggers?] By: kojak |
So it was 4 teenage girls. Wonder what high school they attend? East or Marshall? I was initially under the impression that the mugger was a loud mouth female, wearing flood pants whose breath smelled liked bad sushi.
Who loves ya baby! |
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81724 - Sun Oct 18 21:55:59 2009 - [Who is pulling the strings?] By: Puppet Master |
| I receive the DPD press releases from the police department. The original press release direct from Officer Brad Wick only said that there were four teenage females. The police press release did not contain any other information. Is the DNT pulling their strings too? |
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81723 - Sun Oct 18 21:05:54 2009 - [Curious minds want to know] By: Curious George |
| I do not have a scanner Common Sns. What was the description of the four teenage girls? Curious minds want to know. |
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81722 - Sun Oct 18 19:10:57 2009 - [DFL Duluth News Tribune Censorship] By: Common Sns |
Are people sure about the police not being the ones to release suspects discriptions???
Anyone with a police scanner heard the detailed discriptions on the Lakewalk. Also, The drive by shooting suspect from Superior was clearly describe on the scanner as a "Black Male".The News Tribune LEFT OUT THAT VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION! The News Tribune has a history of not publishing the racial part of the discription of a criminal, the police are searching for, if the suspect is a "minority"! You can thank Washington, Stahl, Karwath for that. God forbid they admit so much crime is caused by minorities.
Duluth Police officers have seethed at the Duluth News Tribune for years. What good does it do for the police to ask for the publics help in catching at-large criminals when the News Tribune censors the discriptions by covering up the suspects race? The discription is worthless.
STARFIRE: Common Sns, you're right again as Stahlalinski and the DNT tried to tell us locals were committing all the violent crime. This is not political correctness but is DNT plain old DFL Duluth censorship and Kool-Aid trying the hide the truth in Duluth. |
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81721 - Sun Oct 18 17:25:02 2009 - [DFL Duluth imports & Vuitton handbags] By: Dennis Miller |
I can only wonder if the four muggers were more DFL Duluth imports. We all know why the police could easily identify arrest the suspects. It was the 6" stilettos and Louis Vuitton handbags!
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81720 - Sat Oct 17 22:54:33 2009 - [Another well done job by the DPD] By: Scott R |
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81719 - Sat Oct 17 22:41:10 2009 - [Females robbers and what else?] By: Robert |
The police kept the description of the four females robbers to themselves. Whats up with that?
"This morning at 10:45 AM, a Duluth Police Officer was responding to a call in Canal Park when he observed four teenage females that matched the description of the suspects from Friday’s robbery. The four were transported to the Arrowhead Juvenile Center where they were lodged for Aggravated Robbery and Fifth Degree Assault."
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81718 - Sat Oct 17 22:39:00 2009 - [Four Arrested in Lakewalk Robbery] By: Locals Gone Wild |
DATE: 10/17/2009
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Four Arrested in Lakewalk Robbery
CASE NO.: 09380371
INCIDENT DATE :10/16/2009
INCIDENT TIME: 10:48 AM
INCIDENT LOCATION: 6th Avenue East and Lakewalk
SUBJECT: Four Arrested in Lakewalk Robbery
BY: Information Officer Brad Wick
Duluth Police arrested four teenage females today in connection with Friday’s robbery on Duluth’s Lakewalk.
On Friday, October 16th, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Duluth Police responded to the Lakewalk, in the area of the Fitger’s complex, on a call from a 55 year old woman who stated she had just been robbed by four teenage females as she was walking on the Lakewalk. During the incident, the victims’ fanny pack was taken. Some of the contents were recovered a few blocks from where the assault occurred. The victim suffered minor injuries, including bruises and abrasions, but did not require medical treatment.
This morning at 10:45 AM, a Duluth Police Officer was responding to a call in Canal Park when he observed four teenage females that matched the description of the suspects from Friday’s robbery. The four were transported to the Arrowhead Juvenile Center where they were lodged for Aggravated Robbery and Fifth Degree Assault.
The investigation is ongoing by the Duluth Police Violent Crime Unit. |
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81717 - Sat Oct 17 22:34:47 2009 - [Balls, C and the STFU] By: mons veneris |
| Just checked out areavoices. Glad to see that Stahl is growing a set of balls! He is finally standing up to the sushi eating cyber slut! Good for you Stahl. You can take the lead in telling "C" to STFU. She been a pest on local blogs for a few years now, people are finally waking up to her agenda. DCB exposed her hidden agenda quite some time ago and has for the most part kept "it" the hell off this blog. |
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81716 - Sat Oct 17 22:16:17 2009 - [Oh Canada! Olson married Nichols] By: Beth Olson Watch |
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/149356/
The 39-year-old’s success hasn’t come without controversy. After winning the primary, she faced criticism on right-leaning blogs and radio talk shows after it was revealed that Olson was arrested for disorderly conduct during a 2004 protest against President Bush when he spoke at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. The charges were dropped; the city attorney said Olson should have been charged with trespass.
Olson said she was protesting Bush’s stance against recognizing relationships for gay and lesbian people.
She’s also been active in trying to raise awareness of GLBT rights. In 2005, she and her then-partner, Angela Nichols, were featured in a News Tribune article about gay couples who were raising children. Olson married Nichols in Canada, but she said the two are no longer together.
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81715 - Sat Oct 17 18:17:04 2009 - [Gay conflict of interest ] By: Claire |
| Is it true that Kerry Gauthier is gay? This seems like a conflict of interest to me. |
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081714 - Sat Oct 17 18:16:07 2009 - [] By: Claire |
| I heard that Beth Olson's wife is having an affair and she doesn't even try to do anything to stop her? Can anyone verify this for me? |
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