gave the NYPD an "A" in how they're handling the OWS situation.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/20111...
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He's the model citizen, the guy you want your daughter to date, yet Tim Tebow can't help being the most polarizing figure in all of professional sports.

And during the upcoming holiday shopping season, Tebow is going to get even more controversial -- once again without any action on his part.

A handful of Denver fans have decided a customized Tim Tebow jersey would make for the perfect Christmas gift. What could possibly be troubling about that? A whole lot, depending on who you ask.

Rather than have the last name "Tebow" on the back of the Broncos jersey, these fans have placed "Jesus" above Tebow's No. 15.

Not everyone thinks it's appropriate. Some fans told CNN (via KTVQ) that the new custom apparel is blasphemous.
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But Rev. Marcus Buckley of a Baptist Church in Greer, Colo. believes those who speak out against such public displays of religion are haters.
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http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/13...

One day after Jesse Ventura lost his legal challenge to airport pat-downs and full-body scans, the former Minnesota governor declared Friday that he will "never fly commercial again" and just might run for president so he can change passenger security measures.

Ventura made his comments outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, where in January he sued to challenge the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) airport security procedures. The suit was thrown out because Congress set up the law so that all such challenges must be brought directly in Circuit Courts of Appeals, wrote U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson.

After getting a titanium implant in his hip in 2008, Ventura's suit said, he started lighting up airport magnetometers. At first, screeners waved a magnetic hand wand over him and sent him through. But last year, the TSA's enhanced screening procedures meant he had to go through invasive full-body scans or pat-downs, the suit added.

The scans reveal too much and the pat-downs require a security officer to grope his body, "including private and sensitive areas," the suit read.

"I will never fly commercially again," Ventura said to reporters Friday, adding that he hasn't flown since he was searched at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport nearly a year ago.

more at link.

He's also considering a Presidential run.

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_w... /

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It's pretty much universally accepted that turkeys are colossally stupid. We can now also confirm not only this, but also that they're also pretty damn tough.

Or, at least one of them, namely the bird that flew into Kathy Ganzer's house -- the hard way.

Ganzer wasn't home on the evening of September 7, but her neighbors filled her in on what they think happened.

Four wild turkeys were hanging around in Ganzer's neighborhood, which is apparently quite the hot spot for these feathered idiots. Something must've spooked the birds, because three of them shot right out of the yard and into a tree.

The fourth went the wrong way, crashing right through Grazer's double pane window and into her den.

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http://www.occupymn.org/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzHLTy33qWM

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/netflix

and she was given a breathalyzer test. Some kid and the mother hit my gf car and the police arrived to give a breathalyzer to my gf.

This was in a snooty suburb where my gf was doing a gardening gig. She had a friend helping her. The cop didn't even talk to the kid about the accident.



edit for typos.

I love these guys.

http://mn2020hindsight.org/view/shutdown-r...

There’s been a lot of comparison charts going around since the shutdown. In case you missed it, MPR released a June 30th video on how to understand the state budget mess in 3 minutes.

It does a great job illustrating the budget differences between Governor Dayton and the state legislature. While the main divide centers around health and human services. Conservatives are proposing a vision for Minnesota that strips much of what made our state strong.

In the spirit of MPR’s 3 minute theme, I’m taking a crack at showing you—in 3 paragraphs—how we wound up in this mess.

1. Conservatives’ Unicorn offers. As we neared a shutdown, conservative lawmakers decided sending unrealistic offers to the governor would be good for progress. On June 16th, conservatives offered a “big compromise.” They eliminated their tax cuts proposal, many of which went to middle-class Minnesotans and small business operators. Shifting this $200 million they thought would erase the $1.8 billion gap between them. On June 29th, 28 hours before the government shutdown, another proposal was introduced that asked the governor to accept a variety of non-budgetary agenda items, including a conservative redistricting proposal, voter identification laws, additional abortion regulations, and reducing collective bargaining rights.

2. Distractions and publicity stunts. Among the many things that could be placed in this category, a few truly stand out. A classic bill that would have eliminated eight state agencies, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Management and Budget, and the Department of Revenue. The “shoot first” bill attempted to radically change the landscape of our gun laws in Minnesota. Proposing and passing the voter I.D. bill which would have seriously impinged on voter rights. They also voted to put a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage on the ballot for 2012.

3. Millionaires, not Minnesotans. In the waning hours of budget negotiations, Governor Dayton backed off taxing the top 2 percent, opting to only tax Minnesota millionaires, roughly 7,700 people. Evidently, there was no room for negotiations of that kind, and that proposal was promptly rejected.

With all of the finger pointing, remember these three paragraphs. Credit should be given where credit is due. Conservatives’ hard work produced this shutdown. The governor has made seven reasonable and balanced offers to solve our budget deficit. Conservatives have offered gimmicks and “no-new-tax” ideology, but no compromise, to protect the state’s wealthiest.



More at link.

Behind The Awkwardness: Big Red



http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com

From the City Pages: http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/05...



The actual letter from the student to Bachmann at the link.