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June 16, 2011
Sen. Michael Jungbauer denies climate science, and faking his resume
Sen. Mike Jungbauer, climate expert.State Sen. Michael Jungbauer says he's smarter than 98 percent of the men and women who have dedicated their lives to studying climatology, and dismisses their work on climate change and global warming as alarmist nonsense. What gives the Republican from E ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Odd Future will make their first million on their own terms
Odd Future didn't sign a record deal today but did, according to several reports, take a big step towards some millions. While the details are still hazy, the nature of the "deal" is pretty interesting given that these kids could've gone with literally any label they wanted. Instead they just ... More >>
News
February 23, 2011
Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business
Behind the scenes of standardized testing
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Foodie alert: Fabian Seafood truck in the Twin Cities today
www.fabianseafood.comIowans buying Fabian Seafood in the 1980s.The Fabian Seafood Company of Galveston, Texas (about 300 miles west of the BP spill), is in its 33rd year of driving trucks of fresh seafood--wild-caught Gulf shrimp, blue crab, oysters, and more--to the Twin Cities and selling i ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Top 5 worst restaurant names
Wondering if this was a good restaurant name...In honor of Thom Pham's recent naming troubles with his new Wondrous Azian Kitchen (formerly "Wanderers Wondrous Azian Kitchen"), we decided to look into the worst-named restaurants, past and present, in the Twin Cities. Add your suggestions in the c ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Michele Bachmann revives BP, death panel bunk
Up for re-election in November, congresswoman Michele Bachmann must figure it's time to haul out the scare tactics again. Two weeks ago the White House was fomenting socialism and One World Government. Now, we're back to Obama creating death panels with health care reform and opening a politi ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Jim Oberstar hammers BP for treating us like chumps [VIDEO]
Screen grab via YouTubeOberstar in actionRep. Michele Bachmann drew hoots a few weeks ago for warning BP executives not to end up getting fleeced like chumps at the hands of the White House. How dare the president demand -- and get -- BP to create an independent, $2 billion fund to help victi ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Gay GOP "Drill, Baby, Drill" condom offers limited protection
We picked this little gem up at the Log Cabin Republicans booth at Twin Cities Pride over the weekend. It offers protection when used as designed. But we're not sure a thin layer of latex is the answer to BP's toxic plume in the Gulf of Mexico. City PagesThe Log Cabin Republicans handed out condom ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Tarryl Clark tars Michele Bachmann as being "in an oily hole"
Photo: USCG via FlickrMichele Bachmann has been targeted for her reflexive defense of BP, rather than the devastated lives of Gulf Coast residentsTarryl Clark and the Democrats are hitting Michele Bachmann and other congressional Republicans hard for their odd defense of BP and the toxic filt ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Bachmann slams Obama on BP, so we follow the money
Photo: USCG/FlickrDeepwater Horizon's fiery demiseRep. Michele Bachmann got her crazy on again this week, lobbing a factually-challenged verbal assault on the president for persuading BP to establish a $20 billion independent escrow account to administer claims against the oil giant for its d ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Michele Bachmann wants to protect BP from being "fleeced"
Boldy defending BP against the ranks of New Orleans' unemployedRep. Michele Bachmann, America's Dumbest Congresswoman™, worries that the Gulf oil spill could turn into one big rip-off ... for BP.Bachmann leapt to British Petroleum's fiscal defense at a Heritage Foundation luncheon yesterday, wh ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Gulf seafood: Will the Twin Cities be affected?
Louisiana oyster worker circa 1938As BP oil spills on and on into the Gulf, the seafood industry is being especially hard hit. With P & J Oysters in New Orleans--a major supplier, and the oldest plant of its kind in the United States with 134 years in business--shutting its doors, this had us ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Sacred Minnesota loons could meet oily end thanks to BP
This is a BP pelican. It could be a loon.Sure, we're sad BP's killing the coastal economy in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida -- and maybe a big chunk of the Eastern seaboard. Yes, we're heartbroken over those images of the flailing brown pelicans. But messin' with our loons? Come on. Now w ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Tim Pawlenty tries to blame Barack Obama for BP debacle
Screen grab via GMATim Pawlenty talked politics on "Good Morning America"He got to mix wonk with wisecracks last night on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, but this morning, Gov. Tim Pawlenty put on a necktie and did a little breakfast-time jousting with "Good Morning America" host George St ... More >>
Calendar
June 9, 2010
Policy and a Pint: Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around
Screen grab via GMATim Pawlenty talked politics on "Good Morning America"He got to mix wonk with wisecracks last night on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, but this morning, Gov. Tim Pawlenty put on a necktie and did a little breakfast-time jousting with "Good Morning America" host George St ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
BP's oil spill would cover a big chunk of Minnesota
Via If It Was My HomeSome local contextHow big is the oil spill unleashed by the blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico? One way to get a handle on the size of the disaster is to put it in local context. We figured it out (after the jump) with the help of some cool and ea ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
BP oil spill, Bush's war: Top 10 Epic Bad Calls
BY CP STAFFThe goat of the week is umpire Jim Joyce, who cost pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game with a blown call at first base. While this will surely go down in history as one of sport's all-time great fuck-ups, Joyce is far from the first person to screw up at a crucial moment.
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Keith Olbermann mocks Michele Bachmann on "commandeer" comment
Michele Bachmann, she of "gangster government" fame, continues to draw national media mocking for insisting that President Barack Obama should have commandeered boats to combat the drill-baby-drill BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. First, Hardball weighed in. Now, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Michele Bachmann calls the U.S. Attorney General a "trial lawyer"
Maybe time for a civics lesson?Michele Bachmann invoked the Charge of the Light Brigade, and epic British military failure, as a rallying cry for teabagger victory against health care reform. She flubbed the history of the Slaughter Solution. She got net neutrality exactly backwards. No ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Michele Bachmann demands gangster president commandeer boats
Rep. Michele Bachmann is happy to tar President Barack Obama as the anti-American leader of a gangster government. But evidently there are times when she's all in favor of a little gangster action -- such as Friday on the floor of the House of Representatives when she accused Obama of havin ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Amy Klobuchar wants BP criminal probe after oil spill disaster
Photo: uscgd8Deepwater Horizon burns and an environmental disaster loomsBP, the oil company staring down the maw of a vast environmental disaster after its Deep Horizon drilling rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, may have offered the federal government a bargeload of hogwash when it said it k ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Jim Oberstar sets House hearings on BP's Deepwater Horizon debacle
U.S. Air ForceA U.S. Air Force C130 drops oil-dispersing chemicals on the Gulf of MexicoBP executives and others are going to get an earful from members of Congress tomorrow, when the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure opens hearings into the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
Halliburton: Woman who inspired Franken's anti-rape law is a liar
The giant defense contractor is already the object of scorn for profiteering off the war in Iraq with amoral abandon.
News
March 25, 2009
The T. Boone Pickens alt-energy show rolls across America
Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas
Columns
April 23, 2008
Free Will Astrology
Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas
Blogs
April 6, 2008
U of M: Worldwide leader in ethanol debunking
Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas
Blogs
October 10, 2007
Boom boom bust: ethanol glut looms
Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas
News
July 4, 2007
Sucked Dry
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
September 19, 2006
9/19 Morning Communiqué
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Unknown
September 13, 2006
The Straight Dope®
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
June 30, 2006
The ethanol conundrum
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
March 29, 2006
3/29: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
March 1, 2006
3/1: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
January 23, 2006
1/23: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
December 23, 2005
12/23: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
December 21, 2005
If gas cost $9 a gallon, would you take the bus?
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
October 28, 2005
10/28: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
September 13, 2005
9/13: Morning Communique
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Unknown
August 3, 2005
Cavalcade of Exploding Justice!
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Blogs
March 16, 2005
Next week in CP:
Gore Vidal interview
In the rush to cash in on ethanol, the Midwest might be giving away its greatest natural resource
Books
October 13, 1999
Down at the Depot
Blight in southwest Minneapolis? According to city officials, you betcha!
Arts
January 13, 1999
Symphony of a City
With the national collapse of indie rock, 100 local music scenes bloom
Feature
May 1, 1998
Live from the Met
Ben Cameron tackles the tough trivia on the Texaco Opera Quiz
News
April 8, 1998
Prairie Dogged
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
Books
November 26, 1997
David Lebedoff: Cleaning Up
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
News
February 17, 1997
The New Alaskan Oil Rush
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
News
February 5, 1997
Shell, Texaco, and the Bonds of Oily Wedlock
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
News
July 31, 1996
What Big Oil Was Doing While You Were Fixing Your Solar Panel
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
News
May 15, 1996
The Oil Play
A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.
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