City Pages has put out their annual best of list. Among the highlights, best blog goes to Culture Bully, best Tweeter goes to Lileks, Best Villain goes to Bachmann.
City Pages’ Best Of
Apr 21 2009 — 2:48pm
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Skug and jane - I pretty much agree. (Boring!)
Gabriel Cheifetz
Nov 22 2009 - 2:23 am →
It is the point when defense contractors also suck off the public teat. Corporate welfare. Puts dollars in Dick Cheney's pockets.
noodleman
Nov 22 2009 - 1:11 am →
Fuck weapons of war also noodleman I don't want to pay for that either. Can you say red hearing. Pull out of every base around the globe is my ho...
swandog
Nov 22 2009 - 12:28 am →
Well, gosh, swandog. Let's make churches responsible for the behavior of all their congregations. But then who would be financially responsible for...
noodleman
Nov 22 2009 - 12:07 am →
Assurance Process The American resettlement organization must "assure" the Department of State that it is prepared to receive each matched refugee...
swandog
Nov 21 2009 - 11:45 pm →
Here's a short summary of the refugee resettlement process in the US: http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1082&subm=40&ssm=47&a...
mnblrmkr
Nov 21 2009 - 9:31 pm →
Just did a quick search, and it appears that for 2009, the refugee quota was set at 80,000 again. Usually, fewer refugees are actually admitted th...
mnblrmkr
Nov 21 2009 - 9:15 pm →
"So your premise is that the churches have nothing to do with importing refugee populations into the state." No ,they are involved, but the refu...
mnblrmkr
Nov 21 2009 - 9:13 pm →
http://www.mnchurches.org/programs/directservices/refugeservices.html Our Partnerships: Refugee Services became a program of the Minnesota Counc...
swandog
Nov 21 2009 - 8:00 pm →
Noodleman - I do NOT think that Somalians commit more welfare fraud than other groups of people. People are people they will always maximize a giv...
swandog
Nov 21 2009 - 7:43 pm →
11 Reader Comments
3:49 pm
No category for best local buttermilk Tweet?
haters!
4:46 pm
Lileks is the best Tweeter, that’s an excellent choice.
5:23 pm
Lileks is best at everything. I give up.
6:37 pm
Is DeRusha being ironic? I’m new here.
10:18 pm
I’m relatively impressed that the Happy Gnome got “Best Brewpub,” which is quite the feat considering they are not one.
10:52 pm
khenning, Lileks’ tweets are really good. At least 65% of them are funny, which is a really high percentage.
By comparison, my Tweets are 20% funny, 30% self-promoting, 30% self-deprecating, 10% unintentional, and 10% messages inserted by government spies who are taking over social network sites and by extension our brains by injecting all of us with an extra dose of pre-approved snark.
8:21 am
Your GQ on getting paid to blog last night was better than anything Lileks has done on video, Jason. That’s MNspeak’s own Andrew Eklund being interviewed.
Stay tuned for cameos from Dude Weather and WCCO producer Joan Gilbertson.
9:25 am
With the Weisman winning Best Museum, I’m now 4-for-4 in bringing a Best Museum within 18 months to any outfit that hires me. Any museums want to bring home some hardware, just make me an offer.
9:25 am
I consider the “best of” a fun sign of spring, even when the choices inspire howls of protest (deservedly or not).
9:39 am
The thing I always like about the “best of” issue is that it’s pretty much the only time CP (under any editorial regime) is generally positive about stuff.
4:35 pm
What about best bacon!?
My vote would go to Muffuletta… they have a bacon bratwurst on their menu for super cheap, on Tuesdays I think. But it’s the best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth! he he