The year is winding down, so, as they do every year, the local media is wrapping it up by listing their selections of the really notable of 2008. Here are the first few have found. More will be added. The Star-Tribune looks at the best in theater. City Pages lists the Best New Bands. And Vita.mn — well, let’s just say they are assembling all kinds of lists. What are your favorite Minnesota moments from 2008?
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Skug and jane - I pretty much agree. (Boring!)
It is the point when defense contractors also suck off the public teat. Corporate welfare. Puts dollars in Dick Cheney's pockets.
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...
Well, gosh, swandog. Let's make churches responsible for the behavior of all their congregations. But then who would be financially responsible for...
Assurance Process The American resettlement organization must "assure" the Department of State that it is prepared to receive each matched refugee...
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...
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...
"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...
http://www.mnchurches.org/programs/directservices/refugeservices.html Our Partnerships: Refugee Services became a program of the Minnesota Counc...
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...
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17 Reader Comments
8:14 am
Fav Minnesota moment from 2008? I take a strange pleasure that both the Lizard People and Flying Spaghetti Monter votes have made national headlines, but I think the best Minnesota moment of the year was the fabled Baconalia Get-together!
8:27 am
Best comment of 2008, this one.
8:50 am
I’d like to see the relentless end-of-the-year listing take a holiday.
8:57 am
Best MN Instant Karma Moment 2008.
8:58 am
I’d like to see the relentless end-of-the-year listing take a holiday.
8:59 am
You’re more likely to see Death take a holiday, kurtis.
9:11 am
That’s especially coming from a world famous meta-lister, Geoff.
9:12 am
And by “especially” I mean “especially + some adjective like “funny” or “ironic” or “interesting.”
9:19 am
Forgot to add Ed’s take on Baconalia: The Early Hours.
On a serious note, my thoughts are with one of folks who came to the Trible Rock that day, occational MNspeaker (Taul)Paul Saarinen and his wife Annemarie, who I used to work with at HealthPartners.
Their newborn daughter, Eve, was born with heart problems, it has been a rough few weeks for them. Paul has been giving regular updates on little Eve on Twitter.
9:20 am
I think that was Rex doing irony.
9:20 am
intended irony.
9:23 am
I hope little Eve gets better.
9:57 am
Me too.
11:48 am
Here is the best link of 2008! Greatest thing ever!
12:51 pm
Speaking of bacon …
“Bacon and Sons Ford of Hermosa Beach became one of the biggest Ford dealers west of the Mississippi … Their billboards carried drawings of a slab of bacon.”
12:53 pm
http://bacolicio.us/http://peta.org
9:05 am
MinnIndy’s latest listing on the Great 2008 List of Lists.