Two people who founded MNSpeak/Secrets of the City/Talk were the subject of articles recently. This one, from the New York Observer, asks Rex Sorgatz the tantalizing question: “As a straight man, how can you justify hosting a Gossip Girl viewing party?” This MinnPost post provides an update on Chuck Olsen of “UpChuck” fame, on his newly revamped MN Stories project. [Update: Gawker really doesn't think very highly of Rex. In the last two days, they've had two posts about him, one titled the Last Hurrah of Microcelebrity.]
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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 →
"It is the churches that are the catalyst for bringing in refugee populations and showing them to the door of the welfare office." Uhm, no it's ...
mnblrmkr
Nov 21 2009 - 7:09 pm →
@Rat: Well, you asked who I had in mind. At least I'm providing links to things that actually happen; not just uncited innuendo. I could've also po...
noodleman
Nov 21 2009 - 12:28 pm →
Latest comment — Bixby: Re: Max's most recent comment. Perhaps you should have split the post into separate topics before you greenlit it? And it's Gawker and Jezeb...