Manhattan traffic jam, 1923. By Eugene de Salignac, from the New York City Municipal Archives (via Alan Taylor of The Atlantic).
In truth, the best time to caramelize onions is yesterday.
Or, I’d add, never. Tom Scocca on the ten-minute lie.
Path of North Minneapolis tornado now visible in Google Earth. (One year later.)
She has not been effective. Her record is nonexistent. She hasn’t been the sponsor of one bill that’s ever been passed, she’s in the lower eight percentile of co-sponsorship of passed bills, hasn’t worked to extend the Northstar Rail. The new bridge up in St. Cloud was building in spite of her, not because of her. She has a very low rating as far as being present on the floor voting. She has been an ineffective leader by all metrics, but a lot of people know that anyway.
Congressional candidate Jim Graves, responding to a question about Michele Bachmann’s legislative record. To recap: what record?
“Kathy Jensen’s signature laugh”
…as transcribed by Prince’s trombone player.
Awesome. Also the clips on their web site are great.
This Saturday is the third and last performance of Savannah Reich’s Us with Moustaches: A Performance Manifesto. It’s a play about six performers who decide to take their art seriously. It’s very funny. If in Minneapolis, I recommend you cancel your other plans and see this instead.
MNpublius: Senate gives Vikings a sweetheart deal
The State Senate approved the Vikings stadium last night, making its final passage all but certain. In the process, they eliminated certain provisions in the House bill that made the deal at least palatable. The Senate’s version of the Vikings bill is a sweetheart deal for the Vikings and billionaire Zygi Wilf. A few of the differences include:
Kind of revolting, watching the Senate rush to one-up the House in how much of our money to give to one private business.
Culpable de la Crisis. Photo by Susana Vera (from “What the Recession Looks Like in Spain”).
These ideas for Park and Portland Avenues look great: safer biking, safer walking, a greener neighborhood, minimal real impact on driving, and not expensive to implement. Yes, please!
It’s like a weird competition all women are participating in, where no one really knows the rules and there’s no winners and everyone is sad.
