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Bachmann's obvious inspiration

By now, you've likely heard about Michele Bachmann's bizarre ebonics episode, during which she said to the African American head of the RNC: "You be da man! You be da man!"

Lest you be tempted to give her the benefit of the doubt, the tape has been aired, and it strikes the ear even weirder than when read in text.

It's like your mom dancing to Snoop Dogg.

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                                                                      Photo by [[MorphoMir]] via Flickr

                    We need this feeling

About four months ago, I sat before a tumbler of my favorite single malt and reminded with lament, frustration, and bitter fact that the Phillies' World Series win labeled our headquarters as the 4-sport market with the longest championship drought.  Can we expect that to change anytime soon?

Here's one man's view of the respective Big 4's chances (listed in order for furthest to nearest) of -- if nothing else -- appearing in a championship series anytime during the Obama Administration (Term 1):

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Earlier this week, a bill that would outlaw smoking in cars with passengers under the age of 18 cleared a hurdle after Minnesota Senate panel gave it the green light.

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The drama surrounding one of Norm Coleman's key witnesses is even confusing us and making us a bit dizzy. Why does this have to get so muddy?

Coleman's key witness for his claim of double voting, election worker Pamela Howell was removed from the stand earlier this week when Coleman's legal team failed to provide all of the notes to Al Franken's lawyers. The three-judge panel decided it was an honest mistake and put her back on the stand. Oops.

Turns out there is even more to this story and she was taken off the witness stand again. Give us a break.More >>

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Minneapolis got $12.4 million, St. Paul $8.9 million, Hennepin County $4.9 million to snap up and redevelop foreclosed properties in areas decimated by the economy.

The money came from the federal government's Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The grant was awarded last fall; the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency decided who got the money and announced its decision yesterday. The agency spread the wealth among zip codes and counties that had the greatest need.

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There's an interesting new study out that analyzes the consumption of porn by state. Pharyngula points us to the study by Benjamin Edelman for the Harvard Business School where he used credit card receipts (with Zip codes) from a major online adult entertainment provider to see which states are buying the most porn.

According to one of his calculations, Minnesota ranks in the bottom 10 for subscriptions to porn per 1,000 internet users. We'd like to think we were slightly misled. More >>

Thanks to a link from MinnPost's David Brauer, we got to listen to the insightful Rush Limbaugh rant about the recent Minnesota grant to help newspapers get up to speed on this new Internet thing everyone's been talking about.

Limbaugh didn't have many kind words to say about a $238,000 grant to retrain the "drive-by" staff at the Pioneer Press and Duluth News Tribune. He also didn't hesitate to mock the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, calling it a "Journalism Screwl".

Limbaugh's conclusion: They are all suckling up to the government teat and more newspapers are likely to latch on if the idea gets around.

Watch the video below.

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The latest tactic in Iraq: Scare the crap out of terrorists with roller skis. It just might work.

We're just kidding. Cpt. Kenath Harris, 834th Aviation Support Battalion Chaplain of Minneapolis, MN participated in the Wisconsin-based Birkebeiner cross-country ski race on the Joint Base Balad, Iraq flight line on Feb. 21. Who needs snow anyway? Keeping the Midwest alive in the Middle East.

Photo by The National Guard, more photos on Flickr.

Yes. It snowed a heap-load last night. And aside from the hard-core riders who impress us daily, this means beautiful bike weather is still a ways away. No matter. This just gives us time to surf the web and look at people riding fixies. Yep. Fixies. The freedom of a bike without a freewheel. Sure, it's scene. But who cares? These bikes are fun to ride.

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Friday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp:

Stop driving drunk: Cabs just got cheaper!
The new cab rate will go down to $2 per mile effective Sunday. That's a break of $1.68 on a 5-mile trip. The Strib warns that it might not last long and riders should be sure to check meters to make sure they are reset.

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