There’s a new political party in MN the New Dignity Party

Here’s what they have to say,

This party is developing a new package of ideas that may help America at a critical point in our history. Born on the 4th of July in 2009, we declare our own independence from the bipartisan political regime.

In particular:

(1) We aspire to establish a new paradigm in the politics of identity.
(2) We would rein in powers assumed by local governments without the consent of the governed.
(3) We lament the decline of honest journalism as big media companies shape the news along certain lines.

Specifically:

(1) We like white people (and people of other races, too).
(2) We don’t like local governments meddling in their residents’ personal affairs.
(3) And you better shape up, too, Star Tribune!

VIA Chuckumentary

It seems to me their first specific point is really really weird and probably offensive to everyone under the age of 50. Also, they claim to create a new “paradigm”? Ugh.

What do you think?

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“the sombrero is for anyone who doesn’t show up in costume.”

Image uploaded by The Queen of Subtle

Sadly I missed Q.O.S.’s Halloween party, but it sounds like everyone had a blast.

I did take the kids out (one was a ladybug and the other a goldfish, the wife was Little Bo Peep) and then we handed out candy.

Also, I made a scary 30 second video with my cameraphone to terrify the wife.

Between groups of kids arriving the Ladybug and I would walk around the street in front of my house. I’d drag my leg through the leaves and clink the machete against the road. Several kids stuttered out a “ya..ya…You’re really scary” as they they tenatively held out their bag for candy.

What did you do for Halloween? Was your costume horrifying?

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Image vroom uploaded by Ruptured Dog

Lake Harriet Bandshell uploaded by cichlee {novella}

Just the other day I was contemplating, much like the above image, about bringing on even more authors.

Unlike the beautiful image above I wasn’t enjoying the serene beauty of our lakes, I was being tossed out of a car at 50mph for not paying a debt in a timely fashion. ( Grandmas, what are you going to do right? )

That’s when it hit me, the road. Just kidding, it was the car behind us. No really, I think it was Bob Dylan on a motorscooter.

I digress.

What I really mean to say is more awesome writers!

Jon will be covering local outdoors, biking, and whatever else catches his interest.

Meghan likes to write about music and set things on fire. She can actually burn down a rock pile with just an ice cube and flynt.

And last to the party will be, Kara who will be starting mid-November and is going to take up the helm of fashion and intrigue . You may know Kara from MnDaily where she’s been rocking the fashion scene.

Please treat the new authors right, they are friendly, but armed and extremely dangerous.

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I don’t even know what the hell a nerdy macaw is, but apparently Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation and director Carlos Saldanha all think that Neil Patrick  Harris would be a great representation of one when he (or his voice rather) stars in “Rio”, which follows the adventures of a nerdy macaw who lights out from his small-town Minnesota cage for the exotic Summer Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro. (via ABCNews)

I was curious after reading this much earlier today on the most credible news website known to man, Perez Hilton. (Nope, not linking that one.) What exactly is a nerdy macaw and why’s it gotta be from Minnesota? Google images says this is a nerdy macaw:

That’s just a creepy guy with no shirt on getting ready to make out with a bird. I don’t know if I’d call that nerdy or not. When I added “Minnesota” to my search, I wound up on this link. I’ll save you the trouble – it’s a “quality gay dating site”. Google Images has failed me.

The movie is also rumored to star Anne Hathaway (the hottie from The Devil Wears Prada or the beard that was married to Jake Gyllenhal’s character in Brokeback Mountain) and Rodrigo Santoro (who plays one of the dudes that get buried alive in “Lost” and has apparently been called the Brazilian Tom Cruise…). Fox hasn’t confirmed the aforementioned casting, but Fox doesn’t do a lot of things right anyway.

Bob Collins breaks the story

And a few moments ago, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a news release detailing a puzzling lapse by a Northwest Airlines flight crew over Minneapolis yesterday: On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 5:56 pm mountain daylight time, an Airbus A320, N03274, operating as Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight 188, became a NORDO (no radio communications) flight at 37,000 feet.

The flight was operating as a Part 121 flight from San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California (SAN) to MSP with 147 passengers and unknown number of crew.

At 7:58 pm central daylight time (CDT), the aircraft flew over the destination airport and continued northeast for approximately 150 miles. The MSP center controller reestablished communications with the crew at 8:14 pm and reportedly stated that the crew had become distracted and had overflown MSP, and requested to return to MSP.

Now, we could wait for a rational or reasonable explanation OR we could speculate wildy.

I think you know which I prefer.

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I’m pretty excited to be writing for Ye Ole Metroblogs again. It’s been a few years and I’ve actually moved into Minneapolis since the last time I wrote here. There are many o’ things to write about now, compared to my sordid history in Eagan and Burnsville. Don’t be shy, though – South of the River Represent!

I gotta tell ya, though. I stopped reading this site for a long time because it got to the point where everyone hated everything and finding original content was about as likely as Michelle Bachmann marching in the Pride parade next year. It’s improved immensely since those authors parted ways. And don’t worry – I couldn’t tell you who those authors were if I wanted to. I just know I haven’t wanted to slit my wrists when reading the posts here over the past several months.

But you know what I have wanted to do? Comment on some posts. Seems I can’t do that from work, though, as my IT Guy and the firewall he uses seem to think it’s Pornography. Other cities aren’t nearly as dirty as Minneapolis, at least according to SonicWall. Denver and Pittsburgh seem to talk about far less pornographic things.

David made me sign a blood oath and commit to writing 1-3 posts per week. Here’s one. I can guarantee the other ones won’t happen during business hours, but that’s about all the guarantees I’m going to make.

*I totally looked that up in my kid’s Spanish-English dictionary.

(photo Uploaded on September 15, 2009 by Opheliac9 )

This weekend while in a powermad rage fueled by ether and wild animal phermones I had most of the old Metblogs authors purged from the site.

BWAHAHAHAHAAA MUahhAAAAAA HA!

I would have also had them sent to Siberia, but upon consutling my Counsel it appears I do not have the authority to banish. Yet.

That said, I’d like to thank them for all their interesting contributions and hard work and perhaps we’ll again share a space in the Internets. (or Siberia)

Now, once again, I am recruiting authors. If you’re interested or know of someone that would be a good fit, shoot me a DM me on Twitter, email The Tempestlargo @ yahoo .com, or for a good time call . . .

Lastly, but certainly not leastly, I’d like to welcome new authors Ashley and Twodolla.

Twodolla aka Wendy has actually written for Metblogs in the past while Ashley says she’s up to the challenge and promises to keep the extreme drinking and petty thievery to a minimum.

I’m looking forward to both of their posts.

By the way, has anyone seen my wallet?

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Vikings: MOA buys naming rights to Metrodome field

The Minnesota Vikings and the Mall of America announced Thursday that MOA has bought the naming rights for the field in at the Metrodome for the next three years.

The field will be called Mall of America Field, and MOA will brand the dome’s exterior and interior signage and other promotional materials. … The MOA naming rights begin on gameday between the Green Bay Packers and the Vikings, who host the Packers for Monday Night Football on Oct. 5.

Do you know what this place needs?

A nickname!

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Only in Wisconsin. It’s reported that Western Wis. bar plans charity Favre burn

The Milwaukee Burger Co. says patrons can bring in their Favre jerseys, pictures, posters and memorabilia and toss them into the barrel. The bar plans to donate $10 to an unspecified charity for each piece burned

Though, a quick search of a Wisconsin Gov’t website shows

Smoke from burning garbage stinks, can trigger asthma attacks and contains toxic compounds. Open burning of household solid wastes also is illegal with limited exceptions For example, it is illegal to burn all plastic materials, kitchen wastes, dirty or wet paper wastes, treated or painted wood, furniture and demolition material – or any other material that creates a nuisance. The exceptions include (if not prohibited by local ordinance) lawn and garden debris, small quantities of clean, untreated, unpainted wood and clean paper waste that is not recyclable

It then goes on to suggest Alternatives

Reuse: Reuse household items and give toys, clothes and furniture that you no longer want or need to someone who can use them.

Recycle: It’s the law in Wisconsin to recycle plastic, glass, metal, newspaper and cardboard. Take your recyclables to the recycling center closest to your house if there is no roadside recycling pick-up.

So unless the Favre pictures, posters and memorabilia are made out of clean paper and don’t have any plastic they cannot be burned by law. Also, it appears that burning clothing may also be against the law.

Why can’t this stuff be given to a charity that will reuse and recycle?

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