There's a dude who's listed as "Bob 'Again' Carney Jr".
I want to know how someone gets a nickname like "Again".
Cuddlegoose, October 06, 2013, 12:32:22 pm
Ideas for job/population growth: My concerns are about the arrangements that the money has with the people, specifically that the control that the banks have over the availability and value of the money.
If all the candidates for Minneapolis Mayor used public Bitcoin addresses for all campaign contributions, we’d automatically have instant transparency and accountability for money that comes in.
Man, what is it about crazy people and running for public office? Connie Marshall tried running for mayor of Louisville.
Isfahan, October 06, 2013, 02:25:49 pm
By the way, Captain Jack Sparrow does have a website. It's very aptly named.
http://occupirate.blogspot.com/
montrith, October 06, 2013, 09:10:34 pm
I didn't even know it was possible to get kicked out of the Occupy movement.If you look at it, Cpt. Sparrow is quite talented at getting kicked out groups you didn't think someone could get kicked out of. In this blog post (http://occupirate.blogspot.com/2013/08/draft-pirate-needs-more-than-on-plank.html) (written by his campaign manager Chucky), he brags that he's been kicked out of Occupy Minneapolis, the Coalition Against Police Brutality, the Peace & Justice Coalition, the Free Mumia Committee, and the Pirate Party. I'm not sure why you would brag about this, but I guess it's evidence of a conspiracy against him.
Moriarty, October 07, 2013, 12:52:55 am
As far as transportation is concerned Sparrow has advocated car pools and community-owned vehicles. More recently he now supports fellow Mayoral candidate Bob “Again” Carney, Jr's proposal for what Carney calls a Transit Revolution [disclosure: Carney is also Sparrow’s publicist.] “It is too detailed for a humble pirate to fully explain here, but I have looked at Carney’s plan for this and it is brilliant,” Sparrow said.I feel like Carney and Sparrow are trying to be corrupt politicians, but don't really have the hang of how it works yet.
And finally we need to apologize to Iran for conspiring to depose the duly elected president and installing the Shah in 1952 {See Mohammad Mosaddegh) and for the horrendous way the shaw treated his people which resulted in torture, rape and murder on a massive scale.Now you got the year wrong and you only spelled Shah right half of the time and you confused "Prime Minister" with Shah, but ignoring all that, I really love the idea that a pirate would be elected as mayor of an American city, and then immediately write...
DearAyatollah KhomaniMahmoud AhmadinejadThat Morsey guy? That's Iran right?
Mr. Rouhani,
I was recently elected mayor of the 47th most populous city in America because I look like the homeless version of a fictional pirate from a Disney movie that came out ten years ago. Seeing as how it's my first day in office, I wanted to get down to the important stuff first, SO I want to tell you that I'm super duper sorry about that time sixty years ago when the United States government staged a coup to remove Iran's democratically elected leader. I know a whole bunch of people were murdered in the following years and it fostered a religious extremism and contempt for American policy that continues to this day and it seems to me the ducks have come home to roost. Do you guys have ducks over there? The tandoori chicken has come home to roost, let's go with that.
Anyway, sorry about that. I'll tell you, I was none to happy to learn about that happening, and had I been elected as mayor of Minneapolis back when they were considering that plan, I would have vetoed it. I guarantee it. The point is, as Shaggy would say: "It wasn't me." I love that taboolie stuff, what's it made out of? Cous cous? Anyway, please no more terrorism.
Sincerely,
General Jack Sparrow, Esq.
Captain Jack Sparrow
He's a pirate, man, they don't roll with organizations.By the way, Captain Jack Sparrow does have a website. It's very aptly named.
http://occupirate.blogspot.com/
montrith, October 06, 2013, 09:10:34 pm
A bit less apt now that he's been kicked out of Occupy Minneapolis (http://occupirate.blogspot.com/2013/08/driven-out-and-kicked-out-only-to-form.html).
I didn't even know it was possible to get kicked out of the Occupy movement.
Moriarty, October 07, 2013, 12:52:55 am
If she was dating me, her mother would probably have a apoplectic fit over some of my beliefs, since in addition to being a Communist, I believe that Laura Ingalls Wilder is God, age of consent laws should be abolished, societal taboos such as incest and cannibalism are foolish, cleanliness and health should be free choices rather than societal mandates, personal sovereignty is more important than happiness, and people shouldn’t have to be socially acceptable.
What the heck is in your water supply down there?
kal-elk, November 05, 2013, 01:34:05 pm
A DFL candidate, Stephanie is a 48 year old Cargill executive and a lesbian.
Lemon, November 05, 2013, 12:55:42 pm
It might seem stupid to allow basically anyone to get on the ballot, but here in Georgia we take it to the other extreme with the most restrictive ballot requirements in the nation (http://www.macon.com/2012/03/01/1926351/georgia-set-to-keep-harsh-ballot.html). So I think you guys are on the right track. IRV is the future, I hope. I actually have a bunch of ideas on how to make voting in America work better, and if you guys don't mind me going on a bit I could write up a good post on 'em.
Runic, November 06, 2013, 05:31:31 pm
Yeah, but you'd have to redo pretty much the entire American electoral system to make that happen, and I don't see that happening any time soon. Frankly, just about anything is better than First Past the Post.
Runic, November 06, 2013, 10:12:45 pm
Terrible news, the Filing Fee ballot initiative (http://election.startribune.com/results/summary/metro-city-questions) (scroll down to Minneapolis City Question 1) passed by a healthy margin. This means you can't just bring $20 into a clerk's office and get yourself on the ballot, which means Minneapolis may never see an election that fun again. Plus side is that you can waive the filing fee if you have enough signatures, but that still means closing the ballot to people without any structure or motivation, but who have $20 and want to see "Party Pary Party Party Party Party Party Party" on everyone's ballot.I wonder if they have to be Minneapolis residents or if we could get some stupid reddit dicks to sign off on Jack Chick's candidacy.
Lemon, November 05, 2014, 11:23:31 am
Another way to prevent violence, is to stop glorifying the purveyors of violence, those from the past, as well as those in the present. In Europe, the Vikings went on a rampage, where they would attack undefended villages, killing everyone, including the women and children.Right, I... what now?
Even the clergy were killed in the name of Odin. They were also in the Americas, initiating the genocidal activities towards the Native Americans, which was then continued after the arrival of Columbus, some 500 years later. The Vikings left a legacy of murder, rape and slavery wherever they went.Why are you
I am calling for the elimination of the word "Vikings" in the name of the Minnesota football team.Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, gotcha. Okay, moving on.
Amnesty for all immigrants, the end of the economic embargo against Cuba, expropriation of drug companies, prosecuting and jailing cops guilty of killing and abuse, a massive public works program to employ millions of workers at union-scale wages, and the organization and unionization of workers.
Jacob Frey | 25% |
Tom Hoch | 19.3% |
Betsy Hodges | 18.1% |
Raymond Dehn | 17.3% |
Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15% |
(everyone else) | ~5% |
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Libertarian) | literally 1 vote |
Jacob Frey | 25.6% |
Tom Hoch | 20% |
Betsy Hodges | 18.6% |
Raymond Dehn | 17.8% |
Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15.5% |
Jacob Frey | 28.2% |
Raymond Dehn | 23% |
Betsy Hodges | 22.5% |
Tom Hoch | 21.8% |
Jacob Frey | 37.7% |
Raymond Dehn | 26.2% |
Betsy Hodges | 25.7% |
Jacob Frey | 44.7% |
Raymond Dehn | 33.5% |
Ginger Jentzen | 3,297 |
Steve Fletcher | 2,709 |
Tim Bildsoe | 2,552 |
Samantha Pre-Stinson | 1,007 |
Ginger Jentzen | 3,598 (+301) |
Steve Fletcher | 3,103 (+394) |
Tim Bildsoe | 2,734 (+182) |
Steve Fletcher | 4,861 (+1,758) |
Ginger Jentzen | 3,844 (+246) |
Tangentally related to this thread:Hell yeah, next year F Plus Live can be World Famous!
L.A. Nik just opened a bar. It's called World Famous SuperStar Bar. (http://www.citypages.com/music/la-nik-just-opened-a-bar-its-called-world-famous-superstar-bar/463931393)
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Lemon, December 14, 2017, 08:42:27 am