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A flash mob of dozens “glittered” a Marcus Bachmann stand-in (actor Carl Atiya Swanson) Thursday in front of Bachmann & Associates, the Christian counseling center owned by Michele and Marcus Bachmann, while dancing to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
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Jerome Liebling, a pioneering socially conscious documentary photographer and teacher for more than half a century, died on July 27th in Northampton, Mass., at the age of 87. Mr. Leibling’s subtly powerful pictures influenced a generation of socially minded photographers and documentary filmmakers.
Along with a wave of pioneering photographers who included Walker Evans, Paul Strand, Berenice Abbott, Helen Levitt and Gordon Parks, Jerome Liebling helped define the look of 20th century documentary photography. Leibling took to the streets of New York in the 1940s to make art by turning his camera onto corners of urban life that had too often been ignored by many photographers before him. He captured the lives of ordinary people on the streets of New York, including in his childhood neighborhood of Brighton Beach, as well as around the world.
Most of Mr. Liebling’s life was spent teaching. He started a photography and film department at the University of Minnesota in 1949, and taught at Hampshire College from 1970 to 1990. The school’s photography building is named in his honor. A number of of Mr. Liebling’s students became professional photographers and filmmakers, receiving Academy Awards, Emmys and Peabody awards for their work.
Liebling received numerous awards and grants, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, a National Endowment for the Arts Photographic Survey Grant, and a fellowship from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts. His photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a photo-gallery and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/jerome-liebling-a-documentary-photographer-whose-camera-captured-the-human-spirit/Jerome Liebling, a pioneering socially conscious documentary photographer and teacher... more
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A Minnesota school district allowed a homecoming event called "Wigger Day," during which students wore clothes and behaved in a manner that "from their perspective, mimicked black culture," according to a federal class action lawsuit filed against the district on Friday.
The suit alleges that despite student council voting on a "tropical theme" for homecoming in 2009, a group of approximately 60 students from the predominantly white school instead attended the event dressed for "Wigger Wednesday" in "oversized sports jerseys, low-slung pants, baseball hats cocked to the side and 'doo rags.'"
"Wigger is a pejorative slang term for a white person who emulates the mannerisms, language and fashions associated with African-American culture," the complaint explains.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/wigger-day-red-wing-minnesota_n_916323.htmlA Minnesota school district allowed a homecoming event called "Wigger Day,"... more
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Two national civil rights groups and a Minneapolis law firm filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Anoka-Hennepin School District on behalf of five current and former students who say they were bullied at school because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation.
Outside a Champlin middle school Thursday morning, the Southern Poverty Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Faegre & Benson law firm announced that the suit had been filed in U.S. District Court against Minnesota's largest school district.
It seeks to end the district's sexual orientation curriculum policy, also known as the neutrality policy, and seeks compensation for the students who say they were repeatedly bullied because they were gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, or perceived to be GLBT.
"The Anoka-Hennepin School District, where we stand today, has refused to take a stand against harassment and bullying," said Mary Bauer, the legal director at the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center. "This policy sends a message to kids that who they are is not OK. Our plaintiffs have stood up and said no more."
The announcement comes a day after the school district released a statement acknowledging that federal authorities have been investigating the district since November after a compliant or complaints of student bullying. In the statement Wednesday, the district also said it wanted to work with the two national civil rights groups to resolve concerns about the policy instead of going into costly litigation.
"We feel that it would be better to put our energy and resources into materials for training students and all staff that would be more effective than what we're doing," district spokeswoman Mary Olson said Thursday.
Sam Wolfe, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, said they met with the school district once after their May request. But refusal by the school board to get rid of the policy is a "nonstarter" for further discussions, he said.
"There is a great sense of urgency that this problem needs to be addressed," Wolfe said. "We can't really wait for the federal government to go through their process. It's important with school starting again ... that we really need to move forward now."
The sexual orientation curriculum policy allows teachers to discuss issues related to sexual orientation in the classroom but requires them to maintain neutrality -- the only local school district known to have such a policy.
District leaders maintain that the policy is appropriate because the community is split on GLBT issues.
Bullying has been a high-profile issue in the district over the past year.
Last fall, after a number of student suicides in the 38,000-student Anoka-Hennepin district, GLBT advocates argued that some deaths stemmed from bullying because of real or perceived GLBT orientation. In December, the district said an investigation into six teen suicides had found no links to bullying.
http://www.startribune.com/local/north/125958688.htmlTwo national civil rights groups and a Minneapolis law firm filed a federal lawsuit... more
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This is Michele Bachmann. She is about to run for president on an ignorant, homophobic campaign. This fate could have been avoided if she had a sassy gay friend. Oh wait she's married to one!This is Michele Bachmann. She is about to run for president on an ignorant,... more
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I have rebuked my sexuality and forsaken my gaydom.
But how?
Simple: I prayed it away. All it took was a trip to Minneapolis and an a few appointments at Bachmann and Associates' reparative therapy sessions. There, I learned that the only way to correct my misguided sexual orientation was through Christ.
http://tinyurl.com/647e226I have rebuked my sexuality and forsaken my gaydom.
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So the former RIPublican governor screws the pooch on the state budget, declines to run for a third term, then tells fellow RIPublicans to hold the line of the budget. The MN economy will crash shortly as thousands of state employees have no income. No income by anyone slows the economy. No income means no tax revenue for income or sales.
Why are countries with low tax rates suffering from slow sluggish economies. Why are highly taxed countries not having the same problem. Could it be that they live within the means that they wants themselves to live? i.e. cradle to grave healthcare and education for all. Sweden, Denmark, Germany all have high tax rates on both individuals and corporations. All have much lower disparity in income than the U.S.
Where is the economic growth from all of the tax cuts previously? Reagan cut taxes after coming into office and had two recessions. Bush had to raise taxes, Clinton raised taxes further and there was economic growth like not seen since the end of WWII. Bush II cut taxes and the economy stalled before Osama put it in hiatus. Obama allowed the RIPublicans to force and extention of Bush's tax cuts and the economy is about in a double dip recession from it when it was climbing out with the stimulus (that was under financed because of RIPublican pressure).
Tax cuts for the wealthy never creates jobs, ever!So the former RIPublican governor screws the pooch on the state budget, declines to... more
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Source: NYT
With only hours remaining before most Minnesota services will shut down if the state does not approve a new budget, political leaders met behind closed doors on Thursday but emerged again with no deal on a spending plan and no signs of a resolution in sight.
And so, on the eve of a holiday weekend, Minnesotans were bracing for the possibility that the state’s parks and the Minnesota Zoo will be closed, hunting and fishing licenses will not be issued, and the state’s lottery system and racetracks will shut down. By Thursday afternoon, workers were already closing the state’s 84 major rest areas along highways. Thousands of state workers were preparing to be sent home without pay, and contractors were getting ready to walk away from a hundred road construction projects that are underway.
While the budget year begins on Friday in many states, Minnesota was one of several that had yet to seal a deal by Thursday afternoon, but was one of the few in the nation making immediate preparations for a shutdown. The last such standoff in Minnesota came under an entirely different set of leaders in 2005, but involved the shutdown of far fewer services and lasted a matter of days.
Since early this year, the politicians in St. Paul have been locked in a battle over how to solve budget woes under a divided government. Republicans, who took control of both chambers of the Legislature last fall, urged sharp cuts and a cap on spending to the $34 billion that the state expected to take in over the next two years. Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat elected in the fall, called for collecting more in income taxes from the highest earners to solve an anticipated $5 billion deficit and to spare cuts in services to the most vulnerable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/us/01minnesota.html
"Does this mean Pabst Blue Ribbon stocks went up today????Source: NYT
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On Twitter.com, there is an atmosphere of constructive intellectual exchange that challenges and causes each of us to think about why we believe what we believe. The internet represents a similar component of technological advance as Movable Type did to the First Enlightenment* (1650AD-1800AD). Twitter.com, Facebook.com and MySpace.com are analogous the coffeehouses and debating clubs of First Enlightenment. Through these electronic forums, Information and Ideas are being freely exchanged at a rate too fast for most governments to adapt to (for the purpose of maintaining their own power and the status quo)
One of my fellow Citizens and Patriots, responding to one of my “tweets” suggested that a split was occurring amongst WE THE PEOPLE in general and, in particular, those of us who take a greater interest in Liberty, Freedom and Politics.
My fellow citizen and cohort described this perceived split as "Libertarian" vs "Conservative". Before I say more, I thank my said cohort for bouncing their ideas off from me, so I would be inspired to reflect upon what causes me to believe what I believe in this regard. I hope that each of you are enlightened by our exchange of ideas...."
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It seems Michele Bachmann made a big splash at the Republican debates when she formally threw her hat into the ring. But, many of her supporters may have wished she'd thrown her panties in instead.It seems Michele Bachmann made a big splash at the Republican debates when she... more
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Thank you Pawlenty for creating this mess.
Thank you GOP legislators for not compromising.
Now our state will shut down and we will have to deal with:
* Can't enjoy our state parks
* Can't have court procedings heard in a timely manner
* Universities will shut down
* Essential Government services sharply curtailed
* Roads not being repaired
* Locked Highway rest stops
* No Drivers Licences issued
and the list goes on and on...
SHAME on you, GOP Legislature!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/minnesota-budget-layoff-notices_n_875219.htmlThank you Pawlenty for creating this mess.
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This is a teaser for an article that I posted on my Blog MINNESOTA JUDICIAL REFORM
AND ACCOUNTABILITY [ http://bit.ly/jPM1H8 ]. It includes Proposed Legislation that I have sent to my Minnesota US 6th District Representative, Michele Bachmann. In my humble opinion, this should be the single most important issue of the 2012 Elections.
Upon reading my article and proposed legislation, I believe you will reach the same conclusion that I have: Sovereign Immunity is a fraud. It was not provided for in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It results from a deliberate and fraudulent Judicial Interpretation to the 11th Amendment. Sovereign Immunity is what prevents WE THE PEOPLE from suing and holding accountable our Elected Officials, Judges, Government and Government Agencies and Government Bureaucrats. For we rank and file citizens, the political party that you belong to should not be a consideration in supporting this proposed legislation. After reading my article, I believe you will be as angry and motivated for this proposed reform as I am.
If Upon reading this, you find yourself in agreement with my assessment and proposed Legislation Please contact Representative Michele Bachmann [ http://bachmann.house.gov ] at the following voice and fax numbers.
Washington D.C. Office
103 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2331 Fax: (202) 225-6475
Woodbury Office
6043 Hudson Rd, Suite 330 Woodbury, MN 55125
Phone: 651-731-5400 Fax: 651-731-6650
St. Cloud/Waite Park Office
110 2nd Street S, Suite 232 Waite Park, MN 56387
Phone: 320-253-5931 Fax: 320-240-6905
LEGAL EVIL? In their own words - Revised and Updated to include Proposed Legislation Language sent to my MN US Representative, Michele Bachmann [ http://bit.ly/jPM1H8 ]
With the US Judiciary's reputation for integrity and honesty firmly embedded in the minds of WE THE PEOPLE, what standing does any single Citizen have to challenge their reputations? To overcome this handicap, I will use the American Legal System’s own words to expose the true nature of their integrity and character.
Let us begin with the words of former FBI director J Edgar Hoover:
"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.''
Next, I am going to use the words of Judges themselves. Judges allege that they reach conclusions by citing existing case law aka previous rulings of judges.
In my research on immunity for Judges and States, I was astonished and dismayed to learn the liberties the Judges had taken, and leaps of logic they had used, to interpret and write case law and rules in their favor.
The first cases I will cite are:
Wiggins v Hess (1976, CA8 Mo) 531 F2d 920
"Judicial immunity applies even when judge acts maliciously and corruptly; judge loses his immunity from liability for damages in violation of 42 USCS &1983 ONLY if he acts in clear absence of jurisdiction."
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Holloway v Walker (1985, CA5 Tex) 765 F2d 517
"Judges absolute immunity from suit under 42 USCS & 1983 for actions take under jurisdiction is not avoided by allegation that the acts are performed pursuant to bribe or conspiracy."......
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota has a long and potentially polarizing campaign in store after state lawmakers agreed to allow voters to decide whether to limit civil marriage to heterosexual couples — a prohibition that already exists in state law.
The House voted 70-63 just before midnight Saturday after nearly six hours of emotional debate that raised many of the issues likely to resonate in the coming campaign.
Critics of the amendment said it would divide families and neighbors and harm the dignity of gay people, while its supporters said the definition of marriage is important enough that voters alone — not judges or legislators — should decide how it's addressed in the constitution.Jason Adkins is executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, which lobbied for the amendment at the Legislature. He said if opponents of the amendment think they can win over the public then they wouldn't have lobbied the Legislature so hard to reject it.
"If they were so confident of winning the debate in the public square, I'm not sure why they were so afraid to put it on the ballot," Adkins said.
Adkins said their principle argument would be that "children thrive and are nurtured best when they are raised by a mother and a father."
"Marriage under civil law is about attaching children to their parents, not just a relationship based on a consensual agreement between two adults who love each other," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_minnesotaST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota has a long and potentially polarizing campaign in... more
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This is a teaser from an article I wrote on Examiner.com:
From Public School, to church, to the movies and the major media and elections themselves, the American public is induced to believe that the Judges of America are men of integrity beyond reproach.
So with all of those credentials and long years of propaganda and censorship one faces a mighty steep mountain of indoctrination, propaganda and goodwill in exposing the true nature of Minnesota and the Country's Judiciary.
With the Judiciary's reputation reputation for integrity and honesty firmly embedded in the minds of WE THE PEOPLE, what standing do I have to challenge their reputations. In my estimate, what ever I might say would be easily dismissed, for what is my word to the word of these prestigious Judges.
To overcome this handicap, I will use the American Legal Systems own words to expose the true nature of their character.
Let us begin with the words of former FBI director J Edgar Hoover:
"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.''
Whatever could the former director of the FBI, with all of the domestic intelligence information at his disposal, have meant by such a statement? I leave it to the reader to reach their own conclusion.
Next, I am going to use the words of Judges themselves. Judges have a strange little way of reaching conclusions allegedly using case law and jurisprudence. This effectively means they theoretically use the findings of previous judges to base their decision on the current case. Most of these rulings are reduced to short citations of a single sentence or a paragraph along with the case caption and where it is publicized (When judges do bad things and don't follow the law, they just don't publish their rulings - You see the secret is, Judges just censor from the general public most of the bad, unjust things they do.)
I recently had cause to research various rulings on immunity for Judges and State Governments. And I was astonished and devastated to learn the liberties they had taken and leaps of logic they had used to write the rules in their favor.
Using their own words, the first case I will cite is Wiggins v Hess (1976, CA8 Mo) 531 F2d 920 and Harley v Oliver (1976, CA9 Ark) 539 F2d 1143
"Judicial immunity applies even when judge acts maliciously and corruptly; judge loses his immunity from liability for damages in violation of 42 USCS &1983 ONLY if he acts in clear absence of jurisdiction."...
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Examiner. com Legal Evil? In their own words - Part 1 of 3 http://exm.nr/jhsah8
Those were my thoughts.
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In part of the continuing change to Minnesota's business with health insurance plans, the state announced Tuesday that for major health plans agreed to a 1 percent cap on their profits on state business.
The one-cap means that the plans -- BlueCross BlueShield, HealthPartners, Medica, and UCare -- will return any profit above 1 percent to the state next April.
The change in Minnesota's $3 billion annual health care payments could mean a pay off for the state at a time when its budget is facing a $5 billion deficit. In announcing the deal, the governor's office did not include any estimate of how much money would be returned but noted that one of the plans -- UCare -- had already announced it would give $30 million back to the state this year.
Human Services commissioner Cindy Jesson said she didn't have any exact figures for how much the agreement would mean to the state's bottom line. But she said had the agreement been in place last year it would have meant a give back of about $85 million.
For weeks, the Dayton administration had urged plans to voluntarily give back to the state. Jesson said that approach had not resulted in a pay off so the administration switched its approach to ask plans to agree to the contract amendment and the one-time cap.
After some quick, intense, neogitations over the last four days, which included a meeting between Jesson, Gov. Mark Dayton and the insurance companies' executives Monday, the plans all agreed to the one time cap.
Earlier this month, Dayton revamped the state's health care strategy by ordering new competition for businesses that want to cover half a million Minnesotans.
"This announcement comes following health plans, on Friday, reporting collective profits of 3.8% made on its 2010 contracts for taxpayer-funded public health programs. Profits had increased substantially from 2.6% in 2009 to the 3.8% profit reported for 2010," the governor's office said Tuesday.
"HealthPartners has a long history of partnership with the state. We have made significant contributions through our efforts in care delivery, the General Assistance Medical Care program, as well as participation in the Coordinated Care Delivery system and our commitments to issues such as mental health and disparities. We believe this one-time contract amendment is appropriate given the state’s current financial situation," HealthPartners said in a statement.
The plans may have some self-interest in the agreement. With the state facing a deficit -- and possible deficits in the years to come -- lawmakers and the governor have looked at trimming back its health care spending to close the budget gap.
TakeAction Minnesota, a Democratic-leaning coalition of groups, applauded the agreement but said it did not go far enough.
"The new agreement stops short of addressing the years of overpayments into the state’s health plans, including the significant HMO profits reported for 2010. Years of overpayments have allowed the health plans to amass $2.5 billion in reserve funds. Today’s agreement leaves those funds untouched," the organization said in a statement.In part of the continuing change to Minnesota's business with health insurance... more
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