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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2011

Musing on a fourth dimension

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 10:30 AM Sep 23, 2011
2

Maybe Einstein’s theory of special relativity isn’t wrong. Maybe it’s absolutely correct in three dimensions, but this discovery tells us what’s happening in another dimension.

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Five by 8

The evil of gossip (5×8-9/23/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 7:47 AM Sep 23, 2011
4

A tribute to Eleanor Mondale, the homeless horseman, high school heroes, the marketing meat wagon, and the end of capitalism.

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Step aside, Einstein?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 3:19 PM Sep 22, 2011
6

The science community is abuzz today with news from a group of European researchers that neutrinos — sub-atomic particles — travel faster than light.

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What now, Facebook?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 1:31 PM Sep 22, 2011
2

Facebook introduces ‘timelines.’

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Satellite to be a no-show

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 1:30 PM Sep 22, 2011
1

There now appears to be no chance the tumbling satellite falls in Minnesota.

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What’s spooked Wall Street?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 12:40 PM Sep 22, 2011
6

If the Dow closes as low as it is now, it will be the lowest the Dow has closed since one year ago tomorrow, when the recovery seemed to be holding and things were looking up.

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Can Americans live without political theater?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 10:38 AM Sep 22, 2011
2

Is the audience capable of more than what the media thinks they are:

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Five by 8

Taking on bullies (5×8 – 9/22/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 7:06 AM Sep 22, 2011
5

The cost of fighting back, Adam and Eve 101, the execution, the end of social media as we know it, and staying rich in Minnesota.

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You and the falling satellite

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2011, 3:06 PM Sep 21, 2011
2

The odds that someone will be hit by a falling satellite are 1 in 3,200.

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R.I.P. R.E.M.

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2011, 12:36 PM Sep 21, 2011
13

Your favorite R.E.M. song? And why?

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The singing barista’s bad day

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2011, 12:14 PM Sep 21, 2011
1

A barista at Starbucks is fired for singing about his customers.

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Five by 8

The ‘serves them right’ society (5×8 – 9/21/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2011, 7:15 AM Sep 21, 2011
53

Serving them wrong; serving them right; Minnesota and the homeless vet; a son, a father, and a secret; art and junk.

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Hospital vs. newspaper over coverage of doctor in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2011, 3:21 PM Sep 20, 2011
6

St. Luke’s Hospital has filed suit against the Duluth News Tribune for its report on neurosurgeon Stefan Konasiewicz, who worked at the hospital from 1997 to 2008.

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Weather

Joplin’s lessons

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2011, 1:27 PM Sep 20, 2011
4

Why were there so many deaths from the tornado in Joplin, Missouri? The National Weather Service blames the people of Joplin.

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Surveys and trivia

Is Detroit a better place to live/work than Minneapolis?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2011, 12:07 PM Sep 20, 2011
21

No, unless you believe in surveys.

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