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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2012

Five by 8

Skateboarding over disaster (5×8 – 8/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2012, 7:35 AM Aug 24, 2012
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Making the best of bad, a gastro review at the Fair, us spying on us, is the era of cheap food over, and the joy of Wiffle Ball.

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Curiosity: The movie

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2012, 2:44 PM Aug 23, 2012
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NASA today released this nifty ‘movie,’ stitching together the high-resolution images of the Curiosity landing on Mars and adding audio from controllers.

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Why do we believe some things? Because we’re supposed to

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2012, 2:06 PM Aug 23, 2012
3

This is a great social experiment which shows just how unwilling people are to admit they don’t know something.

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The people who ‘picked up and moved on’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2012, 12:53 PM Aug 23, 2012
1

The Paralympics games begin in London in a few days. Minnesota has a fair number of athletes. Here are some of them.

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State Fair through the ages

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2012, 10:58 AM Aug 23, 2012

While waiting for your images from the State Fair, we are occupying ourselves with a trip back in time, browsing the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection of State Fair photos. Machinery Hill in 1913… If some enterprising person set up a logrolling “ride” today, it’d be the talk of the Fair… Nothing says “contentment” like a Read more →

Five by 8

Rape and reality (5×8 – 8/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2012, 7:33 AM Aug 23, 2012
5

One woman’s story, the SE Minnesota flood stories we never heard until now, TV weatherpeople and climate change, maybe more schools should be like Como High School, and an eye on the world’s most famous crosswalk.

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The State Fair: Let’s do this

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2012, 2:51 PM Aug 22, 2012
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Let’s get started with the run of State Fair-related posts.

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Ho-hum triple plays

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2012, 12:49 PM Aug 22, 2012
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The Oakland A’s turned a triple play last night against the Twins. So what?

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Polls and the way we elect politicians

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2012, 12:40 PM Aug 22, 2012
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One of the great mysteries of politics is why the news media continues to present public opinion polls showing the state of the presidential race, based on a model of electing a president that we don’t use in the United States.

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The Arctic on the rocks

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2012, 10:49 AM Aug 22, 2012
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Where were you when the last of the Arctic ice melted?

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Five by 8

Theft of the 5×8 (5×8 – 8/22/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2012, 7:00 AM Aug 22, 2012
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Now this message from reality, live from the hungry, the Serial Stackers, how to close the achievement gap, and the light-rail shuffle.

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Todd Akin’s rape comments may have been born in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2012, 12:57 PM Aug 21, 2012
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Where on earth did Rep. Todd Akin get the idea that rape victims rarely get pregnant? Right here on earth, probably — Minnesota.

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NTSB releases Reno air crash data

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2012, 12:31 PM Aug 21, 2012

Today’s information release does not contain any conclusions, although most of the evidence release continues to point to a structural problem with the modified airplane.

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Patriotism and the same-sex marriage amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2012, 11:29 AM Aug 21, 2012
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A Minnesota politician insinuates that people who are against the proposed ban on same-sex marriage are not patriotic.

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The homeless and the need for Facebook

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2012, 10:47 AM Aug 21, 2012
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Is Facebook and other social media becoming a necessity for the homeless?

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