My least favorite former Senator of recent memory, Norm Coleman, got a little kick in the groin today when the Senate phonebook was published without his name in it. In other news, Alan Mathiowetz of Edina, MN is my new favorite person with his letter to the editor published in today’s Strib:
As the U.S. Congress starts work on trying to repair the damage done to the economy by Norm Coleman and his party, his selfish egotism deprives Minnesota its full complement of representation in the decisionmaking process.
Norm is playing at obstruction even as the U.S. economy falls off a cliff. Shame on you, Mr. Coleman. Be a man, for once in your life; concede and get out of the way.
Of course, shame doesn’t seem to enter into it for Norm. Otherwise, he would never have sent his campaign manager, Culleen Sheehan, out for this piece of kabuki theater back in October.
It seems I’m not the only one who’s sick of Norm’s shenanigans. Kevin Monn, a financial adviser in St. Paul who voted for Former Senator Coleman back in November, had the following to say to the NYTimes:
I think Coleman’s got to decide whether he wants future aspirations for politics in this state,” he said. “If he drags it out too much farther, he might ruin that.
Seattle is wetter than usual today. It’s been raining since last night, and some areas around here are expected to receive 10-20″ before it’s all over. Needless to say, this amount of rainfall is way above the minimum level required for flooding around these parts.
If you can tolerate it for 30 seconds, listen to the portion from about 5:40 - 6:10. It’s wonderfully atrocious.
The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13% as the most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer (the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music, advertising jingles, political slogans, and “elevator” music, and a children’s choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commercials and elevator music. Therefore, it can be shown that if there is no covariance—someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator music as someone who despises the organ, for example—fewer than 200 individuals of the world’s total population would enjoy this piece.
Shepard Fairey’s ubiquitous illustration of President-elect Barack Obama, seen in rallies, parties, shop windows and construction sites throughout the 2008 election season, has found a permanent home. The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., announced that it had acquired Mr. Fairey’s work for its collection.
The lawsuit alleges that the Canvassing Board made mistakes when determining voter intent on challenged ballots, that ineligible voters cast ballots and that some absentee ballots were erroneously opened early, raising chain-of-custody concerns.
Just heard on Minnesota Public Radio that Coleman is going to challenge the election results that determined Al Franken to be the winner of the very close Minnesota Senatorial race for Paul Wellstone’s old seat. I’m disappointed but not surprised.
