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James Nordgaard

Minneapolis, MN
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5 years 27 weeks

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Posted on 09/03/09 at 11:41 am in response to Real-Time Ads moves beyond beta

So this is what you consider an actual news story? A yet more efficient way to pester readers is a story you think might interest readers? I rarely come to MinnPost anymore, because I rarely find anything that interests me. I was so excited when MinnPost was announced. What a disappointment it's been.
It's hardly worth the occasional glance at the RSS feed anymore.

Posted on 12/19/08 at 10:13 am in response to Progressive groups organizing campaign to back Obama finance package

Isn't that supposed to be $850 billion to $1 trillion?

Posted on 05/06/08 at 12:16 pm in response to Once seen as waste, Minnesota forest materials find a market

I'm glad that at least the guidelines recommend one third of the "waste" be left in the woods as nutrients. Still, I'm very dismayed at the primitive state of thinking of most forestry people who still consider anything left in the forest is waste. Nature doesn't waste anything.

Posted on 05/05/08 at 06:41 pm in response to Rebuilding the I-35W bridge: A behind-the-scenes tour

Nice video.

So what was it that the MNDOT guy didn't want us to see? At 2:20 there is a big hand in front of the lens directing the camera 180 degrees. Is there something they don't want the public to know about?

Posted on 04/15/08 at 11:41 am in response to My time in a madrassa

I want to thank you for your tone in your piece. All to often--including right here on MinnPost--I see the response to hatred, anger, ignorance and xenophobia, with just more anger and hatred. Too infrequently do I see a response the serves to educate, and defuse the anger and prejudice.

Posted on 04/02/08 at 01:39 pm in response to New era in space travel begins -- and the U.S. is on the sidelines

No nation who becomes world leader remains so forever; it's people and politicians just go on believing it will. I'm not much concerned about the U.S. losing dominance in space. Nobody's going to die because the US loses the space race. What horrifies me much more is that most first world, many second world, and even a few third world nations are overtaking US in how well a nation takes care of it's citizens who are most vulnerable. How come nobody in this country laments how miserably the...

Posted on 02/20/08 at 01:30 pm in response to 'Too many tiny towns'? 'Buy out residents'? Whoa!

The authors may have been harsh and untactful, but they have a valid point. I grew up and live in the city and suburbs, and have been wanting to escape them all my life, and so far have been unsuccessful; the primary reason? Economic. Perhaps I'll succeed when I'll retire.

And that's really the only possibility for these small towns; retirement communities, both for people who grew there, and urban retirees wanting the "quaint" life. There really is no other economic possibilities...

Posted on 02/07/08 at 01:59 pm in response to Why are Americans so gloomy about our society and its future?

The insight of the article is pretty much spot on.

The basic problem is the way the media in the US is run, in particular the news media. It's not only run as a business, but as a high profit business. Ratings is everything, and the simpler and more emotionally charged the message is, the better the ratings. So is turning up the volume. This has made the US into a continuous non-stop shouting match.

For example, our health care system is a total mess. Everyone knows this. A...

Posted on 01/14/08 at 12:53 pm in response to Food from clones is coming, but will consumers buy it?

Cloning animals are far more complicated, and far less understood then genetically engineering plants. Since every cloned animal is a unique experiment, there is no way the FDA can ensure all cloned animals are safe. Of course, that won't stop the FDA from doing so, since they are simply a shill for the industry.

As usual, the industry will introduce them quietly into the food supply, so that most people will be consuming the product before they even know they are. That is, except...

Posted on 01/13/08 at 07:11 pm in response to University of Minnesota scientists create beating heart -- and hope for people awaiting organ transplants

I've read several articles on this story, and this was the best one written, overall; easily understandable with a lot of info. Thanks.

I heard the rat cells pumped at about 2 percent of normal capacity, but also that they injected the cells in only one site, and the cells migrated throughout the heart, though not equally. If the cells were injected in multiple places, there could be a large improvement.