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Karl Bremer

Stillwater, MN
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Posted on 11/21/11 at 12:20 pm in response to Bachmann book plays up political betrayal

Now that you've read the Cliff Notes version here, read the rest of the Bachmann story here:

http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/11/madness-of-michele-bachmann-bo...

Posted on 09/21/11 at 04:20 pm in response to Bachmann's options if her presidential campaign runs out of steam

She could always help sell some books:

http://tinyurl.com/Bachmann-Book

Posted on 08/08/11 at 03:51 pm in response to How the phone company can save journalism

I assume that new revenue stream would extend to us journalists who are doing more journalism on our blogs for free than MSM journalists are doing on newspapers? At least we'd get paid for the work that the MSM now steals from us.

Posted on 06/06/11 at 03:51 pm in response to Bachmann says Planned Parenthood ignores sex trafficking

What's particularly galling about Jeremy Herb's "reporting" of Bachmann's Planned Parenthood lies is that he didn't even bother to fact-check it in his Strib article. Herb merely reported Bachmann's lie and referenced the video upon which her lie was based, without ever noting that the video had been widely discredited as a phony setup. He even managed to spread Bachmann's smear via Twitter as well, with nary a correction. It's this type of rocking-chair reporting, as my friend Sally Jo...

Posted on 05/19/11 at 01:01 pm in response to What Bachmann is thinking about as she considers a run for president

Why is Bachmann devouring every book she can on the "darker side" of campaigns? Is she seeking guidance on how to hide things like affairs? What does Bachmann have to hide? Might have been a good question for a reporter to ask her.

As for campaign staff, Bachmann doesn't need campaign staff like Pawlenty and Romney. She has taxpayer-paid campaign staff on her congressional office. That's clear from the fact that she has three phone lines--and staffers to man them--answering calls...

Posted on 04/11/11 at 10:30 am in response to Vikings stadium bill: the good, the bad, the ugly -- a close look at its details

• Another possible funding source included in the bill is a new Vikings-themed Minnesota Lottery game.

Sure, why not?

Why not? Because this is nothing more than stealing from the environment, which is what the lottery was originally intended to benefit. Every special Vikings lottery ticket whose proceeds go to prop up a stadium is money that would have been spent on lottery tickets that support environmental programs rather than billionaire sports team owners.

Posted on 04/11/11 at 09:45 am in response to Compounding journalism's Original Sin: Publishing free content online

The disclaimer at the end pretty sums up what the explosion of (choose one--"new" "alternative" "online") media has meant for writers. Unfortunately, that attitude has crept into (choose one--"old" "legacy" "MSM") media as well.

Posted on 04/05/11 at 07:16 am in response to When politicians request information: Some danger signs

When is the State Legislature going to repeal the exemption from the Data Practices Act it has carved out for itself? And likewise the exemption from FOIA that Congress has feathereed its nest with?

Posted on 03/25/11 at 11:45 am in response to Minnesota 'Kindle millionaire' signs four-book deal

The WashPo writer has it wrong when she calls Michele Bachmann an "inexperienced congresswoman with a propensity for saying outlandish things could win the nomination."

Bachmann told an interviewer this week that she was a "United States Senator."

http://bit.ly/gT54Yg

Posted on 03/24/11 at 09:51 am in response to Sunday liquor sales: Who is fighting them and why?

Funny. I didn't see the most important constituency's opinion here--consumers. But if you were only looking for those who oppose this law, that's probably because you'll find virtually no consumers opposed to it. The only people opposed to it are the ones spending millions of dollars to protect their own nicely-feathered nest.

Look at lobbying expenses like protection money for the mob. They pay off the politicians, and they'll protect their cozy little liquor fiefdom. It's not likely...