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Mark Gisleson

St Paul, MN
Commenter for
5 years 20 weeks

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Posted on 05/10/13 at 10:59 am in response to $15 to park on street for Vikings game? Minneapolis 'smart' meters raise rates for big events

When the private sector gouges on event parking, instead of regulating them, the local government horns in on their action.

Predatory capitalism, we're getting it from all sides now.

Posted on 05/02/13 at 05:10 pm in response to Miss Minnesota is junior prom date for young man with Down syndrome

making it crystal clear that if you kill someone with your car, you are going to prison absent a damned good excuse, and not paying attention is not a good excuse.

It's the gun precedent. When deaths from accidental gun discharges are not prosecuted, it leaves people thinking that [whatever] only counts if you meant it to count. It doesn't count if you were distracted, thought the gun/off ramp was empty, or you were too busy texting to pay attention. It's this squishy culture of "not...

Posted on 05/01/13 at 09:22 am in response to Hunter mistakes a county cop for turkey

Are you saying the shotgun accidentally discharged?

The gun was deliberately fired. Unwisely, but the man intended to shoot and he did.

That is NOT an accident. It was an act of reckless disregard for others. If this man had operated a motor vehicle that recklessly, he would be held accountable and if someone was injured there would be a strong likelihood of civil or criminal penalties.

Only guns are exempt from common sense. A gun is the most dangerous thing you can...

Posted on 04/15/13 at 09:33 am in response to GOP lawmaker urges colleagues to 'think big' on Mayo, Fairview

Pigs don't graze as they cannot eat grass. Pigs forage, rooting around for food.

Posted on 04/11/13 at 09:19 am in response to Dead: Sanford takeover of Fairview

would be to simply go to single-payer nationwide.

That, of course, will never be on the table because far too many people support the hyper-rational single-payer solution.

Google "Brill Time Magazine health care" and read what the current nonprofit-plus-exorbitant-administrative-salaries solution is doing to our country. The current system is broken, and Fairview's suitors are the people who broke it.

Posted on 04/10/13 at 02:05 pm in response to Don’t break up the Wolves! Exhibit B: Nikola Pekovic

I would find a new team to root for if the Wolves let Pek go.

Ricky, Love and Pek should be kept together for as long as possible.

Posted on 04/04/13 at 04:39 pm in response to 'Million-dollar ideas' pour in for St. Paul

yes, you can be fired for sloppy editing that may have been briefly seen by maybe a dozen people. This is the world the 1% has fought to create, this is the world we will all die in.

• No forgiveness except for the 1%.

• The 99% must be perfect or they will be cast out.

• Jobs are a privilege, not a right.

• Pay scales are best set by the 1% because the people who actually do the work foolishly tend to assume they're entitled to a living wage.

Hackers have...

Posted on 04/04/13 at 05:16 pm in response to Don’t break up the Wolves! Exhibit A: Chase Budinger

and good luck with your dad. Your commentary has been missed and I hope you keep covering the Wolves next year.

I'm sure you heard, but while you were in Florida Joan Niesen announced she's moving to California, leaving you and, um, er — anyhow, it's great to have you and your analysis back.

Posted on 03/25/13 at 02:22 pm in response to Tubby Smith out as U of M basketball coach

if the U of M stopped spending so much on coaches, they could afford a practice facility.

Better yet, maybe the legislature should stop micromanaging the U of M, put a half million cap on all salaries, and then let professional educators make these decisions instead of the usual unholy conflagration of overpaid administrators, wealthy alumni and rabid sports fans who just happen to be legislators.

The U of M has proven time and again that spending a ton of money doesn't get you...

Posted on 03/26/13 at 08:00 pm in response to Tubby Smith out as U of M basketball coach

Something you cannot use or resell has no value, and that's what that scholarship is worth to most athletes, a frightening number of whom did not get an adequate prep education and cannot take advantage of college classes.

It's like recruiting young people with severe physical defects to work in your office, then refusing to pay them any money, instead telling them they're welcome to use the gym in the basement.

College sports are a travesty yet we lionize the old men who...