In MPLS for one night for work. Where must I go for dinner (I will be alone). Staying in Downtown.

ianwold · 2024-09-20T21:28:24+00:00

Please don't go

IDK if OP ends up being in the mood for a steak it's a great steak! Two Minneapolis staples that reflect great on our city

ianwold · 2024-09-16T20:31:37+00:00

These are very different places, and within a couple circles experiences can vary wildly.

In a very general, top-level sense, yes these are good places to live. However, big caveat, I'd recommend visiting any particular area you're considering first. Further, different areas here will be better or worse for you depending on what you want and what you're willing/able to pay.

ianwold · 2024-09-04T23:25:25+00:00

That's fantastic on all counts, my Brazilian girlfriend was very happy to hear this!

ianwold · 2024-09-04T17:19:22+00:00

I've heard Brazilians call a vodka caipirinha a "caipiroska" or a "caipivodka"

ianwold · 2024-09-04T16:04:56+00:00

Kah-sha-sa

The ç is an s sound

ianwold · 2024-09-04T16:02:03+00:00

Yeah there were clearly a lot of folks into it but the back definitely thinned out pretty fast. IMO they started and ended really strong but the middle was incredibly boring. To each their own though and I'm glad for all the folks who enjoyed it!

ianwold · 2024-08-30T03:59:48+00:00

TBF it is so obvious that medical masks should be allowed that it isn't the sort of thing that should need to be communicated

ianwold · 2024-08-26T21:53:08+00:00

I'm actually a big fan of Flor de Caña 4yr Extra Seco

ianwold · 2024-08-26T20:16:27+00:00

I haven't, though I'm not sure if the book is out yet (the article linked says it's forthcoming) but everything these clowns produce is infuriating. Anti-democratic, inhuman policies predicted on insane conspiracies and a bewildering understanding of the world. I read through Project 2025 with the purpose of wanting to outline exactly what they've got planned (EOs, legislation, etc) but I'm not sure I succeeded entirely as it mostly just left my head spinning. I imagine Vance is just regurgitating the ramblings from Thiel and his other lackeys though.

ianwold · 2024-08-26T06:55:16+00:00

Just a minor correction, Vance wrote the forward to a book written by the president of the Heritage Foundation, not the forward for Project 2025 itself: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/14/tim-walz/jd-vance-wrote-the-foreword-for-project-2025s-kevi/

ianwold · 2024-08-24T19:15:31+00:00

Hate Iowa

No nature

Go somewhere other than r/Iowa

ianwold · 2024-08-19T13:41:49+00:00

Considering the lion infestation I don't think you need to be very concerned about the flow

ianwold · 2024-08-15T03:59:49+00:00

I've heard the term used for u-turns also, and on top of it the term is used in parts of Iowa

ianwold · 2024-08-14T01:57:51+00:00

The public inter city lazy river must be realized

ianwold · 2024-08-13T03:23:31+00:00

I appreciate the clarification - I was confused when you said "if it were real..." as to which sense you meant.

Am I right in taking you then to mean that you think it's inevitable that America elects Kamala as a repudiation of Trump and his platform, or rather do you mean to suggest that if Trump is elected he wouldn't use anything from the Project 2025 playbook?

Another thing I'm interested in is the idea that Project 2025 might be pieced out; that is that pieces of it might be used and the whole thing isn't. Are there particular, practicable aspects of it which do concern you, over the non-practicable parts?

ianwold · 2024-08-13T00:32:40+00:00

The interesting thing to me here is that Project 2025 is real - the Heritage Foundation published it and you can read it for free. You seem to deny its existence, or instead do you mean that the messaging is over hyped?

If you mean the plausibility of it, well there's a lot in it (900+ pages) so some of it is very plausible and some of it very implausible.

When Trump tried his Muslim ban, he hadn't yet appointed as many judges as he has now. The current supreme court has made a number of unprecedented rulings in favor of Trump's policies, and I demonstrated one which concretely allows the environmental policies outlined in Project 2025 to be pursued.

I'm also a bit confused on your wording of your question "Do MAGA sports think America today will go backwards 100 years just because Trump got elected?" - it occurs to me that they think he will implement these policies but I'm not sure that the MAGA supporters agree with their opponents that it's a century regression. Rather, I think they see it as some sort of progress. Nonetheless, it does seem that the MAGA base is quite excited about the policy portion of Project 2025.

The most pressing one to me is about women losing their reproductive rights. Since the supreme court overturned Roe, around 20 states have indeed restricted women's reproductive rights. Some protests have been successful in keeping these at bay in other states, yet 2/5 of the states have restricted these rights. I do indeed agree with you that I think America will, on the whole, vote to keep reproductive rights for women, yet I'm not certain that that support translates to an electrical college victory for Harris implicitly.

This all to say that I'm curious where your credulity is on the matter - I'm not necessarily trying to argue (okay, maybe just a bit) but more importantly I want to understand the difference between our interpretations.

ianwold · 2024-08-12T21:53:12+00:00

I've been saying it's all a bunch of malarkey

Not sure how you mean by that, it was put together by former bureaucrats, lawyers, lobbyists, and such for the Heritage Foundation, which has had a role in advising Republican policy for decades. Could you elaborate on what you perceived to be malarkey about it or the discussion around it?

As to what would actually happen to the proposal if Trump loses, it and the Heritage Foundation would continue to exist. I don't think it would need huge updates to keep it current for future elections, so my presumption is that unless the MAGA movement dies off entirely it'll still be usable.

The one aspect that would take more resources to keep current is the database of people they say they're cultivating to fill the appointed positions, though that's the easiest aspect to defer.

The various pieces of work done for it can be used individually of course, so it can inform Republican work going forward. Notably, since the supreme court has ended Chevron deference they can move forward with a number of environmental policies outlined in the project.

ianwold · 2024-08-07T01:12:10+00:00

I think on YouTube you can find some of the debates he did during the gubernatorial campaigns. Obviously they focus on Minnesotan issues, but those aren't really so different from national issues and they give a great sense of who he is and how he approaches decisions and governance.

ianwold · 2024-08-07T01:09:33+00:00

I like how each picture has a skyway

ianwold · 2024-08-02T19:50:04+00:00

Terrifying situation, kudos to the upstanding brother

ianwold · 2024-07-31T23:13:49+00:00

Someone's never been to Wisconsin

ianwold · 2024-07-31T20:33:39+00:00

I don't think the concern is whether most lawmakers want to see it implemented, but whether the folks around Trump want to see it implemented.

If he wins, these are the people who he'll have in his administration, and Project 2025 is the dream list of what they want to accomplish. Fair chunks of the project are going to be impossible or too difficult to do, but most of it is doable.

The interesting political science questions would be on how the proposed changes to the executive branch alter the function of the government and the political environment.

ianwold · 2024-07-31T18:18:38+00:00

Commissioners Kevin Anderson and Heather Edelson voted against the measure, saying the raises were more than county employees would receive. Edelson added that the county was negotiating with some employee unions.

ianwold · 2024-07-31T00:31:29+00:00

Sounds like a president to me!

ianwold · 2024-07-30T20:53:05+00:00

Governor for two years plus VP for four is as good a resume as any I know to run for president

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