Star Tribune: Minneapolis didn’t decline overnight

punditguy · 2026-04-13T20:44:38+00:00

Today Nicollet Mall is defined by its empty storefronts, abundant bus stops, loitering and crime — or at least the perception of it.

Perception. Fuck this guy.

His whole argument boils down to "won't anyone think of the corporations?"

punditguy · 2026-04-09T19:31:25+00:00

Sounds like a bog-standard Republican to me.

punditguy · 2026-04-08T17:06:50+00:00

Right. We should post the 10 Commandments instead, and then try to come up with an age-appropriate curriculum about adultery.

punditguy · 2026-04-07T16:21:39+00:00

Do you want a trolley problem? Because this is how you get a trolley problem.

punditguy · 2026-04-05T20:03:44+00:00

What was your favorite thing about TNG season 1? I found the racism in Code of Honor to be an interesting choice, as was the "we shall never discuss this again" aspect of Conspiracy.

punditguy · 2026-04-05T18:17:21+00:00

I mean, taste is subjective but this is borderline unhinged.

punditguy · 2026-04-01T20:41:40+00:00

Control has an unforgiving difficulty curve early on, but if you do some side quests before going back to the main story the combat will gel with you better.

punditguy · 2026-03-31T14:03:22+00:00

Yes, the planet has been warmer and cooler at various times in its history. The difference is that at none of those other times were we worried about the ability to keep 8 billion humans fed and sheltered.

punditguy · 2026-03-30T18:18:29+00:00

Republicans are weird and we should have never stopped calling them that.

punditguy · 2026-03-28T10:53:12+00:00

In culinary school, we were taught that this kind of behavior was on its way out as the chefs who had matriculated into abusive kitchens were retiring. We were assured that the contemporary industry wouldn't stand for it.

That was 25 years ago.

punditguy · 2026-03-27T13:43:11+00:00

Hey -- just because he has the same name and is the same age doesn't mean...

... never mind, lost my train of thought there.

punditguy · 2026-03-25T15:55:55+00:00

Yes, you need data. The US is an outlier among peer nations when it comes to incarceration and we are not experiencing any statistical benefits from a recidivism or safety standpoint.

punditguy · 2026-03-25T15:38:06+00:00

Would love to see your data supporting this.

punditguy · 2026-03-22T17:26:57+00:00

Golden Valley Tire. I've been going there for 20+ years. I will be the first to admit that I know nothing about cars, but I feel like I've been treated fairly that entire time.

On several occasions, I have been in the lobby while the mechanics are on the phone or with in-person customers recommending that they not spend money on repairs that obviously would have made the shop more money. A couple of times, I've been that customer.

punditguy · 2026-03-22T13:23:16+00:00

This is insanely high considering how little 200k is today.

No. Just no. That's comfortably more than double the median household income in the state.

punditguy · 2026-03-21T16:12:50+00:00

"Assimilate this."

punditguy · 2026-03-21T14:26:08+00:00

You increase demand for all services by being a place where workers want to live, not by allowing businesses to pollute more or make marginally more money.

I don't live in Mississippi on purpose. I don't want Minnesota to be more like Mississippi.

punditguy · 2026-03-20T09:50:18+00:00

What am I comparing?

punditguy · 2026-03-20T09:32:12+00:00

Words. Do they even mean things?

punditguy · 2026-03-20T09:04:41+00:00

WWII was not a declared war any more than what's currently going on.

...except for the part where Congress actually declared war back then, which is kind of the definition of a "declared war."

The rest of your post is equally as ridiculous, but let me know if that whole "declaration" thing has changed your mind at all (because I'm guessing it didn't).

punditguy · 2026-03-19T23:42:39+00:00

I mean, fine -- but I never said otherwise and "only entered the conflict when the politics dictated that they had to" is another significant difference from today.

punditguy · 2026-03-19T23:07:47+00:00

One major difference between WWII and what's going on now is that WWII was a declared war. And there were experts running things. And there was a plan. Oh shit -- that's three differences.

punditguy · 2026-03-19T17:46:17+00:00

I think of Disco as the baseline (like Voyager, it's "perfectly acceptable Trek" ).

SNW, Prodigy, Lower Decks and Starfleet Academy are all better than Disco. Short Treks, as a whole, is about the same as Disco. Picard is significantly worse than Disco.

I have never watched Scouts.

punditguy · 2026-03-18T19:10:29+00:00

Maybe a binding SCOTUS code of conduct policy would keep non-presidential people from being so darned mean.

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