Dan Goodman
2014-02-06 23:43:13 UTC
I Don't Want to Be Normal. I Want to Be Healthy 02/06/14 Dan Goodman,
1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at
gmail.com. dsgoodman.blogspot.com 612-298-2354
Tuesday February 4, 2014 Would mammoths be halal? Searching on
"elephants" and "halal" didn't bring up a definitive answer.
I did confirm that mammoths wouldn't be kosher.
***DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) precinct caucus.
A bit over half the residents of SE Como (my neighborhood) are college
age; the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus is close by. Last
year, most caucus attendees were US-born senior citizens who looked
Northern European. This year there were also a number of Somalis.
The incumbent state representative has a Somali challenger this year.
Her campaign literature makes a point of her having Somali supporters.
This part of Minneapolis votes left of San Francisco (not left of
Berkeley, usually.) The state DFL is farther right -- a bit left of the
UK Labour Party, I think.
The caucus was entitled to elect delegates to various upcoming party
conventions. I became a delegate to the part of the city convention
which will choose school board nominees.
Almost everyone who wanted to be a delegate was elected. The rest became
alternates.
There were also party positions to be filled, and fewer candidates than
positions open.
Nearby, the Cedar-Riverside precinct caucus was shut down after a fight
broke out between supporters of the state representative candidates.
Apparently, both groups were made up of Somalis.
***Comments of Comment:
seawasp 2/04/14: It may also be "Yes, I think this is a good idea, but if
it's not enacted and no one seems likely to, why should I deprive myself
and my family of obviously gainful opportunities that are currently
perfectly legal and that many argue AREN'T ethically problematic?"
***From Twitter:
Julieanne Smolinski @BoobsRadley How sad for bathing suit designers that
they have never ever seen or touched a breast. I mean, I'm assuming.
1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at
gmail.com. dsgoodman.blogspot.com 612-298-2354
Tuesday February 4, 2014 Would mammoths be halal? Searching on
"elephants" and "halal" didn't bring up a definitive answer.
I did confirm that mammoths wouldn't be kosher.
***DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) precinct caucus.
A bit over half the residents of SE Como (my neighborhood) are college
age; the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus is close by. Last
year, most caucus attendees were US-born senior citizens who looked
Northern European. This year there were also a number of Somalis.
The incumbent state representative has a Somali challenger this year.
Her campaign literature makes a point of her having Somali supporters.
This part of Minneapolis votes left of San Francisco (not left of
Berkeley, usually.) The state DFL is farther right -- a bit left of the
UK Labour Party, I think.
The caucus was entitled to elect delegates to various upcoming party
conventions. I became a delegate to the part of the city convention
which will choose school board nominees.
Almost everyone who wanted to be a delegate was elected. The rest became
alternates.
There were also party positions to be filled, and fewer candidates than
positions open.
Nearby, the Cedar-Riverside precinct caucus was shut down after a fight
broke out between supporters of the state representative candidates.
Apparently, both groups were made up of Somalis.
***Comments of Comment:
seawasp 2/04/14: It may also be "Yes, I think this is a good idea, but if
it's not enacted and no one seems likely to, why should I deprive myself
and my family of obviously gainful opportunities that are currently
perfectly legal and that many argue AREN'T ethically problematic?"
***From Twitter:
Julieanne Smolinski @BoobsRadley How sad for bathing suit designers that
they have never ever seen or touched a breast. I mean, I'm assuming.
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Dan Goodman
http://dsgoodman.blogspot.com
Dan Goodman
http://dsgoodman.blogspot.com