Archive for category Local
Ugh You Turkey!
Posted by Administrator in Local on November 25th, 2009
Block E – the Downtown Minneapolis Gobbler
To reprise the Star Tribune’s “Oh You Turkey!” annual holiday coloring contest for kids, The Journal of American Rocket Science is presenting the ‘Ugh You Turkey!’ crayon exercise for urban enthusiasts in the Twin Cities.
To call this urban desecration an architectural tofurkey would do an injustice to health food gourmets, but get out your crayons and go to work.
Seed Art, Michele Bachmann and the State Fair
Posted by Administrator in Local, Politics on September 4th, 2009
From the Thursday September 3 issue of the Twin Cities Daily Planet, with permission, we reprint this feature:
Seed Art, Michele Bachmann and the State Fair
Seed art is a long tradition at the Minnesota State Fair. This year’s crop includes some pointed, political entries.
AnnaConda – Snakewoman
GOP Sideshow – AnnaConda, Snakewoman
GOP Sideshow – World’s biggest ego, world’s thinnest skin
Madame Michelle’s Zany Predictilns
GOP Sideshow – Madame Michelle’s Zany Predictions
Michele Bachmann, Patron Saint of Wingnuts
Obama Birth Certificate
Obama Birth Certificate – Birthers, Move On!
Michele’s Precious Moments
Precious Moments Close-Up
“I’m not blaming [swine flu] on President Obama. I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.” Michele Bachmann
For more seed art close-ups, see the full post at tcdailyplanet.net
….. And One Giant Hot Dog for Mankind
Posted by Administrator in Local on July 22nd, 2009
Forty years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, a landing approach in a Wisconsin driveway didn’t go so well.
Confederacy of Chickens Inc. Plans to Convert Block E into Chicken Coop
Posted by Administrator in Local, Real Estate on June 7th, 2009
Vacancy posters and for lease signs continue to proliferate in the store windows of Block E, the soon-to-be vacant and once-ballyhooed downtown Minneapolis retail showpiece. Mall owners and city government are finding no buyers in their offer to sell the troubled retail behemoth to take-over mall entrepreneurs. Nonetheless, one development group is planning a serious offer to take over the trouble spot—the Confederacy of Chickens Inc, who plan on converting the pseudo-glitzy complex into an organic chicken coop. To borrow a bit from tradition, the confederacy plans to name their enterprise Cluck E.
“This mall is a very appropriate nurturing environment for raising healthy organic chickens,” say Confederacy representatives. “Rather than being crowded together in the industrialized chicken farms, Cluck E will give these fowl room to roam around in free-range mode, which gives opportunity for a proper chicken life-style growth.” A Confederacy of Chickens spokesperson adds, “This shopping mall architecture was designed to be conducive for small-brain creatures to thrive, so it should work well for chickens.”
Michele Bachmann Seeks New Image
Posted by Administrator in Local, Politics on April 30th, 2009
“I’m just a plain ordinary Minnesota farm girl at heart,” she exclaims.
Still under wraps, political makeover specialists are working to reverse some unfavorable perceptions of Michele Bachmann, U.S. House representative from Minnesota’s Sixth District, and the state’s most controversial politician. These handlers have chosen food as a basic component of everyday life, and butter seems most appropriate.
Soon, the iconic image of a cheerful Indian maiden holding a box of one of Minnesota’s most well known products will take on the congresswoman’s visage. A comprehensive marketing campaign will present her in an “I’m just a plain ordinary Minnesota farm girl at heart” character.
Think About Honking
Posted by Administrator in Local on April 27th, 2009
Bumper Sticker Seen on Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
The Michele Bachmann Appointment Calendar
Posted by Administrator in Local, Politics on April 9th, 2009
Now – available from the Journal of American Rocket Science – the Michelle Bachmann Appointment Calendar for 2009 -2010
Now you can enjoy the words of Minnesota’s controversial Republican U.S. House
of Representative Michelle Bachmann, as she really spoke them in public.
And printed below – rebuttals by her ardent critics – all encapsulated in this
appointment calendar as produced by the Journal of American Rocket Science.
Order yours now – contact the Journal of American Rocket Science and get your
Michelle Bachmann Appointment Calendar!
