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by kirby96
March 17th, 2017, 9:56 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Zoning in Minneapolis
Replies: 285
Views: 85031

Re: Zoning in Minneapolis

What I'm objecting to is your (and others') apparent opinion that almost everyone opposed to your ideas holds that position out of selfishness or ignorance and that things the other side values (yes, character!) should be simply dismissed out of hand. If you're really willing to have complex conver...
by kirby96
March 2nd, 2017, 12:13 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
Replies: 1033
Views: 218318

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Those places with dozens of taps creep me out. When was the last time the keg was changed, the taps cleaned, or even a single beer poured on the 78th most popular variety? <shudder>
by kirby96
February 23rd, 2017, 11:17 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: MN State Senate and House Elections 2016
Replies: 98
Views: 20702

Re: MN State Senate and House Elections 2016



It worked very well for the Tea Party.

Yes it did. I guess my feeling is that we are in a pretty discouraging spot when the strategy is to see who can out Tea-Party each other...
by kirby96
February 23rd, 2017, 9:49 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: MN State Senate and House Elections 2016
Replies: 98
Views: 20702

Re: MN State Senate and House Elections 2016

People are understandably pissed. If there's anything to learn from the last eight years it's that over promising on health care back fires and that opposition works. I think this is absolutely correct. I am pretty certain the fierce opposition will lead to a strong reaction against Trump & Rep...
by kirby96
February 22nd, 2017, 3:13 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247054

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

I think we'll have a good idea how the feds will respond once the California Caltrain electrification project is decided http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/02/16/will_elaine_chao_axe_federal_funding_for_caltrain.html A similar tactic was used, just by California's US House delegation rather t...
by kirby96
February 21st, 2017, 12:06 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247054

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

With this administration, the standard deviation of behavior from the norm is so great that who knows how this kind of thing plays out. It could easily be as feared: pander to the state GOP and divert funding. But these types of projects are as close as any to 'shovel-ready', and I gotta think Trump...
by kirby96
February 15th, 2017, 10:03 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Maverick - 100 Hennepin Avenue S
Replies: 206
Views: 40790

Re: Maverick - 100 Hennepin Avenue S

Yeah, but 1st Street has developed into the stronger restaurant and retail corridor.

It's weird to me that a dentist would pay ground floor retail prices.
1) Dentists make a lot of money

2) Medical professionals are infamous for their horrible financial acumen.
by kirby96
February 13th, 2017, 12:40 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Minneapolis Skyway System
Replies: 519
Views: 103274

Re: Minneapolis Skyway System

Let's review the discussion here: 1) amiller92 said: "Street connections are unfortunately a loaded topic, as certain business interests are concerned they will bring in the wrong people (which is super racist)." 2) You responded that you "don't think it has so much to do with race a...
by kirby96
February 13th, 2017, 10:08 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Minneapolis Skyway System
Replies: 519
Views: 103274

Re: Minneapolis Skyway System

So what? Did anyone say that the skyways are crime-free? That's why we have security guards and police. There's a big, big leap from "we need to deal with crime" to the sort of mentality that caused the incident with Chris Lollie. Umm, I think that's precisely the point the posters above ...
by kirby96
January 7th, 2017, 12:40 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Sports
Replies: 39
Views: 3978

Re: Sports

That sound to me like the worst possible option. You get all the bad with none of the good. You get criticized for extending a guy who just messed up but don't make enough of a commitment to him to prevent him from being hamstrung in recruiting. Seriously, the worst possible thing to do is delay th...
by kirby96
January 5th, 2017, 5:08 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Sports
Replies: 39
Views: 3978

Re: Sports

Your response appears to come from the presumption that there is no possible rational reason for being upset about this. There is very little rational reason to be upset that a coach got fired because 10 of his players had to be suspended because they are accused of campus conduct violations, inclu...
by kirby96
January 5th, 2017, 12:38 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Sports
Replies: 39
Views: 3978

Re: Sports

In these coaches people saw small-town men of great integrity, guys who represented their rural values in a major institution. I don't think it's that. I think it's that "men are getting falsely accused of sexual assault on campus and it's unfair" has been a right wing talking point for a...
by kirby96
December 15th, 2016, 3:48 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: North Loop Neighborhood
Replies: 1096
Views: 495094

Re: North Loop Neighborhood

Surely the app could be changed so that you could not renew a meter? Of course, you could always find a friend to renew it for you. Nothing beats having someone doing actual enforcement, but that would cost more and in this case, it would not increase revenue, only availability. My internal cycnic ...
by kirby96
December 13th, 2016, 1:09 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
Replies: 1427
Views: 238674

Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News

^Has that been rumored for awhile, or is there some other potential proposal that's been floating around? Seems like that's not a surprise (and not simply because it's a rather generic restaurant...).
by kirby96
December 12th, 2016, 2:23 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196301

Re: Future cars / Driverless cars

Even for "innocent bystander" incidents (i.e. without the pedestrian or cyclist doing anything dangerous, stupid, or illegal) 99% seems very high to me. If we had a dollar for every pedestrian struck because a driver swerved to avoid hitting a cat, we'd be rich as kings. Well, I admit I d...
by kirby96
December 12th, 2016, 2:04 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196301

Re: Future cars / Driverless cars

Mostly true, but I can guarantee you there *will* be bugs that cause the car to do something bad a human would not do. I'm not saying scrap the whole thing but rather temper the optimism a bit. No argument on that. To your point, clearly the underlying assumption here is that self-driving cars won'...
by kirby96
December 12th, 2016, 12:29 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196301

Re: Future cars / Driverless cars

I'm not worried about that sort of stuff. I'm worried about how the computer would assess a specific situation and decide someone must die. If someone dies, who's legally responsible? That would be a real problem. It would also be a real problem that hardly ever occurs. I suspect it hardly ever occ...
by kirby96
November 14th, 2016, 5:01 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Minnesota Zoo - Apple Valley
Replies: 11
Views: 2351

Re: Minnesota Zoo - Apple Valley

Curious to find out how someone would buy one of the old abandoned monorail cars...
Offer them a dollar and say you'll pay to haul it away. I understand that when they tried to sell them they only were able to get rid of one and the rest have been sitting somewhere in storage.
by kirby96
November 9th, 2016, 2:38 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Presidential Election 2016
Replies: 1007
Views: 87251

Re: Presidential Election 2016

You mean aside from bailing out the auto industry? And subsidizing health insurance? Expanding Medicaid? You will get no argument from me that the Democratic platform and their policies are actually better for them. But again, being a non college educated person has gotten tougher. Those nice thing...
by kirby96
November 9th, 2016, 1:59 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Presidential Election 2016
Replies: 1007
Views: 87251

Re: Presidential Election 2016

This is stolen from a friend who is far more eloquent than I (on a different forum): Are you serious? Democrats ignored/excluded/offended blue collar middle class whites more than Republicans? Free trade isn't an idea espoused by Democrats. Union busting isn't a Democratic value. Cutting taxes for ...