Category Archives: Minnesota

Drunk Vikings fan getting chewed out by his wife for eating ice cream with a credit card

Are Vikings fans always this wasted? Note the atrocious Dwayne Rudd jersey (1997-2000).

Drunk Vikings fan getting chewed out by his wife for eating ice cream with a credit card
(image via Reddit)

Who’s in?

Minneapolis police recruitment poster from 1961.

Minneapolis police recruitment poster from 1961.

Thanks Officer Matt

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Minnesota Gophers RB hit hard during football game

Minnesota RB Donnell Kirkwood takes a huge hit that knocks off the decal on his helmet! I never knew it was a decal.

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New Vince Flynn book out November 2012

Pre-order Vince Flynn’s latest Mitch Rapp book “The Last Man.” The book hits shelves in November of 2012.

The Last Man: A Novel (Mitch Rapp)

The story
An invaluable CIA asset has gone missing, and with him, secrets that in the wrong hands could prove disastrous. The only question is: Can Mitch Rapp find him first?

Joe Rickman, head of CIA clandestine operations in Afghanistan, has been kidnapped and his four bodyguards executed in cold blood. But Mitch Rapp’s experience and nose for the truth make him wonder if something even more sinister isn’t afoot. Irene Kennedy, director of the CIA, has dispatched him to Afghanistan to find Rickman at all costs.

Rapp, however, isn’t the only one looking for Rickman. The FBI is too, and it quickly becomes apparent that they’re less concerned with finding Rickman than placing the blame on Rapp.

With CIA operations in crisis, Rapp must be as ruthless and deceitful as his enemies if he has any hope of finding Rickman and completing his mission. But with elements within his own government working against both him and American interests, will Rapp be stopped dead before he can succeed?

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Prince on Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber

Spoken only the way a master musician can speak regarding music today.

new rince music
Prince
new prince music

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Prince: New look, new song, new girlfriend.

Duluth cop caught on tape punching a guy in a wheelchair

Duluth cop caught on tape punching a guy in a wheelchair

Again I find myself posting another video of an angry cop taking things too far. The following video is disturbing, so you have been warned.

Duluth Police officer Richard Jouppi, 34, was caught on video decking a 50-year-old intoxicated wheelchair-bound man repeatedly in the face. The man who was taken into a detox center was being ordered to take his jacket off, he mouthed off about throwing his jacket at a female worker. When he went to take his jacket off the cop placed his hands on the man, as the cop used progressively more force, the man swatted the cop’s face, the cop responded by unleashing a torrent of entirely disproportionate blows on the wheelchair-bound man’s face.

The detox worker, who was completely shocked, almost intervened in a Regina Tasca-esque moment stepping towards the cop and saying, “Dude!”

The cop immediately responded saying, “Shut up! Back up! I’ll arrest you too!”

After the shocked bookkeeper backed off, the cop scolded her saying, “You don’t think people in a wheelchair can assault people?”

“Yeah, but..”

“Turns out he just did.”

More to the story

The guy in the wheelchair had been in a fight earlier that evening and was hammered. That is also why he is in a wheelchair. NOT because he was crippled. Does it make a difference? 

How about this?

This is the fifth complaint filed against Jouppi during the two years he has been with Duluth Police. He is accused of tipping off a friend that he was being investigated for criminal sexual misconduct. Jouppi had just signed a “last chance” agreement with Duluth Police. 

Related:
Video shows St. Paul cop kicking man in the throat

Off-Duty Minneapolis cop drills guy in face for talking loud (VIDEO)

Ski-U-Mah! U of MN Crookston football paints logo at 45-yard line

Major malfunction at the University of Minnesota, Crookston recently. They are a Division II team, but they are still an academic institution right? Are they using replacement football field crews too? Fail!

Ski-U-Mah! U of MN Crookston football paints logo at 45-yard line

Photo: Michael Cardano

Story and image by Mike Cardano – RotoExperts.com

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The agony of defeat

I did not expect this yesterday.

Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-US PRESSWIRE

John Hamm

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Prince has a new look and a new song

Prince 2012

Prince has a new look and a new song and album, and both fall squarely under the category of old school. He showed them off on ABC’s The View this morning. Watch.

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A new Prince song titled “RnR Affair” (“Rock & Roll Love Affair” ) is a throw-back poppy track that is reminiscent of the old stuff we loved from our beloved Minnesota music export. Listen to it below.

Prince is also rumored to be dating his new young protégé Andy Allo. Allo’s new album was executive produced by Prince and features three songs he co-wrote.

andy allo

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Video shows St. Paul cop kicking man in the throat

Video shows St. Paul cop kicking man in the throat

This five-minute video shows a man, identified in a police report as Eric R. Hightower, 30, on his stomach on the sidewalk as an officer stands over him. Hightower yells that he didn’t do anything. At one point, he starts to cough and the officer appears to kick him near his neck. That officer has been identified as St. Paul PD Officer, Jesse Zilge.

From the StarTribune:
Hightower had an order issued for his arrest because he made a threat about possibly injuring or killing someone he had a relationship with, Smith said.

The report lists the reasons for his arrest as felony assault, including terroristic threats, obstructing the legal process and criminal damage to property.

Hightower has not been charged, but Ramsey County attorney’s office spokesman Dennis Gerhardstein said that the office expects to issue charges Thursday.

Zilge’s personnel record was not immediately available. Smith said he didn’t know whether the officer had any disciplinary actions in his record and promised answers soon.

I think we need to hear why the officer kicked him, but it’s apparent there’s no good excuse for it. This kind of thing is begin captured on camera more and more and that is a good thing. The camera doesn’t lie, and protects both the public and the police.

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Canton OH Cop Goes Berserk on Gun Permit Holder
Off-Duty Minneapolis cop drills guy in face for talking loud (VIDEO)
Dash cam on police car captures how a chase ends.