Category Archives: Minnesota

Notable stories from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Black helicopters in Minneapolis?

Black helicopters in Minneapolis

Police are alerting the public in Minneapolis that military aircraft will be conducting “routine training” over the Twin Cities through Saturday, largely in the evenings. Residents may see or hear low-flying, military transport helicopters – specifically Black Hawks and smaller Hughes 500s, flying in the Minneapolis area between 7 p.m. and midnight.

I don’t know how you feel about this, but I don’t like it. I understand that urban training is something the military needs to practice. It’s not like wars only happen in the jungle or the desert, but the fact they are training in a real populated U.S. city makes my conspiracy brain run wild. If it’s happening in my city, it’s happening elsewhere too.

Anyone else kinda freaked out by this?

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Military “training exercise” has town on edge

Today is the Day We Take the Stairs

Thanks for the motivation!

Today is the Day We Take the Stairs
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Body-suits freaking out residents in Woodbury

Source: MonkeyMyshkin

So I guess there is a place in the U.S. where full-body spandex suits are trendy. That place? South St. Paul, Minn.

Here is a recent report from the Woodbury, MN police blotter. Seems like this fashion is freaking people out. I don’t blame them. I saw two guys like this when I was walking to a parking ramp the other night after a Twins game. They made me uneasy and I kinda wanted to punch them.


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Has anyone else seen this out in public before? Are you one of these people? Fess up! You can buy your own spandex suit here. 

full-body spandex suits

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Want to fake kill Osama bin Laden?

Bin Laden killed repeatedly in Twin Cities suburb game

Bin Laden killed repeatedly in Twin Cities suburb game

In St. Paul, Minnesota, a former Navy Seal, Larry Yatch, is offering people who fantasize about killing other people a chance to participate in a reenactment of the Seal raid that executed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani compound last year.

This isn’t a real military operation. It’s a high-end role-playing game. People pay $325 to re-enact the bin Laden raid. Although the mission is fake, Yatch, Sealed Mindset’s president, is a real Navy SEALs vet. He opened the 10,000-square-foot studio with his wife Anne in April. So far, 137 people have signed up to pretend to kill a man wearing a white robe and a fake beard.

They should try to capture him alive, unless he starts shooting back. “If he presents a lethal threat, take him out,” Yatch instructed. “I don’t want to have to write a letter to any of your parents, okay?”

The company offers 73 defense classes each month and “live scenario trainings” designed to mimic actual threats. Yatch has set up fake kidnappings, fake carjackings, and even a fake shooting by a disgruntled employee.

Read story from MPR.

Check out this Navy Seal stuff.
Books about Seals and Bin Laden.

Eddie Vedder a Twins Fan?

Eddie Vedder a Twins Fan

Eddie Vedder with some kids sporting a Twins hat at the Seattle vs. Twins game over the weekend. Source: DuckDuckGrayDuck

Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder is an avid Cubs fan. For years, however, he called the Red Sox his favorite American League team. Not anymore. When former general Theo Epstein bolted for the Cubs over the offseason, Vedder dropped his Boston fandom and switched allegiances, calling the Twins his favorite AL team.

Is being a Twins fan Gods way of punishing Vedder for Vitalogy?

Read more at NESN.

General Mills protest fail

So this assclown torches box of Cheerios in protest of General Mills support for same-sex unions, but it doesn’t quite go as planned. Glad he was dumb enough to film this borderline arson attempt. Maybe the cops can use it to track him down.

Minnesota Hitchcock

Minnesota Hitchcock

THE SOAP FACTORY PRESENTS: THE HAUNTED BASEMENT 2012

THE SOAP FACTORY PRESENTS: THE HAUNTED BASEMENT 2012

I can’t believe it’s already that time of year. Tickets are on sale already for the scariest haunted house in the mid-west. If you have not experienced this, I highly recommend it. It is an adults only house of horrors that requires you to sign a waiver before entering. There is also a safe word provided at the beginning of the tour in the event that you cannot take it and want to leave.

At every turn, visitors are faced with a grotesque perversion of the mundane, turning everyday actions into fresh terrors. With inspiration drawn from personal experiences and commonplace moments, The Haunted Basement is real life twisted on itself, pushing the boundaries of Art and Theatre. Each visitor is the protagonist in their own unique horror story, choosing between options and discovering how long they can last before their courage fails them.

Buy tickets here.

Watch The Haunted Basement 2011 mini-documentary from MPLS.TV

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

Minneapolis Police Sgt. David Clifford

Minneapolis Police Sgt. David Clifford booking photo

From Fox 9 News: On Tuesday, the felony assault charges leveled against Minneapolis Police Sgt. David Clifford were upgraded from third to first degree in connection with the knock-out punch that put a bar patron in Andover on life support.

Clifford was charged after throwing a punch at Tanner’s Station on June 16, hitting Brian Vander Lee during a dispute over a cell phone conversation. Vander Lee was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery for bleeding on his brain.

The altercation was caught on surveillance video and shows Clifford approaching and punching Vander Lee in the face shortly thereafter.

Vander Lee was drunk, registering a .189 blood-alcohol concentration at the time and allegedly was causing a disturbance. Does the video footage back it up? I think not.

Brian Vander Lee

Brian Vander Lee – The victim, in case you couldn’t tell.

Watch the video here.

This cop never had to leave his chair. He should have left or asked staff at the restaurant to handle Vander Lee if he was causing a disturbance. Clifford has some major anger issues and needs to pay for what he did here.

Dead Mayflies at Gas Station in Minnesota

Welcome to Little Falls, Minnesota. Regular or premium?

Little Falls, Minnesota. mayflies
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