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Boots and Sabers: Kohl To Oppose Abortion option In Health Care Bill?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:24:03 -0500

The upcoming Senate vote on the pro-life Hatch-Nelson amendment to the health care bill has been called into question as an audio recording has surfaced with a Senator with a 100% rating from the pro-abortion group NARAL Pro-Choice America [...]

Cognitive Dissidence: Required Reading

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:57:00 -0500

The Shepherd Express tries to crack open the shell surrounding CRG.

Unfortunately, they didn't get into CRG's top guy Chris Kliesmet's business dealings with Scott Walker.' [...]

Urban Milwaukee: The Monarch Trail?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:50:01 -0500

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

- Bill Vaughan

As both Milwaukee County and UWM are driving forward with their plans to pave their way to the future, the last days for the Milwaukee County Grounds are unfortunately fast approaching. The land [...]

Cognitive Dissidence: Caution Needed On County Grounds Sale

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:46:00 -0500

Now the Monarchs are considered a threatened species. Does the County want to rush into a deal that might destroy one of the few migratory stops for them?

See MCF for the details. [...]

Tom McMahon: Could I See Your Invitation?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:43:57 -0500

Could I See Your Invitation?

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Fairly Conservative: Coming up this week

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:34:17 -0500

–I predict Fairly Conservative will have its 15,000th comment. Yes, that’s a lot of chatter. It’s also a strong indication of the health of this blog. We’ve not even had a 2nd birthday yet. –I will be playing with the blog design. I can’t help it. I’m finding some very cool [...]

Boots and Sabers: No Roth For You

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:20:25 -0500

Once again, Wisconsin is behind the curve.

How Wisconsin became what might be the only state that hasn’t lined up with new federal tax rules dates back to the state’s arduous budget process.

Shortly after Gov. Jim Doyle said in early May that the budget deficit [...]

Milwaukee County First: More Reasons To Proceed With Caution On County Grounds

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:04:45 -0500

We have discussed many reasons on why the Milwaukee County Board should proceed with caution on the sale of the county grounds for the poorly thought through Innovation Park. The reasons include the simple fact that this is not the best financial or geographic location [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Spirit Mountain has opened!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:02:14 -0500

DULUTH – The snow guns at Spirit Mountain are going full–force to make snow for skiers and snowboarders, and Saturday was opening day. There was just one run open, but that didn’t stop crowds from flocking to the slopes for the first runs of the season. Full Story Posted in Duluth Tagged: [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Local politics from Ashland

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:00:59 -0500

Ashland’s Ward 11 Councilor Connie Anderson has decided more than 20 years representing the city is enough, and filed non-candidacy papers on Thursday. At least one person has so far decided to attempt a move into Anderson’s Ward 11 seat. Although he has yet to officially declare his candidacy at City [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Northwest Airlines regional jet with flap problem lands safely in Michigan

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:58:59 -0500

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) A Northwest Airlines regional jet with unresponsive wing flaps landed safely Saturday at Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Airport spokesman Bruce Schedlbauer tells The Grand Rapids Press that the plane from Minneapolis carrying 47 people landed Saturday morning. Schedlbauer said flaps on the plane apparently wouldn’t deploy. [...]

Urban Milwaukee: Upcoming Events for the Week of December 7th, 2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:08 -0500

Urban Milwaukee’s Upcoming Events & Meetings Calendar should help you keep up to date on important events effecting our neighborhoods, the City of Milwaukee, and our region.

December 7, 2009 Milwaukee County: Committee on Economic and Community Development Meeting December 7, 2009 9:00 am The [...]

The Chief: Palin's Dad Goes Rogue

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:43:00 -0500

Yeah, something tells me we haven't heard the last of this:
Palin, though notoriously ill-travelled outside the United States, did journey far to the first of the four colleges she attended, in Hawaii. She and a friend who went with her lasted only one semester. "Hawaii was a little'" [...]

illusory tenant: Holy Spirit credited with choosing gay bishop

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:40:00 -0500

"I believe the people of the diocese, by the grace and power and influence of the Holy Spirit, went beneath skin deep, went beneath the superficial characteristics and boxes into which we put people to really look at individual people," said the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, 55.Others would [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:23:48 -0500

If we weren’t at the county park swimming pool, we were in the alley behind the building that housed the Juneau Theater and Juneau apartments. Me, Stanley, Eddie, Mike, John, Carol, Skipper, Duane, Rheiny (short for Rheinholdt; yes, his parents actually did that to him). The long water pipe running down the [...]

Letters in Bottles: A New Stealth Aircraft

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:36:00 -0500

Revealed - a flying wing U.S. drone in service over Afghanistan. [...]

illusory tenant: Jesus made county government to punish Evil

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:18:00 -0500

Civil government was God's idea. The first several verses of Romans 13 tell us He established government and that people in authority are ministers of God assigned to promote good and punish evil.From Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's officially endorsed message to police officers at mandatory events.

Clarke [...]

Boots and Sabers: Bing Crosby and David Bowie

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:39:14 -0500

And the Little Drummer Boy:

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This Just In...:

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0500

The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in…Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it’s DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy! THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We [...]

Uppity Wisconsin: Donate to Uppity Wisconsin

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:01:55 -0500

It's that time of year again when we ask you to support Uppity Wisconsin and other progressive activities around the state. Donate $2 or more to Uppity Wisconsin.

Donations help to fund hosting and management of the site, as well as helping to pay for other progressive activities in Wisconsin, including' [...]

Midwestern Clarity: Rick Santelli is right (again)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:32:00 -0500

This morning I watched CNBC's Rick Santelli talking from the Chicago Board Of Trade. His so-called, "Santelli Rant" has been watched on YouTube over a million times and his sentiments today, once again, represent the views of many Americans who pay their own way, just like you and me. We believe in living' [...]

Badger Blogger: Copenhagen Global Warming Summit

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:59:27 -0500

The lie packed attempt to destroy the world economy through fiction & socialism will not practice what they preach.

Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges

Not to worry though, there will be electric cars and hybrids among the 1200 limos… 5 to be exact.

No Christmas [...]

Tom McMahon: How To Get A Genuine Sony E-Book Reader for About $150

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:53:53 -0500

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Sony Reader PRS-505 and the new Sony Reader Pocket (PRS-300)

In most cases the PRS-505 will cost you around $300 on eBay, whereas you can find the new PRS-300 going for about $200 at various retailers. Either one [...]

illusory tenant: Yeah it's old

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:00 -0500

Still funny though. [...]

Lakeshore Laments: The Politics (and Science) of Panic

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:42 -0500

Great column by George Will this morning in the Washington Post; here's the final paragraphs.

Some climate scientists compound their delusions of intellectual adequacy with messiah complexes. They seem to suppose themselves a small clerisy entrusted with the most urgent truth ever discovered. On it, and hence on them, the [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Jeesh

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:48:00 -0500

Talk about your carbon footprint. [...]

On the BorderLine: [AP News] Apparently Depressed

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:36:54 -0500

Below we find the words of the AP.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is raising more speculation about a possible presidential bid with a stop in Iowa during her [...]

The Chief: Skins Game

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0500

The number of women the press have identified who have purportedly slept with Tiger Woods is up to 8.

Does anyone want to wager that the number of named women who claim or are believed to have had affairs with Woods breaks 20? [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0500

EVERY SUNDAY I REVIEW THE MOST COVETED EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE WEEK BY OPINION-MAKERS AS WELL AS THE MOST WIDELY-READ, THE SUNDAY “CROSSROADS” SECTION OF THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. I WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL PIECES CONTRIBUTED BY NON-JOURNAL SENTINEL WRITERS AND KEEP A RUNNING SCORE THROUGHOUT [...]

Badger Blogger: Barry’s working weekends

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:53:53 -0500

Barry O is really pressing Senate Democrats to solidify in their Socialist takeover of the American medical system over the strong objections of the American people… Which they don’t care about.

Obama Presses Senate Democrats on Health Bill

Next move is Cap & Trade, they don’t care what you think about [...]

The Chief: Does the Hacked Email Trail End in Russia?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:43:00 -0500

Looks like it:
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has discovered that the explosive hacked emails from the University of East Anglia were leaked via a small web server in the formerly closed city of Tomsk in Siberia.

Computer hackers in Tomsk have been used in the [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:05:04 -0500

The day after Thanksgiving as I filled in on Newstalk 1130 WISN, the listeners and I had a good time chortling over the Journal Sentinel’s front page announcement that Wisconsin was no longer a tax hell. Of course, that infers that at some time, Wisconsin was a tax hell. That’s odd, [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:43:40 -0500

Last week, a serious weather advisory was issued that I posted on my blog. Yes, we got snow. Yes, it accumulated on our driveways. Yes, it accumulated on our lawns. And yes, it all just about melted within 24 hours. Milwaukee TV stations went into full-blown scare mode. But despite their sky is falling warnings, [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Need a Job in Politics?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:43:09 -0500

Saw this the other day at a website commonly used for Democratic Job Postings. Seems this will be the third Press Secretary Congressman Steve Kagen will have in as many years.

Not that it's big news mind you. Congressional offices and most political operations go through Communications Directors and Press' [...]

The Chief: Flying in Style

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:33:00 -0500

Pics of a tricked out Airbus A380.

Next time I'm being told by an United Airlines employee to go fuck myself, I will try not think of these.' [...]

The Chief: God Forbid...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:30:00 -0500

... an organization that can't even count the number of child abusers it has in its ranks listens to what a gay homosexual has to say.' [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Winter Storm Watch For Wisconsin!!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:23:03 -0500

Children of ALL ages get excited over this news. If you enjoy watching snow fall, like to shovel (I really do), ski, walk in it, or snowmobile then I know there is a slight tingle inside you as you hear that a major snow storm seems to be bearing down on our [...]

Letters in Bottles: Saints Win!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:56:00 -0500

Good cheer reigns at the coffeeshop (the library got to be too much).

Here, a man with ear buds called the overtime play by play, pacing up and down the shop. Quite memorable - what a nailbiter. 12-0. [...]

Fairly Conservative: The making of a new Web site

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:55:06 -0500

Right now I have RecombobulationArea.com password protected so that only I can view it, but I was thinking: would anyone be interested in how a WordPress site comes together? I’d be fine with giving you a sign in and some narrative so you could follow along as I get it [...]

Letters in Bottles: The BQE

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:27:00 -0500

I was checking up on some musicians online and I discovered Sufjan Stevens released some new stuff last month. It's The BQE, an exploration of a highway in NYC Apparently he's gone from the band room to the orchestra hall. And there's an accompanying film made by him. From [...]

Radio Free Wisconsin: [nt]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:24:00 -0500

More from the DOJ report

For all intents and purposes, Ken Black seemingly knew in February 2009 about major problems at the vets’ agency, but he did nothing about them.

Although the accountants didn’t close the fiscal year [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Idiot of the week: Christopher Black

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:00:23 -0500

Unarmed, naked man stands in his yard, threatens to kill cops with his extreme naked-fu A naked Lower Southampton man stood in his front yard threatening to kill five police officers Wednesday, police said. He is now in Bucks County prison in lieu of $1 million cash bail. Christopher Black, 48, of [...]

Tom McMahon: Die Windows 1972

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:37:11 -0500

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Die Windows 1972

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Radio Free Wisconsin: Peace ...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:26:00 -0500

Peace Bell to ring in Kentucky on New Year's Eve

The World Peace Bell will get another ring on New Year's Eve.

The 66,000-pound bell will ring for the first time in 10 years at midnight to bring in the New Year [...]

FightingBob.com: Obama's unabated Afghanistan problem

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:17:50 -0500

It's Bush's policy and Obama's war now in Afghanistan.

President Obama has decided to send more than 30,000 troops requested by General Stanley McCrystal to shore up the fight against the Afghan insurgency. Robert Baer, a former CIA agent, says what the U.S. faces when it comes to an "Afghan" [...]

Rhymes With Clown: Bending The Curve: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:11:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Act I - Wherein our hero, Obama Budget Director Peter Orszag, citing the liberal but well-respected think tank Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, attempts to assure the audience that savings through Medicare cuts can, in fact, be achieved:
One of the criticisms leveled by skeptics of health insurance [...]

Radio Free Wisconsin: The Veterans Affairs ...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:55:00 -0500

The Veterans Affairs Board is on a roll

After jettisoning deadwood and making other positive changes, the vets on the board are likely to keep the momentum going.

Hold administrators at the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs accountable for roughly $300 million either budgeted [...]

Haas414: Online holiday shopping: How shipping fees can get you

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:49:36 -0500

How’s that sound for a cheesy-yet-hard-hitting expose? Regardless, look at this: I’m reading my daughter’s wish list on Amazon.com, and see that I can get her a copy of this “Avatar: The Last Airbender” book for as cheap as $0.01 — one cent! Sounds great. The book may be in [...]

Dad29: USCC Tops the ACORN Embarassment, Part II

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:15:00 -0500

This is rich.

...in an email asking to confirm Henry's advisory role at the USCCB, Sister Mary Ann Walsh, the conference media director simply told CNA, "She is not a consultant."

CNA spoke with another woman in the Justice, Peace and Human Development office at the USCCB [...]

Letters in Bottles: "I am petite..."

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:15:00 -0500

I missed this - a New York Times Magazine interview with Congressman Joseph Cao.

He talks about growing up in Indiana, why he joined the Republican Party, and even his honeymoon.

ht/HB [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Madison, Wisconsin And Jefferson Davis Political Trivia

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:04:29 -0500

I love to learn new and obscure things that will never really come to light until there is a conversation it can be squeezed into. Or a blog where it can be plopped in. Such as now. The bottom line is I love to know these tidbits, but as James tells me over [...]

The Political Environment: Can Milwaukee County Protect Its Open Space By Selling It?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:42:00 -0500

Milwaukee County will take up a plan to preserve some environmentally-sensitive land on the County Grounds though it has already agreed to sell a big chunk of close-by acreage to UWM for buildings and parking lots.

Reminds me of destroying the village to save it.

Pre-Vietnam War readers [...]

Brewtown Gumshoe: New Firms Are No Job Engine

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:31:00 -0500

John Torinus, of the Journal Sentinel, assures us that new firms are the key to our recovery. Encouraging new firms using the typical incentives (job credits, small business loans, investment credits, grants, using pension fund money for speculative investment, etc.), he believes, will create jobs.

He also uses [...]

Great Lakes Blogger: The End

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:23:08 -0500

This blog is shutting down, probably permanently. Thank you for following it over the last few days, months or years. There are many other terrific Great Lakes blogs, some of them listed in the blogroll at left. [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Sunday Echoes: Petticoat Junction – Cannonball Christmas

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:16:40 -0500

Remember when all the classic television shows had Christmas themed epidoses at this time of year. In memory of such loved times comes this warm and treasured show from the archives. Petticoat Junction not only had one of the theme songs that still makes for perfect singing in the shower these many decades [...]

Charlie Sykes: SUNDAY HOT READ: UNRAVELING PANIC

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:54:11 -0500

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Brewtown Gumshoe: Oblique Journalism

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0500

The Journal Sentinel has an inanely meandering editorial - Not a tax hell, but state still needs better revenue mix - pushing for decreased taxes, service maintenance, alongside "innovation and entrepreneurial spirit," hinging on increased educational outcomes. Many good talking-points and topics-of-the-moment, but the editorial is quite sparse on [...]

Boots and Sabers: Girly Boy

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:18:25 -0500

Instead of watching football, belching, and scratching inappropriate things, I’ll be spending my afternoon helping over 100 little girls get a makeover for a fundraiser. I’m fairly certain that I will need to shoot something this evening.

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CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Video: Bob Schieffer On Tiger Woods

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:08:36 -0500

Every Sunday morning there are some constants. The first is Bob Schieffer. This morning his ending remarks, which every week are always pertinent and insightful, were doubly so about Tiger Woods. First, I have often lamented those sports personalities that could not understand part of their public role IS to meet and [...]

scott d. feldstein: How do you want your eggs?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:56:51 -0500

Number of comments: 1

I like eggs just about any way you can make them. But when you’re out for breakfast and you get asked this question, how do you answer? Me, I go for over-easy. Sunny-side up is okay, but tends to come with runny whites, which I don’t care for. Scrambled is [...]

Boots and Sabers: Sunday Insight With Charlie Sykes

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:51:20 -0500

I was on Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes this morning. I was pleasantly surprised that nobody rubbed it in too bad that I wrongly predicted a Cowboy win over the Packers the last time I was on the show.

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Dad29: The Falsehood of 'Utilities Support Doylent Green'

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:39:00 -0500

Jim Doyle and his Legislature are about to smash Wisconsin living standards with "green" laws.

...The legislation is expected to expand the use of renewable energy to 25% by 2025 by relying on sources such as wind and biomass from locations in and out of the state.

In 2007, [...]

Tom McMahon: How to Survive a Terrorist Attack

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:24:22 -0500

How to Survive a Terrorist Attack

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Letters in Bottles: So, Perry v. Schwarzenegger

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:09:00 -0500

What's your take on the Boies-Olson federal suit to invalidate California's Prop. 8?

Here's the complaint. The trial is slated to begin in January.

From what I can tell, it's going to be difficult, legally, to avoid the many analogies to the Colorado amendment struck [...]

Dad29: Studies Show......

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:02:00 -0500

Any questions?

HT: PowerLine [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: Happy holidays, part X

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

When people say “the holiday season,” it seems they’re usually using it as shorthand for Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the hassle in between, while trying to sound like they’re including Hanukkah and that Muslim holiday that most of them, unless they’re Muslim, can’t remember the name of. Though, pleasantly enough, [...]

Dad29: Afgan Strategy "Doh" Moment

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:00 -0500

Interesting article here on the current Obama strategy for Afghanistan.

Among other things:

...administration officials changed their chief objective from trying to eliminate the Taliban to making sure insurgents could no longer threaten the Afghan government's survival

It was determined that we simply could NOT 'eliminate [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Cap and Trade in action.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:34:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Massive scam involving fraud in carbon credits..... in Copenhagen ironically enough.

I am sure this will be a topic of much discussion at the Chicken Little summit. (Sarcasm off) [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:30:00 -0500

Once again, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued a beautiful Christmas stamp. The stamp has to just frost atheists like fruitcake Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation based in Wisconsin. There’s a wonderful story behind this year’s stamp. The image of Madonna and the Christ Child is [...]

The Chief: Bad Santa

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:28:00 -0500

Funny movie, wouldn't want to live it.' [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Skank Agent?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:14:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Why is it always Wisconsin?

The winner today is Fun du Lac. [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: About that claim that death threats to Obama are higher than other President's...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:10:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
A lie.

But then that doesn't fit the raaaaacist meme.' [...]

Dad29: ObamaCare: Home Health Care Is Toast

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:09:00 -0500

One of the better Medicare programs is Home Health Care. In general, this program allows 'traveling' healthcare professionals to aid relatives in attending to the needs of individuals who remain at home instead of in managed-care environments such as nursing homes.

It saves money AND is a comfort to [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Radical person of the week: Paul Watson

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:00:27 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Eco-terrorist Co-founder of Greenpeace Board member of the Sierra Club Is responsible for ramming, scuttling, and sinking a slew of fishing boats Oversees the anti-logging-industry group – Coeur du Bois “There’s nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win.” Like the purveyors of radical Islamic terrorism, the eco-terrorist uses fear, intimidation, and violence [...]

FightingBob.com: Not the enemy of the good

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:56:17 -0500

Barack Obama is not a progressive, but he is still the progressives' best chance.' [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:07 -0500

US President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Afghanistan at the United States Military Academy at West Point in West Point, NY, December 1, 2009. Obama said sending 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan is in the "vital national interest" of the United States. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images U.S. soldiers listen to President [...]

Fairly Conservative: I think I’m beginning to understand how my great-grandmother must have felt.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:14:24 -0500

She used to mention sometimes how odd it was to have pictures flying through the air (tv) or to look up and see a plane flying overhead. It was so different from what she had known growing up. Of course, I just thought that’s what old people talked about. Can [...]

The Sconz: True Community

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:11:03 -0500

All images are property of Jaimie Chapman and the Sconz. Happy to share. Just ask first please. : ) [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:03:30 -0500

Today is the feast of St. Nicholas. From Christianity Today: “In the most famous story about his life, he threw bags of gold through the windows of three girls about to be forced into lives of prostitution. At least that's the most common version of the story; there are others, including [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Rest in Peace, “Barrel Man”

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:56:58 -0500

Admittedly, of all the NFL's "Super Fans," I've always been partial to the New York Jets "Fireman Ed." The man single-handedly may or may not have started the entire "J!-E!-T!-S! JETS! JETS! JETS!" chant. So, my heart goes out to fans of the Denver Broncos who lost Tim McKernan' [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:50:59 -0500

As I post every Sunday, here are the five most read blog entries of mine from the previous week. NOTE: some entries may have been posted prior to the past week. 1) It's starting already.....The Tiger Woods Family Christmas Portrait 2) Culinary no-no #142 3) In case you missed it last Thursday.... 4) Photos [...]

FREEDOM EDEN: SNL: Opening Skit - Party Crashers (Video)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:30:00 -0500

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Lakeshore Laments: Cartoon of the Day

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:06:06 -0500

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Blogging Blue: Appeals court rules against Clarke

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:41:30 -0500

Number of comments: 2

According to a unanimous ruling form a federal appeals court, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was wrong when he forced his deputies to listen to a Christian-themed presentation during roll call in 2006. The appeals court ruled that in doing so, Clarke violated the constitutional separation of church and [...]

The Happy Circumstance: Irony May Not Be Dead, After All

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:41:00 -0500

This morning I was working through the readings for my Ethics class which differentiate the seven forms of Distributive Justice when it came to me that I was sitting next to the Christmas Tree. What a wonderful little moment. [...]

Blogging Blue: I’m sad…

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:29:03 -0500

Number of comments: 6

…because I just found out Dan Sebring blocked me from receiving any more of his tweets on Twitter.

Apparently I’m one potential constituent he doesn’t want to stay informed about his campaign, but the fact that he blocked me speaks volumes about what kind of Congressman he’d be.

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Blogging Blue: Feingold supports effort to enroll all members of Congress in public option

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:01:04 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced his support for an amendment by Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to require all members of Congress be enrolled in the public health insurance option included in the health care bill currently being considered in the Senate. Sen. Feingold, a staunch supporter of [...]

This Just In...:

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:00:00 -0500

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Marketplace of Ideas Blog: Take five to recognize ...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:55:55 -0500

... the 89th birthday of jazz musician Dave Brubeck, the composer of one of the two most famous pieces of 5/4 music on the planet (this is the other).

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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Uppity Wisconsin: On Getting Found, Or, Search Engines: Is There A Difference?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:33:36 -0500

I have a story today that comes from my predilection to “self-syndicate”, meaning that I post my stories far and wide, in the same way a newspaper columnist is syndicated nationally—or beyond.

After I post, I know others will also post my stories to their sites, a topic that was itself [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Radical organization of the week: Sierra Club

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:00:04 -0500

85 Second Street – 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone : 415-977-5500 URL: Website One of the America’s most influential radical environmentalist groups Deems technological progress inherently harmful to the natural environment Elected eco-terrorist Paul Watson to its board of directors in 2003 Founded in 1882 by Scottish immigrant John Muir, the Sierra Club today ranks among [...]

Righty Blog: Energy Squanderer Be Prepared

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:30:47 -0500

Oh, I’m not talking about those of you who are driving gas guzzling vehicles. I’m talking about you who are lounging in your home in front of a huge HDTV….especially if it has a plasma screen. You are the most recent culprit of energy waste and will be under the watchful eye of [...]

Cognitive Dissidence: Break Time's Over

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:59:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Just for Nevada Dan:

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Cognitive Dissidence: "[Walker] was and is a counterfeit leader"

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:49:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
James Rowen channels his inner cognitive dissident. My favorite part:
Walker was never a philosophical or actual urbanist - -let alone a pragmatic, down-to-earth, hands-on problem-solver - - though the territory and people he represented are, in the main, urban, and in a particularly challenged environment, too.
He was [...]

Cognitive Dissidence: Why Santa Isn't Republican

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:46:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
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FREEDOM EDEN: SNL: Obama and Ecstasy

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:33:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

SETH MEYERS: Police in Texas seized a shipment of ecstasy pills this week. They were shaped like President Obama's face. The drug is characterized by a brief, powerful high followed by a long, slow comedown. [...]

FREEDOM EDEN: SNL: Tiger Woods

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:22:00 -0500

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Tiger Woods received a good deal of attention on Saturday Night Live.

Kenan Thompson played Woods as he held a series of news conferences in front of his home, his wife Elin Nordegren (host Blake Lively) at his side. Wolf Blitzer (Jason Sudeikis) introduced the breaking news segments.

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FREEDOM EDEN: SNL: Aretha Franklin, Christmas Tree Lighting

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:14:00 -0500

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SETH MEYERS: This Wednesday, the Rockefeller Christmas tree was illuminated. However, the occasion was marred when Aretha Franklin was caught in a bear's mouth.

Aretha Franklin does wear interesting hats.

Franklin made a memorable [...]

illusory tenant: Bopp forgets who client is

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:01:00 -0500

A real piece of work:Bopp said he never said anything disparaging the right to counsel and that the State Bar was hypocritical because his comments came as part of his defense of Gableman.

"They are criticizing me for the zealousness of my representation," he said.
When you are [...]

illusory tenant: TN mayor goes Facebook nuts

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:49:00 -0500

We sit the kids down to watch 'The Charlie Brown Christmas Special' and our muslim president is there, what a load ... try to convince me that wasn't done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he' [...]

Watchdog Milwaukee: Waukesha – Baseball Hat Capital

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:40:29 -0500

Went to Outback in Waukesha County tonight.

Amusing fact — over half of the men in the restaurant were wearing baseball caps… and yes, during dinner. My how things change.

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The Chief: Well, now ...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:03:00 -0500

Interesting:
This is the first year that Gridiron officers have dropped the off-the-record rule that had been in place for more than a century. Modest twittering is permitted, though not during the speeches or songs. At a meeting this morning, the officers explained that the change is a bow [...]

Letters in Bottles: Reading closely, with The New Yorker

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:42:00 -0500

The New Yorker managed a few days ago to get things staggeringly wrong, enough so as to warrant comment. So let's take a look.

The subject was Honduras, and Obama's failure vis-a-vis the situation there. Now, I'm with them so far -- the situation was incredibly badly handled' [...]

On the BorderLine: From The National, A Postscript?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:39:56 -0500

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