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The Political Environment: Health Care Vote Hero

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:46:00 -0500

Dust off the label "Profile in Courage."

I especially like his ability to hold off the GOP's strong-arm tactics. [...]

silent E speaks: Help Wanted…… Or Not….

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:21:52 -0500

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Real Debate Wisconsin: Reagan - Tear Down This Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:14:00 -0500

20 years ago today, the wall came down. Today, our President ignores.

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Real Debate Wisconsin: Amazing....

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0500

When I pointed out that the young Jared Christiansen was the only declared candidate for Governor on the donkey ticket (a post clearly made on the lighter side of things), local left wing blogger Zach W. had to stick his nose into things. (taking a post intended on the lighter [...]

News and Opinion: Teen sells his name. Can you pronounce it?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:49:24 -0500

So the 19-year-old Sheboygan teen who put his name on the auction block got a buyer. We lost track Friday while we were covering the Fort Hood shootings, but we figured we would let you know who ponied up $5,000 to buy the teen's name. The artist formerly known as Calvin Gosz [...]

News and Opinion: Draft of mayoral control bill expected today

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:45:13 -0500

The final draft of a bill calling for mayoral control of Milwaukee Public Schools is expected to be released today, according to a memo last week from three state senators and two state representatives. State Sen. Lena Taylor, along with fellow Senators Jeff Plale and Tim Carpenter, and state Reps. Pedro [...]

The Sconz: Can Labor sway Edgewater project?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:36:39 -0500

According to the State Journal, labor unions are spending tens of thousands of dollars on a campaign to win support for the Edgewater renovation. How many local officeholders will react strongly to the project’s endorsement by organized labor? Does labor still bring a powerful emotional appeal to left-leaning local politicos? Does [...]

Charlie Sykes: MONDAY BEST READ: PALIN'S POPULISM

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:52 -0500

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FREEDOM EDEN: Anwar al Awlaki

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500

An Internet post by Anwar al Awlaki, an Islamic cleric born in New Mexico, praises Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero.

About Sheikh Anwar:
He studied the Islamic sciences of Quran, hadith, and fiqh with scholars from Yemen. Imam Anwar served as an Imam in Denver, Colorado; San [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Help Wanted

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:22:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Click the ad so you can read the job description. [...]

News and Opinion: College Notebook: Comparing student engagement

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:21:12 -0500

Research suggests that students learn better the more they participate in their education, so getting a handle on how engaged students are at their schools is a great tool for college seekers. USA Today (via Mary Beth Marklein, pride of Janesville) reports Monday on the National Survey of Student Engagement and [...]

Blogging Blue: POTUS & FLOTUS Bartlett Support Health Care Reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:19:24 -0500

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No Runny Eggs: Monday Hot Read – Spiegel Online’s “The Guard Who Opened the Berlin Wall”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:07:17 -0500

The German website Spiegel Online had one of their reporters interview former East German border guard Lieutenant-Colonel Harald Jäger as part of their extensive coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jäger, who was in charge of the East Berlin checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse, was the first guard [...]

Dad29: "Anti-Government"? No. Anti-Statist, B Hussein

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:05:00 -0500

There are quite a few more of us than the o-and-savior thinks as he looks into his mirror on the wall....

Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer [...]

FREEDOM EDEN: Hasan and Al Qaeda

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:03:00 -0500

According to ABC News, Nidal Malik Hasan attempted to contact al Qaeda.
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Winter Awareness Week Begins

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:37 -0500

HURLEY — Gov. Jim Doyle has declared Nov. 9-13 as Wisconsin’s Winter Awareness Week. The annual campaign sponsored by Wisconsin Emergency Management and NOAA’s National Weather Service is to remind people to be prepared for winter conditions that could threaten their safety. Full Story Posted in Wisconsin Tagged: Winter Awareness [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Jack Frost Parade Float

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:07 -0500

The Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park has decided to have a float in the Jack Frost Parade! Our float is entitled “Remember.” We will be constructing a replica of a mining headframe with people dressed as miners walking and maybe riding on the float. We have a great crew of [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Thinking big

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:58:11 -0500

ONTONAGON — Ontonagon Elementary School is still in the running for a pair of national $10,000 playground grants. “We are the smallest place in the contest, so we have to do the biggest job,” Kirsten Menegoz said about the news that the Ontonagon school is among five finalists for the grant [...]

FREEDOM EDEN: Stupak Amendment: Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:54:00 -0500

Pro-life proponents could be heartened by the passage of an amendment that added language to H.R. 3962, the government-run health care bill.

Wisconsin Right to Life explains the amendment:
On Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives sidetracked President Obama's radical pro-abortion agenda by adopting the Stupak-Pitts Amendment [...]

Dane101: DIY, Dump-It-Yourself: Raw Milk

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:50:25 -0500

Recently a farmer showed up at the Wisconsin Capitol to dump his milk in protest. The state has been making him dump his milk because they fear he is selling it raw (it is unclear if he actually is selling raw [...]

News and Opinion: Tear down this wall. Oh, and your absurdity is showing.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:48:29 -0500

Happy Liberation Day, this 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell, just as Ronald Reagan said could and should happen. Anthony Dolan, who was chief speechwriter for Reagan, writes brilliantly about what moral clarity can do: "Reagan spoke formally and repeatedly of deploying against criminal regimes the one weapon they fear more [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: Tear down this wall. Oh, and your absurdity is showing.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:48:29 -0500

Badger Blogger: Another Anniversary

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:39:42 -0500

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Your President couldn’t be bothered with it, but 20 years ago, the Berlin Wall came crashing down.

Why didn’t you attend Mr. President? Is is because your party fought to preserve, and today even fight to institute socialist oppression in America?

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Sprawled Out: "We Americans are all infrastructure - and no people."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:35:10 -0500

Excellent piece from this Sunday's paper:

A void paved over with concrete - JSOnline.

Posted: Nov. 7, 2009

By Richard L. Birch

My wife and I own an apartment in the European city where her [...]

WISSUP = WISCONSIN SPEAKS UP: Monday morning coffee break

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:31:00 -0500

An enjoyable day to all! Yes, ALL! :-)

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Dad29: McMiller--The Final Chapter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:25:00 -0500

Under Wisconsin law, the State can do no wrong.

So the Wern Valley guys are out, out, out of McMiller, permanent-o.

As we've mentioned before, it's only a matter of time before McMiller becomes a PC paradise, and then suddenly disappears because of a local's interest in developing' [...]

One Wisconsin Now: WI unemployment continues to fall, who to thank?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:24:40 -0500

News last week the unemployment rate nationwide is up over 10 percent for the first time since the Reagan administration. And of course, the Dow is back up over 10,000, because these days, when Wall Street gets rich, real Americans get screwed. Perhaps a different post for a different day. [...]

News and Opinion: UW wide receiver arrested for OWI

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:49 -0500

From Jeff Potrykus of the Journal Sentinel: Madison — Wisconsin reserve wide receiver Maurice Moore was arrested early Sunday morning after police accused him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, according to Madison Police Department. [...]

Left on the Lake: How Much of My Property Taxes Go to Support Milwaukee County Parks

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:06:29 -0500

Number of comments: 5

In prepping for a presentation I’m giving later this week, I ran some numbers about how much of my property taxes go to the County and specifically to Milwaukee County Parks. Some may find it as interesting as I did and perhaps reconsider all the chicken little rhetoric about how [...]

Charlie Sykes: A SIGN OF THE END TIME?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:15 -0500

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News and Opinion: Supreme Ct. to decide if e-mails from public school computers are public docs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Oral arguments are slated for Tuesday before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a case that questions whether teacher e-mails are public documents because they're sent on school computers paid for by taxpayers. The attorney from the Wisconsin Education Association Council, which is appealing a circuit court judgment against five teachers who' [...]

The Sconz: Brunch Links

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:52:58 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Incredible…not only beautiful day, but a beautiful week. High of 63 today. A margarita from Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant, which not only got a D from Eating in Madison A to Z, but was referred to as a “Mexican’t Restaurant.” By the way, I had the pleasure of meeting the good [...]

Dad29: The Walker Effect

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:38:00 -0500

Sykes just got the story from a couple of listeners...

When Walker came into the Palin event, the crowd went wild.

Too bad Capper can't get his facts straight, eh?

But then, he gets his 'facts' from another individual who supposedly was "there."

Gee.' [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Kansas City Chiefs Releases Troubled Player Larry Johnson For Gay Slurs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:33:19 -0500

Hat Tip To Ferrell Gummitt for providing this information to me. This makes my day. As readers may know I do not cotton to the idea of using the term ‘fag’, and so when used in such a manner repeatedly by a member of the NFL, I urged for action on [...]

FREE WHITEWATER: Stability and Stagnation, Differently Experienced

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:25:41 -0500

One of the attributes of many small rural towns is that they risk stagnation, and thereafter decline, either relative or absolute.

For many in America, the idea of any decline seems absurd. Residents of a Maryland suburb may worry about too much growth, and crowding.

Believe it or not, we have [...]

Great Lakes Blogger: What Should You Do With Those Expired/Unneeded Pharmaceuticals?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:57 -0500

Do NOT flush them down the toilet, that's for sure. [...]

Life Voice Blog: Stupak Wins Round One; Palin Shines

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:45 -0500

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi) is not your ordinary household name. But, he is a true pro-life hero. By insisting over and over that no federal funds should be used for abortion, essentially sticking it to Speaker Pelosi and President Obama, Stupak was able to win approval for a vote on [...]

News and Opinion: Where you you when the Berlin Wall fell?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:14:41 -0500

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet Leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev walked across the Bornholmer Bridge in Berlin Monday, tracing the steps of East Berliners 20 years ago as the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel was at the wall 20 years ago. I'll admit I didn't look this up, but I'll venture' [...]

The Political Environment: Waukesha Talks Tough On Great Lakes Water To The Wall Street Journal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0500

I was struck by three things in today's Wall Street Journal story about Waukesha's pitch for Lake Michigan water:

First, the absence of Mayor Larry Nelson from the story.

Nelson is in a tough spot politically in Waukesha: he's a Democrat in a very Republican area, with [...]

Letters in Bottles: Very Interesting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:57:00 -0500

The Supreme Court may be forced to articulate the outer bounds of the Necessary and Proper clause. The case could have a significant impact on the ability of the federal government to exercise power over individuals. [...]

News and Opinion: Terrorism enhancer OK'd for sentence in Rhinelander lab attack

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0500

A man and woman who helped destroy research projects at the U.S. Forest Service station in Rhinelander almost 10 years ago rightly deserved a terrorism enhancement when they were sentenced, a federal appeals court has ruled. In an opinion released today, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sentences [...]

News and Opinion: College Notebook: UW Regents recognize teaching excellence

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:36:03 -0500

Educators engaged in philosophy, biochemistry and theater arts are receiving Teaching Excellence Awards from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. The 17th annual recognition singles out faculty and academic staff in the system who are exceptionally committed and effective and show contributions to the intellectual development of students. The awardees, [...]

FREE WHITEWATER: Neither More Nor Less

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:34:59 -0500

In my last two posts, Whitewater’s Best Hopes and The Invitation to Come to Whitewater from Contemporary America, immediately below, I discussed the opportunities that immigrants and students offer Whitewater. Although they’ve been met with acceptance in many quarters, they’ve been met with stubborn and self-destructive opposition from a few.

Once [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Last week the President said....

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:33:00 -0500

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Last week Obama told the American people not to jump to conclusions....

The President also said the following while trying to get Democrats to pass the House health care bill, "Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health" [...]

folkbum's rambles and rants: Jay Weber does the talk-radio taxidermy

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:00 -0500

by bertHere is another transparent tactic used by on-air pundits of the right wing in order to mangle the truth and score points. I call it talk-radio taxidermy. What you do is after a story is dead and gone, you doctor up the corpse to represent some scene that never [...]

Griper Blade: People Who Oppose Abortion Are Officially More Important Than You

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:28:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
A long, long time ago, I was working for a fundraising firm. One of our biggest clients was NARAL -- then the National Abortion Rights Action League, now NARAL Pro-Choice America. One of my jobs was to identify and counter common objections to fundraising appeals and someone came to me [...]

silent E speaks: The Passage Of Health Crap

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:38 -0500

Yes the bill passed. They lied and threatened and bought the votes to get it passed. They said it needs to be done NOW but it won’t go into effect until 2013……Whatever…… The new congressman from NY 23 lied to the people who elected him. He’s toast….. I guarantee it. [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Daily Press sees more online visits

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:02:22 -0500

ASHLAND (WPR) Another Wisconsin daily newspaper is cutting back its print editions. The Ashland Daily Press is going from six days a week to five. The Ashland Daily Press serves Bayfield, Price and Ashland Counties with a circulation of 6,000. The paper has been hitting porches six days a week since [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: North Shore waterfalls putting on a late autumn show

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:51 -0500

Fox21Online Posted in Video Tagged: North Shore, Waterfalls [...]

newberlinnow.com Community Blogs Inside New Berlin:

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

During the October 26 NB School Board Meeting, Dr. Paul Kreutzer introduced Larry Lueck as the District’s new administrator in charge of the District’s Gifted and Talented Program. Lueck will have a duo role: He’ll serve as NBPS’s Coordinator of the K-12 Talented & Gifted (TAG) program (as it is [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Nephew of Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck victim attempts to save freighter Arthur M. Anderson

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:58:37 -0500

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The nephew of a man who perished on the shipwrecked Edmund Fitzgerald is trying to save an endangered Great Lakes freighter whose crew at the time tried to help the doomed ship. The Arthur M. Anderson was trailing the the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975. Its [...]

Free Racine: Green Idea #1

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:58:00 -0500

Racine has a couple of meter maids/parking enforcement personnel that drive around all day in a van. Now perhaps there is some reason to have a van but it is not apparent to me. What is apparent is that they really do not need a performance vehicle of any sort [...]

Dad29: Another Bit of Info on NY-23

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:57:00 -0500

Last night, Reince Priebus spent a bit of time with James T.

On the NY-23, Priebus told the backstory on the (R) selection process leading to ScuzzyF's nomination, and it is appalling.

Apparently the NY (R) stogie-smokers were actually gunning for an (R) majority in the New York [...]

Mixter's Mix: Alright already, we'll all float on

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:55:00 -0500

We live, we love, and sometimes we lose. But we gotta keep going. And we'll all float on, ok.

I'm floating on, living my life and loving those special to me.

Mixter [...]

FightingBob.com: Kastenmeier Lecture

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:54:47 -0500

A reminder--the free lecture at the Law School is this Friday at 4:00. Professors Walter Dickey, Cecelia Klingele and Michael Scott will join Bob Kastenmeier to "Re-Imagine Criminal Justice." Call (608) 262-5918 for reservations. Join this vital discussion. See you there.

Milwaukee commute? Dan Bice, JS columnist, called the other [...]

Stepping Right Up!: Great Op-ed from Detroit News on ObamaCare

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:37:00 -0500

When even the liberal newswriters at the Detroit News are pounding you, perhaps the liberals should start listening:The narrow margin that carried the Nancy Pelosi/Barack Obama health care bill to victory in the House late Saturday should inform the Senate as it finalizes its own plan.The bill passed 220-215 with [...]

Dane101: Forward! An exciting debut performance of “All About Eve”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:35:26 -0500

Saturday night at Overture Hall’s Playhouse Theater was the first-ever performance of Forward Theater Company, a new professional company in Madison. The play was a staged version of Lux Radio Theater’s 1951 radio adaptation of All About Eve and [...]

CALEDONIA UNPLUGGED: Broke!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:00 -0500

Stole it from GOC [...]

Dad29: Compare/Contrast Sarah Palin to.....Any of 'Em

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:00 -0500

May as well get it into the open.

The LeftOWackies and the East Coast Pubbies are on the same page about Sarah.

Briefly, they both despise her.

But as this essay demonstrates, Palin was far more "qualified" for POTUS than most of the last nominees, [...]

Charlie Sykes: WHO GOES FIRST?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:26:41 -0500

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Dad29: You Thought Credit Rating Was Dull, Dull, Dull

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:07:00 -0500

Here's a bit of color for your Monday.

Buffett has been the biggest shareholder in Moody’s — a collection of filthy whores and pederasts who were one of the main contributors to the economic collapse — should have raised serious questions as to his judgment in our minds. [...]

Milwaukee Talkie: Mayoral control isn't magic, but it might be muscle

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

In 2007, when the New York General Assembly was considering whether to renew the legislation authorizing mayoral control of the New York City public schools, a Commission on School Governance was appointed to study the policy's benefits, drawbacks, and outcomes and to recommend whether renewal was appropriate.The Commission heard testimony [...]

WISSUP = WISCONSIN SPEAKS UP: Knights of Columbus Publish Stats on Abortion in America - Marist Poll

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:54:00 -0500

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To their credit, more and more Americans are becoming aware of the widespread agenda to normalize baby killing - and not falling for it. But it's all about the woman/MOTHER, right?

Read more stats HERE.

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Haas414: Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:48:55 -0500

Here in America, we’ve sometimes been insulated by the walls of oceans and distance, and our strong military. When the U.S. became a true world power after World War II, the Cold War was a symbol of the way that security and separation was changing, especially with the U.S and [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Kiel Holds Vigil for Krueger

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:42:01 -0500

From the Gannett Wisconsin Papers...

Candles held high, Jill Reifsnider and Kristin Thayer hugged and sobbed Sunday night as they paid tribute to and honored the memory of their friend and fallen soldier, Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger.

About 300 friends, family members, military personnel and veterans, as well as the Patriot [...]

Dane101: Breakfast Links: November 9, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37:06 -0500

Today is November 9. On this date in 1989 communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. People start demolishing the Berlin Wall.

* WSJ: UW-Madison professor to return to work on the [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Uncle Jay Explains: Nov. 9, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37:00 -0500

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Michael Alan Leon: MAL Contends . . .: Free to Be Free

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

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Reading Jeff Gates' Today’s Ancient Warfare: Facts vs. Beliefs, a related question that always presents itself in reading analyses of propaganda and thought control and other systems employed to dissolve a target population's capacity to think is: Those opinionmakers and policymakers in a position to' [...]

The Dave Casper Experience: Dipshit(s)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:33:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
On the side of Sendik's on Downer. [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: The President is unwilling to say it...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0500

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I will.

Nidal Hasan, terrorist. [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: Keith Schmitz

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:29:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Scam artist

We meant to open a Co-Op...

Oops. [...]

The Underground Conservative: CIA: Fort Hood Jihadist Tried To Contact Al Qaeda

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:47 -0500

The pre-9/11 Wall is back up. U.S. intelligence was aware that Nidal Malik Hasan had made attempts to contact Al Qaeda in the six months prior to last Thursday, when he shot and killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 in a jihadist attack on Fort Hood. It is not known [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Who Says RPW Lacks a Sense of Humor?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:05:57 -0500

From a morning press release via email...

MADISON - The Republican Party of Wisconsin has placed ads in several state newspapers seeking individuals willing to be the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin Governor.

“Not just anybody is going to want to defend what the Democrats have done to the economy and tax climate [...]

Boots and Sabers: B&S Wins MacIver Public Investigator Prize

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0500

I’m very pleased to announce that B&S has won the MacIver Public Investigator Prize for our coverage of the West Bend School Board over the past few months. While we did provide quite a bit of original coverage, many others [...]

Boots and Sabers: He Who Wins the War, Writes the History

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:59:01 -0500

So true…

No nation has ever produced a military history of such verbal nobility as the British. Retreat or advance, win or lose, blunder or bravery, murderous folly or unyielding resolution, all emerge alike clothed in dignity and touched with glory. Every engagement is gallant, every battle a decisive action. [...]

Boots and Sabers: Worm Infecting iPhones

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:56:05 -0500

I blame Steve Jobs.

The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading “in the wild” in Australia.

The self-propagating program changes the phone’s wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message “ikee is never going to give you [...]

News and Opinion: Agassi worried his hairpiece would fall off

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:54:22 -0500

Ex-tennis star Andre Agassi has been pitching his life story recently. It's a tale of a life hating tennis and his father, and using crystal meth. The big worry? His hair was falling out and he wore a hairpiece. Worse, in the French Open, he was worried it was coming [...]

The Underground Conservative: Trainwreck In Tampa

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:47:27 -0500

Yesterday’s debacle at Raymond James Stadium just couldn’t escape notice here. The floundering Green Bay Packers flipped and flopped and eventually lost to the previously winless Tampa Bay Yuccaneers, er, Buccaneers 38-28 and a rookie quarterback starting his first NFL game or game of any kind in a year. How’d he do? [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Cartoon of the Day

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:44:20 -0500

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Boots and Sabers: In Good Standing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:42:55 -0500

Hmmmm… look at that road number.

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This Just In...:

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0500

Watch this FOX News Special for more damaging revelations about ACORN. [...]

Marketplace of Ideas Blog: Trying to deliver what they can’t deliver

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500

It’s always interesting to read an opposing point of view from yours. The American political left (which has far too many fellow travelers in this state) could be said to be the opponents to not merely the American political right, but to the readers of Marketplace — not specifically for [...]

Righty Blog: Ask A Simple Question And Maybe You’ll Get A Simple Answer

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:53:49 -0500

Maybe the first step to finding out if an illegal immigrant is in fact an illegal immigrant is to do a simple thing - just ask. And who would be the easiest suspects to ask? How about those already in custody for committing crimes? from the Oregonian/Clakamas County News - “After 9/11, ICE stepped up its [...]

Badger Blogger: Time to make your voices heard

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:50:10 -0500

Number of comments: 1

This Saturday (11/14/2009), you have your chance to make your voices hears on the Milwaukee County Budget. The VETO SUPER RALLY will be held at the Italian Community Center in downtown Milwaukee from 1-3PM. Join your fellow taxpayers in telling the Milwaukee County Board that we are Taxed Enough [...]

News and Opinion: Firstwatch: Crime, firefighter politics and rowdiness

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0500

Monday is the kickoff to Winter Awareness Week. Great. Now you're aware. Typically the joke here would be that everyone in Wisconsin should be acutely aware of winter. It's that season that lasts from November to May.' [...]

Charlie Sykes: MONDAY HOT READ: HIGH WATER MARK FOR OBAMACARE?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:21:33 -0500

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Forward our Motto: RTA, Next Steps

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:15:00 -0500

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Dane County Board voted to establish a Regional Transit Authority (20-16, with 1 absent). You probably already know this. First: Yay! People have been talking about an RTA for the area as early as 1974. We are on the way to integrated transit solutions, better traffic management, and cleaner air [...]

Blogging Blue: Tom Tancredo gets served by Kos, walks off TV show

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:08:38 -0500

I guess Tom Tancredo didn’t appreciate being called out as a chickenhawk by Kos:

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Apostle Islands Navigator: Hometown Holiday Shopping Season in Bayfield

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:02:41 -0500

Shop historic Bayfield this holiday season! The Hometown Holiday Shopping Season begins November 27th and runs through December 31st. With so many unique stores, galleries, and boutiques, you’ll find something right here in Bayfield for everyone on your gift list. You’ll appreciate Bayfield’s quiet pace and unassuming atmosphere while enjoying [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Cornucopia Volunteer Fire Department’s Turkey Dinner

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:57 -0500

Posted in Cornucopia, Events Tagged: Cornucopia Volunteer Fire Department [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Glassblowing Demonstrations at Oulu Glass

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:58:56 -0500

If you are planning to come to Northern Wisconsin, stop in at the Gallery. At Oulu Glass in Brule, just 1 hour away from Duluth-Superior or Bayfield or to the south, Hayward, you will find hidden in the Northwoods of Wisconsin a surprising selection of beautiful glassworks. Oulu Glass also [...]

Paul Soglin: Waxing America: Thoughts on the Governor's Race: Take Two

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:17:00 -0500

It was meant as a pointed jab. With humor. When I posted A Most Serious Threat To The Wisconsin Democratic Party on Friday, I was trying to elevate the discussion about the need for a viable candidate for governor. I did not expect the post to be most widely read [...]

Blogging Blue: The myth about government health care

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:12:38 -0500

Number of comments: 1

One common conservative talking point posits that a government-run health care system would lead to a rationing of care, as was suggested in an editorial in Investors Business Daily, which used world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking as “proof” of their point:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance [...]

Cognitive Dissidence: Will Walker's Budget Throw The Buses Under The Bus?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:50:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
I take a very daring suggestion from Milwaukee County Treasurer Dan Diliberti and push it to a more forcefull level. Without help from the state, our buses are done.

All at Milwaukee County First. [...]

FREEDOM EDEN: Fall of the Berlin Wall - 20th Anniversary

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:34:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

While it's a day for celebration, it's also a day for reflection, a reminder that freedom-loving people still must fight to be free and overcome tyranny.

A man looks at the [...]

News and Opinion: They died of someone's embarrassment, apparently

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500

It's emerging that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was giving off warning signs. Reports (even) the New York Times: "A former classmate in the master's degree program said Major Hasan gave a PowerPoint presentation about a year ago in an environmental health seminar titled 'Why the War on Terror Is a War' [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: They died of someone's embarrassment, apparently

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500

FREEDOM EDEN: H.R. 3962: What You Need to Know

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:24:00 -0500

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Betsy McCaughey, writing in the Wall Street Journal, provides some details about the monstrous health care bill.

She reveals what the government will require you to do. She tells of the evisceration of Medicare and notes a number of questionable priorities in the bill.

WARNING: McCaughey's column [...]

Milwaukee County First: Will Walker’s Budget Throw The Buses Under The Bus?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:17:02 -0500

Dan Diliberti, Milwaukee County Treasurer, submitted a letter to Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs, the Chairwoman of the County Board’s Finance and Audit Committee. This letter was reproduced by BizTimes.com.

In the letter, Diliberti paints a very grim, but completely accurate, picture of the County’s finances, which [...]

Badger Blogger: Happy Birthday BadgerBlogger

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:06:26 -0500

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Happy Birthday BadgerBlogger.com!

Wow, it’s been 5 years since I decided that I would put my thoughts and ideas about current events and politics, on a blog that I originally called My View of the World. I never thought anyone would care, I expected it would be sort [...]