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News and Opinion: Happy holidays: finale

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:45:00 -0500

As I’ve been saying, it’s not as if “happy holidays” is an offensive greeting. Rather, it’s so inoffensive -- so deliberately unspecific -- as to inadvertently minimize what people actually are celebrating on their holidays. Yes, I know: It’s meant not to offend. One says happy holidays, all of them, whatever, [...]

This Just In...:

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0500

It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In. The weekend has finally arrived. The sun has set. The evening sky has erupted. Let's put controversy and provocative blogs aside for the rest of this work week and smooth our way into Saturday and Sunday. Tonight, more Sounds [...]

This Just In...:

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500

One of the goofier provisions (and there were plenty) in the 2009-11 state budget worked out by Jim Doyle and Democrats in some secret, dark, sinister closed meeting(s) allows University of Wisconsin System faculty and staff to unionize. The Oshkosh Northwestern quotes Bill Wacholtz, former president of UW-Oshkosh’s faculty senate: "Right now [...]

Fairly Conservative: Umm, Umm, Good

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:52:53 -0500

I hardly ever read the news blurbs that are posted on my email home page. Tonight I read this: “Lord Stern of Brentford, former adviser to the government on the economics of climate change, said people will have to consider turning vegetarian to help reduce global carbon emissions. “Meat is a wasteful [...]

News and Opinion: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:44:52 -0500

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church at 613 S. 4th St. begins celebrations for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe tonight (Friday) at 8 p.m. Various groups will sing, pray and dance in honor of the patron saint of Mexico beginning at 8 p.m. until about 11 a.m. At midnight [...]

Letters in Bottles: Cao votes nay on Wall Street reform bill

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:40:00 -0500

He joined all other voting Republicans in the House to oppose the bill, which ultimately passed.
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MilwaukeeWorld: WALKER'S TRANSIT PERFIDY SHOVELED TO NEW DEPTHS

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:33:00 -0500

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CITY OBLIGED TO SHOVEL COUNTY BUS STOPS FOR FREE
WALKER REFUSES TO REIMBURSE
BECAUSE SHELTERS HAVE "CITY-ISSUED PERMITS"
DPWs COLE CALLS POLICY "CIRCUITOUS" --
-- "CROOKED" IS MORE LIKE IT

Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld.com

By Michael Horne

And The Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team
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Fairly Conservative: Great mysteries in blogging

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:15:58 -0500

Suddenly all of my spam comments that had been coming in Cyrillic now look to be the same links in English. Anyone else getting hit hard with spam this last week? [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: AMSOIL Duluth National Snowcross

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:02:02 -0500

Posted in Duluth, Video Tagged: AMSOIL [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Make Your Own Gift Bags, Tags, & Wrap at Sweet Sailing

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:00:38 -0500

Sweet Sailing will be hosting an afternoon of ‘going green with gift wrap’. Make your own unique gift bags, tags, and wrap, so your gifts will be as special on the outside as on the inside! Plain recycled paper bags and sheets of paper will be available and tables set [...]

This Just In...:

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

A slight warm-up without snow is the rather quiet, ho-hum forecast. TV weather people are bummed. We have all our regular weekend material and it starts tonight on This Just In with our regular Friday night Goodnight music post, and this week, it’s more Sounds of the Season with some obscure holiday [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and Rep. Nick Milroy (D-Superior) urge governor to veto bill

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:58:41 -0500

MADISON – Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and Rep. Nick Milroy (D-Superior) are asking Gov. Jim Doyle to veto a bill requiring regional representation on the UW Board of Regents. The bill would require that seven Regents come from specific regions of the state. Supporters say the bill is needed to prevent [...]

Kay's Blue Racine: Mute Monks sing the Messiah

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:37:00 -0500

Hallelujah!! Hysterical!

Happy solstice to all!! [...]

News and Opinion: Drunken driver who urinated on cop sentenced to year in jail

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:36:11 -0500

From the Sheboygan Press: A 36-year-old Waldo man who urinated on a police officer during a fifth drunken driving arrest has been sentenced to a year in jail. Daniel L. Shilts Jr., of 720 W. Second St., was sentenced Nov. 30 by Judge Gary Langhoff to the jail term and three years [...]

Dad29: Paul Ryan On FIRE!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:21:00 -0500

Hooboy. Ryan goes off on the Rent Seekers, and it's well-supported.

...We were told that the financial giants, most prominently Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, were "too big to fail." We were given the same slippery justifications in diverting TARP funds beyond their original intent--moving into auto [...]

The Motley Cow: Infighting already beginning in the Tea Party Movement

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:20:00 -0500

15 minutes goes by faster than it used to.

Anatomy Of The Tea Party Movement [...]

The Political Environment: SEWRPC Annual Dinners Average $1,060 The Last Five Years

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:18:00 -0500

Earlier this week I disclosed that the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission spent $995.47 on a dinner at The University Club for 14 commission board members and three staffers, according to the commission.

So I asked Ken Yunker, SEWRPC's Executive Director, for some dinner details going back four' [...]

Boots and Sabers: Protection of Gun Rights Expanding… in Many States

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:05:22 -0500

But not Wisconsin.

It’s been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and playgrounds and, at least briefly, into bars.

A change in leadership at the state Capitol helped [...]

Tom McMahon: Why Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy Plows His Neighbors Driveways

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:01 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Why Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy Plows His Neighbors Driveways

As with cars, too much power is almost enough.

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News and Opinion: No, it's not about you buying a Prius

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:45:00 -0500

Rather, if we’re going to cut how much carbon dioxide you emit, it won’t be a matter of you signing up for windmill-generated electricity. Buying a Prius isn’t going to take us back to the per-capita emissions levels of 1860. Rather, it’s going to take a little less of that per-capita. [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: No, it's not about you buying a Prius

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:45:00 -0500

Tom McMahon: Comic Reader Mobi: The Comic Book Reader Specially Designed for Cell Phones

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:30:44 -0500

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Comic Reader Mobi: The Comic Book Reader Specially Designed for Cell Phones

The Blurb:

"I'd love to read comics on my phone But the screen is way too small"

But wait!' [...]

News and Opinion: Cap-and-defraud

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:30:00 -0500

Speaking of unholy marriages between business and government, how has that cap-and-trade system worked for Europe? Try $7.4 billion in fraud, says the European Union, just over the past 18 months. [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: Cap-and-defraud

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:30:00 -0500

Dane101: Music Around Madison: December 11 & 12

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:25:06 -0500

It is damn cold outside and your body is likely going to be screaming at you to wuss out and stay in all weekend, but don't listen! The city may be entering the next ice age, but the venues are doing their' [...]

Charlie Sykes: HEY, LET'S SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF THE KIDS

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:58:50 -0500

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News and Opinion: Pro-business vs. pro-market

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:45:00 -0500

There’s a difference between being pro-business and in favor of free markets, writes Rep. Paul Ryan in Forbes. Our federal government is drifting into the former, to the detriment of any of us who aren’t attached to one of the big businesses thriving under the new crony capitalism. This, writes Ryan, [...]

Patrick McIlheran: Right On: Pro-business vs. pro-market

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:45:00 -0500

FREE WHITEWATER: Snowball Throwing…There’s a Regulation Against That

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:24:04 -0500

On our local college campus, as about a foot of snow fell in town, there was a snowball fight. Regrettably, a few windows were broken.

Snowballs, baseballs, and footballs sometimes break windows. Accidental damage is unfortunate; deliberate vandalism is wrong.

A regulation against snowball throwing, on the theory that someone [...]

Letters in Bottles: Democrats and the debt ceiling

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:14:00 -0500

“The bill’s already been run up; the credit card has already been used. When you get the bill in the mail you need to pay it."

- Rep. Dave Obey

Congressman Obey, why the hell were you spending with a credit card in the first place?
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Wisconsin Family Voice: Bullying is bullying. Period.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:53 -0500

The State Senate passed an omnibus “school safety” bill (SB 154) in late October of this year that addressed, among other things, “school bullying.” Right now the bill is sitting in the Assembly Education Committee, where it will remain until the legislature comes back into session early next year. “Bullying bills” [...]

Lakeshore Laments: Note to Readers

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:56:53 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Posting will be light this weekend. Kurt is getting married and it will be all wedding stuff for a lot of folks.

Take care and feel free to pass on your "Congrats" to my little brother and former contributor in the comments.

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Radio Free Wisconsin: AND THE HORSE ...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:00 -0500

AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON

John Scocos is a puke.

Unemployed and without any job prospects, Scocos held a thick-headed “press conference” in the Assembly parlor on Thursday.

Let’s go to the tape and take a look at the astonishment on [...]

(Insert Witty Blog Title Here): America is dead

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:43:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
or soon will be for this very reason [...]

Fairly Conservative: A notice to Alderman Scott Berg

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:34:10 -0500

One of the best things about my decision to stop blogging on local politics is the possibility 5th District Alderman Scott Berg will become someone else’s problem. Granted, I feel a little guilty about this. You see, my good friend (oh, yes, Scott, Kyle and I are friends) Kyle Prast keeps [...]

Letters in Bottles: Obituary for Martha Jane Crump Hardy, "Granny Cart Lady"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:26:00 -0500

In today's Times-Picayune.

The Tulane campus has lost one of its most iconic and memorable figures with the loss of Ms. Hardy. [...]

Blogging Blue: City Beautiful – 3 D Digital Video on Buildings

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:15:16 -0500

This posting isn’t about politics, but it is about what cities can do to bring themselves to life. Using new 3D Digital projection from Nuformer Digital Media, a wonderful demonstration of sound, music and projection comes to life. I can envision several buildings around the state that could use this [...]

Dad29: Rainforest at Brookfield Central

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:15:00 -0500

So last night, around 8:30 PM, the brand-new sprinkler system at Brookfield Central HS emitted a bunch of water into the brand-new gymnasium's entryway (the one which faces west.)

It was rather pretty to observe from the outside: the downlights illuminated the waterfall.

Probably not so pretty for [...]

illusory tenant: Scores of presumed readers

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:13:00 -0500

This is how creationists do science.On the other hand, please vote in favor of my review: "Sterling example of mendacious intellectual pornography from Stephen Meyer."The comments are hilarious. It's been how many years since the "Wedge Document," yet they're still stuck in Phase II, "Do publicity" (without' [...]

illusory tenant: Baroness Thatcher is a conservative heroine, no?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:05:00 -0500

To be sure, no denializer, she.

h/t lord_sidcup. [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Zachery Cadeau sentenced

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:02:31 -0500

GOGEBIC COUNTY — Sentencing has been handed down against a former Gogebic County man convicted of selling a stolen gun. Zachery Cadeau was sentenced to a year in jail with 183 days credit for time served. Cadeau was arrested when authorities bought the gun from him through a confidential informant from Ashland, [...]

Dane101: Theater Review: Ensemble cast makes "Grease" memorable at the Overture

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:20 -0500

Tuesday evening my wife and I braved the mounting winter storm to attend Grease at the Overture Center. Before I start on the show I want to mention the quality of the Overture Center itself. If you've never attended a show there,' [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Problems Begin to Surface in Ashland with Recent Roadwork

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:18 -0500

As a certified Master Plumber, Zyg Jablonski said he has discovered a major problem with recent roadwork on Highway 2 in the city of Ashland. “The citizens of Ashland have paid for an upgrage on a nice fine road that looks good,” Zyg Jablonski Jr. of A to Z Plumbing & Heating said Thursday. “But it’s not [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Merry Ol’ Christmas Boutique

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:58:40 -0500

Browse & buy local arts, crafts, baked goods, books, jewelry, soaps, homewares and more. Dozens of vendors. Great holiday shopping. Stay for lunch of homemade Brownstone Vegetable Soup and desserts. Sunday, 13 December, 2009 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Washburn Cultural Center 1 East Bayfield Street Washburn, WI Phone: 715 373-5591 Website: Click to Visit Posted in Washburn [...]

illusory tenant: Dispiriting but not surprising

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:55:00 -0500

Greg Sargent is disappointed at how popular was Sarah Palin's "Climategate" WaPo op-ed, which was filled with idiotic lies.

Such is life, Greg. Think of it this way: The composer of the piano quartets K.478 and K.493 was tossed in an unmarked, pauper's grave, while the guy [...]

Fairly Conservative: Ask Cindy

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:54:46 -0500

Number of comments: 4
We really only have a few days of this left given the holidays and all. I thought I’d give you a chance to ask those final questions. If you are rude, you can expect I will take you out in my own special way, but really, there’s very little I haven’t [...]

From Where I Sit: When you’re spending more money than you bring in…

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:48:36 -0500

…the last thing you do is go get another credit card:

House leader says government needs to borrow at least $1.8 trillion more.

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Blogging Blue: Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin Slams the City on Snow Removal

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:46:41 -0500

As a resident of Madison, I’m appalled at the condition of major arterials like John Nolen Drive after the recent massive snow storm. I had the pleasure of driving on the road on Thursday and found it to be an ice skating rink with dangerous ruts negatively impacting transportation on [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Tiger Woods Resorts To Censorship

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:40:35 -0500

This is troubling on two levels. First, the very act of trying to censor what can, and what can not be openly reported smacks most of us like a cold wet rag in the face. Second, this is just another example of the piles of unprofessional work that is being done in the [...]

Charlie Sykes: BEST READ: DOWN WITH CRONY CAPITALISM

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:30:32 -0500

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The Sconz: SLAC to give Biddy Martin workers rights “report card”

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:26:25 -0500

The Student Labor Action Coalition will be giving Biddy Martin a “final exam” in workers rights and then grading it and presenting the chancellor a giant “report card” based on her performance, according to Jan Van Tol, member of the SLAC. SLAC has also put the exam on its website. At the [...]

The World According to Nick: Let Tiger Woods Fall Hard

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:18:55 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The media is obsessed with Tiger Woods. Every day there is a new revelation regarding another affair he had, often times accompanied by the woman herself... take full advantage of her 15 minutes of fame, no matter how lurid it is. She sits there talking about how wonderful Tiger was, and how caring he [...]

CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Jenny Sanford Finds Self-Respect, Will Divorce Governor Mark Sanford

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:12:52 -0500

Number of comments: 1
What took so long? The Sanfords have been separated since shortly after he admitted the affair in a teary-eyed news conference. Although Ms. Sanford has been living at the family’s beach house on Sullivan’s Island, S.C., with her four sons, the Sanfords have said publicly that they hoped to salvage the [...]

This Just In...:

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:09:36 -0500

My weekly week in review, Week-ends, seen every Saturday morning on This Just In doesn't have such a category. But if it did... Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ' [...]

Dad29: Statistical Revisions

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:04:00 -0500

Noted by ZeroHedge:

Comparing the constituents of household net worth, yields one glaring disparity. While in Q2 Household Real Estate was valued at $18.3 trillion dollars, in today's data it was revised by a stunning $2.1 trillion lower. To put that into perspective, the entire increase in HNW [...]

All Politics Watch: Ryan denounces "crony capitalism" in Forbes.com

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:53:22 -0500

Rep. Paul Ryan, a leading House Republican, denouced what he called the scourge of "crony capitalism" in an op-ed in Forbes.com. He argues that the intersection of big government and big business is "smothering dreams and stifling growth." [...]

News and Opinion: Two Milwaukee high schools on U.S. News' best list

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:49:39 -0500

Milwaukee Public Schools had two schools and the Racine Unified School District had one school that made U.S. News and World Report's latest Best High Schools list. Milwaukee School of Languages and Rufus King High School were awarded silver medals in the news magazine's annual ranking. Along with Racine's Walden III [...]

All Politics Watch: Baldwin gets the swine flu

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:49:24 -0500

Rep. Tammy Baldwin was out of pocket for a chunk of the action in the House last week after contracting what appears to be the swine flu, she said in a press statement Friday. The Madison Democrat missed votes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, after deciding to stay in her D.C. [...]

Tom McMahon: Santa Dreidel

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:48:21 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Santa Dreidel

Ebay link.

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No Runny Eggs: In the End, it’s too Expensive

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:33:51 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The health care legislation making its way through Congress is a classic illustration of why “it is better that we not know how laws and sausages are made.” After a trip through the House, the Senate, and most likely a conference committee, nobody will truly understand what is being passed. [...]

Tom McMahon: The Obligatory and Gratuitous Christmas Santas Helper Green Elf Costume Blog Post

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:28:03 -0500

Number of comments: 0

The Obligatory and Gratuitous Christmas Santas Helper Green Elf Costume Blog Post

HO HO HO!!!

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Dad29: David Obey, LIAR

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:26:00 -0500

Shocked? Surprised?

David Obey, (D-LIAR) is the chairman of appropriations. And he is a Democrat.

House Democrats pledged to reduce earmark spending to 1 percent of all discretionary appropriations (or approximately $11 billion).[11] However, the appropriations bills have already topped $11 billion in earmarks even [...]

Boots and Sabers: Mayor Deiss Is Member of Anti-Gun Rights Group

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:24:55 -0500

Shame on me for letting this slip my me. Thanks for pointing it out, Dad29.

West Bend’s Mayor is a member of Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns. She shares the company of several of Wisconsin’s most liberal mayors like Milwaukee’s Tom [...]

Boots and Sabers: Matrix In Lego

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:06:20 -0500

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Griper Blade: Cap and Trade + Jobs = Popular

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:46:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Cap and trade is going to cost you a bazillion dollars annually -- maybe a kajillion. No one really knows. Back in April, House minority leader John Boehner took a wild stab at it and came up with a figure of $3,128 annually for the average [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: This must be the Asian Badger's Office.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:22:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Perhaps Owen's' [...]

Shark and Shepherd: Obama Surprises

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:20:00 -0500

Because I am routinely accused of Obama Derangement Syndrome, I'll say that the President's Nobel acceptance speech was pretty good. Karl Rove is right: George W. Bush (and, I would add, virtually every American President with the possible exception of Carter)could have given the speech. But that doesn't detract from [...]

The Motley Cow: More troubles for Galileo and Global Warming

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:17:00 -0500

From the always trenchant illusory tenant:

More troubles for Galileo

hiho [...]

News and Opinion: Don't belittle peace prize achievement

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:16:23 -0500

President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize does not reduce the value, stature or significance of the award. In fact, it strengthens the award. It recognizes that our president and our country are on the right track for improving the world we all live in. The award not only [...]

Across the Board: Don't belittle peace prize achievement

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:16:23 -0500

Dane101: Reviewing the Neighbors: Mama Digdown’s Brass Band, “We Make ‘Em Say Ooh”

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:13:22 -0500

Mama Digdown’s Brass Band has been hard at work for over a decade making great big music right here in little ol’ Madison. Their vibrant mix of authentic New Orleans style brass band bravado and street-born bump and grit has earned them [...]

News and Opinion: Talk to your kids about sex

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:12:26 -0500

Talking about sex may be the most difficult task for some parents. Forty percent of adolescents said they had sex before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or STDs. Troubling? Yes. But if you still need a push, consider this: 70% of boys said they did not [...]

Across the Board: Talk to your kids about sex

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:12:26 -0500

FREE WHITEWATER: Editor & Publisher

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:11:56 -0500

I have a link – at least for a while longer – to the website of Editor & Publisher. The owners of E&P announced that they would be shutting down both print and online versions of the publication.

I will miss Editor & Publisher, despite its occasional errors, because it reported [...]

The Sconz: Brunch Links

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:07:39 -0500

In a bit of a rush again today. What happens when I’m in a rush is that I take a lot of articles from a few press sources because I don’t have time to explore more blogs etc. Don’t act like you’re not famished for a shot of wheatgrass. Go Chadbourne [...]

News and Opinion: Those funny Facebook snafus

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:03:09 -0500

Who among us hasn't posted something on Facebook that we, well, regretted saying? The Huffington Post has put together a collection of the funniest screw-ups. The assumption is that these posts really happened. But they're funny even if they aren't real.' [...]

Urban Milwaukee: Exit Freeway, Get Drunk?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:02:01 -0500

Number of comments: 2

A driver pulls his Ford 150 off at an exit on I-94, and proceeds to cut across the parking lot of the newest sprawling mall development in Wisconsin. He then takes two spots in the Flingers parking lot, far enough from other cars to avoid door dings, but [...]

(Insert Witty Blog Title Here): Happy Hanukkah

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:48:00 -0500

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Real Debate Wisconsin: Editoonial

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:36:00 -0500

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Real Debate Wisconsin: US Youth Crash Climate Denier Live Webcast in Copenhagen

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:30:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Leftist tolerance on display again.

Time and time again they prove they have not a shred of decency or manners. Free Speech is not shutting down someone else's speech.

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Paul Soglin: Waxing America: Snow Plowing 101: Dumming Down

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:28:53 -0500

Number of comments: 8
The morning Wisconsin State Journal had a few articles about the snow removal efforts after the fourteen inch blizzard including this one, Snow-related troubles continue in wake of storm. The snow packed and treacherous streets that commuters faced on Thursday morning were not the result of the depth and weight [...]

Real Debate Wisconsin: The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jingle Bells - Live!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

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illusory tenant: More trouble for Galileo

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:08:00 -0500

Hey, remember Patrick J. Michaels, the "climate skeptic" who compares favorably with Galileo? Here's a compendium of interesting (albeit a bit technical) reading from a couple years back.

Pat Michaels: "Fraud, pure and simple"

I'm sure our local denializers Patrick McIlheran and Richard [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Uh-Oh! Climate Kooks have another problem!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:02:06 -0500

Data from the U.S. National Climate Data Center indicate temperatures in the U.S. have cooled over the last decade at a rate that projects to a decline of 7.3 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Satellite data recorded at the University of Alabama in Huntsville show a global cooling pattern over [...]

Dad29: Want More Salary? Join the Feds!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0500

The generosity of the US taxpayer cannot be outmatched.

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.

...The highest-paid federal employees are doing [...]

Michael Alan Leon: MAL Contends . . .: Jim Rogers: "Getting Worse, Not Better"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0500

Famed investor and creator of the Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI), Jim Rogers, blasts the global recovery as fraudulent on TechTicker.

The financial site, TechTicker, offers a wide range of views on the global economic crisis..

Check out guest Jim Rogers on TechTicker for [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Atmospheric Physicist suggests ‘discontinuing UN IPCC’

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:31 -0500

Yet another in the science community calls for the discontinuance of the fraudulent United Nations Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change. Esteemed physicist Dr. Petr Chylek has joined the growing ranks of responsible scientists. He has an open letter of which I have posted excerpts. Background on Dr. Chylek courtesy of [...]

Apostle Islands Navigator: Accused poacher pleads not guilty

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:58:01 -0500

Troy Alan Reinke, the Cannon Falls, Minn., man accused of poaching a trophy Goodhue County buck, entered a not-guilty plea today during his first court appearance in the case. Reinke was charged last month with 13 poaching-related counts. Authorities claim he shot a world-class buck and two other deer illegally in [...]

FREE WHITEWATER: The Morris Pratt Institute in Whitewater

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:41:05 -0500

Immediately below, in the preceding post, I cite the Wisconsin Historical Society on the Pratt Institute, a center for spiritualism, formerly of Whitewater.

Here I refer to the Morris Pratt Institute, not the noted graduate school in New York.

The Morris Pratt Institute is now located elsewhere in Wisconsin, but [...]

Dad29: West Bend Mayor Against "Illegal Guns"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:40:00 -0500

A while back, we mentioned that Jeff Speaker, Mayor of Brookfield, had joined Bloomberg's front-group "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."

Evidently he quit.

But on the current list, with Barrett, Cieslewicz, and Nelson (the mayoral twink-trio of Wisconsin cities) we also find Kristine Deiss, the Mayorette of West [...]

Dad29: Blackwater Helps CIA. So What?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:33:00 -0500

Cramer has an observation.

The U.S. Constitution grants Congress authority to grant letters of marque and reprisal--which is way more open-ended and Wild West than what is being alleged in this New York Times article. Please, explain to me what the problem is, besides the ever-present conspiracy theory [...]

FightingBob.com: Say what?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:20:26 -0500

Now that newspapers are in decline it is hard for most of us, called anything but "insiders," to separate political wheat from the chaff. Where do we get the "good stuff"? That's easy--it comes from "anonymous experts." And, hey, if you can't trust anonymous experts, whom can you trust?

The Cap' [...]

The Happy Circumstance: Christmas Movie Faves

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:15:00 -0500

What are your favorite Christmas movies; not necessarily the best or most heartwarming, but the ones you love to watch?

I offer these in no particular order.

A Christmas Story Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal
preference was for [...]

This side of town . . .: Mayor Dave's Hunger for Power

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:14:00 -0500

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First it was the Water Utility, then the Transit and Parking Commission during the recent bus fare debate, now the Landmarks Commission. While the first two were obnoxious, this third one, raises some very interesting questions. I'll break it down. IT'S OFFICIAL: IT IS AN OBNOXIOUS PATTERN Seriously, anytime a body decides [...]

Charlie Sykes: NASTY, ANNOYING DETAILS

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:13:15 -0500

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Urban Milwaukee: Friday Photos Friday, 11. December 2009

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:03:13 -0500

Cambridge Commons

Jackson Square Apartments

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Boots and Sabers: Warm Someone Up This Winter

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:03:10 -0500

Our friend Patrick, who blogs at BadgerBlogger, transports the elderly and disabled in Milwaukee. Last year at about this time, he put up a post about how some of his riders are not dressed warmly enough for the weather. He mentioned that he carries [...]

Dane101: Breakfast Links: December 11, 2009

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:58:32 -0500

Today is December 10, the 345th day of the year. On this date in 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind.

* WSj: County M in town of Westport, East Wash outbound closed

* DC: Martin says tuition hike was needed

* WKOW: [...]

Dad29: Even More EPA Bozocrats? It's Possible

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:55:00 -0500

About 25 years ago, the City of Brookfield had a lengthy fight with the State of Wisconsin when the City wanted to elevate a section of Calhoun Road just north of the tracks and south of Burleigh.

The State's DamnNearRussia insisted that Calhoun Road was a "navigable waterway" subject [...]

This side of town . . .: Chilly Morning Round Up

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:55:00 -0500

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A few topics to chew on as you drink your coffee or tea, or hot cocoa and try to warm up . . . GOOD THING THE COUNCIL MEETING WAS CANCELLED Maybe the Worker's Compensation Fund might not get so much money. They had slated it to get extra money from the [...]