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And now for something so…so… Wisconsin. This video was shared by Organic Valley this morning on facebook with this, “Happy Friday, everyone! One of our favorite times of year is when the cows get to go on grass for the first time after a long winter. Watch the cows do their ‘pasture dance’ on the Wedeberg farm in Wisconsin– it’s pretty cute!” I’d call that “pasture dance” a happy...
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I had heard internet rumblings about what the Pope said the other day and ignored the whole thing. “How big a deal could it be?”, I thought. As it turns out, RATHER BIG. Here are quotes by Pope Francis that The Guardian reprinted: “We have created new idols,” he said in a speech in the Vatican. “The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and...
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This is a column from Wisconsin Rep. Nick Milroy of the 73rd District: Republicans interfere with justice for veterans Honoring and protecting Wisconsin’s veterans should always be a shared value among Wisconsin legislators, regardless of party. As a veteran, I’ve seen firsthand the sacrifices these brave men and women make every day to serve our country and keep us safe. That is why I am so troubled...
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This morning after reading Bruce Murphy’s piece on Walker’s budget, my mind turned to Red Riding Hood. At the beginning of our tale, Wisconsin was “broke” and Walker had to put the screws to the unions to fix things. That was his story and he was stickin’ to it. Now, due to a plan to borrow for a LOT of new roads* instead of raising the gas tax or...
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Well that’s that, then. Wisconsin has another great political mystery to add to the pile. The mystery of who deleted all those redistricting files will get tossed in an Al Gore-brand lockbox along with the mystery of who left that box of ammo on the Capitol square in March of 2011 and exactly why the massage parlor 1 block from the Capitol building will never be shut down and...
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I’m listening to John Coltrane play one of my favorite songs while I write this as I attempt to bring down my blood pressure. (Not kidding.) Blogging about politics reeeeally isn’t good for me. Here’s what the “Governor Scott Walker” page said this morning: Look at that contradictory comment our governor got right away! Is that just some sassy citizen giving Our Dear Leader some backtalk? Well, no. In...
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This happened today. I think this sort of thing needs to happen more. Milwaukee Burger King employee Tessie Harrell says she earned the state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour from 2008 through 2012, even after she was promoted to shift supervisor in 2011. Last year, she got a raise to $8.25 an hour. But she says that’s not enough to pay the $650 monthly rent on her two-bedroom...
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Yesterday afternoon the Dalai Lama spoke to the Wisconsin state legislature. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaking to the Wisconsin State Assembly on May 14, 2013. Photo by Leslie Amsterdam. Before His Holiness ever spoke a word, he laughed—not a nervous giggle, but an all-out “I’m so happy to be here” laugh. Such an infectious, hopeful thing—to laugh. It was disarming, and delightful. His Holiness is sometimes difficult...
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A fire 6 miles long by 1 mile wide has been traveling through Douglas County. A 20 mile long fire is also raging through Northern Minnesota in the Hubbard County / Park Rapids area. Right now all areas of Wisconsin are rated by the DNR as “high” or “very high” for fire danger. UPDATE: A DNR tweet sent about 7:20AM 5/15: Douglas County wildfire is estimated by officials to...
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A newly released Marquette Law School Poll looks at the following: 2016 presidential candidates Walker’s job as governor Voucher school expansion Budget items UW funding Background checks for gun sales I’m just about to step out the door and into my garden, so I’ll just pull out the guns part. “Following the U.S. Senate vote against a bill expanding background checks on gun sales, 72 percent say they support...
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The Republican National Committee’s State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach says he’ll join the Democratic Party. He has had it with the Republican “culture of intolerance”. Pablo Pantoja’s resignation from the Republican Party is a huge setback for the RNC’s Reince Priebus. In mid-April Priebus pledged to kickstart a renewed effort to lure Hispanic voters to the GOP in Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina and Nevada. Pantoja’s...
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Well THAT escalated quickly. Jason Richwine has resigned from the Heritage Foundation. Here’s the low-down on Jason Richwine: He’s a white supremacist who made it into the hallowed hallows of Harvard and later those of the Heritage Foundation. He’s been working to discredit the Wisconsin Retirement System – quite the task since in reality WRS is the nation’s most well-funded and reliably protected and managed pension fund. Richwine’s whiter-than-thou...
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I’m just going to say it. This voucher school that Grant Meier and Bry Coleman are opening in Racine, Wisconsin is a racket. I’m dumbfounded that this got approved by DPI. Can all Wisconsin voucher schools operate like this? I read Root River Siren’s post “Cautionary Whale: 2 Guys In Racine Who Have Never Met Get Half-Million To Start Voucher School” and then the Journal Sentinel’s articles DPI documents...
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Core Values INTEGRITY. We will hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards. HONESTY. We will tell the truth without qualification. ACCOUNTABILITY. We will honor our commitments to ourselves, our partners, and our investors. RESULTS-FOCUS. We will add value in every action. CUSTOMER-CENTRIC. We will put the needs of the customer first. - from WEDC’s homepage As I watched an archived 3 1/2 hour “emergency” WEDC board meeting held in...
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