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Oh Gadzooks. Let us now turn our attention to a new squabble in the left corner. In a brief post entitled “Why is everybody always picking on me?” I see Ed Garvey saying, “Democratic Party chair Mike Tate is telling people that by asking how much the Democratic Party shells out for his compensation...
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What follows is a column by Wisconsin Senator Kathleen Vinehout that arrived in my inbox today: Stewardship Fund Changes: State Land for Sale in No Bid Contracts “I strongly supported the bipartisan Wisconsin Stewardship Fund,” a self-described Republican man from Eau Claire wrote to me. “Conservation issues are near and dear to my heart....
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I regret that I must share more news of codified disregard for Wisconsin’s environment. From the facebook page Friends of the Central Sands Posted late 5/21/2013 “This is very shameful! We learned tonight that although the Joint Finance Committee today restored most funding for county conservation departments, they also voted 12 – 4 to...
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Walker spread his unique brand of hypocrisy in Connecticut today and protesters were ready: Prior to the speech, more than 100 people gathered in a pocket park across from the hotel to protest Walker’s visit. The demonstrators waved signs and shouted slogans such as “Scotty Walker, what a joke, he’s in love with the...
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This highlight text comes by way of the facebook page Shit Scott Walker is Doing to My State: Today in the JFC meeting when questioned about the provision that would allow Walker’s administration to sell any state owned process without notice or a competitive bidding process. Legislative Fiscal Bureau: “There is no provision that...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is broadcasting this May 20th headline: “Critics pounce on Scott Walker’s three out of state trips this week”. Meanie critics! The internet critics have been telling me that Scott Walker has been gone for 14 days in a row, actually. They’ve also noticed that he’s in Iowa on May 23rd in...
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So in tonight’s episode of the neverending reality show entitled, “How Many Ways Can a Koch Screw America?”, we learn that the documentary “Citizen Koch” will not air on PBS because it greatly displeases David Koch. That’s how the drama goes according to PR Watch which states that “Koch is also a board trustee...
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Update from Ray’s facebook page: David Dutkowski here. Ray’s webmaster and personal archivist. It is with such a heavy heart that I post this today.. Ray passed away today at 12:31PM PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. At the time of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!...
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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....
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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