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Skibent

Skibent is a proud descendant of the Viking gene-pool that Colonel Heg descended from in the country of Norway. The same dedicated, relentless drive that Col. Heg had, still drives Skibent in these difficult and unjust times. Skibent was born and raised in Wisconsin and worked hard through the years to become educated and become an educator. Knowing that infrastructure is paramount in building a fair, respectful community with concern for the common good for all, Skibent continues to work hard at the grassroots level and has written articles for several newspapers throughout recent months. Skibent is proud to join the bluecheddar blog with ongoing concerns that affect all citizens in Wisconsin as well as the nation and the world.

A Wisconsin Fable: The Wolf and the Lamb

March 9, 2012

A post by Skibent Children are often taught lessons of life through stories that connect with their own experiences. Often these stories are in simple context but have great impact on learning through association. Aesop’s Fables offer lessons that teach fairness and respect for all with concern for the common good of friends and...
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Scott Walker’s Soup Lines

March 1, 2012

The only good result of enduring many, expensive commercials – bought by the wealthy who don’t even live here – is that we know Walker has apparently had practice so that he can help serve our citizens soup on the poverty lines that have already begun for many in the state of Wisconsin. These...
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Destroying Our Most Precious Resource

February 27, 2012

Image by Lynn Friedman. Creative Commons license.

Our children – Wisconsin’s most precious resource – are being hurt by the lies and power grabs of those who have taken control of our state government. These politicians are taking money from our citizens, schools and local governments to give to their wealthy campaign contributors. Many of their political supporters don’t even live...
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The latest from blue cheddar writers:

Today’s Assembly budget vote eliminates the requirement to balance the budget and other oddities

Note if you’re looking for the big picture view of the entire budget, see Wisconsin Budget Project. Wisconsin Assembly legislators ended their budget bill wrangling in record time today. Peter Barca... more»

What’s So Bad about the Forced Ultrasound Bill?

I came across an interesting comment last week in response to my post about the shameful aborted debate in the Wisconsin State Senate on June 13. The commenter, whom I commend for having gone to the trouble of... more»

Wisconsin feeds

Left of center blogs
Today

Make your voice heard – send these Republican State Senators an email!

Tomorrow the State Senate will take up the 2013-2015 biennial budget rubber-stamped through the State Assembly by Republicans, but there might be a glimmer of [...]

Source: Blogging BlueFeed

Stories to Watch: 6/19/13

Things that warm the heart: a shooting survivor calling for expanded background checks at a New Hampshire rally gets heckled by a gun freak. The [...]

Source: Griper News

Earlier

Unintended Consequences of Act 10 drains more Taxpayer money. Republicans mismanage government again.

Iâm so tired of repeating; why do we put people in charge of government who hate it and want to destroy it?Conservative taxpayers and voters [...]

Source: Democurmudgeon

Moving on Up . . .

Salvation Army moving on up E. Washington Ave from downtown to Darbo neighborhood. Find out all about it! [...]

Source: MADISON FOCUS: Forward Lookout

WEAC President calls Assembly budget 'utterly reprehensible'

The State Assembly Wednesday passed its version of the state budget that includes statewide expansion of taxpayer-funded private school vouchers and severe underfunding of Wisconsin [...]

Source: WEAC news feed

Timeline PhotosIt was 96F in Alaska on Monday. That beat the all time record high for Alaska of 91F set... on Sunday. [...]

Source: a feed from the facebook page Shit Scott Walker is Doing To My State

I Take One Morning Off...

I take one morning off from following the politics of Wisconsin and all of a sudden I find out the Assembly passed the 2013-15 Biennium [...]

Source: Wisconsin Soapbox

Walker's “Eat Dessert First” Budget

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/scottwalker-dream-279h.jpgSenator Kathleen Vinehout gives an overview of provisions included in the AB 40, the 2012-15 State Budget Bill and the impact of some of those [...]

Source: Green Bay Progressive

Wisconsin Republicans Propose Imbalanced Budget Amendment

Once again, we would think stories about legislation Wisconsin state republicans continue to propose and pass are really spoofs from the Onion. But they're not.First [...]

Source: Rock Netroots

Citizen Dave: A hole in one in three

I had planned to spend all this week writing about economic development and beating the bejesus out of the Republicans. But we can return to [...]

Source: Citizen Dave - Isthmus

Wisconsin News Outlets

Today

Thousands have power restored after outage in Milwaukee

Check out initial details on equipment failure which led to power outages in Milwaukee. [...]

Source: 620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Journal Communications]

AMA Request: Ed Hochuli

All aboard the Ed Hochuli karma train! Woo Woo! submitted by DICKSUBJUICY [link] [comment] [...]

Source: reddit: the Wisconsin subreddit

10 Things to Know for Thursday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: [...]

Source: WI State Journal Breaking News

Earlier

In Case You Missed It: Housing booms and muted protests

Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond. [...]

Source: Capital Times Newspaper Features

Rep. Brett Hulsey says he may become an independent

State Rep. Brett Hulsey of Madison signaled Wednesday he is considering leaving the Democratic Party, but declined to say if he would do so. [...]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Politics RSS feed

Legislators Blast UW Yet Again

Kevin Reilly, President of the University of Wisconsin System. Photo from UW System website.

Two years ago, the state Legislature moved to sever the University of Wisconsinâs ties to a provider of Internet service. Now some lawmakers are outraged that the UW System has picked this same provider to continue serving its campuses. âThere have been repeated, flagrant violations of state law, intentional deception at [...]

Source: Urban Milwaukee

Woman sentenced to jail for assault

A Green Bay woman will spend at least three months in jail for her role in last year's assault of four people. [...]

Source: Eau Claire Leader Telegram LOCAL NEWS

Change Coming to Bay View - Kinnickinnic Avenue will get a makeover

Tensions rose last week as the Kinnickinnic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) #44 approved a $350,000 plan to revitalize Bay Viewâs main commercial [...]

Source: Shepherd Express [Milwaukee]

DNA collection not unreasonable

The issue: The U.S. Supreme Court rules it's legal to collect DNA samples from those arrested for serious crimes. [...]

Source: Eau Claire Leader Telegram EDITORIAL

The mystery of dying bees: Madison beekeepers, UW researchers look for answers

Enjoy a nice crisp apple recently? Chances are you can thank a honeybee for that. Like to snack on almonds or perhaps sip a glass of orange juice in the morning? Those foods were also made possible by bees. Bees pollinate much of the food we eat, but they're dying [...]

Source: Isthmus [Madison]