Day: February 12, 2010

On Thursday, former governor and former Health and Human Service Secretary Tommy! Thompson, who has spent the last five years making millions of dollars working on behalf of wealthy special interests including health insurance and pharmaceutical companies and the finance industry, came back to Madison to give a speech on…

Scott Walker, GOP candidate for WI Governor argues against accepting funding for the Madison – Milwaukee high speed rail, unless funds for operating the trains are provided. In contrast, Tom Still from the WI Technology Council touts the trains as evidence of WI getting its share of federal dollars and as benefiting the state in several ways.

This is just sick, and not in a bad way: Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver…

Last night was a long night, so this morning’s going to start slow. Here’s an open thread to get you started, so talk about whatever’s on your mind!