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From Jason Haas comes news of the April edition of Drinking Liberally here in Milwaukee: Hi folks, This is not an April Fool’s joke. Republican (Tea Party) U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake is coming to the next round of Drinking Liberally Milwaukee. Westlake is one of the two declared Republican candidates who will be [...] On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, and in doing so the judge rejected efforts by the Obama administration to keep the program, which was implemented during the administration of George W. Bush, cloaked in secrecy. In a 45 page opinion, Judge Vaughn Walker, Chief [...] If you’ve been paying attention to the 2010 gubernatorial race here in Wisconsin, you’ve not doubt seen Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker’s “Brown Bag” ads touting his fiscal frugality. While the ads are certainly clever and make Walker seem like an “average guy” who packs a brown bag lunch and drives a 1998 Saturn, a [...] In related news, on Tuesday Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki defended Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of the clergy sex abuse scandal, absolving him of any blame in decisions involving Father Lawrence Murphy, the Wisconsin priest accused of molesting as many as 200 deaf boys over decades beginning in the 1950s. “The Holy Father has been [...] For this week’s edition of Thursday Music, I thought we’d go a little old school. First up is “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers, circa 1971: And next up, here’s “That’ll Be The Day” by Buddy Holly and the Crickets: And finally, here’s “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson: [...] |
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