Day: April 27, 2011

After President Barack Obama released his long form birth certificate earlier today, hopefully quashing much of the energy of the “birther” movement, “carnival barker” Donald Trump, who had latched onto the issue of President Obama’s birthplace early on in his presidential publicity campaign, chose a new line of attack against…

Meet Dan Baltes, the convicted felon who spent 10 years in the Idaho prison system from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s for grand theft, forgery and writing bad checks. Who’s Dan Baltes, and why is he newsworthy? Well, Dan Baltes is the head of the American Patriot Recall Coalition (APRC), the…

Today the the legislature started debate on the \"Stop Democrats from Voting\" bill. This bill is being pushed by Representative Don Pridemore, who represents Waukesha of all places, and is “worried” about the sanctity of the vote. The New York Times broke down today exactly who these bills will affect….

Two new updates for this weekend to help finish the job and bring about total recall in the state. This week, recall petitions will be filed on Senator Robert Cowles, leaving just Glenn Grothman and Mary Lazich left. So if you are looking for something to do this weekend: Recall…

After a middling performance during its opening weekend that was hyped in some quarters (i.e., The Hollywood Reporter), the per-screen average for this amateurish Ayn Rand adaptation (even Kyle could only muster 2.5 stars’ worth of enthusiasm for the movie, though he liked its message) plunged to an alarming $1,890…

….but don’t be fooled – he’s hell-bent on getting rid of Medicare as we know it, all so he can give another tax break to millionaires and billionaires. Americans United for Change has more on Rep. Ryan’s dangerous plan, and Ryan’s challenger in 2012, Rob Zerban, has set up “Hands…

From my email inbox comes the announcement of the next meeting for Kenosha’s chapter of Drinking Liberally: Hello everyone, We want to say thank you to everyone for attending the chapter meetings and helping this chapter grow. Our next meeting will be Thursday, May 12th at 7:00pm and we will…

Comedian Lee Camp asks the question, “Is A Two Party System Really Democracy?” as his latest “Moment of Clarity.”