From the monthly archives: August 2011

Nardelli abuptly resigns cushy state job, cites “other little things” related to operations of his state agency

On August 26, 2011 By

Something tells me this isn’t the last we’re going to hear from Tom Nardelli:
Shortly after accepting his last appointment July 18, “I began to have misgivings about my decision,” Nardelli wrote in a July 21 resignation letter to Dave Ross, who heads the state Department of Safety and Professional Services. Nardelli said [...]

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White supremacists to rally in West Allis

On August 25, 2011 By

This has the potential to be all sorts of bad…
A white supremacy group is planning a protest in response to the State Fair mob attack, and police are issuing an unusual alert.

Maureen Metzer owns a dance studio a block away from West Allis City Hall. She heard about the rally scheduled [...]

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Protesters arrested at WI Capitol

On August 25, 2011 By

To say this is disappointing would be a severe understatement:
Officers sought to close the building and enforce a Dane County judge’s order from earlier this year that the building be cleared of the public after its business was done for the day.

Twelve adults and one youth were arrested on charges of [...]

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Loyal until the end…

On August 25, 2011 By

I’m not going to lie; I got a little choked up when I read this story.
Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson lay in a coffin, draped in an American flag, in front of a tearful audience mourning his death in Afghanistan. Soon an old friend appeared, and like a fellow soldier on a battlefield, [...]

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Gadhafi’s crush

On August 25, 2011 By

No I dont mean John Mccain, who promised to get the disposed terrorist dictator U.S. Military Hardware. I am talking about Gadhafi’s “Princess”, Condi Rice.

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Audition Uncovered

On August 25, 2011 By

For those of you not familiar with Christian Schneiders work, he has written some of the (unintentionally?) funniest stuff there is out of Wisconsin politics lately.

Schneider came out with such gems as the well timed “alternate” story using “anonymous” sources that pointed out that Justice Bradley’s neck performed a vicious [...]

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Compare/Contrast – Crocodile Rock version

On August 25, 2011 By

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa

Sometimes you can discuss things forever and it takes a real world example for a point to sink in. For this reason I like to Continue Reading →

Wake the [censored] up

On August 25, 2011 By

Shan Wells from the Huffington Post pretty much sums up my thoughts on President Barack Obama at this precise moment:
The guy’s giving away the house that FDR built, and apparently he doesn’t even know he’s doing it.

One more cave, and he’ll either lose next year, or draw a primary challenge, in [...]

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Thursday Music – it’s a two-fer!

On August 25, 2011 By

I’m not sure why, but I haven’t been able to get “Sunrise” by Simply Red out of my head this week.

And because it’s my 8 year-old son’s favorite song to dance to, here’s “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO:

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OK raise your hand if this surprises you!

On August 24, 2011 By

H/T EzKool.com

Rep. Chip Cravaack won the midterm elec­tion for Min­nesota in 2010, thanks in part to his extreme Tea­party plat­form. The newly elected con­gress­man even voted for the Paul Ryan Tea­party backed bud­get, that will end medicare and replace it with a voucher pro­gram which seniors would be expected to [...]

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