Occupy – Part 4 – Iraq Veteran Edition (Updated)

H/T Alternet for this video.

Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas, of Roosevelt, NY, tells the NYPD to stop beating unarmed people who are exercising their first amendment rights:

I wonder if Marine Sgt. Thomas is on the MacIver Institute\'s \"list\"?

Sgt. Thomas was on Keith Olberman’s show (H/T Raw Story):

When asked [...]

Randy “hic” Hopper

Recalled republican Senator and friend of this blog, Randy Hopper was arrested last night on a charge of OWI.

Former State Sen. Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac was arrested Sunday night on a charge of drunken driving, according to a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department report.

Officers were called to Highway 151 near [...]

Jeff Plale: profligate spender of taxpayer funds

Republican Gov. Scott Walker: Wisconsin is broke!

Walker administration appointee Jeff Plale: So what if we’re broke? It’s not my money I’m spending! Three months into the fiscal year that began July 1, the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads, has spent $16,500 and is obligated to spend another $27,500, meaning roughly 72 percent, or [...]

San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring

This is just hilarious… Any job applicant knows that background checks are routine – especially for jobs involving authority or oversight of money. So why didn’t the San Diego Republican Party do a simple Google search before naming Tony Krvaric as its chairman?

Online research reveals that Krvaric is the co-founder of Fairlight, a band [...]

Tammy Baldwin raises $750k, has over $1 million in the bank for U.S. Senate run

Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, who has already announced she’ll be a candidate to replace retiring Sen. Herb Kohl in 2012, announced very solid fundraising numbers last week. Between July and September Baldwin raised $738,000, leaving her with $1.53 million in the bank for her run.

Thus far Rep. Baldwin is the only Democratic candidate in [...]