Day: October 19, 2011

Just for fun, I took the text from the Fed’s October Beige Book and fed it into Wordle.  The Beige Book is the quarterly report by the Presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks on the current economic conditions.

Just a bit of news about Jan Pierce, the challenger to incumbent Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski, who represents Milwaukee’s 14th Aldermanic district. Earlier today Pierce’s campaign announced it had been endorsed by Local 998 of the Amalgamated Transit Union: “I am honored to receive the trust and support of the…

While many of us have speculated about whether or not the ongoing John Doe investigation into Scott Walker’s associates will eventually spread to Walker himself, what direct evidence we have of possible criminal activity by Walker seems to have gone uninvestigated. Not long after after the infamous prank call by Ian Murphy…

Charlie Chaplin was a comedian but he was also a deeply political man.  His politics eventually got him exiled from the United States in 1952 during the height of the Red Scare.   This is, perhaps, his finest cinematic moment. h/t Appleton Wonk!

Yeah, Paul Ryan has come out in favor of the regressive Herman Cain 9-9-9 taxation reform plan.  Yeah, and the Cain folks are drooling at the thought of Paul Ryan as an integral part of a HErman Cain Administration.  From The Hill:  House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said…

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan in one, long graph.

Again.  I know, I know.  Mark Pocan already exposed the real agenda behind the special legislative session on jobs led by the GOP here in Wisconsin.  It ain’t about jobs.  Heck, even Scott Walker’s focus today on retraining workers rings hollow given his slash and burn budgeting against the educational institutions…

HUH? That was not thunder you heard yesterday, it was Jesus with a facepalm, after Wisconsin Republican Alvin Ott started the legislative session with a prayer for deregulation(H/T nick nice for the video)! You honestly can not make this stuff up!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows a huge majority of New Yorkers support Occupy Wall Street across a range of voters and demographics.  Even Republicans in New York overwhelming support he protester’s right to protest for as long as they like.