Bicycles….BICYCLES!

Instead of focusing on job creation, Wisconsin’s Assembly Republicans are focusing their energy and attention on defining what a bicycle is.

That’s right folks…Wisconsin’s Assembly Republicans have solved an urgent crisis that has plagued Wisconsin for far too long: how the state should define a bicycle.

No doubt this measure will create thousands upon [...]

While Democrats debate jobs in Wisconsin, Rep. Robin Vos tweets about political poll results

Earlier tonight Democrats in the State Assembly were attempting to have a debate about jobs in Wisconsin, but instead of participating in that debate, Republican State Rep. Robin Vos took time out to tweet about the results of recent polling in the GOP Senate race here in Wisconsin.

After Vos’ tweet Democratic Rep. Andy [...]

Good Riddance

The United States is dismantling the last of it’s giant B53 thermonuclear bombs.  This 9 megaton monstrosity, the size of a mini-van was developed in the late 1950s and put into service in 1962.  It was carried aboard the B-52 Stratofortress during the Cold War.

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New CBO Report Reaffirms the Growth of Income Inequality in America

The Congressional Budget Office just released a report which shows yet again the growth of inequality in America.  We have become a class-based society.

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Pat Robertson Calls TeaOP Candidates TOO EXTREME!

What do you do when you’ve lost the support of the bigoted, narrow, Hyper-Christian Right-wing Messiah?

Honoring WI dead and wounded in Afghanistan

WI families have faced casualties and wounded family members as the war in Afghanistan has continued for years. The Guardian UK has put together an infographic data map using Google Fusion tables that maps out the number of American casualties and wounded in Afghanistan by state. WI families have fared better than the nation as a whole when it comes to the casualties and wounds of Operation Enduring Freedom with 23 deaths in action, 5 other deaths and 229 wounded, a ratio below that of the nation on a per capita basis. [...]

Demand Aggregate Demand! Now!

The collapse of aggregate demand in the US consumer sector since 2007.  It’s bad… Really, really, really bad.

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The Last Temptation of Rick Perry?

Is it just me or is this not the creepiest picture of Rick Perry to date?

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Paul Ryan Loves Everyone

Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.) is giving a speech today boldly rejecting the politics of division. The congressman from Janesville, WI, likes to give his “speeches” anywhere but WI and will be giving this “colossal” speech at Heritage Foundation.

Ryan (R-Ending Medicare)who is taking time off of from his very busy schedule, will denounce division [...]

“If Americans Want to Live the American Dream They Should Move to Denmark!”

Cross-Posted from The Masses: An eye-opening and important TED talk from Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level, on how inequality harms societies.

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