“The Contract” by Brian

 Reprinted with permission from Badger Blue, Times Two. There is a contract you enter into with society when you become a police officer.  You sign up for the job with the full understanding that you will never be wealthy.  You accept the fact that you will work nights, weekends, and holidays….

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The Sweet Taste of Irony: Rick Santorum’s Red Closet

I mean, really, does it get more ironic than this?  Ever??? The Santorums of Italy were “dyed-in-the-wool Reds” with strong links to the Socialist and Communist movements, the magazine said, particularly during the rise of Mussolini and his Black Shirts. “Rick’s grandfather, Pietro, ran the local post office and had…

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Soccer Scores You Rarely See

The U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team really ran up the scores during the qualifying games. 27 goals in two games.  Wow…  Well done!

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Ummm Everyone Who Voted For Newt

You might want to see this! H/T Democurmudgeon: this is too good to not share! For everyone who complains that “Obamacare” is government takeover of healthcare(yes I am speaking to you South Carolina primary voters), and to everyone who complained about the “mandate” (yes I am speaking to all of…

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Walker Throws Wisconsin to the Wolves

One of Scott Walkers actions  within his first month in office was to issue Executive Order 10, creating the Wisconsin Office of Free Market Health Care.  The new state entity was tasked with, among other things, assessing the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Wisconsin’s health insurance markets, soliciting…

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Gary Carter is righteous

If you’re a baseball fan, this is worth a read. Heck, even if you’re not a baseball fan you should read it.

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Dem’s pet murdered, with ‘LIBERAL’ scrawled on corpse

This is absolutely disgusting… According to the Blue Arkansas blog, the campaign manager to Ken Aden, who’s running for the state’s third congressional district, came home last night to discover the family pet had been murdered and left on their front porch, as if the attacker wanted it to be…

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Illinois Redux: The Wingnuts Strike Back…and FAIL

Yesterday, I wrote a piece called Overheard at the “Celebrating Scott Walker” Rally: The Illinois Jobs Wasteland.I pointed out that, contrary to the GOP talking points, Illinois is not as bad off as they’d like us to believe. At least one rightie was delighted by my post! He sent links to a…

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Does Tommy Thompson support violence against recall supporters?

You decide: I understand Tommy Thompson is desperate to win the votes of the Tea Party crowd, but advocating for making supporters of the recall of Gov. Scott Walker “black and blue” is exactly the kind of irresponsible rhetoric Wisconsin doesn’t need, especially in light of the campaign of harassment…

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Tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate will be Newterrific!

Alas, I think it is the GOP which will end up newtered.  Certainly the debate is going to be entertaining reality television like nothing Donald Trump ever envisioned.  It used to be a grand old party, but it is embracing the devil now. . .          …

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