Scott Walker’s jobs agency $8 million in overdue loans for a year

This is what happens when Republicans control government… For more than a year, the state’s flagship jobs agency has stopped tracking whether businesses are repaying loans from state taxpayers – leaving the public in the dark about how much they are owed on a total of $8 million in past-due loans to 99 businesses.

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Paul Ryan: “Terrible Towel” totin’, Wisconsin Badger hatin’ politician (VIDEO)

First there was Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan waving a Pittsburgh Steelers “Terrible Towel” at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania…

Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. waves a Pittsburgh Steelers football team “terrible towel” during a campaign rally at Beaver Steel in Carnegie, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/John Heller)

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Yet another example of “classy conservatives”

From the files of, “Those classy conservatives” comes this:

For the record, I think Candy Crowley did a passable job as moderator of last night’s presidential debate, considering Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney seemed hell-bent on ignoring as many of the debate rules (time limits, candidates not asking each other direct questions) as he [...]

Thoughts about an election

No thoughts on who you should vote for. Just four thoughts on how we all should make our decisions. And how we shouldn’t.

Once again, the author of my favorite IT industry newsletter, Bob Lewis, has kindly given me permission to reprint his current newsletter in its entirety. Mr. Lewis is president of IT Catalysts, [...]

Presidential debate #2 is done…what do you think?

The second of three presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney is done, and I’d like to hear what you thought of the debate.

As down as I was on President Obama’s performance in the first debate, I think he was much-improved last night. He was far more assertive, calling Mitt [...]

So about Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” (VIDEO)

Here’s Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney explaining how he asked for “binders full of women” who were qualified to serve in his cabinet during his time as Governor of Massachusetts:

Putting aside how creepy it is that Mitt Romney had “binders full of women” – and “creepy” is the exact word my wife used [...]