Help Stop Trade Treachery: Make Your Voice Heard

If you oppose the investor-state dispute resolution currently proposed in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), now is the time to co-sign the Grayson statement condemning it.  Tomorrow, The House Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing on liberalizing trade between the U.S. and the EU. Alan Grayson will…

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Remember That Pesky Federal Deficit? Well It Ain’t What It Used To Be!

Since the recession, the federal deficit has been topping One Trillion Dollars every year. But just three months ago the Congressional Budget Office predicted that the 2013 deficit would be around $845 billion…well that was then, this is now and the CBO is now projecting the 2013 deficit at $642…

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Republican legislators behave badly during Dalai Lama’s address to Legislature

Bluecheddar has the lowdown… While some of us were transfixed, hanging on every word either in person or via Wisconsin Eye, others were less than enthralled. A number of Wisconsin representatives appeared to be asleep or using cell phones. According to one observer, “the ones who fell asleep (or at…

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Chris Moews for Milwaukee County Sheriff campaign kickoff – May 16

This is an event worth attending… Join us to support Chris Moews for Milwaukee County Sheriff, May 16, 2013 from 5:00-7:00pm Brocach’s Irish Pub 1850 N Water Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sponsor – $500, Patrons – $250, Friends – $100 Contributions in any amount will be gratefully accepted! Contribute online (https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/33123?ref=chrismoews_contribute)…

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State hires Boston firm to create job database!

I just copied that headline verbatim from jsonline…well except for the exclamation point…that’s mine. From the short article: The state agency (Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development), which administers taxpayer-funded job retraining funds, said it expects to award a contract to develop an online database and job matchmaking service to Boston-based…

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Inquiry: On Rights and Privileges

Do Americans possess a right to a paycheck? Is livelihood in America a matter of privilege? Discuss.

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Joe Biden writes back to Wisconsin boy who suggests chocolate bullets

This is cute… Vice President Joe Biden wrote back to a 7-year-old Wisconsin boy to thank him for his idea on how to make the country a safer place. The boy’s plan: chocolate bullets. The second-grader wrote Biden suggesting that if guns fired chocolate bullets, no one would get hurt….

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