Day: September 26, 2013

  Poachers Kill 80 Elephants in Mass Poisoning “In a particularly cruel attack on Zimbabwe’s protected elephant population, ivory poachers took down large numbers at once by pouring cyanide into their watering holes. Over 80 elephants have succumbed so far to the poisoning… in what authorities call “huge spiral effects,”…

David Koch Seeded Major Tea Party Group, Private Donor List Reveals: Exclusive tax documents confirm the conservative billionaire provided start-ups funds for Americans for Prosperity Tax documents obtained exclusively by National Journal confirm that conservative billionaire David Koch, along with a handful of major corporations, provided the seed money a decade ago…

    After Apple Picking My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside, and there may be two or three Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking now. Essence of winter sleep…

It seems like such an odd goal to want to achieve -LET’S BLOCK 25 MILLION AMERICANS FROM GETTING AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE!  It seems like such an odd thing to loathe- YEAH, SCREW THOSE SICK BASTARDS! Sadly, that is the goal of most republican politicians these days. However, we cannot ignore…

During his fake filibuster on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz read aloud from “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. As noted elsewhere, Dr. Seuss probably wouldn’t be a big fan of a conservative like Cruz co opting his work to further a…

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has released his proposed 2014 County Budget, and it’s certainly a mixed bag. Abele’s budget proposes 2% wage increases for non-union workers next year, but those employees will also be required to pay more for health insurance coverage. Considering county employees already pay nearly 25%…

  While federal gun control measures remain tabled until the next two GOP manufactured crises subside (the debt ceiling and government shutdown), the nation and The Nation continue to ponder the problem of guns in American society. Marie Myung-Ok Lee wrote a fine piece  on American gun culture, and it…