Day: June 13, 2014

In their article “Iraq’s implosion could redraw Middle East boundaries“, Reuters goes into a brief explanation of why the insurgents are proving so effective against the million man American trained Iraqi Army. Seems it’s because they are having few problems recruiting disaffected soldiers and officers from Saddam Hussein’s army. “In…

Yesterday I posted an entry highlighting the education priorities of Sara Geenen, one of the four Democrats running for the State Assembly in the 19th Assembly district. I later received an email from Democratic candidate Jonathan Brostoff, one of Geenen’s opponents, announcing the release of his position paper on how…

Well isn’t this something?!?!? Most of the alleged illegal voting occurred during the recall elections in 2011 involving Gov. Scott Walker and GOP state Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills, but Monroe is also accused of voting multiple times in the 2012 presidential election. While Monroe claimed to be so…

This is the face of homophobia here in Milwaukee County.

This is fascinating… Kentucky won a lawsuit on Friday against the federal government for the right to plant a shipment of hemp seeds that had been impounded. The case underscores what appears to be a comeback for the controversial plant, which, despite having much lower THC levels than marijuana, has…

As a followup to an earlier post about the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, I wanted to share this really well-written piece by a gun owner about the changing attitudes towards concealed carry and the carrying of guns in general. The cultural effect of all these laws is to…