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Republican recall target and well known charity plunderer Dan Kapanke, was recently the target of threats and vandalism! So much so he felt the need to cancel numerous appearances. Kapanke issued a written statement saying he is evaluating future public appearances and would be “balancing his availability to the public…

  Scotland taking the initiative, pretty exciting: Can Scotland lead the way on offshore wind power? | MNN – Mother Nature Network   Meanwhile, back in America, we have this: Republican Obstructionists – Newsroom: Bernie Sanders – U.S. Senator for Vermont and this: MidAmerican’s wind energy project is $1.9 billion…

We were chided this week for not “covering” the fact that twenty six year old Katherine Windels was finally charged with making death threats to republican lawmakers. I want to make it perfectly clear that I condemn ALL death threats and instances of violence, ESPECIALLY as it pertains to what…

The following is a guest blog by Paul Gilk, a resident of Lincoln County in northern Wisconsin. “The successful middle class and those who aspired to emulate them were satisfied. Not so the laboring poor—in the nature of things the majority—whose traditional world and way of life the Industrial Revolution…

Over the past month or so we have seen the laws about sharing signature solicitors and nomination papers enforced completely and thoroughly by the Wisconsin Election Commission and two courts of law. The result being tomorrow’s primary ballot will be short two candidates for Milwaukee County Executive. See previous posts:…

One of the main undercurrents of the Foxconn deal, after you get past the breathtaking $3 billion state tax subsidy, is the environmental waivers that the state is providing. One of the variances applies to wetland management, something I wrote about briefly last month. But essentially Foxconn will have the…

Let me set the stage for you all. According to a reliable source, Republican State Assembly candidate Justin Moralez recently walked into Rollie’s Tap in Cudahy to collect signatures to get his name on the ballot. While attempting to garner some signatures, Moralez regales patrons with stories about how his…

  Sugar Sugar: Sugar Daddy’s Sugar Coating, Sugar Pipes… this post is all about sugar: the cloying and the sickeningly sweet that makes a fine icing over our national politics. First up for the sugar fix – a bona fide whistle blowing mindblower that exposes the viciously arcane – where…

A Marathon County district attorney has charged a 19 year old Weston woman with two counts of felony sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.  The woman is accused, at age ten, of having directed three young children who were in her mothers care to fondle each other. She’s being…

From the email box: The Problem with Merit Pay In the brave new world of Act 10, many school districts are contemplating “merit pay” or “pay for performance” systems. The following is a WEAC Research Brief summarizing the evidence on merit pay programs for educators. The actual evidence shows: Merit…