Posts by: Jeffrey Kroll

Re-Crawl Walker Tonight!

On January 7, 2012 By

Looking for something to do tonight?  Crawl on out to Bayview and raise your glass in solidarity!

This pub-crawl will kickoff at 5:30 pm at The Bayview Brew Haus on KK with guest speaker Senator Chris Larson!  Then we’ll visit these other fine establishments: Cactus Club, BYO Studio, Blackbird, Lee’s Luxury Lounge, Sugar Maple, Highbury [...]

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Zerban & Pull Ryan

On December 31, 2011 By

There’s an interesting AMA (ask me anything) interview with Rob Zerban over on Reddit.  Apparently, the Reddit community is experimenting with flexing it’s political mobilization muscles, and as part of a test campaign called Operation Pull Ryan, they are throwing their support behind Zerban, to see how [...]

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Jobs… or Fascism? (dun dun dun!)

On September 9, 2011 By

Obama’s speech was sober and reasonable by most accounts, and seems to have had little that right-wingers found particularly objectionable – at least, there hasn’t been quite the usual torrent of outrage that follows most everything else the President does.  The most amusing thing I have found so far has been Continue Reading →

Report from the Neo-Nazi Rally in West Allis

On September 3, 2011 By

Just got back from the rally.

There were between 200 and 250 cops in full-on riot gear, about 10 on riot-gear-clad war horses, some kind of riot tank, many cop cars, ambulances, etc.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 anti-Nazi protestors lined the streets.

Between 50 and 100 Neo-Nazi’s showed up in “White Pride World Wide” [...]

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Budget Will Increase Unwanted Pregnancy

On June 27, 2011 By

Just wanted to point out the gender dimension of the new budget.  A lot has been made of the underlying class warfare in the Wisconsin Republican/Tea party lately.  And while that is certainly a major impetus behind their Reverse-Robinhood policies, it’s easy to focus our anger and indignation on that, to the neglect of other [...]

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Another Thing To Do Tonight

On June 1, 2011 By

Just a quick reminder – before you head over to hang out with the Democracy Addicts, consider dropping by the Transfer Pizzeria to support progressive Assembly candidate Bethany Ordaz.  Here’s the relevant info:

Wednesday, June 1st | 5:30-7:30pm
Transfer Pizzeria & Cafe

West Mitchell at South 1st, Milwaukee

Light appetizers [...]

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If having $686 mil is “broke” then sign me up

On May 12, 2011 By

Wisconsin finds a money tree with $686 million unexpected dollars on it. Should we re-instate all collective bargaining rights with this windfall? Nah, that’s communism. Restore funding to our schools? Nah, we don’t neeeed no steeenking schools. How about filling up a swimming pool and letting the Koch brothers swim around in it like Scrooge [...]

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Compromise on the National Stage

On April 9, 2011 By

So what do we think about the compromise on the federal budget?

Some have conjectured that the Tea Party’s angle was to intentionally force a shut down, to show the American people that we can get by just fine without a Big Fancy Government – indeed, that [...]

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Good Thing Walker’s Not Smarter

On March 4, 2011 By

So it’s easy to be totally engrossed in the unbelievable drama unfolding in our own state.  But, apparently, similar shenanigans are going on in Indiana, from whence their Dems have also taken shelter in Illinois to prevent a quorum on a union-busting vote.  Sounds like isomorphic behavior on the part of power-mad [...]

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Man Arrested at Site of Tucson Shooting

On March 2, 2011 By

According to this report, the man, who is an instructor at Pima Community College (which Jared Lee Loughner attended), was “sitting in front of the store in a ‘yoga position’” and chanting the phrase “We are the ones you have been waiting for.”  The Safeway manager asked him to leave, but [...]

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