A Lot of Ironic Irony is Ironically Ironic

Friends of Scott Walker are involved in credit card fraud?  CapitalOne thinks so.

When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. Later, she said, she found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation [...]

85 Bullets

Amazing.  In Germany, a nation with a population of 82 million people, German police shot a total of 85 bullets in all of 2011.  85.  Are you freakin’ kidding me???  They fired a grand total of 85 bullets in an entire year.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., where the population is little less than four times [...]

Scott Walker’s scandals…and some John Doe news

The Greater Wisconsin Committee has a new ad out highlighting the scandals and criminal charges surrounding a number of close aides to Republican Gov. Scott Walker from his tenure as Milwaukee County Executive.

In related news, a twelfth person was granted immunity in the ongoing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County, as attorney David [...]

The Prison-Industrial Complex Redux: Mississipi Youth Prison Horror Story

I’ve been tracking the corrupt Prison-Industrial Complex for awhile now.  Earlier posts alleged a catastrophic conflict of interest that permits private companies to run public prisons.  Well, it turns out that this conflict of interest is not the worst part.  The worst part is the supervisory failure by GEO prison administrators.  (h/t to Denise Oliver Velez [...]

Common Cause Files Tax Complaint Against ALEC

When it rains, it pours… All over ALEC!

This submission is made pursuant to the whistleblower provisions of 26 U.S.C. 7623 et seq. (the “Tax Whistleblower Act”). This matter concerns the massive underreporting of lobbying by the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”). While ostensibly a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, [...]

Robin Vos is an Ass

and Neil Heinen is a fool!

I know I have called Robin Vos a Hingst before, but he perpetually becomes more and more of an ass everyday! It has nothing to do with the fact that he is also an unethical slumlord either. This does not even relate to the fact that Robin Vos is [...]

Arbeit Macht Frei

Eisenhauer warned us about the Military-Industrial Complex.  He warned us that we would all become captive to the desires of a small number of companies.  Well, now we have another unholy public-private alliance to fear: The US Prison-Industrial Complex.

Imagine my (non) surprise to learn that when you turn prisons over to private corporations, they’ll [...]

Another View of Scott Walker

Warning!  If you click below, you will be presented with a classic example of things you can’t un-see!!!

You have been warned!

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Fox News Makes Stuff Up!

H/T Talking Points Memo:

In a recent campaign-trail speech, President Obama delivered a line that was widely construed as a jab at Mitt Romney. But whether it was a direct jab at Romney was at least arguable until a Fox News host pumped it up with three additional words that Obama never said.

“Somebody [...]

Free For All

Terrible Ted Nugent made news recently. No it was not his endorsement of Tommy Thompson or Mitt Romney that made news. It was this anti American crazed rant that made the headlines:

Which shows not only how unhinged that Ted and many of the far right loons are, but also how extreme the NRA [...]