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Inmates escape from Wisconsin prison using forged release paperwork

Zach W — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:27 +0000

Last month, two inmates being held at Stanley Correctional Institution walked out the front gates of the institution to freedom. While that’s not necessarily newsworthy, what is worth mentioning is the fact that neither inmate was eligible to be released; they used forged release paperwork to gain their release. According to Dan Bice’s [...]

Anthem hikes rates 39% for hundreds of thousands of customers

Zach W — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:29:16 +0000

As yet more proof of how insurance companies really really care about their customers, the LA Times is reporting Anthem Blue Cross is hiking rates by as much as 39% on many of its individual policyholders: In a letter to the company’s president, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius voiced serious concern over the [...]

What was your favorite Superbowl commercial?

Zach W — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:54 +0000

I’ll admit it – I love the Superbowl as much for the commercials as for the game itself, and Sunday’s Superbowl ads didn’t disappoint, at least in my opinion. Personally, my favorite of all the ads was the Careerbuilder.com “Casual Fridays” ad, but I’d like to know what you thought. What was your [...]

A thought on the Tim Tebow Superbowl ad

Zach W — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:14:10 +0000

“Sunday will be anything but super for abortion-loving liberals”

So says conservative bomb-thrower Kevin Fischer, who’s clearly a subscriber to the notion that all liberals think exactly alike on every issue, allowing for all liberal to be lumped together in sweeping generalizations.

However, as grumps of The Happy Circumstance notes in a comment replying to Fischer, there [...]

DNC Nails GOP and Ryan on Medicare Cuts

MadCityMan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:14:22 +0000

In a new DNC ad, the GOP is taken to task for their desire to cut Medicare.

Fox News Gets it Right on DADT

MadCityMan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:29 +0000

In a rarity for the "fair and balanced" television station, Fox News analysts get it right on DADT

Hey Sarah Palin, your hypocrisy is showing!

Zach W — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:02:01 +0000

Last week I wrote about some offensive comments made by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and at the time I agreed with Sarah Palin, who called for Emanuel to be fired, but here’s where the story gets really interesting. After Palin’s statement, conservative squawker Rush Limbaugh made more than one reference to [...]

A Penny For Kids

Zach W — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:40:02 +0000

As I’ve noted before, Wisconsin’s school funding formula is flawed, perhaps fatally. School districts across the state are facing increasingly difficult decisions on how to balance their desire to provide a quality education to their students with their need to not bust their budgets, and as Forward Our Motto points out, a very small [...]

Only 600 attendees? That’s not a very impressive movement

Zach W — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:39:53 +0000

So the national “Tea Party” convention was held this weekend, as despite the presence of conservative darling Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker, 600 folks attended the “Tea Party” convention. For a supposed “national movement,”attendance of 66 at your national convention isn’t that impressive. As James Rowen notes, he’s been to local weekend [...]

Scott Lee Cohen: journalism fail!

Zach W — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:54 +0000

Down in Illinois, there’s a fascinating (and disturbing) story breaking about Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Governor. According to the Chicago Tribune, Cohen has some significant skeletons in his closet, having been accused of abusing women, failing to pay child support and spending lavishly on extramarital affairs. When Democratic [...]