Jamaal Bowman Channels Smedley Butler

In an extraordinary and almost entirely unreported act of political courage, freshman New York congressman Jamaal Bowman told CNN last Sunday night that decades of American capitalism and imperialism in Central America are responsible for the flood of immigrants coming to our southern border. When’s the last time you heard…

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Donald Trump would threaten the Pope if he criticized capitalism

This is Donald Trump at his “best…” Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would use the threat of ISIS terrorists to scare the pope if he confronted him about the dangers of capitalism. When Pope Francis visits the United States next month he is expected to be critical of American…

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Tony Stella explains the propane shortage

If you’re not a regular reader of STELLAREPORT, you should become one. Here’s former Iron County district attorney Tony Stella on why the price of propane is so high right now, and why the situation could get worse next winter. Yikes!

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Paul Ryan lectures the Pope about capitalism

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan has some nerve… It’s true that while knuckle-draggers like Rush Limbaugh attack the pope as a Marxist, Ryan has praised him, which I guess takes a tiny bit of courage since normally Republicans don’t like to buck the leader of their party. “What I love about…

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Does it get any sicker than this?

The Washington Post reports that for profit hospice care companies may be ripping off Medicare for billions of dollars by enrolling patients who aren’t actually dying. Yes, I’m afraid you read me correctly. Isn’t capitalism swell?

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Governor Walker Threatens to Inhibit Free Market Competition

Governor Walker held one of his periodic touch bases with the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today…and we will see their interpretation of his sage wisdom via any number of articles over the next few days…but one of the first items of discussion was the approval process for…

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Let them take the train…oh wait…nevermind. sigh

Since its merger by parent Republic Airways with the late lamented Midwest Airlines, it was inevitable that Frontier Airlines would start to trip marginal or loss leader services out of Milwaukee. Their recent announcements reduce services to two major Wisconsin cities and of course a corresponding reduction in jobs. Frontier…

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A thought on Wisconsin’s minimum markup law

Perhaps it’s because I’m a big fan of getting great deals on flat screen TV’s, but I actually agree with James Wigderson that Wisconsin’s minimum markup law is due for some serious changes. I certainly understand the reasoning behind the law being put into effect seventy years ago, but times…

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