Rep. Ryan Thinks Gun Violence is Only in the Inner City?

This whole exchange is just a little weird…but gun violence isn’t only in the inner city (and to our shame, the gun violence that does exist in our inner cities is being overlooked). Several headline news events involving have been in shopping malls, suburban movie theaters, a Sikh temple and…

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More on the Prison-Industrial Complex

Opprobrium was heaped upon me by various commenters for my post Arbeit Macht Frei  because I dared invoke the dreaded Nazi reference when talking about our Prison-Industrial Complex. Phil, I’ve read the very same rants ad nauseam. It’s not like you had any news to report. I usually enjoy your blog, I’m a…

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Verify the Recall – Still Working

We have been chronicling "verify the recall"'s results. We have pointed out that their endgame was never ever “integrity of elections” but intimidation of Wisconsin Citizens who signed the recall petitions. Here is another "success" story that Verify the Recall can hang their hats on: The University of Wisconsin System’s…

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Cause and Effect

Sometimes events aren’t that hard to figure out.  The violence in the Milwaukee Public Schools for instance.

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Republican Thugs – Salmonella Edition

Senator Dale Schultz recently said he will be voting against Mary Lazich\'s plan to rig the recall elections. Even though the Lazich plan was illegal anyway, that is a minor detail and drew outrage from the hate right. Now the righties have have dangerously ramped up their threat to Senator…

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Illegal Robocalls in LaCrosse, Green Bay? Let’s Ask Scott Walker. . .

WI Voices is reporting fraudulent Robocalls in District 10 today, where there’s a recall primary going on today with a fake Democrat taking on a real Democrat.  The call says it is from a “Right to Life Group” and that people shouldn’t worry about getting to the polls, as their…

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