OMFG! Who is Zoominfo and why are they doing this to me?

this could be funny if it wasn’t so sad…and I would really like to know how they pulled this nonsense together: and please let me know how I can get my hands on the $5M in revenue…

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Well, Chaz Who?

Over the past few months I have been averaging about 3 emails a week from Raj Shukla who is running for mayor of Madison. That’s cool. They’ve all come from team@rajshukla.com and are signed simply, Raj. They are typical campaign emails….putting out policy, asking for participation in questionnaires, and of…

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Party Barns, Beer Barons, and the State of Wisconsin

Ok…this seems like a pretty trivial issue but it has been getting a ton of press in Wisconsin. And maybe it’s a subterfuge to the heinous acts under consideration by the GOP for their December 2018 lame duck session in Madison…but let’s take a peek! For those of you who…

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Movie Recommendation: Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Trailer

I didn’t even know that this movie existed until I watched on my vacation flight to Thailand. But if you have a chance to watch it, take the opportunity. Some of the events and statements in the movie apply to the current environment as well as the Watergate era it…

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Merry Christmas!

Whatever seasonal holiday you celebrate, my best wishes to you and your friends and family. I hope you are all able to enjoy the season in their love and company.

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Bomb Carbon Dating!

This isn’t a directly political post by any means although there are certainly political undertones. But the skeletal remains of two young people were found on state controlled property in Idaho by state fish and game employees. The big question is: are these contemporary murder victims or accidently exhumed burials…

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Drug Companies Are Totally Out of Control

While Madison is discussing how to solve the opioid epidemic in Wisconsin…from both prescription and illegal forms of the drug…watching TV in a Chicago hotel Sunday night…I was bombarded with ads for drugs to solve Opioid Induced Constipation. The use of opioid painkillers is so endemic and long term that…

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An Open Letter To The Online Media

This is totally a non-political rant…but I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore…well maybe I am. [for now] But to all of the online arms of the print and broadcast media: You are making your websites unusable. Now I understand that you need…

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Short Takes: Beer, Guns, Trump and UWM

I should be writing about a lot of other things tonight but I am lazy and watching returns and can’t even motivate to go to one of the five campaign parties I’ve been invited to. The Boulder Junction Shooting Range, a non profit organization that runs one of the DNR…

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Yet another shameless plug….

As many of you don’t know, Blogging Blue isn’t the only blog I happen to run. When I’m not opining about politics, I’m writing about baseball and the Milwaukee Brewers over at What Would Harvey Do?. If you’re interested in sharing your thoughts on the Brewers, check it out!

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