Tag: NPR

Perfect remedy for the usual blahs that overtake us in mid-January!

On July 4th we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence…the colonies declaration to be free and clear and independent of England’s King George III…on July 4th, 1776. It isn’t Flag Day, although I’ve seen a myriad of social media posts centered around the American Flag. Although the flag…

Many of us realized that Republican Senator Ron Johnson was in over his head during the primary during his first campaign for US Senate. A full blown product of the Tea Party explosion, anti-science denier of climate change and an opponent of affordable health care for Americans…Senator ‘Sun Spots’ Johnson…

I am surprised at how many of our readers have responded to our posts on Wisconsin family dairy farms. And a number of you shared articles that you found about farming so I am going to share them here today. Thank you to our loyal readers and subscribers for your…

For those of you who haven’t seen the news lately…or haven’t visited news sites that carry such news…the French government is tearing down a refugee camp in Calais and moving its residents to other facilities in France. Many of the residents are upset because they would like to reach Great…

By now you’ve no doubt seen the infamous “Skittles tweet” sent out by Donald Trump Jr., who used the tweet to compare refugees of the violence in Syria to Skittles. As reprehensible as Trump Jr.’s tweet was, it appears the image used in the tweet to make his point was…

A few weeks ago, I received a message from Liz Halloran, a reporter from NPR. Ms. Halloran was coming to town to do a story about Wisconsin politics, had read my posts on Blogging Blue, and was intrigued with Drinking Liberally Waukesha. At first I thought I was being Punk’d…

One of the top ten tweets I’ve seen this year:

I have been wanting to Blog about the story of Fox New\'s Bill Sammon admitting he lied story. Bill Sammon, Fox News’ Washington managing editor: “Last year, candidate Barack Obama stood on a sidewalk in Toledo, Ohio, and first let it slip to Joe the Plumber that he wanted to…