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  • Feingold's PorkVote--for OTHER States

    Dad29

    "Mr. Principles," Feingold, doesn't talk much about this, does he?

    The Senate-approved health measure lawmakers hope to send to Obama soon would steer $600 million over the next decade to Vermont in added federal payments for Medicaid and nearly as much to Massachusetts.

    Connecticut would get $100 million' [...]

    Posted: March 14, 2010, 9:01am EDT
  • Teh Won's HealthCare: Not Wanted Here

    Dad29

    You could cherrypick, or you could read the actual polls.

    If you look at the 12 most recent independent polls on Pollster.com, you'll find every one of them shows that more people oppose health care reform than support it, and most of the polls show a significantly wider' [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:49am EDT
  • This Just In...

    President Barack Obama delivers a speech on his health care plan for the nation on March 8, 2010 at Arcadia University in Glenside, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The President, after meeting fierce Republican opposition to his health care proposals, is beginning a last-ditch attempt to persuade lawmakers and the American public [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:19am EDT
  • This Just In...

    As I post every Sunday, here are the five most read blog entries of mine from the previous week. NOTE: some entries may have been posted prior to the past week. 1) TIE Oscar's "Best" isn't IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SEX OFFENDERS AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN THIS IS A MUST READ 2) Culinary no-no' [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 7:45am EDT
  • Again?

    Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC

    Number of comments: 0
    Brady's lights are on, but is anyone home?



    This "Earth Hour" stuff just makes the elites feel better about the amount of energy THEY use. I'm just guessing here, but I suspect Mr. Brady has a MUCH larger carbon footprint than the average Joe.' [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 6:42am EDT
    by Deekaman
  • And, another thing.....

    Kay's Blue Racine

    This whole crazy budgeting thing means that my $125 cut/dye/foil jobs at the salon need to be curtailed. So, tonight I decided to try something myself, at home, with my husband's help. I figure that since I'm so depressed what's a little hair attack going to hurt.

    And, I' [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 10:56pm EST
  • newberlinnow.com Community Blogs Inside New Berlin

    At the Wisconsin Academic Decathlon at Wisconsin Dells on Friday, New Berlin Eisenhower took first place in Division 2 competition and placed third overall. Twenty teams competed in the state event. Waukesha West’s team scored 46,428.3 points out of a possible 60,000 and won the state title—for the ninth consecutive time. It [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 9:58pm EST
  • This Just In...

    When I was working in the news media 24/7 and at one time wore the many hats (unprecedented at the time, totally misunderstood by former MJS media critic and aging hippie Tim Cuprisin) of news manager, news reporter, news anchor, radio and TV commentator and pundit and talk show host, [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 8:38pm EST
  • This Just In...

    More details. [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 8:01pm EST
  • This Just In...

    For immediate release: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 4:00 p.m. For further information: National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) Federal Legislation Department, 202-626-8820 Communications Department, 202-626-8825 NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE (NRLC) UPDATE ON HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION U.S. HOUSE TO VOTE WITHIN DAYS ON WHETHER TO MAKE PRO-ABORTION SENATE HEALTH BILL "THE LAW OF THE LAND," AS HOUSE [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 7:09pm EST
  • I Love Doing My Wash

    Righty Blog

    In my new washing machine, that is. I’ve had it almost one month now.  It’s a front loader.  I didn’t purchase it on purpose.  You see, my 10-year-old dryer decided to start sparking and then not provide heat, prompting me to go dryer shopping.  But my 12-year-old washing machine had been an [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 6:02pm EST
    by Righty
  • Former Krakow Concentration Camp Memorial Vandalized

    Righty Blog

    Words including “Jude Raus” – German for “Jew Out” – and “Hitler Good,” in English, were found in red paint Saturday at the former Plaszow camp near Krakow. Continue reading  at Ynet News   This is the former death camp that was represented in the movie “Schindler’s List,” by Steven Spielberg in 1993. Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp  Poland [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 4:01pm EST
    by Righty
  • Justice Prosser delivers magic words at Tea Party

    illusory tenant

    Via WisPolitics.com:Conservative state Supreme Court Justices Michael Gableman and David Prosser, a former GOP state lawmaker, also attended. Prosser, who's up for re-election next year, said the judiciary is under attack in the State from outside influences "spearheaded by ideologues who like activist judges who legislate from the bench."As opposed to' [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:54pm EST
  • UW System Salaries Search

    CAFFEINATED POLITICS

    Here. This database contains budgeted salaries for all UW employees for the fiscal year 2009-10, released annually by the university as part of its Redbook budget publication. You can use it to find the budgeted salary and funding source for any staff member in the whole UW System. To get started, enter [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:42pm EST
    by dekerivers
  • Bad Reporting

    Boots and Sabers

    This report is so unprofessional that it makes me cringe.

    Republicans and conservative tea party members railed against health care reform, global warming legislation and government spending at a convention Saturday that attracted about 2,000 people.

    The meeting, organized by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity and [...]

    Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:14pm EST
    by Owen
  • This Just In...

    Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read). Why [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:14pm EST
  • This Just In...

    Jillian Bandes, one of my favorites writes: "It’s depressing that President Obama is the one calling the shots on the budget right now instead of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)." How true. Meanwhile, the National Taxpayers Union has rated members of Congress on how taxpayer-friendly they were during the First Session of the 111th [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 3:00pm EST
  • This Just In...

    Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown delivered the GOP weekly address today like a Prince Fielder bomb to deep center field at Miller Park: “The President and Congress are focused on ramming through their health-care bill, whatever it takes, whatever the cost. Maybe you remember what President Obama promised in his State of the [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 2:12pm EST
  • Got The Urge To Garden?

    CAFFEINATED POLITICS

    It is cloudy, gray, and damp in Madison.   I suspect many feel as I do about the need to get out and start working the flower beds.  Spring is here early and yet….and yet….    With those urges in mind comes this read in today’s newspaper. Armchair travelers satisfy their wanderlust reading [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 1:35pm EST
    by dekerivers
  • This Just In...

    A look back at the people and events that made news the past week.Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In... HEROES OF THE WEEK This one's incredible: Carlos ......... MORE. Kelly Hart State Senator Mary Lazich, State Representative Jeff Stone, Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor, Franklin Alderman Steve Olson, Franklin Alderman Ken Skowronski,' [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 12:25pm EST
  • The Slaughter Rule

    The Underground Conservative

    Number of comments: 1
    Looks like the deceitful, dishonest, dictator wannabes in Washington have a new trick to impose ObamaCare on the United States without ever having taken an actual vote: simply declaring they had already passed it previously. It’s being called the Slaughter Solution, after Rep. Louise Slaughter (Statist-N.Y.) who devised the parliamentary trick. Would [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 11:45am EST
    by The Underground Conservative
  • Learning from Lehman

    Rhymes With Clown

    Number of comments: 1
    Even if there are never any criminal prosecutions or civil awards related the collapse of Lehman Brothers, one thing is clear from the recently released bankruptcy court examiner's report.

    From Enron to Lehman, corporate financial reporting, accounting, and auditing has suffered what can only be called a lost decade [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 11:17am EST
    by Jeremy R. Shown
  • Bon Jour de Montréal

    Left on the Lake

    Spending a few days back in the “homeland” eating brie and sipping Chardonnay so pardon the absence.

    Actually, drinking Molson and going to the Montreal/Boston NHL game tonight. It’s a great city even though it reminds me of how much of the French language I’ve come to forget.

    Have a great weekend!

    [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 10:27am EST
    by Dan Cody
  • Kondratieff's Pessimism

    Dad29

    Long article here, but worth the read, if only because it reviews the history of Sep/Oct '08--and asks a few questions about those days.

    To get you started:

    The second fateful date to remember was October 7, 2008, when the UK almost collapsed. Bank of England Governor,' [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 10:12am EST
  • An open secret

    Uppity Wisconsin

    527 contributions: Wisconsin donors gave secretive 527 groups more than $1.5 million in 2009, a record for a non-election year. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign also finds that Dem 527s pulled in about two-thirds of the overall money given to the organizations, continuing a trend that began in 2006.-- [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2010, 9:56am EST
    by xoff
  • The "Volcker Rule"

    Dad29

    Just the last few grafs from a story about Volcker and his 'rule'.

    "Volcker's biggest objective is to make sure that risk-taking, especially proprietary risk taking done in proprietary institutions does not fall back on the taxpayer as the ultimate supporter," Blinder said. "And he is 100 percent" [...]

    Posted: March 13, 2010, 9:50am EST

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