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  • This Just In...

    If we weren’t at the county park swimming pool, we were in the alley behind the building that housed the Juneau Theater and Juneau apartments. Me, Stanley, Eddie, Mike, John, Carol, Skipper, Duane, Rheiny (short for Rheinholdt; yes, his parents actually did that to him). The long water pipe running down the [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  • This Just In...

    EVERY SUNDAY I REVIEW THE MOST COVETED EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE WEEK BY OPINION-MAKERS AS WELL AS THE MOST WIDELY-READ, THE SUNDAY “CROSSROADS” SECTION OF THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. I WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL PIECES CONTRIBUTED BY NON-JOURNAL SENTINEL WRITERS AND KEEP A RUNNING SCORE THROUGHOUT [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 6:30pm EST

  • This Just In...

    The day after Thanksgiving as I filled in on Newstalk 1130 WISN, the listeners and I had a good time chortling over the Journal Sentinel’s front page announcement that Wisconsin was no longer a tax hell. Of course, that infers that at some time, Wisconsin was a tax hell. That’s odd, [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  • This Just In...

    Last week, a serious weather advisory was issued that I posted on my blog. Yes, we got snow. Yes, it accumulated on our driveways. Yes, it accumulated on our lawns. And yes, it all just about melted within 24 hours. Milwaukee TV stations went into full-blown scare mode. But despite their sky is falling warnings, [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 4:43pm EST
  • The BQE

    Letters in Bottles

    I was checking up on some musicians online and I discovered Sufjan Stevens released some new stuff last month.  It's The BQE, an exploration of a highway in NYC  Apparently he's gone from the band room to the orchestra hall.  And there's an accompanying film made by him.  From [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:27pm EST
  • [nt]

    Radio Free Wisconsin



    More from the DOJ report

    For all intents and purposes, Ken Black seemingly knew in February 2009 about major problems at the vets’ agency, but he did nothing about them.

    Although the accountants didn’t close the fiscal year [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:24pm EST
  • Peace ...

    Radio Free Wisconsin



    Peace Bell to ring in Kentucky on New Year's Eve

    The World Peace Bell will get another ring on New Year's Eve.

    The 66,000-pound bell will ring for the first time in 10 years at midnight to bring in the New Year [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:26pm EST
  • The Veterans Affairs ...

    Radio Free Wisconsin

    The Veterans Affairs Board is on a roll

    After jettisoning deadwood and making other positive changes, the vets on the board are likely to keep the momentum going.

    Hold administrators at the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs accountable for roughly $300 million either budgeted [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:55pm EST
  • USCC Tops the ACORN Embarassment, Part II

    Dad29

    This is rich.

    ...in an email asking to confirm Henry's advisory role at the USCCB, Sister Mary Ann Walsh, the conference media director simply told CNA, "She is not a consultant."

    CNA spoke with another woman in the Justice, Peace and Human Development office at the USCCB [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  • New Firms Are No Job Engine

    Brewtown Gumshoe

    John Torinus, of the Journal Sentinel, assures us that new firms are the key to our recovery. Encouraging new firms using the typical incentives (job credits, small business loans, investment credits, grants, using pension fund money for speculative investment, etc.), he believes, will create jobs.

    He also uses [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  • Girly Boy

    Boots and Sabers

    Instead of watching football, belching, and scratching inappropriate things, I’ll be spending my afternoon helping over 100 little girls get a makeover for a fundraiser.  I’m fairly certain that I will need to shoot something this evening. 

    [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 11:18am EST
    by Owen
  • How do you want your eggs?

    scott d. feldstein

    Number of comments: 1

    I like eggs just about any way you can make them. But when you’re out for breakfast and you get asked this question, how do you answer? Me, I go for over-easy. Sunny-side up is okay, but tends to come with runny whites, which I don’t care for. Scrambled is [...]

    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:56am EST
    by scott
  • Jesus made county government to punish Evil

    illusory tenant

    Civil government was God's idea. The first several verses of Romans 13 tell us He established government and that people in authority are ministers of God assigned to promote good and punish evil.From Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's officially endorsed message to police officers at mandatory events.

    Clarke [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:18am EST
  • Happy holidays, part X

    Patrick McIlheran: Right On

    When people say “the holiday season,” it seems they’re usually using it as shorthand for Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the hassle in between, while trying to sound like they’re including Hanukkah and that Muslim holiday that most of them, unless they’re Muslim, can’t remember the name of. Though, pleasantly enough, [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:00am EST
  • Afgan Strategy "Doh" Moment

    Dad29

    Interesting article here on the current Obama strategy for Afghanistan.

    Among other things:

    ...administration officials changed their chief objective from trying to eliminate the Taliban to making sure insurgents could no longer threaten the Afghan government's survival

    It was determined that we simply could NOT 'eliminate [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:47am EST
  • This Just In...

    Once again, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued a beautiful Christmas stamp. The stamp has to just frost atheists like fruitcake Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation based in Wisconsin. There’s a wonderful story behind this year’s stamp. The image of Madonna and the Christ Child is [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:30am EST
  • ObamaCare: Home Health Care Is Toast

    Dad29

    One of the better Medicare programs is Home Health Care.  In general, this program allows 'traveling' healthcare professionals to aid relatives in attending to the needs of individuals who remain at home instead of in managed-care environments such as nursing homes.

    It saves money AND is a comfort to [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:09am EST
  • Radical person of the week: Paul Watson

    Apostle Islands Navigator

    Number of comments: 1
    Eco-terrorist Co-founder of Greenpeace Board member of the Sierra Club Is responsible for ramming, scuttling, and sinking a slew of fishing boats Oversees the anti-logging-industry group – Coeur du Bois “There’s nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win.” Like the purveyors of radical Islamic terrorism, the eco-terrorist uses fear, intimidation, and violence [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:00am EST
    by The Admiral
  • This Just In...

    US President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Afghanistan at the United States Military Academy at West Point in West Point, NY, December 1, 2009. Obama said sending 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan is in the "vital national interest" of the United States. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images U.S. soldiers listen to President [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:30am EST
  • This Just In...

    Today is the feast of St. Nicholas. From Christianity Today: “In the most famous story about his life, he threw bags of gold through the windows of three girls about to be forced into lives of prostitution. At least that's the most common version of the story; there are others, including [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:03am EST
  • 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) It's starting already.....The Tiger Woods Family Christmas Portrait 2) Culinary no-no #142 3) In case you missed it last Thursday.... 4) Photos [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:50am EST
  • Energy Squanderer Be Prepared

    Righty Blog

    Oh, I’m not talking about those of you who are driving gas guzzling vehicles. I’m talking about you who are lounging in your home in front of a huge HDTV….especially if it has a plasma screen.  You are the most recent culprit of energy waste and will be under the watchful eye of [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:30am EST
    by Righty
  • Well, now ...

    The Chief

    Interesting:
    This is the first year that Gridiron officers have dropped the off-the-record rule that had been in place for more than a century. Modest twittering is permitted, though not during the speeches or songs. At a meeting this morning, the officers explained that the change is a bow [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2009, 11:03pm EST
  • I'm still here!

    The Prozak Playground

    It's difficult to keep up with all what's available to you on the internet. I haven't been posting much simply because of the social networking site. Even with them, however, I can't do them all. Twitter is great. But, it's rather limiting. Blogs are nice. But, sometimes the thoughts are [...]
    Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:43pm EST
    by Jimi5150

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