Darryl E For Waukesha Mayor Fund raiser tonight at Cafe Esperanza, 410 Arcadian ave, Waukesha, 6 – 8 !!!
(one block south of Main, about 2 miles east of downtown)
Come, grab a beer, ask a few questions, grab a sign!
(Hmmm, could turn into a “mini Blog n Grog” ay?)
[...]The authority approved an $18,000 contract for Schreiber, the former acting governor, and his lobbying firm through April.
That $18K came [...]
Well played!
Baltimore meteorologist FAIL.
more about “Meteorologist Freaks Out“, posted with vodpod [...] 
This is the Emergency Blogging System. It has been activated because for the first time in history, Drinking Right has been postponed due to the weather, with the main Drinking Right next week (aka Fat Tuesday and local non-partisan primary day). However, if one is brave stupid, Steve will [...]
Newt Gingrich thinks Scott Walker will be the next governor of Wisconsin. 
Name: STank Girl the Stench Wench
Position: Blocker, Pivot
Team(s): Reservoir Dolls, Dairyland Dolls, Team Unicorn
Years participated: 4th season
How did you get you interested in roller derby?
I used to be a rock climber and a physicist and my life was pretty much All-Dudes-All-The-Time. [...]
Name: STank Girl the Stench Wench
Position: Blocker, Pivot
Team(s): Reservoir Dolls, Dairyland Dolls, Team Unicorn
Years participated: 4th season
How did you get you interested in roller derby?
I used to be a rock climber and a physicist and my life was pretty much All-Dudes-All-The-Time. [...]
I was supposed to begin the long-delayed series of PTSD stories I’ve been planning, but before we begin, I need to tell y’all about something that just happened in my house.
For us it wasn’t a matter of life or death, but it is the kind of story that explains, perfectly, [...]
You can send a GOP Valentine's Day card.You can send a GOP Valentine's Day card.
Chip A, friend of the blog, will be live guest photo blogging the Saints Parade this evening! He makes no warranties as to quality given that darkness will be falling, but I think it will be great to see things as they happen.Chip A, friend of the blog, will be live guest photo blogging the Saints Parade this evening! He makes no warranties as to quality given that darkness will be falling, but I think it will be great to see things as they happen.Longtime readers of FREE WHITEWATER know that I have been a critic of Whitewater’s long-tenured (too long, really) police chief, Jim Coan. A search of this site offers ample analysis of Coan’s disappointing tenure in Whitewater, considering his emphasis on appearance over substance, almost every time. Coan has the vocabulary [...]
With the Illinois-based White House putting Chicago-area barge traffic above the overall health of the Great Lakes, we can safely predict "Carp Invasion1" headlines later this year.
He gets to home every night to a wife who's also to 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover girl.
' [...]
Erik Gunn of Milwaukee Magazine asks in his Pressroom Buzz column whether the Wisconsin media will do any serious critique of Rep. Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future."
The Economist, published in London, actually has commented on the content of Ryan's proposal, rather than simply' [...]
For those of us who sometimes think Wisconsin is the center of the political universe, the best-seller, "Game Change," on the presidential election from New York Magazine's John Heilemann and Time magazine's Mark Halperin, is a good reality check.
The Wisconsin presidential primary -- remember how exciting it was here? -- [...]
…and despite what Forbes Magazine says, Milwaukee is no Buffalo:
Milwaukee 4th worst winter-weather city?
(Seriously, Buffalo didn’t even make Forbe’s top ten. Proof that stats don’t mean Jack.)
[...]“Unfortunately, in the weak economy many people who do not have health conditions are forgoing buying insurance,” [...]
The teacher asked Little [...]
Milwaukee Historian John Gurda is apparently on WUWM’s Lake Effect program, today, complaining about how little snow we’ve gotten this winter…
Man, I bet he’s going to get an earful from his friends:
Steady snowfall could end up lasting 30 hours
[...]The clueless Obumbler administration has, once again, shown it’s allegiance to the teachers union over the well being of the children in the DC area.
Administration Again Cuts Funding for Scholarship Program That Helps Low-Income D.C. Kids
(CNSNews.com) – In his fiscal 2011 budget, President Barack Obama makes further cuts in [...]
+so much for the Orange RevolutionMeant to post on this last week.
The U.S. and Canada, its largest trading partner, reached a preliminary deal to settle what had become an acrimonious dispute over "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package.
The deal, if approved, will give companies on both sides of the border access to [...]
You can't escape third-hand smoke:
This article is reposted from the author's blog with permission. Anna, the author, is a Madison expat now living in New York City.
Tyra. What a monster.
For those who haven't heard the genesis of this story:
I submitted my information to be on an' [...]
"Further thought should be given to issues that have been raised with respect to constitutionality and the non-severability clause, so these concerns can be resolved, while staying true to the Task Force's intent," Thilly, chief executive of WPPI Energy, and Tia [...]
Were you confused this morning when you received a text message from the city telling you to park on the odd side of the road? Yeah, us too. Tomorrow is the 10th and being an even day that means during a snow [...]
On December 28th, the Janesville Gazette published a story entitled, “Walworth County search warrants could disappear.” I posted on that astonishing possibility, in a post entitled, “The Secret Warrants of Walworth County.” Here’s what the Gazette uncovered in its original story:
ELKHORN – In some Wisconsin counties, sealed court [...]
Abby Johnson rocked the nation last year when she announced she was leaving her position as director of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Abby has now joined the right-to-life movement and is one of the most sought-after speakers.
Wisconsin Right to Life is thrilled to be bringing Abby Johnson to Madison [...]
David Dodenhoff, Ph.D, took a look at the shocking growth of food stamps in Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, specifically the 50% growth between 2002 and 2008. The takeaway (emphasis in the original):
That, unfortunately, is the way government tends to work. When elected officials act, they typically [...]
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan faces increasing questions about his conduct while in office. The Janesville resident, representing a city with high unemployment, has been dating a lobbyist for an industry his caucus is seeking to regulate, has moved out of his assembly district, and has filed a vague travel [...]
Matt Lewis remembers that voting record matters, which tends to be bad news for one Paul Ryan -
Though he talks like Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, some of Ryan’s most high-profile votes seem closer to Keynes than to Adam Smith. For example, in the span of about a year, [...]
Pay toilets?
This kinda jumps out at you.
I was proud to be part of that zombie horde! 
