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  • Brenda Konkel vs. Mayor Dave

    The Sconz

    Number of comments: 1
    From Brenda Konkel’s Facebook: Just decided the Mayor is nuts. If he wants the Landmarks Comm. to be advisory, does that mean CC approves all Cert. of Appropriateness? This is the same debate that defined the bus fare increase last Spring. Mayor Dave wanted to raise the fare by 50 cents to [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:55pm EST
    by Jack
  • State laws and immigrants

    News and Opinion

    Legislatures in 48 states enacted 222 laws and adopted 131 resolutions relating to immigrants during 2009, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures' immigrant policy project. The report notes that Wisconsin became the 11th state to offer in-state tuition to certain illegal immigrant students this year, Illinois passed' [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:53pm EST
  • This Just In...

    Here are the topics the panel discusses on InterCHANGE Friday night at 6:30 on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10 with a repeat Friday morning at 11:00: 1 – MPS. Governor Doyle calls for a vote in a special legislative session being held next week to consider his MPS mayoral takeover plan. Lawmakers [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  • Scocos' frivolous suit ...

    Radio Free Wisconsin

    Scocos' frivolous suit will harm vets in the long run

    In his pathetic appearance in the Assembly parlor of the state Capitol today, has-been John Scocos waved a complaint in the air — reminiscent of Tailgunner Joe McCarthy — that he filed against the Veterans' [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:08pm EST
  • OK, Jeff, Show Us the Money

    Dad29

    Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric (We Brought Rent-Seeking to Life!) is reported to have said that Big Biz guys are 'selfish' for taking big money.

    Alright, Jeff. We'll be happy to take a look at GE's 10-K and notice that you've cut your salary to $500K and limited [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:04pm EST
  • Nimrod Scocos sues ...

    Radio Free Wisconsin

    Nimrod Scocos sues over firing

    For $337.50 in court filing fees, scuttled secretary John Scocos today sued the Veterans Affairs Board to get his old job back and $500,000 in damages because he thinks the board allegedly violated the state's open meetings law.

    Scocos [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:07pm EST
  • Nisbet: Galileo Was "A Denier"

    Dad29

    You may not know the name Robert Nisbet. But he's a prophet and, by the way, writes accurate history.

    Nisbet, a sociologist by training and historian by temperament – but no Catholic, or even much of a believer – warned of such abuses in an essay debunking the Enlightenment [...]

    Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  • Such a Day!

    Mixter's Mix

    Number of comments: 2



    Yes, I spent most of this morning in the ER. Not something that I had planned or relished. I thought that I was having a heart attack at work. It was scary. I finally called EMS. They took me in and this is [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:30pm EST
    by Dharma
  • Neenah plans driver sobriety checkpoints

    News and Opinion

    If you knew you had been drinking, would you stop your car at a voluntary sobriety checkpoint? Neenah's police chief wants to find out. He's proposed setting up the state's first sobriety checkpoints by the New Year's holiday. But as the Appleton Post-Crescent reports, the idea has generated lots of debate, from [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  • Extra warning for parking during snow emergency

    The Sconz

    From Marsha Rummel: Also the Snow Emergency has been extended for a third evening. Residents are asked to keep their vehicles off the street today and tonight if possible. If you must park on the street this evening you should park on the ODD house numbered side of the street. Details on winter parking restrictions [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:51pm EST
    by Jack
  • DC's Descent

    Dad29

    Reported at CMR:

    A House and Senate Appropriations conference committee approved legislation late Tuesday that would allow the District to use local tax dollars to help low-income women pay for abortions, to allow patients to legally use marijuana when it is prescribed by a doctor and to continue [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  • Obama Plagiarizes FDR in Nobel Speech

    FREEDOM EDEN

    Number of comments: 4
    Obama wants to be a 21st century FDR. We know that.

    It makes sense that in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Obama would plagiarize President Roosevelt.

    Obama's speechwriters have no shame and neither does Obama.

    On January 6, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his "Four Freedoms" [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:38pm EST
    by Mary
  • Sam Nicholson: Tongue Stuck to Pole

    FREEDOM EDEN

    Number of comments: 0
    A Christmas Story immortalized the very painful lesson that licking metal in freezing temperatures is a very bad idea. Your tongue will get stuck.



    I suppose because of the popularity of this scene Sam Nicholson's encounter with a cold pole is national news. I guess I' [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:55pm EST
    by Mary
  • Be careful out there

    News and Opinion

    In Wisconsin, you’d think it’d be obvious. But it’s amazing how some people have no clue how to drive in snowy conditions. There are the perennial tailgaters, the SUV drivers whizzing past who think they are invincible (till they end up in that ditch), the distracted cell-phone gabbers and those [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:44pm EST
  • Be careful out there

    Across the Board

    In Wisconsin, you’d think it’d be obvious. But it’s amazing how some people have no clue how to drive in snowy conditions. There are the perennial tailgaters, the SUV drivers whizzing past who think they are invincible (till they end up in that ditch), the distracted cell-phone gabbers and those [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:44pm EST
  • On handing out condoms

    News and Opinion

    So Milwaukee Public Schools is now going to give out male condoms to students. I guess it's a day whose time has come. Two things I found interesting about the article. First, the use of the word "male" struck me as odd. Are you telling me that women will not [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  • On handing out condoms

    Across the Board

    So Milwaukee Public Schools is now going to give out male condoms to students. I guess it's a day whose time has come. Two things I found interesting about the article. First, the use of the word "male" struck me as odd. Are you telling me that women will not [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  • Snowpocalypse '09

    The Lost Albatross

    Number of comments: 0
    Technically it's still autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, so yesterday's blizzard that dumped something like 18 inches of snow on my fair city could be considered a late fall storm. Which is weird, but hey, this is Wisconsin.

    I woke up yesterday morning [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Emily
  • This Just In...

    Every year, my friend and colleague at Newstalk 1130 WISN, Jay Weber asks for help for the annual Christmas with the Hospitalized Vets. The event this year takes place on Saturday I apologize for the short notice, but you still can help with a donation if you act quickly. Take a look [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:55am EST
  • Appleton Abortion Clinic Exposed!

    Wisconsin Family Voice

    Live Action films, the organization that has been exposing Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation, was in Appleton, WI a few months ago…and they caught Planned Parenthood staff flat out lying…and breaking the law. Wisconsin’s informed consent law requires that women receive “complete and accurate” information before undergoing an abortion. It’s [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:44am EST
    by Amy Lewis
  • R.I.P., Editor & Publisher

    Haas414

    A sure sign of how the news business is going: Editor & Publisher magazine is shutting down. Here’s the post I saw about it over on TPM: Just in from Romenesko: Nielsen Business Media has announced that it will close Editor & Publisher, a trade publication that covers the newspaper industry. Nielsen [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:42am EST
    by Jason Haas
  • Whistling and Cemeteries

    Dad29

    Today's JSOnline provides this information.

    The chief economist for the National Association of Realtors said Thursday he expects "modest" price increases for homes by the middle of next year.

    Lawrence Yun, addressed members of the Wisconsin Realtors Association, said federal tax credits that last through mid-2010 will lure potential [...]

    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:40am EST
  • Real Risks in a Real Town

    FREE WHITEWATER

    There’s a view – almost a wish – that in a small town, life will prove less regulated, and the only regulations the community issues are the most important, truly concerning health and safety.

    Sometimes, after paying for another permit, or sitting in a traffic jam caused by another urban plan [...]

    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:28am EST
    by JOHN ADAMS
  • Tiger let down Clintonville school?

    News and Opinion

    The Clintonville Middle School band is planning to go to Disney World next spring to perform. Naturally, they needed to raise money for the trip. And so last weekend, a concert and auction were planned to raise more money. One of the big items that went up for auction was an autographed [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:34am EST

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