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Repost: Northern Wisconsin man brings petition to Madison
Barron County resident and politician John Hardin brings Scott Walker a package of signed petitions to keep Badgercare as it is, in the face of some pretty severe cuts.That's my friend, John with the...
View ArticleThe Wisconsin pepenadores
I first heard about pepenadores a quarter century ago, around the time Mexico City had its big earthquake.http://es.wiktionary.org/...Personas que trabajan clasificando y separando la basura para...
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Repost: Northern Wisconsin man brings petition, and runs for office
Walker a package of signed petitions to keep Badgercare as it is, in the face of some pretty severe cuts.That's my friend, John with the beribboned bundle. He himself has been over a barrel obtaining...
View ArticleObey for Governor of Wisconsin?
Hat tip to Sunspots for thinking about this 7 months ago. Talking Points Memo mentioned this a few days ago, stating that retired WI-07 congressman and former House Appropriations Committee Chair Dave...
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Michele Bachmann Chair of Astrology
This is actually a chair of astronomy that she has endowed, but the papers were in place before someone could clarify the name of the discipline for her. Bachmann was quoted in the St. Cloud paper...
View ArticleLiveblogging Bob Fest: "He has such a high regard for the truth, he uses it...
That was Ed Garvey on Scott Walker. Ed Garvey ran for governor and senator back in the day and, for the past 10 years, he's been organizing Fighting Bob Fest, a progressive chatauqua. He's always...
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Crowd-sourced Cash
Frame 906 from the video to "Ain't No Grave," by Johnny Cash I have a long commute and spend some of my time listening to podcasts, including TED Talks. At times I get a little exasperated with the gee...
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On a Ruta 46 bus
"You've probably heard that Mexican border towns are evil," my Spanish teacher husband wrote to parents of kids traveling to Mexico with him, "And what you've heard is true. Our first stop will be...
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A big vowel movement
Just when we think we have language clipped, freeze-dried and shrink-wrapped, it starts to bubble and heave again, like a Horta. We keep saying this or that thing—Leave it to Beaver, Walter Cronkite,...
View Article"Fight Not Over" Rally in Madison, May 14, 2011
Around 10 to 14 thousand people showed up at the Wisconsin capitol yesterday to remind legislators that the fight is not over. Video from WISN here.And more:And more about the rally, including photos,...
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The endless knot: eating disorders, part I
I told my mom I was going on a diet when I was ten. Not that I was fat, but I wasn't slender, quite. "You could be so skinny," my mom told me.I once forgot to eat for almost two weeks, subsisting only...
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Badger State Progressive digest, No. 1
Man, the potentates in Wisconsin pull shit faster than pickpockets. How to keep a bead on the hydra that is Wisconsin? Here's a list of some of the Wisconsin-related diaries so far this week.Badger...
View ArticleDave Obey's REAL successor: Pat Kreitlow considers challenging Sean Duffy
I'm so excited this morning I forgot to finish my coffee! Apparently former State Senator Pat Kreitlow is sending up some of those trial balloons for a 2012 attempt to unseat MTV wunderkind Sean Duffy....
View ArticleOh say can you see by the Bomb's early light?
Updated for Fathers' Day, 2012. Thanks, Dad. Glad you're still hale, 57 years after they did this to you.Imagine starting your day out in the desert in a personnel carrier, getting atom-bombed in the...
View ArticleGlenn Beck leaving FOX; cites white lung disease from chalk dust
Okay, so it's not the chalk. But Beck has been more whiny, tearful and vague these days than a whole stack of Air Supply albums. Here's the link:Beck has drawn unprecedented ratings and attention to...
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Living the life of Duffy
Despite GOP efforts to scrub Congressman Sean Duffy's gaffe about struggling on his taxpayer-funded salary of $174,000, that particular turd will not hold a polish.The freshman congressman from...
View ArticleVideo: The Struggle in Wisconsin
A well done video that explains clearly why you, as a person in the United States who happens to drink water, should be concerned about the Wisconsin rebellion.Credit: TheBadgerMom
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A golden fork lying in the sun
I was well into my thirties before I figured out that most people did not see a color associated with every letter and number, did not see shapes associated with sounds, and didn't view a year as a big...
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Is that outrage, or Graves' Disease?
You're flushed, sweaty, shaky, and jump at the sound of a falling chad. Eyes red and bulging, you yell at Glen Beck on the flat screen. And those nihilistic Republican governors raise your blood...
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Breasts: a brief history
Breasts. It's impossible to be neutral about them. Are they decorative? Functional? Recreational? Obscene? Totems of momism? Natural? Too big? Too small? Too saggy? Too artificial? They might be one of...
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