Whither MKE County: Marina Dimitrijevic part 2
In case you missed the news today, as rumored previously, County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has accepted the position of state director of the Wisconsin Working Families Party. The new party is...
View ArticleWhy does Paul Soglin want to make homelessness a crime in Madison?
As reported earlier today by Dean Mosiman of the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison mayor Paul Soglin will propose stiff penalties for anyone sitting or lying on public benches, sidewalks, and city...
View ArticleHow do you plan on spending the $1 tax cut WI Republicans gave you?
So how do you plan on spending the massive $1 tax cut Wisconsin’s Republican legislators gave you thanks to the recently passed biennial budget? Property taxes on the typical Wisconsin home are...
View ArticleWhat Are All Of Those Job Creators Doing With Their Tax Savings
Well they aren’t spending it on research and development or their companies’ futures or new job opportunities or anything of substance. As a matter of fact it seems that investment in research and...
View ArticleSnake handling christian dies after being bitten by snake
File this one under #Darwinism. A 60-year-old member of a Pentecostal snake-handling church was bitten on Sunday during a service. He refused medical treatment and soon died as a result of the venomous...
View ArticleRon Johnson’s shameless copy-catting of Russ Feingold – Part 1
It goes without saying incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson is among the most vulnerable incumbents facing reelection in 2016. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Johnson is facing a tough reelection...
View ArticleRemember that time Scott Walker got punked at a New Hampshire pizza shop?
I do, because it happened today. Pretty sure Scott Walker doesn't realize what the front of this sign says: pic.twitter.com/dmeftDAWBz — Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) August 3, 2015 While Scott Walker may...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Financing The Bucks Arena
While driving home on Friday, a message on one of the electronic billboards in town caught my eye. It said (this is as paraphrase), thanks to our elected officials for approving the Bucks arena deal....
View ArticleSenator Stroebel Worries About A Brain Drain And Comes Up With A Wholly GOP...
Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an op-ed piece by State Senator Duey Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) concerning a brain drain from Wisconsin as recent college graduates leave the state upon...
View ArticleMatthew Cooke: Race Baiting 101 (VIDEO)
This is too good not to share. Watch as filmmaker Matthew Cooke breaks down the history of race baiting in our country.
View ArticleQuick Take On Opens Record Issue
Since the Independence Day holiday there have been dozens of articles throughout the state about the jaundiced attempt b the GOP to negate Wisconsin’s Open Records laws. If you need a quick and...
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Is He Lying or Stupid?
Paul Ryan (R- Wall St.) likes to tell anyone who will listen that we have the highest (or second highest) corporate tax rate in the world. H/T Bob Cesca: The United States actually has the second...
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Corporate Tax Rates – Not So High, Mr. Ryan
At least not according to Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy who surveyed 280 multi-billion-dollar companies and found the effective tax rate averaged 18.5%, not...
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Things That Appall Me
Pro Right-to-Work wingnut Walker supporter, Diane Hendricks, star of the now-famous video where Walker declares his intent to “divide and conquer,” paid no corporate income taxes in 2005, 2006, 2007...
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Offshore Tax Havens – Say Hello To The Tax Man
Death and taxes are the two main constants in life. While most of us worry when April 15th comes a knockin’, the corporate CEOs take the Bobby McFarrin approach – Don’t Worry, Be Happy. The reason for...
View ArticleSnake handling christian dies after being bitten by snake
File this one under #Darwinism. A 60-year-old member of a Pentecostal snake-handling church was bitten on Sunday during a service. He refused medical treatment and soon died as a result of the venomous...
View ArticleRon Johnson’s shameless copy-catting of Russ Feingold – Part 1
It goes without saying incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson is among the most vulnerable incumbents facing reelection in 2016. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Johnson is facing a tough reelection...
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