Surely you’ve heard now that Alaska Gov. Palin is resigning. But why do so on the day before the 4th of July? It happens to be a Friday, but that won’t bury talk about it. What are we not seeing yet that’s about to blow up? [...] Okay, we're getting our first indication of what happened. It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti-liberal media bias agitation with Christianist politics by portraying herself as having been crucified by' [...]
Caledonia, Michigan that is! Great job by this group of youngsters from across the pond.
In a shocking piece of breaking news, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will announce in a news conference this afternoon, that she will not seek reelection, and will resign her position in the near future.
Already speculation is building that this is a move to position herself for a run [...]
v1.0: The Hillel cam.
v2.0: My link from last night.
v3.0: Seeing Ann Althouse at Espresso Royale today. *gets giddy like school girl* [...] It’s usually not a good sign when a country starts arresting embassy folks.
Ayatollah Jannati did not say how many employees would be tried or on what charges.
“In these incidents, their embassy had a presence, some people were arrested,” he told the thousands of worshippers [...]
Heard this earlier in the week, but only now found a story about it. Once again, the Rush-kis' highlight their knack for being completely oblivious to public perceptions.
A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia' [...]
There are plenty of fireworks this weekend inside and outside of the clubs. Be sure to check out the Decider’s comprehensive firework guide for details on what’s happening outside. We’ve got the skinny on what’s happening inside. The High Noon has two shows of explosive [...]
[ Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don't just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for' [...]
Admittedly trading has been rather difficult the last few weeks. With a couple of exceptions, most days in one form or another have acted like a gap and crap with little volatility after the opening half hour. Making money seems to be precluded on carrying an overnight position premised on [...]
President Obama is headed to Russia next week. The visit is planned to allow discussions on a host of topics: trade, North Korea, missile defense etc. Amongst the laundry list of issues, I find one group’s request to be most interesting. From Reuters:
Today is July 3, the 184th day of the year. On this date in 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated after three days of fighting.
* WSJ: Cookout aids Second Harvest Food Bank
* Soglin: [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel brings us word that the Government Accountability Board has just paid $4,900 to a firm for a new logo… It’s a copy of the Anarchy symbol. That’s very fitting for the agency that is supposed to assure fair elections, isn’t it? Well, actually, [...]
Perhaps something to consider in Franklin, where farmland is still fairly abundant:
From NYTimes.com:
The bewildered Iowan who converted his farm into a ballpark in “Field of Dreams” in 1989 might reverse the move today. From Vermont to central California, developers [...]
(cross-posted from dane101.com)Here’s a question for you… if the paper publishes someone else’s column with my name on it, can I still get paid for it?
[...]I made this demotivator a couple of months back, posted it on Flickr, and then promptly forgot to post it on my blog for the rest of you to see. But with Independence Day only a day away, I thought now would be a perfect time to share this particular one with [...]
[...] The latest report from theTrust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) on obesity shows Wisconsin has the 25th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 26.0 percent and the 12th lowest of overweight youths (ages 10-17) at 27.9 percent.
Barack Obama's continues to bring out the worst among some conservatives, and the latest is the MacIver Institute's Fred Dooley. According to Dan Bice, Dooley offered this "joke" recently at his Twitter feed:
Personally, at the rate this Congress is going, you could probably put "Any Pending Bill" there.
[...]
Senate Bill Fines People Refusing Health CoverageMilwaukee Journal Sentinel movie critic Duane Dudek made a point about “Public Enemies” I had never thought of before he wrote it:
Should “Public Enemies” be judged on its merit, or do its Wisconsin connections mean it gets graded on a curve?
With its reported $90 million budget subsidized by $4.6 [...]
Wisconsin has been having some trouble with logos lately.Saturday is, as you know, my favorite national holiday not named Christmas, in part due to the un-Christmas-like weather.
I have some pleasant Independence Day memories, such as celebrating our nation’s 200th birthday riding in a boat on one of Madison’s lakes with my father, my brother, my uncle, [...]
Salazar said the bureau was already considering environmental reviews for two projects in Nevada. The NextLight Silver State South would have a solar array producing 267 megawatts, and NextLight Silver State North would produce' [...]
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy. ... They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."Madison's own Intrepid Traveler, Nina Camic, back from the Isle of Skye, is kayaking closer to home than usual: the Wisconsin River. Accompanied by her Huck Finn-like "occasional traveling companion," Ed, Nina is slowly paddling to the Mississippi, seeking food, drink and Wi-Fi along the way, as well as [...]
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