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Fans who wish to attend ...
—Al's Ramblings
Fans who wish to attend Michael Jackson's star-studded memorial service at Staples Center will have to shell out $25 to sit in the stands.
Oof. Considering these are the people he surrounded himself with, maybe he's better off dead. [...]
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Blog News: Increased Facebook Integration
—Milwaukee Specialty Food and Coffee
Number of comments: 0As many of you surely already know, it's extremely easy to upload photos en masse to Facebook. Uploading photos to this blog is relatively difficult and time-consuming. I will continue to post many photos here--frankly, because doing so attracts more eyeballs--but will also post many to my Facebook profile [...]
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East Side/Riverwest: Snapshots: Stone Creek Shorewood
—Milwaukee Specialty Food and Coffee
Number of comments: 0I had such a great experience at Stone Creek Coffee's N. Oakland Ave. location last night (Wednesday) that I thought I might be able to catch lightning in a bottle tonight (Thursday). The atmosphere is not quite coming across to the same extent tonight. Still, let me focus first on [...]
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Happy Blogbirthversary Day To Me.
—Cognitive Dissidence
It was two years ago today that I wrote my first post and officially entered the Cheddarsphere. (Please send all complaints to Jay Bullock, since he is the one that let me in.)
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Balls Of Steel
—Cognitive Dissidence
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Who's Blue
—Mixter's Mix
It has happened to many before me. It must just be my turn. I am blue. In a nasty funk. As a matter of fact I believe that I have hit a new low. I have [...]
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Fighting ALS
—Conglomerate
This Saturday, the 4th of July, will mark 70 years since Lou Gehrig's famous "Luckiest Man" speech, and Major League Baseball will mark the occasion:
In an effort to raise awareness and financial support for organizations leading the fight against ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, every Major [...]
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Doug on WTMJ on possible trades:
—Al's Ramblings
Doug on WTMJ on possible trades:
--Like to add depth, lots of games left. No movement or discussion yet.
--No difference makers available at all.
--Very few teams that they "match-up with", maybe 3-4 teams both looking to trade, and will accept minor league players [...] -
Joel Zumaya throws really ...
—Al's Ramblings
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Odds and Ends
—Cognitive Dissidence
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Just a few quick notes and observations:
Jay Bullock is going to lay the smackdown on Owen Robinson Sunday. If you, like me, won't me near a local TV on Sunday morning, he tells us it will be available on the Intertubes.Mark Sanford, the Carolina Governor that took the' [...]
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Blonde joke goes horribly wrong
—illusory tenant
Number of comments: 0Heard some 20-something bimbo ask the clerk in the Summerfest Store the price of a sweatshirt, "Thirty-five dollars each? How much for two?" That is our future. Pretty scary.
— Bob in West AllisBob's the bimbo, now that she got two for 60 bucks. [...]
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There's Still Time To Help The Monarchs
—Cognitive Dissidence
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I recently advised the gentle reader that once again the Monarch Trail was in peril, this time from the state's Department of Transportation.
Gretchen Schuldt has now advised us that the DOT is still taking feedback, now until August 10. More information can be found at her site,' [...]
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Summerfest Journal: 88Nine Picks for the final weekend of Summerfest
—RadioMilwaukee's Soundboard
Well it is coming close to the end of Summerfest. There has been a lot of great shows and there are still more show to come especially this weekend. Â Here are some of our picks for the final weekend of Summerfest. Â Share some of your picks in the comment section. Friday, [...]
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State Reprentative Kaufert Stands Up For Justice
—Cognitive Dissidence
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After justice was thwarted, at least temporarily, in Waupaca County, Republican State Representative Dean Kaufert calls for a change. From his press release:
Rep. Dean Kaufert [R – Neenah] announced today that he will be working with colleagues in the Legislature on an initiative to clarify Wisconsin law [...]
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Honor the flag by not amending the constitution
—Wigderson Library & Pub
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jul 2, 2009; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A
Celebrate flag, freedom it represents
Liberties taken for granted shouldn’t be given up easily
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://wigdersonlibrarypub.blogspot.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
I had the [...]
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Damn Neighbor Kids
—Fuzz Martin :: FuzzMartin.com
Number of comments: 1My daughter has some friends over by her mom’s house. The boys are (usually) really nice and she really likes them. It’s her first real neighbor friends since her mom lives in what is basically a retirement neighborhood (not really, but most of her neighbors are probably enjoying liver and [...]
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Must-Listen TV
—folkbum's rambles and rants
by folkbumI'll be appearing in a way too brief segment Sunday morning during "UpFront with Mike Gousha." Milwaukeeans can see it on channel 12 at 9 AM; others should check listings here. The program will also be archived and available online by early next week, too.I'm up against (natch) Owen [...]
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from the Wisconsin River: paddling toward the Mississippi
—The Other Side of the Ocean
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I’ve seen the Wisconsin River referred to as the river of a thousand isles. I’ll add my own tourism promo phrase – the river that never sleeps.
We wake up and the sand bank where we landed the previous night is gone. The damn must have let some water [...]
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Red Alert! Library Board meets legally: Part Deux.
—The Motley Cow
Hi everyone,
The Daily News reports that, following the Red Alert: Library Board Meets Legally! warning from our colleague Owen Robinson over at Boots and Sabers, and the remarkably quick -- and adolescent -- diatribe from from Mark Belling ....
-- nothing happened.
The [...]
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At least one person gets Ricci
—illusory tenant
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And it's a president (for a change):Obama said the city of New Haven, CT might have prevailed if it "had thought through how it was going to approach the issue ahead of time and said, 'We think merit and highly qualified firefighters are absolutely important. That doesn't contradict our" [...]
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Call for Papers: "Law, Entrepreneurship & Economic Recovery"
—Conglomerate
The UMKC Law Review, published by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, is calling for papers by legal scholars addressing the potential for law and legal education to promote entrepreneurship and innovation and facilitate economic recovery and growth. Articles and essays accepted for publication will appear in the [...]
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Either a Borrower or a Lawyer Be? Should a Law School Graduate Be Denied a License for Extreme Borrowing?
—Conglomerate
So, I'm sure you've all seen this story. Robert Bowman, who reminds me of the joke "Someone gets mugged every 3 minutes in this country, and boy, is he mad," has weathered a lot of obstacles and bad luck in his Odyssey to complete college, law school, and an [...]
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Why Lawyer Jokes? What Makes Them Funny?
—@ Comic Wonder - The Blog!
Poor lawyers. They are the most important piece standing between freedom for us as Americans and falsely convicted of beating your step children. The truth is lawyers have always been a vital, noble profession in America. So what went wrong?
The answer is one-part human nature, one-part misunderstanding, and a whole-lotta-parts [...]
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Kim Krawiec Guest-Blogging Up a Storm at Faculty Lounge
—Conglomerate
Friend of Glom Kim Krawiec has been guest-blogging over at the Faculty Lounge and, no surprises here, has had some interesting and thought-provoking posts:
My Tenure's For Sale. How About Yours?
Incentives and Institutions: Why Stop With the Banks? (My Tenure's For Sale, Part II)
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Gwyneth Paltrow: Spain v. America
—FREEDOM EDEN
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Gwyneth Paltrow is an American in love with places and things that aren't American.
For Paltrow, the grass in greener in other countries.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Oscar-winning actress says she traveled to Spain as a teenager, fell in love with the country, and embraces the' [...]
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Sanford a victim of brain chemicals: Expert
—illusory tenant
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Susan Hardwicke, a licensed social worker who runs a clinical practice in Columbia, said SC Gov. Mark "King David" Sanford could be under the influence of brain chemicals that fire when a person falls in love. "People do crazy things for love," Hardwicke said. "That's what all the'" [...]
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Michael Jackson: Tribute Event, Staples Center
—FREEDOM EDEN
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Anthony Stancl: Lower Bail
—FREEDOM EDEN
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Anthony Stancl, the former New Berlin Eisenhower high school student charged with "five counts of child enticement, two counts of second degree sexual assault, two counts of third degree sexual assault, possession of child pornography, the repeated sexual assault of the same child, and making a bomb threat," [...]
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TARP at Halftime
—Conglomerate
The banks have begun to pay back the money they borrowed: according to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, $369 billion is outstanding, with $70 billion [...]
Check out Steve Davidoff's review of the TARP so far, which, as he explains, has turned from a bank bailout into an auto bailout:
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Three more signings to report, two for ...
—Al's Ramblings
Three more signings to report, two for less money than expected and one for what I expected. The Brewers have inked RF Jose Pena for $400,000...
...Steal by the Brewers. I had a chance to see Pena in action and while some of the $1 million talk could have [...]
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The Hate Left and Socialist Right
—Shark and Shepherd
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Back to a series of posts last month on the charge that conservatives have somehow gone over the top, engaging in hateful and exaggerated rhetoric that might even incite violence.
Paul Krugman thinks opposition to the President's silly cap and trade bill is "treason." Matthew Iglesias [...]
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MILWAUKEE MILE SITUATION RAPIDLY DETERIORATING
—MilwaukeeWorld
BAD NEWS IS UNRELENTING FOR CENTURY-OLD STATE FAIR TRACK "Only Serious Potential Operators" Feel Ignored;They Include Giuffre Brothers and John MenardSpecial to the Readers of MilwaukeeworldBy Michael HorneAnd The Milwaukee World Hound Dog TeamYou wouldn't know it by visiting the "latest news" section of the Milwaukee Mile website, but the' [...]
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Abstinence based education's Main Accomplishment: unsafe sex.
—The Motley Cow
One of my bugaboos with fundamentalist, Old Testament, Christianity.
Unprotected Sex: Abstinence Education's Main Accomplishment
For more data and less preaching, check The Guttmacher Institute.
hiho
Mp [...]
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Sen Ted Kanvas threatens to move to Texas, endorses combined reporting
—Posts in the category One Wisconsin Now - The
"If we don't change and change soon, I may bump into my lawyer friend again, but it just might be in Texas." -- Senator Ted Kanavas's threat to move to Texas, 6/30/09 What do you think of when you think of Texas? The Dallas Cowboys (shudder)? How about Enron? George' [...]
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Leather shops in Milwaukee
—Milwaukee: City of Festivals
Help! I can't find any! Does anyone know of any in the metro-Milwaukee area?
Specifically, I'm looking for a leather biker's captain hat.
Danke. [...]
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Governor Doyle Vetoes Milwaukee County Sales Tax for Transit
—Urban Milwaukee
Number of comments: 2When the budget finally made it to his desk, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle used his extensive veto powers in a lot of ways. Â The most significant of which was arguably the line-item veto of the Milwaukee Transit Authority and the proposed 0.65% sales tax increase for Milwaukee County. Â Doyle did [...]
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Paul and Michael get HI TACK’d
—RadioMilwaukee's Soundboard
This morning on the Seven O Clock Sample, I continue to celebrate the music of the late-great KING OF POP, Michael Jackson. In the winter of 1981, Michael headed to the UK to record some music with the legendary Paul McCartney. While working at Abbey Road studios together, they recorded “The [...]
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Brewers vs. Cubs (Jim Gaffigan edition)
—The Brew Town Beat
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Today, the Brewers will head to Chicago for a four game series. For me, this is probably how it feels for Archie Manning to watch his two sons play each other in football. My name is Tommy, and I am a Cubs and Brewers fan."What!?" Yes, it is true. I [...]
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The Republican Healthcare Plan
—Blogging Blue
As near as I can tell, the Republican Healthcare Plan is that no change is necessary. Except mayble less government coverage than today. If ‘free market’ healthcare is the best approach then why hasn’t it: 1. reduced costs? 2. increased quality? 3. eliminated the phrase “pre-existing conditions” from our vocabulary? 4. covered all Americans? 5. caused [...] -
One final (I promise) thought on Mark Sanford
—Blogging Blue
What bothers me most about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s affair isn’t the fact that he abandoned his wife and children on Father’s Day weekend to be with his mistress – though that is pretty reprehensible. What bothers me the most is his continued statements that his mistress is his [...]
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Deep thought
—Pundit Nation
Had it been the Bush Administration staging this massive offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan, conservative pundits and bloggers would have been linking, high-fiving, and drooling at the prospects of sticking it to Allah. As it stands, they want Obama to fail, so nothing. [...]
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Check out Taco Bell’s new green menu!
—Blogging Blue
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Thursday Music – 07/02/09
—Blogging Blue
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This week’s musical selections go back in time with some oldies but goodies. First up is”Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison: Next up is “Heartbreak Hotel” by none other than Elvis: And finally, here’s one of my personal favorites, a favorite I happily share with my stepdaughter, Johnny Cash with “Ring of Fire”: [...]
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"Walker Exceeded His Authority." Again.
—Cognitive Dissidence
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The arbitrator that decided AFSCME's grievance against Scott Walker and his plan to put almost 2,000 county workers on an indefinite furlough issued his written decision on Wednesday.
Frankly, it was better than I had hoped it could be.
The arbitrator ruled that Walker took a [...]
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Find Phil Elsewhere
—Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak
Thought I’d share a few places you can find a few more of my social media and networking insights, as I don’t always put all my helpful tips here. Please visit and leave a comment if you find the content shared valuable.
Business Insanity Radio with Barry Moltz
Barry and [...]
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Cap and Trade: Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP)
—FREEDOM EDEN
Number of comments: 2
The Cap and Trade bill is brimming with crap, like the "retrofit" policy.
From CNSNews:
The 1,400-page cap-and-trade legislation pushed through by House Democrats contains a new federal policy that residential, commercial, and government buildings be retrofitted to increase energy efficiency, leaving it up to the states to [...]
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Congratulations To Jerome Heer
—Cognitive Dissidence
Number of comments: 4
From the desk of County Board Chairman Lee Holloway:
Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway is congratulating the Director of Milwaukee County’s Department of Audit for being selected as a recipient of a David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance and Accountability Award, which was recently presented in Arlington, Virginia. [...]
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Ricci Reax
—Shark and Shepherd
Number of comments: 4You can read my reaction to the Ricci decision, along with those of Dave Kopel, Professor Ronald Rotunda, Maureen Martin and others at the Heartland Institute's website. More here when I get a chance. [...]
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Karl Malden 1912 - 2009
—FREEDOM EDEN
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Karl Malden died yesterday.
When I think of Malden, I don't think of his American Express commercials. I think of his movie roles.
From the Washington Post:
Karl Malden, 97, an Academy Award-winning actor who excelled in plainspoken, working-class roles and was memorable as the' [...] -
Fattest States: NOT Wisconsin
—FREEDOM EDEN
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It's kind of funny that last night's rerun of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien was the one that included that lame joke about Obama, Wisconsinites and obesity.
O'BRIEN: Speaking of President Obama... Earlier today, President Obama spoke at a town hall meeting in Green Bay Wisconsin. [...]
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Billy Butler finished 4-for-4 Wednesday in a ...
—Al's Ramblings
Billy Butler finished 4-for-4 Wednesday in a loss to the Twins.
Butler, however, raised his batting average 10 points -- from .283 to .293. He has 22 doubles, seven home runs and 34 RBI in 276 at-bats.--Rotoworld
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Adam with a nice talk ...
—Al's Ramblings
Adam with a nice talk to Doug, who sees some potential matches, but they need some teams to fall out of the race. [...]
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Mandy Moore, who is 25 by the ...
—Al's Ramblings
Mandy Moore, who is 25 by the way, earlier this year.
Mandy Moore, on the cover of a current magazine. Not only has she aged a decade, she doesn't even resemble the same person.
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Africa is one of ...
—Al's Ramblings
Africa is one of the saddest answers, regardless of the question. Those looking to conquer poverty have never managed to defeat the fraud and waste of trying to do so in Africa, never mind the rest of the world. [...]
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RIP, Karl Malden
—folkbum's rambles and rants
by folkbumKarl Malden apparently did not get my request for a pause in the whole dying thing. However, at least he reached 97 and died of natural causes. You know, just to throw us off. [...]
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