Ever since a columnist for the Wall Street Journal light-heartedly suggested that Milwaukee could be the perfect host for the 2024 Summer Olympics, there’s been a lot of buzz around the Milwaukee’s little corner of the Internet that this really is a great idea. So much so, in fact, that the associated Facebook page,...
Read more →My wife and I had the rare opportunity to go on a date last night to celebrate our 6th anniversary. My parents were kind enough to babysit for the kids, so we were able to eat somewhere that we wouldn’t normally bring a toddler and an infant. Although it took us a while to...
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I am referring, of course, to the upcoming Presidential election. Before you gasp in shock that I might be considering Mitt Romney, I’m not. Any vote that I cast in November will definitely be for Barack Obama. The part I’m undecided about is whether or not I’ll be voting. Frankly, I’ve been having trouble...
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I know it seems like it’s been forever since this whole mess started, but tomorrow is finally recall day. As you are probably already aware if you are a regular reader of my humble blog, I am not one to “stand with Walker” and will be throwing my vote in Tom Barrett and Mahlon...
Read more →I tweeted this earlier today, but wanted to share it here as well. Wisconsin isn’t a red state. We’re a temporarily embarrassed blue state. Vote for @Barrett4WI on June 5th to fix it. #WIrecall #RecallWalker — Evan Primakow (@EvanPrim) June 1, 2012
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Good news came out of the Barrett campaign to recall Scott Walker today. The latest internal polling done by the campaign is showing Walker’s lead in the polls narrowing among likely voters 50% to 48%, well within the 4 point margin of error. The great news, however, comes from the polling of voters who...
Read more →I know this might not come as a shock to you, but not only are the Koch Brothers backing Governor Walker financially, but they’ve now decided to offer him some of their foot soldiers. From an email Tom Barrett sent out yesterday: Friend – CNN is reporting that the Koch Brothers have dropped 70...
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In what was, with out a doubt, the most unkosher thing that I have ever done, I had the opportunity to spend this past Sunday evening at SloPig Milwaukee along with my lovely wife, Jessie, and our good friend Mandi Lindner. Having only heard of it a week ago, I can honestly say that...
Read more →The following map has been floating around the cloud for at least a week or so now and I’m so disgusted by what it shows that I just had to share it here. It lists, on a state-by-state basis, how many hours a week you need to work making minimum wage in order to...
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