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February 22nd, 2011 - 1:08 pm § in America, Politics

Egypt -> Libya -> Wisconsin ——> ? Indiana?

from Politco By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 2/22/11 12:49 PM EST Updated: 2/22/11 2:58 PM EST In a move straight out of the Wisconsin playbook, Indiana Democratic lawmakers fled the state today in a bid to kill a proposed right-to-work bill ahead of a vote. Citing a source, the Indianapolis Star reported that[...]

February 22nd, 2011 - 11:52 am § in America

Walker Blames the Victims

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been blaming the public workers for the problems of their pension system. Let's get this straight: the pension system insolvency was caused by the banksters' enticing public investors to pony up for worthless "mortgage-backed securities" in the run-up to the Crash of [...]

February 22nd, 2011 - 9:52 am § in Misc.

The business of ghost writing college papers

from rhp6033 at HorsesAss Last week I visited the doctor’s office. … Since I wasn’t particularly interested in Field & Stream, Golf, or Ladies Home Journal, I picked up the large-print edition of the May 2011 issue of Readers Digest, and opened it up to a randam page. What I found was [...]

February 22nd, 2011 - 7:25 am § in America

Republican Proposes Tax Magic!

POLLS  SHOW VOTERS SUPPORT PROTESTERS IN WISCONSIN The mess in Wisconsin illustrates two things …  The media are either superficial or they are biased against democracy.  They know that the mess in Wisconsin has nothing to do with closing a budget gap.  Governor Walker has created this mes[...]

February 22nd, 2011 - 7:00 am § in America

Republicanism

The similarity between Wisconsin and Egypt is impossible to ignore. Mubarak tried to solve his problem by  offering a series of concessions, none ot which were enough to satisfy the crowds in Tahrir Square.His promises .. of threats and rewards grew ever bigger, his nose .. already large, soon was [...]

February 21st, 2011 - 2:20 pm § in Uncategorized

Ave Challenge: Whatsit?

a.Japanese Robot Dental Hygeniist b. Automatic Hair Weaving Device c. Pre iPAD Reading Chair With Turner d. Charging Station For ElderMobile Scooters. e. I Robot, Masseur Chair  [...]

February 21st, 2011 - 1:22 pm § in America

We Are Wisconsin

Here are a couple of links for following the ongoing people's takeover of the Madison State House.[...]

February 21st, 2011 - 11:14 am § in Misc.

Japan’s Nostalgia for its Day as an Up and Coming Power Post WW II

 Considering the current state of Japan’s economy, it’s remarkable to recall that 60 years ago there were hundreds of companies both old and new jockeying restlessly to fill the vacuum left after almost all the nation’s cities were heavily bombed in World War II — jockeying, tha[...]

February 21st, 2011 - 10:53 am § in Misc., UW

The Lab: A Video on Scientific Misconduct

Ed. The issue of scientific misconduct is a hot one at the UW.  The President and Provost fired  Professor Andrew Aprikyan despite the universal finding by a Senate panel that the UW had not followed due process.  In my opinion, the UW has done a poor job.  A lack of due process means that we [&[...]

February 21st, 2011 - 10:09 am § in America

President’s Day Obama Meets King

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