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16 Apr 2010 11:20

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U.S.: Some random federal judge nicks the National Day of Prayer

  • She calls it unconstitutional, but Obama’s still proclaiming it anyway. Wisconsin-based U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb brought down a decision that should have atheists cheering and religious types hoppin’ mad, after she sided in favor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation on the National Day of Prayer. The plaintiffs have sued often about this issue, by the way, in an attempt to block the prayer. Despite the decision, it won’t work, at least this year. They should get the “Under God” guy involved. source
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15 Apr 2010 10:32

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Offbeat: We think aliens just landed in Wisconsin for some reason

This giant fireball lit up the Midwestern skies for about fifteen minutes last night – just enough time for a strange creature to destroy humanity as we know it. source
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23 Mar 2010 11:20

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U.S.: We hope we don’t get arrested like this Milwaukee student today

  • The person who shot this is totally in stealth mode, clearly nervously trying to keep this camera out of sight of the scene. The scene? Crazy student gets arrested for throwing a water bottle at a fellow University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student during class. Based on the clip, she let it escalate to this point. But wow, we’re glad we’ve never had a class quite like this. source
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25 Dec 2009 10:56

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U.S.: Merry Christmas! Here’s a trucker complaining about the weather

  • The wind is killer, especially when you’re empty. Anything that’s boxed, like a refrigerator trailer like I have … becomes like a giant sail in the wind.
  • Trucker Jim Reed • While stopped in Omaha. Reed is trying to drive through a rough winter storm that’s covering the Midwest and Plains states this morning. Parts of Oklahoma, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Texas have blizzard warnings in effect, according to the National Weather Service. Good luck out there today, guys. source
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09 Dec 2009 09:46

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Politics: GOP congressman going to Copenhagen to end “scientific fascism”

  • Their behavior has caused grave damage to the public trust in climate science in general, and to the IPCC, in particular. They should not be allowed to do so in the future.
  • Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner • On “Climategate,” the hacked e-mail controversy which has convinced him to go to Copenhagen to give a Republican response to Obama’s stance on the issue. Great. Just what the world needed – some guy to bring our crazy to the rest of the world. source
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26 Jul 2009 18:57

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Offbeat: Evrey wrod ecexpt “exit” mispeled on a hgihway sgin

Tihs is a purty magor wsate of Wissconsin taxpaier monee, if yuo assk us. Butt its stile highlarious. source
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18 Jul 2009 11:57

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Offbeat: A Wisconsin Weinermobile driver has a new pickup line

A 22-year-old girl driving a Oscar Mayer Weinermobile crashed one into a house in Wisconsin. Seriously, you want to date her now, don’cha? source
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26 Jan 2009 10:30

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U.S.: Russ Feingold: Senate appointments suck. Let’s kill them!

  • A new amendment Feingold, a beat-of-his-own-drummer Democratic Wisconsin senator noted for voting against the Patriot Act, has suggested that the recent New York and Illinois senate appointments have proven the idea to be antiquated. So, he plans to introduce an amendment later this week that ends senate appointments and replaces them with special elections. source
  • A new amendment Feingold, a beat-of-his-own-drummer Democratic Wisconsin senator noted for voting against the Patriot Act, has suggested that the recent New York and Illinois senate appointments have proven the idea to be antiquated. So, he plans to introduce an amendment later this week that ends senate appointments and replaces them with special elections.
  • “The will of the people” There is historic context to this, Feingold notes. “In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution gave the citizens of this country the power to finally elect their senators,” Feingold said in a press release. “They should have the same power in the case of unexpected mid-term vacancies, so that the Senate is as responsive as possible to the will of the people.” source
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20 Jan 2009 09:22

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Music: Bon Iver has a new EP out, and Pitchfork kinda likes it

  • Blood Bank certainly dispels concerns that Vernon’s accomplishment was somehow environmental – that For Emma’s poetic circumstances, and not its contents, were responsible for its success.
  • Amanda Petrusich • reviewing Bon Iver’s new Blood Bank EP, which features an a capella track built around auto-tune. She gave it a 7.9. Bon Iver, the Justin Vernon-led indie-folk band, has been gaining significant traction on the Billboard charts in recent weeks. • source
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13 Jan 2009 15:31

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U.S.: Minnesota and Wisconsin have started dating

The two states will split the bill when it comes to essentials. Like, you know, dinner. source
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