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Teen safe in the ocean

June 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Excuse me while I adjust my soapbox. In the meantime, in case you’ve been under the magic covers, take a moment to read this article about teen Abby Sunderland, 16, and her quest to sail around the world solo. Then come back here and prepare for an earful. — Very few things put me out [...]

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Good grief. Can we end the animosity with the town?

June 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

It looks like a lot of poop went down at last night’s Water and Sewer board. (Oh, goodness, that was awful, but I really, really, couldn’t resist.) The City, or rather the City’s Water and Sewer board, is digging in their heels about a development going in that needs services. (Make no mistake: Mayor Steve [...]

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Watching the fireworks in New Berlin

June 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

A New Berlin developer is trying to put “workforce” housing (lovely euphemism, don’t you think?) in the center of the city. From what I’ve read, the zoning is already multi-family. They can pretty much build whatever they want as long as it conforms to the zoning. (Check out the comments from today’s MJS article. You’ll see [...]

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Oh Mr. President

May 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Why no questions? A girlfriend and I were talking this morning and she mentioned – and yes, perhaps this was a Fox talking point – how Obama is everywhere but hasn’t taken questions in a press conference in ages. I found this article from February, 2010. Has there been any change from these dates? Here’s [...]

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YouCut – Can we cut the gimmicks instead?

May 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The big rollout from Republicans this week is a website that lets you choose what programs should be cut from the U.S. budget. Labeled YouCut, you can find it on the Republican whip’s home page. Pooey. Cut them all. Instead of more gimmicks, could we possibly get leadership out of you guys? I mean, we [...]

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Marquardt promoted to “official”

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments

I had to snicker at this. Dean Marquardt was a city EMPLOYEE, I don’t care what he tried to argue otherwise. Looks like he snookered the press, though. Can’t say that’s hard to do in these parts. All that matters in my book is that Marquardt is gone. Go ahead. Pat your wallets. I’ve told [...]

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“Shake it Milwaukee style”

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Just saw another Frontier Airlines advert that made me want to hurl.

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Women’s earning power

May 10th, 2010 · 20 Comments

Wow, this is depressing. It’s a list of 25 jobs and the percentage women make to men in those professions. Waaah! Honestly, I thought we’d be further down the road on this one. I’ve probably mentioned it before, but I feel my generation of women, those just turning 50 or so, were the first where [...]

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The latest Frontier Airlines commercial

May 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments

I can’t find a link to it, but maybe you know what I’m talking about. Jack the Rabbit is prattling on about Wisconsin. What do you think? I’m more offended every time I see it. Not feeling the love, Frontier.

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$18 million for cranberries

April 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

ARRRGH! It’s enough to make you want to quit eating them. Our country is such a mess.

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