August 2011
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We have never been more ascendant as a movement...
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Don’t compromise with yourselves just as you are ascending…NO. Now is the time to build. - David Cobb at Democracy Convention, Madison Wisconsin - See Uptake for live and archived video
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blue cheddar: #Milwaukee #JohnsonCreek Scott... →
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Johnson Creek
’ Afternoon: Walker at Saelens Corporation. Approx. 3:00 PM,
the plant will stop production early at 2:30. 100 Veterans Drive, Johnson Creek.
Corner of Hwy 26 and Co. B CNN will be there so show up!
‘from Monologues of Dissent
Milwaukee
“If you are going to be in…
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blue cheddar: #Milwaukee #JohnsonCreek Scott... →
bluecheddar:
Johnson Creek
’ Afternoon: Walker at Saelens Corporation. Approx. 3:00 PM,
the plant will stop production early at 2:30. 100 Veterans Drive, Johnson Creek.
Corner of Hwy 26 and Co. B CNN will be there so show up!
‘from Monologues of Dissent
Milwaukee
“If you are going to be in…
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#Milwaukee Scott Walker Alert for Sat. 8/27
bluecheddar:
“If you are going to be in Milwaukee tonight,
Scott Walker will be at the Harley museum.
He’s scheduled to speak sometime after 7pm; probably 7:30 or 7:45.
Unsure of arrival or departure times. He’ll be in an event tent outside of the museum.”
FB note from Ellen Holly
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#MILWAUKEE SCOTT WALKER ALERT:
bluecheddar:
Scott Walker will be in RIVERWEST at Messmer Prep (Fratney and Burleigh) in Milwaukee on Friday Aug 26 arriving around 12:30PM. Protest starts at noon on the other side of the street. - from FB friend Ellen MAP.
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Watchbluecheddar:
Honestly. I just thought “Why didn’t I name my son “Elvis”?”
from chasingcoolness:
newwavecrashing:
Elvis Costello on Saturday Night Live.
This came up in conversation the other day when I mentioned that Elvis Costello was banned from SNL back in the day.
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“...There is a new wave of citizen journalists who...
bluecheddar:
We’ve been digging into who writes your bills, who funds your campaigns, where you go on vacation to fundraise. We will watch where you go in the private sector after you’ve done your job here. You need a wake up call. We’re not buying your propaganda.” - Bryan Bliss speaking today to the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics. More at Progressive.org
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Quick Hit Headlines: Ignore any spin →
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Wisconsin Democrats and unions have been the big winners in Wisconsin recalls. We may not have retaken the Senate, but Republicans won nothing and lost two seats. Gov. Walker’s assembly line of rightwing legislation is shut down, as moderates take center stage and the debate gets pulled to the…
MNpublius: Recalls of WI Dems fail →
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There were two more recall elections in Wisconsin last night, this time against two Democratic Senators. Some on the right were forecasting that Dems would lose at least one of those seats, minimizing their gains from last week’s two successful recalls. As it turns out, both Democrats won with…
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"Connie Hagen, 65, of Rhinelander also voted for...
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Hagen, who works for a Catholic Charities nonprofit, said Simac’s failure to name a piece of legislation she would support or oppose during a forum last week clinched her decision” More at wausaudailyherald
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blue cheddar: My advice to the President: #1 come... →
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Do it. Tell us you are proud of our moxie. Tell us we prove democracy is still alive. Tell us we’re brave and that we can pull through this even if you’re not really sure that we can - or that you can. #2.Put on the walking shoes. Walk the picket line with the Verizon workers. Say “This is what it…
What she said!
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Our view: Holperin the best choice in recall... →
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“Printed in China.”
– Kim Simac’s book, American Soldier Proud and Free, 2007 (via stuffsimacsays)
“I only really watch the Fox News so I really don’t even get that other side.”
– Kim Simac, 29 January 2011 (via stuffsimacsays)
Yearly Goals
maxwelllove:
Not buying clothing or shoes for a year.
Not spending as much money eating out or on coffee.
Trying not to waste energy.
Trying to keep a clearer head = better memory.
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AMERICAN INEQUALITY
bluecheddar:
I’ve been waiting for an infographic using cats and pizza for all my life. from arewepayingattention:
I’ve posted a lot of graphs on America’s income and wealth inequality, but this is for people who don’t like complicated graphs with squiggly lines, bar graphs with lots of different colors in it…
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