‘Old Fashioned: The Story of the Wisconsin Supper Club’ Clip from Holly De Ruyter on Vimeo.
HAND-CURATED POSTS FROM THE WISCONSIN BLOGOSPHERE (AND SOMETIMES POINTS BEYOND)
Best-paying summer jobs
The boring ones pay more to attract sunshine-forgoing workers.
Lake Geneva’s Beautiful
Why, yes, it is.
More photos, equally lovely, via Images of Lake Geneva @ Wisconsin Happy Farm.
Mike Tate’s running again as WisDems chair
Incumbent Tate wants another term, but he’s not telling how much he makes, where the election will be held, or when’s the filing deadline for other candidates.
An anniversary and farewell
Boots and Sabers celebrates a decade, and Owen says farewell.
IRS officials targeting conservative groups had more than zeal for motivation
There were bonuses, too.
Via Bonus Pay for Harassing Conservatives? Mere Coincidence @ Dad29.
Scott Walker’s dubious record of fiscal conservatism
Big-government Republicanism lies beneath.
Via MURPHY’S LAW The Not-So Fiscally Conservative Governor @ Murphy’s Law.
Wisconsin’s netted about 62,000 jobs since Gov. Walker took office
That’s job-creation at only half the pace required to meet his 250,000-job, first-term goal.
Via New Numbers Put Walker Jobs’ Fail Again On Full Display @ The Political Environment.
The IRS unfair targeted the Tea Party movement’s applications for tax-exempt status
Now the Tea Party has a chance to make lemonade from those lemons.
A Naked Paranoia Grips Brookfield
Tsk, tsk, tsk: In a world of serial killers, mudslides, and North Korean bluster, Brookfield officials are beside themselves over sometimes-naked teenagers playing with Nerf guns.
Via ‘Paranoia’ Runs Buck Wild in Brookfield @ Brookfield Patch.
New Insect Species Head for Wisconsin
Watch New Insects on the Horizon Thanks to Climate Change on PBS. See more from The Wisconsin Gardener.
Is Madison Mayor Soglin evil?
If boycotts by government should prove evil, then Mistaken Blaska thinks it’s Evil Soglin.
Walmart doesn’t always get its way
It certainly didn’t prevail in Caledonia, after an ad hoc group took ninety minutes of testimony.
About that national sheriff’s award…
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke won an award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. He’s neglected to mention that that group’s primary focus isn’t conventional law enforcement, but finding supposed traitors to freedom within their members’ communities.
Looking at Gov. Walker’s jobs promise
It all starts of so very confidently…
“[E]very initiative that’s undertaken and every program that’s administered will be examined for its effect on jobs. Every decision must be considered in the context of what it means for job creation and economic recovery.”
More where he came from
Convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell may not be the only abortionist in America who killed live babies. There may be another in Texas.
Coming to a Garden Near You: New and Stronger Weeds
Watch New Weeds from the South on PBS. See more from The Wisconsin Gardener.
Gov. Walker defends free speech
Scott Walker’s vociferously blasted selective IRS scrutiny of conservative groups across America. His record on free speech within Wisconsin isn’t equally zealous.