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[T]he Republicans went too far in their zeal to bust the unions and too far in their stubborn tactics to accomplish that mission. They are forcing these changes on an unwilling state at great cost — and they still haven’t filled the budget hole the original measure was designed to fill … Republicans, in the […]

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[F]ocusing on a singular group, particularly a religious minority group, is counterproductive and destructive to the goal of protecting the country. It does a few bad things, one thing it does is that it ignores other threats; Timothy McVeigh, Jared Loughner, neither one of them are Muslim. The person who shot down all those folks

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Joint Committee of Conference in Wisconsin on Budget Repair Bill (3/09/11) So this is what happens when the Wisconsin GOP gets a quorum? Speechless. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Smashing ‘Demon Government’: Walker’s small-government zeal resembles that of the prohibitionists Interesting article by JSOnline’s John Gurda – My mom posted the link to her facebook with this note: While I’m not entirely convinced with the the writer’s comparison of politics & gov’t. in WI today with Prohibition, this is one of the most precise

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A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter

A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter This is a great post by Matt Thompson. We’re already doing some of the suggestions at MinnPost.com (requiring registration with real names, for example). Some other items I found interesting: I liked the description in “The difference between conversation and graffiti.” O RLY?

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I am trying to identify the creator of a cool coffee mug I own – this is the signature on the bottom: DWIGNDYRAAAS<something, something, , X, something, something><something & something> Good grief. Artist may or may not be in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area. (Check out the whole mug here.) Any ideas?

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