National Bankruptcy Day
On February 10, 2009, what appears to be a fairly draconian solution to unsafe children's clothes/toys will be enacted. While I am not involved in making children's toys or clothes, many of my "crafty"...
View ArticleThe End of WAR - AK Legislature Votes "No" to Palin's AG Nominee
I don't have much, but here is Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis liveblog of the legislature's vote on Palin's nominee for Atty. General (scroll down for liveblog). He was voted down. ADN report: Meeting in...
View ArticleMy email to my students
I work at a state university, and as such have significant (and appropriate) restrictions put upon my potential "electioneering activities." But I also believe that it is my right - and even perhaps my...
View ArticleTown Hall in Wisconsin
This is my partner's story. He attended a town hall meeting/listening session this evening in Wauwatosa WI, held by our State Representative David Cullen. Below the fold is his take-away from the...
View ArticleIn Which Poppa Sensenbrenner Sends Us to Bed Without Supper
My husband and I went to a town hall meeting with our representatives this evening at the Wauwatosa (WI) City Hall and Public Library, hosted by Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R, WI) with...
View Article"Obama Operatives" and "Union Thugs" Behind Darling Recall
This will come as no surprise to anyone - in Wisconsin or beyond our borders - that the narrative about the recall efforts against Republicans in the state senate is being cooked up, financed and...
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Update: Today! ~LABOR DOLLARS~ Madison WI Saturday 12 March
[edit on Saturday morning] It's today, so if you're in Madison, drop by! Come get your LABOR DOLLARS in Madison this Saturday! It's FREE! It's LEGAL! It's GOLD!
View ArticleDarling Recall: some demographics and statistics
As an “invigorated” (incensed, outraged, enraged) citizen of Wisconsin, I have become involved in a range of activist activities. One activity is the Recall Alberta Darling campaign. In an effort to...
View ArticleWalker is His Own Reward
I am a state employee in Wisconsin. As you can imagine, I get a lot of email in my inbox from top-level State and University list-serves. You can also probably imagine that much of it ends up victim...
View ArticleVoter Suppression in WI (video)
This is not my story, although it is everyone's story in a society that claims to be democratic and free. madtowngirl2, a mother in Madison, recently took her son to get his free voter ID card at the...
View ArticleRecall Walker Yard Signs: Illegal?
I am heartened every day when I see "Recall Walker" bumper stickers and yard signs. I am particularly chuffed when I see them in my neighborhood. I live in Wauwatosa, where that SOB Walker lives when...
View ArticleWI Recalls: Republican Unrest (update with Act Blue link)
There's a little bit of thrashing in the shallow end of the Republican political pool. Republican Assemblyman Robin Vos has declared Let's recall the recalls! (Here is what the Democratic Underground...
View ArticleThe Boycott and the Ban Hammer
Like any community, the DKos community is a complex thing. I love the richness of offerings that have blossomed under the initial umbrella calling for "more and better Democrats." I learn a lot here,...
View ArticleDozens Rally in Support of Gov Walker. Bwuhahaha!
WISN (local ABC affiliate) reports that "dozens of people" rallied in support of Governor Scott Walker. Dozens, eh?
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Scott Walker Billboard Fail (another Bwuhahaha moment)
photo from defendwisconsin.blogspot.com See "Ol' Dead Eyes" smiling down beneficently upon his people, reassuring them that despite all evidence to the contrary, he's been just dandy for the economy?...
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Meet the Poverty Possum! Alive and Unwell in Wisconsin. (artistic action update)
So just who is this Poverty Possum? Semi-serious update: Call to Artistic Action! Some commenters below have been discussing the Power of the Possum as a symbol and familiar, and have suggested that...
View ArticleAction Diary: Call the DNC about Wisconsin (updated with links to White House...
The Scott Walker Recall in Wisconsin is nearing its final stages; we have not-so-great poll numbers in the fight against Scotty, and we have almost no money to fight his Super PAC funded campaign of...
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OLB on a Friday Night: Massive Law Enforcement "Crackdown"
Something about last night's message sure got under someone's skin. Perhaps someone powerful. Perhaps someone with skin in the game who isn't in the public eye. Or perhaps someone in law enforcement...
View ArticleUPDATE: Husband is in custody (tentative murder charge)
Update: 3:00 press conference for which I am trying to find a link has occurred. Local press has covered itself in glory, once again, by blaming the victim. From a fb status of a friend who listened to...
View ArticleAmazingly hokey, clueless and racist pro-mining video
This is a video documenting a conversation between Shirl LaBarre of Hayward, WI and what must be a tree face come to life. The production values are laughable but that isn't really the story here.
View ArticleUnsecured Gun Cache in My Peaceful Suburb
You never know what is going on in your behind your neighbor's closed doors, but sometimes when you find out, it scares the crap out of you.I live in a fairly calm suburb of Milwaukee. Most of the...
View ArticleMy Weather Radio Alarm Just Went Off
Everyone in the house was like "What is that awful beeping noise?" and I proudly said, "That is our new weather radio!"And now there is thunder rumbling outside. The digital display is scrolling SEVERE...
View ArticleWeather Radio Still Works! Despite Gov't Shutdown
There's a thunderstorm outside, complete with juicy gray-green clouds, lightening bolts and fat raindrops. Just a moment ago, I heard a horrible digital bleeping sound that sent the cat streaking...
View ArticleStop Hatin' on 80s Music!
I know, I know… people's musical loves and hates are profound and personal, but a few comments in musical diaries last week got me all riled up, defending music from that "detested decade." Sure,...
View ArticleNew Rules: This Is Why We Love Wisconsin's Activists
Today was the mandatory public hearing on the proposed new rules put forward by the Wisconsin Department of Administration."The rule order amends Chapter Adm. 2, relating to use of state buildings and...
View ArticleWI Open Source Project: walkerfailed.us
Hello Sconnies!A fellow citizen is working on an open-source timeline of Walker's abuses to the good State of Wisconsin. You can find it at walkerfailed.us. Note the adorable favicon.
View ArticleWisconsin: A Pipeline Runs Through It
Enbridge Energy is quietly working on a significant expansion of their pipeline Line 61 to carry toxic "tar sands" oil through Wisconsin, putting the watersheds for Lake Superior and Lake Michigan at...
View ArticleHALP! No more Univision for World Cup streaming?
HALP! The Univision site seems to be no longer streaming World Cup now that we are in the semi-finals.What is a poor girl without cable TV to do? Any recommendations from World-Cup-Watchers out there?...
View ArticleWisconsin: A Rail Line Runs Through It
A few weeks ago I wrote a diary about Enbridge Line 61, an expansion of an existing pipeline that Enbridge would like to run Tar Sands dilbit through. This pipeline runs right through Wisconsin, and is...
View ArticleChris Burden, "Protean Conceptual Artist," has died.
Farewell to Chris Burden, "Protean Conceptual Artist" died today from malignant melanoma.This has hit me hard. Not even 70 years old. If you know of his work, perhaps it is his controversial...
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Filtering for Diversity at Netroots
I just returned from Netroots Nation 2015 in Phoenix, AZ.NN15 became notable for the Black Lives Matter disruption of the Presidential Town Hall on Saturday. That has been diaried aplenty and my...
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I'm Bloggin' it! Comments are a HOT MESS! w/ some updates
I knew it was gonna happen. Someday soon, DK5 would be deployed. I viewed the beta site, I started a few critique threads, fought valiant but losing battles for the continuance of custom tip jars,...
View ArticleVisual Hierarchy
If you don’t want to read another story discussing the design of DK5, read no further. Skip it if you’re tired of it. I don’t mind if you don’t want to read it. Okay, the disclaimer is over. To my...
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To Open Sans or to not Open Sans: some type specimens
There has been a lot of comment about Open Sans and its usability. Here are a few experiments using Open Sans, Helvetica, Verdana and Calibri, with a few tweaks in spacing and the color of the...
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dKOS Redesign is a Start. Update with comment design.
Houston, we have a new story page design! It adds some functionality to the story pages, makes the recommend button easier to use (once you identify it in the social media icon area), and continues the...
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Action Diary: No More Flints! Water Privatization in Wisconsin
OLB action at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Sunday night (1/24/2016)While all eyes are on the human rights disaster in Flint, MI, the Wisconsin legislature is busily moving through a bill that would...
View ArticleAmmon Bundy Arrested
Looking for legit sources on this, but it seems as if Ammon Bundy and three others have been arrested.This report from KATU in Portland, OR.Sources tell KATU News there was some sort of engagement...
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New Social Media Icons + Rec Button
And now a break from our regularly-scheduled rox/sux Bernie/Hillary squabbles.Have y’all noticed the new circular social media icons, including a fairly indecipherable icon with a star in it that is...
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So I Went to North Dakota
I just got back from the ongoing protest/occupation/celebration/action in North Dakota. Sacred Stone Camp. Cannon Ball. Standing Rock. Dakota Access Pipeline (aka DAPL as in #NoDAPL). It’s left me with...
View ArticleIf You Just Need Some Relaxing Downtime
xYouTube VideoI’m going to be playing this for the next 15 days, back-to-back. I might watch some, too, from the Netflix queue.
View ArticleJust stop it, y'all: "inflammatory response" is not "immune response"
The good news is… folx are getting vaxxed and getting their COVID boosters. Yay! And one of the great things about DK is that we’re generally, as a group, all about the science, as well as supportive...
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