Like having to pay for the clean up of Walmarts illegally dumping toxic waste, where tax payers involuntarily subsidize the profits of the Walton family, we are having to pay to make up the difference between a fair and significantly higher wage, and for the Walmart unfair, discriminatory and illegal labor practices, with the Walton [...]
crossposted from Penigma.blogspot.com It has now come to light that the college psychiatrist who had been treating the (alleged) shooter in the Aurora, Colorado theater showing the latest Batman movie had alerted law enforcement that James Holmes presented a danger to others weeks before the shooting. Under ‘may issue’ practice, law enforcement can be more [...]
Some time this fall, The New Ulm Journal will make its endorsements for November elections, but this week it opined on the recent Wisconsin election (highlights below): Watch Wisconsin The state of Wisconsin is starting to move on from a bruising recall battle, won by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans against the Democratic-public union [...]
Dear Governor; You have spent your entire term in office dividing people and oppressing people; it was your stated goal, to divide and conquer. People don’t like it. The people who actually live in Wisconsin are wise to you being a paid puppet for outside special interests. When it takes spending money at a ratio [...]
With a $645,000 house in Windham, NH purchased last summer by Minnesota Congressman Raymond “Chip” Cravaack and his wife Traci, it should not be a surprise that a “Chip for New Hampshire“, a campaign announcement has been made encouraging Chip Cravaack to run for Congress in his new home state — New Hampshire! “This campaign [...]
cross posted from Penigma.bogspot.com: If they cheat to get elected, how can you expect those people from that kind of a party to give you honest government? Clearly, you can’t expect honest government, and the conservatives who do it won’t deliver it to you – and neither will those who don’t engage in corruption, but still are [...]
crossposted from Penigma: A 2009 shooting in Utah demonstrates the problems with Shoot First laws, as drafted and promoted by ALEC and conservative Republican legislators that expands the ability to shoot upon belief of threat off the premises of one’s own property. This was exactly the kind of incident that law enforcement, prosecutors and opponents of [...]
Parts of the right wing blogsophere are trying to whitewash ALEC, and at the same time to denigrate the NCSL. For those of you who are unfamiliar with one or both organizations, let me give you a brief introduction, because people on the right want to misinform and disinform you. They will tell you they are [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
