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Although I have always supported law enforcement and voted for candidates who support the rule of law, I have never felt the need to publicize my support before now. However, the videos I have seen of heroic police officers in Miami and elsewhere being abused and spat upon has changed my thinking. Furthermore, I have begun to notice more than a few “Black Lives Matter” signs popping up in the front lawns of my affluent and otherwise majority conservative county. The most shocking aspect of this widespread violence throughout the country over the last few weeks has been the silence...

MILWAUKEE -- The 2020 Democratic National Convention has officially been postponed until August due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic Party announced Thursday. The convention was originally scheduled for July 13-17. It will now be held the week of August 17. “In our current climate of uncertainty, we believe the smartest approach is to take additional time to monitor how this situation unfolds so we can best position our party for a safe and successful convention," said Joe Solmonese, CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee. "During this critical time, when the scope and scale of the pandemic and its...

A few minutes ago a strange, perfectly straight line of about 30 bright lights was visible moving across southern Wisconsin from the southwest to the northeast. They would appear just over the horizon and disappear as they came overhead. It was initially a quite shocking sight so Freepers might want to be on the lookout for them and know what they are before they first see them. These were the 60 or so SpaceX Starlink satellites orbiting at an altitude of 174 miles. They can be tracked using websites (https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=starlink and http://stuffin.space). They are visible only under clear skies shortly...

Also - "Scalia walked into courtroom totally downcast."

Atlas V X-37B OTV Cape launch set for April 22 Release Number: 040410 4/21/2010 - CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla -- The 45th Space Wing is set to launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on April 22, 2010. The rocket will carry the Air Force's first X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV). The launch window for this mission is 7:51-8:02 p.m. The X-37B will provide a flexible space test platform to conduct various experiments and allow satellite sensors, subsystems, components and associated technology to be efficiently transported to and from the space environment...

Saturday, May 12, 2007 Fred Thompson, Walker top WisPolitics Straw Poll LAKE GENEVA -- State GOP activists voting in the annual WisPolitics.com Straw Poll this weekend favored former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson for president in 2008 and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker for governor in 2010. Fred Thompson received 95 votes, compared to 84 votes for former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson. Mitt Romney was a distant third with 41 votes. Tommy Thompson and Sam Brownback, who got 14 votes, addressed the convention in separate speeches.

Meet My Teachers: Mom And DadA growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any school No longer the bailiwick of religious fundamentalists or neo-hippies looking to go off the cultural grid, homeschooling is a growing trend among the educated elite. More parents believe that even the best-endowed schools are in an Old Economy death grip in which kids are learning passively when they should be learning actively, especially if they want an edge in the global knowledge economy. "A lot of families are looking at what's happening in public or private school and saying, 'You know...

I am organizing a Bush/Cheney 2004 volunteer sign-up at a local event and was just told that the State office won't be providing anything but shirt stickers and bumper stickers. I hope to have about a dozen volunteers and would like to give each of them a Bush-Cheney hat or t-shirt for helping out. Since my personal funds are limited, I would like to find an inexpensive source so that I can bring enough for everyone.

URGENT ACTION REQUESTED! Madness in Madison Christians Urged to Protest Corpus Christi Showing It has been six long years since playwright Terrence McNally first staged his play Corpus Christi in New York City. Since then, the work, which portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles as homosexuals, has generated protests, local indignation and negative publicity at alternative theaters. Thousands of Catholics have come to Our Lord’s defense with vibrant and moving acts of reparation. No major venue has dared touched it. Since new plans to stage the play were made public, the American Society for the Defense of...

WAUSAU, Wis. -- A man upset that a war protester was parading around downtown Wausau with a defaced American flag is facing a disorderly conduct charge after attacking the demonstrator. The incident happened Monday afternoon outside the Marathon County Courthouse. Mike Wallschlaeger of Mosine carried an upside down flag with "EMPIRE" written across it. A fellow demonstrator says a man got out of his car, tried to grab the flag, then pushed Wallschlaeger to the ground, punched and kicked him. Wausau Police Chief William Brandimore says the right to free speech is protected, but disorderly conduct is not.

Man Learns Fate For Arranging Wife's Rape Judge Sentences Anthony Smith To 10 Months In Jail Posted: 11:35 a.m. EST February 26, 2003Updated: 11:56 a.m. EST February 26, 2003 A local man who pleaded no contest to charges he arranged his wife's rape Tuesday learned his fate in court. A judge sentenced Anthony Charles Smith (pictured, left) to 10 months in jail, Local 4 learned. Authorities said the man arranged the attack of his wife last June to pay off his $5,000 gambling debt. Police said that the incident happened while the husband laid awake next to her in the...

Please pardon the vanity, but I just heard the V.P. of Glock in Georgia say that he thought it was time for a national gun registry of ballistic fingerprints to be "given a try". Did anyone else here this?

<p>VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II says that to preserve itself, the Roman Catholic Church has to be much more careful not to let men with "deviations in their affections" enter the priesthood.</p> <p>The 82-year-old pontiff also re-affirmed the Church's rule on celibacy, saying it should not be seen as a "useless" imposition but a vital part of a tradition in which the priest offers himself unconditionally to God.</p>

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MONROE, Wis. -- An abortion opponent who publicizes his protests with large scale pictures of aborted fetuses said he's ready to continue his fight against Monroe if the city adopts another sign ordinance. The Common Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a second try at a sign ordinance. The first one it adopted was declared unconstitutional after Pastor Ralph Ovadal (pictured last summer at a Mazomanie nude beach protest) and Christ the King Church challenged it. The previous ordinance restricted the signs to 3 square feet, except for business signs. Ovadal and his followers had taken their large ...