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  • Report: Fractured collarbone for Aaron Rodgers; out ‘about three weeks’

    11/05/2013 10:02:33 AM PST · by sbMKE · 12 replies
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 11/5/2013 | Tyler Dunne
  • Milwaukee beating victim says attackers cited Trayvon Martin

    07/16/2013 7:36:53 AM PDT · by sbMKE · 46 replies
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 7/16/2013 | Ashley Luthern
    A 34-year-old Wauwatosa man told Milwaukee police that he was repeatedly punched Sunday, unprovoked, and heard one of the his assailants refer to Trayvon Martin during the beating. The man, who was identified in media reports as Christopher Simpson, was attacked about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of W. Cherry St. in Milwaukee. He told police he was punched in the back of the head, and then several other suspects punched and kicked him when he fell to the ground. Simpson, who is white, told WTMJ-TV that he was beaten by a group of black teens and that...
  • vanity: How soon should my wife expect her "equal pay" check to arrive?

    11/07/2012 11:57:33 AM PST · by sbMKE · 12 replies
    barackobama.com ^ | 11/6/2012 | Obama for America
    My wife is wondering when her "equal pay" is due to arrive. Should I send her to the Organizing For America office to pick up the check or will it just come in the mail? How do I make sure that the pay comes in the form of cash; we already have too many free abortion vouchers and would like to use the equal pay to support our newly legalized recreational marijuana rights. Thanks in advance, FRiends.
  • MI: Ravenna man charged with 15-year felony in alleged marijuana-linked traffic death

    06/19/2012 3:14:12 PM PDT · by sbMKE · 13 replies
    Muskegon Chronicle. ^ | 6/19/12 | John Hausman
    MUSKEGON, MI -- Steven Paul Spencer of Ravenna has been charged with driving while intoxicated causing death for allegedly smoking marijuana and causing a head-on crash Saturday on Heights Ravenna Road. The crash killed John Shumaker, 37, of Grand Haven. Spencer, 24, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the felony. According to court records, he posted a $25,000 surety bond Sunday after a Muskegon County 60th District Court magistrate signed a warrant for his arrest. Spencer was scheduled for a walk-in arraignment June 29. The crash happened around 4:20 p.m. on Heights Ravenna near Ensley Road...
  • Man arrested during protest at Milwaukee bank (OWS: Shouted "this is a hostile takeover!")

    10/20/2011 3:41:53 PM PDT · by sbMKE · 5 replies · 1+ views
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 10/20/2011 | Sharif Dunhams
    A man who has been involved in past protests in Milwaukee was arrested Thursday after bank tellers said he yelled something to the effect of "this is a hostile takeover" at a downtown Milwaukee M&I branch, according to the Milwaukee Police Department. The yelled statement caused at least one clerk at the bank to believe the 25-year-old man was robbing the bank, the police department said in a statement. The arrest happened during a protest by Occupy Milwaukee, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests that have criticized the role of large banks and multinational corporations have played in...
  • (WI) Scare at State Fair: witnesses describe mobs, including some claiming racially-charged attacks

    08/05/2011 5:12:57 AM PDT · by sbMKE · 256 replies
    WTMJ-4 Milwaukee ^ | 8/3/2011 | By Jay Sorgi and the WTMJ News Team
    WEST ALLIS - Witnesses tell Newsradio 620 WTMJ and TODAY'S TMJ4 of a mob of young people attacking innocent fair-goers at the end of the opening night of State Fair, with some callers claiming a racially-charged scene. Milwaukee Police confirmed there were assaults outside the fair. Witnesses' accounts claim everything from dozens to hundreds of young black people beating white people as they left State Fair Thursday night. "It looked like they were just going after white guys, white people," said Norb Roffers of Wind Lake in an interview with Newsradio 620 WTMJ. He left the State Fair Entrance near...
  • (WI) Dairy farmers worry that proposed E-Verify law will kill industry - (need illegal laborers).

    07/31/2011 10:12:27 AM PDT · by sbMKE · 64 replies
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 7/31/2011 | Georgia Pabst
    New Holstein - As daylight breaks, David Geiser is already in the barn of the Gold Star Dairy farm tending to more than 300 head of Holsteins on his sprawling farm. Like his father and grandfather, Geiser has lived and worked on this farm, founded by his Polish and German immigrant ancestors, all his life. Next year the farm will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Deborah Reinhart, whose Quaker ancestors were dairy farmers in Pennsylvania, works alongside her husband as the farm business manager and also cares for the young livestock. The couple raised three sons, who are now grown and...
  • Teamsters letters warn boycott of WISN radio advertisers (Belling, Rush fill in).

    04/01/2011 4:30:34 PM PDT · by sbMKE · 17 replies
    Mark Belling ^ | 4/1/11 | Teamsters Union Official Letters
    Scans of Two boycott threat letters sent to Rush Limbaugh fill-in Mark Belling's home station (WISN-AM in Milwaukee) and to advertisers on the Clear Channel station. Essentially, "fall in line and support the unions or else." Teamsters union threat letter to WISN station manager Jerry Bott. http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/3627/04/3627_1301685572.pdf Teamsters union threat letter to WISN advertisers: http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/3627/04/3627_1301685856.pdf
  • Organizing for America (BarackObama.com) Wisconsin Office Locations - 59 of them, open 96 hours/wk.

    03/09/2011 7:34:51 AM PST · by sbMKE · 40 replies
    Organizing for America (BarackObama.com) ^ | 3/9/2011 | Organizing for America
    Adams 240 S. Main St. Adams, WI 53910 (608) 339-7410 Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. View map Amery 108 Keller Ave. N. Amery, WI 54001 Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. View map Appleton 214 E. College Ave. Appleton, WI 54911 (920) 735-4989 Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. View map Ashland 304 W. Main St. Ashland, WI 54806 (715)...
  • Michael Moore (at Madison, WI union rally) "America is not broke."

    03/05/2011 1:56:08 PM PST · by sbMKE · 68 replies
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 3/5/2011 | Bill Glauber
    Moore: "America is not broke" By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel March 5, 2011 2:43 p.m. |(64) Comments Madison - "America is not broke," filmmaker Michael Moore declared in a speech to pro-labor demonstrators Saturday at the state Capitol. "The country is awash in wealth and cash," he said. "It's just not in your hands." He said wealth has been transferred "in the greatest heist in history" from the workers to the bankers and the super-rich. "Wall Street, the banks and the Fortune 500 now run this Republic," he said. Moore called Gov. Scott Walker "your soon to be...
  • Michigan Forces(home-based and self-employed) Business Owners Into Public Sector Unions

    03/02/2011 5:07:30 PM PST · by sbMKE · 9 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | DECEMBER 25, 2009 | PATRICK J. WRIGHT AND MICHAEL D. JAHR
    After hemorrhaging members for decades, labor unions have hit upon a new way to shore up their annual dues revenue. Michelle Berry runs a private day-care service from her home on the outskirts of this city, the birthplace of General Motors. Her clients are mostly low-income parents who need child care to keep their jobs in a city that now has a 26% unemployment rate. Ms. Berry owns her own business—yet the Michigan Department of Human Services claims she is a government employee and union member. The agency thus withholds union dues from the child-care subsidies it sends to her...
  • Madison, WI: Anti-Walker pro-union protester attacks 10-year-old.

    02/28/2011 1:47:20 PM PST · by sbMKE · 44 replies
    Madison Police Department ^ | 2/27/11 | Madison Police Dept
    Police Incident Reports Incidents listed are selected by the Officer In Charge of each shift that may have significant public interest. Incidents listed are not inclusive of all incidents. Requests for information can be directed to the MPD Records Unit @ (608) 266-4075. Incident report for Case#2011-53447 Released 02/28/2011 at 11:29 AM by PIO Joel DeSpain Incident Type Special Event Incident Date 02/27/2011 - 10:44 AM Address State Street Arrested Gozde Cakici, age 29, Madison Ms. Cakici was cited for disorderly conduct. Victim Female, age 10, Milwaukee Details A 29-year old Madison woman was cited for disorderly conduct Sunday morning...
  • Buying Wisconsin Politicians Pt.2: $7 million+ lobbyist spending by WI Teachers' union since 1999.

    02/26/2011 2:13:26 PM PST · by sbMKE · 3 replies
    $7,000,000 in lobbying expenses for WEAC lobbying in Wisconsin's capital in Madison - 1999-2009. 2010 numbers not yet posted. It is safe to presume a minimum of $8,000,000 was spent including 2010, possibly as much as $9,000,000 Add in campaing contibutions and spending and the total amount of tax money (dues) spent by WEAC to lobby for teacher spending (collective bargaining) easily exceeds $20,000,000 in the past decade. This includes only WEAC and its wholly owned health insurance company (specified in many locally bargained contracts and sold for above-market markups.) WEAC is known to operate and contribute via surrogate organizations.
  • Buying Wisconsin Politicians: $11 million in PAC spending by WI Teachers' union since 2000.

    02/26/2011 8:23:05 AM PST · by sbMKE · 14 replies
    WEAC PAC Spending - Consistently #1 in all elections - far surpassing all other PACs combined ($11,449,803 since 2000 - All on Democrat candidates.). 2010 Wisconsin Election Cycle - Total Spending: $1,599,094.00 http://www.wisdc.org/index.php?module=wisdc.websiteforms&cmd=pacspending&year=2010&pac=500189 2009 Spring Elections - Spent: $564,993 In the 2009 race for state school superintendent, WEAC supported candidate Tony Evers over Rose Fernandez, Lowell Holtz, Van Mobley and Todd Price. On March 24 WEAC also reported spending nearly $16,000 on brochures and mailings to support Evers and to oppose Fernandez. http://www.wisdc.org/ind09pacs.php 2008 Fall Elections - Total Spending: $2,099,984 Direct PAC contributions to 2008 candidates 2007-2008: $39,531 Minimum conduit...
  • 1,000+ Madison Protests photos archive.

    02/24/2011 4:21:59 AM PST · by sbMKE · 10 replies
    Keith Wessel - Picture a week. ^ | 2/24/11 | Keith Wessel
    Photos from the inside of the UW protest at the link above - 1,000 + in chronological order.
  • Wisconsin Government workforce - 1 in 6 workers employed by taxpayers (govt jobs)

    02/22/2011 6:01:35 AM PST · by sbMKE · 12 replies
    Wisconsin Worknet Website ^ | 12/31/2010 | Wisconsin State Government Data
    Wisconsin state government reports of workforce composition, including total nonfarm workers and total federal, state and municipal employment
  • Wisconsin Teachers Union owns health insurance company - collectively bargained for.

    02/21/2011 11:29:17 AM PST · by sbMKE · 41 replies
    PublicSchoolSpending.com ^ | Fall 2010 | Education Action Group / MacIver Institute
    Here are a few simple, startling facts for anyone concerned about the financial condition of Wisconsin public schools: WEA Trust, an insurance company established and closely associated with the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), siphons millions of crucial dollars from K-12 schools and their students every year. WEA Trust has grown very fat on public school dollars, with a net worth of $316 million and a team of 12 administrators all receiving compensation packages worth six figures per year. Sadly, this insurance swindle is endorsed by state law. We at Education Action Group believe it’s time for the citizens of...
  • (WI State) Senator Van Wanggaard (R) writes letter to Racine County residents

    02/18/2011 2:00:33 PM PST · by sbMKE · 8 replies
    Racine Journal Times ^ | 1/18/11 | Senator Van Wanggaard
    An Open Letter to the People of Racine County First, allow me thank those who called, emailed, and visited me in Madison over the past week. The vast majority of those citizens have been courteous and respectful. I want everyone to know that, and I want to thank you for that. My office has been overwhelmed with phone calls and emails from constituents sharing their concerns about the budget repair bill. Our voicemail box has been full since Sunday and impossible to empty. To those who could not get through, I apologize-we did the best we could. I ran for...
  • Census search: Government employee totals by State (State and Local govts only).

    11/12/2010 6:29:47 PM PST · by sbMKE · 10 replies · 1+ views
    US Census Bureau ^ | 12/31/2009 | US Census Bureau
    Ever wondered how many workers are employed by your state and local governments? Here they are, all collected in one easy place by "industry" and with payroll totals.
  • (Milwaukee Mayor and Dem Gov candidate) Barrett Armed Robbery Victims: 911 didn't answer.

    11/10/2010 11:49:53 AM PST · by sbMKE · 13 replies
    WTMJ-4 ^ | 11/10/2010 | Heather Shannon
    Barrett Armed Robbery Victims: 911 Call Took Too Long to Answer By Heather Shannon MILWAUKEE--Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's son and six of his friends were robbed at gunpoint Saturday night at Wick Field by two suspects, one of which had a gun. Angela "Martina" Ibanez Baldor was one of the teens there with the mayor's son. She called 911 several times, but no one picked up her call for help. "They never picked up and that really scared me," she said. "Because we were in the middle of a park and we had just been held up and 911 wasn't...