H/T to Owen at Boots & Sabers.
It’s a story about a woman diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable degenerative neurological disease.
GRAYSLAKE, Illinois (AP) — Seven-year-old Nicholas Chamernik had rarely seen his parents cry. So he felt a pang of worry when he looked up one evening to see his father wiping away tears.
“Dad, what’s [...]
Here in Racine, the deadline passed as of 5 p.m. today to register and license your pets with the Gestapo, er, city. The expense is significant, since the city won’t issue you a license without proof that your pet’s vaccinations are up to date. That means a trip to the vet’s office.
For the record, I [...]
Here’s who Milwaukee Tech High School needs for its new principal:
Listen to the speech as delivered by Morgan Freeman.
Here’s the real-life Joe Clark:
What kind of idiot thought of this stunt?
A publicity stunt engineered by Turner Broadcasting resulted in large parts of Boston being shut down under the potential for a major terrorist attack.
BOSTON — Turner Broadcasting plans to take responsibility for the “hoax devices” that were found at several locations in and around Boston Wednesday that forced [...]
Anyone who says Milwaukee Tech High School isn’t out on control is in denial. In fact, they may be Cleopatra, Queen of De Nile.
Less than a month after a series of brawls at the school featuring students and parents, another brawl broke out between students from Tech and Milwaukee Bay view after Tech had won [...]
Fortunately I missed the State of the State address from Gov. Jim Milhous Doyleone tonight.
I have heard enough commentary on it ahead of time to know what he was going to say. It’s just embarrassing that Wisconsin’s voters were dumb enough to give this guy four more years.
You can read the text of the speech [...]
There’s an online petition attempt to influence prosecutors to try Eric Hainstock, the shooter of Weston High School principal John Klang as a juvenile.
From the website of Wisconsin Public Radio:
An online petition says the Sauk County teenager accused in a high school shooting last fall should be tried as a juvenile. Eric Hainstock is accused [...]
The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority may have found a way to avoid a tax increase to fund the KRM commuter rail line.
A commuter rail extension from Kenosha to Milwaukee should be paid for by raising the $2 rental-car service fee to $15, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority decided Tuesday.
The decision came out of [...]
Earlier we blogged about two articles touting Rudy Giuliani and John McCain for 2008.
On the contrary, The Politico doesn’t see much enthusiasm among the GOP base for anyone.
From consultants to bloggers to talk show hosts, there is a climate of suspicion — at times bordering on contempt — among conservative activists about their 2008 choices.
McCain [...]
Just when you think the French-looking Senator, John F-ing Kerry, can’t say anything dumber, he goes right out and stick his foot in his mouth — making derogatory statements about the country that rejected his bid for the presidency in 2004 overseas.
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in [...]
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