Their presence was causing a disturbance ...

“You know you’re not well liked when you are asked to leave a local tavern because people boo-ing[sic] at you causes an upset, but this is exactly what happened to Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker on Friday the 18th of February.

The Merchant in Madison, WI confirms that on Friday night, Patrick Sweeney (one of the owners) politely asked Scott Walker to leave the establishment when other customers began boo-ing[sic] him. A bartender at The Merchant said that, “his presence was causing a disturbance to the other customers and management asked him to leave.”

The rest of the story at Badger Blogger.

Separated at birth?

Governor Badger.



Honey Badger.



WEAC probably thinks they were.

NFL Tag Team Champions

Obscure Packers Trivia

Name a company, other than Green Bay Packers, Inc., that Vincent T. Lombardi worked for in 1968?

Cranberi Sauced

I found a bottle of Stoli Cranberi on the buffet as I cleaned up for our feast. It was a gift left over from this year's Smoke Day Party. I couldn't find any decent recipes online, so I created this cranberry sauce inspired drink recipe.

Cranberi Sauced
One part Stoli Cranberi
Two parts Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice
One part fresh orange juice
Splash of Chambord Raspberry liqueur

Combine first three ingredients in highball glass over crushed ice. Top with Chambord and garnish with whole cranberries and sliced orange.

Bottoms up!

TSA brain scan and mental pat-down

Going through screening at the Phoenix Sky Harbor last night, the TSA Trooper picked a prescription bottle out from one of my bins. After examining the bottle he made some comments about the medicine then started asking questions about the effectiveness of the medicine and its side effects. He was so interested in this Rx that he followed me from the ingress side of the X-ray scanner to the egress side, then continued his grilling as I repacked my property and put on my shoes.

I was actually happy that there wasn't a back-scatter scanner at this terminal, so I didn't want to press my luck by telling him to mind his own business and bugger off.

What kind of training does TSA give to the former QuikTrip clerks that it hires? Apparently HIPAA is another law that is not applicable to TSA.

It wasn't me

And I have a pretty good alibi.

Headless bucks turning up in northeastern Wisconsin

Oconto - Conservation wardens say an increasing number of headless bucks have been found in northeastern Wisconsin.

State Department of Natural Resources warden Mike Stahl said investigators don't know why at least a half dozen bucks have been found without their heads since the last week of October.

The DNR said four were found in Oconto County's Little Suamico-Abrams area. One was found in the Town of Spruce and another in Marinette County.

Stahl told WLUK-TV that because of various stages of decay, it's not known how all the bucks were killed, but the DNR has been able to determine at least two were shot.

No naked pictures, no touchy feelie

This is how it is done in industries that are serious about detecting explosives.

EntryScan 4 explosives detection system

GE Security's high-sensitivity, high-throughput 'puffer machine', the EntryScan 4 can detect a broad range of explosives in seconds. Using GE's patented technology, the portal can identify even the most challenging substances by detecting and analyzing their microscopic traces. This compact, redesigned model has been reduced in height for installations under 8ft (2.44m) without sacrificing any walk-through space.

Get more product information here.

AZ Living

See you in January.

Government Style Erosion Control

Step One: Pile road debris over topsoil in middle of publicly owned farm field.

Step Two: Don't install silt fencing around polluted material.



Step Three: Make sure that debris pile is not located more than 150 yards from navigable stream (click picture for large size panorama).



From your friends at the WI DNR.

Runoff from rainstorms and snowmelt picks up pollutants like sediment, oil and grease, nitrogen and phosphorus, and other chemicals and carries them into storm sewers or directly into waterbodies. Preventing contamination of storm water is critically important or polluted runoff will be discharged - untreated - into the waterbodies we use for swimming, fishing, and drinking water.

Of course, those rules do not apply to our municipal superiors.

Gov. Doyle responsible for 400 new jobs

Wisconsin-based manufacturer Sub-Zero Inc. may add 100 Valley jobs

A new facility opening in Goodyear will add higher-paying manufacturing jobs to the metro Phoenix economy and could bring nearly 400 jobs to a business park that has been empty since 2008.

Sub-Zero Inc., a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of high-end refrigeration, freezer and wine-storage units, is expanding its Arizona base and opening a facility at the Palm Valley 303 business park in late 2011.

Right in my new backyard.

From the Arizona Republic.

Will that bastard ever stop f-ing with me?

It's bad enough that I have to fly on Labor Day, but the dipshit in chief has decided to mess with my 5:30 flight to Phoenix (home of the free and the brave). Can someone make the asshole stay away from here?

Obama will be at Laborfest, annually the largest gathering of labor unions in the state, on Monday afternoon. His visit will be brief, but his address is expected to be directed toward working families.

Laborfest, at the Maier Festival Grounds, will be open from noon to 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Gates open at 11 a.m. Obama is expected to arrive in Milwaukee about 1:30 p.m.

The Milkman

I saw Herb Kohl today at the State Fair. What the hell is he doing in the U.S. Senate? He can't even shake hands like an adult. That sickly little shit should be in a nursing home.

Dear Abby, Dear Abby ....

Dear Abby,

I was alone with my company's president for several hours this week and it wasn't long before he started tossing out liberal talking points - "That idiot Sarah Palin," "The failed Bush administration," etc. The man is tremendously successful and a brilliant man in his area of expertise, but his understanding of politics is stuck at a very adolescent level. He's a NPR listening, big city, limousine liberal; and certainly gets more reinforcement of his beliefs than he needs from his circle of friends.

I mostly bit my tongue, despite him saying he doesn't hold anyone's political views against them. Yeah, right!

Did I do the right thing or should I have challenged him, revealed my beliefs, and pointed out factual errors (little things like Congress controls expenditures and the Democrats have controlled Congress since 2007)?

Signed,

A total suck up

Looking out my backdoor

Close to a decision

Institutional racism

Even in this day and age, Italians are second class citizens at Lake Park.





Translation: Go away Wops!

Someone shoot me

I've been told that I look like the waste of oxygen in the background of this picture.

At least Halloween will be easy this year.

Turn right, then make your choice

I'd choose the surprise.

Simple solutions

Problem: MPS students cannot read.

Simple Solution: Teach the students to read. Get rid of whatever latest fad they are using (Riting to read?) and try Phonics. Yes, it means the teachers will actually have to teach, the poor overpaid dears, but the student will learn.


Problem: MMSD water rates are too high because of decreasing demand.

Problem: Waukesha is mandated by EPA overreach to stop using their well water.

Simple Solution: MMSD sell water to Waukesha at current (or discounted) rates, thereby increasing their demand and eliminating the need to increase water rates to their current customers.