current affairs

And it isn't already????

Published on July 24 2005

AP: 4 Unions to Boycott AFL-CIO Meeting - Yahoo! News Labor experts predicted a rough road ahead for both factions. "What a divided AFL-CIO would do is signal to opponents of the labor movement that the House of Labor is in disarray and therefore is vulnerable,"...

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home sweet home in badgerland

Published on July 18 2005

The State | 07/10/2005 | Illegal aliens getting home loans MILWAUKEE — Javier and Araceli Garcia, illegal immigrants from Mexico, never imagined that the U.S. government would help them buy a home. But last year, the couple secured a $54,600 mortgage...

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Leo responds

Published on July 18 2005

Daily Blog: On Language And Reality The President of my new International responds to a posting on the Working Life blog. Interesting to know that he reads this.

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...all I can say

Published on July 7 2005

"It’s important, however, that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on...

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Happy Birthday

Published on July 4 2005

JS Online: Gaylord Nelson dies at age 89 The former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator is regarded as one of the most significant people of the 20th century in Wisconsin, ranking fourth in a survey of 42 historians and other experts. Only Progressive...

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"Pigs have FLOWN!" ***

Published on July 2 2005

Just finished listening to the Pink Floyd reunion on XM ........maybe as close to getting #37 accomplished as I'll ever get. What I wouldn't have given to have been in London today to see that in person...... Thank you, XM.... Okay, Mr. Bob Seger, your...

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Sandra D is retiring

Published on July 1 2005

We haven't had enough bickering about filibusters yet, and we're all itching for a good old partisan showdown to last the rest of the summer.......

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Good Times article

Published on June 28 2005

Published a couple days ago, but I'm outta the loop anyway. Still worth reading. And I'm leaning towards Poli 175. ;-) Who Are Americans to Think That Freedom Is Theirs to Spread? - New York Times Other democratic leaders may suspect Bush is right, but...

CNN.com - John Fiedler, voice of Piglet, dies - Jun 27, 2005 NEW YORK (AP) -- John Fiedler, a stage actor who won fame as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh films, died Saturday, The New York Times reported in Monday editions. He was...