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November 28, 2015

John Doe prosecutors want courts to preserve, not destroy, records (Scott Walker)

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/john-doe-prosecutors-want-courts-to-preserve-not-destroy-records-b99623388z1-356297961.html

Madison— The latest front in the legal battle over a pair of probes into Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and his associates is whether evidence and investigation records must be destroyed. The state Supreme Court this summer ruled prosecutors must destroy material they gathered in the second of those two probes.

Prosecutors this week asked a federal judge for an order that they hang onto it so they can defend themselves in litigation over how they handled the investigations. They also asked to protect material from the first probe, out of fear that some of it could be at risk of being destroyed. It's a reminder that while the investigations are over, the legal fight is not.

The latest squabble could lead to a dispute between state and federal courts over whether anything must be destroyed. Prosecutors have asked the state Supreme Court to modify its order to destroy records so they can use them to defend themselves. This week they also asked U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to order the preservation of those records.

That raises the possibility of the state Supreme Court ruling one way and Adelman ruling the other — with no clear answer on whose order had to be followed. Already attorneys for one subject of investigation have argued Adelman has no ability to rule on an issue the Wisconsin Supreme Court is already dealing with.



Our State Supreme Court is every bit as corrupt as Walker.
November 28, 2015

RoJo: Income Inequality Is The American Way!

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2015/11/rojo-income-inequality-is-american-way.html



Ron Johnson, in his last year of being a US Senator, says that income inequality is the American Way and that if you want better income equality, go to North Korea:

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said at a forum this week that people should look at North Korea if they want to improve the gap between the rich and poor, adding that he doesn’t want to see Americans be “equally poor.”

“First of all, you want really good income equality, go to North Korea,” the Republican senator said at a town hall-style meeting Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. “I’m serious. Probably the nation on earth where you’ve got the most income equality is probably North Korea, so I don’t want to see people equally poor.”


In other words, what RoJo is saying is "Don't ask what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country's corporate overlords."




You can fight to unseat this asshat by giving a buck or two here: http://russfeingold.com/
November 28, 2015

5 Things You Can Do to Combat Climate Change

http://www.progressive.org/news/2015/11/188435/5-things-you-can-do-combat-climate-change



1) Don’t change your light bulb, not just yet. For a long time green groups told us that our individual carbon footprints were the critical focus. But this is wrong; climate change is a structural and systemic problem, so the most important thing to do is not be an individual. It’s to join together with others in a movement big enough to counter the power of the fossil fuel industry. 350.org is one easy way, and there are other groups as well, from the Sierra Club to the Indigenous Environmental Network.

2) Pressure your local utility, and its regulators, to make sure they’re making it easy to put up solar panels. Too many utilities are starting to cut deals with the bad guys, restricting renewable energy. The state’s public service board too often operates in darkness, but this can change.

3) Get your institutions—colleges, churches synagogues, local governments—to divest from fossil fuels. Already endowments totaling $2.6 trillion have sold their shares in coal, gas and oil stocks. Gofossilfree.org is the organizing hub.

4) Prepare yourself for civil disobedience, perhaps this spring in the worldwide day of action against the biggest carbon deposits on earth. As Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the wonderful Hip Hop Caucus always says, “this is the lunch-counter moment for the 21st century.” Peaceful resistance can have huge effect, and the better trained you are the more useful you’ll be.
November 27, 2015

Donald Trump: “I’m thankful for ...

Donald Trump: “I’m thankful for my TEN BILLION DOLLARS, my trophy wife, my hot daughter, and the media who are so easily manipulated. Amen.”



Fox News just reported that the turkey Obama pardoned yesterday flew to Syria and is now fighting for ISIS



Marco Rubio: "#ImThankfulFor the Paris attacks, which allow me to sound like a tough neocon, instead of the pathetic loser I really am."



Conservatives contend they are not Nazis and anybody that says that should be registered in a database and put in a special camp.





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November 27, 2015

Grow Your Own Dope

November 26, 2015

Rahm Emanuel: "I ask the protests to be peaceful. Yes, it's police murder, but ...

Rahm Emanuel: "I ask the protests to be peaceful. Yes, it's police murder, but after I saw the video, I was able to keep silent for a year!"



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November 25, 2015

Wisconsin DU Meetup in Madison Friday, December 4th.

Meet mopinko, Scuba and other DU members. Who's in????



When: Friday, December 4th at 5:00 p.m.

Where: Madison's Weary Traveler, 1201 Williamson Street, Madison


http://www.wearytravelerfreehouse.com/

November 24, 2015

Wisconsin DU Meetup in Madison Friday, December 4th.

Meet mopinko, Scuba and other DU members. Who's in????



When: Friday, December 4th at 5:00 p.m.

Where: Madison's Weary Traveler, 1201 Williamson Street, Madison


http://www.wearytravelerfreehouse.com/

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