It seems a few “interesting” things happened while I was taking an unplanned/unannounced “break”. Let’s see if I can come up with coherent, semi-fresh thoughts on a couple of them:
- The Russians have been VERY bad actors on the world stage of late. They’ve sealed a deal to send helicopters to Venezuela, and it appears they gave Iran the Shkval underwater rocket. Leftists everywhere are wondering when Comrade Vladimir Putin announces the return of the name “Soviet Union”, and they’re hoping it is soon.
- The DOT announced that it has a funding “crisis”. This is despite some of the highest gas taxes in the country, and a surplus so high that Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale) and the RepublicRATs in the Legislature raided the fund to the tune of $485 million. The Journtinel, predictably, called on less spending on roads and more and more taxes before lamely saying that the fund shouldn’t be raided any more. I humbly suggest that if one stopped raiding the transportation fund (and others) for the benefit of WEAC and stopped subsidizing the tranportation of air via bus in this state, we’ll have more than enough money to keep on building 4-lane divided bypasses of every UpNorth hamlet.
- Hurray Beer! The Brew Crew is 3-0. It may have been 3 ugly victories against a subpar team, but it’s the best start in a decade. 9 more, and we’ve got free burgers from Webb’s. I just hope it isn’t raining like the day they gave the burgers away in 1987.
- Speaking of the Brew Crew, I took advantage of the fact that the Brewers are giving those of us suckers in the 5-county taxing area a break on ticket prices, and made my first visit to Miller Park since 2001 Wednesday night. Talk about sticker shock; $6 for a beer? $4 for a brat? Damn but that’s expensive. The panini available at the stand by Friday’s is a decent buy at $6.75 though.
- The Lieberals had a big day Tuesday. They (barely) kept Dick Bolender in office as mayor, scored an upset in Waukesha as conservatives stayed home, and got their headline as 24 of 32 mostly-cherry-picked communities approved anti-war referrenda. Of course, if you removed the lieberal bastions of Madistan, La Crosse and Shorewood, as many people voted against the pull-out refferenda as voted for it.
- Some UWM students want to change the name of the university to Wisconsin State University. No word on whether the owners of Wisconsin Skate University will sue for copyright infringement.
There’s a few more items that warrant their own posts, so I’ll be doing that.
