The economy is ill. We all know it. Several hundred point fluctuations in the stock markets have become so common place that they barely raise eyebrows anymore. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost. Too many homes foreclosed. Banks and large corporations are going belly up. The auto industry is on life support.President-elect Barack Obama has called for the creation and implementation of a massive economic stimulus package, something on par with (or greater than) the New Deal policies of

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It’s a tremendous night to beat the sportsbooks. Of course fresh off perhaps the best year in recorded history for sharp sports bettors why should that be a surprise? Sharp players are winning more than ever and squares losing more and the gap will continue to widen. Yes, both professional bettors and Joeybagofdonuts are salivating for the Fiesta Bowl between Ohio State and Texas, but pro gamblers have not and will not overlook basketball betting. Let’s go to the power of 620 sports servic

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Butler: Horizon will be no picnic–The Indy StarButler’s ranking precarious–Indy Star Butler InsiderButler slides past UAB–Dawgnet News#25 Butler Returns To Horizon League Play At Valparaiso–ButlerSports.comCSU Insider: Frustrated Vikings know beating the Titans can’t be such a long shot–Cleveland Plain DealerWright State Whacks Vikings–The Fan Home of the Cleveland State VikingsDetroit Next For Viking Hoops–csuvikings.comWomen’s Hoops to Open Horizon League Play on the Road–detroittitans

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MILWAUKEE - Killings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin’s largest city among the nation’s most successful in tackling its 2008 murder rate. While New York and Chicago saw an uptick in slayings last year, other cities including…

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I went out till 1:45 am. I met friends at Mo’s Irish Pub in Milwaukee on Wisconsin and Plankinton. They had an $80 all-inclusive deal with food, drink and live music. It was very nice. Fortunately I didn’t overdo it so feel good today. Yeah.

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Happy New Year

Every bit of music is a piece of firework as far as I’m concerned, so today no special firework release. I realized I didn’t post a piece of vinyl is some days, so here’s one. Music by Vocokesh has been posted before and as said then Vocokesh is a sort of hobby project of Richard Franecki, whose main band is F/i.”F/I are From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has been around since 1981, releasing half a dozen LPs on RRRecords. The band started out as a unit elaborating on noise structures in the traditi

Continue here: F/i / Vocokesh - Merge Parlour / 3 New Untitled Tracks (LP, RRRecords RRR 082, 1992) F/i - From Poppy With Love (7", SSS Productions, RRRecords SSS 50

So let’s say that you’re designing a website for the State of Wisconsin. You’d probably want there to be some sort of Wisconsin imagery, like paint thinner or cheese, or if you were going to be serious and stuff, like the Fox River or Lambeau Field or Madison or something. You know, like this: Lovely, isn’t it? That’s the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome, superimposed over a city that includes such landmarks as the IDS Center and Wells Fargo Center. You know, Minneapolis: The State of Wisconsin

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Hometown Pride Fail

I went to Houston to visit a travel friend Joe for a few days. It was nice to get out of cold Wisconsin to warm Texas. Thursday, 12/25 - I caught a 5:30 am flight Christmas Day, arriving at 8:30 am. It was a warm 75 degrees. Joe’s neighbors came over for Christmas lunch in the afternoon and we had a nice time chatting a eating ham, turkey and assorted delicious side dishes. At night we went to see this house that won a contest for the best decorated house.Friday, 12/26 - It was a humid 78 d

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The Government Accountability Board is putting together a new web site and apparently the company doing the work used an image of Minneapolis in the header of the web site instead of Madison. The Journal Sentinel has more details… After reading the brief piece, a few things immediately caught my attention beyond the somewhat trite story about the wrong city skyline image being used on the website of a State web site. First, the fact that we as taxpayers are paying a million dollars for a we

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Wisconsin Sending $1 Million to a Company Who Doesn’t Know the Difference Between Madison and Minneapolis.

What did happened at MBR last year? Well, we joined the Facebook crowd. Come check us out, get the latest MBR news and some exclusive Facebook content. Most Commented: 8 Comments: 1/20/2008: Since It’s So Cold Out, Let’s Talk About Snowshoes - a post about New Glarus’ Snowshoe Red Ale and labels turned out some great commentary on where to buy beer around town 8 Comments: 9/12/2008: Audience Participation: Beer Cocktails - from the disgusting Bud Light Chelada to Brasserie V’s sophisticat

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