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Kickass
Kickass, the doorstop dog, informs the keeper that if the Earth were a tennis ball, no dog would fetch it, there being no fun in playing with what is coming to resemble a rotting meatball being picked over by opportunistic vultures and consumed by rich magots.
The keeper agrees and adds that it is only a matter of time: The once tenuous coatings of truth and intelligence on the big ball have been licked off by the tongues of narcissistic greed and downright stupidity, and it is about to sink into a galactic cesspool.
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The Hmong Story: The History and Challenges of Resettlement
On April 6, the Hmong American Center, Inc. hosted
The Hmong Story: The History and Challenges of Resettlement
April is Hmong Heritage Month in Wisconsin. Since the arrival of the first Hmong family in 1976, the Hmong people have lived and worked in Wisconsin for over 45 years, and have greatly contributed to the state's rich history, culture, economy, and public service. Wisconsin is made stronger by the Hmong people who have found a home here.
The Guest Speaker for this event was Lee Pao Xiong, who is currently the founding Director of the Center for Hmong ...
Statement on the Ukraine War Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP)
Statement on the Ukraine War
Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP)
BACP supports an armistice halting the fighting in Ukraine. BACP supports a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine ending the war.
BACP opposes the U.S. arming Ukraine, training Ukrainian soldiers, imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, or sending U.S. troops to Ukraine. These actions prolong the Ukraine War and risk a war between the United States and Russia. Instead of taking measures which prolong the war or risk a war between the United States and Russia, the U.S. should ...
Shout Out to Jeff
We have to give a shout out to one of our own once in a while. Jeff Starr is the former Vice President of the Marathon County Central Labor Council and a lifetime union member, IBEW 388. Jeff received the Ralph A. Jirikowik award for outstanding service to his community. Sadly, Covid delayed his award until now. Each year Jeff puts on the Labor History in Films in north central Wisconsin, in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin. The event is a day of films mixed with a few brief lectures explaining how unionization began in the United States. Films shown are ...
Local Elections Matter
I am sending you a little last-minute reminder if you have not already voted early or voted by mail, Tuesday, April 5, is your day to get out there and vote. Local elections are so important. Often our local elections are won by a small margin. Local elections can affect us more so than a larger race, such as a presidential election.
Something equally important I want to share with you is trusting in our elections. Anyone who has worked the polls before knows that people of all political persuasions participate as election workers. Each of Wisconsin’s 1,850 municipa...
“Investigating January 6 Insurrectionists” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast Matt Brusky
Our panel discusses Speaker Robin Vos’ meeting with conservative conspiracy theorists who are urging illegal decertification of the 2020 presidential election. Will Trump be returned to power via midterm coup? The Wisconsin Election Commission does not pursue charges against Wisconsin’s fake electors. What does it mean? We review the implications of Gannett closing its West Milwaukee printing plant where it prints the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and numerous other Wisconsin newspapers. Is there any future for corporate-owned newspapers? Finally, the progress...
GET OUT AND VOTE
Spring elections are just around the corner and generally have a low turnout. It seems so many people vote in a presidential election but not in their local races. Are you aware that local and state governments have a more direct power over our everyday lives than state and federal elections? Take a look at municipal races, the people you elect for these positions are deciding zoning policies, transportation, and roads in your area, as well as parks, policing, and libraries! School board races are another important race. Elected people here are looking at how to recruit, ...
Ukraine: An Opportunity for Peace
“War is always a choice and it is always a bad choice.” World Beyond War in their publication “A Global Security System: An Alternative to War.”
The war in Ukraine is both a wake up call about the folly of war and rare opportunity to move toward a more peaceful world.
War is not the answer whether Russia is invading Ukraine or the United States is invading Afghanistan and Iraq. It is not the answer when any other nation uses military violence to pursue some political, territorial, economic or ethnic cleansing goal. Neither is war the answer when the ...
Fear Mongering and Hate Will Divide Communities
If you are truly for equality, let's disband all the County Board Committees that include non -elected citizens, or keep them all.
If you truly think we don’t need to deliberately nurture relationships between races, faiths, ethnicities, and gender identities because we’re “all good” in Marathon County, then you should be really surprised and angered that a rabid segregationist has come out publicly spewing his fear mongering and hate that brutally divides our community.
If you honestly believe someone should have the right tool for the right job to accompl...
The Cost of Gerrymandering By Phil Anderson
The Cost of Gerrymandering
Phil Anderson
Democracy does not exist in Northwest Wisconsin when it comes to congressional representation. Because of the extreme gerrymandering of the district people essentially have no choice. Republicans are virtually assured of winning any election for the House of Representatives in the 7th Congressional District.
This is not just a problem for Democrats. It is not that Democrats are sore losers who don't have the support of the people in the district. Gerrymandering produces “safe” districts that allow ...