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Hailing from Madison, WI: The Sconz

In a transparent attempt to increase traffic on the blog I will be tagging every post with "viagra," "Miley Cyrus" and the "Church of Scientology."

Haha.

Consistent with the thesis that America is in a 24/7/365-1/4 election cycle, they're already drafting candidates for mayor ... in 2011.

Missing WI blogger found

The (Somewhat) Daily RAG.
But (Always) thoughtful and well written.

New Milwaukee blog

Just spotted this:

Walker's Point

I wonder if its proprietor's name is Walker (although, given the blog's content thus far, it likely isn't Scott Walker).

Nobody stirs the fondue like Plaisted

"Thug" is the new N-Word.

You have to follow the links to determine the source of the controversy (James Rowen never called anybody a racist, incidentally, so why he's supposed to apologize for something he didn't say is anyone's guess) but the funniest bit so far* is critical-thinker-for-hire Brian Fraley howling about "intimidation" and vowing not to be "silenced" by phantasmagorial bugaboos.

It's a familiar refrain and a local conservative favorite.

* Next to the argumentum ad schickelgruber, of course.

Earlier: I prefer "ruffian."

The Milwaukee Fed Sox

I keep meaning to toss a kudo or several the way of the Milwaukee Federalist Society, whose weblog here is maintained by Terrence Berres, an occasional commenter at this location and at the Shark's lair with an especially dry and therefore winning sense of humor.

While I likely wouldn't be caught dead at a Federalist Society shindig — not even to pilfer the brownies — Mr. Berres's weblog is a very useful one-stop shopping repository of Wisconsin State court opinions complete with links to relevant commentary and so forth.

I also just noticed the other day that one of Mr. Berres's colleagues, David Ziemer, is a contributor to the Wisconsin Law Journal,* where he produced a good piece about a case called State v. Jensen and its future in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Giles v. California that I've written about a number of times here.

A very highly recommended local blog, and much appreciated.

* Hard copy subscriptions: $500-plus per annum.

On the local yokels

Some classic Plaisted here.

What I find amazing is how anybody in his right mind* could assert matter of factly and presumably with a straight face that "about 2,500 people rioted."

Although, I reckon even on a clear day it's tough to see all the way to 12th and Vliet from a basement in West Bend. Interesting!

Even better, though, is a contributor to the comments thread deriding Plaisted for raising issues of "racism," and then declaring, "Blacks en masse are always a recipe for trouble."

And I did learn that people who are a bit on the heavy side are not allowed to be hungry or get their hair done.

Good times.

* I take that back. It's precisely a "right mind" that would deliberately fabricate such an outlandish distortion. I also take back finding it amazing. I find it depressing.