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Burning down the town for peace
Madison’s police monitor promises to ‘f-ing burn this city down!’ It’s a political Rorschach test here in Madison WI. Irresponsible or understandable? Depends whether you’re an over-taxed home owner paying off a mortgage or a social justice warrior voting Francesca Hong next Tuesday. “I will f-ing burn this city down!” No denying: Aeiramique Glass, Madison’s…
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Madison progressive alder calls police monitor behavior ‘outrageous’
Alder agrees: ‘Burn this F-ing City down’ is “outrageous.” Tag Evers is no Republican. By profession he is a concert promoter. Currently in his fourth term as a City of Madison alder. Represents the affluent and very progressive Monroe/Dudgeon/Nakoma/Vilas/Regent neighborhoods on Madison’s near West side. Nice guy. Once asked me to sit down for coffee with…
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‘Things are about to get bad’
‘Burn this city down!’ — Madison’s Independent Police Monitor Great thing about electronic message boards: they can be rewritten with a few keystrokes. Driving in at 8 this morning, CSN&Y’s “Woodstock” on the tunes, two electronic signs proclaimed that Madison’s Willy Street was open for bidness. When it’s not closed. The mob had shut it…
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Thank you, Mayor Satya
Brenda Konkel says she has ‘no words.’ Blaska on the other hand, has two words: THANK YOU! Most welcome news this Tuesday morning. At daybreak this morning, the mayor of Madison WI sent in two of the surest and strongest forces of civilization — namely, police and garbage trucks — to reclaim its streets from…
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Blaska goes anonymous to the autonomous
Corey Ruiz automaton zone, that is. What kind of heartless bastid would plant a yard sign in support of Madison police at the intersection of Williamson and Jenifer Streets just seven blocks from the anti-cop Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone? All we know is the triggering sign wasn’t there when we arrived this Sunday morning and…
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A group of individuals, between 30 and 40 who … it felt as though they were trying, frankly, to pick a fight.” — Madison Police Chief John Patterson
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Democrats lose the center
“Yes, my vote is in play I’m not voting for anyone who thinks the wrong side that won the Cold War or cheers for the intifada like it’s the World Cup. It’s so ironic, from the people who obsess about colonization; you know who’’s being colonized now the Democratic party. — Bill Maher
Today’s Laff Riot!
“There is a weird self-loathing going on among white liberals: … ‘I realize I’m only speaking as a white male and I acknowledge our tragic history of oppression but you left your lights on.”’ — Bill Maher