Pardon us all to hell but …
… like the mayor of San Francisco — we are feeling the spirit!
“The Left chose to ignore the [Mexican] border,” Erick-Woods Erickson observes, “until they could blame America and law enforcement for something.” Our progressive … acquaintances (for they ARE …) are taking umbrage that mounted border patrol agents are whipping illegal immigrants.
A border patrol agent on horseback is shown trying to keep Haitian refugees out of an area. A reporter confused the agent’s reins for a whip and accused the border patrol agent of beating the refugee with the whip. In fact, the agent was controlling his horse. — Erick-Woods Erickson.
→ Psaki asked about image of Border Patrol agent with apparent whip: ‘obviously horrific’ — NBC News.
→ Joy Reid pushes Border Patrol whip narrative on MSNBC show. (Source here.)
Erickson notes that In Ferguson MO, a reporter for the Huffington Post set off a firestorm by suggesting the police were using rubber bullets against a crowd of black protestors. He actually had taken a picture of foam earplugs on the ground. It’s what is called “agit-prop.” Communists invented the technique of conjuring inflammatory nonsense in order to whip up the base.
Now, who will protect it from the cultural vandals?
— Katelyn Ferral photo?
WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has introduced Assembly Bill 563, which requires teaching civics. “It will ensure that students will be taught about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.” Only 24 percent of students in eighth-grade were at or above proficiency in civics according to the 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Pay attention to your backyard! Just as the State of Wisconsin is embarking on redrawing its legislative districts following last year’s Census, so is the City of Madison dickering with its aldermanic maps. Plan to have the maps done for Common Council action on October 19. See what is being proposed so far. County government is also redistricting.
Obscure reason for outrage disconvered! The mighty scythe of progressive Wokism swings ever wider. From the New York Times: “Taking the ‘shame part’ out of female anatomy. Anatomists have bid farewell to “pudendum,” [which apparently means “ashamed” in Latin] but other questionable terms remain.” Does it really make any difference? Who uses that term, anyway? Let’s hope the other P word remains safe.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Be like General Milley. If you’re going to launch a pre-emptive strike on the Werkes and its fortified Stately Manor, please give us heads up. (If we don’t answer, leave a message.) Even the Sterling Hall bombers were thoughtful enough to drop a dime beforehand.
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
Any chance of Madison’s SW side being redistricted into Waukesha?
Guess I’m still scouring Zillow then.
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And in other news, the City of Madison’s ridiculous lowering of speed limits on major thoroughfares has notched another pedestrian death. Since the stupidity of lower speed limits on a six-lane state highway began the City has seen numerous pedestrian deaths on E.Wash. after claiming the lower limits will reduce, not increase, pedestrian deaths.
This idiotic initiative needs to be scrapped yesterday. It has led to MORE pedestrian deaths, more aggressive driving, and more pollution due to snarled traffic.
Stop the Stupidity!
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Yet another example of how image (especially the empty feel-good variety) trumps reality in Madison.
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Knowing the morons in charge they will cry harder, lower it again and again, and as deaths increase along with more aggressive driving, traffic backups and pollution, they will scream louder and blame “the community” for not trying hard enough.
Ultimately what the radical control freak commies want is to ban cars. That’s the truth behind their “safety” slogans.
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“… they will scream louder and blame ‘the community.'” And racism. And climate change.
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Pudendum: From the Latin meaning “that of which one ought to be ashamed.” As opposed to mutilating it and its counterpart the penis in the name of “gender reassignment.” Even if the person whose gender is being reassigned is barely old enough to read. As one of the stoic philosophers observed about Rome during the reign of Caligula: “In our time, Reason is sound asleep.”
Good to see Hans back atop his plinth gazing majestically across the Capitol lawn (Lady Forward, too). I suggest adding a plaque at the base of each statue noting that during a period of unrest and abrogation of duty by those in charge they were desecrated by a pack of feral thugs and vandals while so-called “law enforcement” stood by scratching their asses. If there were any justice, social or otherwise, Madison would be stuck with the bill for refurbishing them. Now let’s see Tommy Thompson earn his inflated salary by restoring the names of Fredric March to the Memorial Union Theatre and Porter Butts to the Union art gallery.
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Now don’t go picking on Tommy. I’ve been called out for using his name in vain on this blog. Be easy on the old grifter; he’s sensitive.
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Pity our poor … acquaintance, Lesiak. His hero is Jim Doyle.
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Oh Doyle was an AWFUL governor. Filled his administration with cookie-cutter state DOJ flunkies most of whom were mediocre-to- incompetent.
Tried to ram thru that stupid billion-dollar train. His massive cuts to University system served to pave the way for future cuts.
Most Dems couldn’t stand him and looking back he probably started my move away from the truly awful state Dem party.
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One thing I did like about Doyle was his stance on truth in sentencing laws. There is no way he would stand a chance of winning in this climate.
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All this talk about governors; why isn’t “Scooter” given a job at UW. He certainly has the grifter part down.
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Tommy 78 gets 489,334/ yr. Hired or promoted three people who worked for him and/or Walker. Ignatowski got a 21k raise. Neitzel got a 46k raise to 248,400. Stensberg went to 175k. Grifter status well earned.
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Did an annoying dog just bark again.
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Lesiak wants to prove he is as Woke as A.O.C. so let’s treat this as a teachable moment. Tommy T did not apply for the job. The Regents had dug themselves into a hole with a botched search for president. They turned to Tommy to restore some credibility to the system. He took the minimum allowable salary — roughly $50,000 less than his predecessor, Ray Cross. The maximum salary is $734,000. So he left $250,000 on the table. Some grifter! He named one Republican and one Democrat (Tom Loftus) to help in the transition. He hired (or promoted) three people? Out of 40,000 in the system? For that matter, TGT was already a millionaire before he took the job, having earned it in the private sector after leaving the governor’s office in 2001. He was elected by the people of Wisconsin to be their governor a record four times. (Something about democracy.) President George W. Bush wanted him to run his health department in Washington. But to a partisan like Lesiak, Thompson is only a “grifter.”
Are you aware how such pettiness demeans you?
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I suggest others on this esteemed blog write Tommy, as I did, reminding him of the stain on the UW’s reputation that the whole country knows about thanks to the stunningly honest editorial in the NY Times, and suggesting that he: 1) reinstate the names of Fredric March and Porter Butts to the Union theatre and art gallery, and 2) issue a formal censure to Chancellor Blank of UW-Madison and Chancellor Leavitt of UW-Oshkosh. His e-mail address is: president@uwsa.edu.
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Wait, you mean this isn’t already being taught?
“WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has introduced Assembly Bill 563, which requires teaching civics. “It will ensure that students will be taught about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.”
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When you get to university they DO mention that the white, racist, patriarchal,slave owners, known as the “founders”, possibly “did some stuff”.
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This is stuff we learned in GRADE SCHOOL. Granted this was decades ago and parochial school, but still, learning about the founding of our nation is no longer required?
What a tragedy that young people aren’t learning about all the great things this country has accomplished, the strides we’ve made, the possibilities available only in a nation like ours. They learn only the negative, the version that the Socialists want them to learn.
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Col. Hans Christian Heg is gracing Das Kapital Square once again. That’s good.
When will the gracious and lovely Ms. Forward be re-installed?
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“Wassat, Good Dog” Happmann asked, “It’s already re-installed?”
In my best Rosanna Danna voice, “Nevermind.”
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Mrs. Good Dog, Happy Man said, “It cost about $80,000 to do it. They oughta bill BLM ”
I replied, “Yeah, when proglobotic pigs fly. It cost about the same to remove The Chamberlain Rock. This money was much better spent.”
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It’s ALL nertz these dayz… Examples:
Texas mom erupts at school board over ‘anal sex’ passage in middle schoolers’ book
“Take her out back, we boys figured, then hand on the t*****s, put it in her cornbox, put it in her ****hole, grab a hold of that braid, rub that calico,” Bell recited to the board Wednesday night. “You can FIND on page 39 of the book called, ‘Out of Darkness,’ which you can find at Hudson Bend Middle School and Bee Cave Middle School.”
“I do not want my children to learn about anal sex in middle school,” said Bell, raising her voice before her MIC WAS CUT OFF. “You are not public health officials. You are supposed to be educating our children.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-mom-school-board-anal-sex-book
VIDEO _ _
https://www.tmz.com/videos/2021-09-19-091921-texas-mother-1250771/
South Carolina teacher criticizes ‘hurt feelings’ of non-white students, they demand his removal
“I was working with two Black students after class was over and I was listening to their frustration and isolation,” said artist-in-resident Dr. Susan Finque. “One of the students jumped up and started writing names on the board. The stupid thing I did was WE LEFT THAT ROOM & I DID NOT ERASE that board.”
An email chain was then formed about the incident, and students took issue with another professor, Dr. Robert Earnest of the theater department, and how he responded to the situation.
“I don’t think it’s a big deal,” Earnest said in the emails, which were examined by ABC15. “I’m just sad people get their feelings hurt so easily. And they are going into theatre?”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/coastal-carolina-university-professor-racially-insensitive-removed-protest
MSNBC’s Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as ‘missing White woman syndrome’.
Yoiks, I say !
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This stuff shows no signs of abating either. It’s the new normal.
Dave doesn’t like it when we say we’re losing our country, but it sure feels like it. Have you seen our borders lately?
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The Dems have finally noticed the open border–but only because they falsely accused border patrol officers of whipping black illegal aliens while on horseback. Not a word from them about the thousands of the unvetted and unvaccinated streaming across every day.
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MOF, our dear local Nada posited on Isthmus about this isolated whipping incident.
What make these folks different from folks who follow the rules and apply for legal immigration? The USA has always been accessible, (and the stats manifest it), to immigrants. Why does this group seek to displace all those who have been patient as they proceed thru LEGAL means to enter the USA ? If they attempted entry legally, no problem w/ out-of-the-ordinary vignettes like this. This editorial seems to encourage law-breakers and discourage true immigrants. The result is more chaos; why be a part of that, Nada?
I doubt our local provocateur will change her attitude, nor will the other non-thinking cadre of SJW’s….
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Illegal immigrants are future Democratic voters, or at least the Progressives are hoping so.
Agreed, GS, we are a nation of immigrants who come from somewhere else. We should welcome people from all countries who want to uphold American ideals, provided they are here LEGALLY.
What’s happening now is unfair to them and us. We have immigration laws for good reasons. Subverting those laws to accommodate people for political purposes is anti-American.
Progressives are getting their open society, and at this rate we will no longer be an independent nation. What’s happening at the border is not sustainable and will likely change the fabric of this nation. Just as Progressives want. Remember, we have more than three years left of this.
So will I overlook Trump’s personality if it means putting America’s needs first? You bet.
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Liberty: “So will I overlook Trump’s personality if it means putting America’s needs first? You bet.”
You may get your wish. Another CNN pundit, Gloria Borger, and journalistic lion Bob Woodward, guesting on MSNBC Tuesday, both opined that Mr. Trump will run for President in the 2024 campaign.
Interesting tidbit in the Wednesday newscycle: George W. Bush will hold a fundraiser for Congresswoman Liz Cheney in October.
Speaking as a moderate, would you support Liz Cheney if she were to enter the race, or Donald Trump?
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Note: The above-mentioned fundraiser will be to help Liz Cheney’s re-election bid to Congress, according to an AP article printed in today’s Wisconsin State Journal. Still, it would be interesting to watch a Cheney try for the White House at some point.
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Voice,
“Speaking as a moderate, would you support Liz Cheney if she were to enter the race, or Donald Trump?”
I think what you consider a moderate and I consider a moderate are different things. Trump protected our borders, focused on manufacturing jobs in the US, brokered Mid-East peace deals, made animal cruelty a federal crime, worked to combat human trafficking, created meaningful prison reform, accomplished energy independence. For me, these are moderate American values.
On one hand, Cheney is a reliable conservative. She voted yea on proposals like withholding federal funds from states that don’t follow immigration laws, and increasing criminal penalties for those here illegally.
But this is someone who, if we’re being honest, got elected largely because of her father’s networks, and she has always promoted her father’s wars. When Trump attacked our ongoing presence in Afghanistan (as well as decision to go to Iraq), she doubled down by working with Democrats to maintain presence there. This leads me to believe that her defiance of Trump has been politically motivated and not because of some sense of honor.
That Bush is hosting a fundraiser for her does little to instill confidence. This is someone who on 9/11 made a speech in which he equated Trump supporters with Jihadists. At a time when he should have been sowing unity, he used his pulpit to basically attack Trump, and by extension tens of millions of law-abiding Americans. So establishment.
So the answer to your question: I would support Trump over Cheney. Unless of course, I could be convinced that Cheney is the better choice.
Not that she has a chance, but if Tulsi Gabbard were to run against Cheney, I’d support Gabbard.
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Liberty is worried about W sowing disunity on 9/11 plus 20. Trump used the anniversary to bitch about being robbed. Some pulpit!
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Liberty: Maybe we’re not referencing the same speech, but listening to W’s 20th anniversary Flight 93 speech I heard an allusion to “violent extremists”. Nothing about Trump supporters being linked to jihadists.
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“Liberty is worried about W sowing disunity on 9/11 plus 20. Trump used the anniversary to bitch about being robbed. Some pulpit!”
Doesn’t make what W did right. We can’t always say “But Trump did it, too!” when one of our preferred candidates is wrong. Let’s start holding everyone accountable, regardless of party.
I thought you were about intellectual honesty.
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You thought about intellectual honesty? For how long? Does that mean giving Trump a free pass about using the 9/11 anniversary to spin ever more desperate conspiracy theories about losing the election? We can defend ourselves from attacks on our democracy from outside. It’s termites like Trump that will bring us down.
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Dave,
Free pass? I’ve called out Trump when he was wrong. I’ve chastised his overbearing personality. I disavowed 1/6, as have most other public facing conservatives. What more do we have to do to “atone” for the sins of people who crossed the line and whom we don’t even know?
Fine, you don’t like Trump. You think he’s boorish. Got it. Really, we all get it by now.
And I will admit that it’s time to move on from Trump, because he’s a distraction at this point. I’ll rally around most any conservative for president, and if it comes down to it I’ll vote for Cheney over a Progressive (Gabbard is the only Dem I’d even consider). But if you think people want more establishment politics like that of the Cheneys and Bushes, you’re mistaken. We’re way past that.
Maybe if you can explain WHY we should rally around establishment politicians, I might even agree with some of your points.
“We can defend ourselves from attacks on our democracy from outside.”
Are you sure about that? Have you seen our southern border? Have you seen the Afghan vetting process that allowed an alleged wife beater and alleged child molester to enter our country? Have you seen that police departments, our first line of defense, are broken? Reports show that morale is down in our military, which has been penetrated by CRT and other leftist wokeness. They’re also not meeting their recruitment goals.
And we’re not even a year into Biden’s presidency.
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Voice,
He compared the terrorists from 9/11 with those who stormed the Capital on 1/6. Really? A bunch of hillbillies and mentally ill people walking around the Capitol (have you seen recent footage; not as damning as we were led to believe) are of the same mind as the fanatics who lop off heads, fly planes into buildings, and beat women just because?
Those who support Trump saw it as a dig. Referencing on the anniversary of 9/11 was not appropriate.
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Liberty: Thanks for clarifying. It was sad to see a collection of unhinged and disenfranchised citizens lose their way on January 06. I think this was a spontaneous outburst, not planned.
The terrorism of 9/11/2001 was pure evil. January 06 does not compare in any way, shape or form to that nightmare.
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Voice, agreed. And I thank you for keeping it real!
The people culpable for 1/6 are being held accountable, as they should be. Every public facing conservative I follow has disavowed that event, as have I. How much longer do tens of millions of Trump supporters have to be held accountable for the action of a few unhinged?
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Can someone please explain why a white person should feel guilty when if the roles were reversed and bipocs were the dominant race, everything would be the same.
Asking for a friend.
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The UW payroll is obscene. Full stop. The retirement bennies are obscene. The very idea of tenure is bulls&^t.
Why no rethinking of higher education? Ever?
Simple… they got theirs.
It is the educational industrial government complex and every bit as competent as the Pentagon.
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Amen, brother. Amen. I thank my lucky stars I retired just before the total moral implosion of higher education in this country, which has become a boot camp for social justice activists (formerly known as the unemployed). College kids today know nothing about rational argument, and how could they given that from day one they’re indoctrinated by professors and administrators whose sole purpose is to turn out smug, close-minded little progressives/socialists, miniature versions of themselves, who either know nothing about the values and traditions of Western culture or have been programmed to despise it.
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