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Our Founder
and irascible head groundskeeper at the Policy Werkes is David Blaska, former has-been, 33-year card-carrying RINO, recovering know-it-all journalist. Holds the record for banishment on the NextDoor social media app. Aging gracelessly at Stately Blaska Manor on the SW side of Madison WI, the Emerald City.
My pronouns are “Sir” and “Your Lordship” but you dasn’t call me Late For Dinner.
→ “Why I’ll never vote for Trump again.” In Sunday’s 05-21-23 WI State Journal.
→ “Blaska & Me” by Dave Cieslewicz.
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Why Mark Pocan, D-Madison, voted against the debt limit deal
“Forget the debt ceiling. The Biden-McCarthy compromise is a big deal because it is a spending compromise. An important provision of the deal is that if, by the end of the year, the House and Senate haven’t passed 12 appropriations bills (the long-forgotten way budgeting is supposed to work), all discretionary spending would become subject to an automatic 1% cut. This is what is known as a “sequester.” A sequester is to Democrats what garlic is to vampires. …
“The truth today is this: The modern Democratic Party — the party of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and the House Squad — won’t cut or slow spending for any existing federal program, ever. Now, Mr. McCarthy’s negotiators have managed to create a wedge against the left’s massive opposition to spending reforms.”
— Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal.
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11 killed, 46 wounded Memorial Day in Chicago
Deadliest Memorial Day weekend there in eight years.
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It is to laugh
“Clarence Thomas, resign or be impeached”
Like Kevin McCarthy’s House of Reps is going to impeach Justice Thomas! (!!!) 😛
— Where else but in The Nation.
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Question of the Day
What ‘Deep State’?
Rachael Rollins, the US attorney for Massachusetts, leaked sensitive Justice Department information to a journalist in an effort to influence a local election, lied to investigators and improperly attended a fundraiser with Jill Biden, according to two critical federal reports released Wednesday. (More here.)
How can anyone take them seriously?
Charles C.W. Cooke asks at National Review.
“Rachel Maddow made a career out of spreading lunatic conspiracy theories on MSNBC, as did Chris Hayes and Nicolle Wallace (who is still, today, rejecting all evidence that contradicts her fever dream). Adam Schiff lied relentlessly from his official perch on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is now gearing up to run for the Senate.”
Got up a couple hours after I retired, and read a bunch of commentary about The Game. My takeaway? We’ve had enough “kicks at the can” with with Rodgers. He’s a legendary quarterback with flaws, and I’m grateful for the thirty year Favre/Rodgers run despite the lack of success when it really counted.
Given the failure last night when everything was in place, and after all the off-season drama; it’s time to rebuild. We fans need a reason to root hard for our Packers next year.
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Newsflash: nobody cares about overpaid, overrated “athletes” playing in woke sports.
In recent years if you take a little time to observe, in much of Wisconsin more than a few of us have just stopped caring about the Packers, which is remarkable.
Once the NFL went Full Woke that started the decline.
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Yep.
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I had strong suspicions all year that they were not as good as their record. Lot’s of close games and last second wins.
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Defense played great.
Silver lining: if Rams beat Bucs, NFC championship will be at SoFi stadium. We SoFi stockholders like the additional exposure. Always think “What’s in it for me?”.
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can you still get the Rodgers Rate?
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Ha! Been with State Farm for over 30 years.
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Devastating, low-energy loss. Sure, a bit of a bad break w/ the unearned TD on a muffed kick, but talk about a DOA playoff team —The Green & Gold was fuzzy with mold.
Only ONE thing was worse: The Pack unwittingly created the perfect opportunity for Jimmy G. to mouth off like the teenage girl he is…
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You can’t hold him accountable for what he says! He’s just a youngster…
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The nod to the Favre/Rodgers era is worth noting. How fortunate for so long to have been fans of a team so blessed. What if we’d had to root for da Bears?
Given that, time to turn. I’m not especially confident of where the Packers are headed from here, nor do I particularly care, but I’ve finally seen enough of Rodgers as the focal point. Thanks for the memories. Let him pass.
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It was just a sad game to watch. End of an era.
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Da Woke NFL. Commercials about getting paid less because of color, not ability. Their ship has sailed. We do need bread and circuses though for the peons to be distracted once the trap door opens. Wondering when we\ll be seeing commercials of 2 Mommies on the way to the spunk bank in their dependable Subaru.
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And, stop home field advantage crap just so they can get shit faced wearing dumb cheese wiz hats, playing when 10 degrees instead of a covered venue would have made big difference, but then again, I knew Rodgers would choke again, but still get MVP for mo money for 2nd place again this yr.
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To David: text in comment line doesn’t show., email line and name does though, crazy.
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