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Put the kid in the game
We want more Isaac! Seated front row before the flickering b&w Philco, the Head Groundskeeper whooped and hollered when UW Badger basketball coach Greg Gard’s kid drained that 3-pointer Wednesday. Guessing you could hear Madison cheering all the way to Rockford. The game was already well in hand; the Badgers were blowing out the Maryland…
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More Woke Racism from The Capital Times
Progressives need victims! Mars needs women! My former employer is saying the quiet part out loud: that the WI Institute for Law & Liberty is racist. The emeritus editor of The Capital Times accuses the pro-bono conservative law firm of “[using] anti-racist policies for a racist cause:” With generous tax deductible funding from the right-wing…
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How do you know? Do you do a count?
“Okay! But are ya sure? ‘Cause I mean, how do you know? Do you do a count? Or what kind of a routine do you have here?” — Sheriff Marge Gunderson questioning new car sales manager Jerry Lundegaard Grifters, many of them Somali immigrants, have stolen at least $9 Billion in taxpayer money in bogus…
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War! What is it good for?
How about Peace in the Middle East? Say it, say it, say it again! We defer matters above our pay grade to columnist Bret Stephens, token conservative at the New York Times, who neatly expresses this registered voter’s opinion. “Everyone is joyful; it is one of the best days of probably 95 percent of Iranians’…
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A place where everybody knows your name
Breaking up is hard to do. RIP: Neil Sedaka. It was terrible, bad, and awful news. Sofra’s restaurant in Middleton WI was closing, your irascible host learned while seated at his usual place near the front window facing the entrance on Elmwood Avenue. Always the same seat in the same place, Thursday mornings at 7:30. Routine,…
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Good thing the two weren’t Republican!
Progressivism has its privileges. Brother Mike was working the farm one morning when he got a call from The Capital Times. A supervisor, a member of his conservative caucus, had been slurring his words at a county government meeting the night before, the news reporter related. Might have been drunk. What are you going to…



