Climate Change - Is Wisconsin Warming?

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 6:17 PM PST

2010/03/01 · 18:17

Is it getting warmer in Wisconsin? Given all the recent controversy over climate change, I thought it would be interesting to look at historical Wisconsin temperature data to see if there are any discernible trends. Although the continental US is warming significantly slower than most other temperate regions, we have good temperature records going back more than a hundred years, so if it is getting warmer in Wisconsin we should be able to see it.

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Thursday April 16, 2009 · 6:00 PM PDT

2009/04/16 · 18:00

(Sorry, but to see the pictures you'll have to visit my blog, ReformDem. Posting lots of pictures to DailyKos is a big hassle.)

I attended the Madison Wisconsin Tea Party yesterday. It was an interesting event to watch through the eyes of a liberal Democrat. Americans for Prosperity organized and paid for the Madison protest. Very professional and well-run. AFP may be a right-wing corporate front group, but they sure know how to put together an event. Democrats, and the left in general, could learn a lot from these guys.

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 · 2:29 PM PST

2008/11/26 · 14:29

So, big turkeys are "inefficient breeders", which means there's one more thing we should all give thanks for tomorrow: The humble turkey baster. Without this versatile tool far fewer of us would be able to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal...

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 1:38 PM PDT

2008/08/05 · 13:38

Something very strange is happening to coal prices in the US. A massive discrepancy has opened between prices east and west of the Mississippi, with the far west flat at around $12 to $15 per ton and the east soaring to nearly $150 ton, triple last year's prices.

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Tuesday November 27, 2007 · 8:49 PM PST

2007/11/27 · 20:49

Below the fold is a scorecard showing all 33 Wisconsin State Senate districts sorted by PVI* and color-coded by party. This makes it really easy to see which races are likely to be hot his year. For Dems it's going to be Breske and Hansen, and for Republicans it's going to be Kapanke. Breske's long tenure gives him an advantage, and Hansen was first elected in 2000 which helps, but Kapanke looks mighty vulnerable as a first term incumbent. I'm working on a similar ranking for WI Assembly districts. More on my blog, ReformDem.

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 10:45 AM PDT

2007/03/20 · 10:45

As a liberal who is strongly and actively opposed to the war in Iraq, I've been challenged many times as to why I didn't serve in the military. Although I've never shared my story before, and it's difficult for me to write this now, it is perhaps the appropriate time. Today marks the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, and it seems only now are many of the physical and mental costs paid by those who have fought in Iraq becoming apparent to the American people. But all wars extract a similar toll, and my tale is that of the terrible price paid by an American soldier, and his family, in another unnecessary and immoral war a generation ago.

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Tuesday December 19, 2006 · 8:43 AM PST

2006/12/19 · 08:43

Politics, like chess, is a game where skillful maneuvering often determines the difference between success and failure. I believe that President Bush is setting a deadly trap for Democrats with his push for more troops in Iraq, and that Senator Reid is one of the few Dems who has recognized the danger and is responding appropriately.

The key to understanding the trap is to recognize that although Democrats can cut off funding for additional troops, Bush can still send them to Iraq anyway. As Commander-in-Chief he doesn't need Democratic permission to do so, nor does he need extra appropriations to get them there, only to supply and equip them once they arrive...

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Tuesday November 14, 2006 · 1:43 PM PST

2006/11/14 · 13:43

There's been a lot of speculation, much of it wrong, about why Kathleen Falk lost the Wisconsin Attorney General's race to JB Van Hollen. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." So join me to look at the facts in this race, and learn, to the extent possible, the truth about why this was the only statewide race we lost in Wisconsin this election cycle. Read More

The Most Homophobic County In Wisconsin

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 12:07 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 12:07

Yesterday Wisconsin overwhelmingly voted for a broadly drawn state constitutional amendment that bans both gay marriage and anything "substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals", meaning civil unions and possibly even domestic partner benefits. The results were 1,259,489 (59.4%) in favor of the amendment, and 860,996 (40.6%) opposed.

Out of Wisconsin's 72 counties, only one, Dane County, voted against the amendment, although several others were fairly close. Join me on the flip for a little analysis and a map showing the results county by county, and to learn which county has the dubious distinction of being the most homophobic in Wisconsin.
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WI Attorney General's Race is Tight!

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 3:00 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 15:00

Here's a look at the poll numbers in the Wisconsin Attorney General's race:

		FALK	VAN HOLLEN
9/21	WisPolitics	38%	33%
10/4	WISC-TV	45%	40%
10/16	WPR/St Norbert	44%	38%
10/23	WI Realtors Assoc	35%	42%
10/30	UW Badger Poll	44%@	39%@
		--------	--------
	AVERAGE	41%	38%

@Likely voters

(If you know of other polls please post them in the comments) Read More

WI Governor's Race - Doyle in Trouble?

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Wednesday November 01, 2006 · 8:24 AM PST

2006/11/01 · 08:24

The latest polls in the Wisconsin Governors race are all over the map, from showing the race tied (Zogby, 10/27) to Doyle up by 14% (University of Wisconsin, 10/26). A better and more realistic measure is the average of several polls, and Pollster.com does exactly that for almost every race they track. As shown in the chart on the flip, the average of the last five polls shows Doyle ahead by 4%: 48% to 44% with 8% undecided (third party supporters are listed as undecided in this breakdown). Read More

Turnout vs. Age: Who's Going To Vote On November 7th?

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Monday October 30, 2006 · 8:08 AM PST

2006/10/30 · 08:08

I recently needed to know US voter turnout rates verses age for an analysis I did of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's popularity. A quick web search turned up answers that were all over the map, with few people citing their sources or giving historical information. So I decided to do the research myself and this is the result:

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