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Solarian

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Thursday January 19, 2012 · 11:27 AM PST

2012/01/19 · 11:27

Well set your mind at ease, Wisconsin will solve that.

https:/twitter.com#!/search/recallcam

Or participate by watching the stream live.

http://mirrors.5nines.com/...

Enjoy.

WI GOP: The law we passed is bad for us, and surprise unconstitutional.

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Thursday December 15, 2011 · 1:18 PM PST

2011/12/15 · 13:18

So not being happy with eliminating people who want to recall him from the pool of petition proof readers, Scottie and Co. have filed suit in Waukesha county saying that the GAB is breaking the law about it's position on Mickey Mouse.

That part at least is within the bounds of reasonable. Granted we have a system where your supporters challenge bogus signatures, but fine, I'll buy that.

It's bad enough that Fitz the Representative has put forth a bill making it illegal to signyour name more than once to a recall, while getting rid of the GAB that he and other state Republicans fought to put into place.

But then comes the equal protection thing. I'm fairly certain that wealthy white males aren't systematically discriminated against. Can't prove it, but I'm willing to take that on faith. So, from the first link, how can you possibly justify this:

The lawsuit says allowing multiple signatures is a violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution because it harms the rights of those not signing.

No IANAL, but I passed Con Law, and I'm fairly certain something has to be legally COUNTED before an equal protection violation occurs. Maybe someone who is either a real lawyer or a lunatic can help me shed some light on this? Does voting for the winning side violate the equal protection rights of those who vote for the loser?

And is there a tag for "the stupid, it burns"?

The Wisconsin DoA is totally trustworthy, right?

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Wednesday December 14, 2011 · 2:00 PM PST

2011/12/14 · 14:00

I don't have a lot of time to write this up, but I just got this emailed to me:

http://malcontends.blogspot.com/...

Evidently the DoA has decided that if you signed the recall, you can't be one of the temps working to count recall signatures

Michael Haas, Staff Counsel at the GAB, advises that no one who signed or circulated a Recall petition; or made a political contribution for a candidate to an elected office in the last 12 months can be hired as part of the verification process, per the Department of Administration.

That would be the DoA from here.

And the temp agencies that they'll be using? Hired since 2011? We'll wait and see if they're owned by Walker donors, but that's how you get a job in Wisconsin these days, so I'm not going to hold my breath.

US Bank, you peon

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Friday November 18, 2011 · 7:24 AM PST

2011/11/18 · 07:24

As I was driving into work this morning I noticed one of those new electronic billboards was displaying a message from US Bank. I usually try to ignore billboards, especially in rush hour, but US Bank, which used to be Firstar, used to be First Wisconsin. The bank where I opened my first savings account as a seven year old. Then they were bought out, consolidated, merged, and I moved to the UW Credit Union.

but the nostalgia made me read the following:

"Move your money to US(in their logo)"

But to be clear, banks don't want your deposits and aren't concerned about the loss of individual accounts.

Right?

A couple of conclusions:

The move your money movement is popular enough that US Bank's Advertising agency has hitched a message to it, hoping that people will see the message and not the speaker. That's good news.

The move your money movement is successful enough that it's being targeted as a demographic in broad spectrum advertising. That's good news.

The move your money movement is successful enough that US Bank has decided that it needs to work to get new accounts coming in. Maybe a lack of depositers is a bad thing after all? And that's good news.

All told, I'd like to thank US Bank for brightening my day in a way that they haven't since I was seven, and my mom took me to get my first deposit book.

Some Good From Yesterday

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 3:27 PM PDT

2010/11/03 · 15:27

I'm from Wisconsin, aka the state where morals lost to total silence and effective management lost to incompetence. But while the end of the day was a huge let down, the day overall was wonderful.

Why?

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WI GOP: The law we passed is bad for us, and *surprise* unconstitutional.

The Wisconsin DoA is totally trustworthy, right?

US Bank, you peon

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WI GOP: The law we passed is bad for us, and surprise unconstitutional.