Turns out some people just really really really want public sector unions to continue bleeding states dry:
When Jeffrey Radle of Chippewa Falls discovered that his wife Amanda was heading out Tuesday to vote for an actual Democrat to replace Wisconsin’s embattled Republican governor, he did what most anyone would do in such a domestic political disagreement:
He stood in front of her car.
Mrs. Radle did what any wife would do while trying to get to a primary polling place to vote the opposite of her estranged husband. She nudged him with the SUV’s bumper several times.
Each time, however, he stood up again in front of the car. This is because, as pretty much everyone knows, so much is really at stake nationally in the efforts by Wisconsin Democrats and unions to recall Gov. Scott Walker on June 5 and restore their budget-busting bargaining rights and life-sucking pension plans.
To make his political argument in support of the incumbent governor, at one point Mr. Radle climbed onto the car’s hood in an obviously reasonable attempt to discuss the matter through the windshield. Mrs. Radle, however, was not actually listening.
So, she did what any determined Democrat would do: She backed her car up and tried to turn left to go around the obstructionist Republican.
Just as she got going, he again naturally stepped in front of the car. Which did not stop, as it turns out, until Mrs. Radle got to the police station to report running over her husband.
To be fair, though, her husband is a Walker supporter.
So good luck finding a Wisconsin court that will find fault with her fiery and determined progressive political activism. Which is for the children, after all.
Well their theme is “forward” after all…
I expect the union cops to really bust their hump getting justice served…. so I wonder how much jail time the guy will get for blocking his wife. I assume there is some law against impeding a voter and I fully expect the guy to feel the full weight of the legal justice system very soon
I’m willing to cut the lady some slack. Who among us haven’t run over the odd Occupier now and then?
(Full disclosure: I once hit my college roommate with my car, for a far lesser offense.)
i bet she feels like a terrible person
Estranged is a strange word.
Crazy.
GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION!!!! OMG!!!!!!
Some people just don’t like to be made a prisoner I guess. Sounds like the husband is a dumbass to me. I’m having trouble working up any sympathy.
I sorta assume he was drinking.
571 tax delinquents owing $17 million signed Walker recall petitions
Is a police report handy? I’m with bh. It will read “alcohol was involved.”
cherokee nation update
Second Law School Listed Elizabeth Warren as Fauxcahontas
nr – “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” – some old dead white guy.
The nice thing about small towns is that the person in question might comment on the news story and then someone might recognize the nickname from their yahoo address.
Enjoy.
Oh, Ctrl F and search for “blondebommer” in the comments.
She was at his house?
Sounds like it.
Mixed marriages are never a sure thing.
Only a misdemeanor if it’s a Volt.
Mixed marriages are never a sure thing.
The mixing of synods has led to some of the Widwest’s most grotesque aberrations of nature. (Ahem, Jeffrey Dahmer.)
In related Wisconsin news, we find a possible bellwether in the coalmine.* Recovery summer is limping through its third year. Hmmm…
*My attempt to coin a new “rocket surgeon”.
speaking of coal
Obama’s not-so “all of the above” energy plan
ick with the whole idea of suckling on Blossom’s masticated teats
If you’re my age and went to parochial school in Wisco you knew someone who lived within a couple blocks of Dahmer because they went to Marquette.
This is a strange statistical truth of our times.
my friend D went to Marquette I shall inquire if he knew any stories… he was there way after all the murderings and eatings though
My slightly older friend M was on his block while it was happening. It really freaked her out.
How is it that there are all these bland, square and earnest Upper Midwest states. yet Wisconsin is somehow chock full of whackadoodles? Is it because of the bovine flatulence? Wisconsin Dells? Laverne and Shirley?
If I had to guess it’s the dangerous mixing of Scandinavian and German blood and boredom, Abe.
i blame it on the cheese.
Oh, and a dozen or so daily Leinenkugel’s.
maybe the brats too
and madison being near chicomm town
And the dangerous spread of neck tattoos.
Some twerp in a Fatlardia, Wisconsin actually called for his Dairy Queen co-workers come out of the kitchen and laugh at me because I asked him what cheese curds were. So I’m thinking, yeah, boredom and a Germano-Scandi sadism have to be a big part of this.
From this I would say South America, Russia and China beat us for numbers of victims.
cheese curds bullies
Wisconsin boasts the world’s first (and only?) underground Dairy Queen. It’s located in scenic Washburn.
This is a fun fact you can tell to people during a lull in conversation.
Do cheese curds have to be fried to be considered authentic Wisconsin cheese curds? Or is the “fried” part just assumed, kinda like chitlin’s?
bh, have you ever been out to the town where Ed Gein lived? Plainfield, I think. I know someone burned his house down, but there used to be a place to go and see various creepy artifacts, mostly photographs and a ton of cars that were his as well as some of his victims.
Indiana has a lot of whackos, as well. Out towards Bloomington there is a John Dillinger Museum in a converted old farmhouse. It has a lifesized wax dummy of dead Dillinger on an autopsy slab, complete with bullet holes and fake blood all over the place.
Indianapolis was where some crazy bitch and her kids tortured, starved and finally killed Sylvia Likens in the mid-60s. There a couple of movies about it and the house is still standing.
Abe, Jeffery Dahmer was actually originally from Ohio, and moved to Wisco as an adult to live with Grandma before she threw him out. She never knew he was raping and killing dudes in her basement, just that he was a drunken douchebag.
I actually live near one of the better cheese curd producers in Wisco. You can get them fresh (like minutes fresh) from the source on the first Saturday of every month. First thing I went out and did on Cinco de Mayo. Younger guys wearing sombreros were already half in the bag and standing in line. Their vomit probably looked extremely disgusting later.
Frying them is like a rarer county fair or church festival thing to do.
All you really need to know about them is that when they’re fresh they’re squeeky (it’s some sort of cheese elastic protein dealio) and soft. Otherwise they’re nothing special.
OT: Obama lied about CIA double agent. I know it’s just man bites dog and so not news.
That just proves that something about Wisconsin drove him to eat people, Leigh.
What kind of cheese are they supposed to be? The ones I ate – after being laughed at – were basically fried mozzarella sticks in small, stubby form. I tend to think of Wisconsin as a Cheddar kind of place, so that threw me.
Don’t think so, leigh.
Basically it’s young cheddar that hasn’t been pressed, Abe.
What you were eating at a Dairy Queen was probably breaded cheese product 41af from Sysco.
I had a boss from Fond du Lac, WI. My secondary school grasp of Latin, Spanish, and French led me to believe it had something of a Dahmerish, Oedipoean origin. I was disappointed to learn it just meant “end of the lake.”
Mouthwatering.
And now you know a commenter from North Fond du Lac, bergerbilder.
Are cheese curds in Wisconsin the same as the cheese curds in Ontario that they make poutine (sounds dirty, doesn’t it?) out of? I’ve never eaten it because it sounded disgusting; french fries, cheese curds and gravy. Blech. although, probably awesome hang-over food.
My old roommate who went to Michigan State used to eat that french fries, goopy cheese and gravy crap all the time. French fries that you have to eat with a fork are a crime against God.
Amen, Abe. Although I will eat deep-dish pizza with a fork, just like Donald Trump.
In other news; check this out:
Yeah, it’s the same stuff, leigh.
I actually like poutine. Like anything else, there’s good poutine and shitty poutine. Foie gras and veal stock? More please.
I drink too much when I travel. Somewhere in Toronto you can get crazy good poutine and duck fat french fries and very good hamburgers and then you’re not sure how you got back to the hotel.
in the fight to legalize gay marriage.
in the fight to make the meaning of “marriage” whatever they want it to be.
She worked on recasting gay partners as upstanding mothers and fathers who just wanted to be married like all the other parents in the PTA
that reads so weird
I’ll take your word for it that it’s good, bh. The funny thing is, my mom’s family is French Canadian and we never ate any of the stuff that I hear is served in Quebec and the like. It could be that since they came to the States over a hundred years ago, all was forgotten. My dad’s family is straight off the boat from Germany and my grandma made all kinds of stuff at home that my California childhood friends would never eat. Homemade sauerkraut, blood sausage, beef hearts and more pickles than you could shake a stick at.
It’s from this article.
^^for nr
upstanding mothers and fathers who just wanted to be married like all the other parents in the PTA
All those upstanding parents that wanted to be married, just married to someone else.
they could have been married in traditional society but the baracky “fundamental transformation” pushes them forward
I beg to differ. Chili cheese fries are proof that God loves us.
Deep-fried foie gras. With a healthy (?) dollop of bernaise. The ultimate gall bladder survival test.
I met a serial killer once in San Diego. He used to hang out in a bar I frequented. I tried to find him online and failed, so perhaps he wasn’t famous enough. Then again, I don’t know his name, only his nickname, which was Texas Ken.
Anyway, he kept the faces of his victims (who were all men) in his freezer.
Sleep tight.
How can you deep-fry foie gras? It’s practically straight up fat. Too high heat is going to make it melt away to expensive nothingness. A quick pan fray in a hot pan, flipped once, sure. Deep fryer? No, no no.
Please don’t tell me it’s breaded.
That’s awesome, cranky. There was a serial killer on the prowl when I lived in San Diego, but this one killed prostitutes. One morning, I went out to get my paper and there were loads of cop cars at the end of my street at 7:30 in the morning. It turns out that there was a dead prostitute tossed into the dumpster behind the liquor store on the corner.
here is about the plane they found in a horrible and unforgiving food desert
so sad so so sad
it’s just like the little prince, kinda
alternate ending
Please don’t tell me it’s breaded.
Of course it’s breaded, or else,”…too high heat is going to make it melt away to expensive nothingness.”
i would like a taste
muslim welfare queens
The plane is supposed to be taken to the RAF Museum in London but since the discovery of the plane has been made public, locals and scavengers have reached the site and have started pilfering whatever they can get their hands on.
Deserts are the worst food deserts because they’re also refreshment deserts.
here is a texas serial killer named ken he was finally caught (again) in 1992
kenneth mcduff
very very bad man
San Diego is a breeding ground for crazy people. I miss it. But not that much.
Pro-Tip: You really should take a lot of supplies and stuff when you fly a plane across the Sahara Food Desert, especially when you’re taking it to get repairs.
I hereby coin “defreshment”. Give me a minute… googling… hey, I might have one.
Defreshment and malasopher. That’s two.
Slightly back on topic, if the perpetrator of the flagrant voter intimidation act is found innocent by a jury of his peers, will the subsequent federal civil rights violation charges be felony or misdemeanor charges, since the man never actually threatened any physical harm against his “strangely estranged” wife. I would think that felonycharges would be in order based on the NBP case in which there were definite physical threats made, but no charges were were actually brought.
Common defreshments include pretzels and crackers.
Pro-Tip
so says la keyboard desk jockey. dear allan an emp attack on californication.
what’s a lot defreshing are no-sugar-added avocado smoothies
you finish one and you feel like you deserve something tasty
San Diego is full of transients and Navy guys who are fresh out of B school or back in port after being deployed. Shenanigans are going to ensue.
Of course it’s breaded
I was hoping it was wrapped in bacon or stuffed in a fig, instead. Sounds tasty, especially with bernaise.
I’m pretty sure that all comments that don’t try to coin new words are off topic.
Defreshment is a keeper. I’m using it.
You know why bar snacks are always salty? That.
I wanted to be Shawn Nelson. Until, you know, the end of his ride. I can’t seem to find the tool that hijacked a city bus. That was also hilarious.
I remember that.
Remember this?
There was awhile there when the most iconic footage from Cali was all messed up shit. The tank guy, OJ, the suicide guy, the bank robbery shoot-out, probably a few I’m forgetting.
Dude set his dog on fire in the truck. That’s uncool.
Yeah, that’s the basic problem with all murder suicide type situations, leigh. How about they start with the suicide and then move onto the murders.
(I’d credit Carolla for that but a few hundred million people thought of it before him.)
I don’t get that either. All of the familicides where (usually) dad goes Rambo on the wife and kids and other assorted relatives who may be present and then kills himself? Just go jump off a bridge or take yourself out and let the rest of them carry on.
Real whackos like Andrea Yates end up lumped in with selfish fuckers who figure if they can’t take it anymore, they’re taking everyone else down, too.
Oddly enough, I think we might be back on topic.
Spousal estrangement? Check. Controlling behavior? Check. Alcohol/substance abuse? Assumed.
pass it on
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give the nyt some link love
and more likely to be aware of their nationalism — if he once studied the Koran with them.
stay away from “nazi” go “commie ” – nyt
Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”
We shall go on to the end. We shall mock them
fightin France, we shall mock themfighton the seas and oceans, we shall mock themfightwith growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall mock themfighton the beaches, we shall mock themfighton the landing grounds, we shall mock themfightin the fields and in the streets, we shall mock themfightin the hills; we shall never surrenderIt was in Indonesia where Obama learned to wage his war on women, of course. Many women have described how the White House was a hostile working environment. They just didn’t realize how deeply ingrained it was in Obama’s psyche.
This isn’t very hard. Why don’t we do this for every single one of their hit pieces?
(I’m a commenting fool lately. It’s quite nice when work isn’t kicking my ass.)
Holy cow, the Lakers are getting destroyed tonight. I love it.
If they lost at home in Game 7 I’d smile for a week, Mike.
Many women have described how the White House was a hostile working environment.
don’t apologize mock this fraud
Same here, bh. I’d be happier than a possum at pokeberry time.
hey baracky you be putin sasha and milia in play with the gay how’s come they don’t do dc public schools?????????
Glad you’re getting some R&R bh. I bet the guys at JPM aren’t.
Is this fellow akin to Rachel Corrie ? Doesn’t matter; he’s dummerer than a stack of deep-fried pancakes.
Did she vote before she turned herself in?
Protip: If you put a bowl of couple-day-old cheese curds in the microwave for a few seconds, they regain their squeaky freshness.
When you are working your way down an enemies list it’s tough to remember if you work for a Senate committee, the DNC, some contractor, or on your own(for the gheyity).
First he picks a VP for Hillary who turns out to be so good he beats her, now (last summer) Old Slick Willie wants Hil to primary Obama.
Decent journalism? Skip the WaPo, try Automobile Magazine
Thou shalt have no religious convictions.
-Proggademia’s 1st commandment
Remind me again, who is it that keeps trying to make the election about those icky “social issues”?
Other than this SurveyUSA Poll of about Apr 1, I have not seen any polls on the CA Senate primary.
From that poll: 47% of Californians think of themselves as conservative or very conservative, 24% as liberal or very liberal. (Californians in this poll = likely Senate primary voters) But because “No conservative can win in California”, no person with name recognition and money is running for the Senate seat against Diane Feinstein. There are twenty citizen candidates, none of which are polling more than 2%, none of whom has anywhere near the amount of money needed to win.
Feinstein 51%, undecided 30%, the next closest candidate: 2%.
How do you go from a natural 47 to 24 advantage to the wrong end of 51 to 2?
The new rules for how CA elects a Senator are quite instructive too. Apparently the voters have been getting a little out of control, so it’s time to tighten things up. For the Senate seat, the June 5 election is a general primary, not a party primary. The top two vote-getters advance to the fall general election, regardless of party. Write-ins were allowed in this round, but no write-ins in the general. Two candidates only in the general election.
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BearBanana Republicdon’t apologize mock this fraud
Rule 5 is for extremists, and the extremists with megaphones are on the Left. But if there were influential extremists on the Right they would have no lack of material.
UNDERGROUND
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
How do you go from a natural 47 to 24 advantage to the wrong end of 51 to 2?
Because these polls measuring conservatism are a sham. Many of these folks claiming they are conservative are nothing of the sort.
America is broke and broken, and America is a conservative country, so it must be conservative policies that are doing it. More government is the answer.
From Ernst’s link at 9:04:
I’d be happy if Romney politely explained that those were state issues, and the federal government, which the president is the leader of, shouldn’t meddle in those types of states affairs.
He should say “no comment, my Presidency will have a very narrow focus on traditional constitutional duties, ie., the economy and national security. If you want to talk about abortion, condoms, sluts, or changing the meaning of marriage, go talk to a Governor or state congressman”.
Something like that.
Yeah, I’m thinking they were comparing counties, not people. If you look at election maps, the whole freaking state is red, except for SD, LA, SF, Sacramento, and a narrow strip of coast from LA to SF.
Unions, looters (but I repeat myself) and fraud.