Illegal strip search and concussion for baggie of marijuana

In Beloit, WI, local police got a call of suspected drug use. An officer found a 16 year old boy in a parked car, with two others. He told the teenager to get out. After patting him down for weapons and drugs, the officer, Kerry Daugherty, saw a bulge in the boy's pants....

President Obama rallies supporters last Saturday in Milwaukee

This Saturday, President Obama spoke at the Summerfest grounds. At the new BMO Harris Pavillion, in particular. I was at Discovery World and the line snaked around the back end of the museum and past the War Memorial. President Obama fired up the crowd, stating:""We don't...

Atheists and President Obama both blamed for recent shootings

Televangelist and crazy person, Pat Robertson is blaming the shooting at the Sikh Temple, earlier this month in Oak Creek, on atheists. The shooter, Wade Michael Page, was a neo-nazi and singer in a hate metal band. There is no evidence that he was an atheist. I must note...

Gothic author Anne Rice critical of Mitt Romney's running mate

Although prolific book author Anne Rice is known the world over as a potent literary force that modernized classic vampires by having the somatic characterizations of her creatures improve with age, the fiction...

Why did the government lie to us about benefits of marijuana?

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner stated that the frontrunner in Mexico's presidential election, "sounds like a reversion to PRI policies of old." The PRI being the dominant political party in Mexico over the last 100 years. The fact is, this candidate, Pena...

The Conservative Victory in Wisconsin Resonates With Americans

That Governor Scott Walker overcame attempts by the state employee unions to unseat him was only one aspect of an essential victory on Tuesday night. That the Republican state Senators of Wisconsin remained in...

The Battle For Wisconsin Tonight-Against Tyranny

You might remember what happened last year when Governor, Scott Walker, rather than increase taxes for state residents did something quite intelligent and beneficial for his constituents. Scott reduced the size of...

People of Minnesota get the shaft in Vikings stadium deal,

When the Milwaukee Brewers baseball stadium, Miller Park was voted upon in the state of Wisconsin, I voted against it. Yes, I love the Brewers, but I don't love corporate welfare, especially for those in a very profitable business. Well, in Minnesota, a law passed...

The war by the police on your right to film, continues

Ian Van Kuyk is a student at Temple University, in Philadelphia, PA. I have been to Philadelphia a couple of times, it is a beautiful city. He, along with his girlfriend were arrested on March 14, 2012. Heinous crime, they committed? Not really, they were arrested because he...

Why is the Christian right-wing opposing a mosque in Brookfield?

In Brookfield, WI, there is opposition to the building of an Islamic mosque. Why? Do people really think that elderly Muslim women are going to be plotting terrorism against the U.S. Bank building? I am a humanist and I am not going to defend Islam as the so called religion...

Schools suppress speech rights and bus driver fired

Germantown (Wisconsin) High School teacher Eric Glass is facing sexual assault charges for sexual relations with a 17 year old student at his high school. While this action is wrong, because society has to draw the line somewhere when it comes to an age of consent, Mr....

Non-violent felons should have their 2nd Amendment rights guarant

I believe in the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of a right to "bear arms". As a progressive, I don't think rights are narrow, but broad. That goes for speech, due process, press freedom and especially the 9th Amendment's protection of rights not previously listed in the Bill of...

Marquette players who are cited for "underage" in a club

In this case a man who informed his fellow citizens there was an unconstitutional soberity checkpoint ahead, was harassed by the police. Indeed, checkpoints are often advertised in newspapers beforehand, in an effort to give an apperance of being constitutional. They are...

Police engaging in strip searches in Milwaukee illegally

A number of Milwaukee police (where I live)  have been engaged in illegal strip searches, without an arrest, of suspects. Of course, under the U.S. Constitution, without probable cause, police cannot engage in strip searches. Some of these searches were rectal...

Sandy Wolters Introduces Author Marla Madison, She's Not There

Today I'm introducing you to Marla Madison, author of She's Not There.  If you like suspense and thrillers, you are going to love this book!  To see the video introduction and comments, please go to...

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