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They just don’t curse as much. Despite the best efforts of John Nichols to mainstream and Main Street his fellow/sister socialist Francesca Hong, voters in rural Lafayette County — “about as far as you can get from the urban centers and college campuses” — are not fretting over “the fate of Palestinians in Gaza,” as he ludicrously claims at The Capital Times.  Rural Wisconsin is more likely to…

Better late than never. Like probably every son who ever lived, Blaska wishes he had told his old man that he didn’t do such a bad job after all (although some may differ). We knew he was on his way out but he never complained except to say, “Nothing seems to be working right.” My Lovely Lisa asked Jerome how he felt about The End. That is a question no Blaska would ever ask another — too much…

Standing up to Trump for the party’s sake. A growing number of Republicans are learning that their party has to rise above Donald Trump if they want to defeat socialism. They’ve come to understand that voters have an innate sense of fairness. They sense that the oligarch’s retribution and self-aggrandizement have worn thin this election year. They’ve got their own skins to save in the…

after the Democrat(ic) party left him. A former Democrat(ic) mayor of Madison is studying to be a conservative. His words. Like he’s studying to take religious orders. He’s that serious. Dave Cieslewicz! More recently of the WI Bicycle Federation, now a public scribbler. Two terms as mayor of Madison WI, sanctuary city of Woke, “No Kings” progressivism. We take notice of this Saul to Tarsus…

courtesy of us taxpayers. Blaska is back in kvetch mode today. Madison public schools will do it every time. The district is giving away more free stuff to its employees: 12 weeks  — 60 days worth — of taxpayer paid parental leave for every teacher, custodian, lunch lady, and bureaucrat. Price tag: $1.2 million/year.  No other school district in Wisconsin offers this generous bennie — not…

Notes from the WI Republican convention. If we had to summarize the mood coming out of the state Republican convention at the Kalahari Resorts last weekend (we must! we must!) in one word it would be: giddy! Thank the luck of the draw. Donald Trump would never have been President had it not been for two of the weakest opponents since Alf Landon. That’s how Republicans feel about Francesca Hong…

For arresting Maia Pearson, their board chairman! Surprise, surprise! Did anyone expect different? Independent Police Monitor Aieromique Glass says Maia Pearson never should have been arrested for resistance after employees of a downtown Madison venue called police on 12-19-25. Pearson, of course, chairs the Police Civilian Oversight Board that hired Miss Glass, who even acknowledges her…

… who might not otherwise vote Republican! (The Head Groundskeeper broke into two blogges what we posted Sunday because the original was too long. But we added some stuff so it’s still too long. We can do that, you know.) Seeing Tommy Thompson is always a treat. Remember the governor asking us on our first day writing his speeches, “You know what I need more than anything?” Blaska answered…

… that WI doesn’t want to become Minnesota! After the opening prayer, pledge of allegiance, and Star Spangled Banner sung at Spinal Tap’s volume 11, the Wisconsin Republican convention was ready to launch Saturday 5-16-26 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. (Would love to hear someone like Tom Waits or Leon Redbone perform the anthem.) “LET THE BLOODBATH BEGIN!” a certain delegate from…

Could Republicans be so lucky? Poor Tony Evers. Democrats kicked their own governor one last time on his way out the door. The lame duck governor cobbled together a bi-partisan deal for $600 million more dollars for schools! Big fat check in the mail for taxpayers — $600 for joint filers. No tax on tips and overtime! No way, said Democrats who stood together in that familiar, righteous pose:…

‘Get the hell out!’ You may have read that the Commonwealth of Virginia (we thought it was a state) is embroiled in the mid-decade redistricting wars the President is waging to shore up his slim House majority. After Texas redrew its maps to give Republicans extra seats, Virginia tried to counter with districts favoring Democrats until its state supreme court suggested the legislature obey its…

His detractors discredit the party. Fair warning: Blaska is going to convention this weekend and he’s loaded for bear. Blaska’s mission is to prevent a self-inflicted blood letting in full view of a hostile news media. What should be a moon-shot send-off for Tom Tiffany for governor and Eric Toney for attorney general may disintegrate into an attempt to shoot down hard-working and popular party…

Youth profiling, that is! Bring back the curfew! Kids, children, teens — anyone under the age of 18 — have no rights that adults are bound to respect.   Gawd help us if police were allowed to round up unsupervised teenagers loitering on State Street at 1 in the morning of an August weekend before the mayhem begins. ACLU attorneys are on standby, as are EMTs. Because downtown Madison WI is…