WI 1848 Forward
Can A Bird Fly With Only A Right Wing?!
Motivated by the current (2011) political climate in Wisconsin it seems reasonable to devote some time and effort to comment on issues and some of the hyperbole. So we in the public should do what we can to help focus "journalists" on delineating real facts versus spin. If you accept the spin you do not understand the policy implications.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
WI Senate District 30 - 2021 vs 2024 -- Gerrymander 2021 for sure, Packing, Cracking - Green Bay
Monday, April 1, 2024
WI Senate District 24 - 2021 boundaries vs 2024 - Gerrymander, Packing and Cracking
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Senate 24 - 2021 vs 2024 - Gerrrymandering Revisited
Saturday, March 23, 2024
How Trump wins in 2024 !!??? ... how to innoculate against it!
Riot! I don't think so!
Corrupt all the local election officials! I don't think so ... maybe some on their own!
The ANSWER! Prevent States from certifying their election results ... YES!
It may only take a few!
What can we do about it? Public Service/Education Announcements ... hit the airwaves and newspapers and the internet with 'real live election officials' showing us the process from the inside out. Publically identifying all individuals who serve in any kind of 'certifying board'.
Those boards or officials who are not willing to support PSAs or be identified should be suspect.
It is really important, even given possible harassment, that the 'officials' be known so they can be supported and kept free of intimidation.
Thousands of localities and hundreds of times before November.
How #Trump #wins in #2024 !!??? ... how to inoculate against it!
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Trump and 'Bibi' Netanyahu - How would they handle 'Gaza' ? Humanitarian Miracle?
Is the past prelude? Would we have a humanitarian miracle?
How to lobby without money seems to always require 'protest'? Maybe one should consider:
'Change your policy and we will bring you two more voters supporting you!'
Diplomatic maxims -
Don't cut your nose off to spite your face!
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then!
#Trump and ' #Bibi ' #Netanyahu - How would they handle ' #Gaza ' ? #HumanitarianMiracle ?
#Trump and ' #Bibi ' #Netanyahu - How would they handle ' #Gaza ' ? #HumanitarianMiracle ? Shoot first, excuses later?
Friday, December 15, 2023
WI Senate District 24 - Incumbent Republican Patrick Testin - Challenger Collin McNamara (Democrat) - Gerrymander in Practice
Out of SIXTEEN!
Last time I checked, only Senate District 24 had a challenger to the incumbent. That's out of sixteen State Senators up for election in 2024. Is this another definition of "gerrymandered".
Your district is so safe no one will even bother to run against you.
Of the three assembly districts within Senate 24 only Assembly District 71, which contains Stevens Point, is represented by a Democrat - Katrina Shankland.
Collin McNamara has his work cut out for him!
Senate District 24 covers parts of seven counties ... Adams, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Portage, Waushara, Wood.
Election 2024: WI Senate Districts with "hover" and "population popup' plus 'background change'!
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Collin #McNamara #WISenate24 - Incumbent Republican Patrick #Testin - Challenger Collin #McNamara (Democrat) - #Gerrymander in Practice
Monday, December 11, 2023
Move over Jon Meacham, Jonathan Haidt ... make room for Frans de Waal
Implies that one-third of us have some tendencies two-thirds of us question!
A most astute observer...Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathic than bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral. — Frans de Waal(Primatologist)
Midsummer Nights' Science: The Eliana Hechter Memorial Lecture (2017)
Righteous Politicians are Scary - not Leaders ( Trump, Walker, Santorum , Huckabee )
Move over Jon #Meacham, Jon #Haidt ... make room for Frans de #Waal ... #JonMeacham #deWaal
Friday, December 8, 2023
Trump - 'A Life Threat'
'A life threat' is so much more clear than 'existential threat' ... life threat might be extended to be more complete ... 'A threat to life as we know it' underlines the point.
Do we think we will always be on the safe side of the threat?
What some of us are really afraid about is concentration of power in a single irresistible authority. As imperfect as we may think our constitution may be its imperfection was always acknowledged. There is unfortunately no stepping back to an instant rerun if we realize a mistake was made.
There is a need to accommodate change. Checks and balances are the brakes on the process so that the moment is not capricious nor reactionary.
A most astute observer...Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathic than bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.
— Frans de Waal (Primatologist)
#Trump #LifeThreat #Existential
#Trump #LifeThreat #Existential #WWIII
#Trump #LifeThreat #Existential #WWIII brought to you by the #GOP