If you refuse to take water out of Lake Michigan, I guess you could claim we're in a drought. If you refuse to tax the people with money, I guess you could claim we're going broke. Finally if you put a bag over your head, I guess you could claim it is night.

Here's a link to the video of Democratic County Chairmen's brunch, held this year at the Springfield Hilton: http://livestream.com/blueroomstream/events/4221850
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How do they get away with it?

What I find amazing is that they're passing these discriminatory voting laws without being obliged to come up with estimates as to how many people will potentially be affected.

If you were to build a new road or bridge -- or repair an old one -- wouldn't there be some estimate prior to passing the bill as to how many people would be affected?

Instead what they do is come out and say "everyone who wants to vote must now have a state id" -- without being obliged to add, "and oh yeah, we estimate that x-number of thousands of our fellow citizens don't currently meet these requirements". That acknowledgement should be part of the legislation.

I mean they probably have the numbers back at the party office.

"Pension Reform", "Pension Reform" -- that's what they're always saying. We hear it in the media; we hear it from the GOP. Hell, we even hear it from a few centrists Dems. The problem is that "Pension Reform" is nothing but a semantic cover-up. What the people using it really mean, is "Pension Cut", "Pension Cut" -- since that's what they'll really proposing. It's just that none of them are honest enough to admit it.

Three billionaires walk into a bar. The first billionaire throws up his hands. "We're broke," he cries. The second billionaire throws up his hands. "We're broke -- all of us," he sobs. The third billionaire throws up his hands but before he can say anything, the bartender rushes over and shouts out, "you guys don't expect me to foot the bill again, do you?" The third billionaire smiles: "How do you think we became billionaires?"

It's amazing (not to mention disheartening) how much the media is only reflecting the views of the banks and financial institutions.

Jessie Opoien (Cap Times):

MILWAUKEE — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia was the keynote speaker. Mike Tate delivered his final address as party chairman. But Russ Feingold was the star of the show on Friday at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's state convention.

The former U.S. Senator laid out a platform for his campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in 2016, received with cheers, applause and chants of "We want Russ!" [Jessie Opoien, "Return of Russ: Feingold the star at Democrats' state convention", Capital Times: (6/6/2015)]

NPR may call its segment on the Clinton Foundation 'fact checking' but it sounded to me like the good old days of unsubstantiated rumor leading to nothing:

"Fact Check: Is The Clinton Foundation 'The Most Transparent'?"

First, it's not clear correspondent Peter Overby really is looking at how other Foundations are run.

Equally important, the so-called 'transcript' omits the final sentence of the broadcast version which goes:

Peter Overby: "So at least as things stand now, the Clinton Foundation "transparency controversy" [sic] resembles some of the other episodes of Clinton politics: It's a picture that's not terribly clear, shaped by exaggerations on both sides." (Check out the mp3 file).

So the line about "other episodes of Clinton politics" isn't included in the "transcript". Interesting... I wonder why.

It's bad enough to be afflicted with the current Governor here in Illinois. I mean, how can his tenure not end really really badly -- what with his 'war on workers' agenda? But to have people with absolutely no idea of either the state or its dynamics come up with the following prediction:

I’d say it’s fairly likely that if Hillary Clinton wins in 2016 than Rauner is setting himself up nicely for the nomination in 2020.

I don't know where the guy got the script but it doesn't come from the Land of Lincoln.

Stayed till the results came in. Then jumped on the #8 for ride home. See larger photo...