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    A dataset of one - a US state bank

    Bank of North Dakota (Wiki and webpage) founded in 1919. I supported this concept for Michigan back in the 1970s, as well as a state-owned and -run insurance company similar to Saskatchewan...
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    Hey Adam,

    you sucked me into this one - Fife Lake (near Traverse City) is almost Yooper (though still "Troll" since south of the Bridge :)).

    I do know a number of people who are adept at explosives and have...
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    Here's the Maddow story

    as reported by Chan. 6 WITI, when it happened a year ago (10 Mar 2010) - Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker invokes authority to lay off workers.

    No further comment by me.

    Mike
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    The problem with "ideological flame wars" is ...

    that they soon cease to be "ideological", and degenerate into ad hominem attacks. Cole's last post amply proves that to this reader.

    If you can, argue the "law" (ideology). If you can't argue...
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    So Pete, you're an MU alum ...

    There are worse things to be.

    As you correctly state, Milwaukee is a tough blue collar town - Madison is a universe or two removed. Old Mil = "social and foreign policy conservatives", which is...
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    Madison updated

    Here's the Wisconsin Constitution, Art. IV, Legislature (emphasis added):



    and in the US Constitution, Art. I (emphasis added):



    Those darn black-hatted, Iron Brigaders from Wisconsin...
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    To each, their own

    Entertainer Eds

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    Newsman and Propagandist Ed

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    :):)
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    The media would love to see

    this Wisconsin teapot tempest turn into this - Flint Sit Down Strike (Michigan politics), which it isn't.

    But, it does have its own humor - from WTMJ (TMJ = The Milwaukee Journal):



    At the...
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    And, some perspective ....

    on the scene outside of the Capitol Bldg (from jsonline):

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    Complete with Teamsters semi.

    Cheers

    Mike
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    A bit of followup

    Here's some of the story from Wisconsin's "New York Times" - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel coverage (from today):



    and:



    Some photos from jsonline (68 photos; example):
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    Hey Slap,

    We are speaking of Madison, Wisconsin - with a long history of protests with far more violence than this one. All I see currently is a union demonstration, akin to picketing.

    In Madison, that is...
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    Here are

    212 Chicago Tribune links to this story.

    This headline and story, Obama says he's monitoring tensions in Madison, calls Walker's measure 'assault' on unions, says it all - politics as usual. :wry:...
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