Daily Links – May 29, 2012

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  May 29th at 02:00 PM  | 

Today is May 29th. On this date in 1453, the Siege of Constantinople ended, and the city was conquered by the Ottomans. An artist’s rendering of the battle can be found here. Also on this date, in 1864, Union troops reached Totopotomoy Creek, only to find that the Confederates had anticipated their move and beat them to it. All fighting ceased as everyone tried to | Read More »

Latest Scott Walker ad: “Crime.” #wirecall

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 29th at 11:30 AM  | 

Let me spell this out for the Democrats: this ad would probably doom Tom Barrett if he was ahead in the polls right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=icGujXPWhDo

Everything you need to know about today’s WI recall filing.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 17th at 02:30 PM  | 

In general: Democratic Big Labor cronies are submitting recall petitions today to force a recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. They claim to have enough to weather the inevitable challenges. This latest exercise in partisan petulance is scheduled to cost the state of Wisconsin 9 million dollars’ worth of taxpayer money, once you factor in all the state- and | Read More »