- Prosser’s huge gain comes after Waukesha County flub is caught – JSOnline
- David Prosser gained 7,582 votes in Waukesha County, after a major counting error of Brookfield results was detected, County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced in a stunning development this afternoon.
Nickolaus says the reason for the big change is that data transmitted from the City of Brookfield was imported but that she failed to save those results to the database. …
Canvassers around the state were updating their totals Thursday, with Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg each making gains.
- Finally: A Barcode Scanner for Zebras | Geekosystem – Max Eddy
- A new system called StripeSpotter allows researchers to automatically catalogue and identify zebras based off their markings alone.
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- Hipstamaticat | Laughing Squid
- Hipstamaticat is a Tumblr blog featuring photos of cats taken using the Hipstamatic app.
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- Britain’s first recession was 2,500 years ago | io9 – Alasdair Wilkins
- In its simplest terms, European prehistory can be divided into three parts: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. But there's a mysterious 300 year gap in prehistoric Britain, created by one of humanity's first economic bubbles.
- Like Father, Like Son | Daily Squee – Cute Baby Animals
- And here we are offered further proof that adorable napping is a trait common among felines both fully grown and itty bitty.
- Hubris – Ta-Nehisi Coates – National – The Atlantic
- I don't want politicians who are "above politics," anymore then I want a plumber who's "above toilets."
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- PERRspectives: Party of Lincoln Wages War for Government Shutdown
- In his Second Inaugural on March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln reflected on the beginning of the Civil War … Recalling that "insurgent agents" in Washington sought "to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation," Lincoln recalled for posterity that:
"Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came." …
While the specter of a global financial cataclysm caused by the default of the United States caused most sentient mammals to denounce that prospect as "insanity" …Mitch McConnell and his Senate Republican colleagues are determined to continue with the game of chicken. Apparently, American fiscal suicide is a small price to pay for political power.
- Why Soldiers Won’t Get Paid During a Shutdown but Congress Will – Politics – The Atlantic Wire
- If lawmakers are unable to pass a budget before the April 8 deadline, soldiers will stop getting their paychecks. Meanwhile, President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and the rest of our federally elected representatives will continue to get paid. The comparison is quickly becoming the easiest way to frame the point of how the people who are responsible for averting a government shutdown will be shielded from its impact. …
If [Congress wants] to change that, they'll have to pass new legislation. The Senate unanimously passed such a bill in March, but it went nowhere in the House.
[Oh, remind me, which chamber of Congress has a GOP majority? -L]
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- Malcolm X Was "Gay-for-Pay" | LA Progressive – Rev. Irene Monroe
- I am not heterosexist apologist, but if we, as LGBTQ, use this era of Malcolm’s life to claim him as gay, we misunderstand the art and survival of street hustling culture.
Similarly, if we, as African Americans, use this era of Malcolm’s life to dismiss that he engaged in same-sex relationships, many will miss the opportunity to purge ourselves of homophobic attitudes.
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