MIDave

There were something like 8 gazillion tourists in town by way of the uber-giant cruise ships. Those people in line are definitely from Milwaukee. Feel free to cut in....

What the WSDOL should do is allow people to renew tabs online without being forced to pay the stupid Ticketmaster-like $4 "subagent" fee. I'd be happy to put that money toward the parks rather than li...

Unfortunately, there is no way this will pass. Republicans will invoke the slippery-slope argument and get even the poorest of the poor rallied against it, e.g. "Once we have an income tax, those tax-...

I loaded the Win7 beta on a new PC I built up last week for home. So far it rocks. Works far better than my Vista machine at work. Full disclosure: I work at the Evil Empire. Dave...

Another way to look at the chart: 3.48 - wholesale price 2.35 - LCB mark-up 2.14 - federal tax 1.01 - state/city/county tax 4.67 - more state tax LCB mark-up = 2.35 / 3.48 = 68% (that's a healthy pro...

Thanks for the follow up post. I'm dating myself, but I remember the "Magic Carpet Zone" from when I was a kid. It was definitely not just a planning name. I remember visitors from out of town being s...