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June 5, 2012
22:10 • 11 months ago
Tags: Scott Walker Wisconsin wisconsin recall recalls the other scott walker from nedhepburn
nedhepburn: How could anyone recall Scott Walker? The dude sang “30th Century Man”, “The Seventh Seal,” and “The Old Man’s Back Again,” man. You can’t trust Wisconsinites to get that shit. It’s like asking North Dakota to get into jazz. It’s going to take a while. This is the only Scott Walker you guys should care about.

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How could anyone recall Scott Walker? The dude sang “30th Century Man”, “The Seventh Seal,” and “The Old Man’s Back Again,” man. You can’t trust Wisconsinites to get that shit. It’s like asking North Dakota to get into jazz. It’s going to take a while.

This is the only Scott Walker you guys should care about.

21:29 • 11 months ago
Tags: washington post exit polls wisconsin recall recalls elections scott walker tom barrett
The Washington Post’s Jon Cohen notes that exit polls show the split between conservatives and liberals is roughly the same in Wisconsin between the 2010 election and tonight. (click for more)

The Washington Post’s Jon Cohen notes that exit polls show the split between conservatives and liberals is roughly the same in Wisconsin between the 2010 election and tonight. (click for more)

21:02 • 11 months ago
Tags: wisconsin recall wisconsin gop tom barrett recalls scott walker
CNN exit poll: Fifty-fifty. Wowza. Watch here.

CNN exit poll: Fifty-fifty. Wowza. Watch here.

June 4, 2012
11:17 • 11 months ago
Tags: obama recalls wisconsin recall rebecca kleefisch wisconsin bill clinton tom barrett
If I were the president, I wouldn’t want to be attached to a loss. Tom Barrett is polling down and he doesn’t have an economic development plan and he doesn’t have a budget plan. That does not bode well for his candidacy and it also doesn’t bode well for the president if he comes into Wisconsin and then doesn’t have the potency in order to lift Tom Barrett to a win.
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch • Suggesting that Obama has stayed out of the Scott Walker recall race because he thinks Tom Barrett’s going to lose. It’s not like Kleefisch doesn’t have a biased opinion here or anything — she’s also facing a recall. But that said, it is a tad conspicuous that Obama has stayed out of the campaign while Bill Clinton has jumped in with both feet. But in the end, we don’t know what’s actually going to happen until tomorrow. We’ll be watching closely.
May 9, 2012
10:49 • 1 year ago
Tags: tom barrett wisconsin scott walker tom barrett wisconsin wisconsin recall recalls
He took the eye off the ball. Instead of doing what he said he was going to do, which was to create 250,000 jobs, he looked for new way to divide us from each other.
Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett • Discussing his opponent in the Wisconsin recall election, Scott Walker. Barrett, who lost the governor’s race against Walker in 2010, won his primary last night handily, giving Democrats in the state hope he might be formidable the second time around.
March 29, 2012
20:27 • 1 year ago
Tags: wisconsin unions labor scott walker governor walker governor scott walker cheese revolution protests recalls total recall

It's official: Wisconsin Democrats have gathered enough signatures to trigger a recall of Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch.

In fact, they exceeded the minimum amount of signatures required by almost 400,000. Now, pending approval by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board tomorrow (a formality), the recall will be finalized and put into motion. The primaries for recall candidates will be held May 8th of this year, and the general is scheduled for June 5th.

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February 1, 2012
10:08 • 1 year ago
Tags: birth control birth control medication birth control recall contraceptives pfizer pfizer recall recalls uh-oh
An investigation by Pfizer found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count of inert or active ingredient tablets and that the tablets may be out of sequence. As a result of this packaging error, the daily regimen for these oral contraceptives may be incorrect and could leave women without adequate contraception, and at risk for unintended pregnancy.
A statement from Pfizer • Discussing their recall of one million packets of birth control medication. Phrases you don’t want to see in a story about a recall of birth-control medication: “At risk for unintended pregnancy.” The problem, described by the company as a “mechanical and operator visual inspection systems failure on the packaging line,” has reportedly been corrected already. But yeah, that’s kind of a big mistake. source (via • follow)
August 17, 2011
10:36 • 1 year ago
Tags: collective bargaining democrats Jim Holperin recalls Robert Wirch scott walker wisconsin
Maybe it shows that voters indicated they deserved more time to let their voice be heard on such an important piece of legislation.
Wisconsin State Sen. Jim Holperin • Discussing the reasons he felt he and fellow State Sen. Robert Wirch got to keep their seats last night after facing a recall over the controversial anti-union legislation that led to an earlier set of recalls that cost two Republicans their seats. The final tally? Republicans now have a 17-16 majority in the state senate — less than what Democrats wanted, but enough to make Republicans take notice. source (via • follow)
February 24, 2011
10:42 • 2 years ago

Toyota’s got floormat issues: They just recalled a bunch of cars

Tags: car companies floormats gas pedals recalls toyota vehicle recalls

  • 2.17
    million     the number of cars Toyota recalled today for gas-pedal/floormat issues
  • 5.3
    million     the number of cars previously recalled for similar issues source

» What’s the issue? Simply put, the floormats aren’t fully secure, so that when you’re driving, it can move around and get caught inside the gas pedal mechanism. This issue is unrelated the that acceleration problem Toyota’s cars have infamously had recently.

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February 8, 2011
14:40 • 2 years ago

Toyota’s cars don’t have computers with minds of their own

Tags: car recalls cars electronic malfunctions malfunctions manufacturing problems recalls toyota vindication

  • yes Mechanical defects in the Toyota vehicles, which have already been addressed by the company, were behind the sudden acceleration problem their cars had.
  • no After a long check, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that the electronics were OK and the computer wasn’t at fault. source

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October 21, 2010
07:26 • 2 years ago

Same ol’ song and dance: Toyota back to recalling cars again

Tags: brake fluid car recalls recalls toyota

  • 1.5 million cars recalled over brake fluid leaking concerns source

September 30, 2010
09:45 • 2 years ago

Fisher-Price blames choking hazard for massive toy recall

Tags: fisher-price high chairs recalls toy recall toymaker tricycles

  • 10.9 million toys recalled, including tricycles source

 

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