Meg's Blog
How Tammy Baldwin Profits from the DC lobbyist 'Revolving Door' She Often Slams
Drawing yet another parallel between Tammy Baldwin and Joe Biden is simple. They are both compromised. She votes with him 95.5% of the time. Baldwin exemplifies pay to play. A Washington Examiner investigation found she has repeatedly taken tens of thousands of dollars from lobbyists who used to work with her -- the de...
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Wisconsin Democrat Party is Deliberately Lying About Eric Hovde
Candidate for United States Senate Eric Hovde was a guest this past week on the Meg Ellefson Show. We discussed the egregious (but predictable) lies from the Democrat party on Hovde's comments which directly address the unethical and allegedly illegal behavior of Democrats who are evidently comfortable taking advantage...
Apr 19, 2024
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Lifelong Democrat Sees the Light
According to a recent Wall Street Journal poll of seven swing states, more black men said they plan to back Donald Trump this fall. 30% said they were either definitely or probably going to vote for Trump. There isn't comparable WSJ swing-state polling from 2020, but Trump received votes from 12% of black men nationwid...
Apr 17, 2024
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Chicago Democrats Chant Death to America
About 300 Democrat activists crowded into the basement of the Chicago Teamsters Union's headquarters over the weekend to learn how to chant "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" in Farsi. These mask-wearing fools heard organizers from all over the country describe their plans to continue their ca...
Apr 15, 2024
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The Graphic that Will Win the Election
After 4 years of criminals, drug dealers, human traffickers, rapists and murderers entering our country illegally, the future of America is in peril. Americans have lost their lives due to the Biden Administration's disastrous (lack of) border policies. Democrats know that their "policies" are not supported b...
Apr 13, 2024
Conley Commentary
CONLEY COMMENTARY - Because of us?
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - A forthcoming news article will take a closer look at Wausau's now-concluded mayoral race. Of course, there must be analysis when a liberal darling like Katie Rosenberg was turned out of office after just one term. A source tells me that Rosenberg was asked by a college newspaper reporter in ...
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CONLEY COMMENTARY - Nursing Home Staffing
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Nowhere is the phrase "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" more true than the Biden Administration's new nursing home rules. Vice President Kamala Harris was in Wisconsin earlier this week to talk about them. She argues that some nursing homes are so understaffed that ther...
Apr 24, 2024
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CONLEY COMMENTARY - Camping Laws
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Grants Pass, Oregon is about the same size as Wausau - 40,000 people. Grants Pass has an estimated homeless population of 600. Their city has an anti-camping ordinance. It's illegal to pitch a tent in a city park, or on a sidewalk and stay there overnight. Whether such an ordinance is constit...
Apr 23, 2024
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CONLEY COMMENTARY - 4-20 Day
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Saturday was April 20th... or 4-20 day. It's the day the supporters of legalized marijuana show their support for a more mellow, dumbed-down society. I look around and can't imagine why we'd want people to be less than they already are. "But we can tax it!" scream the people who've ...
Apr 22, 2024
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CONLEY COMMENTARY - Friday on Faith; Extravagant Generosity
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - A single mother came to a church one Sunday. She was a stranger. No one knew her. She had a young child in-tow, and had another baby on the way. She was welcomed before the service. During coffee hour, she said that she was deeply in need. Her immediate needs were a crib, a car seat, infant c...
Apr 19, 2024
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Tom King's Blog
It's Been a Great Ride
As a kid in the 1960s-early 70's listening to WRIG & WIFC and pestering the DJs with requests and telling them that they were playing the wrong songs, I really couldnt have envisioned working in that business for nearly 40 years and spending many of those years working at those stations. I can't remember when I dec...
Dec 30, 2022
A Old-Fashioned Southern Christmas
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago.... The only "new" Christmas album I could find from 1972 was this one from "The Man In Black". He and his family, touring band and several notable guests deliver an album of mostly original holiday material along with old standbyes "Jingle...
Dec 22, 2022
The Album That Wasn't Supposed To Happen
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... Maybe the oddest thing about the hit double LP "Made In Japan" from the band Deep Purple is the fact that they didnt even want to record it and then when it was recorded didn't really care if it got released. Many fans had recorded bootleg tapes of t...
Dec 21, 2022
Soulful Shuffling
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... This is one of those LPs that nobody in Central Wisconsin heard at the time. No one was really playing jazz records here. Even ones as funky as this. You may not know the name Bernard "Pretty" Purdie but I guarantee you have heard him play. He was Ar...
Dec 20, 2022
Better Material Needed
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... The New Riders of The Purple Sage were prolific if nothing else. "Gypsy Cowboy" was the second Lp of the year and their 3rd in 15 months. As in most cases of that much material being needed, some is weaker than most. The best tracks on the Lp are a s...
Dec 19, 2022
WSAU Newsroom Blog
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for April 23rd
The new Wausau City Council will meet on Tuesday to consider final approval for fencing around the Police Department parking lot. The measure would protect officers when they aren't prepared for confrontation. Patrol Lieutenant Luis Lopes Serrao previously told members of the Finance Committee that officers have been v...
Apr 23, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for April 16th
New city leaders will be installed Tuesday night. That includes Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids, who will swear in new Mayors and some new faces on their City Councils. In Wausau, Doug Diny will take the Mayor's gavel from Katie Rosenberg, who has held the post for the last four years. The City Council will welcome a pair ...
Apr 16, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for April 8th
The Wausau School Board will hear an update regarding proposed staff reductions to help cover a $2.5 million budget shortfall for the coming academic year. The proposal was brought forward in March, calling for the elimination of roughly 26 full-time equivalency positions, saving about $2.3 million. That would still le...
Apr 08, 2024
Newsroom Blog: What to know for the Spring Election
Polls will be open on Tuesday across Wisconsin as voters select new city, village, county, and town leaders. Highlights from Central Wisconsin include the Mayoral elections in Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids. Stevens Point voters will select a handful of new Alders and decide the fate of an operating referendum for the sch...
Apr 01, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for March 26th
The Wausau Finance Committee will consider a pair of funding requests from the city's police department on Tuesday. The first involves security fencing around the Police Department parking lot. Officers say there have been numerous incidents where they have been confronted on their way to or from their personal vehicle...
Mar 26, 2024
The Midwestern Conservative
Gilman, Sparta and Cadott take top archery honors
(DNR) MADISON, Wis. - Student archers from 51 public, private and home schools competed virtually in the state's National Archery in the Schools Progr...
Apr 04, 2022
President Trump's first social media posting
It took less than an hour for President Trump to send out his first message on social media following his swearing in. Trump posted the following message on Facebook: Greg Belfrage @belfrageshow is the veteran morning show host on KELO Newstalk 1320/107.9 in Sioux Falls, SD. Greg can be contacted at greg.belfrage@mwcra...
Jan 20, 2017
Poll: Obamacare replace must happen with repeal
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say any repeal of Obamacare should include an immediate replacement plan. The Morning Consult/Politico poll says voters support the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, but they want another plan at the ready. Replacing Obamacare was listed by a plurality of voters as the top job facing Pre...
Jan 10, 2017
How The Far Right Fell in Love With Assange
Much has been written about “tribal politics” since the November 8 election. Simply put, loyalty to the tribe is put above all else. In a piece for the Washington Post, Michael Gerson uses the acceptance of criminal Julian Assange by leading conservative figures to maximum effect in explaining tribal politi...
Jan 06, 2017
What Will Trump "Russian Reset" Look Like
A U.S. intelligence community report declassified Friday squarely blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for “influence campaign” aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton and helping President-elect Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. The report concludes that it was Putin himself who ordered the campa...
Jan 06, 2017