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Jumbotron envy

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 18, 2011

Giant screens used for political speeches generally have an Orwellian quality. Not always, of course. Newt Gingrich? Orwellian. Steven Colbert? Not so much. Saturday in Madison the best seat for the Sarah Palin/Americans for Prosperity/Koch Brothers/Andrew Breitbart speechifying was at home following the Channel3000 livestream. The Channel3000 camera was fixed on a high platform and [...]

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Asparagus

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 16, 2011

Today is the opening day of the farmers market on the square and the day that ill-informed whiners have called “tax day.” Supposedly, if you had to pay all your taxes before you could keep any of your take home pay, today would be the day you would finally be free of the 2011 tax [...]

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Follow the money

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 1, 2010

Sarah Palin’s PAC buys copies of her book, “Going Rogue.” She distributes the book to donors. Her publisher pays her royalties for book sales. Questions: Is she collecting royalties for books sold to the PAC? How much has this kind of purchase contributed to the sales ranking of the book?

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