The news feed is very sparse again tonight, for unknown reasons. Has everyone gone on vacation early? Are there a lot of sunspots, maybe?
The good news on this D-Day+68 is that Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has beaten the attempt by the labor unions to unseat him in a recall vote. Reports indicate that the Democrats have employed more than 400 lawyers to litigate the result of the vote.
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