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From Total Recall to Total Reflex -- Prosser cop-out is Wisconsin's latest wonder

August 26, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Reflexing his muscleIn an interview with an investigating detective on July 8, State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser admitted he made contact with Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in an angry confrontation but recused himself on the basis that ... well, let's hear Prosser tell it:

"Did my hands touch her neck, yes, I admit that. Did I try to touch her neck, no, absolutely not, it was a total reflex."

To put Prosser's defense into other words: Justice Bradley's neck ran into my grasping, outstretched hands. 

Never mind that Prosser is six inches taller than Bradley, weighs thirty pounds more, and would have had to reach downward to encounter her neck -- sort of in the way that cartoonish Homer Simpson reflexively reaches out to strangle his son Bart. No, never mind. Case closed. Well, closed in the criminal courts, but still open before the Wisconsin Judicial Commission and the all-important court of public opinion.

Feb. 19 Birds and Music in Steuben

February 11, 2011 by KickTime

Birds and Music at Old Congregational Church near Steuben  Join us Saturday Feb 19 at 10:30 AM. DNR Forest ecologist Mike Mossman will discuss bird and habitat surveys in the Lower WI River and Lower Kickapoo River. He has some astonishing news about breeding neotropical bird abundance. Following this, his family and Mike Boehm will join Mike for some great live acoustic music; a fundraiser for a Veterans for Peace trip to Viet Nam and the Peace Park. Mike B., Mike M., his wife Lisa Hartman and their son Angus will be traveling to Viet Nam in March. Located at...