Update: the poll’s now open – It’s been a long season for the Brewers, with months of it spent under .500, but now they’ve a chance for a wild card entry into the post-season. Do they make it into October as a wild card team? They’ve missed so many opportunities this season, that instinct suggests…
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Friday Poll: How Many Regular Season Packers Wins?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
The Packers beat Chicago last night, for a 1-1 start to the season. In their sixteen-game regular season, how many wins do you think they’ll have. (It’s the playoffs that matter most, but I’m curious how well you think they’ll do along the way.) I’ll say 14. What do you think? Packers 2012 Regular Season…
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Friday Poll: Do We Need a Longer School Year?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
I saw a post at Slashdot that asked if we needed a longer school year. (That post has links to stories arguing in favor of a longer year.) Well, do you think we should we have a longer year? Alternatively, should school sessions be spaced more evenly throughout the calendar year? Perhaps both: a longer…
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Friday Poll: Wisconsin Wolf Hunt
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Update, 6:44 PM: A circuit court judge ruled today that the hunt could proceed, but prohibited the use of dogs. See, Update: DNR Says “Wolf Season Will Proceed” After Judge’s Ruling. Wisconsin plans a fall wolf hunt, something that’s the subject (as of this post) of a pending lawsuit over using trained dogs as part of…
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Friday Poll: Will You Watch the Republican and Democratic National Conventions?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Two national political conventions are upcoming: the Republican National Convention in Tampa (8.27 to 8.30) and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte (9.4 to 9.6). I’ll be watching and recording both. The broadcast networks won’t have much live coverage (they didn’t have much in 2008, either), but C-SPAN will have a great deal, live throughout…
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Friday Poll: Tobacco’s Popularity
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
A recent World Health Organization study details the dangers of smoking, and to assess possible global risks from smoking, it lists the proportion of smokers in different countries: The study, conducted between 2008 and 2010, found that across 14 developing nations, 49% of men and 11% of women used tobacco. Most of them smoked —…
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Friday Poll: Would you bite your medal if you were a winning Olympian?
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Friday Poll: Air conditioning – good or bad?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Slate’s Daniel Engber asks, “Is Air Conditioning Bad for You?” in a story in which he assesses studies for and against air conditioning (and how people’s politics are mixed up with their views on home cooling). Even in this very hot summer, there are bound to be differences on this question. What do you think:…
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Questions about the WISGOP Senate Race
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Public Policy Polling, a solid pollster, has a poll out today that puts Eric Hovde (28%) in the lead for the GOP Senate race, with Mark Neumann and Tommy Thompson (25%) tied closed behind. There are two weeks to go, and these are close findings, with more campaigning and money yet to be spent. Still,…
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Friday Poll: Would you jump from 96,640 feet like Fearless Felix?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Earlier this week, Fearless Felix Baumgarnter set a personal best for a jump — in a pressurized suit — from 96,640 feet. ‘Fearless Felix’ falls far fast: krqe.com Let’s assume that Felix and others could prepare you, adequately, to do what he did. (It’s a big assumption, of course, because Felix has been skydiving from…
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2012 Summer Olympics: How Interested are You?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 7 Comments
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Poll: Favorite Music
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Today’s poll asks about one’s favorite music. I’ve added some of the most common genres from the Billboard charts, with a category for other. Multiple selections are possible. It’s a mix of jazz, blues, and scattered pop tunes for me. What are your favorites? Favorite Music? <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/6387213/”>Favorite Music?</a>
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Friday Poll: Should the Brewers Clean House or Go for Broke?
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Friday Poll: Raw (Organic) Milk
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Wisconsin is prosecuting a dairy farmer, Vernon Hershberger, over his sale of raw milk. Hershberger is representing himself, and his effort to have the charges dismissed has been denied. Should organic milk sales be lawful in Wisconsin, America’s Dairyland? What do you think? Raw (Organic) Milk Poll