This week in the cereal aisle: A marriage between General Mills and Girls Scouts of America

Photo by Retiring Guy

Girl Scout cookie cereal: Coming to a breakfast table near you.  (USA Today, 10/24/2016)

Suggest Thin Mints cereal be stored in freezer.  As marketing ideas go, General Mills might score with its Girl Scout cookie cereals. The cookie campaign, a key way that the organization raises funds, is a fixture in offices across the U.S. But don't expect the cereals to stick around forever. They are labeled "limited edition," meaning they disappear when cookie sales go on hiatus.

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The price of convenience (22.54 cents per ounce).  (8/19/2016)
Make up your mind already!  (8/14/2016)
Remember Nabisco Shredded Wheat?  (7/13/2016)
Features Batman and Superman.  (7/7/2016)
Post wants you to have ice cream for breakfast.  (6/30/2016)
Tiny Toast.  (6/21/2016)

Headline news: Why are we even having this conversation?

madison.com, 1/18/2017

Related reading:
Betsy DeVos and God's Plan for School.  (The New York Times, 12/13/2016)
The Dark Side of School Reform.  (takeapart, 1/30/2013)
School vouchers overview.  (PBS)

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Actually, it has much more to do with the fact that Betsy DeVos and her husband write a lot of checks.  (1/18/2017)

Meet John Humphries, your GOP/private school voucher industry candidate for WI State Superintendent of Public Instruction

He's got some big-time support!

Michael Grebe to co-host fundraiser for state superintendent candidate.  (Madison.com, 1/18/2017)

Former Dodgeville School District administrator -- and now consultant to the district -- John Humphries signed a petition to recall Governor Walker in 2011.  He has since refashioned his convictions to insure a maximum cash flow from the private school voucher industry.

Related post:
Dodgeville School Board to John Humphries: Have we got a deal for you!! (1/5/2017)


Original 7/3/2016 post, "Michael Grebe loves Scott Walker too much to go to Cleveland", starts here.

Photo credit:  Little Sis

As quoted in Grebe stands firm against Trump; Lynch added as GOP alternate.  (La Crosse Tribune, 7/2/2016)

Mr. Grebe has also sent a lot of campaign cash Scott Walker's way.

Source:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Related posts:
The Michael W. Grebe/Scott Walker connections.  (10/23/2015)
On the topic of Rebecca Bradley, Scott Walker speaks loudly, clearly.  (10/19/2015)

The money link between Scott Walker and 2 contributors to the National Governors Association Conference.  (8/2/2013)

Wisconsin's conservative Bradley Foundation manages to avoid the spotlight.  (11/21/2011)