Good morning. Mother’s Day in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 64. Sunrise is 5:38 AM and sunset 8:03 PM for 14h 25m 17s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 45.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United…
Author Archive for JOHN ADAMS
City, Film
Film: Tuesday, May 10th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, West Side Story
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, May 10th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of West Side Story @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Musical/Drama/Romance Rated PG-13; 2 hours, 36 minutes (2021) This reimagining of the 1961 classic musical was nominated for Best Picture, and garnered a best support actress Oscar for Ariana DeBose. Directed…
Business, Daily Bread, Federal Government, Hubris, Local Government, Planning, State Government
Daily Bread for 5.7.22: Fordlandia’s Folly
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 62. Sunrise is 5:39 AM and sunset 8:02 PM for 14h 22m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 35.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1992, Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law.…
Daily Bread, Never Trump, Politics, Republicans, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 5.6.22: Well, of course MAGA is the GOP’s future…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 60. Sunrise is 5:41 AM and sunset 8:01 PM for 14h 20m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 26.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits…
Cats, Faraway Places
Friday Catblogging: Cats of Catstanbul Istanbul
by JOHN ADAMS •
Business, City, Daily Bread, Government Spending, Local Government, School District
Daily Bread for 5.5.22: What It Means When Even the World’s Richest Man Has to Look for Financing
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:43 AM and sunset 7:59 PM for 14h 15m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 12% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, the Police and Fire Commission at 6:30 PM, and…
Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Disinformation, Russia, Sen. Ron Johnson, Soviet Union
Daily Bread for 5.4.22: Ron Johnson Recycles a Soviet Conspiracy Theory About AIDS
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday — May the 4th be with you — in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 57. Sunrise is 5:43 AM and sunset 7:59 PM for 14h 15m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 12% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, Rhode Island becomes…
Daily Bread, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.3.22: Law and Enforcement After Roe
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 47. Sunrise is 5:44 AM and sunset 7:58 PM for 14h 13m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.3% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board meets at 6:30 PM and the Whitewater Common Council also meets…
Daily Bread, Disinformation, Fox News, Propaganda, Putin, Russia, Tucker Carlson
Daily Bread for 5.2.22: The Short Distance Between Whitewater and the Kremlin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 55. Sunrise is 5:46 AM and sunset 7:57 PM for 14h 11m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM. On this day in 2012, a pastel version of The Scream,…
Music
Monday Music: The Beatles, Ticket To Ride
by JOHN ADAMS •
Big Lie, Conservative Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Gableman, Speaker Vos, Trump
Daily Bread for 5.1.22: Gableman Bites the Hand That Feeds Him
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:47 AM and sunset 7:56 PM for 14h 08m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1898, during Spanish–American War at the Battle of Manila Bay, the Asiatic Squadron of…
America, Big Lie, City, Conservative Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Culture, Daily Bread, Education
Daily Bread for 4.30.22: Longwell on Why Trump Supporters Believe the Big Lie
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see showers and thunderstorms with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset 7:54 PM for 14h 06m 04s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1864, Joseph Bailey Saves a Union Fleet: On this date, Joseph Bailey began…
America, Assault Awareness & Prevention, Conservative Populism, Culture, Daily Bread, Mendacity, Trump, Trumpism, University
Daily Bread for 4.29.22: No Free Speech Problem for Trump Apologist Kellyanne Conway
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 61. Sunrise is 5:50 AM and sunset 7:53 PM for 14h 03m 33s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Union forces under David Farragut capture New Orleans. Kellyanne Conway, mendacious…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Relaxed, Very Relaxed
by JOHN ADAMS •
Arnesia Young writes that a Japanese Cat Sleeping in Funny Position Is Compared to a Drunken Salaryman: Cats are often known to fall asleep in a variety of amusing positions. But one Japanese Twitter user’s cat conked out in a position so odd that commenters are comparing the snoozing feline to a drunken salaryman on a…