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…
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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…
America, Assault Awareness & Prevention, Conservative Populism, Culture, Daily Bread, Mendacity, Trump, Trumpism, University
Daily Bread for 4.28.22: Exclusive Video — Kellyanne Conway Visits UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 46. Sunrise is 5:51 AM and sunset 7:52 PM for 14h 01m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1881, Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. Kellyanne Conway, Trump…
America, Conservative Populism, Culture, Daily Bread, Disinformation, Propaganda, Putin
Daily Bread for 4.27.22: How Putin Conned the Right
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 44. Sunrise is 5:53 AM and sunset 7:51 PM for 13h 58m 27s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting to escape disguised as a…
America, Culture, Daily Bread, Fellow Traveler, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, Politics, Putin
Daily Bread for 4.3.22: BBC Reports Evidence Points to War Crimes on Road Outside Kyiv
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:24 PM for 12h 52m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, Union forces capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. . The Russian…
America, City, Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, Politics
Daily Bread for 3.30.22: Whitewater’s Still Part of America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see rain with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 40m 50s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1867, the United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, or about 2-cent/acre.…
America, City, Culture, Daily Bread, Nativism, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.22.22: The Answer to the Nativists in Whitewater Comes from… Kenya
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be icy with a high of 31. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 5:36 PM for 10h 56m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1922, ice storms wreak havoc…
Acculturation, America, Daily Bread, Immigration, Refugees
Daily Bread for 11.27.21: New Americans in Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with scattered rain or snow showers and a high of 42. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 4:23 PM for 9h 20m 32s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter with 49.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1903, Green Bay Packer Johnny…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Productivity
Daily Bread for 8.23.21: Productivity
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 89. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset 7:43 PM, for 13h 32m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.8% of its visible disk illuminated. The Urban Forestry Commission Arboretum Sponsorship Subcommittee meets at 4:30 PM. Whitewater’s School Board…
America, Crime, Insurrection, Justice, Law, Sen. Ron Johnson
Country Over Party
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, CDA, Common Council, Development, Economics, Economy, Free Markets, Local Government, Regulatory Capture, WEDC
Competition: Good for Individuals and Society
by JOHN ADAMS •
Pres. Biden plans measures to increase market competition. David Leonhardt reports Biden’s New Push (‘The U.S. economy suffers from a lack of competition. President Biden wants to change that’): The U.S. economy has been less dynamic in the 21st century, by many measures, than it was in the late 20th century. Fewer new businesses are starting.…
America, Crime, Documentary, History, Insurrection
Inside the January 6th Capitol Riot
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over the last year, Trumpism has advanced three grand lies: against the significance of the pandemic, against Biden’s clear win in the presidential election, and against the fact of a violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. In response to that third lie – that there was no violent insurrection – there is ample…
America, Culture, Horde, Politics, Sen. Ron Johnson, US Senate Race 2022, Wisconsin
Johnson Picks His Predictable – and Ironic – Platform
by JOHN ADAMS •
Jessie Opoien reports At WI convention, Ron Johnson calls for GOP to ‘take back our culture’: Johnson called on Republicans to run candidates at every level of public office, arguing that the GOP has spent too much time focused on federal elections while letting seats go at the local levels. “Take back our school boards, our…
America, History, Holiday, Milwaukee, Politics, Sen. Ron Johnson, U.S. Senate, Unfit, Wisconsin
Ron Johnson Got the Reception He Deserved
by JOHN ADAMS •
Ron Johnson held up a Senate vote to make Juneteenth a holiday, and when he at last relented, he did so only begrudgingly (“While it still seems strange that having taxpayers provide federal employees paid time off is now required to celebrate the end of slavery, it is clear that there is no appetite in Congress…