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Daily Bread for 4.28.22: Exclusive Video — Kellyanne Conway Visits UW-Whitewater

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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. What else has…

America, Conservative Populism, Culture, Daily Bread, Disinformation, Propaganda, Putin

Daily Bread for 4.27.22: How Putin Conned the Right

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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

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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, Daily Bread, Economy, Productivity

Daily Bread for 8.23.21: Productivity

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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, CDA, Common Council, Development, Economics, Economy, Free Markets, Local Government, Regulatory Capture, WEDC

Competition: Good for Individuals and Society

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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

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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

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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…

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Juneteenth

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Sometime later today, Pres. Biden will sign a bill, having passed overwhelminmgly in both the House and Senate, to make Juneteenth a national holiday.  The House saw only 14 members opposed (one being Tom Tiffany, R-WI 7) and the Senate voted after Sen. Ron Johnson withdrew his opposition to a vote. Making Juneteenth a national…