Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 6:21 PM for 11h 19m 13s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, in a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British…
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Animals, Bad Ideas, Carnivores, City, Coyotepocalypse, Laws/Regulations
Friday Coyoteblogging: In Whitewater, People Won’t Feed Coyotes — Coyotes Will Feed on People
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Embed from Getty Images I’ve warned Whitewater more than once about the probability of a coyote invasion. See Coyotes Begin War Against Humanity, Cat Defends Arizona Home Against Coyote, Coyotes abundant, troublesome in Rock County — GazetteXtra, Cat Defeats Three Coyotes in Combat, and Cat v. Coyote. (Ludicrously, Whitewater last year passed a ban against…
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Film: Tuesday, October 11th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
?? Tuesday, October 11th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama Rated PG, 1 hours, 55 minutes (2022). A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress and decides that she…
City, Culture, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.4.22: The Same Idea Problem
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 6:30 PM for 11h 33m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 67.8% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union…
Babbittry, Boosterism, CDA, Charity, City, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Development, Economics, Economy, Free Markets, Housing, Local Government, Poverty, School District, Zoning
Daily Bread for 9.28.22: Local and National Views of Child Poverty
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Babbittry, City, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Free Markets, Housing, Hubris, Hypocrisy, Local Government
Daily Bread for 9.27.22: Housing Opportunity and Opportunity’s Adversaries
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 56. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:42 PM for 11h 53m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1777, Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes…
Babbittry, City, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Free Markets, Local Government
Daily Bread for 9.26.22: Up from Business to Markets
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 60. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:44 PM for 11h 56m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, and the Whitewater Unified School District’s board…
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Film: Wednesday, September 28th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, The Hand of God
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
?? Wednesday, September 28th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of The Hand of God @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Drama Rated R (sex, language, nudity); 2 hours, 10 minutes (2021). This is the final film in our Wednesday Summer series of foreign, cult and documentary films. Shown…
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Film: Tuesday, September 27th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Elvis
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Tuesday, September 27th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Elvis @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Biography/Drama/Music Rated PG-13; 2 hours, 39 minutes (2022) The life of music icon Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), his relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), and Elvis’ love affair with eventual wife,…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Local Government
Daily Bread for 9.22.22: The Next Morning
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 61. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 6:51 PM for 12h 08m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 904, the warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of…
Acculturation, City, Culture, Daily Bread, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 9.13.22: A Feature of Democracy Applicable Everywhere, Including Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with high of 73. Sunrise is 6:33 AM and sunset 7:07 PM for 12h 33m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Board goes into closed session, not to reconvene, at 5 PM. …
City, Daily Bread, Excuses and Rationalizations, Faraway Places, Gubernatorial Race 2022, Travel
Daily Bread for 9.11.22: The Nutmegger and Carpetbagger
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with high of 61. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:10 PM for 12h 39m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2001, al-Qaeda launches the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Education, Fire Dept, Government Spending, Local Government, School District
Daily Bread for 9.10.22: A Report on the Starin Park Water Tower
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see scatted afternoon showers with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 7:12 PM for 12h 42m 30s of daytime. The moon is full with all of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1813, the United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie…
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Film: Tuesday, September 13th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, CODA
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
?? Tuesday, September 13th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of CODA @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Music Rated PG-13; 1 hour, 51 minutes (2021) As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened,…