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Daily Bread for 8.24.23: Closing a Legal Loophole on School Sexual Harassment

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/24/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 97. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset 7:42 PM for 13h 30m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 51.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1991, Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union. Anya…

Assault Awareness & Prevention, Crime, Daily Bread, Law, Legislation, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 8.9.23: Wisconsin Senate Considers Bills to Address Sexual Assault in the Wisconsin National Guard

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/09/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:55 AM and sunset 8:05 PM for 14h 09m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 38.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1974, as a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard…

Crime, Daily Bread, Trump

Daily Bread for 4.3.23: Fear & Bravado @ Mar-a-Lago

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/03/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 57. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 7:23 PM for 12h 51m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 92.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1865, a day…

Crime, Daily Bread, Elections, Presidential race 2016, Russia, Trump

Daily Bread for 1.31.23: Trump & Russia

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/31/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 10. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 5:07 PM for 9h 57m 46s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 77.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1865, the United States Congress passes…

Crime, Daily Bread, Russia

Daily Bread for 1.15.23: Mikhail Popkov Would Like to Join Russia’s Mercenaries

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/15/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 40. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset 4:46 PM for 9h 24m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 44.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, the first Super Bowl takes place in Los Angeles: the Packers…

Business, Confidence Schemes, Crime, Daily Bread, Ethics, Fraud, Hubris

Daily Bread for 12.26.22: After the Confidence Game Collapses

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/26/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 18. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:27 PM for 9h 02m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, George S. Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded…

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Daily Bread for 12.22.22: Inside the Russian Unit That Killed Dozens of Civilians

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/22/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be snowy with a high of 27. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:24 PM for 9h 01m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1864, Savannah, Georgia, falls to the Union’s Army of the Tennessee, and…

America, Big Lie, Conspiracy Theories, Crime, Daily Bread, Gableman, Insurrection, Liberal Democracy, Politics, Trumpism, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.20.22: Gableman, Goblin King of the LARPers

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/20/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered morning showers with high of 86. Sunrise is 6:41 AM and sunset 6:54 PM for 12h 13m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 26.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1854, during…

Cats, Crime

Friday Catblogging: Stolen Bodega Cat Reunited with Owners

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/12/2022 • Comments

?? Some good news in difficult times. Melissa Klein reports Stolen bodega cat returned to its owners at Brooklyn deli: It’s a purrfect ending to the tale of Boka, the stolen bodega cat. A mysterious intermediary returned the feline to the Green Olives Deli & Grill in Park Slope a week after a catnapper grabbed the…

Crime, Daily Bread, Law, Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 5.27.22: Ron Johnson Scrambles for an Unlocked Door

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/27/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 5:21 AM and sunset 8:23 PM for 15h 01m 50s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 8.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the…

Bad Ideas, Bigotry, Crime, Daily Bread, Nativism, Race

Daily Bread for 5.15.22: Replacement Theory Brings Tragedy (And Not for the First Time)

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/15/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 72. Sunrise is 5:30 AM and sunset 8:11 PM for 14h 40m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States…

Crime, Daily Bread, Incarceration, Law

Daily Bread for 5.14.22: Convicted Murderer Douglas Balsewicz Is Unworthy of Parole

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/14/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:31 AM and sunset 8:10 PM for 14h 38m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1953, Milwaukee brewery workers go on strike: Milwaukee brewery workers begin…

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Daily Bread for 2.5.22: He’d Give Them Pardons

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/05/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 20. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset 5:14 PM for 10h 10m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 22.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W.…