Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:20 AM and sunset 8:24 PM for 15h 04m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 68.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state to enter the Union…
History
Cats, Daily Bread, History, Science/Nature
Daily Bread for 5.13.23: When Domestic Cats Had Their Own Constellation
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 72. Sunrise is 5:33 AM and sunset 8:09 PM for 14h 35m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 38.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines…
Daily Bread, History, Language
Daily Bread for 3.31.23: Oral Traditions and Modern Traditions
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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 67. Sunrise is 6:37 AM and sunset 7:20 PM for 12h 43m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 71.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1774, Great Britain orders the…
City, Daily Bread, History, Photography, Technology
Daily Bread for 2.12.23: A History Of The World According To Getty Images
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America, Daily Bread, History, Military
Daily Bread for 12.5.22: General Grant’s Promotion
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 10m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified (to repeal the…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2022, History, Michels, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.15.22: Tim Michels, the Man Who Would Be King
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 7:03 PM for 12h 28m 13s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 71.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1588, the “Invincible Armada,”…
City, Documentary, Film, History
Film: Wednesday, July 20th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk
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Wednesday, July 20th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Documentary One hour 75 years ago, he lost his home and his family. Now he is going back. 95 year old Vladimir Munk, a Holocaust survivor,…
America, Daily Bread, History
Daily Bread for 7.4.22: Happy Independence Day 2022
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Good morning. Independence Day in Whitewater will be partly sunny, with afternoon thundershowers, and a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:22 AM and sunset 8:36 PM for 15h 13m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 24.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Independence holiday events continue at the Cravath Lakefront (Whippet City…
Daily Bread, History, War
Daily Bread for 6.6.22: D-Day, Seventy-Eight Years On
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:30 PM for 15h 13m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 38.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred…
Daily Bread, History, Holiday
Daily Bread for 3.17.22: St. Brigid
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Good morning. St. Patrick’s Day in Whitewater will see an early evening shower with a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 7:04 PM for 12h 02m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.2% its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Citizens Financial Advisory Committee meets at 6…
Daily Bread, History, Insurrection, Liberal Democracy, Never Trump, Politics, Sedition, Trumpism, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 2.15.22: For the Trumpists, It’s Not One Thing, But Many Things
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 35. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 5:27 PM for 10h 36m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:15 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM. On…
Cartoons & Comics, Daily Bread, History, Politics
Daily Bread for 12.25.21: Santa as a Hero for the Union
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Good morning. Christmas in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 42. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:26 PM for 9h 02m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 65.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1758, Halley’s Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund…
Daily Bread, Education, History, Ignorance, Medicine, Public Health, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 10.14.21: Ignorance and Fanaticism Threaten Mequon-Thiensville
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset 6:12 PM for 11h 04m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt is shot in…
City, Constitution, Daily Bread, Education, Ethics, History, Insurrection, Politics, Right-wing Populism, School District, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 10.4.21: The Basis of a Civics Syllabus for Whitewater’s Schools
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 6:29 PM for 11h 32m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the…