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Daily Bread for 3.1.22: In Mount Pleasant, Village Representatives Vote to Extend Their Own Terms

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 43.  Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 5:45 PM for 11h 16m 24s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 1.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:15 PM, and the Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On…

City, Crime, Daily Bread, Insurrection, Law, Local Government, Politics, Trump, Trumpism

Daily Bread for 1.30.22: Trump Teases Pardons for Insurrectionists and Rioters

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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 27.  Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 5:06 PM for 9h 55m 59s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 3.6% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1930, the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders that…

Bad Ideas, Confidence Schemes, Daily Bread, Government Spending, Local Government, School District

Daily Bread for 1.4.22: Theranos? Yeah, We Have a Few…

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 30.  Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:35 PM for 9h 09m 40s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 4.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1923, Milton College president A.E. Whitford bans dancing by students in off-campus, semi-public…

Big Lie, Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, League of Women Voters, Liberal Democracy, Local Government, Mendacity, School District

Daily Bread for 1.3.22: The Dishonesty of Whitewater’s Local Politics

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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 18.  Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:34 PM for 9h 08m 38s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.8% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1957, the Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.   The New…

Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, Liberal Democracy, Local Government, Politics

Daily Bread for 11.16.21: Not Only in Washington, and Not Only Journalists

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 50.  Sunrise is 6:49 AM and sunset 4:30 PM for 9h 40m 41s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 92.6% of its visible disk illuminated.  The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM and the Whitewater Common Council…

City, Culture, Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics, School District

Daily Bread for 10.25.21: Late in the Day Even for Sociability

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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 52.  Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 5:55 PM for 10h 34m 08s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, the Community Development Authority Seed Capital Committee meets…

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Daily Bread for 10.24.21: The Otters of Singapore Offer a Lesson for Whitewater, Wisconsin

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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 51.  Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 5:57 PM for 10h 36m 49s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 86.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1946, a camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket [from White Sands…

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Daily Bread for 9.26.21: The Vaccine Divide and the Economic Divide

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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82.  Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:43 PM for 11h 55m 49s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 73% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1789, George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary…

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Conservative Populism, Culture, Education, Far-Right Populism, Horde, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, School District, Trumpism

(Local) Fear of a Red Hat

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There are any number of fears that occasionally grip people, however unfounded those fears, of snakes, of spiders, of black cats, etc. (Snakes play an important ecological role, some cultures think spiders are good luck, and black cats are beautiful with notably soft coats.) And yet, and yet… no fear strikes deeper and holds tighter…