Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be breezy and humid, with a few strong t-storms, and a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:49 AM and sunset 8:12 PM for 14h 23m 10s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1977, the Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80,…
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Big Lie, Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Speaker Vos, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.24.22: WISGOP Finds Robin Vos Too Sane for Their Tastes
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 65. Sunrise is 5:23 AM and sunset 8:20 PM for 14h 57m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 31.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM, and the Whitewater Unified School Board meets at 6…
Big Lie, Daily Bread, Gableman, Law, Public Records, Speaker Vos, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.21.22: “I Don’t Have Control Over Mr. Gableman”
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 60. Sunrise is 5:25 AM and sunset 8:17 PM for 14h 51m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1673, Marquette and Joliet Reach the Menominee: On or…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Politics, Speaker Vos, Trumpism, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.13.22: Pyromaniac Complains About Smoke Inhalation
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 88. Sunrise is 5:33 AM and sunset 8:09 PM for 14h 36m 19s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is…
Big Lie, Conservative Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Gableman, Speaker Vos, Trump
Daily Bread for 5.1.22: Gableman Bites the Hand That Feeds Him
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:47 AM and sunset 7:56 PM for 14h 08m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1898, during Spanish–American War at the Battle of Manila Bay, the Asiatic Squadron of…
Daily Bread, Gableman, Speaker Vos, Trump
Daily Bread for 4.26.22: Trump v. Vos
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 5:54 AM and sunset 7:50 PM for 13h 55m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 19.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Board of Assessment meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1564, William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,…
Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Legislature, Open Government, Politics, Public Records, Speaker Vos
Daily Bread for 3.31.22: The One Effective Trick Robin Vos Learned He Learned Before Trump
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Big Lie, Daily Bread, Elections, Flop Sweat, Horde, Legislature, Politics, Speaker Vos
Daily Bread for 3.18.22: Small, Scared Man Pours Gasoline on Fire and Runs Away
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see rain, and perhaps some snow, with a high of 38. Sunrise is 6:59 AM and sunset 7:05 PM for 12h 05m 49s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, the Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last…
Conspiracy Theories, Crackpots, Daily Bread, Speaker Vos, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 2.17.22: Vos Primly Lectures Fanatics on the Dangers of Fanaticism
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Conspiracy Theories, Crackpots, Daily Bread, Food, Gubernatorial Race 2022, Politics, Speaker Vos, Trumpism, Wisconsin, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 2.13.22: Vos, Now on the Trumpists’ Menu, Deserves No Sympathy
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 15. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset 5:24 PM for 10h 31m 33s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1689, William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. Molly Beck reports A…
Daily Bread, Law, Open Government, Public Records, Speaker Vos
Daily Bread for 2.9.22: Shreddin’ and Deletin’ Vos
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see occasional show showers with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset 5:19 PM for 10h 20m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 60.8% of its visible disk illuminated. There will be a joint meeting of the Common Council, Community Development Authority,…
Courts, Daily Bread, Legislature, Speaker Vos, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.12.22: Speaker and Deponent
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Bad Ideas, Boosterism, Development, Foxconn, Government Spending, Politics, Scott Walker, Speaker Vos, Trump, WEDC, Wisconsin
Adding the Amounts Spent for Foxconn (So Far)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Wisconsin’s new deal with Foxconn will reduce the cost to state taxpayers, but local governments have already spent vast sums on a project that will not – by Foxconn’s own belated admission – come close to what was originally, and ludicrously, promised. Bruce Murphy writes of The True Costs of New Foxconn Deal: the true cost…