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Daily Bread for 2.13.22: Vos, Now on the Trumpists’ Menu, Deserves No Sympathy

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 for 2.12.22: For WISGOP, Bad Goes to Worse

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 16.  Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 5:23 PM for 10h 28m 52s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 86.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1809,  Abraham Lincoln is born in a log cabin on Sinking Spring…

Daily Bread for 1.29.22: Congressional Committee Subpoenas Two Fake WISGOP Electors

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see occasional flurries with a high of 23.  Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset 5:04 PM for 9h 53m 38s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 9.4% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1980, the Rubik’s Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy…

Steve Nass: Troll-King in Autumn

For many years, Steve Nass, as a state representative (now a state senator) was a notable farthest-to-the-right Wisconsin politician. The bête noire of liberals and universities, he was the state’s unmatched troll, criticizing the center-left time and again. Nass was a right-wing populist long before Trump.  He was the great troll-king of Wisconsin, firing florid press releases…

Foxconn’s Venture Capital Fund

Bruce Murphy has a solid assessment of Foxconn’s much-touted (by Foxconn) venture capital fund in About That Foxconn Venture Capital Fund. It’s well worth reading in full. A few key points: Unfulfilled: Louis Woo of Foxconn had promised this venture fund for startup companies would naturally connect to Foxconn’s innovation centers in Eau Claire, Green Bay…

The Party Demands Unity

One reads that WISGOP Bill Would Make It Illegal For Sports Venues to Skip National Anthem: It would be illegal for some sports venues to skip the national anthem before games under a new bill proposed by a Republican legislator. Stevens Point Republican Sen. Patrick Testin’s Star Spangled Banner Act, proposed Wednesday, would require the anthem…