Good morning.
Memorial Day in Whitewater will see occasional thundershowers with a high of sixty-four. Sunrise is 5:21 AM and sunset 8:22 PM, for 15h 01m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 42.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
Today is the nine hundred thirtieth day.
Weather permitting, Whitewater’s Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:30 AM in the city’s downtown, with a ceremony thereafter at the American Legion on 292 S. Wisconsin Street beginning at 11 AM.
On this day in 1673, Marquette & Joliet Reach Green Bay:
“Embarking then in our canoes,” Marquette wrote in his journal, “we arrived shortly afterward at the bottom of the Bay des Puants, where our Fathers labor successfully for the conversion of these peoples, over two thousand of whom they have baptized while they have been there.”
Recommended for reading in full:
Pete Dougherty writes Legendary Packers quarterback Bart Starr dies at age 85:
The quarterback who guided the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships and was as popular as any figure in franchise history has died.
Bart Starr, who served as the extension of coach Vince Lombardi on the field during the Packers’ glory days of the 1960s, died Sunday, his family said in a statement. He was 85.
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“We are saddened to note the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Bart Starr,” the family statement said. “He battled with courage and determination to transcend the serious stroke he suffered in September 2014, but his most recent illness was too much to overcome.
“While he may always be best known for his success as the Packers quarterback for 16 years, his true legacy will always be the respectful manner in which he treated every person he met, his humble demeanor, and his generous spirit.
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Starr’s place in Packers lore is cemented by his role in Lombardi’s 1960s Packers dynasty, which remains the most successful seven-year stretch in NFL history with five titles, including wins in the first two Super Bowls.
Neal Rothschild reports Trump’s tweets are losing their potency:
President Trump’s tweets don’t pack the punch they did at the outset of his presidency. His Twitter interaction rate — a measure of the impact given how much he tweets and how many people follow him — has tumbled precipitously, according to data from CrowdTangle.
Why it matters: It’s a sign that his strongest communication tool may be losing its effectiveness and that the novelty has worn off.
Trump’s interaction rate has fallen from 0.55% in the month he was elected to 0.32% in June 2017 — and down to 0.16% this month through May 25. (The metric measures retweets and likes per tweet divided by the size of his following.)
David Frum observes the demand-side for doctored videos smearing Trump’s opponents:
“Misinformation is a demand problem as well as supply. “I don’t think the people who repeat them are fooled. I think they enjoy the lie themselves. They are co-producers. The demand for false information may be an even bigger problem than the supply.”