Category: Original Reporting

From tonight’s Yahoo News. I just can’t:

I must have gotten on someone’s enemies list somewhere. I am not a frequent flyer but for the past 15 years I have taken at least one international trip each year. So I know to put my little bitty liquids in the one quart sized bag and take off my…

Just a rhetorical question I guess but something that makes me wonder. If it will be so difficult to deal with a solid border between the Irelands after Brexit…why can’t NI leave the UK and rejoin Ireland?

This morning a number of Facebook friends shared a post from The Independent UK website. I have seen other stories from this site a few times and have probably been guilty of sharing them. But this morning’s story just seemed too weird to me. After the all over the media…

In their attempt to ‘give us some background’ on the Domestic Terrorist, Cesar Soyac, an article published in US Today and reprinted in this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had this to say about his actions: Sayoc, 56, now stands accused of doing something very real: Mailing pipe bombs to more…

A week ago my elderly cat passed away. For the last three to four years he was on a number of medications to maintain his quality of life. But after his passing I still have a few left over. So I searched for information on the internet on how to…

No really! Just hours after Vice President Michael Pence outlines the Trump regime’s plans for a ‘Space Force’, my email inbox receives a missive from the Trump/Pence 2020 campaign asking me to vote for a ‘Space Force’ logo so they can start selling swag. NO Really! And what an incredible…

where is the data? A little back fill if you need it: Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump’s 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users. The firm offered tools that could identify the personalities of American voters and…

I attended the “Families Belong Together” rally this afternoon in front of the Federal Building on East Wisconsin Ave in Milwaukee. News reports estimate the crowd at 2,000 or so attendees. As the crowd grew they pushed off the sidewalk into what would normally be a parking lane (except there…

When I was a youngster growing up in rural Waukesha County my parents subscribed to the Milwaukee Journal, Waukesha Freeman and Lake Country Reporter. All print media with the most recent news from their self described bailiwicks. News also arrived via the radio and TV. We didn’t watch the evening…