As Senator Ron Johnson Rails On About Climate, My Reply Got Me Locked Down on X

Yes, that bastion of free speech found my speech unacceptable…their sarcasm module must have a bug in it. Anyway, Comrade Ron’s initial post (I didn’t link to his video): and then my witty sarcastic reply based on the knowledge of Rojo’s penchant for alternate COVID-19 cures: and X’s immediate reaction?…

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Suggested Summer Play In The Park? Lysistrata!

After presenting our summer reading suggestion, Cider House Rules, I thought it might be a good idea to suggest a play for 2022’s Play in the Park presenters. Time to put away those tired old Shakespearean chestnuts and go for the real classics: Lysistrata! and why? well, here’s the synopsis…

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Yes, We’ve Been Tracking the Issues at USPS

And let’s start with John Oliver! and you have my permission to perform unprotected philately at will!

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Melania Trump Wants To Have Dinner With Me!

I wonder what the proper attire is when meeting the first lady and not the president? From last weeks email: Friend, I LOVE being your First Lady. Donald and I have been overwhelmed by all of the incredible people we’ve met all across the country these past few years. While…

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Merry Christmas!

yes, I can say that! LOL! https://www.facebook.com/70saroundsounds/videos/600431334039362

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USDA Removes Wakanda As Free Trade Partner!

A little comic relief today. But the USDA website apparently included Wakanda as a free trade partner. You know, Wakanda, the fictional home of Marvel Comics super hero Black Panther! Wakanda’s free trade agreement with the United States wasn’t forever. Until Wednesday afternoon, the fictional country from the popular 2018…

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USA Today/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Doesn’t Get the Focus of the Impeachment Inquiry Either.

In a number of articles that have appeared in the print edition over the past few days, and this one online about Senator Ron Johnson’s comments, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and by extension their parent USA Today are misleading the public on what the impeachment inquiry is really about. Their…

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Squandering Another Milwaukee Cultural Icon

Delaying maintenance on Milwaukee County infrastructure has been a key strategy out of the County Executive office under both Scott Walker and Chris Abele. And we’ve seen the continued round and round (no pun intended) about the lack of support for the crumbling Mitchel Park Conservatory…aka The Domes. They may…

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Do We Have A New Location For The Milwaukee Public Museum?

Developer Rick Barrett has been trying to build a high rise apartment complex across Michigan Street from the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum and across Lincoln Memorial Drive from the Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World for quite some time. BUT: Couture high-rise planned for downtown Milwaukee lakefront runs into more…

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Is MLB Creating A Conflict Of Interest?

Hey, a chance to talk politics, business, and baseball! Major League Baseball along with private equity firm, Seidler Equity Partners, are buying Rawlings Sporting Goods. Now I realize that Rawlings has been making the official balls for the MLB for ages…but doesn’t this automatically preclude any other manufacturer from bidding…

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