Category: Technology
I Think It’s Time For A Foxconn Economic Impact Study
So we all know that Scott Walker and Donald Trump gave away the farm…or several farms if you look at the impact of eminent domain in Racine County…but Foxconn never kept their part of the bargain. And the facility in Mount Pleasant WI is a fraction of the promised investments…
Odd Phenomenon In Northern Lights! Is This Environmentally Friendly?
Everyone from NPR to Yahoo News is reporting on this phenomenal spiraling light show that appeared over Alaska recently as part of a Northern Lights Display. But it’s not a purely natural phenomena, it’s man made. And how can this be safe? Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in…
So Now We Have The CHIPS bill…Can We Manufacture The Dang Things In That Money Pit In Mount Pleasant.
So the feds have passed a bill to encourage and subsidize the manufacture of computer chips in the United States. And the president has signed it. Besides increasing manufacturing opportunities in this country, the secondary goal is to solve some of the supply chain issues that are vexing any number…
Wake Up Midwest, The Southwest Is Plotting To Steal Your Water
It has been no secret for decades that the Soutwest United States was destined to have a serious water crisis. Continued unrestrained population growth, movement to water intensive financially lucrative yet unsustainable farming, and continued mismanagement of water resources made a water shortage inevitable. And then add on the ravages…
Self Check Out : Bad, Self Pour : Good?
I am sure that most of you have seen articles or social media posts that find fault with retailers who use self check out lanes. It takes jobs away from real people. Which is true. But today some of those same people are excited about going to a bar where…
Book Report: Economix by Michael Goodwin
Looking for a primer on economics that’s not all addled economics gobbledy-gook that reads like Milton Friedman and puts you to sleep? Well, this graphic text book might be what you want if you want to understand socialism and capitalism and communism and any of the other ism trends. Mr….
A Question About Laptops and Emails
As all of you have certainly read over the past four to six weeks, there’s been a lot of press and speculation about a certain laptop computer that somehow was abandoned by its owner and ended up in the hands of a has been lawyer. Now ignoring all of the…
Rep. John Nygren Is Enjoying Tweeting Nonsense
The problem with Wisconsin’s unemployment system rests in the late 20th Century technology that the state is saddled with because the legislature hasn’t the will to spend the money on an upgrade. So giving the states alternative methods? Still requires vast amounts of time and effort to build into the…
Monday Humor:
ok…stolen from social media…but I am not old enough to remember a phone exactly like this one: but it does make me realize that the phone companies moved the cost of much of their infrastructure to your bank account instead of theirs… and I do remember when you could only…
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