White House and Environs as Seen From Space

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Distance Learning: Why Aren’t We Using Television?

W-a-a-a-a-a-y back in the day, I attended a Catholic parochial elementary school. We had seven teachers for eight classes…the choir director came in to teach music…but we had no art teacher…we had no library. But at that time Milwaukee channel 10, WMVS, (owned and operated by the Milwaukee Vocational School…

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Can We Call This The WUHAN Virus Instead Of Coronavirus?

There is a whole family of coronaviruses that cause all types of respiratory illnesses in humans (and animals), including the common cold. Most of them aren’t that dangerous, although some are, like SARS or MERS. So we are doing the whole world a disfavor by continuing to use the label…

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The Decline In Transparency In WI State Government

There’s been some new troubling nonsense out of Madison about transparency in government. Apparently several people have their noses out of joint about what Governor Tony Evers will release under the open records laws while GOP legislators spend tax dollars trying to avoid doing exactly the same thing. First, I…

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The Most Transparent President In History Did What?

Well…he held a secret dinner meeting with two CEOs’: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and 21st C entrepreneur, Peter Thiel. And apparently it was perfect! You know, as perfectly normal. Facebook confirmed to the network that the pair (Zuckerberg and the president), along with Facebook board member and Trump donor Peter Thiel,…

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Poor Ideas In Public Safety: Foxconn Edition

Yes, Foxconn is actually building some type of manufacturing facility in Racine County in Wisconsin. But they don’t seem to fully appreciate the building safety laws that we’ve all come to expect. What do I mean? Sprinkler systems in buildings. Something that we all take for granted in modern buildings….

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What Foxconn was doing today:

just happened to stumble across this. This was at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. But I should have known since they had an ad in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel listing their career days at college campuses.

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Why Would This Even Be Necessary?

I mean really? But I guess we don’t want any 18 minute gaps in the tapes now do we? Judge orders White House to preserve records of Trump’s dealings with foreign leaders. A federal judge has ordered the White House to preserve a wide range of evidence about President Donald…

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Implications Of Trump’s California Air Quality Changes

Yesterday, in his ongoing fight to punish California for voting against him, President Donald Trump announced that he was removing California’s waiver to impose stricter automobile emission standards than the federal requirements. Unsurprisingly some of his rationales don’t make any sense but he made them just the same. “The Trump…

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Trump Moves On Vaping Like He Moves On Guns

Today President Donald Trump said he was opposed to firms selling vaping products that were flavored anything other than tobacco flavored. Well? Because our youth are being injured. But what about our adults who are being injured? Yeah, I know the theory is sweet or fruit flavors appeal to minors…

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