TV is the medium of a dying generation. I grew up on television. Now I can't remember the last time I watched it. Kimmel should switch to an online show. His YouTube channel alone has over 20 million subscribers. You don't need a broadcast license to post online. Social media has made millionaires out of dimwitted influencers.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Party on the Pavement draws crowds to Downtown Racine
From The Journal Times.com:
Milana Doné
Milana Doné
The 22nd annual Party on the Pavement was celebrated across 12 blocks of downtown Racine on Saturday. Beginning in the late morning, the festival featured live music, more than 40 food trucks, street performances, shopping, games and rides. Party on the Pavement took place along Main Street (from State Street to 7th Street) and 6th Street (from Lake Avenue to City Hall).
Trump's economic policies impacting grocery prices, mortgage rates
I live on a fixed income. I've resorted to shoplifting at grocery stores. Eat the rich.
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Trump's lies are what keep me from supporting him 100%.
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'You're Really Obnoxious': Trump Gets Into SPAT with White House Reporter
Oh my, Trump is butt-hurt. Poor, poor boy.
41-year-old man man pleads not guilty to enticing teenage girl
From The Journal Times.com:
Milana Doné
Milana Doné
RACINE — A Union Grove man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in connection to allegations of messaging a young girl online.
Steven Lachance, 41, faces one count of child enticement-sexual contact, one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and three counts of causing a child age 13-18 to view sexual activity.
According to a criminal complaint, the Mount Pleasant Police Department began investigating after receiving a report April 14 from BOOPAC’s Promise, a nonprofit dedicated to exposing child predators.
The report indicated that someone from the organization had posed as “Ashley,” a 14-year-old girl, and engaged in online messages with “Daniel,” who was identified as Lachance.
On April 14, MPPD took over the investigation, and an officer continued posing as “Ashley.”
According to the complaint, the chats reportedly made clear to Lachance that “Ashley” was 14. He allegedly said he was 41, asked if she was “open to dating an older guy,” and said he “would love to date her,” according to the complaint.
The officer posing as the child and Lachance arranged to meet at a fast-food restaurant in Mount Pleasant. On April 17, Lachance’s van arrived at the restaurant and he was arrested.
Lachance reportedly told MPPD that he had spoken to teen girls online for about a month and had exchanged photos.
During a competency hearing Aug. 19, Lachance was found competent to proceed.
He is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 27 for a status conference.
Friday, September 19, 2025
NATO intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace | BBC News
Putin wants war. He wants to resurrect the USSR.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Outrage After ABC Suddenly Suspends Jimmy Kimmel Live
I like KImmel. I don't watch his show, but I check out his monolog on YouTube in the morning. He has ridden Trump hard, but I think it's been mostly funny. (I'm split down the middle on Trump.) Presidents and other politicians have always been the target of late night comedians. I don't like the implications for free speech.
Microsoft to invest additional $4 billion into Mount Pleasant data center
From The Journal Times.com:
Holly Gilvary
Holly Gilvary
RACINE — Microsoft will invest an additional $4 billion to expand its data center campus in Mount Pleasant, according to Brad Smith, the company's vice president.
Smith was joined by Gov. Tony Evers, Racine County Executive Ralph Malicki and Mount Pleasant Village President David DeGroot at Festival Hall, 5 Fifth St., on Thursday to break the news.
"This facility is more than a technological feat," Smith said. "It's a promise to grow responsibly, invest deeply and create opportunities for Wisconsin and for the nation."
With the expansion on the Mount Pleasant campus, Microsoft is investing a total of $7 billion into the project.
The first artificial intelligence data center in Mount Pleasant is expected to go online in early 2026. According to Smith, it will power "the most powerful supercomputer on planet Earth," 10 times more powerful than any other in the world.
"It's an extraordinary resource for this community and state, but (also) for the country and for the world, in terms of what we believe AI has the potential to do to solve the problems that need to be solved as we look ahead," Smith said.
At the peak of the data center's construction, 3,000 construction workers were hired on, and Microsoft is now hiring for around 400 permanent jobs, according to Smith.
DeGroot said that since the village first sat down with Microsoft leaders to discuss the construction of a data center, Microsoft "has become a trusted partner that is integrating into our community and exceeding promises that benefit our village and entire state."
Malicki, similarly, highlighted Microsoft's involvement in Racine County, including its partnership with Gateway Technical College to create a data center certificate program, its investment in Racine County's Summer Youth Employment program and giveaway of 750 laptops.
"This kind of local engagement matters," he said. "It creates conditions for sustainable growth, and today's announcement reflects that the next phase of investment from Microsoft is a major step forward, not only for Racine County, but for the entire region."
Smith addresses water, energy usage
Records released Wednesday from the City of Racine, which will provide water service to the data center, showed that Microsoft expects to use about 2.8 million gallons of Lake Michigan water per year.
However, "Lake Michigan has nothing to fear from our data center," Smith said Thursday.
More than 90% of the data center will rely the closed-loop liquid cooling system, where cold water comes in from one part of the data center, cools the computer chips and is then pumped to a chilling plant. The remaining portion of the facility will use outside air for cooling, switching to water only on days where the outside temperature surpasses 85 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Smith.
"When Foxconn was planning to build here, they were permitted to use more than 7 million gallons every day — so 2.8 million a year is tiny compared to 7.8 million a day," he said. "We will use enough water to fill four (Olympic-size) swimming pools. Lake Michigan has enough water to fill 2 billion swimming pools."
The data centers will, however, use a substantial amount of electricity, Smith said. Together, the Mount Pleasant data centers could use more than 900 megawatts of electricity.
To prevent village and county residents' electricity costs from rising, Microsoft plans to pursue tariffs for electricity so that the company pays more and covers the cost, including the cost of improving the electrical grid. Smith also said that whenever necessary electricity comes from fossil fuels, Microsoft will invest into the neighboring grid an equal amount of new electricity from carbon-free energy sources, such as wind or solar power.
"We are doing everything we can, and I believe we're succeeding, in managing this issue well so that you all don't have to pay more for electricity because of our presence," he said.
Racine releases water records after environmental group sues
From The Journal Times.com:
Holly Gilvary
Holly Gilvary
RACINE — The city has released public records requested by an environmental group about water usage related to the Microsoft data center in Mount Pleasant, following the group's filing of a lawsuit related to a public records request.
Midwest Environmental Advocates on Monday announced it had filed legal action on behalf of Milwaukee Riverkeeper in Racine County Circuit Court against the City of Racine, claiming the city had failed to respond to a public records request that Milwaukee Riverkeeper made in February.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a nonprofit focused on protecting the health of waterways in the Milwaukee River Basin, the release said.
The City of Racine on Wednesday announced that it has released the requested records to Midwest Environmental Associates and that the request "required additional review with Microsoft and associated parties to ensure that the release of information would not violate contractual agreements."
"This due diligence caused a delay; however, the City prioritized both the responsible handling of sensitive information and the ultimate goal of full transparency," the release said.
Wisconsin law requires public officials to respond to public records requests "as soon as practicable and without delay," according to Michael Greif, a legal fellow from Midwest Environmental Advocates.
"More than six months after making their request, our clients are still waiting," Greif said in the release Monday, prior to the city's response. "This blatant disregard for the Public Records Law violates their rights and deprives them of the transparency they deserve. Community members have a right to know how much water a data center will use before it is built."
Racine Mayor Cory Mason said in a statement Wednesday that open and transparent government is "essential to public trust."
"While we needed time to ensure that we handled this request responsibly and in compliance with legal agreements, we believe transparency is paramount," Mason said.
Microsoft's data center campus is currently under construction in Mount Pleasant and subsequent phases are planned. The Racine Water Utility will service the data center under an agreement with the Village of Mount Pleasant.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Boy and girl accused of threatening to "shoot up" Racine Christian School
From The Journal Times.com:
Milana Doné
Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to call the Racine Police Department Investigations Unit at 262-635-7756. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 262-636-9330 or on the P3 Tips app.
Milana Doné
RACINE — Two 12-year-olds were arrested Wednesday after allegedly making threats to “shoot up” Racine Christian School.
About 7 a.m., officers were notified of threats to the school, located at 912 Virginia St.
School administration canceled classes, and Racine Police Department personnel contacted both suspects.
The initial investigation determined that it was unlikely that the boy and girl would have easy access to firearms, but some items that were found —including a map of the school — were cause for concern, according to a Racine Police Department press release.
The boy and girl were taken to juvenile detention and face charges of making terrorist threats and disorderly conduct.
From: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_b9d58e78-935b-451c-9468-74684b6e5d18.html
Microsoft to use 2.8 million gallons of Lake Michigan water in 2026 for Mt. Pleasant project
From JSOnline:
Ricardo TorresCaitlin Looby
Ricardo TorresCaitlin Looby
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Microsoft data center in Mount Pleasant would use up to 2.8 million gallons of Lake Michigan water in 2026, according to records released Sept. 17 by the city of Racine.
That water usage could soar to more than 8.4 million gallons with anticipated expansion of the data center that's now under construction, according to the records which the media and environmental groups asked to see months ago. Midwest Environmental Advocates sued Racine over the delay Sept. 15 and the records were released to the group and the Journal Sentinel two days later.
Microsoft says it is taking steps to reduce the amount of water required to keep data center equipment cool and functioning properly.
"Our data center campus in Mount Pleasant leverages the latest and most innovative cooling technology available. In past data center designs, water has played a key role in data center cooling and humidification, but our new designs aim to eliminate this continuous need for municipal water for cooling," the company said in a statement.
"The bottom line is that this data center, and others we build in the future, will not require massive amounts of water."
The Racine records say the anticipated the peak water demand for the Microsoft data center to be 234,000 gallons per day and wastewater discharge back into Lake Michigan to be 81,000 gallons per day at its peak for what was is labeled "Area 3B."
Annually, Area 3B could use up to 2,814,000 gallons of water per year with wastewater discharge of 2,031,000.
Area 3B, where Microsoft has phase one of its data center operating, and another parcel, Area 3A, were originally part of the failed Foxconn Technology Group project. It now appears that Microsoft plans to take control of that area and another site, Area 2, north of Foxconn on Braun Road.
Area 2 was initially reserved for Foxconn to purchase for potential expansion as part of the agreement with the village of Mount Pleasant and Racine County, but in 2023 Microsoft gained the right to those parcels of land.
Water usage for all of Area 2 and 3 could be as high as 702,000 gallons per day and 8,442,000 per year, the city records say. The wastewater discharge for the area is 243,000 per day and 6,093,000 per year.
The initial water usage is lower than what was approved for Foxconn in 2018. At the time, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved for 7 million gallons of water to be used on a daily basis, with roughly 5.8 million reserved for Foxconn. The Foxconn facility was to be a high tech manufacturing operatio -- far different from the data centers which are huge buildings filled with computer servers.
Lawsuit filed before documents released
The Midwest Environmental Advocates sued Racine on behalf of Milwaukee Riverkeeper in Racine County Circuit Court .
Racine Mayor Cory Mason said city officials needed additional time to fulfill the request to make sure whatever documents it released did not violate contractual agreements.
“Open and transparent government is not optional; it is essential to public trust," Mason said in a statement.
"While we needed time to ensure that we handled this request responsibly and in compliance with legal agreements, we believe transparency is paramount. The information has been released, and we remain committed to making all relevant government records accessible so our community can see how decisions are made and resources are used.”
Peg Schaeffer, communications director for Midwest Environmental Advocates, questioned the Mason and the city's reasoning for the delay in an emailed statement to the Journal Sentinel.
"The Mayor’s statement about Racine’s commitment to transparency is a real head scratcher. It took seven months, and a lawsuit, just to get the city to release a single piece of paper," the statement reads.
"Most reasonable people would agree that's the exact opposite of transparency, and it’s a pattern that simply can’t continue. People have a right to know what kind of impact data centers will have on their communities, and they shouldn't have to file a lawsuit to find out."
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Monday, September 15, 2025
Whooping cough at 35-year high in Louisiana amid vaccine skepticism | Morning in America
It's too bad that innocent children have to suffer and even die because of their parents' stupidity.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
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