"The list of powerful men accused of inappropriate conduct continues to grow"

(Erin Patrick O'Connor, Nicki DeMarco/ The Washington Post)

 

"The list of powerful men accused of inappropriate conduct continues to grow

 

"After the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, many women have come forward against a growing list of well-known male figures with similar stories of harassment and assault."

 

From: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/the-list-of-powerful-men-accused-of-inappropriate-conduct-continues-to-grow/2017/10/26/5bef7106-ba85-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_video.html?tid=hybrid_mostviewedvideo_2_na&utm_term=.2ad5c06450c2

 

 

It must be near impossible to remain decent once you've become a "big shot."  Every one of these pigs should spend some time in jail, lots of time in jail.  Instead, they'll be rewarded with new jobs, doing the same things to other women.

Four for Fridays!

Good morning everyone I hope all of you are staying warm with the cold weather we are having. Yes it is that time of year to see all the kids in their Halloween costumes. I think it is so nice to see what the kids decide to wear for Halloween. Here are your questions.

1) Do you remember any of the Halloween costumes you wore?

2) Did you go out trick or treating?

3) Do you go out to see what costumes the kids are wearing now?

4) Do you hand out candy for the trick or treating kids?

Have a nice weekend and stay warm!

Open Blog - Friday

There's only one a week!

"13 Psychology Tricks That Work On Anybody"

I can attest to the power of Number 10.  My old boss in the auto repair biz sold shit left and right.  He was a short, ugly. pock-marked man, yet somehow he made sale after sale.  I studied him.  I noticed that when he talked to a customer, he looked them right in the eye while slightly nodding his head.  Pretty soon the customer was nodding his head in agreement.

I probably could have done as well as my old boss, but I had ethics.  An elderly woman came in for exhaust work.  Her 1972 Plymouth Valiant needed a muffler, and only a muffler.  It was the lowest part of her exhaust system and condensation puddled there.  It was our 'lifetime' muffler, which meant we should have replaced hers at no charge.  More importantly, her engine had rod knock.  It was soon going to be junk, or require extensive repair.  My old boss didn't care.  He sold her an entire exhaust system.  He never mentioned her engine.  I would have replaced her muffler w/o charge and advised her to get the car to her mechanic fast.  That's why I never got as rich as some of the managers.

Alltime10s Thursdays

Open Blog - Thursday

Lucy must like it like THB: barefootin'.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hi, guys!  How are you doing?  I'm writing this on Tuesday, October 24, and the weather is pretty crappy.  At least the storm system appears to have moved over Lake Michigan.  However, it's still very close.  I went out earlier and froze my tush off  whenever I left the car.  The stop at the Neighborhood Walmart Store is always the breeziest.  There's nothing to break the wind out there.  Ha-ha.  I got the pun.

Anyways, it's chilly out there.

*     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *

That was yesterday.  Today is supposed to be about the same without the rain.   I have the thermostat turned up and a cup of coffee at hand.

Well, the Packers lost.  But is that really any surprise?  At least they have a bye week to lick their wounds.  Someone from the Packers' organization should have contacted Area 51 when Aaron Rodgers broke his collar bone.  Those aliens can heal you within hours.  Aren't there any Packers fans among our ETs?  Hell, Rodgers doesn't even have to know.  Do it while he's sleeping.  Otherwise, kiss our season good-bye.

Here are the Irregular Football League standings:

I'm still in third place and Mr. OrbsCorbs is still dead last.  Is there an award we can give someone for never changing their status?  Mr. OrbsCorbs started out last.  If he holds the position all season, I think he should be recognized for his efforts, or lack thereof.  Of course, the Half-Astrophycisists are still on top.

From The New York Times:

"You see them everywhere: people walking with their eyes glued to their mobile phone screens on busy streets. But walking and texting can be dangerous — and cities in the United States and Europe have begun to do something about it.

"Honolulu has passed a law, which will take effect Wednesday, that allows the police to fine pedestrians up to $35 for viewing their electronic devices while crossing streets in the city and surrounding county. Honolulu is thought to be the first major city to enact such a ban."

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/business/honolulu-walking-and-texting-fine.html

Hooray for Honolulu!  These people will walk right into you.  How they manage to avoid extinction by automobile escapes me.  Maybe the drivers are looking at their cell phones, too.  I'm tired of meeting someone on the sidewalk and preparing to say, "Hi," when I see that they're engrossed in their cell phones.  The most selfish generation yet.

One other thing I wanted to mention; FOXCONN IS COMING!  FOXCONN IS COMING!  FOXCONN IS COMING!  Or maybe not...

I love you all and hope you have a great week ahead of you.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Try to keep your cool if you find yourself frustrated by Racine's road construction schedule.  The construction workers are frustrated, too.  Everyone is frustrated except for the owners who are making a tidy profit.  Ain't that the way it always is?

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Open Blog - Wednesday

It's better than Monday.

"Ding-Dongers"

From the Shepherd Express:

by Art Kumbalek

October 24, 2017

1:10 PM

  

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? Listen, I’ve got this old Rodgers and Hart tune—“Where or When,” the one that says “It seems we stood and talked like this before,” key of E-flat usually—stuck in my head over the last days and it’s driving me mucho focking loco, you betcha.

So no essay for you’s this week, boo-hoo, ’cause all I can do is to get together with the fellas and try to clear my head up over by The Uptowner tavern/charm school, the joint where today is always at least a day before tomorrow and yesterday may very well be today, what the fock. Come along if you feel like it but you buy the first round. Let’s get going.

Ernie: I’ll tell you’s, this trick-or-treat baloney boils my butt but good. These kids start young with this begging one day a year and before you know it, they’re out looking for a focking handout every day of the year—and get your hands off my bar change Emil or I’ll focking deck you right here.

Little Jimmy Iodine: If you don’t want the kids to come by your house for trick-or-treat, then don’t pass out the candy. Do like Artie does, and pass out something healthy or hand-out wise advice.

Julius: The health treats for the kids can save you dough. Last year I couldn’t be home during the begging ’cause I had to take the wife shopping for new doilies and a pair of house slippers. So before we left, the wife put on the porch two warming dishes and left a note for the kids to help themselves. One dish had mashed potatoes with gravy, the other had steamed asparagus. When we got home, the dishes were still full-up, I kid you not.

Herbie: I had one kid come to the door last year wearing a suit and tie. Here’s a kid who knows from dressing for success, I thought. He says, “Are you Herbie Bryzlyzcki?” I said, “Who wants to know?” He says, “Nice name. You got something against vowels? Let’s cut to the chase, mister. I’m here to count your candy.” So I show him the bowl the wife filled with the little candy bars. He does the counting and then takes like about 28% of the total and starts to walk away without even a thank-you. I said, “Hey, who the hell do you think you are?” Kid turns around, says, “IRS.”

Emil: Worse than the kids is some of these grownups. Hey, if you’re an adult and make a big deal about the Halloween with all kinds of plans—take a good look in the mirror and think about seeing somebody who’s dressed-up like a psychiatrist.

Ray: And speaking of jackass-o’-lanterns…

Little Jimmy Iodine: Hey, Artie! Over here. Put a load on your keister.

Art: Hey gents. What do you hear, what do you know.

Emil: I heard in the news where they said the biologists went and got themselves some docu-mention of wild gorillas using tools.

Julius: Tools? You got to be jerking my beefaroni.

Emil: They saw a lady gorilla smashing palm nuts between some rocks, like a hammer and anvils, to get some kind of oil from it, and another gorilla was poking a stick into a jungle pond to see how deep it was.

Ray: Big focking deal. When a gorilla looks at a blueprint and then attaches a new garage to his fixer-upper, then you got something to write home about.

Herbie: If you’re the type who has to have a pet, why not the chimpanzee to train to do a wealth of pain-in-the-butt chores around the domicile—swab the toilet, cut the grass, get the focking mail, iron a shirt or two—all for the wage of a couple, three bananas.

Julius: Your own private primate would be like having some kind of slave hanging around and who could possibly complain about that; I mean it’s an animal for christ sakes. Some people eat them for breakfast; so shut up.

Herbie: I would have to believe that any self-respecting simian would much prefer waiting on my ass hand-and-foot to sitting on his dupa at the zoo all day with nothing better to do than repeatedly pluck his magic twanger to beat the band in broad view for families with kids, what the fock.

Art: Seems I’ve heard that one before, but who knows where or when?

(Hey, I know you got to go, but thanks for letting us bend your ear ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.)

Open Blog - Tuesday

Thank you.  The same to you.

"8 PROVEN SIGNS YOU'RE SMATER THAN YOU THINK"

"Nuclear Bombers Poised to Return to 24-Hour Alert After Trump Recalls Retired Pilots"

By Graham Lanktree On 10/23/17 at 5:47 AM 

"The U.S. Air Force is preparing for nuclear armed B-52 bombers to be put back on 24-hour alert for the first time in 25 years as tensions rise between North Korea and President Donald Trump.

"'I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward,' General David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, told Defense One in an interview Sunday.

"While the order to have the bombers on alert hasn’t been given by the heads of U.S. Strategic Command or U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Goldfein—a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—said that in the current political climate the Air Force anticipates that it might come. 'This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,' he said of the preparations.

"The last time the bombers were on 24-hour alert was during the Cold War. About 40 strategic bombers armed with nuclear weapons were ready to take off at a moment’s notice from the president from 11 Strategic Air Command bases around the world. The alert was ended in 1991 by the then President George H.W. Bush after the end of the Cold War.

"The prospect of returning to 24-hour alert worried former diplomats. 'Very hard to understand what would justify returning to costly practice of keeping B-52s on alert, a practice abandoned by GHW Bush in 1991,' wrote Steven Pifer‏, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and foreign service diplomat in Moscow on Twitter.

"'Something's brewing & it makes me queasy,' wrote Adam Blickstein, a former public affairs strategic planner for the Secretary of Defense, online, noting that last Friday President Trump signed an executive order so the Air Force could bring 1,000 pilots out of retirement.

"On Sunday a spokeswoman for the Air Force said there are no plans to 'recall retired pilots to address the pilot shortage.'

"Over the summer President Trump threatened military action and 'fire and fury like the world has never seen' against North Korea after a series of tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by Pyongyang. The regime has also conducted underground nuclear weapons tests.

"In early October Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that while the U.S. needed to 'ensure we have military options,' that Trump told him and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to pursue diplomatic efforts.

"Yet during an interview with the Fox Business Network broadcast Sunday Trump said 'you would be shocked to see how totally prepared we are' for military action against Pyongyang. 'Would it be nice not to do that? The answer is yes. Will that happen? Who knows, who knows,' he said.

"'The world is a dangerous place and we’ve got folks that are talking openly about use of nuclear weapons,' Goldfein said. 'It’s no longer a bipolar world where it’s just us and the Soviet Union. We’ve got other players out there who have nuclear capability. It’s never been more important to make sure that we get this mission right.'"

From: http://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-bombers-poised-return-24-hour-alert-after-trump-recalls-retired-pilots-690403

Open Blog - Monday

Sleep through them.

Open Blog - Weekend

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

"WiGWAG: Pence's 'patriotism,' paying with peanut butter and more"

From the Wisconsin Gazette:

News with a twist Lisa Neff and Louis Weisberg, Staff writers Oct 19, 2017 Updated 22 hrs ago

Blame it on Oktoberfest

When La Crosse police received a complaint that a couple was copulating in a car parked on a residential street, Officer Aaron Westpfahl responded. Car windows fogged? Check. Car rocking back and forth? Check. So Westpfahl opened the back door and found a naked young couple in flagrante delicto. The officer was more or less told to get lost. “I’m trying to f***,” said the 21-year-old male. But as Westpfahl hauled the couple off to jail, the young fellow tried to win his sympathy: “You’re a man. You should understand. It’s Oktoberfest weekend,” he said.

Near Plymouth Rock

Oct. 9 was designated as Columbus Day on many 2017 calendars in the United States. But the museum on the historic English colony at Plymouth recognized Oct. 9 as Indigenous Peoples Day. Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, celebrated the history and culture of the Wampanoags, the Native Americans encountered by English settlers some four centuries ago. Indigenous Peoples Day also was observed on many college campuses and by some government institutions, including Milwaukee County.

Costly show of ‘patriotism’

Vice President Mike Pence flew to Indianapolis to catch a football game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers, warning in advance that he’d leave if any players kneeled during the national anthem. That was odd, because players had already announced their intention to take a knee. When they did, Pence and his wife abruptly left, making a show of their “patriotism.” But Pence’s stunt required the re-routing of Air Force 2, which cost taxpayers the patriotic sum of $242,500.

Stalin Trump

A great-granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev says Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the media reminded her of Joseph Stalin. Trump accused NBC of “fake news” and said he wanted its broadcast license revoked — notwithstanding the fact that networks are not licensed. According to Nina Khrushcheva, “President Trump defined ‘fake news’ the way Joseph Stalin defined ‘enemies of the people’: If they offer the slightest objection to his rule they must be wrong. And they must be silenced.”

Seasonal hazard

An unusual smell prompted an evacuation and a hazardous materials response at a Baltimore high school. Several people reported difficulty breathing. But after five people were taken to the hospital complaining of upset stomachs, fire officials discovered the source of the smell: a pumpkin-spice air freshener plugged into an outlet in a classroom.

Spread the word

New Mexico State University is allowing motorists to take a bite out of certain parking tickets by paying with peanut butter. Drivers who have received a “no current permit” parking citation can pay it with at least 80 ounces of peanut butter Oct. 23–27. All peanut butter donations will be sent to the Aggie Cupboard. Officials say appealing the citation forfeits the right to pay with peanut butter.

Slobbery record

A St. Bernard in South Dakota has set a new, slobbery world record. Mochi now holds the Guinness World Record’s title for having the longest tongue on a dog — 7.31 inches. The 8-year-old broke the previous record held by a male Pekingese, whose tongue was a scant 4.5 inches.

Coupon to ‘kill’

Seven days after a gunman killed 58 people and injured more than 500 at a country music festival in Las Vegas, Groupon was offering a half-price deal on “Massacre Tactical Laser Tag.” The games are held in a 4,000 square-foot arena in Northern Illinois that’s equipped with laser weapons that “resemble real Glocks, MP5s, M16s and more.” The cost was just $19 for 60 minutes. One satisfied customer wrote, “Great setup, my kids loved it.”

Walking undead

Hundreds of undead people gathered at the New Jersey shore for the annual zombie walk. Staged in Asbury Park, the walk is considered one of the largest gatherings of its kind. A zombie Donald Trump pushed a tombstone, tossed paper towels to the crowd and asked, “Does anyone need saving?” Held less than a week after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, organizers banned the use of prop weapons — which apparently didn’t infringe on Second Amendment rights.

‘Paradise USA’ lost

Officials in Key West, Florida, want to know who took the sign that welcomed visitors to “Paradise USA.” It wasn’t Irma. The sign — which features a painted sunset and was hung at the key’s entrance off U.S. 1 — was last seen on the ground after Hurricane Irma roared across the island. For now, a hand-painted “Welcome to Paradise” sign marks the spot where “Paradise USA” once stood.

From: http://www.wisconsingazette.com/blogs/wigwag-pence-s-patriotism-paying-with-peanut-butter-and-more/article_248d7c30-b4d1-11e7-b90f-3fe134cac955.html

 

Four for Fridays!

Good morning everyone I hope you are enjoying this nice weather we are having. I am enjoying having my windows open and finally being able to air the house out. Here are your questions.

1) Have you been out looking at the trees changing colors?

2) Do you take pictures of the trees changing colors?

3) Which do you like better the Spring time when the buds are coming on the trees or the Fall when the leaves are changing colors?

4) Are you enjoying the nice Fall weather?

Have a nice weekend!

Open Blog - Friday

Happy Friday!

"You Are Reading Almost Live"

From the Shepherd Express:

by Art Kumbalek  October 17, 2017 4:42 PM

Ed. Note: Two analysts/commentators have been assigned to Mr. Kumbalek’s column this week to provide more comprehensive comprehension through the marvel of instant analysis in hopes of attracting more male beer drinkers from ages 18 to 34 to this page. The analysts we chose are former professional writers—one now in advertising, the other fulfilling a lengthy community service obligation. We feel their clear, insightful and fun commentary will benefit both the seasoned reader as well as the casual.

Analyst #1: Hello, and welcome. Before the first paragraph gets under way, I’d like to ask my compatriot here what kind of column—or essay, as Mr. Kumbalek prefers to pretentiously call it—we can look forward to this week.

Analyst #2: With this writer, one never knows. Questions are these: Does he have his essay face on and has he come to write? Or, will he just sputter around in the backfield of his mind until he figures he’s coughed up enough words to call it a day and hit the nearest bar stool. Any given week, it’s a tossup, but let’s turn to the action. Looks like he’s ready to kick it off.

[DROP CAP, PLEASE]

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? Listen...

Anal. #1: Art seems to have called a very early timeout here. Any idea why?

Anal. #2: I think it’s an equipment problem. He stopped to light a cigarette and pour himself another tub of coffee. Right now he’s picking his nose, but I think he’s nearly ready to retake the page.

I was wondering the other day if any of Yo-Yo Ma’s friends ever call him Duncan, like for a nickname, you know?

Anal. #1: Any idea who he’s talking about?

Anal. #2: Not a clue, but an otherwise nice, quick opener.

Anyways, before I get steamrollering Swiftly mine weekly battle against the usual confederate union of dunces, hey, how ’bout this holiday season coming back up like a bad burrito. Here in the States, the season now commences with Columbus focking Day. But in different parts of the world it ain’t the same, like over there by New Zealand, where it starts Oct. 23 this year ’cause that’s their Labour Day, and I got to tell you, I hope their labor situation is a whole lot healthier than the crap sandwich the would-be American workingman is forced to swallow, lo, these days.

Anal. #1: That opening phrase—meant to throw the reader offside?

Anal. #2: Fock if I know. And New Zealand, two questions: One, do we really need to know anything about it; and two, who cares?

Anal. #1: We know that the country was settled by the Maoris, a group principally out of Polynesia, sometime before 1350. And if they were cannibals, they’d enjoy this anecdote: Sitting around after lunch, one cannibal says to the other, “Your wife makes a nice soup.” The other says, “Yeah, I’m sure going to miss her.” Now, back to the page.

I mean, do we even have unions, to speak of, anymore? We were so cock-focking-sure all our problems were on account of the unions, ain’a? Sky-high budget deficit? The unions. Can’t get the goods on pushing goods in foreign markets? Unions. Your focking car’s cigarette lighter doesn’t want to cooperate? Your kid can’t read? Aaron Rodgers’ busted collarbone? You guessed it. The focking unions. Big Business heard the Word and the Word was this: Go Ahead And Squash The Unions ’Cause Who’s Going To Stop You. And the blue-collar man has become the horse-shit-collar man and a buck two-eighty an hour won’t get you a pot to pee in and this sucks, what the fock.

Anal. #1: Believe it or not, Art’s taking a TV timeout. Any thoughts on the action?

Anal. #2: Reasonably coherent approach, an approach Mr. Kumbalek might think of trying more often. The excessive capitalization, too cutesy by half. But here he comes, back from the refrigerator with an ice-cold one in hand, so let’s get what’s left of this page under way.

And speaking of the workplace, here’s one for you: So this hotshot executive has a problem. He’s got to get rid of one of his staff, either Jack or Jill. They’re equally qualified and do excellent work. He decides that whichever one uses the water cooler first would get the heave-ho. So Jill comes in, hung-over to the max after partying all night. She goes to the cooler to take an aspirin. The executive says: “Jill, excuse me, but I need to lay you or Jack off.” Jill says: “So could you jack off? I feel like shit today.” Ba-ding!

Let this story be a warning to what workers we have left working these days: Watch what you say. If our “Jill” had been less a party gal, she could’ve slapped the executive guy so fast with a sex-harassment suit right across the puss as to bring tears to his eyes, I kid you not.

I’m a sensitive guy when it comes to this subject ’cause word-harassment is the solo reason I’m even at a workplace; it’s the butter that pats my toast. Sure, my variety is written ’stead of spoken, but you know what they say: “The pen is more mightily potenter than a focking petard, for christ sakes,” ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

Anal. #1: That’s it? Space has ended. Let’s grab Mr. Kumbalek for a comment before his ritual post-essay meltdown at the Uptowner tavern/charm school. Art, this column, this essay. Call it a win, loss, or draw?

Art: Call it focking finished.

From: https://shepherdexpress.com/around-milwaukee/art-kumbalek/you-are-reading-almost-live/

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Open Blog - Thursday

Betty is an angel.

Sandy Wiedner Loses Mayoral Race

A heavy pall hangs over the city

Suicide nets installed in numerous locations. 

A mass exodus has started.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my partners in crime.  Two of my worst nightmares came to fruition this week: Aaron Rodgers breaking his other collar bone and Cory Mason winning the Racine mayor's race.  At least the weather has been nice.  The cool is catching up with us, though.  Some major holidays will arrive in the net few months.  Up next: Halloween.  Boo!

Cory Mason winning the mayor's job was a foregone conclusion by the good ol' boys.  Personally, I can't stand the man.  Don't invite both of us to the same soiree.  Mr. Mason = Mr. Dickert.  Why can't Racine catch a beak?

A break?  Did I mention a break?  Like Aaron Rodgers' collar bone?  One tackle and an entire team's season changes.  It's Rodgers' throwing arm, so expect some special exercise and care.  Soon after Rodgers left the field, things took a turn for the worse.  We lost.  And with Rodgers out for the rest of the season, we better get used to losing.  Oh crap.

Here are this week's Irregular Football League standings:

How did "Amanda's Crazy Team" slip past me?  At least Mr. OrbsCorbs has been consistent: he's on the bottom week after week.

I've been in psychic contact with most of the other mediums around here, trying to dig up the truth about Yellowstone's Super Volcano.  Almost all agree that the media are now downplaying the risk because there's nothing we can do anyway.  If it blows, we goes.

It would be a fitting end to a species that's done nothing but crap on everything.  But, please, wait till I've passed.  I don't want to be around for the final showdown.  I'm too old for this stuff.

Say a prayer for all the Irregulars who are facing physical problems and/or are dying.  Some of us are getting up there in years.

Thank you all, once again, for reading my blog.  I take great pleasure in writing it each week.  It's even more pleasurable when your audience agrees with you.  I love you all.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Get out there, if you can, and enjoy the waning days of 2017.  Me?  I'm hiding.  They say trouble comes in threes.  Rodgers' collar bone is one and Cory Mason is two, so who or what will be three?
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Open Blog - Wednesday

Have a good one.

Actor Chris Hemsworth Took His Shoes Off In A Fancy Australian Restaurant

In some quarters, this is news: http://people.com/movies/chris-hemsworth-ditches-shoes-expensive-restaurant/

What the hell is the matter with us?

"Florida governor declares state of emergency in advance of Richard Spencer event"

Richard Spencer at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Maryland’s National Harbor in February. He was expelled from the event. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

 

 

?WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday in anticipation of a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer at the University of Florida.

"Scott (R) warned in an executive order that a 'threat of a potential emergency is imminent' in Alachua County, where the public university is located.

"The order was intended to help with law enforcement agencies’ response to rallies planned for Thursday, the governor said in a news release. University of Florida officials said Monday afternoon that the order was not made in response to any specific heightened threat.

"Spencer led hundreds of torch-bearing white supremacists, white nationalists and others on a march chanting, 'You will not replace us' and 'Jews will not replace us' at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in August. The group fought briefly with counterprotesters, and violence worsened the following day when a man drove a car into a crowd of people protesting a planned 'Unite the Right' rally, killing a woman and injuring others.

"A state of emergency was declared in Virginia after that violence"

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/10/16/florida-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-in-advance-of-richard-spencer-event/?utm_term=.6f1f6430be3b.


So now anyone with a radicalizing view can shut down portions of state government just by threatening to speak?

"North Korea Warns That Nuclear War Could ‘Break Out Any Moment’"

"North Korea warned that a nuclear war 'may break out any moment' as the U.S. and South Korea began one of the largest joint naval drills off both the east and west coasts of the peninsula.

"Kim In Ryong, North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, said on Monday that his nation had become a 'full-fledged nuclear power which possesses the delivery means of various ranges' and warned that 'the entire U.S. mainland is within our firing range.' He also called North Korea 'a responsible nuclear state.'

"'As long as one does not take part in the U.S. military actions against the DPRK, we have no intention to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against any other country,' Kim said, referring to his country’s formal name. 

" The comments are similar to other warnings North Korea has made over the past few months as tensions have increased with President Donald Trump’s administration. Kim Jong Un’s regime has repeatedly said it needs the capability to strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon in order to deter an American attack."

Read more:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/north-korea-warns-that-nuclear-war-could-break-out-any-moment


I think Lil' Kim wants to be buried in radioactive rubble.  The problem is how to take down the North Korean government without hurting any civilians.  Considering the risk, I'd say that we should just drop one H-bomb on Pyongyang.  Then open the gates to South Korea.

I haven't felt concerned about nuclear war in decades.  Fat Lil' Kim keeps screaming nuclear war at us.  Let's give it to him.

"Emotional Sen. John McCain blasts 'half-baked, spurious nationalism'"

"PHILADELPHIA — An emotional Sen. John McCain on Monday leveled a blistering attack on what he called the "half-baked, spurious nationalism" that seems to have inspired President Trump's administration to retreat from the world stage.

"In a speech to accept the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal, McCain, R-Ariz., emphasized that the United States is 'a land made of ideals, not blood and soil,' a rebuke to the Nazi slogan about bloodlines and territory chanted in August by White supremacists demonstrating in Charlottesville, Va.

"An at-times raspy-sounding McCain drew applause and cheers at the Philadelphia event when he said: 

"'To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain 'the last, best hope of earth' for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history.'

"McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman who is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, did not mention the name of Trump, with whom he has publicly feuded on and off for more than two years."

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/16/emotional-sen-john-mccain-blasts-half-baked-spurious-nationalism/770686001/ 

Open Blog - Tuesday

Vote for Sandy Weidner!

Open Blog - Monday

I hate horror stories.

"Dickert Disease"

 http://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/2017/10/dickert-disease-john-dickert-starry.html

Dickert Disease infects Cory Mason.  Go Sandy Weidner and avoid any chance of Dickert Disease spreading.

"Kenosha Mayor Focuses on Revitalization"

From the Shepherd Express:  

"How a declining factory town was turned around by sound public-private policy" 

by Elizabeth Elving  October 10, 2017  4:58 PM

"John Antaramian is Kenosha’s current and longest-serving mayor. He was first elected in 1992, serving four consecutive terms before stepping down in 2008. Eight years later, he ran again, winning in a landslide and resuming the role in the spring of 2016. Antaramian’s return comes at a time of rapid growth and rich potential for the city, and he has many plans for how to make the most of it. 'There are so many opportunities right now,' he says. 'I was excited to come back.'

"Kenosha County has attracted a lot of industry in recent years, and Antaramian says there’s a lot more coming. The arrival of companies like Amazon—which opened its enormous 'Fulfillment Center' in 2015—have helped lower the unemployment rate and make the county one of the top areas in the U.S. for job growth. As mayor, Antaramian is encouraging these developments and paving the way for more. One of the top priorities of his new term has been negotiating a boundary agreement with the neighboring village of Somers and town of Paris that will allow the city to incorporate 3,300 acres of land west of Interstate 94. 'That’s what we’re classifying as our growth corridor,' Antaramian explains. 'Our ability to grow is a major issue for us.'

"Also on the mayor’s list of priorities is cleaning up the former Chrysler Engine Plant and building a research facility in its place; investing in housing and attractions in downtown Kenosha (like the historic Heritage House Inn, which is being transformed into a boutique hotel); and revitalizing the older neighborhoods with updated infrastructure. 'I’m a big believer that the strength of the older neighborhoods is what propels the city in the long term,' he says."

Read more:  https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/kenosha-mayor-focuses-on-revitalization/#/questions


Kenosha's largest advantage over Racine is that its city limits extend out to I-94.  And its link to Chicago.

Racine is surrounded.  How the hell did that happen?

Open Blog - Weekend

Ahhhhhh!

"Eating magic mushrooms can treat depression, study finds"

The drug 'resets' the brain circuits to immediately improve moods 

Andrew Griffin @_andrew_griffin 

"Eating magic mushrooms can help treat depression.

"That's according to a new study that found that the drug psilocybin, found in mushrooms, can 'reset' the brain's circuits and help ease symptoms.

"Scientists got special permission to give the mushrooms to 19 people who had not been helped by traditional treatments. They said their mood was lifted immediately, and that in some cases the effect would last as long as five weeks.

"Brain scans showed that the neural circuits in the brain had been reset, pushing them out of their depressive states, the scientists found.

 "Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, head of psychedelic research at Imperial College London, said: 'We have shown for the first time clear changes in brain activity in depressed people treated with psilocybin after failing to respond to conventional treatments.

"'Several of our patients described feeling "reset" after the treatment and often used computer analogies. For example, one said he felt like his brain had been "defragged" like a computer hard drive, and another said he felt "rebooted".'

"The drug may be giving the patients the 'kick start' they need to break out of their depressive states, he said.

"Similar brain effects have been seen in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a controversial treatment that triggers temporary seizures with electric shocks.

"Magic mushrooms containing psilocybin and its derivative psilocin can cause hallucinations, changes in perception and an altered sense of time.

"Both chemicals are classified as illegal Class A drugs in the UK, as are the mushrooms themselves.

"In the study, reported in the journal Scientific Reports, patients with treatment-resistant depression were given a 10mg and 25mg doses of psilocybin seven days apart.

"Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans showed reduced activity in certain parts of the brain after taking the drug. They included the amygdala, a small almond-shaped region known to be involved in processing emotional responses, stress and fear.

"Psilocybin also induced increased stability in another brain network previously linked to depression.

"The scientists warned that despite the encouraging results people with depression should not attempt to self-medicate with psychoactive drugs.

"They pointed out that the study provided a special therapeutic setting for the 'drug experience' to protect participants from potentially harmful effects.

"A new trial from the team set to start early next year will test psilocybin against a leading antidepressant in a group of patients.

"Professor David Nutt, director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial, said: 'Larger studies are needed to see if this positive effect can be reproduced in more patients. But these initial findings are exciting and provide another treatment avenue to explore.'

"The scientists obtained a special licence from the Home Office to conduct the research.

"Additional reporting by Press Association"

From: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/magic-mushrooms-depression-study-psilocybin-brain-neural-circuits-symptoms-a7998166.html

I assume that these results will be ignored by the mainstream medical field.  There is a massive prejudice toward anything that could be classified as a "street drug."  Just think of all the people this could help (like me).  Did you notice that they had to get a license to experiment with the drug?  You have to do the same thing in the USA.  However, no licenses are available.  It's Catch-22

How can something be declared illegal if it grows naturally?  It's like declaring hurricanes illegal.  Native Americans used these plants for thousands of years to treat various maladies.  Studies are not being done in the USA because the government won't hand out any permits to do the studies.  They know what the outcome would be.  

"Girl dies after accidentally pulling trigger of gun while trying to get candy from grandmother's purse"

Nelly Zoller died from a gunshot wound while trying to get candy from her grandmother's purse.

(gofundme.com/funeral-expense-for-yanelly)

"A 4-year-old girl in Florida died after reaching into her grandmother's purse for candy and accidentally pulling the trigger of a gun.

 "Yanelly (Nelly) Zoller passed away from a gunshot wound earlier this month at the Tampa home of her grandparents.

"'She just wanted some damn candy,' father Shane Zoller told the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday.

"Nelly was 'attached to her nana's hip' and loved staying at her grandparents' house, Shane Zoller told the newspaper.

"'I was driving to pick her up with her bathing suit in my car to take her to the splash pads,' he told the newspaper. 'When I pulled up, that's when I saw all the police lights.'

"Shane Zoller, who is 22, says he was in high school when he became a dad, and he would have had to quit school if not for his parents' help. Zoller shared custody with Nelly's mother.

"Little Nelly loved playing with her puppy, watching cartoons and jumping on her couch, according to the newspaper.

"Tampa police are looking into the shooting, but have no reason to doubt the family's account, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

"A GoFundMe page is raising money for Nelly's funeral costs."

From:  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/girl-dies-candy-grandmother-purse-article-1.3511063

Four for Fridays!

Good morning to everyone I hope your day is going better then mine right now. I took Drew to work then went out to Whitewater to get my daughter this morning. Yes a very early start to my day. Here are your questions!

1) Do you believe in superstitions?

2) Do you believe in things can go bad on Friday the 13th?

3) Do you believe about the black cat that crosses in front of you?

4) Do you believe about going under the ladder?

I hope you have a great day and weekend!

Open Blog - Friday

Watch out for ghosts and goblins.

"Tatyana Kozhevnikova Lifts 6kg Dumbbells with Vagina Muscles"

What happens if some guy pisses her off while they're in bed? Squeeze till he gives up or passes out?

Alltime10s Thursdays

Open Blog - Thursday

Happy Thursday.

"Teen on vehicle hood in Milwaukee killed when driver takes off, brakes"

"A 16-year-old boy on the hood of a vehicle was killed Tuesday when the driver took off before applying the brakes, throwing the teen from the vehicle, according to Milwaukee police.

"The boy died at a hospital after being thrown from the vehicle shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the 3300 block of N. 12th St., according to police, who were seeking the 21-year-old male driver.

"No further details on the incident were available Tuesday afternoon."

From: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/10/10/teen-vehicle-hood-milwaukee-killed-when-driver-takes-off-brakes/751580001/

Duh! 

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my hot dogs and cool cats!  How are you?  I've seen better days, but at least I'm still upright (most of the time).  What a crappy day, weather-wise.  At least there isn't any of the s-word, yet.  It will get here, sooner or later.  I wonder if Wisconsin has ever had a winter without the s-word?  We had an extremely nice summer and fall isn't turning out too bad.  Maybe we'll have a mild winter.  One can only hope and pray.  Wisconsin weather has a way of lulling us into complacency, and then, WHAM, you've got 8 inches of s-word  to deal with.  No matter what, we'll see little of the sun until next spring.  I hate the endless gray skies.  Oh hell, I hate winter.  What am I doing in Wisconsin?  Why aren't I in Florida?  I'm sure they have as much a need of psychics as Wisconsin has.  Hmm.  I'd have to sell my house.  It might be worth it to avoid the s-word, but they have tropical storms and hurricanes in Florida.  No matter where you go, there's a price to be paid.

Aaron Rodgers is on a roll. Let's hope that helps our glorious Green Bay Packers when they travel to the Minnesota Vikings' turf this Sunday at 1:00 pm.  The Packers have a 4-1 record so far.  Let's not talk Super Bowl just yet.  I think that queers our chances anyway.

Here are the Irregular Football League's standings:

That darn Half-Astrophysicist has a perfect record.  At least Mr. OrbsCorbs is in the basement where he belongs.  And I'm still number two.  What's a girl going to do?

I feel that I must make note of the madness in Las Vegas.  I now expect about one mass murder a week.  This is on top of all the other crimes committed by the populace.  We've gone crazy!  I think that each mass murder may encourage another one.  You don't need a gun.  Just hop into your car and plow into the largest group of people that you can find.  No car?  No worries.  Just car-jack one.  Be sure to get something big in order to maximize your impression upon the innocents.

God, I felt sick as I watched events unfold in Las Vegas.  Another insane dodo bird decided to unload on innocent people enjoying an outdoor concert.  He planned it for days.  Can a person "snap" and then continue to act "normal" for days before going off the deep end?  I really don't understand the psychology of mass murderers.  I wonder if they could articulate it any better.  I fear not, so our country is going to suffer attack after attack until someone figures this out.

I also note, with great sadness, the passing of Tom Petty.  It seems like he was always there and now it's too weird without him.  I especially admire his songwriting skills.  He knew how to pen a hook.  I never saw him in concert, but I don't remember him ever coming to a nearby venue.  God bless, Tom.  You guys must be having a hell of a Traveling Wilbury concert up there.

As for Foxconn: Fuck That Shit.  The politicians are wetting their pants over this.  I hope they drown in their own urine.

Thank you for reading my blog this week.  I love putting these together once a week.  I hope you enjoy reading them.  If nothing else, they keep us out of trouble for fifteen minutes or so every week.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Enjoy what you can of the nasty weather.  It's our introduction to the 2017-18 winter.  I bet if lying John were still mayor, he would do something about the weather.  How can you miss a criminal so much?  He was always sticking his foot in his mouth, or his ear, or his nose, or whatever.  We miss you, lying John.  You had a huge target painted on your back and it was always fun to take a shot.
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Open Blog - Wednesday

Flower power.

Open Blog - Tuesday

And this afternoon will be stupendous!

"Foxconn growth could be staggering, but risks are real for Racine County, Wisconsin"

"In Mount Pleasant, a proposed flat-screen plant could trigger explosive growth, adding $1.4 billion of tax base to a village in which all the properties added up to just $2.5 billion last year. 

"The village and Racine County could win outsized rewards by investing $764 million to help Foxconn Technology Group of Taiwan turn farm fields into one of the world's largest manufacturing campuses.

"But the complex project also brings revolution and risk, as local governments borrow for and build everything from sidewalks to sewers, streets and fiber optic cable lines.

"The local agreement with Foxconn provides an unusual series of safeguards against failure — from guaranteed property tax payments by the company to a big financial cushion, land held as collateral by taxpayers and triggers to block incentives for Foxconn if the deal is going badly.

"'It's more protected from loss than any (such deal) that I've seen,' said Dale Knapp, a research director for the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance who reviewed the 39-page plan."

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/09/foxconn-growth-could-staggering-but-risks-real-racine-county-wisconsin/737616001/

"AAA Michigan: Statewide average gas prices fall 10 cents"

By

The Associated Press

"DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — AAA Michigan says gas prices statewide have fallen by about 10 cents per gallon in the past week.

"The Dearborn-based auto club says late Sunday the average price for self-serve regular unleaded gasoline was about $2.40 per gallon. That’s about 5 cents more than at the same point last year.

"Michigan’s lowest average price was about $2.30 per gallon in the Bay City, Midland and Saginaw areas. The highest was about $2.54 per gallon in the Marquette area. It’s the fourth week in a row that the Marquette area had the highest average price.

"The Detroit-area’s average fell about 6 cents to $2.42 per gallon.

"AAA Michigan surveys daily fuel prices at 2,800 gas stations across the state."
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Online:
http://www.fuelgaugereport.com


Cool.  I thought prices would rise with all the weather related damages down south. 

Open Blog - Monday

Bankers' holiday - no mail.

"Minnesota man who lived with bodies of mom, brother for year was too 'traumatized' to report their deaths"

"A reclusive Minnesota man defended his choice to live with the decomposing bodies of his elderly mother and twin brother for more than a year.

"Robert Kuefler’s twin brother, Richard, died first and his mother soon followed in August 2015.

"The grieving son went for a drive instead of watching 94-year-old Evelyn Kuefler die in an upstairs bedroom. She was dead by the time he returned, according to a criminal complaint filed this week.

"Kuefler said he was too distraught to alert authorities of their deaths at the White Bear Lake home. Both died of natural causes.

"'I am not some nut ball,' the 60-year-old maintenance worker told the Associated Press. 'People think I am, but I'm not. I loved them.'"

Read more:  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/minn-man-traumatized-report-mom-brother-deaths-article-1.3549166