Open Blog - Weekend

 

Woop, woop to you, too.

"Lodged Objects"

"Sex toys are used in the entire world and as far as I know there is no research which can state what is the most common injury. Since these products are used everywhere it is important that the standard now being developed becomes global," explained Anna Sjögren from SIS when contacted by The Local.
The most commonly lodged objects were dildos and butt plugs, which the study by a southern Stockholm hospital found were present in just over 40 percent of cases. In the remainder, a variety of other objects, including candles, bottles and vegetables were found, though the report noted that the incidents leading to the accidents were almost always linked to "sexual pleasure".
Those who sought treatments for lodged objects were disproportionately likely to be male, with a median age of 41, though the total age range spanned from 15 to 92.
What's more, the authors noted that the true figure of sex toy retention was likely even higher than the study suggests, "given reluctance to seek care for a potentially embarrassing condition". They also suggested that a "safety string or adequate-sized stopper" could have prevented many of the affected patients from retaining the items.
The SIS' proposal for sex toy standards will be submitted to the International Organization for Standardization in the hope that it will be adopted by other countries.

https://www.thelocal.se/20181005/sweden-is-working-to-make-sex-toys-safer

Four for Fridays!

Here's this week's questions:

1)  Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

2)  Why did the chicken cross the road?

3)  Are you celebrating Columbus Day next Monday?

4)  What's the meaning of meaning?

Thanks for playing.  The winning blogger will get fame and fortune.  In case of a tie, a fight to the death will take place.

From JFK to 911 Everything Is A Rich Man's Trick

Danger of Particle Accelerators

Martin Rees, a well-respected British cosmologist, has a warning about particle accelerators. There is a small, but very real possibility of disaster.  Rees claims Earth could be crushed to the size of a soccer field by particle accelerators.

The Large Hadron Collider, which is a particle accelerator, shoots particles at incredibly high speeds, smashes them together, and scientists observe the fallout. According toScience Alert, these high-speed collisions have helped us discover a lot of new particles, but according to Rees, these discoveries come with several risks to humanity. In a new book, called On The Future: Prospects for Humanity, he gives some pretty dire possible outcomes of this type of advancement in science.

“Maybe a black hole could form, and then suck in everything around it,” he writes, as Sarah Knapton reported over at the Telegraph.
“The second scary possibility is that the quarks would reassemble themselves into compressed objects called strangelets. That in itself would be harmless. However, under some hypotheses, a strangelet could, by contagion, convert anything else it encounters into a new form of matter, transforming the entire earth in a hyperdense sphere about one hundred meters across.”
 That’s about the length of one soccer field or 330 feet.

But there’s an even more sinister way that Earth could be destroyed by the particle accelerators built on it. According to Rees, this would be a “catastrophe that engulfs space itself.”

“Empty space – what physicists call the vacuum – is more than just nothingness. It is the arena for everything that happens. It has, latent in it, all the forces and particles that govern the physical world. The present vacuum could be fragile and unstable,” Ress said.
“Some have speculated that the concentrated energy created when particles crash together could trigger a ‘phase transition’ that would rip the fabric of space. This would be a cosmic calamity, not just a terrestrial one.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-02/renowned-cosmologist-warns-earth-could-be-crushed-particle-accelerator

Open Blog - Friday

Or at least it's a crush.

Racine elected official found in contempt for discussing secret open records case

From JSOnline:

John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:50 p.m. CT Oct. 3, 2018 | Updated 6:13 p.m. CT Oct. 3, 2018

 

RACINE – A Racine Common Council member was held in contempt by a judge Wednesday for violating his secrecy order in an unusual records case that has been entirely shielded from public view.

Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz found that Sandy Weidner violated his sealing order by sharing court records with others. After the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported a story with details from the court records, the Racine city attorney asked the judge to have her found in contempt.

Gasiorkiewicz issued no fine against Weidner but said she would face $1,000 a day in fines if she violates his order again. An attorney representing the City of Racine unsuccessfully sought to fine Weidner $15,000 for the disclosure.

The judge ordered the city to tally its legal fees associated with the contempt case but said he would not require Weidner to pay them until an appeal in the matter is done.

The case stems from a request by Weidner to get records that were shared in a closed session by the city attorney. 

An attorney for the Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is seeking to intervene in the case to protect the right to examine sealed court files and to argue proceedings should be conducted in open court.

From: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/10/03/racine-official-found-contempt-discussing-secret-case/1510984002/

10 Humans With Superpowers

Open Blog - Thursday

It hasn't snowed yet.

The League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters of Janesville will host a watch party in Janesville to watch the 1st District Congressional debate to be held in Oak Creek on Friday, Oct. 19.
The party was organized after Democrat Randy Bryce and Republican Bryan Steil did not respond in time to an Aug. 15 request to debate in an event organized by the league and Forward Janesville, league President Linda Reinhardt said. UW-Whitewater at Rock County will host the party in Allen Hall, 2909 Kellogg Ave.
The league hoped to host a debate in late September or early October so people who vote early could have a chance to hear from the candidates, Reinhardt said.
The only candidate who agreed to the debate was Ken Yorgan, who is running as an independent, Reinhardt said.
Bryce and Steil have agreed to three debates in October, starting with the Oct. 19 event.
The watch party is open to the public. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the debate scheduled to start at 7:30. The debate will be broadcast live at wiseye.org and jsonline.com.
The second debate will be in Kenosha. The third debate will be Oct. 29 in Rock County, but a specific location has not been determined.

https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/st-district-debate-watch-party-set-for-oct/article_e98758a0-1373-59f5-800d-b035258cabbc.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello to my tribe!  How are you?  The weatherr has been so strange.  Tomorow is supposed to get into the 80's, sandwihed in by two days in the 59's. And rain, rain, rain. Well, I guess not so strange by Racine Standards.  I'm sure that the people from Foxconn are receiving an education   Wait till they're buried in a foot of snow.

This week's Irregular Football League standings show me getting pretty low and The Mighty Bears are firmly in second place, trying to knock over the Half-Astrophycisists:

Even Mr. OrbsCorbs is ahead of me.

I had a chance to watch a little of last wel's Packer game.  I must say, they looked good to me.  I inderstamnd that Aaron Rodgerrs was complaining about the offense after the game.  He'd do better to keep his mouth shut and stay healthy.  Please, Aaron, don't get injured again.

Hey, hey, things are popping all over downtown thanks to Foxconn.  The old Y will be turned into apartments.  Zahn's has been bought, but the owner isn't sure what to do with it.  Focxonn will take over 1 Main Place to make way for an innovation center.  They keep talking about smart cities but I'm afraid Racine is terminally stupid.

I wonder what alternatives to apartments the new owner of Zahn's is considering.  I can't think of anything else that would make money.  Watch out that you don't listen to the lies you are told by DRC and others.  Do market studies.  Non-native company.  See what they say

Junior cracked up his third car.  How long has he been driving?  The insurance won't cover it.  Señor Zanza  has said nothing.  At least, not to me.  What is it with driving and that boy?

Who will be our next governor? Tax and spend Tony Evers, or Uh, What? Scott Walker?  I'm told that the rest of the stat4e hates Foxconn because of all the resources it's taking.  Interesting. 

Just so you know, I'm betting on Scooter.  That doesn't mean I agree with him, but I expect him to win.  The Republicans aren't done with us yet.  One more term is all he asks for.  One more term to permanently muck up a few projects. 

If I was president, I would order everyone to shut up.  Shut up and take a look at the life you're leading.  Shut up, it ain't that bad.  You have a job, an apartment, and a car.  Shut up, that's great. 

Shut up, I love you all.  Thank you all for reading my blog today.  Or at least for logging in.  You're my friends.  You're the reason I write this.  You're the reason I rise in the morning.
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Open Blog - Wednesday

What's new?

Downtown Racine Foxconn innovation center announced

From The Journal Times.com:

RACINE — The  Foxconn Technology Group on Tuesday announced plans to open an innovation center in Downtown Racine where the company will work with community partners to develop and implement “smart city” innovations.

According to a release from the governor's office:

Foxconn Place Racine and the Wisconn Valley Innovation Center will connect Foxconn with institutions of higher education, businesses, local governments and the community to bring “smart city” research and development to the Racine area and beyond, according to a news release from Gov. Scott Walker that coincided with a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Downtown.

Read more:  https://journaltimes.com/news/local/downtown-racine-foxconn-innovation-center-announced/article_8a076a0e-75fe-5b83-80f0-68e62db07066.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

VOTE!!!

From The Shepherd Express:

by Art Kumbalek

Oct. 02, 2018

3:51 p.m.

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, I’m not going to take up any of your time this week ’cause you’ve got a job to do. And that is that Early Voting/In-Person Absentee Voting season is upon us, so I want you to drop whatever it is you’re doing right now and proceed directly to your polling joint and get your ballot into the hopper—especially you diehard and could-be-Democrat-this-time voters, what the fock.

Here in Brewtown, this is the schedule on a silver platter for you’s early birds ’cause that’s the kind of guy I am:

September 24 – October 12

Monday—Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.



Zeidler Municipal Building, 841 N. Broadway (no voting at Market Street entrance)

Midtown Center, 5700 W. Capitol Drive (located west of Pick ‘n Save, enter lot at 58th & Capitol)

Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Mitchell St.



AND:



Monday, October 15 – Sunday, November 4

Monday—Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturdays (Oct. 27 & Nov. 3 only) 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sundays (Oct. 28 & Nov. 4 only) 11 a.m.-5 p.m.



Zeidler Municipal Building, 841 N. Broadway

Midtown Center, 5700 W. Capitol Drive

Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Mitchell St.

Zablocki Library, 3501 W. Oklahoma Ave.

Center Street Library, 2727 W. Fond du Lac Ave.

Mill Road Library, 6431 N. 76th St.

UWM Peck School of the Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. (located in the Helene Zelazo Center across from the student union)

MATC, 700 W. State St. (MATC students and faculty only for this location, schedule subject to MATC hours)



*Voting hours at UWM on Friday, October 26 are 8am to 12pm only

*No voter registration on November 3 or November 4

*No Sunday hours at MATC location 

OK, so let’s get going—the sooner we get our voting done, the sooner we can all have a nice cocktail or three as reward for a job well done, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

Open Blog - Tuesday

Happy Tuesday.

From Racine County Cirruption

Attention Judge Gag-the-bitch
You may silence Sandy, but you won't silence us.

A "gofundme" account has been established to help with 
Sandy Weidner's legal fight.
Please help her fight the good fight against the evil empire.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-alderman-fight-secret-court

We at RCC say

GAME ON! 

Gasiorkiewicz - Letteney - Cohen

 
conspiring clowns

http://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/2018/09/judge-gagthebitch-exposed-for-real.html

Marijuana referendum questions go to voters Nov. 6 in 16 Wisconsin counties, two cities

Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 10:32 a.m. CT Aug. 31, 2018 | Updated 5:05 p.m. CT Oct. 1, 2018

Nov. 6 general election ballots in 14 counties will include advisory referendums asking voters if they would support legalizing medical use or recreational use of marijuana.(Photo: Marina Riker, Associated Press)

On July 13, 2017, State Representative Melissa Sargent holds a news conference to announce legislation to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Eye

When voters in 16 Wisconsin counties and two cities go to the polls Nov. 6 they will join a nationwide debate by marking their ballots for or against legalizing marijuana use either for medical reasons or personal recreation. 

The advisory referendum questions are scattered on local ballots throughout the state, from Milwaukee and Dane to La Crosse and Langlade counties and the cities of Waukesha and Racine. All were approved by county boards or city councils.

Supportive officials and marijuana legalization activists say the referendums will provide a measure of public opinion that can be shared with the state Legislature, and possibly spur new laws relaxing or eliminating current prohibitions on pot.

Read nire:https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/08/31/marijuana-nov-6-ballot-16-wisconsin-counties-2-cities/1110640002/

Go Fund Me

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons,

When City Attorney Scott Letteney  failed  in his duty to protect and maintain the dignity and integrity of he chose to attack the whistle-blower, instead of admitting his error.

When Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz chose to abuse his authority and seal an open records case - likely precedent setting - he over-reached the bounds of his authority and assisted in concealing the error of City Attorney Scott Letteney.

It is time to stop the charade and pretense of legal process under the color of law.

Please consider:

Wisconsin does not and should not have secret courts, especially when it comes to the litigation of open records issues. The public has a right to know when public officials seek to quash our right to know. Sandy Weidner has spent $20,000 of her own money for the right of the public to access your government records. This is a case about the will to secrecy running amok. Please consider joining the fight to help Sandy a true patriot shine light on the right to access our government!  Please donate or share we will keep you informed as events unfold. 

Sanda Weidner has represented Racine Wisconsin"s 6th District for nearly 20 years. Last year, she was running for mayor and being critical of the status quo.
Ald. Sandra Weidner told the Milwaukee Journal  she was in the midst of running for mayor last summer when City Attorney Scott Letteney called a closed-session meeting of the Executive Committee and urged all council members to attend. She said he gave a PowerPoint presentation of roughly 30 emails, most of which were hers, characterizing them as improper sharing of confidential information with the public.

The committee then recommended, and the Common Council approved, asking the city's Ethics Boards for an advisory opinion on whether the emailing activities violated Racine's ethics ordinance.
Weidner said she and her attorney sought copies of the presentation's slides but were denied by Letteney, who said he could not disclose things presented or discussed in a closed session. So Weidner filed a petition for a court order under Wisconsin's open records law.

But at the first hearing on the case, in January, Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz, after meeting with lawyers in his chambers, told others there for the hearing that they had to leave because he was sealing the case. It can't be found on CCAP, the state's online court records index, and if you search by the case number, the result says only that the case is sealed.

"We're seeing more and more efforts by all three branches of government to take the public's business private," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor George Stanley said. "Now, a judge had decided he can seal off all information about an Open Records case, and a taxpayer-funded city attorney is seeking to punish an elected official for daring to let the public know about it. 


"He wanted to publicly humiliate me. Said he’s tried everything in his power to 'monitor my behavior,' " she said. The problem, she said, is that nothing she sent to constituents, in her experience, was confidential.

"To him, anything that comes into or out of the city attorney's office is covered by the attorney-client privilege," she said, a far more expansive interpretation than the law allows.

Advocates for open government are astounded and have never heard of a public records suit being sealed, or any kind of case without some record of who the parties are and why it was under seal.

https://www.gofundme.com/help-alderman-fight-secret-court

Sincerely,

Tim & Cindy

Open Blog - Monday

Bye-bye summer.

1 Dead In Allentown Car Explosion

Payback is a bitch.

Kanye West wears MAGA hat on SNL

"Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he's the underdog in race against Democrat Tony Evers"

From JSOnline:

Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:05 a.m. CT Sept. 30, 2018 | Updated 12:08 p.m. CT Sept. 30, 2018

Gov. Scott Walker and State Superintendent Tony Evers(Photo: Scott Walker and Tony Evers campaign)

"Down in the polls, Republican Gov. Scott Walker claimed the role of underdog in his race against Democrat Tony Evers.

"'I kind of relish it. I like to rumble,' Walker said during an interview on 'UpFront with Mike Gousha' that aired Sunday."

Read more:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/30/gov-scott-walker-says-hes-underdog-race-against-tony-evers/1479005002/

Oh, please...

Staez - Cool One

Kinda fits with Jack in the Box.....

Well, I picked my baby up she slid right in
I revved my Chevy up and revved it again
Her daddy's standing out beside the street
I laid some rubber there for him to eat

She's a co-co-co-co-co-co-co-co
Co-co-co-co-co-co-co-co
Cool one

And the show now...
She reached over and she squeezed on my rocks
I lost it all in the popcorn box
I hollered louder than an Indian scout
And that's when the usher started prowlin' about

Man killed in freak car crash after trying to reach his food at Jack in the Box drive-thru in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS • A man who apparently had trouble reaching his food at a drive-thru window at a Jack in the Box restaurant on South Grand Boulevard was killed after he was pinned by his own car.

Charles Wood Jr., 20, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the accident at the restaurant Wednesday night, police said.

Wood pulled up to the drive-thru window at an angle just after 10 p.m., police said. While trying to reach his food from the window, he apparently opened his door and leaned out of his car, police said. The car was in reverse and somehow accelerated backward, pinning Wood against a tree.

Wood suffered serious injuries to his head, neck, torso and legs, police said. He was taken to a hospital and was pronounced dead there.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-killed-in-freak-car-crash-after-trying-to-reach/article_e2cd2998-4d91-5f74-933b-42bd6a48a7ef.html

Rare two headed Copperhead snake found in Virginia

Slurs

Slurs and Offensive Language used by MTP Officials.... Is it sanctioned by WI Governor Scott Walker and Rep. Robin Vos? What will their response be?

MTP Attorney Alan Marcuvitz

Dear County Board,

Since it is now established fact, per the video, that Attorney Alan Marcuvitz, who is being retained by Village of  Mount Pleasant, appeared to, in a Village meeting, refer to Residents as  A "Bunch Of A**holes"- does this mean that the gloves are off - and anything goes?

See: https://www.facebook.com/abettermtpleasant/videos/vb.218609418471260/269833870330777/?type=3&theater

Is Village President David DeGroot - kind of a D*ck?

Nah - Village President David DeGroot is actually a frustrated Tea- Tard - another angry old White Man - but a Tea- Tard in name only - or a TINO - because he wants BIGGER government, MORE control, RAISES taxes, LIES to Residents, STEALS property which isn't his to take, and MILKS and BILKS residents like TRASH to be thrown away. While confused and ignorant Village Board members don't even understand what the "award of damages" implies - while they blindly follow Dear Leaders direction to vote "YEA". Perhaps this is the model World in which Mr. Terry Gou, CEO of Foxconn, normally operates under - and which the Village of Mount Pleasant, in it's quest to become a Third World Banana Republic, has adopted.

I'm guessing that a night at the David DeGroot residence is kinda like a night at the (now retiring) Police Chief Timmy Zarzecki's house:

Flying Doritos - broken drawers, things scattered about, a terrified Daughter, and yet another frustrated, angry White Man saying it's everybody else's fault..... ending in an arrest and a Police Chief claiming his wife is a Cra-zee B*tch off her meds. Kinda sounds like a Village Board meeting.

See: https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/the-arrest-report-of-mount-pleasant-police-chief-tim-zarzecki/

This sort of behavior needs to be censored and not tolerated at any and all levels of government - at least in a Democratic Republic.

I'm asking that the County Board investigates the claim by Attorney Alan Marcuvitz that MTP Residents are A**holes and act accordingly. It is time for this sort of behavior to end and those who are guilty of such to be fined and imprisoned.

Sincerely,

Tim & Cindy

Dear Village Board, RC Executive, Mr. Terry Gou, and Ms. Jenny Trick,

Dear Village Board, RC Executive, Mr. Terry Gou, and Ms. Jenny Trick,

Since it is now established fact, per the video, that Attorney Alan Marcuvitz, who is being retained by Village of  Mount Pleasant, appeared to, in a Village meeting, refer to Residents as  A "Bunch Of A**holes"- does this mean that the gloves are off - and anything goes?

See: https://www.facebook.com/abettermtpleasant/videos/vb.218609418471260/269833870330777/?type=3&theater

Is Village President David DeGroot - kind of a D*ck?

Nah - Village President David DeGroot is actually a frustrated Tea- Tard - another angry old White Man - but a Tea- Tard in name only - or a TINO - because he wants BIGGER government, MORE control, RAISES taxes, LIES to Residents, STEALS property which isn't his to take, and MILKS and BILKS residents like TRASH to be thrown away. While confused and ignorant Village Board members don't even understand what the "award of damages" implies - while they blindly follow Dear Leaders direction to vote "YEA". Perhaps this is the model World in which Mr. Terry Gou, CEO of Foxconn, normally operates under - and which the Village of Mount Pleasant, in it's quest to become a Third World Banana Republic, has adopted.

I'm guessing that a night at the David DeGroot residence is kinda like a night at the (now retiring) Police Chief Timmy Zarzecki's house:

Flying Doritos - broken drawers, things scattered about, a terrified Daughter, and yet another frustrated, angry White Man saying it's everybody else's fault..... ending in an arrest and a Police Chief claiming his wife is a Cra-zee B*tch off her meds. Kinda sounds like a Village Board meeting.

See: https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/the-arrest-report-of-mount-pleasant-police-chief-tim-zarzecki/

You know what Dave - I can't wait till City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason tells you to bend over and squeal like a Pig!

Squeal for me Dave!

https://youtu.be/9gLN3QoN-q8

Don't hate because I brought myself down to your level. 

Dave, just sue me.

Because I need.the drama.

Sincerely,

Tim & Cindy

Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons,

It is very distressing, but not surprising, that a concerned citizen who is monitoring the activities under the direction of  Racine County Circuit Judge  Eugene Gasiorkiewicz Courtroom, in regards to the Sandy Weidner Open Records Lawsuit, finds such activities to potentially be outside the legal guidelines established by the State of Wisconsin under which Courtroom proceedings are to be conducted.

Below is the body of the letter, from the concerned citizen, which documents such findings:

"Judge Gasiorkiewicz,

As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.

After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.

Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.

In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.

You have been put on notice."

Again and again, it appears that the written rule of law is routinely violated by Officials who preside over City of Racine, Racine County, and State of Wisconsin, at every level. This practice needs to end and Governor Scott Walker needs to have his Department of Justice root out the cancer of lawlessness which is destroying Racine County.

The City of Racine Common Council needs to seriously consider firing City Attorney Scott Letteney and cleaning house internally of the Public Officials, elected and appointed, who continue to routinely and openly violate the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the Rights of Citizens; and end the regular practice of persecuting and harassing those who point out the lawlessness of elected and appointed officials.

See also: Unethical Judicial Conduct: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2018/09/2017cv001644-unethical-judicial-conduct_27.html

Sincerely,

Tim & Cindy

Open Blog - Weekend

I'm already asleep.

Facebook: 50 million user accounts affected by security breach

From The Journal Times.com:

Mark Zuckerberg

Associated Press

Sep 28, 2018 Updated 28 min ago 

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.

The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social media service.

In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited a bug that affected its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. That would let attackers steal the "access tokens" Facebook uses to keep people logged in. Possession of those tokens would allow attackers to "seize control" of user accounts, Facebook said.

Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement.

To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a "View As" lookup in the past year.

Facebook says it doesn't know who is behind the attacks or where they're based. In a call with reporters on Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company doesn't know yet if any of the accounts that were hacked were misused.

Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/national/facebook-million-user-accounts-affected-by-security-breach/article_5e01e9bc-c7fd-5518-8b32-a4224413e7e8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest

Four for Fridays

I dunno what happened to THB, so here are your questions for the week:

1)  How are you?

2)  What's your favorite TV show?

3)  Who wonWorld War Two?

4)  What's your favorite TV dinner?

Have a good weekend.

Open Blog - Friday

Have a good one.

‘The wheels are off the wagon’: Late-night hosts react to Trump’s news conference

2017CV001644 - Unethical Judicial conduct concerning unposted hearings

Judge Gasiorkiewicz,

Attached you will find your addressed  letter and relating documents in support of this letter. 

We have met in many venues, including Wis. Attorney General Brad Schimel's opioid epidemic meeting in Mt. Pleasant this last summer where you asked intelligent questions. 

Sad to say in this case you have reached a low point for the advocates of the first amendment and public record seekers.

Adjournment of all hearings that the public has a right to attend  in this case would be in order until your court can tame and control the WCCA monster you have created.   Thousands of citizens every day utilize WCCA records for court information and the business of the court.  Business of the court includes WCCA postings of future hearings.   How is your court  going to be compliant with state laws and the rights of citizens to have access and knowledge of court business if there is no notifications thru WCCA?

I have taken steps to secure the transcripts of yesterday's hearing.  I believe your written court records concerning public vs. sealed hearings does not match your spoken words during the September 25th.hearing.  

Double talk, politics and complitic behavior have no business in any courtroom.

Legal Stranger


Honorable Eugene Gasiorkiewicz
Racine County Circuit Court
730 Wisconsin Ave.
Racine, Wi 53403 9-26-2018
Re: 2017CV001644 (SEALED CASE)

Judge Gasiorkiewicz,

As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.

After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.

Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.

In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.

You have been put on notice.

Respectfully submitted,

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Legal Stranger

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Open Blog - Thursday

I'd take sex any day.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello kiddoes! How are you?  How about this rollercoaster of the weather.  One day it's 80, the next it's 40.  Good weather to get sick in.  Sick like the Packers in last Sunday's game.  Aaron Rodgers is not worth over $100 million.  He can't stay healthy.  When he's on, he's on, but when he's not, the whole team suffers. He's kind of like a beautiful porcelain figure.  Breaks easily.  All the braces in the world won't change that.

In the Irregular Football League, my Screaming Psychics have worked themselves up into 3rd place, behind Ms, THB's Mighty Bears and Mr. hale-bopp's Half-Astrophysicists.

The Orbliterators are headed for the toilet.  While we fight it out in the Super Bowl, Mr. OrbsCorbs' team is playing in the toilet bowl.

It looks like the Sandy Weidner contempt case might actually be won by her.  At the least, they can't "disappear" her anymore.  I hope that once her new lawyer and her win the case that she gets some sort of financial reimbursement.  This kind of garbage can ruin someone even if they are innocent.  Go Sandy Go!

The rhetoric is heating up as the November election draws nearer.  The only one I know to vote for is Dr. Ken Yorgan for the congressional seat that Paul Ryan is leaving.  No matter which party you vote for, you're voting for criminals.  You have no idea how many times I've thought of resurrecting the fathers of our country.  Let them beat the poop out of the phony baloneys who lie to us each day.  What would Thomas Jefferson say about Donald Trump?  Probably, "hang him!"

Expect to be buried in campaign literature and hounded by robocalls.  If only all the money that is spent on campaigning was spent on fixing our roads, fixing our schools, fixing our government.  It's disheartening to watch.  All that waste, all that blabber, all thise lies.  It never ends.  As soon as you shoot down one corrupt politician, another one pops up.  Endless nothingness.

Enjoy what's left of the decent weather.  The days grow shorter and colder.  The turning leaves are pretty, but we all know what comes after fall: winter.  And with that comes the dreaded s-word.

I love you all and thank you for reading my blog today.  The more readers I have, the happier I become.    
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Open Blog - Wednesday

He isn't working very hard.

Offensive Holding

From The Shepherd Express:

by Art Kumbalek

Sep. 25, 2018

2:49 p.m.

 I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, right now I’m on hold with Social Security. It’s been at least about a day and a focking half by now and the hell if I’m going to put the phone down and maybe lose my well-earned place in line; so I’ll have to peck away at this essay one-handed. Could take some time, not to mention that the repetitive “hold music” is making me more than a bit queasy. I wonder if they ever tried this tactic with the terrorists down by the Guantanamo. Cripes, at this point I’ll confess to anything just to bring this ordeal to a close, what the fock.

Anyways, so we still don’t know beyond a shadow doubt about Russian collusion and Trumpel-thinskin in the 2016 election, it seems. But from a historical perspective let me tell you that the other day I stumbled upon a re-broadcast of the old “The Dick Cavett Show.” One of the guests on the show was the great political satirist Mort Sahl (still with us). And here’s a quote by Mort from March 3, 1972, a few days after Dick Nixon’s return from his China jaunt:
“The only way a Republican can be elected in this country, in my opinion, when the people are in their right minds, is if the Communists select him. The Republicans should be very glad that there are Communists around the world who will elect Republicans by embracing them.” Shazam!
And for those Republicans who think President Orange Circus Peanut is the greatest thing since President Orange Hair, Mort could tell you this: “Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.” Ba-ding!
Jeez louise, I’m still on hold and so not fully focking engaged here. Besides, this pecking away with one hand is for the focking birds, so what’s say we dip into Artie’s Joke Bag and just call it a day.
Since it’s now football season, how ’bout this one: So this family of pro football fans from Chicago heads out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports store, the young son picks up a Green Bay Packers jersey and says to his older sister, “Hey Sis, I’ve decided to become a Packer fan and I’d really like this for Christmas.” She can’t believe it, smacks him on the head and says, “You better go talk with mom.”
And off he goes with the Green Bay Packer jersey in hand and says to his mother, “Hey Mom, I’ve decided I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this jersey for Christmas.” The mother is outraged, smacks him on the head and says, “Go see your father.”
So the young lad finds his father and says, “Dad, guess what? I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this Aaron Rodgers jersey for Christmas.” The father is so beside himself that he whacks his son on the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT piece of crap!”
About a half-hour later they’re all back in the car heading toward home. The dad turns to the boy and says, “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today.” The son says, “Yes pop, I have. I’ve only been a Packer fan for about an hour, and already I’ve learned to hate you Illinois sons-of-bitches.” Ba-ding!
Hey, considering the health care mess we’ve got these days—with these health insurance companies trying to figure a way to bill you for each and every breath you take—I say laughter is the best medicine, which reminds me of a little story: Guy goes to see his doctor for a checkup (a “checkup”—those were the days, ain’a?). “So Doc, think I can live to be a hundred?” Doctor says, “Well sir, do you smoke or drink?”
“Neither done either one,” the guy says. The doctor continues, “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, fool around with loose women?” The guy says, “Never done any of those things, either.”
“Well sir,” doctor says, “why the hell do you want to live to a hundred for?” Ba-ding!
Got time for one more? A lesson for you’s thespians out there about commitment to the part: This guy walks into a pet store and says, “I’m playing Long John Silver in our community theater production of Treasure Island, and I’m looking for a parrot. Can you sell me one?” The pet-store owner says, “You don’t want a real parrot. It’ll squawk all the time and crap on your shoulder, and what if it flies off during the play?” The guy says, “But I really need to be as realistic as possible.” The pet-store owner says, “I’ve got a stuffed parrot you can use. Can you pick it up Thursday?” And Mr. Actor says, “Thursday? No can do. I’m scheduled to have my right leg amputated below the knee.” Ba-ding!
Yes sir, still holding on the best I can ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

From:  https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/offensive-holding/

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Open Blog - Tuesday

Far out!

Ruled by Criminals

Alderwoman faces contempt of court in records case

From The Journal Times.com:

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press

Sep 24, 2018 Updated 16 min ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge could decide during a secret hearing that an alderwoman is in contempt for complaining about his decision to seal her open records lawsuit.

Racine Alderwoman Sandy Weidner says City Attorney Scott Letteney last year asked the city's Ethics Board to review emails Weidner sent to constituents, saying they contained confidential information.

Weidner sued, demanding copies of the emails. She says Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz sealed the case in February and in April ruled some of the emails are confidential but some aren't.

Weidner told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week that she couldn't believe the judge would seal an open records case. Now she's scheduled to appear at a closed hearing Tuesday where Gasiorkiewicz could decide to hold her in contempt.

The judge's clerk didn't return a message.

From: https://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/alderwoman-faces-contempt-of-court-in-records-case/article_04f961b7-03cf-5051-971c-419ca626bbfd.html


It's good that the AP is carrying the story.  That might put a little more heat on Letteney and Gasiorkiewicz.

City of Racine seeks sanctions against alderman who spoke about secret open records case

From JSOnline:

Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 12:04 p.m. CT Sept. 24, 2018 | Updated 12:22 p.m. CT Sept. 24, 2018

Sandy Weidner(Photo: Mark Balwinski)

 A Racine Common Council member is due in court Tuesday to face the city attorney's request that she be sanctioned for discussing her own open records lawsuit that a judge ordered completely sealed from the public.  

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported last week about the existence of the sealed case, which open government and court access advocates decried as a disturbing use of secrecy without exploring lesser means of restriction.

"Wisconsin does not and should not have secret courts, especially when it comes to the litigation of open records issues," Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said in a call-to-action email to dozens of other news outlets urging further coverage.

"The public has a right to know when public officials seek to quash our right to know."

Ald. Sandra Weidner told the newspaper she was in the midst of running for mayor last summer when City Attorney Scott Letteney called a closed-session meeting of the Executive Committee and urged all council members to attend. She said he gave a PowerPoint presentation of roughly 30 emails, most of which were hers, characterizing them as improper sharing of confidential information with the public

The committee then recommended, and the Common Council approved, asking the city's Ethics Boards for an advisory opinion on whether the emailing activities violated Racine's ethics ordinance.

Weidner said she and her attorney sought copies of the presentation's slides but were denied by Letteney, who said he could not disclose things presented or discussed in a closed session. So Weidner filed a petition for a court order under Wisconsin's open records law.

But at the first hearing on the case, in January, Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz, after meeting with lawyers in his chambers, told others there for the hearing that they had to leave because he was sealing the case. It can't be found on CCAP, the state's online court records index, and if you search by the case number, the result says only that the case is sealed.

Read more:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/24/secret-open-records-case-racine-seeks-sanctions-against-alderwoman/1410143002/