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August 12, 2022

School District of Cadott, WI restores banned books.

https://newsofcanada.net/school-district-of-cadott-restores-books/

CADOTT, Wis. (WEAU) — In March, a school district decided to move some books from kindergarten to the sixth-grade library over concerns from a parent.

On Wednesday evening, the school board voted to reinstate them.
July 28, 2022

Absolutely no evidence of election fraud.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/judge-wisconsin-probe-found-absolutely-161220624.html


“MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge said Thursday that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud," but did reveal contempt for the state's open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.

Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn awarded about $98,000 in attorneys' fees to the liberal watchdog group American Oversight, bringing an end in circuit court to one of four lawsuits the group filed. Vos's attorney, Ron Stadler, said he was recommending that Vos appeal the ruling.”
June 4, 2022

Retired WI judge shot. The shooter had a hit list which included Evers, Whitmer and McConnell.

https://www.wisn.com/article/large-police-at-former-judges-home-in-juneau-county/40191386#
“ Former Juneau County Judge John Roemer was shot and killed in his home in the Township of New Lisbon Friday morning.

Officials say when SWAT entered the home, they found Roemer zip-tied to a chair and fatally shot.”

“A law enforcement official says a "hit list" was found in the suspect's vehicle which included Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.”
December 3, 2021

My 90 year old neighbor has Covid. (OANN/QAnon follower)

She is unvaccinated and lives with her son who is also unvaccinated. The son had tested positive with no symptoms and works at a small casino in the area. He went to another (vaccinated) neighbor and asked if she would go to their home and check on his mother while he was at work. She told him that she could not. She is elderly with health issues. She also backed away from him and asked him to continue the conversation outside. He got mad and gave her the “I guess you’re not a good friend” spiel and refused to tell her how the mother was doing. I doubt that it made a difference, but after I heard about this, I called the casino and reported that he had told someone that he tested positive just in case he hadn’t gone through their protocols. (If they have any.) I’m glad that he knew better than to come to me, but am livid that he put my neighbor at risk. I don’t understand how someone can go to another person’s home, announce that he had Covid, not let the person know his current status, and then storm away because the neighbor wasn’t willing to put herself at risk. 🤬🤬🤬

October 8, 2021

My thoughts about Stephanie Grisham's book. (I'll Take Your Questions Now)

It was a quick easy read. For most of the book, she was devoted to Melania and couldn’t stand Jared and Ivanka. Mark Meadows also came off as a jerk. tRump came off as a weird ill-tempered fool who would also use flattery as a form of control. Personally, I think that she could have said a lot more but held back. I also don’t believe all of her protests of innocence when clashing with the “big bad bully” press.

Until the last chapter, she took, what I consider to be, a typical Republican approach and blamed everyone and everything but herself for any mistakes that were made. The ending somewhat mollified that, but her “Republicanness” did shine through.

All in all I enjoyed the read. The tRump chaos was definitely alarming, and it was interesting to get her perspective on how Melania handled it.

September 25, 2021

Sad! I enjoyed his podcasts.

https://en.memesrandom.com/cause-of-death-mike-tagliere-nfl-is-dead/

“On September 24, 2021, Mike “Tags” Tagliere passed away after a long battle with COVID-19. Tag is a loving husband and father, an unparalleled fantasy football analyst, and most importantly, he is an outstanding and kind person.”

(He was vaccinated)
June 21, 2021

They joined the Wisconsin Proud Boys looking for brotherhood.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/06/21/proud-boys-recruitment-targets-men-looking-community/7452805002/

“ Berry, along with a member of the Wisconsin Proud Boys and another former recruit, told USA TODAY the group is a den of racism and antisemitism. Moving up within the group, they said, is dependent on sadistically bullying potential members and promoting white supremacist talking points.”
June 18, 2021

Tammy Baldwin brought ",la" beer named for Kamala to the senate women's dinner.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/06/16/ladies-night-at-kamalas-493280

“The low-key Wisconsin Democrat didn’t arrive empty-handed at the Naval Observatory on Tuesday evening for Vice President KAMALA HARRIS’ dinner party with women senators. She brought beer. And not just any beer — Kamala-themed, nearly 10-percent alcohol content beer.

Baldwin brought Harris a four-pack of “,la” (as in “comma-la”) from Wisconsin’s Minocqua Brewing Company. The beer pays homage to Harris, featuring a stylized image of her on the can. “It’s the strongest beer we could make, a 9.7% alcohol by volume imperial (we prefer Vice Presidential) stout,” the brewery boasts on its website.”
March 9, 2021

Piers can't handle the heat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/piers-morgan-walks-off-meghan-markle_n_604722f6c5b6a973f9545ebc

“Piers Morgan, who on Monday dismissed Meghan Markle’s allegations of racist treatment by the British royal family, stormed off the set of his own show, “Good Morning Britain,” on Tuesday after being called out by co-presenter Alex Beresford for his relentless criticism of the Duchess of Sussex.

“OK. I’m done with this. Sorry. No. Sorry. You can trash me mate, but not on my own show,” Morgan told Beresford as he walked away.”

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