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"New Day, New Opportunity to Show Leadership for the Seriously Ill in Wisconsin"

From the Shepherd Express:

by Chris Taylor, Jon Erpenbach

October 31, 2017

5:18 PM

The face of medical marijuana has changed as our country and community seek to find creative, affordable and safe treatment for individuals affected by opioid abuse or suffering from serious illnesses, including cancer and ALS. Doctor-recommended medical cannabis should be available as an option for those patients fighting debilitating diseases. The time is now for Wisconsin to join the majority of states and legalize medical marijuana by passing Senate Bill 38 and Assembly Bill 75.

For more than 10 years in Wisconsin, Democratic Party legislators and advocates have been fighting for gravely ill individuals. In this session, rather than giving these people the courtesy of listening to their stories, a few powerful legislators are using their positions and mistruths to keep affordable medicine out of the hands of those who need it the most. Meanwhile, our opioid abuse and resulting heroin crisis here in Wisconsin continues to escalate.

Medical marijuana for pain management for some patients could be a less harmful and safer alternative for individuals who would normally be prescribed opioids and be at greater risk of addiction. According to a recent study—“Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Mortality”—which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, opioid overdose deaths were reduced by 25% in states with effective medical marijuana laws. As policy makers, we are willing to pass bill after bill in an effort to get a handle on the opioid crisis in our communities, but when it comes to legalizing marijuana for seriously ill patients to manage pain and other debilitating health conditions, we cannot even get a public hearing on this issue in the Republican-controlled legislature.

Wisconsin lags behind most of the nation on this issue. Twenty-nine other states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana, including all four of our neighboring states (Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa). Veterans’ organizations, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and The American Legion, have passed resolutions supporting medical marijuana for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic pain and other injuries incurred while in military service. Veterans’ Affairs (VA) data show that one-third of all veterans in their care received opioids for pain management. Sadly, data also show that VA patients had nearly twice the rate of fatal accidental overdoses than adults in the general population.

A Growing Need

The patient population who could greatly benefit from legalizing medical marijuana continues to grow and the support in our state and nationally is overwhelming. How is it that, when 89% of the nation supports legalizing medical marijuana, Republican leadership in our state continues to refuse to hear the public on the issue by giving our legislation a public hearing? Perhaps they are in the grips of the big pharmaceutical industry that fears legalizing marijuana for medical purposes will cut into their fat corporate profits. Perhaps it’s their own beliefs and biases. None of these excuses make up for failing to provide a treatment option for Wisconsinites that seriously ill patients have access to in 29 other states. This is treatment that cancer patients and veterans can receive; treatment that patients dealing with painful illnesses can receive instead of opting for addictive, harmful opioids. But it’s also treatment that is currently denied to every citizen of Wisconsin.

It is our hope that the personal biases and excuses that have driven this bill into the ground for the last decade can experience the swell of support we know exists for medical marijuana as a treatment option for patients when their physicians approve. It is our hope that, this time, common sense and human dignity will win.

State Sen. Jon Erpenbach and Rep. Chris Taylor are co-authors of the medical marijuana bill, Senate Bill 38/Assembly Bill 75, that has come before the Wisconsin Legislature. 

From: https://shepherdexpress.com/news/expresso/new-day-new-opportunity-to-show-leadership-for-the-seriously/#/questions/

"Pot watch: A roundup of recent news from the world of weed"

From the Wisconsin Gazette:

From The Associated Press
Oct 6, 2017

From The Associated Press

Feds boot disabled medical pot user

A family in Skowhegan, Maine, is searching for a new place to house their developmentally disabled 34-year-old son after he was evicted from a federally funded group home for using medical marijuana to help calm seizures. The man’s mother told the Portland Herald that a doctor prescribed the marijuana to help control symptoms of a neuromuscular disease from which he also suffers.

Vermont count: 5 dispensaries and 4,600 patients

Vermont officials have awarded a fifth medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation license to an applicant that will have locations in St. Albans and Bennington. The Times Argus reported the Waterbury-based PhytoScience Institute would start dispensing medical marijuana within six months after it gets full approval. The Vermont Department of Public Safety said there were 4,609 patients registered for medical marijuana as of Aug. 24. State law will allow for a sixth dispensary when there are 7,000 registered patients.

Use it, don’t smoke it

The board of supervisors of Louisiana’s Southern University’s has selected a vendor to run its medical marijuana program. Lafayette-based Advanced Biomedics, LLC, will be licensed to grow pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for patients with cancer, HIV/AIDS, wasting syndrome, seizure disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, Crohn’s disease, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. Under the law, marijuana can be available in medicinal oils, pills, sprays and topical applications, but cannot be sold in a form that can be smoked.

Was the judge high?

Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial court test, with a judge ruling the state has good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic drug.” Twenty-nine other states have legalized marijuana in some way, the most common being for medical purposes. While Kentucky lawmakers have embraced hemp — the fibers of the plant that are used to make rope, clothing and other products — and other uses for the cannabis plant, they have resisted a number of proposals that would let people use marijuana as medicine.

From: http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/pot-watch-a-roundup-of-recent-news-from-the-world/article_3bbff51a-aacf-11e7-9aef-57c59c666942.html

"WiGWAG: Einstein's note, forgiving Mark Wahlberg, and more"

From the Wisconsin Gazette:

News with a twist

• Lisa Neff and Louis Weisberg, Staff writers
• Nov 2, 2017 Updated Nov 2, 2017

Happy owner

Albert Einstein’s handwritten theory of happiness sold for $1.3 million at a recent auction in Jerusalem. Einstein wrote the theory of happiness, not nearly as famous as the one about relatively, on a note he gave to a bellboy in 1922. Lacking the money for a tip, Einstein wrote in German, “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success with constant restlessness.” Bidding opened at $2,000. Another note to the bellboy, “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” sold at auction for more than $200,000.

Are you there — God? It’s me, Mark

Actor Mark Wahlberg, who in 2015 hosted an event honoring Pope Francis, told the Chicago Tribune he hopes God forgives him for portraying porn star Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights. Wahlberg was in Chicago for an event with Cardinal Blase Cupich. He told the Trib he hoped “God is a movie fan and also forgiving.” Now, WiGWag recalls the film touched upon God’s ways. “Heaven sent you here to this place, Dirk Diggler. You’ve been blessed,” said Jack Horner, the Burt Reynolds’ character who discovered Dirk Diggler in 17-year-old Eddie Adams.

No more knock, knock?

Amazon Key is expected to launch later this month. Consumers can place their orders and then arrange for delivery inside their homes. But first, shoppers must buy a camera and Wi-Fi connected lock from Amazon, which retails for about $250. When using Amazon Key, the delivery person’s arrival triggers the camera to record and the door to unlock. That’s putting a new twist on home shopping and home delivery.

Yes, airman, there is a Santa Claus

At a time when news outlets dedicate teams of reporters to identifying fake news and correcting very prominent liars, we don’t know what to make of this report. So we’ll make light. The Air Force says its tweet declaring Santa Claus “isn’t real” was a bluff, part of a threat to steal Christmas from bases in North Dakota and Missouri. The bases were debating via Twitter about which had the better fleet when a tweet appeared on the official Air Force account. It said if the bases didn’t get along, Santa would “bring you nothing this year because he isn’t real!” Later, the Air Force retracted that statement. Of course Santa is real, and his sleigh is tracked every year by the North American Defense Command.

Eyes not on the road

An Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy found himself on a slippery slope when he stopped a man and discovered the driver was wearing only a bikini thong and was covered in Vaseline, according to The Smoking Gun. A pornographic magazine in the passenger seat suggested the man wasn’t driving with both hands on the wheel. He was charged with speeding and driving on a license that was revoked in 1985.

Cowabunga, man

A Florida surfboard-maker was bummed out in 1981 when someone stole a board on which he’d painted a life-size rendering of Superman. He alerted the surfing community but heard nothing for decades. Then, in July, he received an email from a dude in Maine who’d found a log matching the description and bearing his signature. The board was reunited with its old carp, but we’re guessing Superman has seen its last gnarly wave and will live out the years as wall-hanger.

This queen has a kick

Claire Jeffress nailed a 30-yard field goal for the Dawson High School football team in Pearland, Texas, cementing a victory against a major rival. The feat came just a week after the senior was crowned homecoming queen. “My team had faith in me, and they were going to block for me, and the snap and the hold were going to be good, so I just had to do my job,” she told the Houston Chronicle. Jeffress also is on the school soccer team.

He must have been high

Police in Allentown, Pennsylvania, arrested a man who told them he’d broken into a market so he could get money to pay his court fines for marijuana possession. Now he faces burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief charges.

Easy scoop

A New Jersey newspaper scored an easy scoop when a Corvette crashed into its newsroom. The Press of Atlantic City reported the driver fell asleep before driving through an intersection, jumping a curb, traveling about 75 feet and then slamming into the newspaper’s office. The accident shattered two windows and knocked over several filing cabinets, but no one was hurt.

Plaque of dishonor

The producers of Legends of Tomorrow placed a “plaque of dishonor” in the parking lot of NBC’s Burbank, California, studios at the spot where Donald Trump made his predatory comments about women on the Access Hollywood bus. “On this spot in September 2005, Donald J. Trump bragged about committing sexual assault,” the plaque read. “In November 2016, he was elected President of the United States.” The plaque was removed 15 minutes after its installation, according to CNN.

From: http://www.wisconsingazette.com/blogs/wigwag-einstein-s-note-forgiving-mark-wahlberg-and-more/article_6de1fefc-bfd9-11e7-bcca-a368e81d8435.html

Four for Fridays!

Good morning everyone how are you doing? I hope everyone is doing well today. It is going to be a very busy day for me with errands to do and go pick up my daughter from Whitewater college to spend her birthday with her tomorrow. Here are your questions for today.

1) Have you ever drove the wrong way on a side street or the highway?

2) When was the last time you remember doing that?

3) When was the last time you remember being in a car accident?

4) When was the last time you have gotten a ticket from the police?

Have a great weekend!

Open Blog - Friday

That's right.

My New (Used) Wicker Furniture

I was getting on the elevator this morning when a 3 X 5 card on the bulletin board caught my eye: "Free.  Wicker Furniture.  Wicker Loveseat and Wicker Chair. 63X-XXXX."  I went back into my apartment and called the number.  I got her voicemail.  I left a message stating that I was stepping out for a bit, but I definitely was interested in the furniture.  When I got home, there was a message on my machine from "Linda" stating that I was the first and only to respond to any of the cards so far.  She said if I want the furniture, it's mine.  I went to her apartment to look at the furniture and it was beautiful.  She even helped carry the loveseat to my apartment.  She said she had too much furniture in her apartment.  It's just gorgeous.  I wonder if Charlie will want to scratch on the wicker?   

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Open Blog - Thursday

Yeow!

Why Doesn't Monte Osterman Have To Pay His Bills?

 According to CCAP, Monte Osterman still owes the city nearly $2,000.  He was also involved in bid rigging that benefited his company and all the usual crimes that lying John's pals committed.  How much profit do you make off of a hat store?  Maybe $15 a day?  Who's going to pay Monte's bills?  More importantly, who is going to investigate and prosecute the corruption in Racine?  Lying John's friends are pigs who expect everything for free.  Those pieces of shit perjured themselves for lying John's sake.  They should all be thrown in pig pens.

Racine Uncovered shutting down at end of December

 
"Saying Farewell" - http://racineuncovered.org/2017/10/saying-farewell/

I remember when lying John claimed that Beth, I, and others were involved in a "political conspiracy" against him.  Jeez, man, I was just joking around.

Take care of yourself, Beth.  Thank you for everything you've done for Racine.  The mayor should declare Racine Uncovered Day.

"North Korean Soldiers Are Being Treated for Radiation Exposure After Nuclear Test: Report"

"North Korean soldiers and their families are being treated in a military hospital for radiation exposure after the September hydrogen bomb test at the Punggye-ri nuclear facility.

"More than a thousand troops of the North Korean army were deployed to the site to dig tunnels and patrol the surrounding area, Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of North Korean affairs.

"The news comes after reports in the Japanese press indicated that around 200 people died in an accident at the facility due to a tunnel collapse in October.

"After reporting a series of small earthquakes and a landslide in the area near where the facility is located, south of the Mantapsan mountain, several experts have warned that the site has become too unstable to host further nuclear experiments. Another bomb test would risk a massive collapse and radioactive leaks, Chinese geologists warned.

"According to researchers writing for the North Korea monitoring website 38 North, North Korean scientists were unlikely to abandon the site altogether, trying instead to build new underground tunnels to move the test facility to another part of the mountain.

 
"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts with members of the Korean People's Army in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15. More than a thousand troops were deployed to the nuclear test facility in Punggye-ri, sources told a Japanese newspaper. KCNA/via Reuters

"Concerns over radiation leaks from the North Korean nuclear test site continue to grow in Japan, a country that has suffered enormously from the consequences of nuclear bombs from world War II and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

"According to the Asahi newspaper report, a computer simulation of possible leaks of radioactive materials ran by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) showed that meteorological conditions at the time of North Korea’s nuclear test would have allowed for radioactive materials to carry into the atmosphere in a northeastern direction.

"They would affect a wide area touching upon Russia, the Kuril Islands and the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

"South Korean, Chinese and Japanese authorities recorded no abnormal radiation levels in the immediate aftermath of the test. The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority said at the time radioactive substances would not be released into the atmosphere in case of an underground nuclear test.

"But Chinese nuclear weapons expert Wei Shijie told The Telegraph that a nuclear leak was 'inevitable.' He said: 'It is just a matter of time to detect it, because there are cracks on mountains where radioactive substances will leak.'"

http://www.newsweek.com/north-korean-soldiers-being-treated-radiation-exposure-after-nuclear-test-698246


Chubby Cheeks looks pleased.  He must have just eaten somebody.

"Utah nurse, violently arrested for doing her job, reaches $500,000 settlement"

Remember?

http://www.jtirregulars.com/2017/09/this-is-crazy-sobs-utah-hospital-nurse.html

http://www.jtirregulars.com/2017/09/utah-hospital-to-police-stay-away-from.html



"The Utah nurse who drew national attention after she was manhandled and arrested for refusing to let a police detective take blood from an unconscious patient said Tuesday she had reached a $500,000 settlement with Salt Lake City and the university that runs her hospital.


"Nurse Alex Wubbels and her attorney, Karra Porter, announced the settlement in a late-afternoon news conference outside the Salt Lake City Police Department, two months after they released body camera footage showing detective Jeff Payne handcuffing her and shoving her into a squad car as she screamed in protest.


"The exact terms of the agreement were confidential, but Porter told The Washington Post that it covered 'all potential defendants' involved in the incident. That included the University of Utah, Salt Lake City police and several individual security officers from the university who were present for Wubbels’s arrest but declined to intervene, Porter said.


"Wubbels and Porter were considering filing a civil rights lawsuit, but the settlement now precludes that. The nurse had previously stressed that her main concern was protecting hospital staff and preventing the same conflict from happening again."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/01/utah-nurse-violently-arrested-for-doing-her-job-reaches-500000-settlement/?utm_term=.2dcc283a73fe


She should have gone for the lawsuit.  She'd be swimming in millions.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hi, gang!  How are you?  I hope you're staying warm in this turn towards winter.  Senor Zanza has cold feet in the bed.  He holds them against me to warm them.  I don't appreciate such acts.  I tell him to wear socks to bed, but he says then he can't fall asleep because he still feels "dressed."  One of these nights I'm going to wear my shoes to bed.  Then when Senor Zanza applies his cold tootsies to me, I can give him a kick in the can.

Uh, the Packers.  Well, I don't want to seem like a fair weather fan, but I gave up when Aaron Rodgers broke his collar bone.  He broke his other one a couple of years ago.  I remember someone commenting when Green Bay was first negotiating with Rodgers that he is injury prone.  23 screws.  They should have let me treat him.  I'd have grabbed some aliens from a nearby planet and let them work their healing powers on him.  He'd be throwing the football the next day.  Anyway, the Packers host Detroit on Monday night, November 6 at 8:30 PM.  Go Packers....

Here are the standings from the Irregular Football League:

Something is real wrong here.  How did I drop to 4th place and how did Mr. OrbsCorbs get up to 6th?  Grrrr......

It looks more and more like Donald Trump received help from Russia in his presidential campaign.  Why can't suits ever play fair?  Trump's entire administration so far has been a cruel joke on the American people.  As soon as an allegation is made against Trump, he tries to change the conversation to someone else's misbehavior.  He is child-like that way.  Holy Twittering Tweets, Batman!  We have a kid running the most powerful nation on Earth.  He likes to tweet.  Unfortunately, one-liners and attacks on perceived enemies will not lift this great nation.  I am ashamed that he is our president, and I would be just as ashamed had Hillary won.  Between the Democrats and the Republicans, I don't know who lies the most.

It is noted in today's Journal Times that Copacetic, a hat store downtown with close connections to lying John, is going out of business.  Perhaps she has to help her husband hide his ties to and $ from lying John.  Monte Osterman has benefited from some real bid-rigging.  He has stolen thousands of our tax dollars for his personal use.  Pig.

The city continues on with its plans for Machinery Rowboat and the events center.  Also, the old theater in Uptown.  Ha-ha!  Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will have to pay for all this stuff.  We don't care.  We're drunken sailors with a load of someone else's loot.  We also have some imported felons working for the city who know how to get things done.

Build a bridge from Hwy31 to I-94.  Call it the John Dickert lie way.  Only express traffic allowed.  Do it.  Foxconn will pay for it.

Don't forget: Foxconn will fix everything.  They are our saviors who only want a few billion dollars from us.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

I love you all.  Slowly now the pressure will build as we head into the holidays.  Take some time for yourself.  Buy yourself something.  Try not to drink too much. Stop by for Christmas cookies anytime.
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Open Blog - Wednesday

Damn, already.

"Clocked and Loaded"

From the Shepherd Express

by Art Kumbalek

October 31, 2017

5:00 PM

 

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So I hear this BBC TV documentary about gun violence is causing quite the stir around the town. What the fock, too many guns in Milwaukee? Hey, how ’bout too many guns in the whole damn state, the whole damn country, for christ sakes.

I’ll tell you’s, this weekend I’m investing that extra hour we get from the daylight saving time into my campaign for Badgerland governor ’cause after I knock off Gov. Snidely Whiplash in the election, my first order of business will be to change our State Motto from “Forward” to “Duck!!!” Ba-ding!

Second order of business for Gov. Kumbalek will be to flip the State Bird at anyone who buys the notion that Guns & Plenty is a healthy alternative to a diet of common focking sense. And third order of biz will be to dash off a note to the N(o) R(ationality) A(ssociation) on official governor stationery. The note will contain this constitutional clarification: The Second Amendment mentions a “well regulated militia” but not a word about “well-armed village idiots.”

Then, following all that business and provided I hadn’t been already either called to higher office or called home to the lord by way of ricochet, I may toy with the idea that besides members of law enforcement and the military, the only state citizen to be legally allowed to focking traipse around with a holstered heater would be Gov. Kumbalek—a Gov. Kumbalek empowered not only to make a citizen’s arrest but empowered to make a citizen’s execution, to boot. And I already got a list, buddy; you betcha, I got a list, I kid you not.

Thirty-first Year On the Job Full Disclosure: So the other day I was going through my That Time of Year file, and I saw that we got the holidays coming up like a bad burrito, so I thought maybe I ought to go get a nice haircut for the season—since I’ve always been a big believer in the notion that when you look good, you feel good. But instead, I figured I’d keep my hat on and save the buck two-eighty I’d have dropped at the barber’s and instead visit the Uptowner tavern/charm school and invest my hard-earned dough in support of an even more foolproof notion than the one I just mentioned, which is: When you drink good, you feel good.

I ordered an ice-cold bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon and wouldn’t you know, sort of like Marcel focking Proust when he took a bite from a piece of tea-soaked toast those years ago, I took one sip from the PBR and involuntarily the past became present and the present, past.

And so I remembered that haircuts are stupid ’cause after you get one, there is no way not to look like an absolute dick—if not the second you climb out of the chair, then five-10-15 years down the road when some kid sees a photo of you with that haircut and says, “Jeez, he actually wanted his haircut to look like that? What a dick.”

And that’s why I always wear the orange hat. No one can see what kind of haircut I’m sportin’ ’cause the one thing a guy who’s big in the public eye like me can least afford is to look like a dick. Sure, an Adolf Hitler was able to pull off looking like a dick and yet maintain some kind of credibility with his crowd, but that was 80-90 years ago for christ sakes, back when people were more accepting of the “dick look” worn by members of their families or race than they are in today’s hopped-up fashion-crammed times.

Back then, seems to me most people maintained a quaintly cavalier attitude toward the importance of fashion. It was what was underneath the bad haircut and crappy taste in wardrobe—not the other way around—that was cause for concern, that got one’s dander up to go grab the lickin’ stick.

And…I forgot my point, what the fock. But speaking of remembrance, I am reminded of a little story, perhaps to bring some cheer to those I know could stand a little cheer, lo, these days:

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

So, the other day during a round of Canasta one looked at the other and said, “Now don’t get mad at me...I know we've been friends for a long time...but I just can’t think of your name! I’ve thought and thought, but I can’t remember it. This is so embarrassing, but please tell me what your name is.” Her friend raised her eyebrows, and after a couple, three minutes she cleared her throat and said, “Oh my. How soon do you need to know?”

Ba-ding! ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

"200 feared dead after tunnel collapses at North Korean nuclear test site, Japanese TV claims"

 
"About 200 people are feared dead in North Korea after underground tunnels at a nuclear test site that was feared to be unstable reportedly collapsed, crushing 100 people in the initial cave-in and 100 others when the tunnels again gave way on top of rescuers.

"The collapse at the Punggye-ri test site on Oct. 10 occurred while people were doing construction on the underground tunnel, Japan’s Asahi TV reported, citing a source in North Korea. The television station also said North Korea’s sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3 most likely caused the tunnel to crumble and created serious damage in the region.

"No officials have confirmed the Japanese TV station’s claims, but experts have feared for more than a month that the test site was on the verge of crumbling since the nuclear blast. North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb, calling it a 'perfect success.' It was the country’s most powerful bomb tested to date and the blast was reportedly 10 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima at the end of World War II.

"The test triggered a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that day and multiple tremors have been detected from the area since then. Satellite images obtained by 38 North, which specializes in North Korea issues, showed several landslides occurred after the Sept. 3 test. Also a possible 'collapse chimney crater' was seen on Mount Mantap, possibly caused by the underground tests.

"It’s unclear if the mountain will collapse in the near future, but the report said there was 'significant cracking' and 'irreversible strain' on the land because of the nuclear test.

"Some experts also said Mantap was suffering from 'tired mountain syndrome' due to the stress on the ground, the Washington Post reported. Chinese scientists have also warned the mountain could collapse and release radiation. Radioactive xenon-133 was detected in South Korea after the test.

"Additionally on Tuesday, North Korea rebuked Trump and the U.S., saying 'the Trump group's vicious vituperation against the DPRK is an expression of their frustration, fear and horror,' according to a statement released by state-run Korean Central News Agency. The day before, the Hermit Kingdom blamed Trump’s 'extreme, direct and long threats' for driving them to obtain 'complete nuclear deterrence.'

"'The U.S. has to ponder over the possible consequences,' the statement said."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/31/200-feared-dead-after-tunnel-collapses-at-north-korean-nuclear-test-site-japanese-tv-claims.html


If this really did happen, we can only hope that Chubby Cheeks was down there when it did.

Hey, buddy, can you spare $40?

It would really help me until the end of the week.  If you're so inclined, there's a "CONTRIBUTE" link on the sidebar, just below Features.  It accepts credit cards, debit cards, and bank transfers.  I'd really appreciate it.  Thank you.

"Milwaukee wrestles Waukesha water deal away from Oak Creek"

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2017/10/30/milwaukee-wrestles-waukesha-water-deal-away-oak-creek/803230001/


Isn't this the deal that lying John was working on?  Is there anything he does that goes right?

"Blackout victims at Mexico resorts have little hope of justice"

"Heidi Sorrem and her husband, Corey, talk about their trip from their Greenfield, Wis., home to a Mexico resort in Sept. 2016 to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. After a couple of shots they both blacked out and Heidi ended up in a hospital. Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

"The young woman behind the desk at the police station in Playa del Carmen toggled between her cellphone and computer, Snapchatting with friends and scrolling through Facebook, as she asked the young man from Boston whether he had ever enjoyed sex.

"How that was relevant, he didn’t know. He was at the police department in the small Mexican city south of Cancun to report that he had just been drugged and raped while receiving a massage at a world-renowned resort and spa.

"The young man was told that the woman — Claudia, as he recalls — was a psychologist. They sat in a windowless room and after a while she handed him some paper and told him to draw some pictures. No stick figures. As detailed as possible. 

"A tree. A man. A woman. A person trapped in the rain without an umbrella.

"Now draw your family, she said. The 29-year-old man broke down. All he wanted to do was to get home, see his family. The senseless questions and exercises were too much.

 

Raquel Rutledge gives us an update on her investigation on tainted alcohol at Mexican resorts and the news that Senator Ron Johnson has called for an investigation into the death of a Pewaukee woman.

"But he had to stay — had to endure a four-hour psychological test, a humiliating physical exam and then miss his flight home — if he had any hope of getting justice and stopping the perpetrator from harming anyone else.

"He drew the picture.

"Three months later, there’s no sign of justice; no indication Mexican police pursued the case. The man is back home, struggling through the emotional aftermath. 

"The despair and frustration he’s facing are familiar to dozens of vacationers who have been victimized at upscale, all-inclusive Mexican resorts."

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2017/08/16/blackout-victims-mexico-resorts-have-little-hope-justice/565961001/


Let's start doing something about other countries that constantly provoke us.  How about we stop all trade with Mexico until they clean up this resort/booze scam?  Oh wait, how about they stop their people from stealing into our country, too?  What the fuck?  It seems to me that Mexico hates our guts but wants our money.  Fuck them.  Act like human beings first.

"Tech companies find more signs of Russian election activity"

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.

"Facebook, for instance, says a Russian group posted more than 80,000 times on its service during and after the election, potentially reaching as many as 126 million users. The company plans to disclose these numbers to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the testimony. The person declined to be named because the committee has not officially released the testimony.

"Twitter plans to tell the same committee that it has uncovered and shut down 2,752 accounts linked to the same group, Russia's Internet Research Agency, which is known for promoting pro-Russian government positions.

"That number is nearly 14 times larger than the number of accounts Twitter handed over to congressional committees three weeks ago, according to a person familiar with the matter. This person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the new findings ahead of the hearing on Tuesday.

"And Google announced in a blog post that it found evidence of 'limited' misuse of its services by the Russian group, as well as some YouTube channels that were likely backed by Russian agents."

Read more: http://journaltimes.com/business/tech-companies-find-more-signs-of-russian-election-activity/article_a374634c-3508-51d8-a445-554a746a3f8e.html#tncms-source=block-behavioral


How much longer can Trump claim he knew nothing of the Russian attempts to help him get elected?

Selena Gomex Speaks Out

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"This California city's 27-year-old mayor will give residents $500 free cash per month"

Mayor Michael Tubbs, Photo by Kevin Richtik - Caroline photography 

"A two-hour drive from the tech-fueled riches of San Francisco, Stockton, Calif., is a completely different world from its Silicon Valley neighbor. But the small city is taking a big bet to try to fix its lagging economy with a strategy that many of the tech elite have been largely only pontificating about: universal basic income, or cash handouts.

"In 2013, Stockton became the most populous city in the United States to enter bankruptcy. The city of 300,000 was toppled when the housing bubble burst, its basic operating expenses dependent on developer fees and increasing property tax revenue that never came to bear.

"Four years later, Stockton is still very much struggling. The median household income there is $44,797, well below California's median household income of $61,818, according to a statement from the city's 27-year-old mayor, Michael Tubbs. Stockton's unemployment rate is 7.3 percent, close to double the 4.3 percent national average. One in four residents live below the poverty line and 18 percent of Stocktonian residents experience food insecurity.

"Mayor Tubbs sees universal basic income as a possible way to alleviate some of the pains of poverty the city is experiencing.

"Tubbs, who was born and raised in Stockton and first elected to city council at 22, read about the idea of a guaranteed basic income in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? In the book, King writes: 'I'm now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective  —  the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.'

"Called the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), Tubbs and the city of Stockton announced their initiative Wednesday. In the coming six to nine months, SEED will go through a design period where the city will work with social scientists and community leaders to determine, among other things, the number of residents who will be part of the initial test phase of the program and how to select participants.

"Checks of $500 per month are expected to start being distributed to Stocktonians in the second half of 2018. The goal is to grow the program as the city can afford to do so.

"Stockton's SEED program is being funded initially with a $1 million grant from the Economic Security Project. It's also accepting crowdfunded donations to the project with a Crowdrise campaign. The Economic Security Project is an organization aiming to raising awareness of universal basic income in the United States and is co-chaired by future of work expert Natalie Foster, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and scholar and leader Dorian T. Warren."

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/19/mayor-of-stockton-wants-to-give-residents-free-cash-each-month.html


Hell, I'm throwing my clothes and tools in the truck and heading west. 

"Selena Gomez Speaks Out About Kidney Transplant From Her Best Friend Francia Raisa | TODAY"

Hell, I got nobody when my kidneys completely fail.  I'm glad that the talented young star received a kidney.  I don't think the 66 year old man sitting in Racine will get one.  I have no blood relatives living in the states that I know of.

And guess what?  As I sought to increase my life insurance, no one will accept an applicant with Chronic Kidney Disease.  Maybe I should start singing like Selena.  They might give me a kidney to shut me up.

Drone video of Holy Hill in the fall

Pretty.

"Indiana Man Accused Of Rape, Murder, And Cannibalism Of Ex-Girlfriend Deemed Incompetent For Trial"

"Joseph Oberhansley, a 36-year-old Indiana man, has been deemed incompetent to stand trial for the alleged rape, murder, and cannibalism of his ex-girlfriend. According to prosecutors, Oberhansley forcibly broke into the residence of his ex-girlfriend, 46-year-old Tammy Jo Blanton, back in September of 2014. Once inside, investigators claim that the Indiana man sexually assaulted her, stabbed her to death, and ate parts of her brain, lungs, and heart.

"As Daily Mail reports, Clark County Circuit Court Judge Vicki Carmichael listened to the sworn testimony of three doctors who individually evaluated Oberhansley on Wednesday before ruling that the Indiana murder suspect is legally incompetent. The evaluation of the defendant’s mental state was ordered after a February motion filed by Oberhansley’s defense lawyers. At the time, the attorneys claimed that the Indiana man was incapable of understanding what was happening in court and that he lacked the mental facilities to help with his own defense. According to his own attorneys, their legal communication with the Indiana murder suspect had suffered a 'complete breakdown.'

“He is suspicious, paranoid, uncommunicative, and agitated.”

"Despite the Wednesday ruling, which will allow the state to subject Oberhansley to a regimen of 'competency restoration' treatments, Clark County prosecutor Jeremy Mull has vowed that the Indiana murder suspect will eventually face trial for the unthinkable crimes he is alleged to have committed.



"As WHAS 11 reports, Prosecutor Mull was 'upset' by the Wednesday ruling, not just for himself and Indiana authorities, but also for the family of the victim who will now find justice in the unthinkable case delayed. According to Mull, it may take as long as 90 days to get the Indiana murder suspect into the Indiana State Hospital. From there, it may take 90 more days for Oberhansley’s competence to be re-evaluated, and any necessary mental health treatment required to “restore competence” to the Indiana murder suspect will take even longer still.

“Seeing what the family goes through, the family of the victim, I know the delays in the case are very hard for them to accept and that’s understandable.”

"The family of victim Tammy Jo Blanton remained silent during Wednesday’s hearing and were made aware that it could be another six months (possibly more) before a full mental health evaluation/update is made available. The evaluations during this week’s court proceedings remain sealed. Indiana murder suspect Joseph Oberhansley faces murder, rape, and abuse of a corpse charges and remains behind bars pending trial and/or release to the Indiana state hospital."

Read more: https://www.inquisitr.com/4580653/indiana-man-accused-of-rape-murder-and-cannibalism-of-ex-girlfriend-deemed-incompetent-for-trial/#utm_source=relatable&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=right_rail_desktop_sidebar_top


I've noticed a distinct rise in the number of cases that include cannibalism.  Either they're reporting more, or we're eating well. 

Happy Birthday, Tender Heart Bear!

Thank you for all that you've done.  We hope that your birthday is great!

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Halloween

Hello I hope everyone is staying warm this weekend. I have some pictures to share with everyone from our trip up north last weekend. I hope everyone enjoys them.