A Mount Pleasant man is accused of choking and swinging a dog by its leash. Now the man has been charged with a felony.
Richard Lann, 43, was charged
by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office Friday with mistreating
animals and disorderly conduct, domestic abuse assessments (repeater).
If convicted of both charges, Lann faces up to a year in prison and/or fines up to $11,000.
According to the criminal complaint, officers with the Mount Pleasant Police Department were called at 8:41 p.m. Thursday to a residence in the 3400 block of Sheridan Road for a report of an unwanted party. A woman told police she wanted Lann removed from the home because he
was arguing with her and was drunk. She then told dispatch that he
choked her dog and swung it around on a leash. The woman told police
that she and Lann had been arguing for more than three hours and had
threatened to kill her. During the argument, Lann picked up her 14-year-old Bichon Poodle by
the leash and “choked it for approximately 30 seconds,” according to the
criminal complaint. He then swung the dog and hit it against the door twice. The woman
told police the dog was shaking after this. The officer noted in the
report that “the dog appeared to be nervous.” Fearing for her safety, the woman said Lann had threatened to kill
the dog almost daily, and has hit and punched the dog prior to this
incident. When the officers spoke to Lann, he sat on the couch and refused to
speak to them. Lann was arrested and taken to the Racine County Jail. He
had a .24 blood-alcohol level. Racine County Court Commissioner Alice Rudebusch set the cash bond for $500 and a preliminary hearing for 3 p.m. Feb. 15. https://www.racinecountyeye.com/mount-pleasant-man-charged-with-mistreating-dog/
This
smartphone screen capture shows a false incoming ballistic missile
emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system
on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018.(Photo: Marco Garcia / The Associated Press)
Honolulu — A push alert
that warned of an incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii and sent
residents into a full-blown panic Saturday was a mistake, state
emergency officials said.
The
emergency alert, which was sent to cellphones, said in all caps,
"Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter.
This is not a drill."
Hawaii Emergency Management
Agency spokesman Richard Repoza said it was a false alarm and the agency
is trying to determine what happened.
The alert caused a tizzy on the island and across social media.
Jamie
Malapit, owner of a Honolulu hair salon, texted his clients that he was
canceling their appointments and was closing his shop for the day. He
said he was still in bed when the phone started going off "like crazy."
He thought it was a tsunami warning at first.
"I woke up and saw missile warning and thought no way. I thought 'No, this is not happening today,'" Malapit said.
He was still "a little freaked out" and feeling paranoid even after hearing it was a false alarm.
"I went from panic to semi-panic and 'Are we sure?'" he said.
"Everybody in Racine is familiar with former state Sen. George Petak ,
R-Racine who threw his vote to legally bind Racine County Residents to
pay a never ending sales tax to fund Milwaukee County Millionaire
Baseball Owners and Players; then claimed to have left Wisconsin to go
to Tennessee so he could dedicate his life to helping orphans and
children in foster; except to magically re-appear in Madison Wisconsin,
be appointed to high level cushy State jobs at WI DFI (Department of Financial Institutions) and WHEDA (WISCONSIN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY),
get back credits for a taxpayer funded overly generous WI Taxpayer
funded State Pension and live the hedonistic lifestyle he always dreamed
about; as an unelected State employee at taxpayers expense, of course."
We
witness that the Rule of Law, Kindness, and Human Decency has been
violated by those who act under the color of law, and who continue to
violate said law to further their own means and goals.
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Governor Scott
Walker, Representatives Robin Vos, Cory Mason & MTP President David
DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office)
by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s
property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long
established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting
heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing
taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician
overreach.
Seven Mount Pleasant property owners have sued the village in federal
court over how it is handling property acquisitions for Foxconn
Technology Group.
The landowners who filed the lawsuit own property located within the
footprint where Foxconn wants to build an LCD manufacturing facility.
Expected to generate 10,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent
positions, the $10 billion project is the largest economic investment in
the state and one of the largest in U.S. history.
The property owners’ attorney Erik Olsen, of Eminent Domain Services LLC,
filed the complaint in the federal court for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed Monday, names the village and Village
President David DeGroot as defendants.
Further, the complaint alleges that the Village of Mount Pleasant is:
The case shows “violations of the Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to
equal protection, private property, and due process,” the complaint
states.
acquiring the property owners’ land for “the benefit of a private corporation,”
that the state has passed legislation allowing the project to skirt
environmental impact studies and wetland permitting requirements,
that village staff treated landowners differently by offering
different purchase prices – some up to 10 times the value of their
property – and
it is acquiring property for a non-public purpose.
Police in
Madison arrested a hairstylist for giving a man a Larry Fine hairdo that
he didn’t request — as if anyone would want such a cut. The 22-year-old
victim told police the stylist, who pleaded guilty to disorderly
conduct, told him to stop fidgeting. Then the stylist clipped the man’s
hair in Three Stooges fashion, so to speak.
Evergreen
Police
noticed a smell of marijuana in a pickup truck they stopped in Nebraska
for traffic violations. Inside the vehicle, a drug-sniffing dog found
60 pounds of pot. But 80-year-old Patrick Jiron and 83-year-old Barbara
Jiron of California had a good explanation: They were taking the
marijuana to Vermont to dole out as Christmas gifts.
Make America Gay Again
Vice
President Mike Pence’s neighbors hung a “Make America Gay Again” banner
outside the Aspen-area residence here he was vacationing, The words
were written on a rainbow flag hung on a stone pillar that sits at the
end of the driveways to both homes. Pence is a notorious homophobe.
Cutting medical waste
The
medical license of a New Jersey surgeon was temporarily suspended after
he was caught reusing disposable anal catheters on multiple patients.
State officials claimed to have evidence that colorectal surgeon Sanjiv
Patankar used five catheters to perform 82 procedures requiring them.
Big brother is watching
Russian
president Vladimir Putin says he wants to monitor social media in his
country ahead of the next presidential election in order to assess how
involved his people are with domestic politics. That’s more than a
little scary when you consider how his political rivals have a way of
disappearing.
Pizza for the alt-right
John Schnatter, the
controversial right-wing founder of the Papa John’s pizza chain, is
stepping down as CEO. He came under criticism for comments he made about
the NFL’s handling of anthem protests. Schnatter, however, admitted no
wrongdoing. He blamed “poor leadership” at the NFL for his corporate
woes. Meanwhile, white supremacists vowed to make Papa John’s the
official pizza of the alt-right.
Never trust a T-shirt
A suspect wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with “Trust Me” allegedly stole a car in Fairfax County, Virginia.
She couldn’t stop laughing
A
Washington-state-based cannabis producer called Sugarleaf created a
strain of weed named “Monica Lewinsky.” Lewinsky was amused. She tweeted
out a photo of the hybrid marijuana in a jar, accompanied by a series
of eye and hand-pointing emojis.
Hoaxes he takes seriously
Donald
Trump is not betting his golf courses on his stated belief that climate
change is a Chinese hoax. Managers of his golf resort in Ireland fought
over a year for permission to build two seawalls to prevent rising
water from eroding part of the property.
That’s a lot of bulls—
Police
converged on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s Bel Air home after a
suspicious package addressed to him from “the American people” was found
in a neighbor’s driveway. But the LAPD bomb squad discovered the
contents were nothing more dangerous than a pile of manure. There was
also a Christmas card that made negative references to Mnuchin,
President Donald Trump and the new $1.5 trillion tax bill.
Food fiascos
Two
headlines recently caught our attention: “Burnt bagel blamed for St.
Louis airport evacuation” and “Fruitcake package temporarily halts
Seattle ferry service.” In St. Louis, authorities said a bagel burned at
a Terminal 2 restaurant set off smoke detectors at Lambert Airport,
forcing 300 to 400 people to evacuate and requiring passengers to repeat
the security check. In Seattle, the bomb squad was called to the ferry
terminal after authorities were notified of a suspicious package — a
gift-wrapped item that turned out to be a fruitcake — placed under a
Christmas tree in the pedestrian waiting area. Now there’s a lesson
about Christmas decorations in public places.
Derrieres at ‘Dawn’
Two
U.S. tourists were arrested in Thailand for public indecency after
taking a “butt selfie” at Bangkok’s Wat Arun or Temple of the Dawn. The
men, arrested at the airport in Bangkok, are frequent travelers who were
posting “butt selfies” to “traveling butts,” an Instagram account with
14,000 followers. But don’t bother to look, as that particular account
has been deleted.
More sophisticated selfies
The Tea
Terrace in London is serving Selfieccinos — hot chocolates or
cappuccinos with selfies on the froth. Customers send selfies via an app
to the barista, who uses a “Cino” machine to reproduce the images onto
froth with a flavorless food coloring. Probably it’s only a matter of
time before someone sends in a “butt selfie” to top off the java.
President
Donald Trump, accompanied by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (right),
speaks at a workforce development roundtable in June at Waukesha County
Technical College in Pewaukee.(Photo: Associated Press)
MADISON - Tens of thousands of needy but
able-bodied adults in Wisconsin could have to work to qualify for state
health coverage under a plan from Gov. Scott Walker that has won
support from President Donald Trump's administration.
Seema Verma, head of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, opened the way this week
for states to require "able-bodied, working-age Medicaid beneficiaries"
to participate in skills training, education, job search, volunteering
or caregiving.
Walker and his fellow GOP
governors in nine other states have sought to impose work and training
requirements on the Medicaid program known in Wisconsin as BadgerCare.
But to do it they needed the backing of federal officials.
“Medicaid
needs to be more flexible so that states can best address the needs of
this population," Verma said in a statement. "Our fundamental goal is to
make a positive and lasting difference in the health and wellness of
our beneficiaries."
Walker, whose office had no
immediate reaction to the news, has sought to impose both work
requirements and drug testing on BadgerCare and other public benefits.
Critics say these moves will cost taxpayers more than they save, trigger
costly lawsuits and fail to boost the state’s economy the way other
investments might.
I hope everyone is being safe today with the bad road conditions. I was suppose to do some errands today but with the bad roads I decided to be safe and stay home. Here are your questions for today.
1) Have you ever gone out and drove your car with icy roads?
2) Have you ever gotten into a bad car accident because of bad road conditions?
3) Did you ever have to call into work because of bad road conditions?
4) What is one really good reason you would go out and drive on icy roads?
Racine County Case Number 2017CV001323 Kinzie Racine L.P. vs. City of Racine
The apartments on Jacato Drive, which were rife with safety issues,
bed bugs and crime for years, were bought several months ago but the new
owners are giving the area a facelift.
And the difference is night and day.
Kinzie Racine LP, a company based in Evanston IL., owns nine
apartment buildings at 2408, 2409, 2432, 2525, 2627, 2700, 2707, 2800,
and 2801 Jacato Drive. They plan to not only restore and repair the
buildings, but rename the rental community “The Maples,” and have also
requested to rename the street. https://www.racinecountyeye.com/jacato-drive-apartments-get-facelift-new-name/
Talking Racine episode 53 discusses the DNR Knowles Nelson grant
received by the City of Racine for a promenade walkway on the failed
Machinery Row development. Racine donated it’s own property back to
itself so to acquire a $470.000 DNR grant to cover taxes and contractor
liens on the Machinery Row project.
Of course having former
home-builder and John Dickert's Home girl, Cathy Stepp as head of the
DNR greased the wheels and turned heads at the DNR to look the other way
- even though they were provided with knowledge that it was a SCAM.
After the City of Racine officials manipulated the Racine Taxpayers in
loaning $4.5 Million to a straw man developer on the failed Machinery
Row project and receiving $450,000 on money that was kicked back from
the sellers of Machinery Row. That kickback money was placed in a secret
account which officials had access to. However City officials needed
more money to cover more costs on the failed Machinery Row project. They
made it appear developer Blackwell was donating land back to the City
so to acquire $470,000 in a DNR Knowles Nelson grant. The money was
placed in another account to pay taxes and contractors liens that were
not paid.
In an audacious experiment, Finland is giving some residents a “basic
income” of $16,000 for two years, no strings attached. Here’s what two
of them did with the money.
Juha Jarvinen and two of his children at home in Jurva.
Photographer: Juuso Westerlund for Bloomberg Businessweek
By Claire Suddath
One afternoon in the final days of 2016, Steffie Eronen got a phone call
from her husband, Juha. The Eronens had spent Christmas with relatives
in Savonlinna, Finland, and Juha had just made the two-hour drive home
so he could return to his job as an electrician. The couple live with
their 5-year-old daughter in a cozy, two-bedroom apartment in Mikkeli, a
quiet, midsize city in the southeastern part of the country. Juha was
calling to let his wife know he was home safe, and oh, by the way, an
important-looking letter had arrived for her from the Social Insurance
Institution of Finland—or, as everyone calls it, Kela.
“Open it,” Steffie said.
There was a pause as Juha tore into the envelope. Then he laughed.
“You got it!” he exclaimed.
“Got what?”
“Basic income,” Juha told her. “You’re in the program!”
Earlier
that year, Finland had announced an unprecedented socio-economic
experiment. Two thousand residents would receive €560 a month (about
$670) for two years, with no strings attached, and the government would
study how the money affected their lives. Specifically, Finland wanted
to know if the payments, called basic income, freed up people to take
part-time or freelance work as they looked for something
permanent—stopgap measures that the country’s existing benefits system
tends to discourage. To that end, it selected participants who were
unemployed and poor.
Steffie, 38, was both of those things, and
for months she and her husband had joked that she might make the cut.
Chances were slim; the names were being drawn from a pool of about
177,000 people.
“Ha-ha, very funny,” she told Juha over the phone.
No, really, he said.
The
couple have been together for seven years and married for four, and
they have the kind of affectionately antagonistic banter that develops
when two people are raising a small child in a small apartment. They
went on like this, Juha insisting and Steffie telling him to stop it,
until Juha finally cried “Oh, for f---’s sake!” and hung up. A few days
later, Steffie came home and read the letter herself. Over the next two
years, Finland was going to give her €13,440 (about $16,000). With it,
she could do whatever she pleased.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore threatened to begin fracking off the Florida coast near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
His tweet appeared to be a response to a new administration proposal to increase offshore drilling for natural gas.
"Our
fracking off the coast of Mar-a-Lago begins right after Labor Day,"
Moore said in a tweet referencing his upcoming TNT documentary series
"Live From the Apocalypse." "I’ve already got the rig — a beautiful
Halliburton G-0008 fracking system with a monster Caterpillar engine!"
Starting this week, young
professionals in Chicago may see a new ad campaign on the subway, at the
gym, on their phones or even on their beer coasters pitching Wisconsin
as the place to be.
The
Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. launched the $1 million marketing
campaign Monday — the first of its kind in state history — with a series
of ads contrasting cramped subway cars and apartments in Chicago with
cheaper rent and faster commute times in Wisconsin.
Gov. Scott Walker has called for an additional $6.8 million to expand the campaign to other cities.
The Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy is holding a public hearing Wednesday on the proposal.
The
additional funds include $4.3 million for expanding the Chicago media
campaign to Minneapolis and Detroit, and $2.5 million for a veterans
traveling recruitment effort.
A supposed perception that Wisconsin is "filled with farms, bars, and
cheese" isn't the problem.
Rather, it's the reality that young people
starting their careers and families don't find the prospect of moving to
one of the most oppressively red states in the country very appealing.
When I travel I'm surprised by how often people express sympathy that I
live in Wisconsin. It's often something like, "sorry" and "what's going
on there?". People are well aware of what's been happening here since
2011. The WEDC ads are more about creating an image of Walker as a successful governor to boost his campaigns than anything else.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is joining the crowded field for the Democratic nod to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker in November.
In
an announcement Wednesday, Soglin made official what he has
foreshadowed since last summer. Among 17 Democrats eyeing a run for
governor, Soglin becomes one of the most widely known and, potentially,
among the most formidable.
Whether
he gains traction statewide may hinge, in part, on whether Soglin’s
longtime leadership of Wisconsin’s capital city and liberal stronghold
becomes an asset — or as Republicans contend, a liability.
Soglin
made the announcement in an early morning statement, then planned to
meet with voters and media outlets across the state this week and next,
starting Wednesday in Waukesha.
Speaking
to reporters in Madison on Wednesday, Soglin cast himself as Walker’s
superior in knowing how to grow the state’s economy.
“I’ve got 25 years’ experience in the private sector,” Soglin said. “What does Scott Walker have?”
Alabama got a bargain compared to MTP and Wisconsin.
The
Conclusion is inescapable - all the brains have been drained from
Wisconsin. Hope you have that plan "B" - Bankruptcy - ready.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama, seeking the fast lane in its bid to
become a major auto making hub in the South, has landed a coveted $1.6
billion joint venture plant by Japanese car giants Toyota and Mazda that
will eventually employ 4,000 people.
The new
plant is to be located in Huntsville, Alabama - already a hub for the
region's budding aerospace industry - and will produce 300,000 vehicles
per year, a combination of the Toyota Corolla compact car and a new
small crossover SUV from Mazda. Production is targeted to begin by 2021.
"This
is indeed a great day in Alabama," an upbeat Gov. Kay Ivey said
Wednesday, flanked by company executives at a news conference in the
state capital, Montgomery. Alabama offered an incentive package worth
more than $379 million to lure the plant.
Toyota and Mazda will join Mercedes, Honda and Hyundai which currently operate assembly plants in Alabama.
"This
project will really put Alabama at the center of the Southern
automotive industry," Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said. "We
can't wait to see 'Made in Alabama' in those vehicles rolling down the
assembly line."
Alabama was already tied with
Tennessee as the fifth-largest producer of vehicles in the U.S. last
year, according to the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think
tank in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The state produced 9 percent of the cars
made in the country, the center said.
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motors, said Wednesday that the new
facility is something of a homecoming since the company already has one
plant in the state. The new Huntsville plant will be just 14 miles (22
kilometers) from Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Alabama, which produces
four-cylinder, V-6 and V-8 engines for several Toyota models.
The decision to pick Alabama is another example of a long trend of
foreign-based automakers building U.S. factories in the South. To entice
manufacturers, Southern states have used a combination of lucrative
incentive packages, low-cost labor and a pro-business labor environment
since the United Auto Workers union is stronger in Northern states.
To
lure the plant, Alabama offered an incentive package of $379 million in
tax abatements, investment rebates and the construction of a worker
training facility. The total price tag could top $400 million when road
projects and local incentives are added.
Canfield,
who said he had hopefully waited for the decision with a chilling
bottle of champagne, said he believed the state is getting a "pretty
good deal" considering the plant will create $5.2 billion over 20 years.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done while intoxicated?
That’s nothing compared with this.
A Russian man rammed an armored personnel carrier into a shop window
before climbing through to steal a bottle of wine on Wednesday morning,
according to local media and video posted on social media. The incident
occurred in Apatity, a small town just south of the Arctic circle.
The man had swiped the vehicle from a privately-run motorsport
training ground nearby, driven it through a forest. But as he struggled
to turn around in a narrow street, the man - whom witnesses described as
being drunk - proceeded to slam the tank into the window of the
“Family” convenience store.
California Governor Jerry Brown will release his final state budget
tomorrow for the 2018-2019 fiscal year which will include, for the first
time, tax revenue from weed sales. As Reuters notes
this morning, Brown and state lawmakers have 'high' expectations for
the new revenue stream which is expected to reach $1 billion over the
next couple of years. Meanwhile, if the estimates are even
directionally accurate, the pot tax will be the largest "sin tax" collected in California at over 2.5x the revenue collected from the sale of booze.
Brown's final budget is expected to show a $7.5 billion surplus on roughly $125 billion in annual expenditures...
The estimated budget surplus of $7.5 billion is a far cry from the
$27 billion hole that was projected as Brown took the reins for his
third term in January 2011. He had previously served as governor from
1975 to 1983.
For the current fiscal year, the state budget topped $125 billion in
general fund spending and nearing $200 billion when funds from the
federal government, bond sales and other sources are considered, state
records show. California has the sixth-largest economy in the world and
is the most populous U.S. state, spending $53 billion from its general
fund budget for K-12 education, $15 billion for state colleges and
universities, and $35 billion for health and human services in fiscal
year 2017-2018.
...which is primarily spent on education ($68 billion), Health and
Human Services ($35 billion) and, of course, the state's massive prison
system ($11 billion).
Meanwhile, as the Sacramento Bee
notes, Brown's new budget will also reflect efforts to circumvent
Trump's new federal tax law by allowing California residents to report
their state taxes as if they were "charitable contributions."
Gov. Brown blasted the new tax law while Republicans advanced it,
calling it “evil in the extreme.” He charged that the law favored
corporations over low-income Americans and seemed to single out his
state by striking a popular state and local tax deduction that some 6
million Californians claimed last year.
Brown could use his budget to strike back by signaling his intent to
adjust California tax laws in a way that would let residents claim new
deductions on the federal returns.
One proposal, already submitted in a bill by state Senate President
Kevin de León, would let Californians report their state taxes as if
they were charitable contributions, allowing residents to deduct those
taxes on their IRS returns. Another more complicated idea floated by tax
experts would have California shift its personal income tax to a
different employer tax that businesses could deduct.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
serve an employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store
Wednesday in Los Angeles. (Chris Carlson/AP)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents blitzed dozens of
7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to interview employees and deliver
audit notifications, carrying out what the agency said was the largest
operation targeting an employer since President Trump took office.
ICE
said its agents showed up at 98 stores and made 21 arrests, describing
the operation as a warning to other companies who may have unauthorized
workers on their payroll.
“Today’s actions send a strong message
to U.S. businesses that hire and employ an illegal workforce: ICE will
enforce the law, and if you are found to be breaking the law, you will
be held accountable,” said Thomas D. Homan, the agency’s top official,
in a statement.
Homan characterized the operation as a new front
in the Trump administration’s broader immigration crackdown and its
effort to increase deportations. ICE agents have made 40 percent more
arrests in the past year.
“Businesses that hire illegal workers
are a pull factor for illegal immigration and we are working hard to
remove this magnet,” Homan’s statement said. “ICE will continue its
efforts to protect jobs for American workers by eliminating unfair
competitive advantages for companies that exploit illegal immigration.”
Hello, boys and girls! How are you doing? As I write this there's a fog so thick outside I can't see much. Did you hear about California? After all of those massive wild fires, they received a ton of rain, which now loosened the soil previously held in place by living plants. Bam! Mudslides that are destroying homes and killing people. Some might say this is the Lord's way of telling California to straighten out. The whole world is full of weather anomalies. Yesterday, they had pictures of a slight snow cover in the Sahara Desert. People can argue all they want about climate change, but I think it's becoming pretty self-evident that we've messed up the planet. I mean, it's not just us. It's the cumulative effect from hundreds of years of pollution. We just happen to be near the tipping point, if we haven't already passed it.
It's become very interesting to watch the various effects of climate change worldwide. It's also going to be very interesting watching what Foxconn does. Every day there are new headlines about Foxconn. I believe that with all the skilled workers the plant may attract will come every manifestation of grifter, drug dealer, and prostitute. Things are going to change big time in the next decade or so, and change very rapidly. Hold onto your popcorn and enjoy the ride.
Has anyone seen mayor Mason? He appears to operate in stark contrast to lying John's way. Dickert's name was almost always in the news. Mason? Not so much. I kind of like it, but I fear what could be done without our knowledge. I don't think I completely trust any politician. Maybe the Journal Times could start a weekly feature recapping the mayor's activities over the previous week. Maybe they could, but they won't.
I see where the new ice skating rink on Monument Square has had to postpone it's opening because of warm weather. Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer, and then we plunge back into winter. I hope the rink works well. One of my favorite childhood memories is ice skating on the zoo pond. Let's give this generation the opportunity to break a leg. What I always disliked about ice skating was the "speeders," the guys who can skate amazingly well and zoom in and out of the other skaters. Kind of like a sports car taking off in traffic. Good luck to all of them.
I am not ashamed of my love for the Irregulars and all of my readers. Bless you. I hope this year turns out better for you than last. When thing get tough, remember that I am there.
Be nice to each other. We all need help in the worst weather. What I try to do is avoid it as much as possible. __________________________ Please donate: paypal.me/jgmazelis If you don't like PayPal, send me a note at madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com and I'll send you my street address so you can send a check or money order. Thank you
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world,
ain’a? And yeah, that fat bastard Santa brought me one big honking head
cold for Christmas that didn’t arrive ’til just the other day, thanks
for nothing. I guess that must mean the knob had me down on his “bad”
list. Obviously, Santa is not into the blues ’cause if he were he’d have
an appreciation for the 12-bar axiom that “when you’re bad, you’re
good”; so the heck with him.
But I’ll tell you one thing, if I’m going to get the shaft sideways
up the dupa from Santa, I’d rather it take the form of a head cold
instead of a lump of coal ’cause what the hell can you do with a lump of
coal in this day and age? At least with a head cold you’re offered the
opportunity to practice self-medication, and by medication I’m talking
the hot toddy, and by practice I’m talking mixing one hot focking toddy
after another until you are able to forge the most compatible of
relationships between your brandy, your hot water, your sugar and your
spices. Science.
So listen, over the holidays I received a very nice and much
appreciated card from a faithful reader, which caused me to reflect on
what a very lucky fellow I am after all. We’re into January and the
“holiday season” is much considered to be done and done, except by me.
No sir. As I’ve said many times, many ways, every day’s just
another focking holiday to a guy like me, you betcha. Yes sir, you name
the day, and it’s sure-as-hell bound to be some kind of a focking holiday for Mr. Art Kumbalek. Nothing but seashells, balloons, topped with a generous dollop of you got to be jerking my beefaroni, what the fock.
Anyways: The Year 2017: Sucked, but good.
Watch Out Ahead, 2018: Will suck, even more. Can you
believe it? And the only surefire thing I predict is that there will be
a sucker born at least every minute.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that, but know that in more than
30 years of my much ballyhooed annual retrospective/predictive essays,
I’ve yet to be proven incorrect everybody says. So, I’d like to break
this off right here, right now, and do something nice for myself like
crank up the thermostat and mix another hot focking toddy, you bet.
But before I go, I’d like to mention that for Christmas, I received a
nice little story from my buddy Little Jimmy Iodine, but I already had
it so I thought I’d re-gift it to you ’cause what the fock. Here, try it
on:
A woman gets home, throws open the door and jubilantly shouts, “HELLO, pack your bags! I won the lottery!” The husband says, “I can’t believe it! That’s great! Should I
pack for the ocean, or should I pack for the mountains, or Europe?” She
says, “I don’t care where you go. Just get the hell out.” Ba-ding!
What, not your style? A little too short, too snug? OK, then try this one on: There was a very old man. And there he is upstairs, laying in his
bed at death’s door—he’s ready to kick. All of a sudden, he smells the
aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies coming up from the kitchen.
With all the strength he’s got left, he pulls himself out of the bed,
leans against the wall and slowly makes his way out of the bedroom to
the stairs, grips the railing with both hands and somehow makes it
downstairs. Now he’s really spent but he’s got to make it to the kitchen
where that delicious smell is coming from. So he gets on his hands and
knees and crawls all the way down the hall to the kitchen where he sees a
sight that—if he wasn’t still breathing—he would’ve sworn he was in
Heaven. There on the table, all spread out on waxed paper are literally
scores and scores of those chocolate chip cookies, I kid you
not—obviously one final act of love from his devoted wife; so that he
would die surely a happy man. He painfully pulls himself across the
kitchen floor to the table, his lips parched and parted; the wondrous
taste of a chocolate chip cookie already in his mouth seemingly bringing
him back to life. His aged and withered hand trembles as he reaches for
a cookie at the edge of the table. WHACK! He takes a wooden spatula
right across the knuckles and the wife says, “Stay out of those, mister.
They’re for the funeral.” Ba-ding!
Like it? It’s yours. So I wish you’s a happy new year, since even at
my age I still like to think anything’s possible, what the fock ’cause
I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
Ain't
this one of "dose" Liburel Judges MTP VP Dave DeGroot is always
threatening ta "kick to tha Kurb?" Kinda like when he bends over - OOPS -
co-opertaes w/ City of Racine (D) BIG (D) Mayor Cory Mason and
renegotiates Sewer & Water contrracts?
1. If you are going to criticize elected officials then you should
examine them all equally not just a select few for it is all that govern
2. If you are are going to call yourself an Activist and promote your
services and thrust yourself in the spotlight then you are a Public
Figure and are Subject to Criticism
3. Stop pretending to be a Lawyer and Specialist on Statues – You don’t
know what you are talking about and you make a Fool of Yourself
4. Support your Cause with Facts and not Half Truths
5. Love Thy Neighbor Instead of Placing Hate Signs in Your Yard
PS – KG you know I didn’t Move to Tennessee you of all people know I am from North Carolina
Cindy’s In the Village!
Not Your Friend http://letsmakeabettermtpleasant.com/lessons-from-an-activist/
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Governor Scott
Walker, Representatives Robin Vos, Cory Mason & MTP President David
DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office)
by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s
property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long
established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting
heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing
taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician
overreach. https://concernedracinecountyresidentsjustsaynotofoxconn.wordpress.com/
Luv,
Tin & Cindy
A dozen residents who would lose their homes to the Foxconn Technology
Group project have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the
Village of Mount Pleasant and its president.
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Governor Scott
Walker, Representatives Robin Vos, Cory Mason & MTP President David
DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office)
by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s
property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long
established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting
heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing
taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician
overreach.
Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published 11:22 a.m. CT Jan. 9, 2018 | Updated 5:02 p.m. CT Jan. 9, 2018
Foxconn Technology Group plans to build a large flat-panel display manufacturing plant in Wisconsin.(Photo: Dreamstime/TNS, TNS)
A dozen residents who would lose their
homes to the Foxconn Technology Group project have filed a federal civil
rights lawsuit against the Village of Mount Pleasant and its president.
The
lawsuit claims Mount Pleasant's exercise of eminent domain to take
their homes is unconstitutional because it is for a private benefit, for
a project exempt from many environmental protections and because the
plaintiffs would be paid far less than similarly situated neighbors
whose properties are being purchased by the village.
As
part of its development agreement with Foxconn, Mount Pleasant agreed
to acquire about 2,900 acres, some directly for Foxconn and some for
possible future expansion. Some also was for planned road and utility
expansions, traditional public goals of the power of eminent domain.
New Year, new changes happening on the East Side. This time it isn’t the addition of another trendy ramen restaurant, or an even trendier poké restaurant.
Today marked the announcement of Milwaukee’s first ever cat café. Sip
& Purr Cat Café announced that they will open at 2021 E. Ivanhoe
Pl., in close proximity to Black Cat Alley.
You may be asking yourself, “What is a cat café?” As the name
suggests, it is a themed café where you can “relax and enjoy the
companionship of cats,” according to Sip & Purr’s website. The café
itself will be cat-free, but there will be an adjacent “Cat Lounge” with
felines from Lakeland Animal Shelter that will be available for
adoption. Sip & Purr will offer coffee, wine, sweets and light food.
Owner Katy McHugh said in a Facebook Live broadcast that she was
inspired by an experience she had in Amsterdam, and that she wanted to
create a space in Milwaukee where people can “drink wine and pet cats.”
Veronica
Roussett and her family were among four Sturtevant renters Foxconn
initially moved to evict from their homes with the 28-day minimum notice
allowed by state law. The company reversed course after being asked
about the situation, and now says it will work to let the renters stay
for at least 90 days. Roussett is holding her bulldog, Leah.(Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo by Rick Romell)
"After starting proceedings to evict four
Sturtevant families from their homes with the minimum time notice
allowed by state law, Foxconn Technology Group reversed course following
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel inquires about the situation.
"Instead
of the 28 days the tenants originally were granted in hand-delivered
notices they got Thursday afternoon, Foxconn now says it will try to let
them stay for at least 90 days.
"The events
unfolded as Foxconn prepares to buy additional property just outside the
area covered by a development contract the company has signed with the
Village of Mount Pleasant and Racine County."
The shit is hitting the fan mighty early in the Foxconn fiasco. All that the Journal Sentinel did was call Foxconn, and they backed down. See, Journal Times? Just pick up a phone sometimes . . .
AT&T. I talked with the installation guy and asked him how AT&T got the contract to do the work and not Spectrum. He said, "We outbid them." I didn't realize there was a bidding process.
When I asked about contracts, etc., he said he didn't know what or when they were gonna do it. "Right now," he said, "we're just wiring apartment buildings, no homes."
It appears that the march of technology progresses, and that LCD TV's will fast become obsolete.
LG unveils radical 65-inch TV you can ROLL UP like a poster when you're not watching it
LG has teased a look at its incredible new 65-inch rollable OLED display at CES
It has revealed little information on the new screen before the show begins
The giant rollable screen comes two years after LG showed off an 18 inch version
The firm will also show ab 88-inch 8K OLED display at the tech show this year
LG has developed a 65-inch OLED screen that can be rolled up like a newspaper.
In 2016, the firm announced the world’s first 18-inch rollable display at CES in Las Vegas – and now, they’ve more than tripled its size.
The incredible new flexible screen will be showcased alongside a staggering 88-inch 8K OLED display at the tech show this year.
The new LG Display is the world’s first 65-inch rollable OLED display.
The
design aims to optimize space utilization, allowing the large screen to
be packed away in a more compact form when its’ not in use.
This makes for easier storage, while still achieving high resolution.
The key to LG’s radical new display is that it does not require a backlight, according to the BBC.
This gives it the freedom to roll up and be stored away.
LG
has yet to reveal more details on the rollable TV, though more
information is set to come when CES officially opens up tomorrow.
The
firm is also set to show off its new 88-inch 8K OLED display and
Crystal Sound OLED technology, which 'makes sound emanate directly from
the panel.'
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Governor Scott
Walker, Representatives Robin Vos, Cory Mason & MTP President David
DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office)
by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s
property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long
established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting
heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing
taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician
overreach.
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- A brood of aggressive wild turkeys have
interfered with mail carriers' abilities to deliver mail to homes in a
portion of the city. The Rocky River branch of the United States Postal Service notified
the city that the turkeys were creating unsafe conditions for the
carriers delivering mail to homes on Edgewood Drive, Valley View Drive,
High Parkway, Schlather Lane, East Shoreland Avenue and Winfield Avenue,
Rocky River Mayor Pam Bobst said. About 25 to 30 homes haven't been able to get their mail delivered,
she said, and the problem has been lingering for about three weeks. Mail carriers are attempting to deliver the mail, but they have
nothing to steer the turkeys away.
Residents have had to pick their mail
up at the post office. The city can't eradicate the turkeys under the city's ordinance,
Bobst said, so a letter was sent out this week to residents asking them
to stop putting out any kind of bird food.
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But a turkey will, Pepper spray the bastards.
