Friday, November 06, 2009
Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.2%
And some say the economy is getting better....
I dont see it and neither do these 10.2% of the population.
Things are very slow at the place I work at and dont seem to be getting any better anytime soon.
What is the Stimulus package stimulating???
I just dont get it....
From the NYT article that I have a link to below: "The biggest losses came in the construction, manufacturing and retailing sectors. Health care companies added 29,000 jobs to their payrolls, and the number of temporary workers grew by 34,000 — a significant gain that could indicate employers are beginning to expand their businesses again."
So what is going on??
Is it a new world economy where temporary help at a LOWER wage is taking effect?
And all the stress of this unemployment among the masses is taking a physical toll on people to the effect that they are needing more medical attention thus increasing the roll of health professionals and thus more jobs in that sector??
Just a few questions to ponder....
Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.2%, Offering Little Reassurance to Job Seekers - NYTimes.com
I dont see it and neither do these 10.2% of the population.
Things are very slow at the place I work at and dont seem to be getting any better anytime soon.
What is the Stimulus package stimulating???
I just dont get it....
From the NYT article that I have a link to below: "The biggest losses came in the construction, manufacturing and retailing sectors. Health care companies added 29,000 jobs to their payrolls, and the number of temporary workers grew by 34,000 — a significant gain that could indicate employers are beginning to expand their businesses again."
So what is going on??
Is it a new world economy where temporary help at a LOWER wage is taking effect?
And all the stress of this unemployment among the masses is taking a physical toll on people to the effect that they are needing more medical attention thus increasing the roll of health professionals and thus more jobs in that sector??
Just a few questions to ponder....
Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.2%, Offering Little Reassurance to Job Seekers - NYTimes.com
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Capone's North Woods hideout (up by my Great Uncle's Homestead) sells for $2.6 million
I have always wanted to see this place. It is close to where my mom's ancestors (John Dietz of Cameron Dammfame) had a homestead in the early 1900's. Maybe someday....
If anyone is interested in him and a part of my family history I have also included a link below to one of the sites that tells a little of the story of this relation of mine(he was my great uncle-my great grandfather's brother)...
If anyone is interested in him and a part of my family history I have also included a link below to one of the sites that tells a little of the story of this relation of mine(he was my great uncle-my great grandfather's brother)...
Labels: Al Capone, Cameron Dam, Dietz Family, family, Hayward, John Dietz, Northwoods, Sawyer County, The Hideout
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Milwaukee County Happenings: King Lee Holloway Calling the "Kettle Black"??
So His Royal Highness, The County Board Asshole (I mean Chairman) Lee Holloway is comparing Scott Walker to David Duke..
And he says Walker is Racist? That is like the pot calling the kettle black.
This guy (Holloway) has got to go.
I dont know how the rest of the county board or the executives in Walker's cabinet put up with this guy. Everytime I read an article about the county board or the budget or Scott Walker and Holloway has anything to do with it, I start to cringe at his one sideness and his inability to see the big picture.
His entire persona smacks of racism, a self serving attitude and utter disrespect for his colleauges in the courthouse (I know 1st hand as I have friends who work closely with him) and I would be glad to see his "lordship" come to an end.
Maybe someone (I dont have time) should start a "recall" process on this idiot!!
And as Lee says: "through my "spokesman"...I wont aopolagize and I wont comment further on the matter"
Read on for the latest dribble to come out of Lee's Ass (I mean mouth):
Scott Walker recalls his debate with David Duke - JSOnline
And he says Walker is Racist? That is like the pot calling the kettle black.
This guy (Holloway) has got to go.
I dont know how the rest of the county board or the executives in Walker's cabinet put up with this guy. Everytime I read an article about the county board or the budget or Scott Walker and Holloway has anything to do with it, I start to cringe at his one sideness and his inability to see the big picture.
His entire persona smacks of racism, a self serving attitude and utter disrespect for his colleauges in the courthouse (I know 1st hand as I have friends who work closely with him) and I would be glad to see his "lordship" come to an end.
Maybe someone (I dont have time) should start a "recall" process on this idiot!!
And as Lee says: "through my "spokesman"...I wont aopolagize and I wont comment further on the matter"
Read on for the latest dribble to come out of Lee's Ass (I mean mouth):
Scott Walker recalls his debate with David Duke - JSOnline
And if your still bored and want to see what this guy is like in person, check out this video of him "reminsiscing" about his high school days (it is quite funny in a vomit like way):
Labels: David Duke, government, Lee Holloway, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Board, Racism, Scott Walker, UTube
Monday, August 10, 2009
As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History
I figured it was just a matter of time until I saw this headline. The classic textbook is nearing the end of it's life. Soon you will probably see the "Textbook" in the list of items that kids of the next generation will not remember along with VHS, Analog TV and many other things that I (and alot of others) grew up with.
So the kids of today and tommorow will miss the experience of taking a paper shopping bag and making it into a cover for their books (which most in my generation did quite often), writing on them to make those course books that all of our peers carried, just a bit more individualised than our friend's books.
And they will miss looking at the front "sign in page" of the books to see who the prior "owners" may have been (secretly hoping that the book that they called their own was either one of their "siblings" or a school hero that they admired from the previous year or so....
I have to admit that I have not seen an episode of the 70's iconic cartoon series "The Jetsons" in quite a while, but I wonder if the people who created that series, forsaw the demise of this venerable institution as they potrayed Elroy leaving for school in the morning??
To think that just 30 years ago....the very item (computers) that are taking their place in the classroom, did not even exist in my vocabulary. How fast the world changes.
Read on for more on the demise of the quitisential classroom textbook.....
As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com
To think that just 30 years ago....the very item (computers) that are taking their place in the classroom, did not even exist in my vocabulary. How fast the world changes.
Read on for more on the demise of the quitisential classroom textbook.....
As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com
Labels: changing times, computers, fads, history, kids, school, textbook, youth
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Some Awesome (I mean AWESOME) photos....
The following photos are probably some of the coolest I have ever seen. If I could only find the artistic talant in myself to be able to take such amazing photos....
Click full screen to get the full effect of these utterly fantastic pictures.....
Photos Rares
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Wisconsin Rapids' Very Own Jeffery Dahmner
What is it with these people?
He had a fantasy and he acted it out in real life....
He took two unwilling men and put them into his little fantasy of bondage and sexual assault.
All I can say is this guy had a lot of courage and guts to do this to these two men and to think that he wouldnt be found out........how deranged can one person be??
It is stories like this that make me ashamed to say I was born and raised in this burg.
Read on for the story and the sentance that he recieved for doing these horrendous acts:
Man gets 50 years in Rapids abduction, assault case - JSOnline
He had a fantasy and he acted it out in real life....
He took two unwilling men and put them into his little fantasy of bondage and sexual assault.
All I can say is this guy had a lot of courage and guts to do this to these two men and to think that he wouldnt be found out........how deranged can one person be??
It is stories like this that make me ashamed to say I was born and raised in this burg.
Read on for the story and the sentance that he recieved for doing these horrendous acts:
Man gets 50 years in Rapids abduction, assault case - JSOnline
Monday, July 13, 2009
A Manager's Worst Nightmare
I am sorry but this woman is a complete "nut job" or as my parents used to say...."she is one sandwich short of a picnic basket".....
It is people like this woman who make managing others and their own jobs all that much harder.
Come on now.....filing grievances or whatever you call them because the "door to the bathroom stays open too long or too short...."-now that is going way overboard.
I hope to god that there are not other employees of this dept. that get under her skin. God Forbid she would probably have them put in an mental hospital for causing HER mental anguish.
Read on for more on The injunction that was sought by Ann Capadona, 62, after she was told by another co-worker that another coworker said on Feb. 16 he would like to take Capadona "out back and shoot her"...
Revenue workers oversaw employee injunctions - JSOnline
It is people like this woman who make managing others and their own jobs all that much harder.
Come on now.....filing grievances or whatever you call them because the "door to the bathroom stays open too long or too short...."-now that is going way overboard.
I hope to god that there are not other employees of this dept. that get under her skin. God Forbid she would probably have them put in an mental hospital for causing HER mental anguish.
Read on for more on The injunction that was sought by Ann Capadona, 62, after she was told by another co-worker that another coworker said on Feb. 16 he would like to take Capadona "out back and shoot her"...
Revenue workers oversaw employee injunctions - JSOnline
Thursday, June 11, 2009
World Wide Swine Flu Pandemic Declared Finally...
This just in from the AP.....
Though the cases here in the U.S. have been mild in comparison to the flu of 1918 and other deadly years, some people fear that this monster has just begun to rear it's ugly little head...
Read on for the pandemic decleration release:
JSOnline.com AP News
Though the cases here in the U.S. have been mild in comparison to the flu of 1918 and other deadly years, some people fear that this monster has just begun to rear it's ugly little head...
Read on for the pandemic decleration release:
JSOnline.com AP News
Friday, June 05, 2009
Google Wave: A Complete Guide
The Big Wave is coming....
No not the Big Wave that is part of a flood that will wipe out humanity like the one that drowned Noah's homeland a few thousand years back.
This time it is coming from Google (who will no doubt one day rule the world if they are not doing it secretevly already..) and it will be a whole new way to communicate and I have a feeling will be as commonplace as Google's search engine is today.
Read on for more on this up and coming technology that will probably change all of our lives....
Google Wave: A Complete Guide
No not the Big Wave that is part of a flood that will wipe out humanity like the one that drowned Noah's homeland a few thousand years back.
This time it is coming from Google (who will no doubt one day rule the world if they are not doing it secretevly already..) and it will be a whole new way to communicate and I have a feeling will be as commonplace as Google's search engine is today.
Read on for more on this up and coming technology that will probably change all of our lives....
Google Wave: A Complete Guide
Labels: communication, Google Wave, instant messanging, microsoft killer, new technolohgy, sharing
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Walker calls for freezing Wages....But Abelson is a Duffus
I have a friend who works in this county's government in administration and from all accounts on what I have personally heard, what Walker is doing is indeed politically motivated.
But that is not to say that these wage freezes and possible layoffs are not needed. Cuts are needed and it behooves everyone involved in these things to come to the "table" as adults and talk things through.
I have heard that this Richard Abelson is hot head and he even sent out a newsletter to the people of the union he respresents which had paragraphs that were downright nasty and amounted to name calling and badjering of some of Walker's department heads.
That in itself is totally unessicary and to add to all of that, this guy even came into a dept. head's office and berated him to his face. That is in my opinion "school ground bully tactics" to the Nth degree.
Walker calls for freezing all county salaries through 2010 - JSOnline
But that is not to say that these wage freezes and possible layoffs are not needed. Cuts are needed and it behooves everyone involved in these things to come to the "table" as adults and talk things through.
I have heard that this Richard Abelson is hot head and he even sent out a newsletter to the people of the union he respresents which had paragraphs that were downright nasty and amounted to name calling and badjering of some of Walker's department heads.
That in itself is totally unessicary and to add to all of that, this guy even came into a dept. head's office and berated him to his face. That is in my opinion "school ground bully tactics" to the Nth degree.
Walker calls for freezing all county salaries through 2010 - JSOnline
Monday, May 11, 2009
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Ever wonder what we do with all of our "STUFF"?
You know....the stuff that we use everyday and when we are through using it.....when we throw it away or put it in a corner closet or elsewhere.
Well, wonder no more.
Below is a link to a cute little video (about 20 minutes long) that helps explain all this STUFF.
Very interesting.
Click on link below to watch and learn about the "Story of Stuff":
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
You know....the stuff that we use everyday and when we are through using it.....when we throw it away or put it in a corner closet or elsewhere.
Well, wonder no more.
Below is a link to a cute little video (about 20 minutes long) that helps explain all this STUFF.
Very interesting.
Click on link below to watch and learn about the "Story of Stuff":
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Monday, May 04, 2009
Are we finally leaving Iraq??
It is hard to believe that it has been 6 years since this whole thing started with Iraq (the cradle of civilisation by the way) and now we are on the cusp of finally seeing our occupation come to an end.
I often wonder the real reason why we were there in the first place.....
I have heard that it was because of a tyrant needing to be taken down.
I have heard that it was because there was oil that we needed to keep our economy going.
I have heard that it was because someone found an ancient "stargate" to another world and damming eveidence of our creators (who just happen to be human type beings from another planet that is far out in our solar system) who are not really Gods at all but a race of highly advanced beings.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS307US307&q=finding+stargate+in+iraq
Click on link above for more on this theory...
I have heard that it was because peace needs to happen in this area of the world for the entire world to be safe in the future.
Whatever the reason, the Iraq people now want us out. And I think we should go. But if there is evidence of the fourth "I have heard" then I feel the entire world needs to know and should be able to share in that discovery. To say the impact that it would have on the world would be amazing would be an understatement of gigantic proportions.
JSOnline.com AP News
I often wonder the real reason why we were there in the first place.....
I have heard that it was because of a tyrant needing to be taken down.
I have heard that it was because there was oil that we needed to keep our economy going.
I have heard that it was because someone found an ancient "stargate" to another world and damming eveidence of our creators (who just happen to be human type beings from another planet that is far out in our solar system) who are not really Gods at all but a race of highly advanced beings.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS307US307&q=finding+stargate+in+iraq
Click on link above for more on this theory...
I have heard that it was because peace needs to happen in this area of the world for the entire world to be safe in the future.
Whatever the reason, the Iraq people now want us out. And I think we should go. But if there is evidence of the fourth "I have heard" then I feel the entire world needs to know and should be able to share in that discovery. To say the impact that it would have on the world would be amazing would be an understatement of gigantic proportions.
JSOnline.com AP News
Swine Flu Snafu??
Are we out of the woods with this thing?
It seems some people do not think so....
With Southern Hemisphere Winter just a few weeks away (see below), I think this thing could rear it's ugly head even more than it has as of yet. Sort of like a storm and the eye of the storm and then the other side of the storm. Just some thoughts......
We will see I guess.
JSOnline.com AP News: "The Southern Hemisphere is particularly at risk. While Africa still hasn't reported any swine flu infections and New Zealand is the only country south of the equator with confirmed cases, winter is only weeks away. Experts worry that typical winter flus could combine with swine flu, creating a new strain that is more contagious or dangerous.
Still, the U.N. health agency urged governments to avoid unproven actions to contain the disease, including group quarantines of travelers from Mexico and bans on pork imports.
'Let me make a strong plea to countries to refrain from introducing measures that are economically and socially disruptive, yet have no scientific justification and bring no clear public health benefit,' Chan said in a video message to the U.N. General Assembly in New York."
It seems some people do not think so....
With Southern Hemisphere Winter just a few weeks away (see below), I think this thing could rear it's ugly head even more than it has as of yet. Sort of like a storm and the eye of the storm and then the other side of the storm. Just some thoughts......
We will see I guess.
JSOnline.com AP News: "The Southern Hemisphere is particularly at risk. While Africa still hasn't reported any swine flu infections and New Zealand is the only country south of the equator with confirmed cases, winter is only weeks away. Experts worry that typical winter flus could combine with swine flu, creating a new strain that is more contagious or dangerous.
Still, the U.N. health agency urged governments to avoid unproven actions to contain the disease, including group quarantines of travelers from Mexico and bans on pork imports.
'Let me make a strong plea to countries to refrain from introducing measures that are economically and socially disruptive, yet have no scientific justification and bring no clear public health benefit,' Chan said in a video message to the U.N. General Assembly in New York."
Sunday, May 03, 2009
The End of the Auto Era in Wisconsin
Chrysler, the gigantic auto maker is leaving our state as a result of it's bankruptcy filing.
The last big Engine Plant located in Kenosha will stop production by the end of 2010 ending over 100 years of proud auto making capabilities in the state of Wisconsin...
Read on:
Auto work screeching to a halt - JSOnline
The last big Engine Plant located in Kenosha will stop production by the end of 2010 ending over 100 years of proud auto making capabilities in the state of Wisconsin...
Read on:
Auto work screeching to a halt - JSOnline
Friday, May 01, 2009
Swine Flu Cases Map - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
A very good web page that shows the spread of the Swine Flu (oops....I mean H1N1) virus:
Swine Flu Cases Map - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
Swine Flu Cases Map - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
