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

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)...

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisawyer/deitz/deitz1.htm

Capone's North Woods hideout sells for $2.6 million - JSOnline

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 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):

http://www.youtube.com/user/numa1930#play/uploads/14/8rb_gqXwLo0

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

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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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

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