Tag: COVID-19
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Who was that (un)masked man?
Would the Lone Ranger take off his mask, kemosabe? No man is an island, unless he lives in Dane County, Mr. Donne. The Madison WI metro area plays by its own rules — the science be damned! The federal Centers for Disease Control (there’s more than one, apparently) say (plural) take off your facemasks if you…
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Breathe deeply: smell that freedom!
Anthony Fauci has worn out his welcome Advance scouts from the Werkes espied this sign on the Southwest bike path just off Odana Road on Madison’s west side. What kind of right-wing Deplorable busy body would post such a sign without making a down payment to the city parks department and several forms filled out…
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Did George Floyd die of Covid?
Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin has been convicted! In the news media! They’re competing with each other as to who can wring the most salty tears out of a most preventable tragedy. Mr. George Floyd, please get in the squad car! Has any recent trial (outside the U.S. Senate) been more politically charged than that of police…
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A mall won’t fix Madison’s mauled State Street
first of two parts Newspapers need a cause. William Randolph Hearst’s was war with Spain. Col. McCormick wanted commies out of the State Department. The great crusade of our favorite Madison morning daily these days is moving bus traffic off State Street. “Madison is excited about turning State Street into a grand pedestrian mall, with…
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The shot heard round the Werkes
Got my sticker, got my card. Where’s my chip? Springtime for Blaska winter for COVID and shutdowns! The indentured servants received their Fauci ouchie on February 17 at SSM headquarters off Madison’s Beltline. Went smooth as a baby’s bottom. No big lines, no waiting. Didn’t even feel it and your genial host is a big hypodermic-syringe…
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Thank you, all-powerful teachers union!
Now get your shine box! My journalism alma mater, The Capital Times, flatters itself that it speaks truth to power, that hoary old cliché. We’ll believe it when they stop kowtowing (beautiful word) to the all-powerful teachers union, Madison Teachers Inc. The Emerald City’s public schools remain shuttered for classroom learning late this February 2021…