Saturday, January 25, 2025

Kickback is first tenant at Middleton Food Market

 
Retiring Guy is late to the party again.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Madison Magazine, 11/18/2924
Beer. Skee-Ball. Seasonal cocktails. A Mario Kart league. Classic arcade games. Pizza. Soft pretzels. Pinball machines (43 of them, to be exact). The Kickback Bar — which held its grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. — furnishes the Middleton Market Food Hall (7622 Lisa Lane, Middleton) with all of this and more as its first tenant. 
More is yet to come for Middleton Market though, says Alaina Beger, a representative from the commercial property’s developer. Expect a mix of local eateries and food businesses to have moved in by the spring of 2025, with places to grab coffee, bakery items or ice cream added to the lineup alongside The Kickback.

Related posts:
New entry at Aviary on Middleton outdoor art trail.  (6/12/2024)
Update on Middleton Market Food Hall.  (2/4/2024)

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Redtail Ridge neighborhood development, Middleton Wisconsin (January 2025 construction site visit)

 
First two photos taken from a high point on High Road.

Photos and videos by Retiring






Aerial view from Google Maps.  (Orange highlight added)



Orange box indicates location of construction.

Redtail Ridge


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January 2025


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Barbara Agrait, Amazon spokeswomen, is fluent in Newspeak

 

New York Times, 1/22/2025


Other Newspeak posts:
2024

2022
Poll misses mark: Kansas voters keep abortion legal, send "Value Them Both" Newspeak amendment to trash heap.  (8/3/2022)

2021

2015
Newspeak II: Under Robin Vos's bill, contributions from Enbridge Energy would fall under the category of "Natural Resources".  (10/21/2015)
The Newspeak Chronicles: Robin Vos ties himself up into the tightest little pretzel you've ever seen.  (10/19/2015)
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Redtail Ridge apartments, Middleton Wisconsin (January 2025 construction site visit)


Photos and video by Retiring Guy






Aerial view from Google Maps.  (Orange highlight added)



Orange box indicates location of construction.

Redtail Ridge


Related posts:
January 2025


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Belle Farm eco/agri/wellness neighborhood development in Middleton, Wisconsin (January 2025 construction site visit)

 
First home under construction


Photos and video by Retiring Guy






Belle Farm (map and renderings)



Related posts:
2024
September site visit.  ((/2/2024)
July site visit.  (7/20/2024)
May site visit.  (5/20/2024)
April site visit.  (4/24/2024)

2021
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Sexting in the Name of the Lord (#87 in a series)

 
Case #88  (See also case #62.)


 Screengrab and headline: KFOR, 1/24/2025
The Cleveland County District Attorney’s office has charged a former pastor who’s accused of sending an unsolicited nude photo of himself to a Kansas teenager. News 4 spoke with the victim’s father in December, who was relieved after hearing James McMillan had been arrested in connection to the case. 
News 4 isn’t naming him to protect his daughter’s identity and family’s privacy. ‘Danger to our society’: Ex-pastor arrested again, accused of sending nude photo to teen 
“He’s clearly proven that he has a problem with this and won’t, you know, won’t stop,” said the victim’s father in December. “He’s somebody that’s truly a danger to our society.”
"And on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty."  (1 Corinthians 12:23)


Other miscreant posts:
January 2025
Jeffrey Merrow.  (1/18)
Johel LaFaurie.  (1/17)
Jeff Taylor.  (1/16)
Dallas Majewski.  (1/15)
Bruce Hollen.  (1/14)
Timothy Nall.  (1/9)
 
December 2024
Edward Monk.  (12/23)
Joshua Lough.  (12/22)
Ignazio Medina.  (12/20)
Anthony Odiong.  (12/19)
Vincent Bishop.  (12/9)
Arturo Alarcon.  (12/8)
Hunter Eubanks.  (12/7)
Roy Shoop.  (12/5)

November 2024
James McMillan.  (11/30)
Stephen Melton. (11/29)
Charles Sulivant.  (11/24)
Geoffrey Carter.  (11/22)
John Radcliff.  (11/21)
Garrett Harmon.  (11/20)
Edward R. Monk.  (11/16)
George Bell.  (11/14)
Jose Mora.  (11/13)
William Pounds.  (11/12)
Charles Randall.  (11/9)
Jackson Gatlin.  (11/7)
Charles Goff.  (11/1)

October 2024
Stephen Johnson.  (10/27)
Josh Howerton.  (10/26)
Craig Stone.  (10/26/2024)
Steven Lawson. (10/25).  
Scott Crenshaw.  (10/25)
Byron Copeland.  (10/25)
Josiah Anthony.  (10/25)
Ronald Goines.  (10/24)
Tony Cammarota.  (10/24)
Robert Morris.  (10/24)
Mike Buster.  (10/23)
Tony Evans.  (10/23)
Terren Dames.  (10/23)
James Randolph.  (10/23)
Matt Queen.  (10/18)
Roy Shoop.  (10/12)
Gabriel Mills.  (10/3)

September 2024
John Raymond.  (9/27)
Juan Barrios.  (9/23)
Demiro Johnson.  (9/22)
Glen Dean McCoy.  (9/22)
James Swanson.  (9/21)
William Dunfee.  (9/21)
Steven Lawson.  (9/20)
Rocky Goodwin.  (9/19)
William Johnson.  (9/17)
Tim Ballard.  (9/13)

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Eggs available.....for a price

 
Egg selection at Willy Street Food Coop, Middleton WI
Photos by Retiring Guy

New York Times, 1/24/2025
Volatile egg prices have been a part of the grocery shopping experience partly because of inflation, but also because of an avian influenza, or bird flu, that made its way to the United States in 2022. That influenza, caused by the H5N1 virus, has infected or killed 136 million birds thus far. But the outbreak has recently intensified. 
More than 30 million chickens — roughly 10 percent of the nation’s egg-laying population — have been killed in just the last three months, to prevent the spread of the disease. It could take months before the supply of egg-laying chickens returns to the normal level of around 318 million, roughly the equivalent of one chicken per person. [emphasis added]

Selection of organic eggs at Woodman's Food Market, 
Madison west side

Selection of regular eggs at Woodman's Food Market, 
Madison west side


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Trump crime family seals a deal in Belgrade, Serbia

 
Rendering:  SeeNews
Headline:  New York Times, 1/24/2025
More than a decade after Donald J. Trump first floated the idea of developing a Trump hotel on a government-owned site in Serbia, his family is now close to securing that dream in a complicated deal that also involves a real estate magnate from Abu Dhabi and Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law. 
The plan illustrates the continued ambitions of Mr. Trump’s family to forge new international deals, even as he has returned to the White House. It also reflects a diminished focus, compared with that of his first term, on avoiding the appearance of a conflict of interest associated with the overseas projects. [emphasis added]



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Just 1382 days to go until 2028 Election: First Felon Donald Trump as White House squatter

 
Headline:  New York Times, 1/24/2025
President Trump has mused more than once that he might like to extend his stay at the White House. But can he run for re-election again in 2028 and seek a third term? The simple answer: No, the Constitution does not allow it. 
That hasn’t stopped one of Mr. Trump’s allies in the House, Representative Andy Ogles, a Republican of Tennessee, from introducing a long-shot resolution seeking to change the law soon after Mr. Trump returned to office. 
By the end of his second term, Mr. Trump, now 78, would be the oldest president in history. 
Here’s why the issue has surfaced and what the law says:

THE COUNTDOWN TO NOVEMBER 7, 2028
November 2024
Day 1460.  Philadelphia Inquirer launches 2028 presidential election guessing game campaign.  (11/8)
Day 1456.  (11/12)
Day 1455.  (11/15)
Day 1453.  (11/16)
Day 1452.  Sports metaphor malpractice in journalism at NBC News edition.  (11/17)
Day 1451.  (11/18)
Day 1449.   And here's the first of many useless 2028 presidential polls(11/20)
Day 1448.  "It's a done deal!" proclaims Newsweek (11/21)
Day 1447.  Dear Western Journal, it's the polling silly season (11/22/
Day 1443.  Fentanylizing of the pollsters(11/26)
Day 1440.  Return of the post-election silly season for pollsters. (11/29)
Day 1439.  Adding AOC to the mix.  (11/30)

December 2024
Day 1438.  NewsNation limits the field.  (12/1)
Day 1437.  More AOC buzz.  (12/2)
Day 1435.  NPR ma.  (12.15kes sure Andy Beshear  gets into the mix.  (12/4)
Day 1433.  Time for some folks to get a life!  (12/6)
Day 1432.  Primary calendar jockeying begins!  (12/7)
Day 1431.  Kentucky media keeps eye on Andy Beshear's presidential ambitions.  (12/8)
Day 1429.  GOP horror movie.  (12/10)
Day 1427.  A woman for President?  Democrats throw in the towel according to Rasmussen. (12/12)
Day 1426.  Looney Laura Loomer has it all figured out.  (12/13)
Day 1425.  They expect you to pay to see the list!  (12/14)
Day 1424.  Panic at the Democratic Left.  (12/15)
Day 1423.  Fawning over JD Vance is not a bold move, Mitt Romney.  (12/16)
Day 1422.  Wow, just WOW, a vice-president emerges as GOP front-runner. (12/17)
Day 1421.  Fuggedaboudit JD Vance!  Steve Bannon is all in for a third Trump term.  (12/18) 
Day 1420.  GOP polling averages!!!  (12/19)
Day 1419.  Newsmax gets in the game.  (12/20)
Day 1418.  Buttigieg buzz.  (12/21)
Day 1417.  Newsom buzz.  (12/22)
Day 1415.  Actually, most folks are focusing on the holidays right now.  (12/24)
Day 1414.  National Review doesn't mince words.  (12/25)
Day 1412:  Matt Gaetz is not  on the list of GOP challengers.  (12/27)
Day 1411.  Politico sez “Let’s get it on, Dems!” (12/28_
Day 1410.  You mean like Donald Trump? (12/29)
Day 1408.  Politico jumps the gun.  (12/31)

January 2025
Day 1407.  Correction:  Pundits are already looking to 2028.  (1/4)
Day 1402.  As usual, the New York Times gets lost in the weeds and can't see the big picture. (1/5)
Day 1401.   Iowa GOP vows to keep status of first in the nation for what white people like (1/6)
Day 1400.  The Advocate foresees a crowded Democratic candidate pool party.  (1/7)
Day 1396.  Oh dear, Joe Biden offers his 2 cents.  (1/11)
Day 1394.  It's a rhetorical question, of course.  (1/13)
Day 1390.  Reason #1,145,562 to ignore early polls.  (1/17)
Day 1387.  GOP hopefuls DeSantis, Youngkin, and Haley left to wander in the wilderness.  (1/20)
Day 1386.  Place your bests.  (1/21)
Day 1385.  Place your bets (covering the spread).  (1/22)
Day 1384.  GOP clearly has a bench problem (Donald Trump Jr. edition)
Day 1383.  Donald Trump Jr. ranks 8th on this hit parade

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GET ME REWRITE: Senate Republicans cower and cave in vote to approve drunk Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense

 
Headline, CNN, 1/24/2025

Only 3 GOP senators showed some spine
Vice President JD Vance cast the 51-50 tie-breaking vote after former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination. It was just the second time in history that a vice president has broken a tie for a Cabinet nominee – the other being then-Vice President Mike Pence for Betsy DeVos’ 2017 confirmation to lead the Education Department.
Another spineles Senate GOP endeavor.

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Latest bird flu casualties: 100,000 Long Island ducks

 
Photo credit:  Sonoma County Factory Farms
Headline:  New York Times, 1/23/2025
Long Island duck is a delicacy savored across the country for its mild flavor and tender meat. But its future has been cast into doubt after the last duck farm on the island was quarantined for an outbreak of bird flu. 
The farm, Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., must now kill its entire flock of almost 100,000 ducks and may go out of business, its owner said in an interview. The highly infectious virus, H5NI avian flu, was detected last week.

Which states lost the most commercial birds to HPAI in 2024? (1/11)

December 2024
Bird flu in chickens:  IT'S EVERYWHERE IT'S EVERYWHERE!!  (12/18)


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Friday, January 24, 2025

Tennessee News: Meet Hitler princess and president of state GOP women's group Sharon Boreing


Rhymes with Goering?

Photo of Sharon:  Tennessee Federation of Republican Women
Headline:  Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/23/2025

Yes, you read that correctly:  "Hitler and all the other intelligent  leaders throughout history...."
The Tennessee Federation of Republican Women is coming under fire for providing parents a reading list for children that cites Adolf Hitler as an example of leadership. 
[snip] 
The group's president, Sharon Boreing, on Thursday asked a reporter to call back later and then did not answer the phone on a second call. She did not respond to a follow-up text.

Sharon, Hitler wasn't talking about reading. 

Feel free to follow up on TNFRW's offer.

There's a good chance that Sharon is also a member of Moms for Liberty.

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Or maybe folks are stocking up on toilet paper just in case a bird flu pandemic becomes a thing

 
Photo by Retiring Guy

Scan from New York Times, 1/24/2025, page B2


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Why don't Americans believe that crime is falling? Retiring Guy nominates the social media app Nextdoor as one of the culprits

 

Headline:  Governing, 1/15/2025
Screengrab:  Nextdoor

We didn't have social media in the 1990s
As I write this, we are witnessing a decline in violent crime approaching the one that occurred in the 1990s. If the lessons of that decade are a reliable guide, public confidence in urban safety should be bouncing back again. This time, though, it isn’t happening.
The numbers themselves, especially the latest ones, are pretty striking. According to the FBI, the number of murders in the United States fell in 2023 by the steepest rate ever recorded. That pattern persisted in 2024. As of October, homicides were down about 16 percent nationwide, just compared with the previous year.

Other Next Door Adventures
2025
Mackenzie seems to spend a lot of time staring out her front window.  (1/10)

2024.  
Next Door is freaking out over coyote sightingsg.  (11/6)
Dead turtle gets lots of love.  (6/12)
Wendy channels Alice Kravitz, spending her days checking out the neighbor's cat. (5/22)
Alice's busybody life.  (5/12)
Has the Mount Horeb police chief never heard of Next Door?  (5/3)
Anjie goes berserk.  (2/27)
When gullibility takes over.  (1/26)

2023
November 

October 

September
Meet Christina Hill, another Gladys Kravitz wannabe.  (9/4)

August

June
Jean deservedly roasted for her 'shocking' observation.  (6/10/2023)

May 2023
What the Huell!  It's a "Grumpy Old Men" audition. (5/29)
Viewing the Wisconsin State Capitol:  I'm not like Lesa, let's move on.  (5/12)

April 2023

March 2023

January 2023

2022

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