Sunday, November 26, 2017

In this decade, Scott Blader has made multiple campaign contributions to Scott Walker and Luther Olsen


List of contributions:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Former Waushara County DA Scott Blader takes over as U.S. attorney in Madison.  (Madison.com, 11/23/2017)
Blader, a Wautoma Republican who was the district attorney in Waushara County for about 10 years, was nominated by President Donald Trump in August and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate about two weeks ago. 
Blader will oversee a staff of 22 lawyers and 31 support staff in the office, which is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes and representing the U.S. in civil matters in a 44-county area that includes Madison, Janesville, La Crosse, Eau Claire, Superior and Wausau.

Allen Boulevard and Maywood Avenue in Middleton WI is a popular place for robbery


Photo by Retiring Guy


Bank robbed in Middleton by masked men, police say.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 11/24/2017)

The Middleton police, of course, are most interested in the answer to the question, "Who was that masked man?"


Climate change as a matter of fact in the Cordillera Blanca region of Peru




In Peru’s Deserts, MeltingGlaciers Are a Godsend(Until They’re Gone).  (The New York Times, 11/26/2017)
In this part of Peru, climate change has been a blessing — but it may become a curse. In recent decades, accelerating glacial melt in the Andes has enabled a gold rush downstream, contributing to the irrigation and cultivation of more than 100,000 acres of land since the 1980s. Continue reading the main story 
Yet the boon is temporary. The flow of water is already declining as the glacier vanishes, and scientists estimate that by 2050 much of the icecap will be gone.

Other climate change as a matter of fact posts:
Wisconsin.  (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia.  (11/4/2017)
U.S. military bases.  (9/22/2017)
Georgia peach orchards.  (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests.  (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia.  (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans.  (8/12/2017)
Kenya.  (7/23/2017)
Portugal.  (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands.  (6/19/2017)
Brazil.  (6/8/2017)
Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen.  (5/20/2017)
Madeline Island, Wisconsin.  (2/23/2017)
Mexico City.  (2/19/2017)
Kansas.  (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine.  (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys.  (1/14/2017)
California wine country.  (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska.  (12/20/2016)
Bolivia.  (7/11/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.  (7/7/2016)
Kiribati.  (7/6/2016)
Peru,  (5/21/2016)