UPDATE. Following the money from the Hammes family to Scott Walker (the Foxconn edition)

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel leaves the biggest news out of its headline.

Photo credit:  Hammes Company

Reported in Foxconn selects company with close ties to Walker.  (Star Tribune, 5/14/2018)

 
Original 8/14/2015 post, "Following the money from the Hammes family to Scott Walker", starts here.

Scott Walker's PACs received donations from Hammes family, MMAC during Bucks arena debate.  (Capital Times, 7/31/2015)

On May 27, HF Securities LLC donated $150,000 to Unintimidated PAC, the super PAC aligned with Walker's presidential bid, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. The company is registered to J. Patrick Hammes, son of Jon Hammes. It shares an address with Hammes Company and Hammes Partners II (A) L.P., both led by the elder Hammes.

The same day, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported details of the deal that showed, for the first time, $250 million in taxpayer funding. The following day, Walker publicly backed the plan. He officially announced the deal on June 4. 

And then there's Jon Hammes' donations to Scott Walker's Assembly and gubernatorial campaigns.

Boogying our way to doomsday (the toxic chemicals edition)

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Reported in White House, EPA headed off chemical pollution study.  (Politico, 5/14/2018)

Related reading:
Significant digits for May 15, 2018.  (FiveThirtyEight)

The chemicals are contaminating U.S. water systems, and the cost to clean up the contamination and deal with the deleterious health effects could be enormous. The Department of Defense has 126 facilities where nearby water had evidence of unsafe levels.

The 4/13/2018 sperm whale edition starts here.

  That was then:  2016




This is now:  2018

Sydney Morning Herald, 4/12/2018

66 pounds.  A young male sperm whale that was found dead off the coast of Spain had 30 kilograms of garbage in its digestive system.

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'boogey' occured in 1929.

Other coinages from the same year:

• choir loft
• hit parade
• hootenanny
• jitter
• playback
• soundman
• theme song

Related reading:
For Ocean Animals, ‘Death By Plastic’ Could Be Occurring More Frequently.  (IFLS Science Newsletter)
Blue Planet II: Whales dying from pollution as they ingest toxic plastic.  (Independent, 11/19/2017)

Traveling with a sugar glider? Not on Ameriacn Airlines

Definitely a crazy world when an airline has to issue guidelines like this.

Photo credit:  Pocket Pets

Service and emotional support animals.  (American Airlines)