Taking in the long view of Marquee luxury apartments at site for former Market Square Theater in Madison Wisconsin

 

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Marquee luxury apartments. August 2024 construction site visit.  (8/21/2024)

Now playing at Market Square in Madison Wisconsin:  The Marquee luxury apartments.  (6/15/2024)

Marquee apartments construction site visit. (5/4/2024)

April construction sit visit.  (4/13/2024)

6-story apartment building going up on site of Market Square Theater. (3/1/2024)

Say your final goodbyes to Market Square Theater, say hello to proposed 6-story housing project. (8/8/2022)

Factory farms (aka CAFOs) and bird flu

 

CAFO = concentrated animal feeding operation

Headline:  Food Water Watch, 1/23/2025

Factory farms create the ideal breeding grounds for infectious diseases like bird flu. The vast majority of U.S. broiler chickens (78%) and U.S. egg laying hens (75%) are raised on factory farms, averaging over 175,000 and 850,000 animals per operation, respectively. Dairy cows, beef cattle and swine are raised in similarly cramped conditions.

This tightly-concentrated factory farm system means that outbreaks on a handful of operations can precipitate skyrocketing prices across the country, including in regions without bird flu outbreaks or significant egg shortages. And while consumers see egg prices skyrocket, food corporations like Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg producer, rake in record profits.

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January 2025

2.8 hens depopulated in a single North Carolina flock.  (1/23)

Bird flu tally:  20,000,000 depopulated egg-laying chickens in past 3 months.  (1/22)

Please welcome Georgia to the bird flu stage!  (1/21)

Please welcome Maryland to the bird flu stage!  (1/20)

Food fads for pets put them at risk of bird flu.  (1/18)

7 things you can do to prevent getting bird flu.  (1/17)

Another impact of H5M1 on dairy cows.  (1/16)

It's 2025 and bird flu is not going away.  (1/15)

Taxpayers on the hook for dead chickens.  (1/14)

Cats + raw milk = bad outcome.  (1/13)

Bird flu infects barnyard flock in metro Detroit.  (1/12)

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

Scientists keep tabs on bird flu's silent mutations.  (1/10)

First fatal human H5N1 infection occurs in Louisiana.  (1/7)

Mr. Ed is bummed about this latest H5N1 bird flu news.  (1/6)

Punning the news:  Paying egg-stra at the grocery store.  (1/5)

Newsweek reporter feels stimulated about bird flu.  (1/4)

Maybe ham will be on the table in many Michigan homes this Thanksgiving.  (1/3)

Scientists are racing to find a new way to freak out MAGA.  (1/3)

Wisconsin dairy farms as "dry tinder" for H5N1 outbreak.  (1/2)

New England Journal of Medicine warns of emerging threat of H5N1 to humans.  (1/1)

December 2024

Keeping tabs on human-to-human transmission of H5N1.  (12/31)

The key is in the lock but it doesn't yet open the door.  (12/31)

Bird flu and normalcy bias.  (12/30)

Bird poop will save us from the next pandemic.  (12/29)

Iowa records first human case of bird flu.  (12/28)

Wildlife sanctuary in Washington State provides on refuge from bird flu.  (12/27)

Lax response by US government allows bird flu to spread nationwide.  (12/22)

Iowa reports first human case of bird flu.  (12/21) 

Bird flu in humans; it's here in the USA.  (12/20)

Bird flu emergency in California:  300 herds test positive in last 30 days.  (12/19)

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

Simply deadly:  Raw milk in an era of widespread bird flu.  (12/17)

Coming soon to your cat:  Bird flu.  (12/16)

Bird flu has now reach 49 states and 560 counties.  (12/15)

Bird flu slaughters northern gannets in eastern Canada.  (12/15)

Bird flu comes to British Columbia. (12/14)

What worries pandemic experts most about bird flu.  (12/13)

Will Trump administration health policies spark another pandemic?  (12/12)

Let's do the math about those 6,000,000 Iowa laying hens "affected" by bird flu.  (12/10)

Top 5 states with confirmed cases of bird flu in cattle herds.  (12/10)

Just 1383 days to go until 2028 Election: Donald Trump Jr. ranks 8th on this hit parade

Headline:  Benzinga, 1/22/2025

The 2028 presidential election is over 1,000 days away [1,383 to be exact] and President Donald Trump just took office, but that hasn’t stopped sportsbooks and prediction markets from taking an early look at the election betting odds.

Top dogs:  JD Vance (#1) and Gavin Newsom (#2)

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)