• December 11, 2013 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Madison’s Snuggle House Goes Out of Business Amid Fear…and Loathing
Posted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Associated Press, Boulder Colorado, Business, California, City of Madison, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cuddle Party, Governor Walker, Healing Touch, Hurtado, Jennifer Zilavy, Lt. David McCaw, Madison, Madison WI, Masseur, Masseuse, Matthew Hurtado, Montgomery Alabama, New Age, Non-Sexual, Prostitution, Rochester New York, Samantha Hess, San Francisco, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Snuggle House, The Bay Area, The Midwest, The Snuggery, The Snuggle House, Touch Therapy, Wisconsin
• September 26, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Facebook, Fiction Writing, Gun Violence, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Business, California, Death of Trayvon Martin, Facebook, George Zimmerman, Love, Madison, Murder, Racism, San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Walker, Trayvon Martin, United States, Vegetable Garden, Wisconsin, Writing
• April 3, 2013 •
Comments Off on That Oscar Mayer Honey Baked Ham-Brutally Honest Grandpa Commercial
Posted in Class, Commercials, Cooking, Cultural History, Food, Health, Television, Wisconsin
Tags: BuzzFeed, General Foods, Health, Hot Dogs, Kraft Foods, Luncheon Meats, Madison, Oscar Mayer, Sandwiches, TV Commercials, United States, Viral Commercials, Wienermobile
• March 5, 2013 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We STILL Have Snow
Posted in Class, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Channel 3000, Dane, Dane County, Dane County Wisconsin, Game, Haddie McLean, Hunting, Live Blog, Madison, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Outdoors, Recreation, Small Game, Snow, Snow Plow Updates, Toni Morrissey, Turkey, UW Medical Center, Weather 3000, Wednesday, Wild Turkey, Winter Storms
• January 9, 2013 •
Comments Off on In a Blink of an Eye: It’s Been Forty-Five Years Since Otis Redding’s “(Sitting On) The Dock of The Bay” Was Recorded
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Otis Redding, Suicide, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "(Sitting On} The Dock of the Bay", 45th Anniversary, African Americans, Anniversary, Bay, Blacks, Death, Dock of the Bay, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Eric Clapton, Fillmore, Growing Up, Jimi Hendrix, Lake Monona, Madison, Madison WI, Monterey Pop Festival, Otis, Otis Redding, San Francisco, Steve Cropper, Summer of Love, The Bar Kays, The Mar-Kays, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
• October 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: The Murder of R Place on Park
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, ALRC, Annie Weatherby-Flowers, Blacks, Business, California, City Council, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Derrell Connor, Drugs, Fillmore District San Francisco, Funk, Gangbangers, Ignoble Wray, Improvisation, Jazz, Louisiana, Madison, Madison City Council, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Madisonians, New Orleans, Noble Wray, R Place on Park, Racism, Rick Flowers, San Francisco, Shootings, Small Businessman, Soul Music, The Madison Police Department, The Sixties, Wisconsin
• June 15, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in Class, Commercials, Health, Love, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "We Like You Better", Ads, Advertising, Advertising Campaign, BBDO, Cheese Curds, DISH Network, Green Bay Packers, Harley-Davidson, Knees, Knupp & Watson & Wallman, KW2, Lava Lamp, Local Ad Firm, Madison, Meriter Health Services, Oscar Mayer, Rayovac, Romance, Southern Wisconsin, Teresa, Victory Dance, WI, Wisconsin
• February 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on “We Are Wisconsin”
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Labor History, Labor Relations, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Collective Bargaining, Common Sense, Demonstrations, Governor Walker, Madison, Madison Wisconsin, Protesters, Republicans, Scott Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Union Members, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Capitol
• February 21, 2011 •
Comments Off on From Tahrir Square to Madison, Wisconsin (via Politirature)
Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Egypt, Islam/Sufism, Labor History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Revolutions, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Tunisia, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, World History
Tags: "The Isthmus", Activism, Arabic, Channel 3000, Collective Bargaining, Education, Egypt, Egyptian, Engineering, Engineering Student, Facebook, Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Live Blogging, Live Video, Madison, Madison WI, Ohio, Republican Party, Republicans, Scott Walker, The Tea Party, The Uptake, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Capitol, WisconsinEye, Word Press
• July 18, 2010 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s Boyfriend
Posted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "You Light Up My LIfe", Ad, Affair, Alderman, Alderwoman, Assisted Living Aide, ATF, Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide, Bomb, Bomb Making, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, County of Dane, Craig's List, Craigslist, Dane County, Divorce, Dorothy Wheeler, Elderly, Flesh, Heather Snively, Homicide, Jansson Wheeler, Joe Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Korena Roberts, Latex, Lover, Madison, Madison Police Department, Madison WI, Marriage, Milwaukee Craig's List, Montana, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Oregon, Philip Markoff, Portland OR, Revenge Killing, Sex Lives, Sexuality, The Craigslist Killer, The Madison Police Department
• June 22, 2010 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Rapper Fat Joe and Entourage Jacked Up by Mad Cops for Assaulting a Woman
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Music, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 50 Cent, Ben Roethlisberger, Brandy, Cadillac, City of Madison, City of Madison WI, Common Sense, Cuban Americans, Entourage, Fat Joe, Fondled, Gang Rape, Groped, Hip Hop, Hoes, Joe Cartagena, Johns, Joseph Cartagena, Limousine, Madison, Masculinity, Puerto Ricans, Rape, Rappers, Ray J, State Street, The Orpheum Theater, Train, Trina, UW-Madison
• February 11, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Class, Columbia, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Drug Overdoses, Health, Laos, Nigeria, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Isthmus", Chicago IL, Columbia, Dane County, Dealers, Dominican Republic, Drug Overdose, Drug Overdoses, Heroin, High School, Hillbilly Heroin, Interdiction, Junior High, Madison, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Milton WI, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mount Horeb, Nigeria, Oxycontin, Prevention, Rehabiliation, Rock County, Sgt. Gordy Disch, Smack, Students, The Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force, Youth
• February 10, 2010 •
Comments Off on Did the Earth Move Under Your Feet? 4.3 Magnitude Illinois Earthquake Felt in Milwaukee and Kenosha
Posted in History, Natural Disasters, Science
Tags: 1811-1812, Arkansas, Burlington, Earthquake, Epicenter, Kenosha, Madison, Magnitude, Menomenee Falls, Milwaukee, Missouri, Mother Earth, Mukwonago, Northern Illinois, Racine, San Andreas Fault, Southern Wisconsin, Tennessee, The New Madrid Fault, United States Geographic Survey, USGS, Wisconsin
• December 12, 2009 •
Comments Off on “Flow Celebration” Mourns Mother-Daughter Murder Victims in Madison
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "The Wisconsin State-Journal", 311, Amber Weigel, Blacks, Catholic Charities, Children, Deja Adair, Drama, Heather Weigel, Madison, Madison WI, Montessori Children's House, Motherhood, Mt. Zion Children's Choir, Murder, NBC-15, Neveah Weigel-Adair, Nicole Adams, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Paternity, Preschool, Suicide Prevention, Tracy Judd, Wisconsin, WKOW-27, WMTV-15
• November 16, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, H1N1/Swine Flu, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alliant Energy Center, Channel 3, Channel 3000, Children, Common Sense, Consent Forms, Dane County, Dr. Thomas Schlenker, English, Families, Flu, H1N1, Hmong, Immunization Clinics, Individuals, Influenza, Madison, Mass Inoculations, Milwaukee, Pandemic, Public Health, Public Health Madison, Spanish, Swine Flu, WISC-TV, Wisconsin
• October 21, 2009 •
3 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Gentrification, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Antisocial Behavior, Beld Street, Black Bars, Black Businesses, Black People, Blacks, California, Chicago IL, Clientele, Crime, DJs, Drug Dealing, Drugs, Fillmore Street, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Guns, Hallowe'en Night, Kenosha, Kevin McGettigan, Madison, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Maple Bluff, Maria Brown, Milwaukee, Native American, New Orleans, NIMBY, North Sherman Avenue, Not in My Back Yard, Park Street, Poverty, Priorities, R Place on Park, Racine, Sacramento, San Francisco, Schools, State Street, Stockton, The Capitol Times, The Madison Police Department, The Western Addition, Third Street, Tracy, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, Wisconsin State Journal
• April 29, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Health, Wisconsin
Tags: Adams County, Bird Flu, Cooking, Drinking, H1N1, Madison, Milwaukee, Relenza, Smoking, Swine Flu, Tamiflu, The Wisconsin Dells, Tuberculosis, Wisconsin
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