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"HERE WE GO AGAIN!" IS QUITE RIGHT HERE IN THE MINNWISSIPPI REGION WHENCE YOUR CORRESPONDENT PRODUCETH THIS BLOG: After what appeared to be a nice enough day or two to let recent heavy rains dry out, it looks like another round of serious rainfall could be imminent over the next couple of days.

So much so that a Flash Flood Watch is up through tomorrow evening because the combi of overly saturated ground from previous heavy rains and these new rains could only make a bad situation worse--and then some, especially so in much the same areas devastated last August, if you still recall those floods.

Not to mention other poor-drainage areas and steep terrain.

We could certinly use some seriously dry and @ once mild weather for once--especially before certain weird and unwholesome religious, perhaps in their cups all the while, start pushing the meme about G-d Withdrawing His Divine Endorsement Of America, and using the recent weather as a show of Divine Contempt and Judgement.

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MEANWHILE, TO PARAPHRASE MARK TWAIN, THE REPORTS OF WISCONSIN DELLS' DEMISE IN THE COLLAPSE OF LAKE DELTON ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED: Damage-assessment teams and engineers are now studying the situation and looking for ways to refill Lake Delton in a cheap and cheerful manner because of its socioeconomic importance to Wisconsin generally and the Wisconsin Dells region in particular.

In the meantime:

• The Lower Dells Boat Tour has resumed operations;
• Both the Original Wisconsin Ducks and Dells Army Ducks are running modified routings of their tours for the time being;
• A modified version of the Tommy Bartlett Show (i.e., only the sky and stage portions) is performing for the time being;
• Those with reservations for resorts and motels along Lake Delton's shore (or what remains of it) are being asked to call ahead, or otherwise consider other accomodation options; and
• For the most part, it's "business as usual"--including the water parks.

Those with further questions can always freecall 1-800-22-DELLS from within North America (or, from elsewhere in the world, +1-608-253-4636 between 08h30 and 21h in UTC-5/13h30 and 02h the next day UTC), or visit this website.

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AND TALK ABOUT PATHETIC-SOUNDING MEMES CROSSING UNWITTINGLY INTO THE ILLOGICAL: If, as certain Zealots and True Believers of Neoconservatism want us believing, anyone who supports the cause of peace is a closet Communist (and in true McCarthyist stylee, no less), does it necessarily follow that those who support a total and continuous state of war are to be looked upon as True and Patriotic Americans?

If anything, such is nothing short of faulty logic.

In the same vein, perhaps it was time to start asking the Neoconservative element how they expect to finance the workings of government in line with such articles of faith as they have about keeping taxes all the lower just to create jobs--and, in turn, "social stability." And push the question hard upon them until a logical answer is forthcoming.

We have a right to know, do we not?

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AND FOR THOSE AMONG YOU IN THE "MAKE-WORK/FAKE-WORK" SCAM COMMUNITY SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM THE CURRENT STATE OF SOCIOECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY and danger of mass dislocation by pushing the Old Reliables of "envelope stuffing," "home mailing" and "product assembly" "just to keep people busy" all the more, think about this:

In case you're trying to "spin" your way out of Serious Charges by suggesting where any complaints or challenges of advertising brought against you are only "preventing many thousands from getting badly-needed employment @ this time more than ever," you have only yourselves to blame. Especially if you're the kind insisting that home-mailing work that you offer is "easy [and] pleasant" and can be "done @ your own pace, on your own schedule," knowing consciously all the more that high-volume mailing work has become highly automated to the point where the economies of scale offered by mailroom services (as in not only stuffing envelopes, but also sealing, barcoding, sorting and even traying the mail) in making short work of mass mailing jobs actually negates any serious profit potential for homeworkers doing your mailing work by hand just because you want to save money and keep overhead low.

Which, methinks, amounts to a patsy seeking to ignore Reality--especially because you have problems obtaining business credit from legitimate and recognised channels, or otherwise insist on working on a cash basis.

And Another Thing: That notion about your sending out paycheques every Tuesday so they can arrive in the mails by Friday amounts to wishful thinking, especially considering where:

• letterpost deliveries by the Postal Service are not guaranteed (as opposed to Express Mail);
• delivery schedules are subject to numerous external factors beyond the direct control of the Postal Service (including, but not limited to, weather, acts of G-d, industrial action, staffing levels @ Post Offices and Regional Sorting Centres and availability of transportation); and
• there are no clear assurances that, if you pay your homeworkers in cheques drawn on an account under your name and control (as opposed to teller's cheques or money orders), the same will be timely made good when it finally arrives in the letterposts.

(In the case of teller's cheques and money orders, be aware that you will have to complete a special Treasury form if you purchase more than $3,000 in face value thereof in a single day, subject to daily purchasing limits; the better to prevent the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorism being diluted through the banking system by especially legitimate-looking front businesses. As well, money-order issuers are all the more disapproving of the "structuring" tactic some shady elements use to avoid Treasury reporting requirements.)

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NO WONDER WE "MORALLY SUPERIOR" AMERICANS DESERVE SUCH CONTEMPT FOR ONCE: Pakistani military leaders have expressed their disapproval over an American military incursion in the Pakistani-Afghani border regions seeking out Taliban militants as led to rockets being launched and hitting the inevitable Innocent Civilian Targets.

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SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THOSE COINCIDENCES WORTHY OF RIPLEY: On the same day that three leading high-speed Internet Service Providers here in the United States--viz., Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon--announced where they would "forthwith" block access to such websites and message boards connected with child pornography, French ISP's announced like action against websites, blogs and message boards advocating anti-Semitism, racism, hatred of vulnerable elements, White Christian Supremacy, bigotry and xenophobia.

What would prevent us "morally-superior" Americans from following the French lead for once?