Precious snowflake Donald Trump begs off on attending White House Correspondents Dinner

Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner.  (NPR, 2/25/2017)

The last president to not attend the dinner was Ronald Reagan in 1981. But he had a pretty good reason — he was recovering from being shot in an assassination attempt.

2015 (Trump attended)


2016 (Trump did not attend)

When it comes to meeting with his constituents, Alabama GOP Congressman Robert Aderholt does the chicken dance

AL-04 Aderholt Constituents Have Lots of Questions – But No Answers From Their Representative.  (Left in Alabama, 2/24/2017)



Other Aderholt posts:
Dear Robert Aderholt, Millions of hardworking Americans want YOU to pee in a cup.  (4/16/2016)
Planned Parenthood videos altered? Makes no never mind.  (11/28/2015)
Meet the Members of the Republican Study Committee.  (6/30/2015)
No friend to the environment.  (11/14/2015)

Other chicken dance posts:
Sounds like Alabama GOP rep and Freedom Caucus crazy Gary Palmer had a case of nerves at his town hall.  (2/25/2017)
Green Bay town hall goes on without chicken man Ron Johnson.  (2/24/2017)

Sounds like Alabama GOP rep and Freedom Caucus crazy Gary Palmer had a case of nerves at his town hall

AL-06 BREAKING! Rep. Gary Palmer SURVIVES Town Hall Meeting, Promises Another To Overflow Crowd Outside.  (Left in Alabama, 2/25/2017)

Other Palmer posts:
Climate change, Gary Palmer, and short-term (special-interest) thinking.  (2/11/2016)
Freedom Caucus members pledge allegiance to the NRA.  (1/6/2016) 
The Freedom Caucus, Congress' crybabies (part 4).  (12/20/2015)
Planned Parenthood videos altered? Makes no never mind to Rep. Gary Palmer.  (11/28/2015)
Meet the crazies in the U.S. House of Representatives.  (9/28/2015)

Movies with black themes are likely to be popular in the Black Belt of U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia

The Southern Black Belt (rural.org)

Compare the above map to three below, found at Where Oscar Best Picture Nominees are Liked Best.  (The New York Times, 2/24/2016)

And on the flip side.....

Fake president Donald Trump sets the table for hate, intolerance, and murder in Olathe, Kansas

Reported in Hate Crime Is Feared as 2 Indian Engineers Are Shot in Kansas.  (The New York Times, 2/24/2017)

Related posts:
UPDATE: Donald Trump sets the table for hate, intolerance, and anti-Semitism.  (2/21/2017)
Donald Trump sets the table for male chauvinist pig like Christopher von Keyserling.  (1/15/2017)
Bomb threats phoned into Jewish community centers.  (1/11/2017)
Donald Trump sets the table for hate, intolerance and complete piggishness.  (12/24/2014)
UPDATE. Donald Trump sets the table for hate and intolerance at libraries.  (12/9/2016)

Jefferson Public Library holdings, 2011-2015

Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

2011-2015 changes:

• Books |   -3,076
• Audio |      -358
• Video |  +1,015
• Periodicals | +16
• Expenditures | +$9,010 (+25%)

Photo credit:  City-Data.com

Jefferson Public Library

• Shared online catalog: Cafe catalog ( Bridges Library System)
• Collection development plan (not available online)

Other updates and additional entries to series:

Abbotsford Public Library.  (9/20/2016)

Adams County Public Library.  (9/20/2016)

Albertson Memorial Library.  (9/20/2016)

Algoma Public Library.  (9/21/2016)

Alma Public Library.  (9/21/2016)

Altoona Public Library.  (9/22/2016)

Amery Area Public Library.  (9/22/2016)

Lettie W. Jensen Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Antigo Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Appleton Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Arcadia Free Public Library.  (9/24/2016)

Argyle Public Library.  (9/24/2016)

Lester Public Library of Arpin.  (9/25/2016)

Vaughn Public Library, Ashland.  (9/25/2016)

Augusta Memorial Public Library.  (9/26/2016)

Baldwin Public Library.  (9/27/2016)

Balsam Lake Public Library.  (9/28/2016)

Baraboo Public Library.  (9/29/2016)

Barneveld Public Library.  (9/30/2016)

Barron Public Library.  (10/1/2016)

Bayfield Carnegie Library.  (10/2/2016)

Beaver Dam Community Library.  (10/3/2016)

Belleville Public Library.  (10/4/2016)

John Turgeson Public Library, Belmont.  (10/5/2016)

Beloit Public Library.  (10/6/2016)

Benton Public Library.  (10/7/2016)

Berlin Public Library.  (10/9/2016)

Big Bend Village Library.  (10/10/2016)

Black Creek Village Library,.  (10/11/2016)

Black Earth Public Library.  (10/12/2016)

Black River Falls Public Library.  (10/13/2016)

Blair-Preston Public Library.  (10/14/2016)

Blanchardville Public Library.  (10/15/2016)

G. E. Bleskacek Memorial Family Library.  (10/16/2016)

Bloomington Public Library.  (10/17/2016)

Hildebrand Memorial Library, Boscobel.  (10/18/2016)

Boulder Junction Public Library.  (10/19/2016)

Boyceville Public Library.  (10/20/2016)

Brandon Public Library.  (10/21/2016)

Brillion Public Library.  (10/22/2016)

Brodhead Memorial Public Library.  (10/23/2016)

Brookfield Public Library.  (10/24/2016)

Brown Deer Public Library.  (10/25/2016)

Brownsville Public Library.  (10/26/2016)

Bruce Area Library. (10/27/2016)

Burlington Public Library.  (10/28/2016)

Butler Public Library.  (10/29/2016)

Forest Lodge Public Library, Cable.  (10/30/2016)

Cadott Community Library.  (10/31/2016)

Jane Morgan Memorial Library, Cambria.  (11/1/2016)

Cambridge Community Library.  (11/2/2016)

Cameron Public Library.  (11/3/2016)

Campbellsport Public Library.  (11/4/2016)

Cashton Memorial Library.  (11/5/2016)

Eckstein Memorial Library, Cassville.  (11/6/2016)

Cedar Grove Public Library.  (11/7/2016)

Cedarburg Public Library.  (11/8/2016)

Centuria Public Library.  (11/9/2016)

Calhoun Memorial Library, Chetek.  (11/10/2016)

Chilton Public Library.  (11/11/2016)

Chippewa Falls Public Library.  (11/13/2016)

Clear Lake Public Library.  (11/14/2016)

Clinton Public Library.  (11/15/2016)

Clintonville Public Library.  (11/16/2016)

Cobb Public Library.  (11/17/2016)

Colby Public Library.  (11/18/2016)

Colfax Public Library.  (11/19/2016)

Coloma Public Library.  (11/20/2016)

Columbus Public Library.  (11/21/2016)

Cornell Public Library.  (11/22/2016)

Crandon Public Library.  (11/23/2016)

Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (Cross Plains).  (11/24/2016)

Cuba City Public Library.  (11/25/2016)

Cudahy Family Library.  (11/26/2016)

Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, Cumberland.  (11/27/2017)

Darien Public Library.  (11/28/2016)

Johnson Public Library, Darlington.  (11/29/2016)

Deer Park Public Library.  (11/30/2016)

Deerfield Public Library.  (12/1/2016)

DeForest Area Public Library.  (12/2/2016)

Delafield Public Library.  (12/4/2016)

Aram Public Library, Delavan.  (12/5/2016)

De Soto Public Library.  (12/6/2016)

Dodgeville Public Library.  (12/7/2016)

Dorchestesr Public Library.  (12/8/2016)

Dresser Village Library.  (12/10/2016)
Drummond Public Library.  (12/11/2016)
Durand Community Library.  (12/12/2016)
Alice Baker Memorial Library, Eagle.  (12/13/2016)
Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, Eagle River.  (12/14/2016)
East Troy Lions Public Library.  (12/15/2016)
L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library  (Eau Claire).  12/16/2016)
Edgerton Public Library.  (12/17/2016)
Elkhart Lake Public Library.  (12/18/2016)
Matheson Memorial Library, Elkhorn.  (12/19/2016)
Ellsworth Public Library.  (12/20/2016)
Elm Grove Public Library.  (12/21/2016)
Elmwood Public Library.  (12/22/2016)
Elroy Public Library.  (12/23/2016)
Endeavor Public Library.  (12/24/2016)
Eager Free Public Library, Evansville.  (12/25/2016)
Fairchild Public Library.  (1/1/2017)
Fall Creek Public Library.  (1/3/2017)
Dwight T. Parker Public Library, Fennimore.  (1/4/2017)
Florence County Library.  (1/5/2017)
Fond du Lac Public Library. (1/6/2017)
Fontana Public Library.  (1/8/2017)
Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson.  (1/9/2017) 
Fox Lake Public Library.  (1/10/2017)
Franklin Public Library.  (1/11/2017)

Frederic Public Library.  (1/12/2017)
Neuschafer Community Library, Fremont.  (1/13/2017)
Galesville Public Library.  (1/14/2017)
Gays Mills Public Library.  (1/15/2017)
Genoa City Public Library.  (1/16/2017)
Germantown Public Library.  (1/18/2017)
Gillett Public Library.  (1/19/2017)
Western Taylor County Public Library, Gilman.  (1/20/2017)
North Shore Library.  (1/21/2017)
Glenwood City Public Library.  (1/22/2017)
Grafton Public Library.  (1/23/2017)
Granton Communty Library.  (1/24/2017)
Grantsburg Public Library.  (1/25/2017)
Brown County Public Library.  (1/26/2017)
Caestercker Public Library (Green Lake), 1/27/2017)
Greendale Public Library.  (1/29/2017)
Greenfield Public Library, 1/30/2017)
Greenwood Public Library.  (1/31/2017)
Hales Corners Public Library.  (2/1/2017)
Hammond Community Library.  (2/2/2017)
Hancock Public Library.  (2/6/2017)
Jack Russell Memorial Library, Hartford.  (2/7/2017)
Hartland Public Library.  (2/8/2017)
Hawkins Area Library.  (2/9/2017)
Weiss Community Library, Hayward.  (2/11/2017)
Hazel Green Public Library.  (2/12/2017)
Hillsboro Public Library.  (2/13/2017)
Horicon Public Library.  (2/14/2017)
Hortonville Public Library.  (2/16/2017)
Hudson Area Library.  (2/17/2017)
Hurley Public Library.  (2/19/2017)
Hustisford Community Library. (2/20/2017)

Independence Public Library.  (2/21/2017)
Iola Village Library.  (2/22/2017)
Iron Ridge Public Library.  (2/23/2017)
Hedberg Public Library, Janesville.  (2/24/2017)

Trump's White House attempts to spin the news cycle

FBI refused White House request to refute story on Trump-Russia link.  (USA Today, 2/23/2017)

Scott Walker on Trump's underwater polls, "Been there, seen that"

And still seein' red approvals.

Marquette University Law School Poll

Trump's February 2-23 average:
 

Scott Walker compares Donald Trump protests and Act 10 protests: 'Been there, seen that'.  (Madison.com, 2/24/2017)

Apparently, many CPAC attendees don't know what the Russian flag looks like

Twitter

Russian flags stamped with ‘TRUMP’ waved at CPAC and then confiscated.  (New York Daily News, 2/24/2017)

It's a first step: White House acknowledges Trump's rhetoric

Sources:

1. Twitter
2. Oxford English Dictionary
3. vocabulary.com

He yelled ‘Get out of my country,’ witnesses say, and then shot 2 men from India, killing one.  (Wshington Post, 2/24/2017)

Donald Trump has same temperature as Black Lives Matter on South Carolina 'feeling thermometer'

 Source:  Winthrop University

South Carolina is 63.8% white and 27.6% black.

Legalization of marijuana: Donald Trump appears to cut against the grain of public opinion

Source:  Opinion on legalizing marijuana, 1969-2016

Pew Research Center

Boston Globe, 2/24/2017

Many medical experts dispute a link between marijuana use and opioid addiction. Meanwhile, members of the growing marijuana industry expressed alarm at Spicer’s remarks. 

Hedberg Public Library (Janesville) holdings, 2011-2015

Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

2011-2015 changes:

• Books |   -3,193
• Audio |  +3,187
• Video |  +7,542
• Periodicals | -222
• Expenditures | -$31,823 (-7%)

Photo credit:  City of Janesville

Hedberg Public Library

• Shared online catalog:  RockCat (Arrowhead Library System)
• Collection development plan

Other updates and additional entries to series:

Abbotsford Public Library.  (9/20/2016)

Adams County Public Library.  (9/20/2016)

Albertson Memorial Library.  (9/20/2016)

Algoma Public Library.  (9/21/2016)

Alma Public Library.  (9/21/2016)

Altoona Public Library.  (9/22/2016)

Amery Area Public Library.  (9/22/2016)

Lettie W. Jensen Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Antigo Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Appleton Public Library.  (9/23/2016)

Arcadia Free Public Library.  (9/24/2016)

Argyle Public Library.  (9/24/2016)

Lester Public Library of Arpin.  (9/25/2016)

Vaughn Public Library, Ashland.  (9/25/2016)

Augusta Memorial Public Library.  (9/26/2016)

Baldwin Public Library.  (9/27/2016)

Balsam Lake Public Library.  (9/28/2016)

Baraboo Public Library.  (9/29/2016)

Barneveld Public Library.  (9/30/2016)

Barron Public Library.  (10/1/2016)

Bayfield Carnegie Library.  (10/2/2016)

Beaver Dam Community Library.  (10/3/2016)

Belleville Public Library.  (10/4/2016)

John Turgeson Public Library, Belmont.  (10/5/2016)

Beloit Public Library.  (10/6/2016)

Benton Public Library.  (10/7/2016)

Berlin Public Library.  (10/9/2016)

Big Bend Village Library.  (10/10/2016)

Black Creek Village Library,.  (10/11/2016)

Black Earth Public Library.  (10/12/2016)

Black River Falls Public Library.  (10/13/2016)

Blair-Preston Public Library.  (10/14/2016)

Blanchardville Public Library.  (10/15/2016)

G. E. Bleskacek Memorial Family Library.  (10/16/2016)

Bloomington Public Library.  (10/17/2016)

Hildebrand Memorial Library, Boscobel.  (10/18/2016)

Boulder Junction Public Library.  (10/19/2016)

Boyceville Public Library.  (10/20/2016)

Brandon Public Library.  (10/21/2016)

Brillion Public Library.  (10/22/2016)

Brodhead Memorial Public Library.  (10/23/2016)

Brookfield Public Library.  (10/24/2016)

Brown Deer Public Library.  (10/25/2016)

Brownsville Public Library.  (10/26/2016)

Bruce Area Library. (10/27/2016)

Burlington Public Library.  (10/28/2016)

Butler Public Library.  (10/29/2016)

Forest Lodge Public Library, Cable.  (10/30/2016)

Cadott Community Library.  (10/31/2016)

Jane Morgan Memorial Library, Cambria.  (11/1/2016)

Cambridge Community Library.  (11/2/2016)

Cameron Public Library.  (11/3/2016)

Campbellsport Public Library.  (11/4/2016)

Cashton Memorial Library.  (11/5/2016)

Eckstein Memorial Library, Cassville.  (11/6/2016)

Cedar Grove Public Library.  (11/7/2016)

Cedarburg Public Library.  (11/8/2016)

Centuria Public Library.  (11/9/2016)

Calhoun Memorial Library, Chetek.  (11/10/2016)

Chilton Public Library.  (11/11/2016)

Chippewa Falls Public Library.  (11/13/2016)

Clear Lake Public Library.  (11/14/2016)

Clinton Public Library.  (11/15/2016)

Clintonville Public Library.  (11/16/2016)

Cobb Public Library.  (11/17/2016)

Colby Public Library.  (11/18/2016)

Colfax Public Library.  (11/19/2016)

Coloma Public Library.  (11/20/2016)

Columbus Public Library.  (11/21/2016)

Cornell Public Library.  (11/22/2016)

Crandon Public Library.  (11/23/2016)

Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (Cross Plains).  (11/24/2016)

Cuba City Public Library.  (11/25/2016)

Cudahy Family Library.  (11/26/2016)

Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, Cumberland.  (11/27/2017)

Darien Public Library.  (11/28/2016)

Johnson Public Library, Darlington.  (11/29/2016)

Deer Park Public Library.  (11/30/2016)

Deerfield Public Library.  (12/1/2016)

DeForest Area Public Library.  (12/2/2016)

Delafield Public Library.  (12/4/2016)

Aram Public Library, Delavan.  (12/5/2016)

De Soto Public Library.  (12/6/2016)

Dodgeville Public Library.  (12/7/2016)

Dorchestesr Public Library.  (12/8/2016)

Dresser Village Library.  (12/10/2016)
Drummond Public Library.  (12/11/2016)
Durand Community Library.  (12/12/2016)
Alice Baker Memorial Library, Eagle.  (12/13/2016)
Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, Eagle River.  (12/14/2016)
East Troy Lions Public Library.  (12/15/2016)
L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library  (Eau Claire).  12/16/2016)
Edgerton Public Library.  (12/17/2016)
Elkhart Lake Public Library.  (12/18/2016)
Matheson Memorial Library, Elkhorn.  (12/19/2016)
Ellsworth Public Library.  (12/20/2016)
Elm Grove Public Library.  (12/21/2016)
Elmwood Public Library.  (12/22/2016)
Elroy Public Library.  (12/23/2016)
Endeavor Public Library.  (12/24/2016)
Eager Free Public Library, Evansville.  (12/25/2016)
Fairchild Public Library.  (1/1/2017)
Fall Creek Public Library.  (1/3/2017)
Dwight T. Parker Public Library, Fennimore.  (1/4/2017)
Florence County Library.  (1/5/2017)
Fond du Lac Public Library. (1/6/2017)
Fontana Public Library.  (1/8/2017)
Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson.  (1/9/2017) 
Fox Lake Public Library.  (1/10/2017)
Franklin Public Library.  (1/11/2017)

Frederic Public Library.  (1/12/2017)
Neuschafer Community Library, Fremont.  (1/13/2017)
Galesville Public Library.  (1/14/2017)
Gays Mills Public Library.  (1/15/2017)
Genoa City Public Library.  (1/16/2017)
Germantown Public Library.  (1/18/2017)
Gillett Public Library.  (1/19/2017)
Western Taylor County Public Library, Gilman.  (1/20/2017)
North Shore Library.  (1/21/2017)
Glenwood City Public Library.  (1/22/2017)
Grafton Public Library.  (1/23/2017)
Granton Communty Library.  (1/24/2017)
Grantsburg Public Library.  (1/25/2017)
Brown County Public Library.  (1/26/2017)
Caestercker Public Library (Green Lake), 1/27/2017)
Greendale Public Library.  (1/29/2017)
Greenfield Public Library, 1/30/2017)
Greenwood Public Library.  (1/31/2017)
Hales Corners Public Library.  (2/1/2017)
Hammond Community Library.  (2/2/2017)
Hancock Public Library.  (2/6/2017)
Jack Russell Memorial Library, Hartford.  (2/7/2017)
Hartland Public Library.  (2/8/2017)
Hawkins Area Library.  (2/9/2017)
Weiss Community Library, Hayward.  (2/11/2017)
Hazel Green Public Library.  (2/12/2017)
Hillsboro Public Library.  (2/13/2017)
Horicon Public Library.  (2/14/2017)
Hortonville Public Library.  (2/16/2017)
Hudson Area Library.  (2/17/2017)
Hurley Public Library.  (2/19/2017)
Hustisford Community Library. (2/20/2017)

Independence Public Library.  (2/21/2017)
Iola Village Library.  (2/22/2017)
Iron Ridge Public Library.  (2/23/2017)