Saturday, August 6, 2016
What's that smell? Paul Nehlen offers a disturbing visual
More revealing than he realizes.
Quoted in Ryan's Challenger Tries ot Ride Trump's Coattails to Unlikely Victory. (Morning Consult, 8/4/2016)
Related posts:
5 days before primary election, Paul Nehlen reveals himself to be total nutcase. (8/4/20160
Dear Paul Nehlen, You've been dismissed. (6/17/2016)
Like the Isley Brothers, Paul Nehlen is going to pop that thang. (5/21/2016)
Wealthy businessman Paul Nehlen has had it with House Speaker Paul Ryan. (3/31/2016)
UPDATE: Scott Walker freaks out, knowing he has no place to hide
More budget cuts for UW in store?
Reported in UW researchers pioneer a camera that can see around corners. (Capital Times, 8/6/2016)
Original 8/4/2016 post, "Scott Walker on college affordability: Nothing but a big pile of poop", starts here.
Blathered at Tuition freeze key to college affordability. (Press release, 8/4/2016)
Wisconsin Made Second Largest Cut this Year in Support for Higher Education. (Wisconsin Budget Project, 5/27/2016)
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Time to wake up!
Mike Pence, GOP candidate for Vice President, is a certifed loony, folks
And so much more that is bad for America.
Quoted in Mike Pence believes the earth is 6,000 years-old, and he wants to teach that to your kids. (DeadState, 8/6/2016)
Related posts:
Time to bring Mike Pence up to date. (8/2/2016)
You can see Russia from Pence campaign rally in Waukesha. (7/28/2016)
Donald Trump is feeling fantastic. (7/16/2016)
UPDATE: Homophobe, religious freedom nut and Indiana governor Mike Pence on Trump's veep short list. (7/4/2016)
As far as I can tell, the Indianapolis Star, Indiana's leading newspaper, has not acknowledged Periods for Pence. (4/2/2016)
Dear Mike Pence, I believe your statement omits many of our most vulnerable. (3/25/2016)
They don't come much more conservative than Mike Pence. (3/30/2015)
But when asked if he would push to add sexual orientation as a protected class under Indiana's civil rights laws, this is what Governor Pence had to say. (3/30/2015)
Meet Mike Putz, Governor of Indiana. (3/25/2015)
Indiana Governor Mike Pence sez, Who needs libraries when we have the Internet? (1/31/2015)
No-shows at Green Bay Trump rally get a dressing down from Marianne
Quoted in Donald Trump supporters blast top Republicans for skipping rally in Green Bay. (Madison.com, 8/6/2016)
Clinton takes it to Trump every time in Michigan
Source: Real Clear Politics
Related reading:Donald Trump win in Michigan, nation is doable, says state director. (Detroit Free Press, 6/15/2016)
What else is going to tell them? The truth? That was the message from Scott Hagerstrom, the state Director for New York businessman Donald Trump's presidential campaign, speaking to a group of a couple hundred conservative Michiganders in Oakland County Monday night.
Related posts:
UPDATE: Now pinch-hitting for Rasmussen, the Los Angeles Times. (8/6/2016)
Trump pisses away his advantage in Georgia, of all places! (8/5/2016)
Dem. challenger Katie McGinty tightens race against GOP incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey in PA. (8/5/2016)
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte can't run away from Donald Trump fast enough. (8/5/2016)
Hillary gets a big convention bump in New Hampshire. (8/5/2016)
Latest national Presidential polls has GOP worried. (8/5/2016)
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls. (8/4/2016)
UPDATE: Now pinch-hitting for Rasmussen, the Los Angeles Times
Outlier City. The Times is doing its best to add to Trump's poll average.
Source: Real Clear Politics
Related posts:
Trump pisses away his advantage in Georgia, of all places! (8/5/2016)
Dem. challenger Katie McGinty tightens race against GOP incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey in PA. (8/5/2016)
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte can't run away from Donald Trump fast enough. (8/5/2016)
Hillary gets a big convention bump in New Hampshire. (8/5/2016)
Latest national Presidential polls has GOP worried. (8/5/2016)
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls. (8/4/2016)
Original 7/8/2016 post, "Rasmussen does its best to cheer Trump on to the White House", starts here.
The numbers:
- 43 - Number of national Presidential polls since April 25 (tracked by Real Clear Politics)
- 37 - Number of polls won by Hillary Clinton
- 6 - Number of polls won by Donald Trump
- 4 - Number of Rasmussen polls won by Donald Trump
Source: Real Clear Politics
Letters and numbers:
- C+ is the grade awarded to Rasmussen in latest pollster ratings by FiveThirtyEight
- R+2.0 is the mean-reverted bias awarded to Rasmussen (4th highest)
Daily double: Donald Trump is (a) helpful (b) offensive (c) silly (d) ignorant (e) a loudmouthed dick
Just for the record
Most young singers who want a future in opera begin lessons at age 13 or 14. This is the age when the vocal chords are developed enough to begin vocal training.
But, for most singers, real opera training starts when they are in their 20s and beyond. (Yusypovych)
The following caveat is found on the application to the San Francisco Opera Center Merola Opera Program:
Applicant should be between the ages of 20-34 as of June 6, 2016 (exceptions made on a case-by-case basis).
Related posts:
Trump continues to be a loudmouthed dick. (8/6/2016)
UPDATE: Liz Mair, briefly employed strategist for Scott Walker's presidential campaign, calls Trump 'loudmouthed dick'. (8/5/2016)
Trump continues to be a loudmouthed dick
As Liz Mair notes, what he does is offend people and then whines when there's pushback, the "airing of grievances", as she describes it.
Reported at Trump pledges to preserve Iowa caucuses, professes love for babies. (Des Moines Register, 8/5/2016)
Zombie supporters of Donald Trump
Photo credit: Facebook
Photo credit: Exit Elite Realty
Quoted in Donald Trump supporters blast top Republicans for skipping rally in Green Bay. (Madison.com, 8/6/2016)
Friday, August 5, 2016
As Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams sang, Too Much Too Little Too Late
Donald Trump endorses Ryan, McCain, and Ayotte. (Boston Globe, 8/5/2016)
Like that Gomer from Job Creators Network, Trump thinks there's a sucker born every minute.
Dear Todd Akin, Please crawl back into your cave. Love, 21st century America
Quote from Todd Akin Calls Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’. (Morning Consult, 8/5/2016)
You got hammered because Missouri voter understand that you're a moron. “It’s because you’ve got an incredibly one-sided Democratic national media, and Republicans are scared to death of them. Look at my race. I got hammered, really, because I’m pro-life. That’s the bottom line of it.”
Dear Jenna and Karen, Urgent, worst-case-scenario campaign fundraising appeals are the norm
Here are 2 examples from my email trash.
The message line reads, "We're frantic".
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The message line reads, "DISASTROUS news".
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Related reading:
Did Paul Ryan just predict that Clinton will win in a landslide? (Washington Post, 8/5/2016)
From the making-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill department. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) sent an urgent fundraising appeal Thursday evening that warned: “If we fail to protect our majority in Congress, we could be handing President Hillary Clinton a blank check.”
Scott Walker: Spaghetti? Donald Trump? No contest!
Reported at Donald Trump returns to Wisconsin with few GOP friends. (Wisconsin State Journal, 8/5/2016)
Walker bypasses Green Bay.
More about the Town of Grand View.
Dem. challenger Katie McGinty tightens race against GOP incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey in PA
She erases Toomey's once-comfortable lead in the polls.
Source: Real Clear Politics
Related reading:
Poll: McGinty, Toomey neck-to-neck among likely voters. (Allentown Morning Call, 8/4/2016)
Campaign websites:
Related posts:
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte can't run away from Donald Trump fast enough. (8/5/2016)
Hillary gets a big convention bump in New Hampshire. (8/5/2016)
Latest national Presidential polls has GOP worried. (8/5/2016)
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls. (8/4/2016)
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte can't run away from Donald Trump fast enough
As he continues to heckle her across an increasing distance.
Actually, Donald, Kelly polled 6 percentage points better than you, 40% to 34%, in the 7/29-8/1 WBUR/MassINC poll.
Related posts:
Hillary gets a big convention bump in New Hampshire. (8/5/2016)
Latest national Presidential polls has GOP worried. (8/5/2016)
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls. (8/4/2016)
Latest national Presidential polls has GOP worried
Source: Real Clear Politics
In the meantime, Trump continues his divisive ways.
In Maine, Trump takes aim at Somali refugees. (Boston Globe, 8/4/2016)
“We’ve just seen many, many crimes getting worse all the time, and as Maine knows — a major destination for Somali refugees — right, am I right? Well, they’re all talking about it. Maine. Somali refugees. We admit hundreds of thousands — you admit, into Maine, and to other places in the United States — hundreds of thousands of refugees,” Trump said.
Somali immigration has been a political flash point in largely white Maine, particularly in Lewiston, where officials estimated last year that between 4,000 and 5,000 Somalis live in a community of about 36,000.
Related reading:
Maine's Somali's Could Be Its Saviors. (Bloomberg, 11/5/2015)
But if the once-declining mill town’s upward trajectory is any indication, perhaps the biggest thing they have to fear is fear itself. For the state with the country’s oldest, whitest and slowest-growing population, attracting new residents of various stripes isn't just a godsend but an economic imperative.
Related post:
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls. (8/4/2016)
Thursday, August 4, 2016
The best and the brightest: Wisconsin's top 2 cream puff fans
If you don't mind my asking, why is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm holding 2? And what's with the badly pinned rose (?) on Scottie's shirt?
Photo credit: @GovWalker
The last time I was that squinty-eyed, I exuded a certain pungent smell. I probably would have devoured a couple of cream puffs myself.
1945. Possible candidate for "Make America Great Again".
Get me rewrite, Alfredo Ortiz: "It's truly about brainwashing our workforce"
Glenn Grothman is a fan.
Employers: Taxes, overtime rule hurt business. (Oshkosh Northwestern, 8/1/2016)
I sent Nathaniel Shuda an email congratulating him on his excellent puff piece.
Related reading:
Notorious Astroturf Pioneer Rick Berman Is Behind Business Group's Anti-Labor-Board Campaign. (Mother Jones, 3/23/2015)
Job Creators Network. (SourceWatch)
Dear Jim Jordan, Huelskamp lost 47 of 62 counties in US House 1
He lost counties all over his district. His time was obviously up.
Source: Kansas Secretary of State
Quoted in Freedom Caucus knives out for Ryan after Huelskamp loss. (Politico, 8/3/2016)
If there's anyone to blame, Jim -- and 'credit' is the better word here -- it's GOP voters in Kansas. They're finally rebelling in sufficient number against their crazy governor's "heralded great experiment in conservative economic theory".
Related reading:
Kansas Republicans Reject Gov. Sam Brownback’s Conservatives in Primary. (The New York Times, 8/3/2016)
With some races still undetermined on Wednesday, but also leaning toward moderates, the primary was a tangible sign of the grumblings that have been going on under the surface in heavily Republican Kansas, as deep cuts to taxes, a centerpiece of the Brownback agenda, have left the state short on revenue and led to cuts to government services.
Other Jim "Push and Kick" Jordan posts:
Freedom Caucus chair Jim Jordan ready to go crazy on the House dance floor. (4/28/2016)
It's probably good news that the Freedom Caucus wants to go big, go bold; look where it got Scott Walker. (1/19/2016)
The Freedom Caucus 'crazies': Have Jim Jordan and Justin Amash been talking much lately? (10/16/2015)
Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives. (10/8/2015)
No friend to the environment. (3/20/2015)
When it comes to petty paybacks, Trump is a man of his word
May 4, 2016
Quoted in Donald Trump says he'd rather not work with Republicans who disparaged him. (Los Angeles Times, 5/4/2016)
August 2, 2016
GO TEAM GO! Ms. Stepp reprises tiresome cheerleading routine at Ashland DNR board meeting
She's also Walker's DNR cabinet secretary.
Quoted in Board OKs DNR's shrunken clean-water plan. (Madison.com, 8/4/2016)
Other Ms. Stepp posts:
"The best shall serve the state": The Cathy Stepp exception, continued. (6/26/2016)
Ach du lieber! WI DNR head(case) Cathy Stepp compares environmental regulation to flippin' burgers. (6/22/2016)
Scott Walker abides -- in his own fashion. (6/21/2016)
CYA time: Wisconsin DNR board members shocked! shocked! about state's lack of enforcement. (6/15/2016)
The public trust betrayed: Scott Walker's chamber of commerce agenda for Wisconsin's environment. (6/11/2016)
Update: Dear Rob, This is what happens when you run government like a business. (6/5/2016)
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources takes an environmental violations holiday. (5/19/2016)
GO TEAM GO! Andy Harris (R-MD) dons his cheerleader uniform
Related posts:
Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives. (10/5/2015)
Meet the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus. (9/28/2015)
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee. (7/14/2015)
No friend to the environment. (1/19/2015)
Clinton starting to put room between herself and Trump in national polls
The most recent poll was conducted by FOX News, no doubt a bitter pill for them to swallow.
Source: Real Clear Politics
Meglomanic Trump, of course, sees nothing wrong with his campaign style and progress.
In New York, Trump has been consistently polling in the 30% range
The most recent poll was conducted during the week before the Republican National Convention.
Trump confident New York is winnable. (Albany Times-Union, 7/13/2016)
"I can win New York," he said in an interview with the Albany Times Union in April, just days before his resounding victory in the state's primary. "I think I'll end up winning New York, based on jobs, on the economy, and I think we'll win it soundly." If you think it sounds like a stretch, you're not alone.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
75% of Trunp supporters say, Make America Whiter Again!
Sources: Wikipedia, QuickFacts
The Case for More Government and Less Taxes. (The New York Times, 8/3/2016)
More than half of voters — including 61 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters — feel they are not keeping up with the rising cost of living. Three-quarters of Mr. Trump’s supporters feel that life for people like them is worse than it was 50 years ago.
"Dream a little dream
In my little corner of the world."
Ridin' in my car through a massive, open-air, lifestyle shopping center in Columbus Ohio. No busses allowed?
Probably much more than you care to view. But the video has a "smooth jazz" soundtrack.
The Town Center Regains Significance. (The New York Times, 8/2/2016)
Clearly, most people drive to get here. Let me know when you see a bus. What the three came up with joined a Midwestern retailer’s view with a New Yorker’s experience of urban street life and a European’s devotion to food and sidewalk culture. Since construction began on Easton in 1993, the project has produced 3.7 million square feet of retail space in 280 stores and 4.2 million square feet of Class A office space in 21 buildings. There are also hundreds of hotel rooms and apartments.
"Well, I went to the place where everybody hangs out
To see what everyone was talking about."
Want to learn English? Study New Yorker cartoons!
Then came Elio’s, on Second Avenue near 84th Street, created in partnership with Anne Isaak, a former sous-chef at Chez Panisse. The concept was simple: classic Italian dishes served in warm, clubby surroundings, with a come-as-you-are atmosphere that Manhattan’s power players found congenial.
In the spirit of oneness, Marsha Blackburn looks forward to Apocalypse Now
Quoted in Marsha Blackburn Calls Trump A ‘Problem Solver,’ Confident He Will Unite The Party. (The Daily Caller, 7/20/2016)
A critique frequently lobbed at Hollywood tentpole films is that their last acts are usually punishingly long. Leave it to Donald Trump to make an entire speech an endless, tedious final battle, complete with every possible apocalyptic reference short of the Illuminati. In his acceptance speech at the closing night of the Republican National Convention, Trump dispensed almost completely with anything that wasn’t bombastic.
Other Marsha posts:
The pot calls the kettle black: Marsha Blackburn's incessant, Planned Parenthood, body parts drumbeat. (11/30/2015)
Planned Parenthood videos altered? Makes no never mind to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). (11/28/2016)
Meet the Members of the Republican Study Committee. (8/4/2015)
No friend to the environment. (4/30/2015)
Fasten your seal belts, Trump likely to add Scott Walker to his bash list by Friday
If not before.
Reported at Scott Walker latest high-profile state Republican to skip Trump rally. (Madison.com, 8/3/2016)
As for Ron Johnson, Trump probably doesn't even know who he is.
Meahwhile, back at TrumpWorld.....
Joan Kondak Vernon (1932-2016) Warren High School Class of 1950
Source: Warren Times Observer
1950 Dragon yearbook
Also in the picture:
Ann Lesser served as director of the Warren Public Library from 1969 to 1997. She was originally hired as a children's librarian in 1956.
1967 Warren City Directory
- [county section] Kondak Mary Clarendon
- [county section] Kondak Michl Clarendon
1983 Warren City Directory [no listings]
'Joan' has already been graphed, so let's take a look at 'Renee'.
Source: Social Security Administration
Renee's best years occurred during the 1960s. She peaked at #62 in 1967. Right now, though, she looks like she's about to leave us.
Other class of 1950 members
Barbara Reist Cook. (7/7/2016)
Mary Sikstrom Bauer. (6/20/2016)
Robert Jones. (6/4/2016)
Lewis McCullough. (7/6/2015)
Joan Marlene Campbell Berdine. (2/18/2015)
Glen Valentine. (8/18/2014)
Dear Michael Savage, Your ticket to Iceland is ready
Economy class is the best we can do. (And certainly more than you deserve.)
Photo credit: Wikipedia
Quoted in Conservative radio host Michael Savage: ‘I’ll move to Iceland if Hillary Clinton is elected’. (DeadState, 8/2/2016)
Pam Kohler's "trustworthy, respectful, united, excellent" 10-year-old son is a shrieking potty mouth
No code to live by here.
The headlines:
Child yells profanity directed at Hillary Clinton during Donald Trump rally. (Los Angeles Times, 8/2/2016)
Foul-mouthed child at Trump rally uses misogynistic profanity to assail Clinton. (The New York Times, 8/2/2016)
Eric Trump in so many words: It's a woman's fault for allowing herself to be sexually harassed
Photo credit: Wikipedia
Quoted in Trump Men Weigh In On What Ivanka Would Do If Sexually Harassed. (Wisconsin Public Radio, 8/2/2016)
Related post:
Donald Trump's solution to sexual harassment in the workplace: Take this job and shove it. (8/2/2016)