Saturday, October 15, 2016

This week in the cereal aisle: 'Tis the season for Pumpkin Spice Cheerios


Photo by Retiring

Pumpkin Spice Cheerioes are coming soon.  (USA Today, 8/4/2016)


Speaking of reviews....

No surprise that this video has just 366 views since its 8/26/2016 posting.  (That's about 7 per day.)



Related posts:
Wedding bells chimes.  (10/5/2016)
The price of convenience (22.54 cents per ounce).  (8/19/2016)
Make up your mind already!  (8/14/2016)
Remember Nabisco Shredded Wheat?  (7/13/2016)
This week in the cereal aisle features Batman and Superman.  (7/7/2016)
Post wants you to have ice cream for breakfast.  (6/30/2016)
Tiny Toast.  (6/21/2016)

For WISN headline writer, it's all about the money



Mayor Tom Barrett takes a service-oriented view.


Related reading:
Fine forgiveness program.  (Milwaukee Public Library)
Fine forgiveness programs.  (Public Libraries online, 8/9/2016)

UPDATE. Blanchardville Public Library holdings, 2011-2015





2011-2015 changes:
  • Books | - 214
  • Audio | +161
  • Video | -149
  • Periodicals | -18
  • Expenditures | +$9,958 (+83%)

Other updates:
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)


Original 11/12/2015 post, "A to Z through the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data: Collections (Blanchardville Public Library)", starts here.

This series takes a look at the numerical changes in Wisconsin public library collections in 9-year increments:  1996, 2005, and 2014.




All statistical information from the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data.

Blanchardville Public Library

  • Shared online catalog:  Verso  (Southwest Wisconsin Library System)
  • Collection development policy:  Not available online


Photo credit: Google
(shared space in village hall)


Friday, October 14, 2016

Meet Ken Hambone, America's favorite undecided pervert



America’s sweetheart Ken Bone posted some really gross stuff on Reddit.  (Death and Taxes, 10/14/2016)
Brought to you by the Scott Walker vetting team.  If we’ve learned anything from 2016, it’s that America really sucks at picking the right people to be popular.

Pennsylvania place names: It takes up to 4 hours and 30 minutes to get from Intercourse to Climax


And there are at least 3 ways to go by car.


I learned about Intercourse in grade school after a friend returned home from a family trip to Pennsylvania's Amish Country.   We shared more than a few fits of giggles.

On the other hand, I never reached (awareness of ) Climax until today, when I encountered the place name in an obituary in my hometown paper, the Warren Times Observer.

Put another way, Trump pulls out of Virginia




Clinton has won every Virginia poll at least since June of this year.

Related posts:
Trump's support remains stable. Why? Cuz Morning Consult sez so!  (10/11/2016)
UPDATE. Latest national polls, even Rasmussen, show Trump in big, well-deserved trouble.  (10/10/2016)
Pennsylvania UPDATE. Dear Allentown Morning Call, Time to get out of the polling business,  (10/3/2016)
UPDATE. Colorado turns from blue to purple since our last visit there.  (10/3/2016)
UPDATE. Clinton tries to put some space between her and Trump in North Carolina.  (10/3/2016) Live Free or Die UPDATE: Trump still can't crack 40% in 4-way New Hampshire presidential polls.  (9/30/2016)
Clinton keeps Trump at bay in Michigan throughout September.  (9/30/2016)
Clinton gets big bounce in first Nevada post-debate presidential poll.  (9/30/2016)
UPDATE. It's been a Clinton and Trump nip and tuck in Florida Presidential polls all September long.  (9/30/2016)
Latest Florida presidential poll:  Where Trump is lagging.  (8/28/2016)
Trump campaign engine stalls in Michigan.  (8/17/2016)
UPDATE: Trump can't crack 40% in 4-way New Hampshire presidential polls.  (8/15/2016)
Trump seriously tanking in Colorado.  (8/12/2016)
Clinton extends lead in North Carolina polls.  (8/12/2016)
Clinton holds slight advantage in Florida presidential polls.  (8/12/2016)
Trump keeps up his inane, disparaging, name-calling tweets as his poll numbers erode.  (8/7/2016)
Clinton takes big lead over Trump in Virginia.  (8/7/2016)
Clinton takes it to Trump every time in Michigan.  (8/6/2016)
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)
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)

Apparently, Bethel Park PA football fans want to "Make American Great Again"



Incorporated as a borough in 1949, Bethel Park is a suburban Allegheny County community located 7 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.


Source:  Wikipedia


Related article:
Woodland Hills remains an NFL football factory.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/11/2016)

UPDATE. Blair-Preston Public Library holdings, 2011-2015





2011-2015 changes:
  • Books | +1,483
  • Audio | -      33
  • Video | +     19
  • Periodicals | -4
  • Expenditures | -$7,244 (-30%)

Other updates:
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)


Original 11/11/2015 post, "A to Z through the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data: Collections (Blair-Preston Public Library)", starts here.

This series takes a look at the numerical changes in Wisconsin public library collections in 9-year increments:  1996, 2005, and 2014.




All statistical information from the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data.

Blair-Preston Public Library

  • Shared online catalog:  WRLSWEB (Encore)  (Winding Rivers Library System)
  • Collection development policy:  Not available online


Photo credit: Blair-Preston Public Library
(shared space in village hall)

Santa Ana as the face of a new California



Source:  Wikipedia

This City Is 78% Latino, and the Face of a New California.  (The New York Times, 10/11/2016)
The power and presence of Latinos in this community in Orange County — itself once a bastion of Republicanism — is echoed up and down the California coast. Latinos now make up just under 40 percent of the state’s population, projected to increase to 47 percent by 2050. The leaders of both houses of the Legislature are Latino, as is the secretary of state, the current mayor of Los Angeles and the previous mayor. 

Related reading:
From 1940 census:  How has Orange County changed?  (Orange County Register, 8/21/2013)

The most instructive graphiic from the above article.



I was twice a resident of Orange County -- from August to November 1971 and June to August 1972 -- working as a cook at the Cottage Restaurant (now the Urth Caffe) in Laguna Beach.  (The Cottage closed in late 2012.)

Postcard from Retiring Guy's collection

For the spineless Darryl Glenn, what a diff'rence a day makes




Reported in The Daily 202: Republican politicians fall back in line behind Trump after defecting.  (Washington Post, 10/12/2016)

Real Clear Politics' poll average has Glenn trailing Democratic candidate Michael Bennet by more than 10 percentage points -- 51.3% to 40.0%.

Dinah Washington's version of a 1934 Dorsey Brothers' hit spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer and early fall of 1959.  It peaked at #8 but reached #1 on Billboard's rhythm & blues chart.



UPDATE. Once again, it's 'mission accomplished' for proponents of voter ID



Quoted in Federal judge says voter ID training for Wisconsin DMV workers was 'manifestly inadequate', by Jesse Opoien.   (The Capital Times, 10/12/2016)
A federal judge said Wednesday the state of Wisconsin has fallen short on its court-ordered obligations to inform voters lacking necessary documents how to obtain a photo ID, but signaled it is unlikely he will suspend the state's voter ID law for the November election.


Original 10/9/2016 post, "How it goes in Wisconsin:  Scott Walker's toolbox presents Brad Schimel's whitewash", starts here.


Reported in State voter ID review finds no new problems with how state gave out free voter IDs.  (Madison.com, 10/8/20160

Related voter ID posts:
One of the voter ID smoking guns unearthed by the Guardian.  (9/16/2016)
Robin Vos approves of voter ID to press his limited government goals.  (9/13/2016)
Dear Donald Trump, Here's what voter ID rigged elections look like.  (8/24/2016)
Despite recent appeals panel ruling, Brad Schimel continues to waste taxpayer money.  (8/24/2016)
Robin Vos, Jim Steineke defend GOP right to suppress the vote.  (7/30/2016)
Voter ID hokey pokey.  (5/20/2016)
Giddy over voter ID, Leah Vukmir (R-Brookfield) is also a big fan of redistricting.  (5/17/2016)
The fact is, Scott Walker, Wisconsin spent a lot of time and money on a solution in search of a problem.  (4/28/2016) 
Ted Perry, GOP hypocrisy, voter ID, and anger.  (4/8/2016)
Voter ID controversy: Glenn Grothman just makes it worse.  (4/6/2016)
The hyper-hypocritical Scott Walker: Hunters are ethical, voters are not.   (3/10/2016)
It's not an oversight; just part of the Republican plan to disenfranchise voters.  (2/1/2016)
Republican candidates for President want voting to be a privilege, not a right.  (8/6/2015)
Apparently, it's OK to plagiarize a Voter ID law.  (10/17/2014)
The Republicans' voter ID, "common sense" echo chamber.  (10/13/2014)
GOP reaches out to Blacks and Hispanics while making it harder for them to vote.  (10/3/2014)
What are the odds? Joint Finance provides funding for Voter ID campaign.  (10/1/2014)
In the news: Wisconsin Voter ID law and absentee ballots.  (9/18/2014)
Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders cry like a baby.  (9/17/2014)
Reality sandwiched between two slices of Leah Vukmir white bread.  (9/15/2014)
Scott Walker on Voter ID: It's going just according to plan.  (8/2/2014)
Meet Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack, who authored majority opinions in voter ID cases.  (8/1/2014)
So as a result, you want your government to make it harder for you to vote?
(5/22/2014)
The cat's got Fitzgerald's tongue.  (5/14/2014)
I can see how these pie graphs from a 2005 report might have informed the discussion for voter ID proponents.  (5/11/2014)
When it comes to diversity, all they want to do is talk.  (5/4/2014)
We're still awaiting a statement from Governor Walker.  (4/29/2014)
Voter suppression: Rep. Tom Larson uses the City of Milwaukee as the bogeyman.  (3/31/2014)
Sen. Mary Lazich shows her true colors.  (3/18/2014)
And the hypocrisy just keeps on coming: Republicans can't even give lip service to their "principles".  (2/14/2014)

Related reading:
New G.O.P. Bid to Limit Voting in Swing States. (The New York Times, 3/29/2014)
ALEC Exposed:  Democracy, Voter Rights, and Federal Power.  (Center for Media and Democracy, 9/28/2012)
Right-Wing Operatives Take Up ALEC's Voter Suppression Agenda.  (Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch, 4/19/2012)
Voter Suppression 101.  (Center for American Progress. 4/4/2012)

Likely to be other reasons why Trump and Glenn Grothman's relationship might be "less than perfect"



Reported in Grothman to Trump:  Sharpen your pencil.  (Ripon Commonwealth Press, 10/12/2016)

Other Grothman posts:
Glenn Grothman raises GOP specter of black bogeyman Al Sharpton.  (7/14/2016)
Recommended reading from Glenn Grothman.  (3/3/2016)
Once again, Grothman does the blah blah blah.  (1/13/2016)
Tea Party alert: Glenn Grothman supports increase in federal gas tax.  (12/29/2015)
Glenn Grothman's moving service.  (11/16/2015)
Glenn Grothman: Still trying to get to 'yes' with Paul Ryan.  (10/18/2015) 
Dear Glenn Grothman, Breaking up is hard to do.  (10/17/2015) 
He's a guy, and has access to 'all machines that one would need'.  (9/29/2015) 
Meet the Members of the Republican Study Committee: Glenn Grothman (R-WI, 6th District).  (8/18/2015)
What about seeing the light, Representative Grothman?  (8/11/2015)
Glenn Grothman's gibberish in full flower.  (7/1/2015)
Rep. Glenn Grothman puts corporate personhood first.  (6/23/2015)
Glenn Grothman Finds His Voice in Washington, D.C. (6/19/2015)
Glenn Grothman goes seriously bland on us.  (5/12/2015)
Glenn Grothman's lips are zipped.  (4/9/2015)
Glenn Grothman Speaks the Language of the Godfather of states' rights.  (1/13/2015)
Glenn Grothman, Quiet Man.  (10/12/2014)
Tom Petri returns the favor to Glenn Grothman.  (9/5/2014)
Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District primary: Less than 12% of voters paid attention.  (8/24/2014)
Hey guys and gals, Scott Walker is not 100% convinced that Glenn Grothman can win the 6th CD. (8/23/2014)
Career politician Glenn Grothman moves one step closer to Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District general election.  (8/22/2014)
To the tune of $692,000.   (8/14/2014)
Glenn Grothman:  A man without a mandate.  (8/14/2014)
Glenn Grothman to Tom Petri: Thank you for your 35 years of service.  (8/1/2014) 
Duey Stroebel can't be bothered with fundraising, looks to buy seat instead.  (8/1/2014)
Clearly, "common-sense bills" and "Grothman" should never be used in the same sentence. (7/9/2014)
Two career politicians pledge limited service in the U.S. House of Representatives.  (7/8/2014)
Glenn Grothman, Affirmative Action, and the demographics of Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District.  (4/28/2014)

UPDATE. Black River Falls Public Library holdings, 2011-2015





2011-2015 changes:
  • Books | +3,392
  • Audio | -    538
  • Video | -    187
  • Periodicals | -10
  • Expentures | -$16,415  (-41.5%)

Other updates:
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)


Original 11/10/2015 post, "A to Z (A to WY, actually) through theWisconsin Public Library Service Data: Collections (Black River Falls Public Library)",  starts here.

This series takes a look at the numerical changes in Wisconsin public library collections in 9-year increments:  1996, 2005, and 2014.




All statistical information from the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data.

Black River Falls Public Library


Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Trump running mate Mike Pence, the practically anointed 2020 GOP Presidential candidate, is a creationist


2002

Quoted in Theory on the Origins of Man.  (Congressional Record, 6/11/2002)

2009

Mike Pence Apparently Doesn’t Believe In Evolution.  (The Huffington Post, 7/14/2016)
Excerpt from 2009 interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

 2016
Seven years later, I haven't found any evidence that Pence has changed his mind.