Donald Trump delves into the intricate details of Obamacare replacement

Transcript: President Donald Trump’s rally in Melbourne, Florida.  (Vox, 2/18/2017)

I've listening to people tripping on acid who make more sense.

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As seen on TV: Donald Trump revisits Mexican rapists remark at Florida 2020 campaign rally

Transcript: President Donald Trump’s rally in Melbourne, Florida.  (Vox, 2/18/2017)

Actually, Donald, Thomas Jefferson did not fight with the 'media'

First use determined by Merriam Webster citation files

Transcript: President Donald Trump’s rally in Melbourne, Florida.  (Vox, 2/18/2017)

In fact, Jefferson was an unqualified supporter of freedom of the press.

Thomas Jefferson on the Importance of a Free Press #NotTheEnemy.  (patheos, 2/17/2017)

Yet another inane quote from the president with the emotional development of a 6 year old

[emphasis added]

LIVE UPDATES: Trump slams ‘fake media,’ addresses jobs, manufacturing at Melbourne rally.  (Palm Beach Post, 2/18/2017)

While Trump campaigns for a 2nd term, four week after his inauguration, here's what else is going on in the world.

 U.S. News, 2/17/2017

Arizona Republic, 2/17/2017

Other emo posts:
President with emotional development of 6 year old attends National Prayer Breakfast, settles scores.  (2/2/2017)
Donald Trump: Stuck in the middle of 1952.  (8/23/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 6 year old promotes gun nonsense.  (8/9/2016)
Dear Donald Trump, I was wrong; you don't have the emotional development of a 12 year old. My apologies. (6/23/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old cruising on inheritance.  (6/20/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old tweets more nonsense.  (5/14/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old resorts to name-calling when zinged.  (5/11/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old has a very important, major engagement.  (3/16/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old still makes case for his beautiful, powerful, large penis.  (3/6/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old brags he's the only one who can beat Clinton.  (3/3/2016)
Presidential candidate with the emotional development of a 12 year old disavows.  (3/1/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old wings it.  (2/29/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old weighs in on Rubio and last night's debate.  (2/26/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old tells us how he really feels.  (2/23/2016)
Yes, Donny, get angry, cuz we want a brave man, a cave man.  (2/22/2016)
Thin-skinned Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old fires volley at Pope.  (2/18/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old should go ahead and put it in the want ads.  (1/29/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old plans to skip debate.  (1/27/2016)
Presidential candidate with emotional development of 12 year old reacts to SOTU.  (1/13/2016)

A presidential Trump: Top GOP leaders continue to delude themselves

Reported in Lawmakers say Trump’s words matter — and hurt the country’s standing abroad.  (Washington Post, 2/18/2017)


Original 2/2/2017 post, "Kevin Madden gets it:  Donald Trump is never going to change", starts here.

Reported in US media, congressmen stunned Donald Trump has picked a fight with Australia.  (The Sydney Morning Herald, 2/3/2017)

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This Trump quote is easily corrected

Quoted in Trump calls thet media 'the enemy of the American people'.  (Washington Post, 2/17/2017)

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Echoes of folk state Nazi principle in legislator's statement

[emphasis added]

Chris Rickert: Party of less government touts more of it for rural constituents.  (Madison.com, 2/18/2017)

Source:  Your Article Library

Sources:  U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts (WI and US)

Race and Ethnicity in Rural America

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Education leader wannabees engage in schoolyard fight

Reported in State superintendent candidates John Humphries and Lowell Holtz call each other liars.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/17/2017)

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What have we here? The Lowell Holtz-John Humphries collusion of proposals and ideas. (2/15/2017)

Trump's America: Knox and Whitley counties, Kentucky

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  CNN

Podcast: why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump.  (Vox, 2/17/2017)

Afraid to show his pearly whites, John Humphries nonetheless sez he's thrilled with Betsy DeVos election

Text source:  Humphries for Schools press release (11/23/2016)

Right there from the start

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The Collusion Chronicles: When 'complete authority' autocrats take over Wisconsin public education.  (2/15/2017)
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Well, then, of course it's true (The company Donald Trump keeps)

Reaching into a boiling, toxic cesspool for validation.

@realDonaldTrump

Hudson Area Library holdings, 2011-2015

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Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

2011-2015 changes:

• Books |    -5,869
• Audio |        +39
• Video |       -632
• Periodicals | -45
• Expenditures | -$15,593 (-15%)

Photo credit: Facebook

Hudson Area Library

• Shared online catalog: MORE (Indianhead Federated Library System)
• Collection development policy (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)

Pearl-clutching journalism dean shares a curious false equivalency

Journalism dean talks about fake news, lies.  (Great Falls Tribune, 2/16/2017)

Speaking of cringe-worthy, particularly the use of 'rebel'.  Once you call it a ‘lie’ you basically alienate most of your audience,” he said. He’d recommend “untruth” or “falsehood” as preferred terms.

OK, Larry, would you recommend use of any of these other terms?

Source:  Merriam-Webster thesaurus (arrow x's and highlights added)

Actually, the alienation is more likely to occur when reporters simply transcribe whatever information they are given, without providing the least bit of context.  

Have you seen this?

And then there's been Trump and his sycophants' bang-on-the-drum-all-day assault on the integrity of the media.

The examples goes on and on and on.

As do these.

Donald Trump Steves promote Nazi principles

Miller photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia

Nazi principles:  Your Article Library

Mr. President: ‘Just who the hell do you think you are?’ by Leonard Pitts, Jr.  (Miami Herald, 2/14/2017)

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Ron Johnson in so many words: SIEG HEIL!! (2/14/2017)

Even basic vetting would have unearthed Robert Harward's decision not to serve

Photo credit:  U.S. Navy

Trump's pick to replace Flynn turns down offer.  (USA Today, 2/16/2017)

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Trump's good buddy Scott Walker also have problems with the vetting process.
WEDC board members say, "Gee, maybe we should start vetting requests for financial assistance."  (12/14/2016)
WEDC open for business: Another 'no vetting' special deal.  (10/15/2015)
Babble On: Scott Walker needs to start vetting his mouth.  (8/25/2015)
"Oh, That Pesky Vetting Process", starring Scott Walker.  (7/21/2015)
Vet (verb): Not in the Scott Walker administration vocabulary.  (7/14/2015)
We've seen this happen before -- an administration too lazy to be bothered with a vetting process.  (3/19/2015)
Cheerleader Regina Millner ("She's a Big Republican") Defends Scott Walker in Regents Appointment Flap.  (6/14/2013)
WEDC public information officer resigns after 1 month on the job. (5/9/2013
It's called vetting.  (6/24/2011)

Take a look at Donald Trump's fine-tuned machine (Yes, folks, it's a massacre of good government)

Trump uses press conference to declare administration 'fine-tuned machine'. (The Guardian, 2/16/2017)

The President of the United States explains it all for you: uranium

18 WTF Moments From Trump's Unhinged Press Conference.  (Rolling Stone, 2/16/2017)

But the event had little to do with Acosta, and quickly devolved into one of the most remarkably incoherent spectacles in recent memory.

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Uranium in a nutshell.

When bad things happen to bad people.

Get me rewrite: House GOP bullies stymied by a composed, articulate, and knowledgable Janet Yellen

Rock the casbah!

Photo by Retiring Guy

Janet Yellen and House Republicans Clash Over Fed’s Performance.  (The New York Times, 2/15/2017)

Meet the bullies (as identified in the article).  All white guys, of  course.

From left to right

• Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
• Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
• Andy Barr (R-KY)

Legacy of the Rio Olympics: Deserted, crumbling buildings and broken promises

Legacy of Rio Olympics So FarIs Series of Unkept Promises.  (The New York Times, 2/15/2017)

In the preparations for the Games, the city of Rio promised “no white elephants” and outlined plans for facilities to be turned into public sporting areas and schools. The arena that hosted taekwondo and fencing was to be transformed into a school. Two other arenas were to be taken apart, and one put back together as four schools in another area. None of that has happened.

Richard Cook (1932-2017) Warren High School class of 1951

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1951 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• Cook Richd A (Barbara) slsmn Simones & Cook r511 Jackson St (NW)
• Cook Ronald slsmn Warren Auto Shop r1326 Scandia rd
• Cook Van H (Wilma D; Simones & Cook) r1326 Scandia rd
• Cook Wayne V (Geraldine L) equip opr Hunkin-Conkey h54 Locust

1983 Warren City Directory

• Cook Richd A & Barbara J slsmn Car-Go Auto Parts r Jackson Run rd
• Cook Richd A Jr mech avies Y& sons r6 Peach St
• Cook Ronald E & Diana S  slsmn R W Norris Auto Shop h45 Crestview  Blvd
• Cook Van H pres Simones & Cook r1326 Scandia Rd
• [county section] Cook Wilma r1326 Scandia Rd

The popularity of Richard as a baby name is graphed here.   It's 'Wilma' time.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Wilma's best years occurred during the 1920s and 30s, when she peaked at #62 in 1925.   After 1950, though, she quickly fell out of favor, disappearing after 1973.

She did experience a 5-point boost in popularity from 1960 (#362) to 1961 (#357), which could be attributed to...

(a) Wilma Rudolph (won 3 gold medals in the 1960 summer Olympics)

(b) Wilma Flintstone (first prime-time animation show, premiered on September 30, 1960)

(c) Both

(d) Neither

Other members of the WHS class of 1951:
Marilyn Pasquino Nyberg.  (1/19/2017)
Mark Bevevino.  (8/26/2016)
Diedra Peterson Andersen.  (6/8/2016)

Marilyn Lyke Bonace.  (6/6/2016)
John Tingwell.  (6/5/2016)
Donald Quiggle.  (12/19/2015)
Genevieve Larson McKown.  (12/16/2015)
Franklin Reiff.  (7/14/2015)

Mary Ann Font Schafer.  (6/29/2015)