(Trending) Trump's America: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Didn't quite get there, as you'll see below.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

After 1950, it's called white flight.

Source:  Wikipedia

Trump Says He'll Mark 100 Days With Pennsylvania Rally.  (The New York Times, 4/21/2017)

Mr. Thin Skin prefers the diversity of Harrisburg.  April 29 is also the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. Most presidents attend the event. Trump previously announced that he is boycotting this year's dinner to protest what he says is unfavorable coverage by the news media. His staff is also boycotting in a show of "solidarity" with the president.

Source:  CNN

Other Trump's America posts:
Van Wert County, Ohio.  (4/12/2017)
(Impatient) Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District.  (4/18/2017)
New Jersey's 7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)
Bryan County, Oklahoma.  (4/3/2017)
Trumbull County, Ohio.  (4/3/2017)
lMarion County, Tennesssee.  (4/1/2017)
Illinois 16th Congression District.  (3/26/2017)
New York 19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)
Granger, Indiana, bad hombre.  (3/26/2017)
Clark County, Kansas.  (3/21/2017)
Defiance County, Ohio .  (3/21/2017)
Williams County, Ohio.  (3/21/2017)
Sawyer County, Wisconsin.  (3/20/2017)
Clark County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Taylor County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Highland County, Ohio.   (3/19/2017)
Buffalo County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Pepin County, Wisconsin. (3/19/2017)
Union County, North Carolina.  (3/9/2017)
Buffalo County:  The Wisconsin Dairyland dilemma.  (3/7/2017)
Franklin County, Illinois.  (2/27/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties, Kentucky.  (2/17/2017)
Cabell County, West Virginia.  (2/9/2017)
Where voters abandoned the Democratic Party in droves.   (2/7/2017)
Poweshiek and Webster counties, Iowa.  (2/7/2017)
Adams and Waushara counties, Wisconsin.  (2/6/2017)
McHenry County, Illinois.  (2/5/2017)
Essex County, New York.  (1/29/2017)
Mitchell County, Kansas.  (1/29/2017)
Fayette County, West Virginia.  (1/24/2017)
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series.  (1/24/2017)
Johnson Creek, Wisconsin.  (1/21/2017)
Get me rewrite: Buncha white people in Boone County, Iowa, talk about Trump.  (1/15/2017)
UPDATE. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is a Trump election success story.  (1/14/2017)
Monticello, Iowa. New York Times joins the search for Trump's America, a very white place.  (1/13/2017)
UPDATE. Boston Globe reporter continues to explore Trump's America, where mostly white people live.  (1/13/2017)

Donald Trump serves Americans a big spoonful of Pablum on Earth Day

Trump on Earth Day: 'Rigorous science is critical to my administration.  (CNN, 4/22/2017)

Ach du lieber!!!  (Translation:  Total BS.)

"Spoonful" appears on Cream's 3rd album, Wheels of Fire, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending July 13, 1968.  It spent 92 weeks on the chart, occupying the top spot for 4 weeks.

Catherine Collins Sheldon (1930-2017) Warren High School class of 1951

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1951 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

•  Collins Ward drive Soda & Mineral Water Co rRiverside Hotel
• Sheldon Donald C (Cath A) lab Sylvania h10 Dartmouth

1983 Warren City Directory

• Sheldon Donald & Cath; G T E Prod Corp h10 Dartmouth St
• Sheldon Kenneth L & Donna L; prsmn Times-Observer h824 W 5th Av

The popularity of 'Catherine' as a baby name is graphed here.  Hello, Ward!

Source:  Social Security Administration

Never a nothing-burger, Ward nonetheless really never went anywhere during the 20th century.  He peaked at #281 in 1902 and fell off the chart after 1972.  The red arrow points to the start of a Leave It To Beaver bump, a rise of 1957 places during the first 5 seasons of the classic family sitcom.

Other members of the WHS class of 1951:
Ronald McCain.  (4/13/2017)
Elaine Crecraft McDunn.  (3/1/2017)
Albert Kondak.  (2/28/2017)
Richard Cook.  (2/16/2017)
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)

After one quarter of play, Americans consider Trump the worst President since the 1950s

By a significant margin.

Trump's Job Approval in First Quarter Lowest by 14 Points.  (Gallup, 4/20/2017)

Scott Walker and Duey Stroebel play good cop/bad cop in school referendum debate

I suspect that Walker is doing some serious posing on this one, cuz we've seen this routine before.

Reported in Gov. Walker dismisses penalizing school districts that raise money via referendum.  (WKOW, 4/20/2017)

Source:  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

In 2016, all but 1 of the school referendums took place on regularly scheduled election days, and 81.5% coincided with the spring and fall general elections.  

Wow, this is a really big problem, folks!

UPDATE: Library-a-Go-Go changes tense?

Retouched by Retiring Giuy

Related reading:
Library-a-Go-Go comes to El Cerrito del Norte BART station.  (Bay Area Rapid Transit, 6/15/2009)
Will fully automated library kiosks get rid of libraries?  (Public Libraries, 1/26/2012)
Book vending machines could expand literacy.  (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, 4/15/2017.  Hat tip to Mark Arend.)
‘Robotic’ Libraries Return To BART Stations, Shopping Center.  (CBS SF Bay Area, 3/27/2015)

First installed 7 years ago, the $90,000 machines began having the normal problems that could be expected with one-of-a-kind vending kiosks. For the past year and then some, the three machines have been completely dark.

Original 3/23/2013 post, Pew Research: Innovative Library Services "In the Wild" (Contra Costa County Library "Library-a-Go-Go"), starts here.

Pew Research: Innovative Library Services "in the Wild".

Contra Costa County Library

Library-a-Go-Go was introduced in 2008.

However.....

Library Book-Vending Machines Losing Ground to eBooks.  (6/29/2012)

Photo credit:  Retiring Guy's Dad (circa 1960)

Related posts:
Book-a-librarian.  (3/23/2013)
Skokie Public Library digital media lab.  (3/23/2013)

Pay to play: Meet the conservative lapdogs of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Supreme Court: Judges can hear cases involving top campaign donors.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 4/20/2017)

Related posts:
Dear Annette Ziegler, There is no "gobs of GOP money" clause in the Wisconsin constitution.  (4/20/2017)
Concerning Rebecca Bradley: Meet some of the Wisconsin voters who would be disenfranchised by recusal rules.  (4/20/2017)
UPDATE. This week in Wisconsin Supreme Court integrity.  (3/16/2017)
Breaking the law. Just imagine the GOP outrage if Shirley Abrahamson was a featured speaker at, say, a La Crosse County Democratic Party fete.  (3/3/2017)

Donald Trump, fabulist

Focusing on the issues that matter.  To him.

From his latest email blast

Related reading
Trump Inauguration Attendance is Noticeably Less Than Expected.  (Mediaite, 1/20/2017)

Stair Trek at the City-County Building in Madison, Wisconsin

Creating stairwells a step above the rest.  (Madison Children's Museum, (10/1/2016)

With gaining momentum and financial supporters, the Madison Children’s Museum (MCM) aims to make area stairwells inspiring and joyful places. Work on the project began after the museum won a competitive matching grant of $148,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. These “Design to Move” projects will improve the health of the community through innovative collaborations between city officials, artists, designers, and health professionals. The initiative is housed in and coordinated by MCM, with help from many project partners.

Stair Trek:  Creatively designed, active stairwell.  (Madison Children's Museum)

Madison Children’s Museum plans Design to Move: Stair Trek with help of major grants.  (Madison Children's Museum, 9/26/2016)

Stair Trek:  Core to Cosmos.  (Facebook)

Say goodbye: Fox News fronts Bill O'Reilly up to $25,000,000 for legal fees

Bill, hope you didn't charge all of the expenses for your trip to Italy.

Bill O’Reilly Payout Could Be as High as $25 Million.  (The New York Times, 4/20/2017)

Dear NCAA officials, Have you been watching what's going on in Alabama?

Schedule source:  NCAA

Reported in Alabama Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing Adoption Agencies to Ban Same-Sex Couples.  (The New Civil Rights Movement, 4/20/2017)

Related posts:
UPDATE:   Dear NCAA, Some GOP North Carolina legislators are working overtime to thwart your efforts.  (4/16/2017)

Jeff Sessions dismisses the views of a majority of Americans on legalization of marijuana

Source: Support for Legal Marijuana Use Up to 60% in U.S.  (Gallup, 10/19/2016)

Reported in Will Jeff Sessions launch a War on Weed? If so, it could accelerate marijuana legalization.  (Washington Post, 4/20/2017)



From the album Have a Marijuana by David Peel & the Lower East Side, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the week ending May 24, 1969.  It spent 3 weeks on the chart and peaked at #186.

Related reading:
David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74.  (The New York Times, 4/9/2017)

Peel — a reference to banana peel, once thought to induce a marijuana-like high — was not his name. He was born David Michael Rosario. According to his F.B.I. file, he was born on Aug. 3, 1942, in Manhattan to Puerto Rican parents. His father, Angel Perez, was a restaurant worker; his mother, Esther Rosario, was a homemaker.

He leaves no known survivors.

Dear Annette Ziegler, There is no "gobs of GOP money" clause in the Wisconsin constitution

Source (top portion):  Wisconsin Constitution

Reported in Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses out recusal petition. (Madison.com, 4/20/2017)

Key phrase:  As I see it.

Protecting their own.

Source (above and below):  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Saving West Bend from disenfranchisement.

Related post:

Concerning Rebecca Bradley: Meet some of the Wisconsin voters who would be disenfranchised by recusal rules.  (4/20/2017)

Concerning Rebecca Bradley: Meet some of the Wisconsin voters who would be disenfranchised by recusal rules

Rebecca Bradley's

Source:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Reported in Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses out recusal petition. (Madison.com, 4/20/2017)

Related posts:
Rebecca Bradley to join Republicans Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, Leah Vukmir at Charlie Sykes forum.  (3/23/2016)
Dear Ron Johnson, We have a great candidate running for the Supreme Court. Her name is Joanne Kloppenburg.  (3/17/2016)
Angry then, angry now.  (3/12/2016)
Dear Chris, All of us lose if Rebecca Bradley is elected to a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  (3/11/2016)
Dear Rebecca Bradley, First of all, you are not serving the people of Wisconsin; you are serving your corporate masters.  (3/11/2016)
When Rebecca Bradley wasn't having very healthy heterosexual sex in a loving marital relationship.  (3/11/2016)
Dear Rebecca Bradley, What are your current thoughts on the feminist movement?  (3/9/2016)
Dear Christian Schneider, I hope you can read lips.  (3/8/2016)
Dear Scott Walker, Rebecca Bradley, your 3-time appointee, wrote at least 3 columns.  (3/7/2016)
Dear Rebecca Bradley, Please tell us how these comments faded from your worldview.  (3/7/2016)

A fuller list of related posts is found here.

It pays to improve your word power: The defenestration of Bill O'Reilly

Photo credit:  Wikipedia

Dictionary entry:  Merriam-Webster (highlight added)

Reported in For Fox News, Life After Bill O’Reilly Will Feature Tucker Carlson.  (The New York Times, 4/19/2017)

Trump's America: Erie County, Pennsylvania

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Source:  Wikipedia

Young White America Is Haunted by a Crisis of Despair.  (Bloomberg, 4/18/2017)

While blacks and Hispanics without college degrees are also falling behind economically and socially, middle-age mortality has worsened for whites in particular over the past 20 years—a fact some attribute partly to social context. “For whites, their reference group is previous generations of whites,” said Shannon Monnat, a Pennsylvania State University professor who studies the opioid epidemic in rural America. “When they look back on their parents and grandparents, it feels like their generation is doing worse.”

Source:  Wikipedia

From the same article:

Such decline runs deep in Erie, where Johnson attended school and worked a string of part-time restaurant jobs. Nestled against the gray-green waters of one of America’s Great Lakes, the town has been declining since the 1970s. Its population dropped below 100,000 in 2014 for the first time since 1920.  (2016 U.S. Census estimate puts it back above 100,000.)

Source:  CNN

Other Trump's America posts:
(Impatient) Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District.  (4/18/2017)
New Jersey's 7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)
Bryan County, Oklahoma.  (4/3/2017)
Trumbull County, Ohio.  (4/3/2017)
lMarion County, Tennesssee.  (4/1/2017)
Illinois 16th Congression District.  (3/26/2017)
New York 19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)
Granger, Indiana, bad hombre.  (3/26/2017)
Clark County, Kansas.  (3/21/2017)
Defiance County, Ohio .  (3/21/2017)
Williams County, Ohio.  (3/21/2017)
Sawyer County, Wisconsin.  (3/20/2017)
Clark County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Taylor County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Highland County, Ohio.   (3/19/2017)
Buffalo County, Wisconsin.  (3/19/2017)
Pepin County, Wisconsin. (3/19/2017)
Union County, North Carolina.  (3/9/2017)
Buffalo County:  The Wisconsin Dairyland dilemma.  (3/7/2017)
Franklin County, Illinois.  (2/27/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties, Kentucky.  (2/17/2017)
Cabell County, West Virginia.  (2/9/2017)
Where voters abandoned the Democratic Party in droves.   (2/7/2017)
Poweshiek and Webster counties, Iowa.  (2/7/2017)
Adams and Waushara counties, Wisconsin.  (2/6/2017)
McHenry County, Illinois.  (2/5/2017)
Essex County, New York.  (1/29/2017)
Mitchell County, Kansas.  (1/29/2017)
Fayette County, West Virginia.  (1/24/2017)
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series.  (1/24/2017)
Johnson Creek, Wisconsin.  (1/21/2017)
Get me rewrite: Buncha white people in Boone County, Iowa, talk about Trump.  (1/15/2017)
UPDATE. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is a Trump election success story.  (1/14/2017)
Monticello, Iowa. New York Times joins the search for Trump's America, a very white place.  (1/13/2017)
UPDATE. Boston Globe reporter continues to explore Trump's America, where mostly white people live.  (1/13/2017)

Ted Cruz in trouble in early polling for 2018 U.S. Senate re-election

Source:  Texas Lyceum 2017 Poll -- Day 2.  (4/19/2017)

The summary notes that 37 percent of registered Texas voters say they haven’t thought about the race yet, but no matter how you slice this piece of news, it's a bad omen for the high-profile, former Presidential candidate.

Congressman Joaquin Castro
Congressman Beto O'Rourke on Facebook

Breaking news: It's a first, Sean Spicer doesn't want to rush to judgement

Not to mention his wanting to see more information.  Guess he finally realized how big a hole the White House has dug for itself.

Homeland Security now acknowledges deported DREAMer had protective status.  (USA Today, 4/19/2017)

Related posts:
Donald Trump and Sean Spicer take their hypnosis road show to Nashville.  (3/21/2017)
When it comes to political appointments, the Trump team throws extreme vetting out the window.  (3/11/2017)
Sean Spicer defines 'mouthpiece' but doesn't get it quite right.  (3/8/2017)
Trump marks the start of Black History Month by making a total ass of himself; Spicer tries to mop up.  (2/1/2017)

How many votes did Tom Wilson get?

Photo credit:  LinkedIn

Quoted in Dane County estimates towns opting out of zoning will take on 'significant' costs.  (Madison.com, 4/18/2017)

And in today's news......

Residents of the town of Westport voted 34-0 in favor of opting out of county oversight.(Town of Middleton overwhelmingly votes to stay in Dane County zoning, Westport to leave.  Madison.com, 4/19/2017)

Pew Research: 42% of adults know nothing about Freedom Caucus

Here they are folks!  96.77% white, 100% testosterone.

Many Americans haven’t heard of the House Freedom Caucus.  (Pew Research Center, 4/18/2017)

The House Freedom Caucus is a group of conservative Republican lawmakers in the lower chamber of Congress. It was formed in January 2015, and while the caucus does not make its membership public, it is believed to consist of about three dozen lawmakers who share the goal of pushing House GOP leaders toward more conservative positions on fiscal and social issues.

Related posts:
The frat boys' caucus unwavering determination to eliminate 10 marketplace set of essential services. (4/10/2017)
Meet the Congressional frat boys otherwise known as the Freedom Caucus. (4/7/2017)

Trump declares war on the Freedom Caucus series:
Mark Meadows.  (3/30/2017)
Jim Jordan.  (3/30/2017)
Justin Amash.  (3/30/2017)
Joe Barton.  (3/30/3017)
Andy Biggs.  (3/30/3017)
Rod Blum.  (3/30/2017)
Dave Brat.  (3/31/2017)
Jim Bridenstine.  (3/31/2017)
Mo Brooks.  (3/31/2017)
Ken Buck.  (4/1/2017)
Warren Davidson.  (4/1/2017)
Ron DeSantis.  (4/2/2017)
Scott DesJarlais.  (4/2/2017)
Jeff Duncan.  (4/2/2017)
Trent Franks.  (4/3/2017)
Tom Garrett Jr.  (4/3/2017)
Louie Gohmert.  (4/3/2017)
Paul Gosar.  (4/3/2017)
Andy Harris.  (4/3/2017)
Jody Hice.  (4/4/2017)

Mark Johnson.  (4/4/2017)
Raul Labrador.  (4/4/2017)
Alex Mooney.  (4/4/2017)
Gary Palmer.  (4/5/2017)
Steve Pearce.  (4/5/2017)
Scott Perry.  (4/5/2017)
Bill Posey.  (4/6/2017)
Mark Sanford.  (4/6/2017)
David Schweikert.  (4/6/2017)
Randy Weber.  (4/7/2017)
Ted Yoho.  (4/7/2017)

Lars Maischak, bubble boy

Photo credit:  Fresno State

Professor who tweeted Trump 'must hang' goes on leave for semester.  (USA Today, 4/18/2017)

Related reading:
FBI Director’s secret Twitter account shows why you have no internet privacy.  (Ladders, 3/31/2017)

Also of interest:
Salary & Schedule Charts - Lecturers.  (Fresno State)

As one who taught as an adjunct, this is probably the most shameful part of the story.

Instant replay: Self-anointed Trump champion in Georgia 6th special election underperforms

By 2.4 percentage points.  

Sources:  The New York Times (actual), Real Clear Politics (average)
Photo credit:  Wikia

Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, Narrowly Misses Outright Win in Georgia House Race.  (The New York Times, 4/19/2017) 

Ms. Handel, 55, has portrayed herself as a Trump supporter, though she was less fervent in her backing for him than were the other Republican candidates in the race, who adopted Mr. Trump’s catchphrases and style in an attempt to stand out.

Related reading:
Club for Growth endorses Trump-aligned candidate in GA special election.  (The Hill, 3/24/2017)=

[Bob] Gray, a former councilman who has vowed to be an ally to President Trump if elected, is one of 18 candidates running for the seat left vacant by now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.

Karen Handel gets last-day support from Donald Trump’s Georgia chair.  (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 4/17/2017)

But with Casey’s endorsement, you can consider the Trump machine in Georgia to be divided at least four ways. To one degree or another, Moody, former Johns Creek councilman Bob Gray, and former Trump surrogate Bruce LeVell have all sought to portray themselves as Trump’s champion in the Sixth District.

@realDonaldTrump

Related post:

Jon Ossoff exceeds expectations in Georgia 6th Congressional District special election.  (4/19/2017)

Greetings from Little Rock, Arkansas, where Hooters is planning to make a comeback

Postcard from Retiring Guy's collection

Hooters may reappears in Little Rock.  (Arkansas Business, 4/17/2017)

This would be a second central Arkansas location for the owl-themed restaurant chain, which has a store at 4110 Landers Road in North Little Rock. (And no, despite the owl logo, it’s not really owl-themed.)

Other greetings:
Superstition Mountain, Arizona.  (4/15/2017)
Tucson, Arizona.  (4/12/2017)
Phoenix, Arizona.  (4/8/2017)
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah.  (4/8/2017)
Dothan, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Mobile, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)

Get the lead out? WMC sez no!

Wisconsin State Journal, 4/18/2017)

Lucas uses the s-word.  “The approach taken in this legislation, however, is flawed,” WMC environmental policy director Lucas Vebber said. “This legislation would socialize the costs of lead service line replacements over all of the utility’s rate payers, driving up costs even on those who already paid, out of their own pocket, to replace their own lead service lines. “

Source:  Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce

Other WMC posts:
Masters Gallery Foods receives WMC Special Award for Company Culture.  (2/27/2016)
Generac wins a WMC Grand Award.  (2/26/2016)
Congratulations to Teel Plastics of Milwaukee, winner of 28th Annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year award.  (2/26/2016)
The company he keeps: Conservative think tanks, business group applaud, thank, praise Scott Walker on his Clean Power Plan action.  (2/16/2016)
I don't know, Scott Walker, the last time I checked, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce still has the best stranglehold moves when it comes to peddling influence.  (6/26/2015)
WMC Sets Itself Up as an Expert in Good Public Policy.  (10/13/2014)
A message from WMC President Kurt Bauer (part 2).  (9/19/2014)
A message from WMC President Kurt Bauer (part 1).  (9/19/2014)

*All four of the lobbyists in the video shared here once worked as aides to Republican legislators.

Another indication that "robust" has become a meaningless adjective.  (9/2/2014)
"Coveted" award goes to 76 recipients.  (7/15/2014)
Get me rewrite: Wisconsin big business interests back design for bigger trough.  (3/11/2014)
New WMC chairman's public pronouncement belies campaign contributions.  (2/10/2014)
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce puts Walker in a pickle with his Tea-Party base.  (2/4/2014)
Business "Day"? Every day is Business Day at the Wisconsin State Capitol.  (1/13/2014)
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce doesn't want you to read all about this.  (10/1/2013)
Get your links on the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Government Relations Roundtable.  (6/24/2013)