Mr. Brainosaur, librarian, shushes a pesky blue dinosaur patron with heart-shaped lips

Retiring Guy photo from a board book read to grand-niece Kaila

Michael Gerson sez, "Republicans, it's time to panic", and Bernie Quigley offers this solution

Opined in Commentary: Mitt Romney must run for president in 2020.  (Salt Lake Tribune, 10/14/2017)

Yikes! He should run for Senate in 2018 and for President in 2020. Maybe he could lift The Curse from America and the world this time.

Related post:
Point Panic: George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson on Trump's unfitness for office.  (10/14/2017)

Donald Trump, crustacean, modern coward

Chesterton quote used by Michael Gerson in his 10/12/2017 Washington Post op-ed, "Republicans, it's time to panic".

Related reading:
Who is this Guy and Why Haven’t I Heard of Him? by Dale Ahlquist.  (The American Chesterton Society)

High praise indeed!  Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) cannot be summed up in one sentence. Nor in one paragraph. In fact, in spite of the fine biographies that have been written of him, he has never been captured between the covers of one book. But rather than waiting to separate the goats from the sheep, let’s just come right out and say it: G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the 20th century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else. But he was no mere wordsmith. He was very good at expressing himself, but more importantly, he had something very good to express. The reason he was the greatest writer of the 20th century was because he was also the greatest thinker of the 20th century.

Dear Thomas the sycophant, Apparently, your opinion is worth a thimbleful of spittle and drool

Photo credit:  Forbes

Quoted in ‘He’s better than this,’ says Thomas Barrack, Trump’s loyal whisperer.  (Washington Post, 10/11/2017)

Point Panic: George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson on Trump's unfitness for office

Quote from Republicans, it's time to panic.  (Washington Post, 10/12/2017)

"Point Panic", the Surfaris' follow-up to "Wipe Out", debuted at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 28, 1963.  It spent 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #49.

Ruth Johnson Jackson (1946-2017) Warren Area High School class of 1964

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1964 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• [county section] Johnson Edna May 15 Weatherbee North Warren

1983 Warren City Directory

• Johnson Edna M Mrs custodial wkr North Warren Elem Sch r15 Weatherbee St
• Jackson Robt A & Ruth E h426 Mason's Mobile City
• Jackson Ruth E Mrs rity program Warren State Hosp h426 Mason's Mobile City 

The popularity of Ruth as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at Timothy

Source:  Social Security Administration

 
Timothy bounced around in the 200-300 range during the first 3 decades of the 20th century before finding his way in the 1930s.  During his peak period, he spent 49 years (1951-1999) in the top 30, peaking at #11 in 1960, 1966, and 1967.  He is currently in a slow decline.

Other members of the class of 1964:
Gordon Eric Cedarquist.  (8/19/2017)
John David Pirillo.  (8/10/2017)
Dwight Drum, (8/1/2016)
David Holmberg.  (8/3/2015)
Susen Johnson Gebhardt.  (6/20/2015)
Delores Brady Geer.  (1/25/2015)
Judith McCool Madigan.  (1/26/2015)
Julia Barhight Verdot.  (9/5/2014)
Charles Lyon.  (1/12/2014)

Donald Trump waters the hardy perennials

You'd think they'd have drowned by now.

Sources:
2012.  Dog Whistle Watch, by Ed Gilgore.  (Washington Monthly)
2017. Trump To Values Voters: In America 'We Don't Worship Government, We Worship God'.  (NPR, 10/13/2017)

Trodlodyte alert: The most conservative GOP members of the WI state legislature love this lock-them-up bill

Curiously, Janel is not listed as a sponsor.

The bill text uses the phrase "If the person commits a crime" 4 times.  'Crime' is not specified.

Other clusterfuck posts:
UPDATE. Janel Brandtjen's school referendum bill creates another Wisconsin clusterfuck.  (6/13/2017)

Big payday for some Racine County farmers, not so much for homeowners

Source

Residents in Foxconn area worry about what will happen with their homes.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/11/2017)

Over the past few months, owners of farmland have been offered $50,000 an acre — several times the previous going rate for agricultural land in the area — as real estate brokers worked to assemble a site for a $10 billion, 20-million-square-foot manufacturing complex that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology group says could employ 13,000 people. 

"Are we going to be getting four times the (value) like the farmers?" one woman asked/ 

[snip] 

"The law just provides for fair market value," Miesbauer added.

So let's do the farm math.

191 acres X $50,000 = $9,550,000

Read it and weep, Mount Pleasant homeowners.

Foxconn sez,

"I want the farmer man. farmer man. I want the farmer man. you want the farmer man? Yeah, I want the farmer man. you don't want no farmer man. Give me the farmer man. once again it's the farmer man.

Other Foxconn posts:
Racine County, Mount Pleasant, to Foxconn: No need to reach for your wallet.  (10/11/2017)
Incoming Quality Control Specialist at Foxconn requires high school diploma or equivalency.  (10/9/20170
In the bonus round, Tammy finds herself in a big yellow taxi mood.  (10/9/2017)
Mount Pleasant Village President welcomes average debt of $3,917.55 per person with open arms.  (10/8/2017)
Dear Politifact, Hairsplitting aside, America has a gun violence epidemic.  (10/5/2017)
WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that.  (8/16/2017)
UPDATE. Funny how there's all this talk about Foxconn jobs that pay well below the alleged average salary.  (8/12/2017)
Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation).  (8/10/2017)
Foxconn has been looking to replace workers with robots for at least 2 years. (8/9/2017)
Scott Walker and Terry Gou share a laugh at Wisconsin taxpayers' expense.  (8/8/2017)
Really, Ray, all this and heaven too provided by a factory to assemble display panel screens?  (8/6/2017)
That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos.  (8/4/2017)
Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal.  (8/4/2017)
Sean Duffy gets it wrong.  (8/3/2017)
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Dear Steve Nass, You should take a look at this survey

College Professors Aren’t Killing Religion.  (Pew Research, 10/10/2017)

My 3 siblings and I are 100% in the 18-29 category.

My wife and her 3 siblings are 50% in the 18-29 category.

Business as usual: As you can see, Reich Brothers has plenty of other properties on their plate

Source of what's on the plate:  Reich Brothers Past Sales (2017)

Reich Brothers says it will buy shuttered Oscar Mayer property.   (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/11/2017)

“We firmly believe anything we do with the property should be in concert with local and state officials, with the infrastructure, the economy and with the job base,” Reich told the Wisconsin State Journal. “We are looking to do something that’s going to attract jobs.”

Related reading:
Post Holdings will close Modesto, CA, plant by September 2014.  (Food Navigator, 4/13/2013)
Reich Brothers and Tauber-Arons, Inc. to Host Auction of Post Foods Equipment and Real Estate in Modesto, California.  (Cision, 5/2/2017)

Other Oscar Mayer posts:
Scott Walker plans to do everything, be proactive AFTER Kraft Heinz announces closing of Oscar Mayer plant.  (11/9/2015)
About that Pocatello Idaho plant that Heinz closed in 2013.  (11/8/2015)
Scott Walker, WEDC, and Oscar Mayer: Unanswered question #4.  (11/6/2015)
Scott Walker, WEDC, and Oscar Mayer: Unanswered question #3.  (11/6/2015)
Scott Walker, WEDC, and Oscar Mayer: Unanswered question #2.  (11/6/2015)
Scott Walker, WEDC, and Oscar Mayer: Unanswered question #1.  (11/6/2015)
The ripple effects of Oscar Mayer's Madison plant closing.  (11/5/2015)
Apparently, this is the closest we've had to a response from the Governor's office about the Oscar Mayer plant closing in Madison.  (11/5/2015)
Governor Scott Walker's statement on closing of Oscar Mayer plant. (11/4/2015)

Racine County, Mount Pleasant, to Foxconn: No need to reach for your wallet

Reported in Racine County, Mount Pleasant sign 'memorandum of understanding' with Foxconn.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/10/2017)

Other Foxconn posts:
Incoming Quality Control Specialist at Foxconn requires high school diploma or equivalency.  (10/9/20170
In the bonus round, Tammy finds herself in a big yellow taxi mood.  (10/9/2017)
Mount Pleasant Village President welcomes average debt of $3,917.55 per person with open arms.  (10/8/2017)
Dear Politifact, Hairsplitting aside, America has a gun violence epidemic.  (10/5/2017)
WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that.  (8/16/2017)
UPDATE. Funny how there's all this talk about Foxconn jobs that pay well below the alleged average salary.  (8/12/2017)
Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation).  (8/10/2017)
Foxconn has been looking to replace workers with robots for at least 2 years. (8/9/2017)
Scott Walker and Terry Gou share a laugh at Wisconsin taxpayers' expense.  (8/8/2017)
Really, Ray, all this and heaven too provided by a factory to assemble display panel screens?  (8/6/2017)
That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos.  (8/4/2017)
Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal.  (8/4/2017)
Sean Duffy gets it wrong.  (8/3/2017)
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

UPDATE. Scott Walker's hands-off approach to state's billion-dollar corrections program leads to scandal

WISC-TV

Source:  Wisconsin Budget in Brief 2017-19

10/10/2017 update, "And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad", starts here.

Reported in Internal affairs: Gov. Scott Walker's team shut unit down for exposing Lincoln Hills problems.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/10/2017)


5/28/2017 update, "Looks like Scott Walker got himself a bigger rug", starts here.

Reported in Scott Walker continues to sweep the Lincoln Hills mess under the rug.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/26/2017)

Original 5/3/2017 post, "Scott Walker continues to sweep the Lincoln Hills mess under the rug", starts here.

Reported in Report depicts nightmarish Lincoln Hills psychology intern program.  (Appleton Post-Crescent, 5/2/2017)

Related posts:
Point/counterpoint: Open records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.  (8/8/2016)
State workers watching porn gets Scott Walker all het up but mistreating juvenile inmates -- not so much.  (7/6/2016) 
Wendy Peterson schedules a Lincoln Hills double bill.  (4/7/2016)
Wendy Peterson shares her favorite Hollywood movie prison scenes.  (4/7/2016)
Former Wisconsin DOC Secretary tries to take advantage of Walker administration disdain for open records law.  (3/26/2016)
 Dear Ed Wall, Taking the job is just the first step.  (3/20/2016)
Has the State of Wisconsin got a deal for Ed Wall!!  (3/1/2016)
The Lincoln Hills Scandal slide show timeline: Scott Walker's bottom line is to cover his butt.  (2/28/2016)
LINCOLN HILLS SCANDAL UPDATE: Scott Walker and the broken chain of command (with Jessie Rodriguez exception).  (2/27/2015) 
Hands-off manager Scott Walker must still be licking his Presidential campaign wounds.  (1/14/2016)
Because Scott Walker believes he's hired the best employees to work for the citizens of our state.  (1/9/2016)
Selective Republican logic inoperative when applied to Wisconsin juvenile corrections program.  (12/24/2015)
The dysfunction of Scott Walker's executive branch of government in 1 defensive quote.  (12/20/2015)
Scott Walker and Lincoln Hills School for Boys: Too busy thinking about his (presidential) baby.  (12/19/2015)
Still in the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys.  (12/13/2015)
Scott Walker shows us how to deflect (Taking no responsibility, chapter 2).  (12/12/2015) 
As usual, Scott Walker takes no responsibility.  (12/11/2015)
In the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections.  (12/11/2015)

If elected to U.S. Senate, carpetbagger Erik Prince will have a short commute to work, long trip to visit constituents

Source:  Distance Between Cities

Source:  Google

Photo credit:  Wikipedia

Reported in Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder, Weighs Primary Challenge to Wyoming Republican.  (The New York Times, 10/8/2017)

Over the weekend, Mr. Prince traveled to Wyoming with his family to explore ways to establish residency there, said one person who had spoken to him.

What's important? For the good of all of Wisconsin #eightisenough

@ScottWalker

Related posts:
As he gears up for third term, Scott Walker welcomes Donald Trump as headliner for campaign fundraiser tomorrow.  (6/12/2017)
What Scott Walker says and what he does are 2 different things.  (5/15/2017)
Original thinker Scott Walker see bright future, wears shades.  (1/3/2017)
Cue the 'Dragnet' theme song: Scott Walker ain't done with us yet, folks.  (12/16/2016)

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: Typewriter art

February 1963

Photo by Retiring Guy

Related link:
Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Typewriter.  (Design Observer, 5/28/2014)

People used to create art on typewriters and that activity has also made a comeback. This month sees the publication of Typewriter Art: A Modern Anthology* (Laurence King), the first detailed survey since Alan Riddell’s in 1975 to investigate the subject’s history and present-day practice.

*This and similar books available at UW-Madison libraries. 

Other clippings files posts:
"Houses on stilts".  (10/9/2017)
City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
Proudfit and Regent streets widening.  (9/30/2017)
Northport connector.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: "Houses on stilts"

March 20, 1964

Three current views of the "houses on stilts", i.e., the Parkview Apartments.

Photos by Retiring Guy

Other clippings files posts:
City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
Proudfit and Regent streets widening.  (9/30/2017)
Northport connector.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

Hotels take a page out of the airlines manual of customer service

Reported in Hotels Rake In Fees, and Travelers Foot the Bill.  (The New York Times, 9/29/2017)

Beyond CES 2017: Sally the salad-making robot

A Robot Makes a Mean Caesar Salad, but Will It Cost Jobs?  (The New York Times, 10/6/2017)

Priced to move at $30,000, the perfect companion for Flippy.  Diners use a touch screen to place their orders, choosing from a menu of recipes or designing their own salads. The machine calculates the number of calories per salad and drops the veggies into a bowl in less than a minute. There is less human contact with the food.

 CES 2017 and beyond:
TOTO Washlet.  (8/21/2017)
Modobag, the perfect luggage for the slothful American.  (7/5/2017)
Hey, Rosie, look what folks can buy for $16,000.  (5/25/2017)
SleepPhones.  (2/6/2017)
Fuggedabout the Sominex.  (2/6/2017)
Griffin connected toaster.  (2/1/2017)
Ara by Kolibree smart toothbrush.  (1/27/2017)
Hypersuit.  (1/24/2017)
Omron Project Zero wrist blood pressure monitor.  (1/16/2017)
Pity the generations of parents who raised kids before CloudTot.  (1/15/2017)
Help your baby sleep through the night with this $1160 Snoo Smart Sleeper.  (1/15/2017)
Add some drama to your life with Razer Project Valerie.  (1/15/2017
LG Smart InstaView refrigerator.  (1/15/2017)
PowerVision PowerRay Drone.  (1/15/2017)
Equisense Care horse bodysuit.  (1/13/2017)
Vuze 3D-360° Virtual Reality Camera.  (1/13/2017)
HiTech Ninja solar power backpack.  (1/13/2017)
Augmented reality and head-up technology.  (1/12/2017)
LIVS:  Life-enhancing intelligent vehicle solution.  (1/12/2017)
Sony HT-ST65000 sound bar.  (1/12/2017)
The Las Vegas robot parade continues with Ewaybot's Moro.  (1/9/2017)
Meet Olly.  (1/7/2017)
Lynx Robot.  (1/7/2017)
LG Hub Robot.  (1/6/2017)
Lego goes robotic.  (1/6/2017)
Meet Kuri. (I'll leave you to decide if this allegedly 'adorable' robot is worth $700).  (1/6/2017)
Are you still using a dumb brush?  (1/3/2017)
IllumniBowl 2.0 (as seen on TV).   (12/21/2016)
Fireside Audiobox.  (12/20/2016)
Sony 4K OLED TV.  (12/19/2016)

What's wrong with this picture? The Gary Andersen edition

Photo credit:  YouTube screenshot

College football: Former Badgers coach Gary Andersen makes mid-season exit from Oregon State.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/9/2017)

Oregon State says Andersen, 53, and the school "agreed to release each other from all future contract obligations and payments." Andersen's contract had been extended after last season and ran through the 2021 season.

Related link:
Gary Andersen coaching record

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: City's first skywalk opens in 1966

May 26, 1966

Approximately the same view 51 years later.  (Without the UW-Madison co-eds.)

Photo by Retiring Guy

March 21, 1966
Land still being cleared for Triangle renewal project 

Two  current views from the pedestrian bridge

West Washington looking toward the Capitol

West Washington looking toward South Park Street

Photos by Retiring Guy

Other clippings files posts:
Proudfit and Regent streets widening.  (9/30/2017)
Northport connector.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

Louisianne's new neighbor: What was once Chauette Home is now Grape Water

Photo by Retiring Guy

Source:  City of Middleton

Related link:

Chauette & Home.  (Brava, 1/1/2015)

Le house tres chic.  (Isthmus, 4/3/2015)

Foxconn: In the bonus round, Tammy finds herself in a big yellow taxi mood

Photo credit:  Radaris

Reported in Sturtevant embraces, braces for Foxconn.  (Racine Journal Times, 10/8/2017)

"Big Yellow Taxi" appears on Joni Mitchell's 3rd album, Ladies of the Canyon, a 1970 release which spent 33 weeks on Billboard's album chart, peaking at #27.  As a single, "Big Yellow Taxi" didn't fare as well, debuting at #100 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending July 25, 1970, and spending 6 weeks on the chart.  It peaked at #67.





Other Foxconn posts:
Mount Pleasant Village President welcomes average debt of $3,917.55 per person with open arms.  (10/8/2017)
Dear Politifact, Hairsplitting aside, America has a gun violence epidemic.  (10/5/2017)
WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that.  (8/16/2017)
UPDATE. Funny how there's all this talk about Foxconn jobs that pay well below the alleged average salary.  (8/12/2017)
Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation).  (8/10/2017)
Foxconn has been looking to replace workers with robots for at least 2 years. (8/9/2017)
Scott Walker and Terry Gou share a laugh at Wisconsin taxpayers' expense.  (8/8/2017)
Really, Ray, all this and heaven too provided by a factory to assemble display panel screens?  (8/6/2017)
That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos.  (8/4/2017)
Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal.  (8/4/2017)
Sean Duffy gets it wrong.  (8/3/2017)
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Bob Gannon blows his final gasket

Screenshot from The Young Turks

You'll find them all at the Wheeler Report, Wednesday, October 4, 2017.

Thank you, Bob, for keeping me engaged.
The Cadillac welfare mindset of that exurban, gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon.  (9/19/2017)
That gasket-blowin' Clusterfuck Caucus member Bob Gannon flips off Wisconsin's dairy farmers.  (8/10/2017)
Apparently, that gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon approves this bar graph.  (7/12/2017)
No empathy here: That gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon offers no time to heal.  (6/1/2017)
Point/counterpoint: That gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon wants to lock them up.  (5/20/2017)
That gasket-blowin' (and precious snowflake) Bob Gannon threatens to quit Rotary Club.  (3/1/2017)
That gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon wants to lock her up.  (11/9/2016)
That gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon urges GOP to unite behind 'Sassy Trump'.  (8/19/2016)
3 GOP Wisconsin State Assembly frosh running unopposed for re-election.  (7/27/2016)
For gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon, more guns = greater safety.  (6/23/2016)
UPDATE: Gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon brings his own stir stick to cauldron of fear.  (6/9/2016)
Al Ott retires after serving 30 years in Wisconsin Assembly; No word yet from that gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon.  (4/1/2016)
Dear gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon, You know this constitutional amendment means the end of Fearless Leader Vos.  (2/25/2016)
Turning the gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon's sneering, small-d democrat slur on its head.  (1/17/2016)
Dear Alan, the gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon lives in Washington County.  (1/13/2016)
When it comes to that gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon, the bird is the word.  (1/12/2016)
That gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon is back on the scene with more words of wisdom.  (12/21/2015)
The way I see it, Bob Gannon's bill doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell in the Wisconsin State Senate.  (11/24/2015)
'Real gun control' as described by the volatile, gasket-blowing Bob Gannon.  (10/3/2015)
Bob Gannon boldly blows another gasket.  (9/15/2015)

Bob Gannon blows a gasket.  (7/6/2015)

How much credence should we put in what Doug Sosnik sez

Politico, 3/22/2016

While this election season has been full of surprises, it is likely that the most decisive period in the election has already passed, the outcome is set and this presidential election will be the first time since 1952 that Democrats will hold on to the White House for three terms in a row.  [emphasis added]

By Doug Sosnik, overcompensating.  Washington Post, 10/6/2017

Third, despite dismal poll numbers, Trump enters the contest with a job approval rating that is certainly at least marginally better than what the current national polls would suggest.  [emphasis added]

So what is it, Doug.  

Marginally better than.....

• 39.5% - Huffington Post average
• 39.2% - Real Clear Politics average
• 38.1% - FiveThirtyEight

BWAHAHA!!

UPDATE. Facebook: Hear no Russia, see no Russia, speak no Russia

Headline:  San Jose Mercury-News, 10/6/2017

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Here’s something that just might come up when Facebook officials testify before the members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Nov. 1: 

Just why did Facebook cut any mention of Russia out of an April report about how its social-media platform might have been manipulated in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election? 

Original 10/3/2017 post, "Fighting fake news:  Google to make improvements?  Facebook working to fix?  Don't count on it!", starts here.

After Las Vegas Shooting, Fake News Regains Its Megaphone.  (The New York Times, 10/2/2017)

Related reading:
Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting.  (BuzzFeed News, 10/2/2017)

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Popular far-right news site the Gateway Pundit wrote up the Geary Danley shooter conspiracy, describing him as being associated with an "anti-Trump army."

Related posts:
Lots of death, destruction and carnage to be done in 700 rounds per minute.  (10/2/2017)
Irony alert: Where Stephen Paddock shopped for guns in Mesquite, Nevada.  (10/2/2017)
Las Vegas massacre through a To Tell the Truth lens.  (10/2/2017)

UPDATE. With a blood alcohol level of .136, Bryant's judgment and self-control is severely impaired

Bryant Johnson of Casper arrested for public intoxication; claimed to be a time traveler.  (K2Radio, 10/3/2017)

Related reading:
Website Documents Hundreds of UFO Sightings in Wyoming.  (KING-FM, 3/30/2017)

The National UFO Reporting Center has documented hundreds of sightings here in the Cowboy State, dating back to July 3, 1951, when a glowing, spherical aircraft was spotted hovering over a mountain range near Green River. 

So far, there have been five reported UFO sightings in Wyoming this year. The most recent incident took place just over a month ago when a man witnessed a “fireball” in the night sky above Cody. 

Chart found at brobible

Reported in Police: Man dies after 40-foot fall from balcony of Wisconsin Dells hotel.  (Madison.com, 9/26/2017)