Retiring Guy's Digest: 2018-09-23

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Climate change as a matter of fact: Rising seas threaten Scottish heritage

Saving Scotland’s Heritage From the Rising Seas. (The New York Times, 9/25/2018

More than 3,000 archaeological sites — among them standing stone circles, Norse halls and a Neolithic tomb graffitied by Vikings — have endured for millenniums, scattered across the roughly 70 islands that make up the Orkney archipelago.

At Skara Brae, one of Europe’s best-preserved Stone Age villages, kitchens built around 3180 B.C. are fitted with hearths and cupboards, bedsteads and doors that could be bolted shut.

Today, in forays to remote spits of land, people are working to save some of these places for posterity from the climate changes accelerated by human activity.

Previous climate change as a matter of fact posts:
Africa
Cape Town, South Africa. (1/31/2018)
Kenya. (7/23/2017)

Asia
Record heat in Japan raises concerns over 2020 Olympics. (7/23/2018)
Wet bulb temperatures in India. (7/21/2018)
Lebanon's cedar trees. (7/19/2018)
Rising seas + draining underground aquifers = Jakarta disaster. (12/22/2017)

Australia and the Pacific
Dying coral of the Great Barrier Reef. (4/22/2018)
Easter Island. (3/18/2018)
Green sea turtles of the Great Barrier Reef. (1/11/2018)
Kiribati. (7/6/2016)

Europe
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)
Norway, Finland, and Sweden. (7/19/2018)

North America
Hot nights in the U.S. (9/6/2018)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (8/19/2018)
Front-page news at Des Moines Register. (8/12/2018)
Miami, again. (6/14/2018)
May 2018 record heat in U.S. (6/9/2018)
Miami. (5/4/2018)
Melting outdoor ice rinks in Canada. (3/21/2018)
Gulf of Maine. (3/8/2018)
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. (2/26/2018)
Lodi, Wisconsin. (2/3/2018)
Maine shrimp season. (12/27/2017)
California fires. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin. (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (11/4/2017)
Georgia peach orchards. (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests. (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia.  (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans.  (8/12/2017)
Mexico City.  (2/19/2017)
Kansas. (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine.  (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys.  (1/14/2017)
California wine country. (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska. (12/20/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. (7/7/2016)

Polar regions
Disappearing old ice in Arctic. (6/4/2018)
North Pole. (2/28/2018)
Beavers migrate to Arctic. (12/24 /2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear. (12/9/2017)

South America
Peru. (11/26/2017)
Brazil. (6/8/2017)
Bolivia. (7/11/2016)
Peru, (5/21/2016)

U.S. Military
Military prepares for reality of climate change, rising seas. (8/11/2018)
U.S. military bases around the world. (1/8/2018)
U.S. Department of Defense. (12/16/2017)
U.S. military bases. (9/22/2017)

Worldwide
Not just a wake-up call anymore. (8/10/2018)

Lunda Construction: Pay to play bonus round

During the past 30 years, Lunda Construction employees have made 698 contributions totalling $233,346.30 to mostly GOP candidates.

This guy has made out particularly well.

Source: Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Investigation: Wisconsin DOT knowingly paid twice on stretch of roadwork for Zoo Interchange. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/28/2018)

Wisconsin Constructors II is comprised of three statewide heavyweights in the industry, Brownsville-based Michels Corp., Black River Falls-based Lunda Construction and Edgerton Contractors of Oak Creek.

Friday, September 28, 2018

Run for your lives, here come the Archies: Bang-shang-a-lang debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 28, 1968

Another underachieving class, with just reaching the top 10 and Elvis still looking for his comeback.

Billboard Hot 100

Moving into the 6th week after the storm in Middleton and Madison: Stricker's Pond discharge helps to lower water level

Which is why the area around the bench will be soon be dry

Wednesday, September 26

Monday, September 24

And why this path may soon be walkable, allowing a complete circuit around the pond again.

Wednesday, September 26

Wednesday September 12

Original 9/27/2018 post starts here.

Which is why this path is now passable, if still a bit muddy.

After the storm in Middleton (and Madison) posts:
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2). (8/21/2018)
Powerwashing between the Beltline and Parmenter Street. (8/22/2018)
Along Pheasant Branch Creek east of Parmenter Street. (8/23/2018)
Costco and environs. (8/23/2018 update)
Entrance to Esser Place parking lot, then and now. (8/24/2018)
Longmeadow Drive and Stricker's Pond, then and now. (8/24/2018)
Greenway Station is open for business. (8/24/2018 update)
Views of Pheasant Branch Creek from Parmenter Street bridge. (8/25/2018 update)
Intersection of U.S. highway 14 and Deming Way. (8/27/2018 update)
Century Avenue and entrances to Pheasant Branch Conservancy trails. (8/27/2018)
UW Health administration office building. (8/27/2018)
Longmeadow Gulch. (8/28/2018)

Stricker's Park. (9/4/2018 update)

Flooding in East Washington/East Mifflin area of Madison. (9/7/2018)
The dual dead ends of Middleton Street. (9/10/2018 update)
Stricker's Pond footpath. (9/11/2018 update)
Confluence Pond expands to become Confluence Lake (and back again). (9/12/2018 update)
Stricker's Pond. (9/12/2018 update)
Pheasant Branch Creek algae bloom. (9/15/2018)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond View Road. (9/15/2018 update)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1). (9/17/2018 update)
Pheasant Branch Conservancy trail and bridge. (9/17/2018)
Pheasant Branch Conservancy just north of Century and Branch. (9/17/2018)
Voss Parkway. (9/18/2018 update)

Tiedeman Pond pumping. (9/19/2018 update)
Boardwalk access ramp to Tiedeman Pond. (9/19/2018 update)
Woodside Heights Park. (9/21/2018 update)

Moving into the 6th week after the storm in Middleton (The Tiedeman Pond doubleheader edition). (9/24/2018)
Moving into the 6th week after the storm in Middleton (The Stricker's Pond doubleheader edition). (9/24/2018)

The pot calling the kettle black (Donald Trump edition)

Reported in Trump Foe Avenatti Leaps Into Explosive Fight Over Kavanaugh. (Bloomberg, 9/27/2018)

Related posts:

UPDATE: What else would you expect from someone with such a low opinion of women? (9/27/2018)
The Trump team is tone deaf. (9/26/2018)
Remember when Douglas Ginsberg withdrew his Supreme Court nomination shortly after admitting he smoked a few doobies? (9/26/2018)
Monday is a day of rest on Brett Kavanaugh's calendar. (9/26/2018)
From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski is poised to blame the victim. (9/26/2018)
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Lynn Jenkins owned the Kansas 2nd congressional district after taking it fro a Democrat in 2008

But she's not running for re-election in 2018, and the GOP candidate has been uncloaked as a charlatan.

GOP candidate Watkins told voters he owned a company he built from scratch. He didn’t. (Kansas City Star, 9/26/2018)

It's bullshit. “I got out of the military, started a small business and grew it from three people to 470 people. So I know what it’s like to have to sweat it and work to make payroll, to not take any salary so you can make ends meet,” the Kansas Republican told a Miami County GOP 2nd District Candidate Forum in March.

Source: Ballotpedia

And Watkins achieved nowhere near a majority of the vote.

Source: Ballotpedia

Not exactly Trump's America. Hardly an improvement on Romney's percentage of vote.
Trump received 55.8% of the vote in 2016 compared to 55.4% for Romney in 2012 and 52.4% for McCain in 2008.

Clinton received 37.4% of the vote in 2016 compared to 42.2% for Obama in 2012 and 45.3% for Obama in 2008.

Source: govtrack

Other U.S. House 2018 election outlooks:
Martha McSally, Arizona 2nd. (10/8/2017)

Jeff Denham, California 10th. (10/9/2017)
David Valadao, California 21st. (10/10/2017)
Steve Knight, California 25th. (10/11/2017)
Ed Royce, California 29th. (10/12/2017)
Open seat. California 39th. (9/6/2018)
Mimi Walters, California 45th. (2/12/2018)

Scott Tipton, Colorado 3rd. (9/1/2018)

Dennis Ross, Florida 15th. (4/12/2018)
Brian Mast, Florida 18th. (10/13/2017)
Carlos Curbelo, Florida 26th. (10/14/2017)
Florida 27th. (8/31/2018)

Peter Roskam, Illinois 6th. (9/1/2018)
Mike Bost, Illinois 12th. (10/15/2017)

Rod Blum, Iowa 1st. (2/12/2018)
David Young, Iowa 3rd. (9/2/2018)

Kevin Yoder, Kansas 3rd. (10/16/2017)

Andy Barr, Kentucky 6th. (2/12/2018)

Mike Bishop, Michigan 8th. (2/12/2018)

Jason Lewis, Minnesota 2nd. (7/18/2018)
Erik Paulsen, Minnesota 3rd. (10/17/2017)

Don Bacon, Nebraska 2nd. (10/18/2017)

Tom MacArthur, New Jersey 3rd. (10/19/2017)
Leonard Lance, New Jersey 7th. (2/14/2018)

Lee Zeldin, New York 1st. (2/12/2018)
John Faso, New York 19th. (2/12/2018)
Claudia Tenney, New York 22nd. (10/21/2017)
John Katko, New York 24th. (2/12/2018)

Steve Chabot, Ohio 1st. (2/12/2018)

Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania 6th. (10/23/2017)
Pennsylvania 7th. (8/29/2018)

Will Hurd, Texas 23rd. (4/15/2018)
Pete Sessions, Texas 32nd. (4/15/2018)

Scott Taylor, Virginia 2nd. (8/28/2018)
Disgraced Tom Garrett. Virginia 5th. (9/2/2018)
David Brat, Virginia 7th. (9/2/2018)

West Virginia 3rd. (8/28/2018)

UPDATE: What else would you expect from someone with such a low opinion of women?

Trump defends nominee Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh, but says he could change his mind. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/27/2018)

Original 9/26/2018 post, "Lest we forget: Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh are kindred souls", starts here.

Transcript: Donald Trump’s Taped Comments About Women, (The New York Times, 10/6/2016)

Related posts:
The Trump team is tone-deaf. (9/26/2018)
Remember when Douglas Ginsberg withdrew his Supreme Court nomination shortly after admitting he smoked a few doobies? (9/26/2018)
Monday is a day of rest on Brett Kavanaugh's calendar. (9/26/2018)
From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Dear voters of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, this gibberish should convince you this clown should be kicked out of office

Editorial: Rep. Glenn Grothman calls ‘scary’ delay of confirmation vote due to accuser’s allegation. (Ripon Commonwealth Press, 9/26/2018)

The Glenn Grothman chronicles:
July-Dec 2018
Get me rewrite. More than just tweets: Everything about Trump encourages Democrats and independents to sweep gomers like Glenn Grothman out of office. (8/9/2018)
Dear Glenn Grothman, Repeat after me: YALTA. (7/23/2018)
Dear Glenn Grothman, Does this mean you don't support Donald Trump's military parade? (7/19/2018)

Jan-Jun 2018
Could we please, please, get rid of this clown?  (6/21/2018)
Glenn Grothman in so many words: The ruination of America is people with darker skin tones. (1/27/2018)
Glenn Grothman shares etiquette advice on KFIZ. (1/19/2018)
Memo to Glenn Grothman: Next time you see Donald Trump, give him a great big kiss, mwah! (1/18/2018)
UPDATE: The demented clown, otherwise known as Glenn Grothman, returns to the topic of Al Sharpton at MLK event. (1/18/2018)
Newspaper editorial calls out Glenn Grothman for his (a) mispresentation or (b) lie. (1/11/2018)
Glenn Grothman cries on the shoulder of his favorite KFIZ deejay. (1/9/2018)

Jul-Dec 2017
Glenn Grothman: Government welfare for me but not for thee. (12/27/2017)
Our resident clown Glenn Grothman tells just half of the story. (12/24/2017)
Like Vermin Supreme, Glenn Grothman believes that there should be free ponies for all Americans. (12/15/2017)
A letter sent without fear of retribution. (12/3/2017)
The insightful Glenn Grothman was talking to a gal. (11/22/2017)
Dear Dan Kohl, If you substitute 'clownish' for 'partisan', the arrow moves hard right. (11/9/2017)
The malevolent conservatism and clownish inhumanity of Glenn Grothman. (10/25/2017)
Glenn Grothman sets a ridiculously low bar regarding hurricane aid to Puerto Rico. (10/24/2017)
Glenn Grothman demands that a border wall be built. (8/31/2017)
Here's something on which Glenn Grothman and I agree. (8/10/2017)
Glenn Grothman wants us all to die. Or not to fly.  (7/20/2017)
Short-term memory loss and The Glenn Grothman 24/7 Clown Show. (7/15/2017)
Steady drip-drip-drip inside Glenn Grothman's head vs. steady drip-drip-drip of evidence Russian collusion. (7/13/2017)

Apr-Jun 2017
Glenn Grothman gives a big thumbs up to Pennsylvania's congressional districts. (6/22/2017)
Glenn Grothman on the Paris Accord: The blithering goes on.  (6/7/2017)
Dear Glenn Grothman, Not that anyone is listening to you. (6/5/2017)
Oh, yeah, I just bet he does. (6/1/2017)
It's bromance time for Glenn Grothman, sez Greg Gianforte seems like a good guy.  (5/26/2017)
At Glenn Grothman's groan-inducing town hall. (5/2/2017)
51 U.S. House members implore Trump to legalize LGBT discrimination. (4/27/2017)
At KFIZ, everybody loves a clown. (4/17/2017)
Wishful thinking: Glenn Grothman does a little Mick Jagger at the podium during Sheboygan listening session. (4/11/2017).

Jan-Mar 2017

Glenn also loves to run into the reassuring arms of Vicki McKenna; she normalizes his nuttiness. (3/28/2017)

Dear Glenn Grothman, You won't find any answers to your IRS questions at WatchragTrying to have it both ways, (3/10/2017)

Glenn Grothman serves up a big bowl of mush. (3/6/2017)

Self-proclaimed fiscal conservative and thorough hypocrite Glenn Grothman goes all out for The Wall. (2/26/2017)

What DO they think of Glenn Grothman on Capitol Hill?  (1/31/2017)
Not a Muslim ban, Glenn Grothman? The numbers indicate otherwise. (1/31/2017)
On the other hand, some might say we do need Congressmen, but we can not have the wrong Congressmen.  (1/2/2017)

2016
The conservative values of Glenn Grothman, straight shooter and exemplary public servant. (10/30/20176
GOP donor and Neenah realtor pens letter to editor, praises Glenn Grothman. (10/28/2016)
Well, Glenn Grothman, looks as though Donald Trump and Paul Ryan won't accompany Mr. Gumpy on his outing. (10/20/2016)
Meet the 3 Stooges who introduced Donald Trump at yesterday's rally in Green Bay.  (10/18/2016)
Likely to be other reasons why Trump and Glenn Grothman's relationship might be "less than perfect".  (10/13/2016)
Recommended reading from Glenn Grothman. (3/3/2016)
Once again, Grothman does the blah blah blah. (1/13/2016)

2015
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)

2014
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)

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Trump team is tone-deaf

Today's email blast from "Trump Headquarters". (Highlight added.)

Neither can the survivors of sexual assault, Mr. Trump et al. (Highlights added.)

Source: NCBI

From the Silent Survivors Facebook page

Related posts:
Lest we forget: Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh are kindred souls. (9/26/2018)
Remember when Douglas Ginsberg withdrew his Supreme Court nomination shortly after admitting he smoked a few doobies? (9/26/2018)
Monday is a day of rest on Brett Kavanaugh's calendar. (9/26/2018)
From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski is poised to blame the victim. (9/26/2018)
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Remember when Douglas Ginsberg withdrew his Supreme Court nomination shortly after admitting he smoked a few doobies?

Nearly 31 years ago.

Clearly, today's GOP will let nothing get in the way of overturning Roe vs. Wade.

Reported in Ginsburg Withdraws Hame As Supreme Court Nominee, Citing Mariuana 'Clamor'. (The New York Times, 11/8/1987)

Related posts:
Monday is a day of rest on Brett Kavanaugh's calendar. (9/26/2018)
From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski is poised to blame the victim. (9/26/2018)
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Monday is a day of rest on Brett Kavanaugh's calendar

As if he scheduled his bad behavior!

But let's say he did. Looks like there's not much room for anything else.

Brett Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar being used as evidence against sexual assault allegations. (USA Today, 9/26/2018)

5 pages? Why not the entire calendar? Lawyers for Kavanaugh sent five pages from the calendar to the Senate Judiciary Committee late Tuesday, notifying them they intended to use the pages to prove Kavanaugh wasn't at a 1982 house party where Christine Blasey Ford alleges Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her, tried to remove her clothes and put his hand over her mouth.

Related reading:
Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named. (The New York Times, 9/24/2018)

Related posts:
From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski is poised to blame the victim. (9/26/2018)
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

From the sorry-I-don't-buy-the-pearl-clutching-department: Placing survival above ethics, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski is poised to blame the victim

Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers. (The New York Times, 9/25/2018)

Related posts:
Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (9/25/2018)
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Meet the sexist, cowardly GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee

Definitely a MAGA group of white guys!

Opinion. Man Up, Grassley. Question Blasey Ford Yourself. (The New York Times, 9/24/2018)

Let’s start with the cynicism. Mr. Grassley said, “We reserve the option to have female staff attorneys, who are sensitive to the particulars of Dr. Blasey’s allegations and are experienced investigators, question both witnesses.” The chairman knows the optics are bad for him. Mr. Grassley and his 10 Republican colleagues on the judiciary committee are all white men. Their median age is about 60; Mr. Grassley and his colleague Orrin Hatch of Utah are in their mid-80s

Related posts:
The other shoe drops. (9/25/2018)
The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole. (9/25/2018)

Wells Fargo wants your trust

A Middleton, Wisconsin office, which never seems to attract a lot of traffic.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Opening line: "We know the value of trust." (Cue guffaws.)

[1/27/2019. OK, then we'll try this.]

CNN, 2/5/2018

From September 8, 2016, to February 2, 2018

But wait! There's more!

Marketplace, 8/31/2018

The other shoe drops

CNN , 9/20/2018

TIME, 9/21/2018

So, yeah, he's basically calling her a liar. “I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!”

And then it gets thrown at someone else.

NPR, 9/25/2018

Get me rewrite. In La Crosse, Foxconn cheerleader Jonathan Delagrave offers Scott Walker BS to skeptical crowd

Reported in In La Crosse, officials tout Foxconn project to skeptical crowd. (La Crosse Tribune, 9/25 /2018)

Related posts:
Was this Jonathan Delagrave's first ride on public transit? (6/28/2018)
Racine County's Foxconn borrowing dwarfs that in its Five Year Capital Improvements Plan. (4/28/2018)
Clusterfuck Caucus UPDATE. The unintended consequences of intertwining GOP principles and hypocrisy. (3/20/2018)

6/24/2018 update "Most voters aren't buying your Foxconn benefits BS", starts here.

Quoted in Walker, Spiros tout Foxconn benefits in Marathon City. (WSAU, 6/22/2018)

Source: Marquette Law School poll

Original 5/8/2018 post, "The fact, Scott Walker, is that companies in 62 Wisconsin counties were not awarded contracts by Foxconn", starts here.

60 different counties??

List of companies found here.

Original 5/7/2018 post,"The facts, Scott Walker, indicate that more than 70% of the Foxconn contracts were awarded to companies in Racine, Milwaukee, and Waukesha counties", starts here.

The oblivious Leahs pick up shovels and dig themselves a deeper hole

Reported in Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir defends Brett Kavanaugh. (Madison.com, 9/25/2018)

Dear Leahs, Here are tweets from a Judiciary Committee staffer leading the investigation into Christine Blasey Ford. This is not vetting, it's Kavanaugh cheerleading.

Source: Real Clear Politics

Greetings from Trump's America: Marble Rock in Floyd County, Iowa, where Sherry Butenhoff remains in denial over Trump's incompetence

Marble Rock is located in Floyd County.

Photo credit Eastern Iowa neighborhoods

Stats found at Wikipedia

Iowa Poll: More than a third of Iowans say decision-making in Trump White House is 'not normal or safe'. (Des Moines Register, 9/24/2018)

Original 8/6/2018 post, "Greetings from Trump's America: Floyd County, Iowa, where in 2016 a GOP presidential candidate won for the first time since 1984", starts here.

Iowa's Last Lynching:The Charles City Mob of 1907and Iowa Progressivism. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Fall 1994)

Charles City is the county seat of Floyd County. ON JANUARY 9, 1907, a mob of several hundred men, some masked with handkerchiefs and others undisguised, rammed down the doors of the Floyd Gounty Jail in Gharles Gity, Iowa, with a rail iron. Sheriff William Schermerhom and several deputies offered only feeble resistance as the mob seized one of the prisoners, James GuUen. A wealthy, white, sixty-two-yearold contractor, GuUen had murdered his wife and stepson the previous day.

Populaion peaked in 1950