Wisconsin county statistics: Largest and smallest percentages of adults 25 or older with associate's degree

Source:  The Green Book: A book of county facts (Wisconsin Counties Association)

Related articles:

As Wisconsin tries to lure young adults, how do certain communities succeed?  (UW-Madison News, 1/22/2018)

The project began more than two years ago by identifying communities that were succeeding in maintaining and/or gaining adults aged 20 to 39. Although statistics are abundant for counties, the researchers looked at communities. “People don’t move to counties, people move to communities,” Stoecker says. “If we’re going to answer the questions, the data had to be at the community level.”

Wisconsin Lacks 'Brain Gain'.  (Volume One,  7/11/2018)

Related Wisconsin counties posts:

Largest and smallest population per district.  (10/5/2018)
Biggest population growth and loss, by percentage.  (10/5/2018)
Largest and smallest percentages of population 65 or older.  (10/5/2018)

As the election approaches, Glenn Grothman's babbling intensifies

Grothman Tours, Observes Operations at Correctional Facilities.  (KFIZ, 10/5/2018)

Here's the thing, Glenn.

There's worker shortage which is costing the state big bucks.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/18/2018

And then there's this.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/5/2018

The Glenn Grothman chronicles:
July-Dec 2018
Dear voters of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, this gibberish should convince you this clown should be kicked out of office.  (9/27/2018)
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)

If 3 years is "a long time ago", what is 1993?

Scott Walker: No recollection of scuttling independent review of troubled youth prison.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/6/2018)

Scott Walker:  Still sweeping the Lincoln Hills scandal under the rug
2018
There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth.  (3/15/2018)
Drop in juvenile detention rates has done nothing to address racial disparities.  (1/29/2018) 

2017
UPDATE: Based on recent evidence, the facilities' remote location and chronic staffing shortage keeps Juvenile Corrections from fulfilling its mission.  (11/28/2017)
It's 243 miles, and a world away, from Racine to Irma.  (10/31/2017)
UPDATE.  And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad.  (10/10/2017)

2016
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)

2015
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)

True, residents of 'well-heeled' neighborhoods have a better chance of being 'well-healed'

Screenshot from video by Retiring Guy

Reported in 'On the south side and north side, it's not even safe': A tour of Madison's bicycle inequities.  (Madison.com, 10/6/2018)

Let's look it up.

Wisconsin county statistics: Largest and smallest percentages of population 65 or older

Source:  The Green Book: A book of county facts (Wisconsin Counties Association)

Related articles

Aging population presents double challenge in health care.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 9/11/2017)
Rural America faces shortage of physicians to care for rapidly aging population.  (American Society of Aging, 9/28/2018)

Related Wisconsin county boards post:

Largest and smallest population per district.  (10/5/2018)
Biggest population growth and loss, by percentage, 2012-2017.  (10/5/2018)

Wisconsin county statistics: Biggest population growth and loss, by percentage, 2012-2017

Source:  The Green Book: A book of county facts (Wisconsin Counties Association)

Related reading:

The Path Towards Peak Population In Rural Wisconsin.  (WisCONTEXT, 9/21/2016)

Related Wisconsin county boards post:

Largest and smallest population per district.  (10/5/2018)

Wisconsin county statistics: Largest and smallest population per county board district

Source:  The Green Book: A book of county facts (Wisconsin Counties Association)

"White Room" by Cream debuts as a national breakout on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 5, 1968

But it stalled at #6, where it remained for 3 of its 5 weeks in the top 10.  Other observations:  The Four Top and Neil Diamond continue their slumps.  What does Elvets Rednow spell backwards?

Once upon a time, national breakout status was awarded to a single that debuted at #70 or higher on the Hot 100.  "White Room debuted at #58 but didn't reach the top 10 until week 5.

Billboard Hot 100

Related links:
Jack Bruce, Cream's Adventurous Bassist, Dies at 71.  (The New York Times,
Ginger Baker: 'I’m not an easy person to get on with' – a classic interview from the vaults.  (The Guardian, 8/19/2015)
Eric Clapton Talks Addiction, Cream’s Brilliance, the Future of the Guitar.  (Rolling Stone, 12/4/2017)

Related posts:
Aretha Franklin's two-sided hit single among the newcomers on Billboard Hot 100 for the week 
ending August 17, 1968.

Iron Butterfly makes its first appearance on Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 24, 1968.

Big Brother and the Holding Company makes its first two appearances on Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 31, 1968.

Fire! The Crazy World of Arthur Brown debuts with its only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. ( For the week ending September 7, 1968)

The Beatles "Hey Jude" debuts in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 14, 1968

Jimi Hendrix Experience: "All Along the Watchtower" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 21, 1968

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

What's the matter with Iowa? Health benefit plans mean you're screwed when it comes to pre-existing conditions

What's the matter?  GOP legislators have enthusiatically embraced the Scott Walker divide-and-conquer agenda.

Reported in Cheaper Farm Bureau health policies could turn applicants away for pre-existing issues.  (Des Moines Register, 10/4/2018)

Related posts:
Well, Iowa voters, it seems obvious to me what you need to do on November 6th.  (10/1/2018)
UPDATE. Medicaid privatization in Iowa has been a really bad deal for consumers.  (9/22/2018)
Shredding the safety net UPDATE. In Iowa, Medicaid privatization increasingly becomes synonymous with 'claim denied'.  (4/3/2018)

Lately, Iowa voters appear to be waking up from their mported GOP nightmare.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Rants on social media last forever

Photo credit:  LinkedIn

This story, of course, is red meat for Daniel

Bice: Mayor Barrett nominee for Fire and Police Commission disparages cops in email.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/4/2018)

I share this story because, while reading it, I was reminded of a series of conversations I had with Oshkosh friends in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  One member of this close-knit group had an older brother who was a member of the Milwaukee Police Department, and he rarely had anything good to say about the department's aggressive approach to policing and his brother's enthusiastic embrace of it.

Related reading and listening:
Project Milwaukee: To Protect And Serve.  (WUWM)

Milwaukee has a fraught history of police-community relations.

What Can We Learn from the History of Milwaukee Policing?  (City Journal, 3/23/2016)

Demographic mismatch: Town of Madison police department makes puzzling hiring decision

Sources:  Statistics Atlas (Town of Madison), 

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts (Wisconsin, U.S.)

Ex-DeForest police chief who made racist video hired by town of Madison Police Department.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/5/2018)

Furseth's racial views would have been well-imprinted In 2007, Furseth, 50, shot the 36-second video of a group of five well-dressed black men walking from their car to a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant while Furseth mockingly narrates the action in a stereotypical urban black voice. An investigation for the village found the video was posted on YouTube last December by Alexei Strelchenko, a former intern for the DeForest police.

This latest GOP Brett Kavanaugh meme is brought to you by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee

Screenshot from an email blast

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of meme occurred in 1976.

Other coinages from the same year:

• cath
• synth
• 'tude
• wuss

Related posts:
Conservative ideologues to the rescue of Brett Kavanaugh.  (10/4/2018)
GOP attacks Christine Blasey Ford to score points with white men Look it up and all you’ll find are Trump's baseless claims about Senator Leahy.  (10/3/2018)
Paul Ryan channels a temperamental Brett Kavanaugh at WIGOP Fall Fest.  (9/30/2018)
The pot calling the kettle black (Donald Trump edition).  (9/28/2018)
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)

Park Street in Middleton UPDATE. Auto tour of finished resurfacing project

9/18/2018 update, "Status 23 days after Good Neighbor Fest", starts here.

Photos and video by Retiring Guy

 Garbage truck and dump truck face-off

8/5/2018 update, "Just 18 days until Good Neighbor Fest and there's still a big hole at the South Avenue intersection", starts here.

Photos by Retiring Guy

Mardi Gras in Middleton (2018 Good Neighbor Fest)


7/13/2018 update, "Water main and sanitary sewer replacement gets underway", starts here.

Photos by Retiring Guy

City of Middleton current construction projects

6/27/2018 update, "Park Street in Middleton closed for resurfacing", starts here.

At least the warning signs and roadblocks are up.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Original 6/11/2018 post, "Major Middleton street closure set for next Monday", starts here.

Photo by Retiring Guy

City of Middleton

Detour plan

GOP attacks Christine Blasey Ford to score points with white men

Reported in Trump: 'It's a very scary time for young men in America'.  (10tv.com, 10/2/2018)

Related posts:
Look it up and all you’ll find are Trump's baseless claims about Senator Leahy.  (10/3/2018)
Paul Ryan channels a temperamental Brett Kavanaugh at WIGOP Fall Fest.  (9/30/2018)
The pot calling the kettle black (Donald Trump edition).  (9/28/2018)
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)

Look it up and all you’ll find are Trump's baseless claims about Senator Leahy

Enough to fool Trump’s drooling base, but no one else.

Sen. Leahy says Trump’s claims about his drinking are ‘bogus baloney’.  (Wshingotn Post, 10/3/2018)

Patrick Leahy/drink

PatrickLeahy.drink

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Paul Ryan channels a temperamental Brett Kavanaugh at WIGOP Fall Fest.  (9/30/2018)
The pot calling the kettle black (Donald Trump edition).  (9/28/2018)
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)

Adventures in clickbait: Meet Rona Richardson, Madison maven

Source:  The Worst Places to Retire in the U.S.  (MoneyWise, 3/17/2018)

Red states lead the hit parade in gun deaths

Source:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Related reading:
GOP Said The CDC Could Research Gun Violence, But Won’t Give Them Money To Do It.  (HuffPost, 7/12/2018)

That measure, approved just a month after the massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, came amid renewed debate about the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which bars the CDC from “advocating or promoting gun control.” The provision doesn’t explicitly prohibit gun violence research, but it has effectively starved it of federal funding.

The carillon of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem

The Bells of St. Martin’s Fall Silent as Churches in Harlem Struggle.  (Theh New York Times, 9/30/2018)

The bells were last played in July, and then only briefly during an inspection by a carillon expert. The last time they were heard regularly was in 2013 because the carillon has been “deemed structurally unsound,” said Malcolm J. Merriweather, a member of the congregation. He is also a conductor and an assistant professor of music at Brooklyn College.

Photo credit:  Six to Celebrate