Retiring Guy's Digest: 2019-03-24

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Meet Dane County's concealed carry ambassador to the Cayman Islands

Photo credit: FPA

Reported in A Wisconsin cruise ship passenger faces years in Cayman Islands prison after a gun was found in her luggage. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/29/2019)

Will Scott Walker weigh in on Twitter?

Source: Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

The contemptible Mick Mulvaney wraps Trump around his little Freedom Caucus Crazy finger

And, in the process, reveals just how demented our current president is.

Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push to Nullify Health Law. (The New York Times, 3/27/2019)

Other Nutburger Mulvaney posts:
2018
When it comes to pay to play denials, Mick Mulvaney's pants are on fire. (6/6/2018)
Mick Mulvaney explains how pay to play -- and, by extension, his office -- works. (4/26/2018)
Mick Mulvaney UPDATE: Meet Mr. Opaque, who considers consumer protection transparency just plain piffle. (4/26/2018)
The federal deficit and the full flowering of GOP hypocrisy. (4/10/2018)

2017
UPDATE. Problem: White House doesn't like CBO message. Solution: Kill the messenger. (7/16/2017)
Meet the compassionate Mick Mulvaney: Trump's budger director. (5/2/2017)
Team Trump/Mulvaney's heartless federal budget proposal. (3/29/2017)

2016
South Carolina GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney to most of his House colleagues: 'Neener-neener-neener'. (9/21/2016)

2015
Freedom Caucus still not taking responsibility for the mess it's made. (10/19/2015)

The company Scott Walker keeps UPDATE: Sen. Mike Lee wants more of them there American babies

Sen. Mike Lee: Real Solution To Fight Climate Change Is To Have More Children. (Real Clear Politics, 3/26/2019)

3/10/2016 update, "Getting to Know Ted Cruz and Scott Walker by the company they keep (Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Edition), starts here.

Cruz lands first Senate endorsement: Mike Lee The nod comes as the Texas senator is trying to make nice with the GOP establishment. (Politico, 3/10/2016)

I would not use "establishment" to describe Mike Lee, or even insinuate that he fits this category. "The overwhelming majority of Republican senators have not endorsed anyone, I expect that will change," he went on to say. “I expect I’ll be the first of many Republican senators who will endorse Ted Cruz. I'm confident more are on the way, and I welcome others to join."

Related reading:
Study: Utah’s Mike Lee is most extreme senator. (Salt Lake Tribune, 2/25/2016)

Elected in 2010, he has been a leader in the tea-party movement. As a result, he's often been to the right of most Republicans on major issues from the budget to health care to immigration. He has been willing to take more extreme measures, including a standoff that led to a government shutdown, to fight against the Affordable Care Act. He also has cast himself as a conservative thought leader.

Original Scott Walker 3/26/2014 solo post begins here.

Citation for quote. Exclusive interview: Gov. Scott Walker's limited government pragmatism. (Washington Examiner, 3/24/2014)

Photo credit: U.S. Congress

Related post:
Getting to know Scott Walker by the company he keeps. (2/20/2014)

Climate change as a matter of fact: Ocean heat hits record high

Source: Namibia Daily News

Ocean heat hits record high: UN. (Phys Org, 3/28/2019)

"2018 saw new records for ocean heat content in the upper 700 metres," a WMO statement said.

The agency said the UN had data for heat content in the upper 700 metres (2,290 feet) of the ocean dating back to 1955.

Last year also saw new heat records for the ocean's upper 2,000 metres, but data for that range only goes back to 2005.

The previous records for both ranges were set in 2017.

The Economist, 3/12/2018

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

Asia
Kazakhstan: The melting of Tuyuksu glacier. (1/21/2019)
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
Italy's olive groves. (3/11/2019)
Rising seas threaten Scottish heritage. (9/29/2018)
Norway, Finland, and Sweden. (7/19/2018)
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)

North America
Alaska: Iditarod sled dog race. (3/3/2019)
Greenland's rapidly melting ice. (1/22/2019)
Insect apocalypse: Monarch butterfly. (12/10/2018)
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
Heating the Arctic. (12/12/2018)
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
Galapagos Islands. (12/19/2018)
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)

GET ME REWRITE: Foxconn awards four contracts to southeastern Wisconsin companies

Foxconn Awards $34 Million in Contracts to Five Wisconsin-Based Companies. (We Are Green Bay, 3/28/2019)

The five sub-contractors are set to begin construction on the Gen6 manufacturing facility campus located in the Wisconsin Valley Science and Technology Park in Racine County.

Giles Engineering from Waukesha, Staff Electric Company Inc. from Menomonee Falls, Hoffman Construction Company from Black River Falls, A.W. Oakes & Sons, Inc. from Racine and Payne & Dolan, Inc. from Waukesha will work on utilities, roadways and storm drainage at the new site.

7/26/2018 update, "The drawbacks of Foxconn are reaching every corner of the state. (North of state highway 21 edition)", starts here.

7/24/2018 update, " In round 3, nearly 90% of Foxconn contracts awarded to businesses in southeastern Wisconsin", starts here.

"The benefits of Foxconn

are reaching every corner of the state."

--Gov. Scott Walker

Well, one anyway.

Wisconn Valley

The latest tally (contracts per county)

Waukesha (9)
Kenhosa (6)
Milwaukee (6)
Racine (6)
Ozaukee (3)
Washington (3)
Dane (2)
Dunn (1)
Outagamie (1)

6/28/2018 update, "Once again, most Foxconn contracts awarded to companies within spitting distance of Racine County campus", starts here.

The following cities are represented: Milwaukee (2), Butler, New Berlin, Pewaukee,Waukesha, Appleton, Schofield.

The following counties (out of 72 total) are represented: Waukesha (4), Milwaukee (1), Marathon (1), Outagamie (1).

The first round of contracts, mapped.

Source: Fox6Now

The following counties (out of 72 total) are represented than once:

Racine (11)
Waukesha (6)
Milwaukee (4)

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Greetings from Cedar County, Nebraska: Epic flooding makes it worse for an already depopulated county

A 48% drop since its 1930 peak, back to its late 1870s level.

Source: Wikipedia

Located 144 miles NW of Omaha,

52 miles E of Sioux City, Iowa

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

18.4% - Cedar County
30.6% - Nebraska
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

21.3% - Knox County
15.4% - Nebraska
15.6% - U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

3rd-party candidates received 33.9% of vote in 1992, 18.5% of vote in 1996, 7.2% in 2016

(George Wallace received 7.3% of the vote in 1968.)

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County. (6/29/2017)
Bibb County. (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County. (12/12/2017)
Geneva County. (11/11/2017)
Marion County. (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County. (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County. (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County. (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County. (7/20/2017)
Shasta County. (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County. (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County. (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,. (9/9/2017)
Pinellas County. (3/14/2019)

Idaho
Kootenai County. (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County. (2/15/2018)
Franklin County. (2/27/2017)
Jo Daviess County. (5/13/2018)
Knox County. (5/13/2018)
McHenry County. (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Stephenson County. (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County. (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Dearborn County. (3/16/2019)
Franklin County. (3/16/2019)
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County. (10/1/2017)
Howard County. (3/19/2019)
Huntington County. (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County. (3/10/2018)
Madison County. (3/16/2019)
Posey County. (10/21/2017)
Scott County,. (10/21/2017)
Union County. (3/16/2019)
Vigo County. (3/15/2019)
Wayne County. (3/16/2019)

Iowa
Adair County. (9/16/2018)
Adams County. (9/16/2018)
Allamakee County. (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County. (8/4/2018)
Benton County. (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Bremer County. (8/2/2018)
Buchanan County. (8/2/2018)
Butler County. (8/6/2018)
Calhoun County. (9/6/2018)
Cass County. (4/3/2018)
Cedar County. (7/31/2018)
Cerro Gordo County. (8/6/2018)
Chickasaw County. (8/2/2018)
Clarke County. (8/8/2018)
Clayton County. (7/31/2018)
Clinton County. (10/15/2017)
Davis County. (8/3/2018)
Decatur County. ( 7/5/2018)
Delaware County. (7/31/2018)
Des Moines County. (8/1/2018)
Emmet County. (8/19/2018)
Fayette County. (8/2/2018)
Floyd County. (9/25/2018 update)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Fremont County. (3/24/2019)
Greene County. (9/6/2018)
Guthrie County. (9/16/2018)
Hamilton County. (4/2/2018)
Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
Hardin County. (4/2/2018)
Henry County. (7/9/2018)
Howard County. (8/2/2018)
Iowa County. (8/2/2018)
Jasper County. (8/5/2018)
Jefferson County. (8/1/2018)
Keokuk County. (8/2/2018)
Kossuth County. (8/18/2018)
Lee County. (8/1/2018)
Louisa County. (8/1/2018)
Lucas County. (8/5/2018)
Lyon County. (4/2/2018)
Madison County. (8/8/2018)
Marion County. (5/23/2017)
Mitchell County. (8/7/2018)
Monticello County. (1/13/2017)
Muscatine County. (8/1/2018)
Palo Alto County. (9/6/2018)
Pocahontas County. (9/6/2018)
Poweshiek and Webster counties. (2/7/2017)
Ringgold County. (8/8/2018)
Sioux County. (8/26/2018 update)
Tama County. (7/6/2018)
Taylor County. (9/16/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Wapello County. (8/3/2018)
Washington County. (4/2/2018)
Wayne County. (8/5/2018)
Webster County. (8/9/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Winneshiek County. (8/2/2018)
Worth County. (8/7/2018)
Wright County. (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County. (3/21/2017)
Comanche County. (12/22/2018)
Doniphan County. (3/27/2019)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Sumner County. (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Bell County. (6/4/2018)
Hancock County,. (10/21/2017)
Jackson County. (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties. (2/17/2017)
Lee County. (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County. (3/22/2018)
Perry County. (10/10/2017)
Rowan County. (6/4/2018)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,. (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish. (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County. (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Lake County. (9/16/2018)
Macomb County. (11/29/2017)
Monroe County. (3/9/2019)
St. Joseph County. (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Chisago County. (6/20/2018)
Itasca County. (5/12/2018)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County. (5/12/2018)
Nobles County. (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Atchison County. (3/25/2019)
Butler County. (7/22/2018)
Holt County. (3/25/2019)

Nebraska
Burt County. (3/27/2019)
Knox County. (3/28/2019)
Nemaha County. (3/27/2019)
Richardson County. (3/27/2019)
Sioux County. (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District. (4/14/2017)

New York
Broome County. (2/14/2019)
Cayuga County. (2/13/2019)
Cortland County. (2/14/2019)
Essex County. (11/29/2017 update)
Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
Fulton County. (2/10/2019)
Herkimer County. (2/10/2019)
Orange County. (2/15/2019)
Oswego County. (2/11/2019)
Otsego County. (2/12/2019)
Putnam County. (2/27/2018)
Renssalaer County. (2/13/2019)
St. Lawrrence County. (2/8/2019)
Seneca County. (2/14/2019)
Sullivan County. (2/15/2019)
Warren County. (2/11/2019)
Washington County. (2/11/2019)
19th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County. (12/1/2017)
Union County. (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County. (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County. (12/9/2017)
Ashtabula County. (2/18/2019)
Belmont County. (7/17/2018)
Columbiana County, (12/11/2017)
Coshocton County. (3/6/2019)
Defiance County. (3/21/2017)
Erie County. (3/5/2019)
Gallia County. (2/23/2019)
Guernsey County. (2/27/2019)
Highland County. (3/19/2017)
Huron County. (6/19/2017)
Jackson County. (6/6/2017)
Jefferson County. (2/20/2019)
Lawrence County. (2/25/2018)
Marion County. (7/14/2018)
Meigs County. (2/22/2019)
Morgan County. (10/10/2017)
Muskingum County. (2/26/2019)
Ottawa County. (3/5/2019)
Portage County. (3/7/2019)
Sandusky County. (3/5/2019)
Shelby County. (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County. (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County. (5/6/2018)

Williams County. (3/21/2017)
Wood County. (3/6/2019)
Wyandot County. (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma

Bryan County. (5/5/2017)
Nowata County. (5/5/2018)

Oregon

Douglas County. (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County. (2/8/2019)
Cambria County (Johnstown). (6/3/2017)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
Elk County. (3/24/2019)

Erie County. (10/11/2018 update)
Fayette County. (7/25/2018)

Greene County. (5/3/2017)
Lawrence County. (2/5/2019)

UPDATE. Luzerne County. (1/14/2017)
Mercer County. (2/9/2019)

Northampton County. (7/20/2017)
Old Forge (Lackawanna County). 3/18/2019)
Warren County. (3/24/2019)
Wayne County. (3/1/2018)

Williamsport. (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District. (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County. (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Lawrence County,. (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County. (12/10/2017)
Lake County. (12/22/2018)
Marion County. (4/1/2017)
Maury County. (10/31/2017)
Roane County. (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County. (4/26/2017)
Shackelford County. (2/26/2018)

Washington
Grays Harbor County. (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County. (3/25/2018)
Boone County. (3/23/2018)
Brooke County. (3/17/2019)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Doddridge County. (3/19/2019)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Greenbrief County. (12/14/2018)
Hancock County. (3/17/2019)
Harrison County. (3/19/2019)
Jackson County. (6/18/2017)
Lincoln County. (3/21/2019)
Logan County. (3/21/2019)
Marion County. (3/18/2019)
Marshall County. (2/7/2018)
Mason County. (12/16/2017)
McDowell County. (7/10/2017)
Mercer County. (3/20/2019)
Mingo County. (3/25/2018)
Summers County. (3/25/2018)
Wayne County. (3/24/2018)
Wetzel County. (3/19/2019)
Wood County. (1/15/2019)
Wyoming County. (3/20/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district. (1/27/2018)
Adams County. (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County. (3/19/2017)
Burnett County. (2/24/2018)
Clark County,. (8/13/2018)
Crawford County. (5/14/2018)
Fond du Lac County. (3/7/2018)
Grant County. (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County. (1/26/2018)
Jackson County. (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek. (1/21/2017)
Juneau County. (2/23/2017)
Lafayette County. (5/16/2018)
Manitowoc County. (8/10/2017)
Monroe County. (3/8/2018)
Oconto County. (7/24/2018)
Oneida County. (4/24/2017)
Pepin County. (12/21/2017)
Price County. (12/23/2018 update)
Richland County. (11/10/2017)
Sauk County. (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County. (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Vernon County. (5/14/2018)
Waushara County. (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County. (11/27/2017)
Wood County. (3/8/2018)

Greetings from Knox County, Nebraska: Epic flooding makes it worse for an already depopulated county

The New York Times, 3/18/2019

Crisis has grown all too familiar for some people in the region. In Knox County, Neb., Hannah Sucha, 25, helped coordinate efforts to deliver emergency supplies including minerals, antibiotics and salt blocks to farmers hurt by the floods. Just two years ago, Ms. Sucha said, farmers and ranchers in the area were busy donating bales of their hay to ranches in Kansas and Oklahoma devastated by wildfires.

A 56% drop since its 1930 peak, back to its late 1870s level.