Retiring Guy's Digest: 2020-02-23

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Greetings from Trump's America: Patrick County, Virginia, hit hard by the opioid crisis

Opioid overdoses caused 53 local deaths in the last six years, records show. (Martinsville Bulletin, 4/12/2018)

Gateley noted that Patrick County was one of the other localities whose rate increased in February 2018. According to Virginia Department of Health data, Patrick County had the second highest rate (27.9 per 100,000) among Virginia’s localities in February 2018.

Source: Wikipedia (Patrick County, Stuart)

Stuart is the county seat of Patrick County.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

13.9% - Patrick County
38.2% - Virginia
30.9% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

26.4% - Patrick County
15.4% - Virginia
16.0% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

15.5% - Patrick County
10.7% - Virginia
11.8% - U.S.

Whiter, much older, less educated, less well-off, rural, big support for George Wallace in 1968.

Source: Wikipedia

3rd party votes: 16.7% in 1992, 13.6% in 1996. 3.6% in 2016

(George Wallace received 37.6% of the vote in 1968)

Blue Ridge Regional Library, Patrick County (Stuart)

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
Mohave County. (1/3/2020)
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)

Connecticut
Windham County. (1/13/2020)

Florida
Citrus County. (11/9/2019)
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)
Jersey County. (5/12/2019)
Jo Daviess County. (5/13/2018)
Knox County. (5/13/2018)
Macon County. (1/22/2020)
McHenry County. (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Scott County. (11/7/2019)
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)
Audubon County. (4/26/2019)
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)
Cherokee County. (4/29/2019)
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. (1/16/2020 update)
Ida County. (4/28/2019)
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)
Monona County. (4/27/2019)
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)
Sac County. (4/28/2019)
Sioux County. (8/26/2018 update)
Tama County. (7/6/2018)
Taylor County. (9/16/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Van Buren County. (4/25/2019)
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. (6/3/2019 update)

Kansas
Bourbon County. (1/3/2020)
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)
Carter County. (1/4/2020)
Elliott County. (7/18/2019)
Hancock County,. (10/21/2017)
Henderson County. (1/22/2020)
Jackson County. (12/9/2017)
Knott County. (1/5/2020)
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)
Pike County. (11/1/2019)
Rowan County. (6/4/2018)

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

Maine
Piscataquis County. (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Alcona County. (1/27/2020)
Alpena County. (1/28/2020)
Bay County. (7/4/2019)
Cheboygan County. (1/31/2020)
Crawford County. (1/30/2020)
Eaton County. (6/26/2019)
Huron County. (1/27/2020)
Iosco County. (1/27/2020)
Lake County. (9/16/2018)
Lapeer County. (7/5/2019)
Macomb County. (11/29/2017)
Monroe County. (3/9/2019)
Montmorency County. (1/29/2020)
Ogemaw County. (1/30/2020)
Oscoda County. (1/30/2020)
Otsego County. (1/30/2020)
Presque Isle County. (1/209/2020)
Roscommon County. (1/30/2020)
St. Joseph County. (6/5/2017)
Saginaw County. (7/4/2019)
Tuscola County. (7/5/2019)

Minnesota
Chisago County. (6/20/2018)
Clay County. (11/14/2019)
Itasca County. (5/12/2018)
Jackson County. (1/20/2020)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County. (5/12/2018)
Nobles County. (1/26/2018)
Stearns County. (6/21/2019)
Steele County. (6/9/2019)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Atchison County. (3/25/2019)
Butler County. (7/22/2018)
Holt County. (3/25/2019)
Livingston County. (1/12/2020)
New Madrid County. (4/23/2019)
Newton County. (1/18/2020)
Pike County/Bowling Green. (5/23/2019)

Montana
Valley County/Opheim. (5/27/2019)

Nebraska
Boyd County. (4/14/2019)
Burt County. (3/27/2019)
Keya Paha. (4/14/2019)
Knox County. (3/28/2019)
Nemaha County. (3/27/2019)
Richardson County. (3/27/2019)
Sioux County. (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
Sussex County. (12/1/2019)
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
Hyde County. (11/10/2019)
Robeson County. (12/1/2017)
Union County. (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Burleigh County. (12/6/2019)
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)
Mercer County. (12/8/2019)
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)
Tuscarawas County. (1/25/2019)
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)
Osage County/Fairfax. (5/12/2019)

Oregon

Douglas County. (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County. (2/8/2019)
Blair County/Altoona. (4/28/2019)
Bradford County. (2/18/2020)
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)
Lycoming County. (1/28/2020)
McKean County. (2/17/2020)
Mercer County. (2/9/2019)

Northampton County. (7/20/2017)
Old Forge (Lackawanna County). 3/18/2019)
Pike County. (2/23/2020)
Potter County. (2/17/2020)
Susquehanna County. (2/18/2020)
Tioga County. (2/17/2020)
Warren County. (6/30/2019)
Wayne County. (2/18/2020)

Williamsport. (1/24/2017)

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

South Carolina

Spartanburg County. (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Charles Mix County. (11/11/2019)
Lawrence County,. (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County. (12/10/2017)
Carter County. (2/24/2020)
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)

Virginia
Bland County. (2/16/2020)
Buchanan County. (12/13/2019)
Carroll County. (2/28/2020)
Dickenson County. (2/15/2020)
Floyd County. (2/27/2020)
Frederick County. (2/15/2020)
Giles County. (2/26/2020)
Grayson County. (2/27/2020)
Lee County. (2/15/2020)
Pulaski County. (2/26/2020)
Russell County. (2/15/2020)
Scott County. (2/16/2020)
Smyth County. (2/16/2020)
Tazewell County. (2/16/2020)
Washington County. (2/16/2020)
Wise County. (11/9/2019)

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)
Hardy County. (2/15/2020)
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)
Barron County. (1/3/2020)
Buffalo County. (3/19/2017)
Burnett County. (2/24/2018)
Clark County,. (8/13/2018)
Crawford County. (5/14/2018)
Florence County. (11/13/2019)
Fond du Lac County. (3/7/2018)
Forest County. (6/16/2019)
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)
Langlade County,. (6/9/2019)
Lincoln County. (1/14/2020)
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)
Rusk County. (6/30/2019)
Sauk County. (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County. (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Trempealeau County. (5/28/2019)
Vernon County. (5/14/2018)
Waushara County. (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County. (11/27/2017)
Wood County. (3/8/2018)

GET ME REWRITE: The Heartland Institute puts its sputtering engine in reverse (White Nationalism edition)

Reported in At CPAC, It's Now an All-Trump Show. (The New York Times, 2/28/2020)

Photo and text from Southern Poverty Law Center

Original 2/25/2020 post starts here.

Another goofy cabal of free-market thinkers.

Source: The Heartland Institute

The anti-Greta: A conservative think tank takes on the global phenomenon. (Washington Post, 2/23/2020)

Influential to those who are easily led around by the nose. “She’s a fantastic voice for free markets and for climate realism,” said James Taylor, director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy at the Heartland Institute, an influential libertarian think tank in suburban Chicago that has the ear of the Trump administration.

"Climate realism.' Hey, guys, there's a word for that.

Leave it to the Heartland Institute to embrace someone who is out of touch, looking backward.