Retiring Guy's Digest: 2021-02-28

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped, listed and graphed (3/6/2021)

New York Times

Saturday, March 6. Total tests (positive and negative): 3,210,707. One-day increase of 2,367 (206 positive; 9%)

Total positive Covid 19 cases: 566,364

Counties with largest numerical gains = 23 of 72

2 with 50 or more new cases
2 with 20 to 49
6 with 10 to 19
13 with 5 to 9

The 23

Dane (81)
Milwaukee (51)

Waukesha (43)
Washington (20)

Marathon (18)
Winnebago (14)
Eau Claire (12)
Sheboygan (11)
Jefferson, Rock (10 each)

Barron (9)
Polk, Wood (8 each)
Dodge, Iowa (7 each)
Columbia, Fond du Lac, Marquette, Oneida, Sauk (6 each)
Chippewa, Outagamie, Sawyer (5 each)

WI Department of Health Services

As of the 3/6/2021 revision, three counties -- Buffalo, Florence, and Langlade -- have fallen below the state's positive test rate per 100,000 people. Vilas joins 27 other counties with positive test rate hightest than the state's average.

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama. (2/15/2021)

Arizona. (2/15/2021)

Arkansas. (2/4/2021)

California. (2/7/2021)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (2/15/2021)

Georgia. (2/15/2021)

Idaho. (2/7/2021)

Illinois. (2/2/2021)

Indiana. (2/6/2021)

Iowa. (2/6/2021)

Kansas. (2/4/2021)

Kentucky. (2/4/2021)

Louisiana. (2/6/2021)

Maryland. (1/27/2021)

Massachusetts. (2/16/2021)

Michigan. (2/16/2021)

Minnesota. (2/4/2021)

Mississippi. (3/4/2021)

Montana. (2/5/2021)

Nebraska. (2/4/2021)

Nevada. (2/17/2021)

New Jersey, (2/16/2021)

New York. (2/16/2021)

North Carolina. (2/7/2021)

North Dakota. (2/7/2021)

Ohio. (2/6/2021)

Pennsylvania. (2/16/2021)

South Carolina. (2/5/2021)

South Dakota. (2/18/2021)

Tennessee. (2/5/2021)

Texas (2/6/2021)

Utah. (2/17/2021)

Virginia. (1/22/2021)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (2/3/2021)

Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Naomi Rosenblum

LINKcat

New York Times, 3/5/2021

Histories of photography traditionally focused on England, France and the United States. But Dr. Rosenblum’s major contribution, “A World History of Photography” (1984), provided a true global perspective. The book was translated into several languages and remains a standard text in the field.

The 48 member libraries of LINKcat

Related posts:
2021

Mary Catherine Bateson. (1/26)

Kim Chernin. (1/10)

Christina Crosby. (1/31)

Eric Jerome Dickey. (1/9)

Scott Donaldson. (1/11)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (2/24)

James R. Flynn. (1/30)

Larry Flynt. (2/12/2021)

Norman Golb. (2/22/2021)

Maria Guarnascheilli, book editor. (2/18/2021)

James Gunn. (2/21/2021)

Robert L. Herbert (2/12)

Ved Mehta. (1/12)

Sharon Kay Penman. (2/8/)

Deborah Rhode. (1/28)

James Ridgeway. (2/16)

Charles Saunders. (2/4)

Bryan Sykes. (1/14)

2020
Patricia Bosworth. (4/6)

Ben Bova. (12/17)
Mary Higgins Clark. (2/4)
Clive Cussler. (2/29)

Betty Dodson (11/11)
David Graeber. (9/6)
Shirley Ann Grau. (8/11)
Pete Hamill. (8/6)

Shere Hite. (9/13)
A, E, Hotchner. (2/18)
Roger Kahn. (2/15)

Randall Kenan. (9/29)

John Le Carre. (12/23/2020)
Johanna Lindsey. (1/15)

Barry Lopez. (12/29)

Alison Lurie. (12/7)
Sylvia Jukes Morris. (1/20)
Charlers Portis. (2/19)

Julia Reed. (9/8)
John Rothchild. (1/22)
Gail Sheehy. (9/3)
George Steiner. (2/6)

Jill Paton Walsh. (11/29)
Charles Webb. (6/30)
Elizabeth Wurtzel. (1/11)

2019
Warren Adler. (4/23)
Kate Braverman. (10/28)
Stephen Dixon. (11/12)
Ernest J. Gaines. (11/8)
Dan Jenkins. (3/10)
Judith Krantz. (6/27)
Paule Marshall. (8/27)
Robert K. Massie. (12/4)
Martin Mayer. (8/3)
Wright Morris. (7/25)
Toni Morrison. (8/12)
Anthony Price. (6/17)
James I. Robertson. (11/20)
Anne Rivers Siddons. (9/19)
John Simon. (12/1)
Sol Stein. (9/30)
Brad Watson. (8/2)
Lonnie Wheeler. (7/15)
Herman Wouk. (5/20)
Nearly forgotten "sociological megahits" of 1970. (6/18)

2018
Neal Thompson. (6/17)
Barbara Kafka. (6/8)
Weeding or historical sanitization at LINKcat libraries? (6/2)

2017
Aline Countess of Romanones. (12/17)
Kit Reed. (10/1)
Carol J. Adams shares feminist classics from her personal library. (9/8)

2016
E. M. Nathanson. (4/10)

2015
Gunter Grass (1927-2015). (4/15)

2014
Thomas Berger (1924-2014). (7/23)
Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) (4/8)

2013
Barbara Branden. (12/26)

Tales of Treason: Tom Tiffany goes to Washington

Wisconsin Examiner, 3/5/2021

On Jan. 5, Tiffany announced he’d be objecting to the certification of the election results.

“Failing to address these irregularities and violations, we risk further degrading public trust in our democratic institutions — and that is something no American can afford to let happen,” he wrote on Facebook.

The next day, a violent mob — believing the lies spread by Tiffany, among others, that the election was fraudulent — stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of the results. In the days after the attack, Tiffany did not accept any responsibility for his role in spreading the lie that brought hundreds to D.C. In an email newsletter sent Jan. 8, he continued to claim there were “irregularities” in the election.

On Jan. 9, he appeared at a closed-door rally in Wausau where he said he didn’t believe Trump had any role in inciting the insurrection and stood by as a right wing radio host called for “war.”

1/14/2021 update, "Tom 'Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch' Tiffany can't help himself as he drowns in a sea of false equivalency", starts here.

Your Weather Authority

"I was among the first to condemn the riots in madison [sic] months ago, and i [sic] condemn what happened last week," Tiffany said. "But where were the swift accusations of incitement and insurrection from the other side last year? Where was condemning last year from democrats [sic]?"

Tom Tiffany. A most despicable person.

1/10/2021 update, "Inept Tom Tiffany, Trump Traitor, flails in a sea of false equivalency", starts here.

Wisconsin State Journal, 1/13/2021

"It is now time for all of us — Democrats and Republicans alike — to turn down the temperature, condemn criminal violence and intimidation on all sides, stop the political score-settling, and move on with the business of the American people."

Original 1/10/2021 post, "Meet traitor Tom Tiffany, Trump sycophant", starts here.

Dear Donald Trump,

Signed, sealed, delivered.

I'm yours.

Truly,

Tom Tiffany

WKOW, 1/10/2021

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R - Minocqua) said he considered the insurrection a continuation of a larger pattern of increasing political violence in the U.S.
"It never should've happened," Tiffany said. "This is a problem we have in America at this point and it goes all the way back to when we saw mobs in Minneapolis, Madison, Kenosha that have taken over our streets and now we see it at the nation's capital."
Tiffany said said he did agree Wednesday's incident was worse because it was an attempt to violently stop the transfer of federal power.

Related post:
Meet the Wisconsin delegation of the U.S. House Traitors Caucus. (1/7/2021)

GET ME REWRITE: Clash infects Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction race

It was inevitable.

Madison.com, 3/5/2021

10/9/2018 update, "State Journal and Jounrl Sentinel agree: If there's a debate, there's a clash", starts here.

Wisconsin State Journal, 10/9/2018

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/9/2018

4/27/2018 update, "Kevin Nicholson, in dark suit and white shirt and maroon tie, and Leah Vukimir, in red suit and white shell, clash but don't clash at debate", starst here.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/26/2018

YouTube video screenshot from Koch Brothers-sponsored debate

From the above-cited article. Before the close, the debate ran along rather sedately for 55 minutes. The event was sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, which is part of the political network associated with industrialists Charles and David Koch.

Nicholson and Vukmir are seeking the state party endorsement at the May 12 Republican Party of Wisconsin convention.

3/3/2016 update, "In what might be a first, Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock do not clash during a debate", starts here.

Madison.com, 3/2/2018

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/2/2018

2/6/2018 update, "UPDATE. If it's campaign season, then it's time for candidates to clash", start s here.

Sources:

10/15/2016 update, "Feingold, Johnson rock the casbah, just like they did in 2010", starts here.

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Marquette Wire

10/10/2016 update, "Rocking the cashbah in La Crosse", starts here.

Madison.com, 10/10/2016

But Shilling looks far more formidable than she was in 2011. She has served on the Legislature’s powerful budget committee and became Senate minority leader last year. She has stayed scandal-free and has built up such a reputation among Democratic circles that she’s been mentioned as a possible 2018 gubernatorial candidate.

Both the Democratic incumbent Jen Shilling and GOP challenger Dan Kapanke whupped weak opponents in their respective primaries. Shilling, however, kicked butt in the overall vote tallies

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

9/27/2016 update, " There was a debate last night, a clash occurred. Rock the casbah!", starts here.

(Highlights added)

9/8/2016 update, Clinton, Trump rock the casbah, clash", starts here.

The verb continues to get a major workout.

USA Today, 9/7/2016

TIME, 9/7/2016

Wall Street Journal, 9/7/2016

PBS News Hour, 9/6/2016

Original 3/20/2016 post, "GOP candidates rock the casbah, clash at debates", start here.

The Press Democrat, 8/5/2015

CBS News, 9/17/2015

NPR, 10/29/2015

FOX News, 11/11/2015

PBS News Hour, 12/16/2015

Outside the Beltway, 1/15/2016

The New York Times, 1/28/2016

NBC News, 2/6/2016

Portland Press Herald, 2/13/2016

Actually, folks, everybody doin' it.

The New York Times, 2/4/2016

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/18/2016

CLASH. A workhorse of a verb when it comes to presidential debate headlines!

Dumbing down America (2024 presidential election edition)

San Jose Mercury News, 3/4/2021

Bloomberg has reported that Donald Trump is “strongly considering” running again for president in 2024, but he’s also thinking of dumping Mike Pence as his running mate. Instead, his advisers said he should consider a Black or female running mate, with a top choice being South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.
But Vanity Fair, citing a New York magazine report, said it’s possible that Trump “could try to keep it in the family in 2024,” and Ivanka Trump would the likely contender.