Retiring Guy's Digest: 2021-10-24

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Dear Gary, What fucking planet do you live on? Best, Retiring Guy

Top headline: San Jose Mercury-News (10/28/2021)

“I don’t place all the blame on him, but I think that, as a president, as a commander-in-chief, I think he could be doing a lot more to get people on board with his plan,” said Gary Hines, 65, a Democratic voter from Philadelphia who emphasized he supports the various elements of Biden’s plan, from expanding the number of people with health insurance, to making child care more affordable, to doing more to curb climate change. [emphasis added]

Bottom headline: CNBC, 4/1/2021

And it's no April fool.

Electing more Republicans won't get you any of this.

GET ME REWRITE: Batshit crazy Missouri Republican Mark McCloskey is running (1) for U.S. Senate (2) his mouth

Joplin Globe, 10/27/2021

Yes, that batshit crazy Mark McClosky.

McCloskey, a St. Louis personal injury lawyer who gained national attention after he and his wife waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer, made the remarks last week at a forum in Osage Beach in response to a woman who said some candidates who profess to be anti-abortion would allow the procedure in some cases.

Retiring Guy recently obtained a copy of Mark's initial draft of his candidacy statement.

GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin embarrassment Tom Tiffany gets all made up for bonkers his Newsmax appearance

Newsmax, 10/26/2021

Related reading:

Daily Beast, 5/20/2021

Esquire, 9/7/2021

Tom Tiffany erases January 6 Capitol insurrection from his mind. (8/29)

Finally! An honest statement from Tom Tiffany. (8/25)

Meet Tom Tiffany, Trump sycophant and ill-informed charlatan with a shameful resume as Fan elected official. (6/27)
Tom Tiffany is only member of Wisconsin congressional delegation to vote against COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. (5/21)
The lazeist white men in the House. (5/21)
GET ME REWRITE: Tom Tiffany has been an elected official since 2009 and still doesn't know how government works. (4/11)
As you would expect, Tom Tiffany peddles inaccurate Covid transmission information. (4/9)
Tom TIffany Clown Show shills for white privilege. (3/27)
Tom Tiffany challenges Glenn Grothman for desingation as Wisconsin State Clown. (3/25)
Tales of Treason: Tom Tiffany goes to Washington. (3/6)
Meet the Wisconsin delegation of the U.S. House Traitors Caucus. (1/7)
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus crazies team up to scrap 'one-China' policy. (3/5)

2020

GET ME REWRITE: Tom Tiffany working to yank title of Wisconsin State Embarrassment from Glenn Grothman. (10/2)

Dear Tom Tiffany, Confederate monuments were erected decades after the end of the Civil War and are intended to glorify leaders of the Confederacy. (7/23)
GET ME REWRITE: Trump-backed Tom Tiffany underperforms in Duffyland, Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. (5/13)
Clearly, the hard hat is offering no protection. (1/21)

2019
UPDATE: Who will run in Wisconsin 7th congressional district now that Sean Duffy has announced his resignation? (10/21)

2017
Meet Tom "terrific for the mining industry" Tiffany. (11/4)

2016
The hypocrisy of Tom Tiffany and his fellow Republicans. (3/25)

2014
Tom "Terrific-for-the-Frac-Sand-Mining-Industry" Tiffany. (12/19)
Scott Walker likely to support Tom Tiffany's new mining bill. (2/27)

2013
Wyoming's Republican Governor has a message for Wisconsin mining industry's "Tom Terrific". (11/24)
The mining industry's "Tom Terrific" gets pushback from his Republican colleagues. (11/18)
In so many words: Dear Sen. Tiffany, Your bill sucks, Sincerely, Pepin County Board. (11/13)
Follow the Gogebic money. (11/7)
Sen. Tom Tiffany's sand mine bill a hot potato. (10/28)
The Nipper Chronicles: The frac sand mining masters speak. (10/18)

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

GET ME REWRITE: Donald Trump Jr. and Ron DeSantis are big fucking liars

Twitter

The crowd reacts

Big picture. Florida has the 8th highest rate of Covid cases per 100,000 residents.

New York Times

Dear New York Times, $1.09 for a can of pumpkin pie filling is not a 'wallop'. Best, Retiring Guy

Pearl-clutching over a First World problem.

Woodman's Grocery photos by Retiring Guy

New York Times, 10/25/2021

Panic buying: From toilet paper to pumpkin pie filling.

Thanksgiving 2021 could be the most expensive meal in the history of the holiday.

Caroline Hoffman is already stashing canned pumpkin in the kitchen of her Chicago apartment when she finds some for under a dollar. She recently spent almost $2 more for the vanilla she’ll need to bake pumpkin bread and other desserts for the various Friendsgiving celebrations she’s been invited to.

And it's not as though the shelves are bare.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

GET ME REWRITE: What happens when racists gain power on school boards across the country

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Yahoo News, 10/20/2021

WAUKESHA, Wis. – The Waukesha School District believes in diversity and values individual differences, according to its mission statement. But new rules against classroom displays suggest otherwise, teachers say.
Decorations signaling inclusion and acceptance are now forbidden. LGBTQ+ signs, rainbow flags, Black Lives Matter posters and "safe space" signs are off-limits because they're political and encourage advocacy, the suburban Milwaukee district told teachers this fall. Nationwide, other districts have followed suit – particularly those led by conservative boards.

Related reading:

WUWM, 3/6.2017

While the city of Waukesha offers affordable housing, other more affluent parts of Waukesha County are a different story. Kori Schneider Peragine, who works for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, says there’s a long held theory about people who fled Milwaukee decades ago.
“Communities that were sort of the recipients from white flight back in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s have more opposition to any potential diversity or affordable housing coming into their communities,” she says.
The fair housing council recently settled a discrimination complaint against Waukesha County after alleging that it is not providing enough affordable housing, thus locking out minorities.

Earl Huber (1947-2021) Warren Area High School class of 1964

1964 Dragon yearbook

Source: Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Huber Earl E Huber's Blacktop r121 Russell Street
Huber Theodore R (Clara M; Huber's Blacktop) h121 Russell Street

1983 Warren City Directory

Huber Earl E & Linda J; Huber's Blacktop h36 Drumcliffe Drive

The popularity of Earl as a baby name is graphed here. Let's take a look at son Daryl.

Source: Social Security Administration

In 1922, his third year on the baby names chart, Daryl looked as though he was on a rocket to the big time. But his jets quickly lost their propulsion. He ended up spending 22 years in the top 200 (1951-1972), peaking at #161 in 1970. His decline in popularity accelerated after 1985. Ten years later, he dropped off the chart.

Other members of the class of 1964 (23):
2021

Gary Johnson. (9/4)

Richard Chapel. (6/21)

Linda Repine. (3/14)

2020
Thomas Mintzer. (6/14)
Ernest Hoag, Jr. (1/11)

2019
David Rydholm. (8/7)
Jacqueline King Jeffords. (6/11)
Eugene Smith. (2/5)

2018
Jean Tickner. (12/10)
Vincent Pace. (6/6/)
Robert Arnold. (5/8)
Burt Alexander. (4/3)
John Lindberg. (3/27)

2017
James DeLong. (11/6)
Ruth Johnson Jackson. (10/14)
Gordon Eric Cedarquist. (8/19)
John David Pirillo. (8/10)

2016
Dwight Drum, (8/1)

2015
David Holmberg. (8/3)
Susen Johnson Gebhardt. (6/2)
Delores Brady Geer. (1/25)
Judith McCool Madigan. (1/26)

2014
Julia Barhight Verdot. (9/5)
Charles Lyon. (1/12)