Saturday, December 24, 2022

Rule #1: Never cite a Trafalgar poll to bolster your argument

 
Headline:  Life News, 12/22/2022
Polls:  The Trafalgar Group on Twitter
In contrast, polls consistently show most Hispanic/Latino Americans believe unborn babies should be protected from abortion. A May poll from Trafalgar found 64 percent of Hispanic Americans believe most or all abortions should be illegal.

Have you seen this, Micaiah?



Related posts:
Day 34 of Robert C. Cahaly's self-imposed exile.  (12/11/2022)
And then there were those Trafalgar fantasy polls.  (11/21/2022)
Since Election Day, we have been listening to 'The Sounds of Silence" by Robert C. Cahaly.  (11/16/2022)
Looking forward to Trafalgar's first fantasy poll of the 2024 GOP presidential campaign shit show.  (11/16/2022)
Governor's race in Colorado.  (11/16/2022)
Governor's race in New York.  (11/15/2022)
Governor's rate in Michigan.  (11/11/2022)
Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16/2022)
Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16/2022)
Governor's race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14/2022)
Governor's race in Wisconsin.  (11/14/2022)
Senate race in Arizona.  (11/15/21022)
Senate race in Colorado.  (11/14/2022)
Senate race in Nevada.  (11/15/2022)
Senate race in New Hampshire.  (11/14/2022)
Senate race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14/2022)
Senate race in Vermont.  (11/11/2022)
Senate race in Washington.  (11/11/2022)
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Say 'Merry Christmas' to Indiana State Embarrassment Jim Banks

 

Excerpt (emphasis addded)
New York Times, 12/23/2022

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Apparently, Connie is having a hard time letting go of Trump

 

Christian Science Monitor, 12/20/2022

Related reading:
Vet Says Iowa Official Used Deceit to Recruit Him to Lobby in Saudi Drive Against 9/11 Law.  (28 Pages, 9/6/2017)

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Meet Scott Walker, global idiot

 

While you were out to lunch, Scooter....

Retiring Guy's son and his fiancee in Ulm Germany will not be having a white Christmas this year

Google

Ulm's latitude:  48.4011° N
Pewaukee's latitude:  43.0450° N

Meanwhile.....

Weather Network, 7/17/2022

The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report. 
The tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change are becoming more dramatic. The rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993. It has risen by nearly 10 mm since January 2020 to a new record high this year. The past two and a half years alone account for 10 percent of the overall rise in sea level since satellite measurements started nearly 30 years ago. 
2022 took an exceptionally heavy toll on glaciers in the European Alps, with initial indications of record-shattering melt. The Greenland ice sheet lost mass for the 26th consecutive year and it rained (rather than snowed) there for the first time in September. 
The global mean temperature in 2022 is currently estimated to be about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.28] °C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. A rare triple-dip cooling La Niña means that 2022 is likely to “only” be fifth or sixth warmest. However, this does not reverse the long-term trend; it is only a matter of time until there is another warmest year on record.  [emphasis added]

 

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GET ME REWRITE: Rural Wisconsin counties no match for Democratic shift in once-red suburbs (Waushara County edition)

 
Waushara County ranks 10th among Wisconsin's 72 counties in having the largest percentage of its presidential vote for Donald Trump in 2020.  Twelve years after Barack Obama won the county by nearly a percentage point.
  
Source:  Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 27.9% of vote in 1992, 16.2% of vote in 1996, 5.1% in 2016;
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 8.9% of the vote in 1968)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/19/2022

In a word, no.
If the Democratic collapse in rural western and northern Wisconsin was the most dramatic feature of the state’s 2016 election map, then the unchecked Republican decline in suburban southern Wisconsin is the most arresting feature of the 2022 map. It is all the more striking when you consider that Republicans had reason to believe they might steady their suburban ship this year, with Donald Trump not on the ballot, with a Democrat in the White House who has poor job ratings, with crime and inflation playing prominent roles in the campaign. But that didn’t happen.

Since the 2008 presidential election, Democrats have not come close to winning a majority of the vote in Waushara County.

Sources:  Wikipedia (presidential, gubernatorial)

The population of Waushara County has increased 47% during the past 100 years but has remained relatively stagnant since 2000.  By comparison, Wisconsin's population has increased 124% and Dane County;s has increased 540% since 1920.  

Dane County's population has increased 32% since 2020 -- a total of nearly 135,000 new residents, more than 5 times that of Waushara County's current number.

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Related posts:
Clark County.  (12/20/2022)
Langlade County.  (12/23/2022)
Oconto County.  (12/22/2022)
Rusk County.  (12/21/2022)

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Friday, December 23, 2022

Carol Frederick DeVlieger (1942-2022) Warren Area High School class of 1961

 
 1961 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory
1983 Warren City Directory
  • DeVlieger William & Carol; 57 Cobham Park Road
  • Frederick Carl & Florence; 57 Cobham Park Road

The popularity of Carol as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at great-grandson Asher.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Asher made two separate appearance on the baby names chart in the 1980s, but it wasn't until the 1990s when he could finally put something together.   It didn't happen all at once, but starting in 1996 he made steady upward progress, reaching the top 10 in 2014.  Currently sitting at #25, he's enjoying his best year yet.

Other members of the class of '61 (32):
2022
Robert Tuttle.  (12/16)
Linda Shirey.  (10/7)
Glen Briggs.  (1/21)

2021

2020
Michael Long.  (10/22)

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War of words between Janel Brandtjen and Robin Vos continues

 
Top headline:  WisPolitics, 12/19/2022
Bottom headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 12/23/2022

In a recent press release, Brandtjen pointed out that Vos is "known for his vindictive nature".  A true statement.

A few days later, Vos described Brandtjen as "inept and incapable of incapable of generating consensus".  Equally true. 

 Merry Christmas, Janel!  Merry Christmas, Robin!

Janel's Library of Looney Tunes:
December 2022
2020 election denier queen Janel Brandtjen sez she won't shut up or stop drinking the Trump Kool-Aid.  (12/20/2022)
Janel Brandtjen Looney Tunes Election Denier Show CANCELLED!  (12/15/2022)
GOP caucus outcast and election denier Janel Brandtjen running for open State Senate seat.  (12/6/2022)
One-woman election denier Looney Tunes festival doesn't realize she's about to get cancelled.  (12/5)

November 2022
As John Torinus describes it, Wisconsin GOP election denier Kool-Aid Queen Janel Brandtjen went ballistic over three grains of sand in the desert.  (11/23/2022)
Wisconsin GOP election denier Kool-Aid Queen Janel Brandtjen is even too toxic for her own party's caucus.  (11/16/2022)
GOP judge quickly slaps down Wisconsin election denier queen's lawsuit to block military votes.  (11/8/2022)

October 2022


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Corbin Ressl opens mouth, confirms religion and the Bible can be extremely hazardous to your mental health

 
Top headline:  Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/6/2022
Bottom headline:  ADL, 7/1/2022
Also in Arizona, Deacon Corbin Ressl of Faithful Word Baptist Church’s Tucson plant dedicated both of his June 26 sermons to the topic of abortion, preaching a sermon titled “Innocent Blood” in the morning and a sermon titled “Hoe vs. Wade” later that evening. “There’s consequences for shedding innocent blood, for harming the unborn,” he noted, adding that, “there’s only one way to atone for the shedding of innocent blood, and that’s through the death penalty.”
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GET ME REWRITE: Rural Wisconsin counties no match for Democratic shift in once-red suburbs (Langlade County edition)

 Langlade County ranks 11th among Wisconsin's 72 counties in having the largest percentage of its presidential vote for Donald Trump in 2020.  Twelve years after Barack Obama won the county by a percentage point.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 25.1% of vote in 1992, 15.7% of vote in 1996, 4.5% in 2016;
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 9.8% of the vote in 1968)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/19/2022

In a word, no.
If the Democratic collapse in rural western and northern Wisconsin was the most dramatic feature of the state’s 2016 election map, then the unchecked Republican decline in suburban southern Wisconsin is the most arresting feature of the 2022 map. It is all the more striking when you consider that Republicans had reason to believe they might steady their suburban ship this year, with Donald Trump not on the ballot, with a Democrat in the White House who has poor job ratings, with crime and inflation playing prominent roles in the campaign. But that didn’t happen.

Since the 2008 presidential election, Democrats have not come close to winning a majority of the vote in Langlade County.

Sources:  Wikipedia (presidential, gubernatorial)

The population of Langlade County has pretty much been treading water for the past century although it has decreased 16% since its 1930 peak.   By comparison, Wisconsin's population has increased 88% during the same period, Dane County 330%.

Source:  Wikipedia

Langlade is one of Wisconsin's whitest counties.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Related posts:
Clark County.  (12/20/2022)
Rusk County.  (12/21/2022)
Oconto County.  (12/22/2022)

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Dear Henry Olsen, Voters didn't elect George Santos to Congress, they elected a figment of his imagination, a totally manufactured political creature. Best, Retiring Guy

 
Headline:  Washington Post, 12/22/2022
Democracy means nothing if the people themselves do not rule. That means submitting to their decision even if we are convinced they have decided badly. No one doubts that Santos was legitimately elected in November, and the Supreme Court ruled in Powell v. McCormack that the House can vote to expel members only once they have taken their seats. Expelling Santos on the basis of media reports would amount to the House substituting its own judgment for the people’s. That’s the antithesis of what this country is about.

So, in other words, Henry, what this country is about is allowing a scheming novice, an outright incompetent, a serial liar to take office for two years without so much as a slap on the wrist.

Other "Oh, Henry!" posts:
"Oh, Henry!" Donald Trump is king of a divided, disputatious GOP.  (8/10/2022)

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107,000 opioid deaths in 2021: That's almost as many people who are currently living in Green Bay, Wisconsin

 
Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 12/22/2022
The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That's nearly 16% higher than the nearly 92,000 overdose deaths in 2020. 
Meanwhile, life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling to the lowest it has been since 1996, according to final mortality data published Thursday by the CDC. Life expectancy fell to about 76 years, 5 months.
Source: Wikipedia

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Meet the leadership of the Ohio Senate Majority Caucus

 
Representing white male privilege

Headline:  The Guardian, 12/19/2022

The GOP needs to cheat to win.
In Ohio, Republicans want to bring their own legislation, raising the threshold for successful ballot initiatives to 60%, up from the simple majority currently required to amend the state constitution.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts (Ohio, US)

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Cass County (Indiana) GOP chair and high school teacher digs a deeper hole for himself, compares same-sex marriage to drug and alcohol addiction


Why is this man smiling? 

Quote:  Pharos-Tribune, 12/21/2022

The lede:
An emotional David Richey, Chair of the Cass County Republican Party and teacher at Lewis Cass High School, said late Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19, that some Lewis Cass students, including LGBTQ students, had confronted him about the letter the party wrote censuring state senator Todd Young.
Here is David's entire screed, sent to other Indiana county GOP groups.  Indiana has 92 counties.  Guess we can safely assume that David is really worked up about this issue.
 


Related post:
Greetings from Trump's America: Cass County, Indiana, where the local GOP party censures Sen Todd Young for voting for Respect for Marriage Act.  (12/13/2022)

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GET ME REWRITE: Senate GOP members pee their pants in terror over this House GOP clown show

 
Headline:  Washington Post, 12/21/2022
What’s alarming is how afraid responsible Republicans are of what 2023 and 2024 will look like with the House in the hands of an erratic majority easily pressured by its right wing and under leadership in a very weak position to resist forces not interested in governing.

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GET ME REWRITE: Rural Wisconsin counties no match for Democratic shift in once-red suburbs (Oconto County edition)

 
Oconto County ranks 3rd among Wisconsin's 72 counties in having the largest percentage of its presidential vote for Donald Trump in 2020.  Twelve years after Barack Obama won the county by 6 percentage points.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd-party candidates received 27.7% of vote in 1992, 12.8% of vote in 1996, 4.6% in 2016;
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 10.9% of the vote in 1968)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/19/2022

In a word, no.
If the Democratic collapse in rural western and northern Wisconsin was the most dramatic feature of the state’s 2016 election map, then the unchecked Republican decline in suburban southern Wisconsin is the most arresting feature of the 2022 map. It is all the more striking when you consider that Republicans had reason to believe they might steady their suburban ship this year, with Donald Trump not on the ballot, with a Democrat in the White House who has poor job ratings, with crime and inflation playing prominent roles in the campaign. But that didn’t happen.

Since the 2012 presidential election, Democrats have not come close to winning a majority of the vote in Oconto County.

Sources:  Wikipedia (presidential, gubernatorial)

The population of Oconto County has increased 44% since its 1920, solely because of its proximity to Brown County/Green Bay.  By comparison, Wisconsin's population has increased 124% during the same period, Dane County 560%.

Source:  Wikipedia

Oconto is one of Wisconsin's whitest counties.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Related posts:
Clark County.  (12/20/2022)
Rusk County.  (12/21/2022)
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Jack Posobiec opens mouth, confirms religion and the Bible can be extremely hazardous to your mental health

 
Top headline:  Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/6/2022
Bottom headline:  Media Matters for America, 12/20/2022

Excerpt from 12/20/2022 AlterNet report:
Posobiec is one of many loud, fringe provocateurs that are grooming young people into considering committing acts of violence against the United States government as well as their fellow citizens. A principal gripe among this community is the national shift toward tolerance of individuals whom they view as inferior or threatening to so-called "traditional" values, such as LGBTQ+ Americans, Jews, non-whites, and, especially, liberal voters within the Democratic Party.

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LOCK HIM UP: Former IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig

 
Headline:  New York Times, 12/21/2022

He lied.
And in 2018, Mr. Trump appointed as commissioner Mr. Rettig, who had written a Forbes column in 2016 defending Mr. Trump’s refusal to release his taxes as a candidate and portrayed the I.R.S. as fully engaged in auditing very wealthy people. 
“Teams of sophisticated tax advisers were likely engaged throughout Trump’s career to assure the absence of any ‘bombshell’ within the returns,” Mr. Rettig wrote. “His returns might actually be somewhat unremarkable but for the fact they are the returns of Donald Trump.”

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Bonita Bartsch Bobelak Suppa (1935-2022) Warren High School class of 1954

 
1954 Dragon yearbook


 
Source:  Warren Times Observer
1967 Warren City Directory
  • Bobelak Paul (Bonita) 1231 Yankee Bush Road
     1983 Warren City Directory
    • Bonita and Ralph live in Irvine


    The popularity of Bonita as a baby name is graphed here. Let's take a look at Darby

    Source:  Social Security Administration

    Darby debuted at #666 in 1994 and moved up to #499 in her sophomore frame, looking like she was going places.  But that's was as high as she went.  By 2003, she had fallen off the chart after just 9 years of competition. 

    Other members of the class of 1954 (39):

    2022
    Robert Rieder.  (8/11)

    2021

    Elizabeth Ann Pasquino Deck.  (2/22)
    Beatrice Brown Bines.  (1/26)

    2019
    Margaret Eaton Watts.  (10/30)
    Mary Alice Morse Akif.  (10/1)
    Sally Nelson Metzger.  (8/1)
    Phoebe Marie Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/29)
    David Neal Redmond.  (3/4)

    2018
    Roberta Cable Anderson.  (11/3)
    Patrick Michael Sheehan.  (9/19)
    Charles Salerno.  (3/19)
    Joan White Wood.  (2/12)
    Janet Lauffenberger Day.  (2/11)

    2017
    Georgeanne Pappas Kornreich.  (11/27)
    Anita Miller Smith.  (10/25)
    Michelene Figliuzzi Colgrove.  (6/1)
    James Hornstrom.  (3/9)
    Richard Latimer.  (1/31)
    Guard Pierce.  (1/24)

    2016
    Thomas Gray.  (10/16)
    Franklin Ristau.  (4/21)
    Robert Johnson.  (8/10)
    Phillip Stewart.  (2/20)
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    GET ME REWRITE: Rural Wisconsin counties no match for Democratic shift in once-red suburbs (Rusk County edition)

     
    Rusk County ranks 8th among Wisconsin's 72 counties in having the largest percentage of its presidential vote for Donald Trump in 2020.  Twelve years after Barack Obama won the county by more than 8 percentage points.

    Source:  Wikipedia
    3rd-party candidates received 27.1% of vote in 1992, 22.3% of vote in 1996, 5% in 2016;
    (Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 12.3% of the vote in 1968)

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/19/2022

    In a word, no.
    If the Democratic collapse in rural western and northern Wisconsin was the most dramatic feature of the state’s 2016 election map, then the unchecked Republican decline in suburban southern Wisconsin is the most arresting feature of the 2022 map. It is all the more striking when you consider that Republicans had reason to believe they might steady their suburban ship this year, with Donald Trump not on the ballot, with a Democrat in the White House who has poor job ratings, with crime and inflation playing prominent roles in the campaign. But that didn’t happen.

    Since the 2012 presidential election, Democrats have not come close to winning a majority of the vote in Rusk County.

    Sources:  Wikipedia (presidential, gubernatorial)

    The population of Clark County has decreased 20% since its 1940 peak.  By comparison, Wisconsin's population has increased 88% during the same period, Dane County 330%.

    Source:  Wikipedia

    Rusk is one of Wisconsin's whitest counties.

    Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

    Related posts:
    Clark County.  (12/20/2022)
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