Saturday, May 25, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: UW Regent and mega GOP donor Robert Atwell joins Robin Vos Clown Show Menagerie

 
HeadlineWisconsin State Journal, 5/24/2024
In an email sent Monday, Atwell told UW system President Jay Rothman, Regents President Karen Walsh and the board’s executive director, Megan Wasley, that he had been advised [urged] by Assembly Speaker Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, that he can hold the seat until the Senate confirms his successor.

As summarized here:


Vos wants to keep the spigot running.  (A sampling of Atwell's donations to GOP candidates)



Related posts:
The sins of turd in water Fred Prehn and his GOP enablers.  (12/27/2022)
Wisconsin GOP leadership encourages its political appointees not to play by the rules.  (9/30/2022)
"Turd in water" Frederick Prehn refuses to be flushed, swirls around on DNR board to provide stronger conservative stench,  (9/29/2022)

Meet makeover MAGA Queen Misti Kristi, America's latest laughingstock

 
Headline:  The Hill, 5/23/2024  
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is now banned from all tribal lands in the state after the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe voted to bar her from their reservation Wednesday, citing her repeated claims that tribal leaders work with drug cartels.

Among the worst-ever examples of damage control



More Misti Kristi posts:
2024
Kristi Noem to Donald Trump:  I don't know the meaning of the word 'nice'!.  (5/3)

2023

Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Shirley Conran

 

Based on thee SCLS holdings, Shirley has no staying power.


New York Times, 5/22/2024
Shirley Conran, the industrious and proliferous British author whose 1982 novel, “Lace,” was a tale of female autonomy disguised as a bonkbuster (to use the British term for a steamy best seller) that made her a millionaire and introduced the lowly goldfish into the erotic canon, died on May 9 in London. She was 91. 
The cause of her death, in a hospital, was pneumonia, her son Jasper Conran said. 
Ms. Conran was already a household name in England when she set out to write a sex guide for schoolgirls, but ended up writing the potboiler that was “Lace.” In 1968, she was the founding editor of Femail, The Daily Mail’s popular and revolutionary women’s section; when it was launched, a photograph of her face, with a rose between her teeth, was plastered on billboards throughout London.


2024
Paul Auster.  (5/9)
John Barth.  (4/3)
Anne Edwards.  (2/4)
Ellen Gilchrist.  (2/15)
Alice Munro.  (5/19)
Tom Shales.  (1/21)
Vernor Vinge.  (4/1)

2023
Martin Amis.  (5/31)
Richard Anobile.  (3/18)
Russell Banks.  (1/11)
A. S. Byatt.  (11/18)
Ted Bell.  (2/8)
Tim Dorsey.  (12/10)
Herbert Gold.  (11/24)
David Harris.  (2/8)
Paul Johnson.  (1/15)
Milan Kundera.  (7/17)
Cormac McCarthy.  (6/19)
Kevin Phillips.  (10/19)
Betty Rollin.  (11/26)
Norman Rush.  (4/7)
Mimi Sheraton.  (4/9)
Charles Simic.  (1/16)
Donald Spoto.  (2/18)
D. M. Thomas.  (3/31)
Fay Weldon.  (2/2)
Bill Zehme.  (4/1)

2022
Roger Angell.  (5/24)
Melissa Bank.  (8/7)
Raymond Briggs.  (8/20)
Thomas Cahill. (11/16)
Philip K. Dick.  (11/20)
Bruce Duffy,  (3/13)
Todd Gitlin.  (2/8)
Rebecca Godfrey.  (11/11)
Ron Goulart.  (2/7)
Doris Grumbach.  (11/10)
Robert Hicks.  (3/8)
Thomas Hoving.  (12/19)
Maureen Howard.  (3/19)
Hilary Mantel.  (9/26)
Nancy Mitford.  (4/4)
P. J. O'Rourke.  (2/24)
Julie Powell.  (11/5)
Thomas Pynchon.  (12/17)
Dennis Smith.  (1/27)
Susie Steiner.  (7/27)
Larry Woiwode.  (5/19)

2021
F. Lee Bailey.  (6/11)
Kim Chernin.  (1/10)
Angelo Codevilla.  (10/10)
Stephen Dunn.  (6/29)
James R. Flynn.  (1/30)
Larry Flynt.  (2/12)
Lucinda Franks.  (5/11)
Joseph Galloway.  (8/25)
Norman Golb.  (2/22)
Charles Grodin.  (5/20)
Maria Guarnascheilli, book editor.  (2/18)
James Gunn.  (2/21)
Tony Hendra.  (3/7)
Donald Kagan.  (8/20)
Hans Kung.  (4/9)
Lyn Macdonald.  (5/15)
Janet Malcolm.  (6/18)
Peter Manso,  (4/10)
Ved Mehta.  (1/12)
Marie Mongan.  (3/22)
Deborah Rhode.  (1/28)
James Ridgeway.  (2/16)
David Swensen.  (5/13)
Bryan Sykes.  (1/14)
Athan Theoharis.  (6/14/)
Ed Ward.  (5/16)
Michael Thomas.  (8/19)
Adam Zagajewski.  (3/27)

2020
Ben Bova.  (12/17)
Clive Cussler.  (2/29)
Betty Dodson  (11/11)
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)
Charlers Portis.  (2/19)
Julia Reed.  (9/8)
John Rothchild.  (1/22)
Gail Sheehy.  (9/3)
Jill Paton Walsh.  (11/29)
Charles Webb.  (6/30)

2019
Warren Adler.  (4/23)
Kate Braverman.  (10/28)
Stephen Dixon.  (11/12)
Dan Jenkins.  (3/10)
Judith Krantz.  (6/27)
Paule Marshall.  (8/27)
Martin Mayer.  (8/3)
Wright Morris.  (7/25)
Toni Morrison.  (8/12)
Anthony Price.  (6/17)
John Simon.  (12/1)
Sol Stein.  (9/30)
Brad Watson.  (8/2)
Lonnie Wheeler.  (7/15)
Herman Wouk.  (5/20)

2018
Neal Thompson.  (6/17)

2017
Kit Reed.  (10/1)

2016
E. M. Nathanson.  (4/10)

2015

2014

2013

Box office woes continue for Hollywood at start of 2024 Memorial Day weekend

 
Column graph sourceBox Office Mojo
HeadlineHollywood Reporter, 5/24/2024
Based on Friday numbers, George Miller‘s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga or The Garfield Movie may only open to $31 million to $33 million from 4,035 theaters over the four-day holiday, the worst Memorial Day No. 1 opener since Casper debuted to $22.5 million nearly 30 years ago in 1995 (and that’s not adjusted for inflation). This stat excludes 2020, when theaters were closed during the pandemic.
The two films are in a closer-than-expected race, but most rival studios expect Warner Bros. to ta film.ke the top spot with Furiosa ahead of Sony and Alcon’s Garfield movie. Neither film aced it with audiences, with each receiving a B+ CinemaScore. Furiosa grossed $10.2 million on Friday from 3,804 theaters, versus $8.4 million for Garfield from 4,035 locations. That’s a small gap considering the latter is a family film.

More box office posts:
2024
3rd weekend of May3rd weekend of May.  (5/19)
Easter weekend.  (3/31)

2023

2022
Third weekend in December.  (12/19)
First weekend in December.  (12/5)
Thranksgiving 2022 daily top 10 movie grosses (Wednesday-Sunday)  (11/28)
Pre-Thanksgiving box office weekend down 47% from 2017 peak.  (11/21)
Going down: October 2022 box office drops 44% compare
d to 2018. (11/3)

GET ME REWRITE: Carnival barker Donald Trump endorses Wisconsin MAGA queen Janel Brandtjen in 24th Assembly District GOP primary

 
HeadlineMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/24/2024
It's the second time Trump has backed Brandtjen in a matchup against Knodl, who defeated her last year in the Republican primary for the state's 8th Senate District. 
The former president has thrown his support behind two other Wisconsin candidates this year: U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde and 8th Congressional District candidate Tony Wied. 
Brandtjen has drawn national attention ridicule as one of the Wisconsin Legislature's most prominent purveyors of conspiracies about the 2020 election, at one point calling for it to be overturned because "tyranny is at Wisconsin's doortyranny is at Wisconsins door."


More on MAGA election denier Queen Janel
May 2024
April 2024
MAGA election denier queen Janel Brandtjen throws more logs on the fire in her feud with Robin Vos.  (4/30)Wisconsin GOP campaign contributor and  Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper lets MAGA Election Denier Queen Janel Brandtjen off the hook.  (4/19)Wisconsin GOP campaign contributor and  Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper drags her heels on charging GOP MAGA Election Denier Queen Janel Brandtjen.  (4/8)

March 2024
Wisconsin MAGA queen Janel Brandtjen inserts herself into the national conversation in a blatant way (with an assist from Scott Walker).  (3/15)It's official: Dan Knodl challenges Wisconsin MAGA queen Janel Brandtjen for her Assembly seat.  (3/1)

February 2024
Meet Janel Brandtjen and her crew of campaign fraudsters.  (2/27)
Channeling Joe McCarthy, MAGA election denier queen Janel Brandtjen sics Racine Recall Committee on Robin Vos. (5/3) 
April 2024
MAGA election denier queen Janel Brandtjen throws more logs on the fire in her feud with Robin Vos.  (4/30)Wisconsin GOP campaign contributor and  Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper lets MAGA Election Denier Queen Janel Brandtjen off the hook.  (4/19)Wisconsin GOP campaign contributor and  Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper drags her heels on charging GOP MAGA Election Denier Queen Janel Brandtjen.  (4/8)

March 2024
Wisconsin MAGA queen Janel Brandtjen inserts herself into the national conversation in a blatant way (with an assist from Scott Walker).  (3/15)It's official: Dan Knodl challenges Wisconsin MAGA queen Janel Brandtjen for her Assembly seat.  (3/1)

February 2024
Meet Janel Brandtjen and her crew of campaign fraudsters.  (2/27)

Day 1305 of GOP election denier hysteria (Trump Big Lie Clown Show Circus, MAGA West Virginia edition)

 
attack of the clown show zombies
Starring Derrick Evans,
convicted felon running for congress
Headline: The South Dakota Standard, 5/16/2024
There have been high-profile losses among election deniers, as well. Last week in West Virginia, Republican Rep. Carol Miller, who also voted against accepting Biden’s victory, successfully fended off a primary challenge from Derrick Evans, who was convicted of a felony civil disorder charge after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. Numerous election deniers in 2022 lost bids for swing state offices such as governor or secretary of state that would have given them direct power over voting in 2024.

Day 938 (Doug McLinko)
Day 942 (Glenn Youngkin)
Day 944  (Janel Brandtjen)
Day 945 (Jeff Serdy)
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Day 1064 (Mike Thompson)
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Day 1072 (Mike Lindell)
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Day 1091 (Jenna Ellis)
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Day 1097 (Seth Keshel)
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Day 1101 (Mike Lindell) 
Day 1102 (Harrison Flo\yd)
Day 1103 (Steve Scalise)
Day 1104 (Kari Lake)
Day 1105 (Deborah Flora)
Day 1107 (Rick Weible) 
Day 1110 (Jenna Ellis)
Day 1112  (Dan Scorvino)
Day 1114 (Mark Zuckerberg)
Day 1115 (Patrick Henry)
Day 1116  (Jim DeMint)
Day 1117 (Peg Cage)
Day 1118  (Sonny Borrelli)
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Day 1137 (Donald Trump)
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Day 1197  (Michael Whatley)
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Day 1202 (Heather Honey)
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Day 1207 (Wendy Rogers)
Day 1208 (Raul Labrador)
Day 1210 (Jim Marchant)
Day 1211 (Max Burns)
Day 1213 (Jeffrey Clark)
Day 1214 (William Hyde)
Day 1215 (Terry Brand)
Day 1218 (Michael Sparks)
Day 1219 (Justin Heap)
Day 1220 (Lisa Michaud)
Day 1221 (Jake Hoffman)
Day 1222 (Tina Peters)
Day 1223 (Jim Troupis/Kenneth Chesebro)
Day 1224 (Mike Lindell)
Day 1225 (Tina Peters)
Day 1226 (Daire Rendon)
Day 1227 (Matt and Meshawn Maddock)
Day 1228 (Michael Whatley and Lara Trump)
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Day 1231 (Mike Lindell)
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Day 1250 (Kari Lake)
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