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From this....
Google Street View
...to this...
...to this...
A decidedly amateur home remodeler removed load-bearing walls.
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Saturday, August 17, 2024
GET ME REWRITE: Trump-appointed judge sides with far-right members of Ottawa impact
Headline: mlive, 8/16/2024
A federal judge on Thursday, Aug. 15, ruled she would not issue a preliminary injunction to reinstate Ottawa County District 2 Commissioner Chris Kleinjans to his job as a Michigan State University community nutrition instructor.
Judge Hala Jarbou, in a written opinion, said Kleinjans and his attorney simply did not provide enough evidence of political pressure to support an injunction.
Related posts:
August 2024
From burst to bust: (8/12)
Far-right Ottawa Impact incumbent Roger Belknap loses to moderate Republican by 15 percentage points. (8/7)
2024 primary election Ottawa County Commission: Far-right Ottawa Impact incumbent Gretchen Crosby gets crush by moderate Republican. (8/7)
July 2024
Far-right Ottawa Impact member Roger Belknap too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media. (7/27)
Former Ottawa County administrator looks for payback against far-right conservative Ottawa Impact. (7/27)
Far-right Ottawa Impact member Kendra Wenzel too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media. (7/25)
June 2024
Newly elected commissioner fights back against Ottawa County Commission clown show leadership. (6/22)
May 2024
Voters in Ottawa County Michigan would be wise to show Joe Moss the door in August primary election. (5/17)
April 2024
"Who is that clown on the Ottawa County Board?" asks mlive. (4.6)
March 2024.
Trump fanboy gets the hook. (3/2)
February 2024
Chris Vander Sys challenges Ottawa Impact whackjob Gretchen Cosby for seat on Michigan's Ottawa County Board. (2/21)Former Ottawa County Board commissioner hopes to win seat back from far-right Ottawa Impact whackjob. (2/20)
January 2024
2023
As its population increases, Ottawa County Michigan voters find less to like about a hardcore GOP. (11/5)
2022
Homophobic voters in Michigan town give master class in how to cut off your nose to spite your face. (11/22)
Dear Jamestown Charter Township Michigan residents, A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. Best, Retiring Guy. (7/25)
Greetings from Trump's America: Ottawa County, Michigan, which is not as Trumpy, or as red, as it used to be. (7/22)
Joan Francisco Moore (1939-2024) Warren High School class of 1957
1957 Dragon yearbook
1967 Warren City Directory
- Francisco Raymond G printer Deluxe Metal h78 Crestview Boulevard
- Joan and Raymond live in Russell
- Francisco Raymond G retired h78 Crestview Boulevard
- Joan and Raymond live in Russell
The popularity of Joan as a baby name is graphed here. Let's take a look at classmate Ada.
Source: Social Security Administration
Ada spent most of the 20th century in decline but as of 2004 has been making an impressive comeback.
Other class of '57 grads (24):
2024
Susan Louise Johnsen. (6 /24)
Nancy Mesler Dunn. (5/18)
Carol Hamblin Black. (2/22)
2022
Kay Taft Gray. (7/26)
Donna Dobbs Young. (1/13)
2021
Robert Weiland II. (8/24)
Andrea Kirk Russ. (4/11)
Joseph Duffy. (1/27)
Sarah Green Burgeson. (1/12)
2021
Robert Hansen. (12/16)
Stephen John Rieder. (12/15)
Loleta Steber Lawon. (3/17)
2020
Theodore Rosequist. (9/28)
Theodore Rosequist. (9/28)
James Confer. (6/28)
Jo Lee Lobdell Hamm. (1/9)
2019
Nancy White Williams. (2/24)
2018
Greta Nelson Porter. (8/5)
James Cameron. (3/29)
Eugene Schwanke. (3/8)
2017
JoAnn Plowright Lauffenburger. (6/6)
Jon Erickson. (5/7)
Gerald Dorrion. (2/20)
2016
Jay Anthony Hollingshead. (11/21)
Robert McKelvy. (8/2)
2015
Charles Still. (3/21)
2019
Nancy White Williams. (2/24)
2018
Greta Nelson Porter. (8/5)
James Cameron. (3/29)
Eugene Schwanke. (3/8)
2017
JoAnn Plowright Lauffenburger. (6/6)
Jon Erickson. (5/7)
Gerald Dorrion. (2/20)
2016
Jay Anthony Hollingshead. (11/21)
Robert McKelvy. (8/2)
2015
Charles Still. (3/21)
U.S. 40 Cross Section of the United States of America (Chapter 12: Mount Prospect)
That was then (1953)
Intro to chapter 12:
Mount Prospect, 201 West Washington Street, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was built in 1789 by Nathaniel Rochester, who had served in the Revolution as a paymaster. His name is widely knowns because he because at a later date he founded Rochester, New York. His Hagerstown residency proves Colonel Rochester to have been a man of taste, and it is as handsome a historic structure as anywhere faces the three-thousand-mile course of U.S. 40.
This is now. Mount Prospect was demolished in the mid-1950s. You can read more about the residence here.
Google Maps
Hagerstown is 75 miles northwest of Baltimore.
Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (highlight added)
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Related post:
Chapter 1: Beginnings. (7/19/2024)
Chapter 2: Coastal Plain. (7/20/2024)
Chapter 5. Six-Lane Highway. (8/4/2024)
Chapter 6. Bush River. (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7: Baltimore rows. (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8: Ellicott City. (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9. Frederick. (8/8/2024)
Chapter 11. Horrible example. (8/16/2024)
GET ME REWRITE: Republican who won 8-way primary with 38.8% of the vote and sez women are 'too mouthy' is GOP sacrificial lamb in Minnesota US Senate race against incumbent Amy Klobuchar
Primary results: Ballotpedia
Headline: HuffPost, 8/13/2024
Royce White, a former NBA player and current devotee of ex-President Donald Trump, won the Minnesota Republican Party’s Senate primary on Tuesday.
White had secured an eyebrow-raising endorsement from the Minnesota GOP back in May, although he was certain to face formidable odds if he managed to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Nov. 5.
The basketball player, once hailed for progressive mental health activism, led Black Lives Matter protests in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd. But more recently, White has made a name for himself with inflammatory comments about women, Jewish people and the LGBTQ community, leaning into conspiracy theories popular in far-right corners of the internet.
White now counts among his allies Steve Bannon, the Trump adviser-turned-felon, and Alex Jones, the far-right showman who spread lies about victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and now owes their families $1.5 billion.
According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of the idiom 'sacrificial lamb', as in someone or something that is deliberately sacrificed to promote a cause or for the benefit of others, occurred in 1834.
- anti-modern
- breast-beating
- insensitive
- misdeal
- relabel
- soft in the head
The weirdness continues: JD Vance proposes using a 1928 work of fiction with an 1863 storyline as a template for mass deportation
Book cover: Wikipedia
Headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/16/2024
Research has shown migrants are no more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
The fictional movie takes place in 19th century New York and features a feud between rival gangs of different backgrounds. The main character is an Irish immigrant seeking to avenge his father’s killing.
Other Vance posts:
2024
GET A ROOM! (8/15)
Weird JD Vance makes the rounds of Sunday news shows and turns off another large swath of voters. (8/12)
Weird clown stalking Kamala Harris has a history with far-right conspiracy theorist Charles Johnson. (8/7)
July 2024
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!!! J. D. Vance's love affair with Alex Jones. (7/21)
GET ME REWRITE: Flibbertigibbet Moms for Liberty push Wisconsin school boards to go back to a LBGTQ+ Stone Age
Headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/16/2024
Self-described parental rights group Moms for Liberty calls for restrictions on how race, gender and sexuality are addressed in schools. The group advocates for book bans and an end to gender-affirming care, which is backed by leading medical groups.
Moms for Liberty has recently gained traction nationally and statewide, with its members appearing at high-profile events like the Republican National Convention.
Last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled Moms for Liberty an extremist group.
Other Moms posts:
2024
2023
Meddling with the Gateway Technical College Board of Trustees.
2022
Amanda Nedweski: From the endless parade of Covidiots to the racist Moms for Looney Tunes. (2/23/2022) Advocating for "parental rights at all levels of government".
Day 1387 of GOP election denier hysteria (Trump Big Lie Clown Show Circus, Michigan Looney Tunes edition)
attack of the clown show zombies
Starring former co-chair of Michigan GOP
Meshawn Maddock
Headline: Guardian, 8/16/2024
Meshawn Maddock, a former co-chair of the Michigan Republican party, has given more than $1,800 to Trump and allied fundraising groups this campaign cycle, according to federal campaign finance records. Maddock is one of the 16 fake electors in Michigan who were criminally charged by Dana Nessel, the Democratic Michigan attorney general, last summer and has pleaded not guilty. Tyler Bowyer, who has also pleaded not guilty for his role as a fake elector in Arizona, donated $645 this year to Trump.
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