Joseph Lucia Jr. (1944-2025) Warren Area High School class of 1962

 

 

1962 Dragon yearbook

Legacy

1967 Warren City Directory

• Lucia Joseph A (Rose M) machine operator Sylvania 15 Walnut Street
• Lucia Joseph A jr student  15 Walnut Street

1983 Warren City Directory

• Lucia Joseph A Jr teacher Falconer Board of Education 15 Walnut Street
• Lucia Mary clerk New Process 15 Walnut Street

The popularity of Joseph as a baby name, still charting in the 20-30 range, is graphed here.  Let's take a look at Rosemarie.

Source:  Social Security Administration

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Rosemarie debuted in 1908, fell off the chart for a year, then after a few false starts rocketed her way into the top 200.  And that was about it.  She spent 12 years in this category (1931, 1933, 1935-44), peaking at #156 in 1936.

Other members of the WAHS Class of 1962 (26)

2024

Troy William Martin.  (9/19)

Marlene Brassington Gagliardi.  (7/16)

Toby Rohlin.  (5/28)

Dennis Cogswell.  (3/25)

2023

Robert Smith.  (12/9)

Peter Colt.  (10/23)

2022

Judith D'Angelo Ponsoll (4/5)

2021

James Smith . (11/12)

Elizabeth Hartnett Parinella.  (11/2)

Joyce Eileen Jefferson Coleman.  (8?25)

Linda Nasman Ferrie.  (7/24)

2020

Richard Alan Parker.  (11/3)

Bert Bliss.  (10/15)

Stephen Massa.  (10/9)

Bruno Vavala.  (7/2)

2019
Susan Mahood McGuire.  (11/24)

2018
Donald Gebhardt.  (12/3)

2017
David Kifer.  (11/26)
Jane Kay Simon Atwell.  (7/8)
Jerome Bowersox.  (4/14)
Judith Manchester Graham.  (3/2)
Andrew Gerbec.  (1/3)

2015
Carolyn Hummel Randas.  (3/3)

2014
Eleanor Haight Jones.  (12/10)
Cheryl Quiggle Wuertzer.  (12/3)
Martha Mathis Frederick.  (11/4)

Sarah Andrews Ahlgren.  (10/7)

West Virginia ranks 3rd in percentage of residents dependent on federal funds yet its governor supported First Felon Trump's federal funding freeze

 

West Virginia conducts a master class in voting against their own best interests.

3rd party votes:  16.2% in 1992, 11.4% in 1996, 5.9% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 9.8% of the vote in 1968)

Election results/population:  Wikipedia

Wallethub

West Virginia's population peaked in 1950

Mighty White

Related post:

What happens when elected officials don’t give a shit about their constituents: Master class conducted by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.  (1/30/2025)

Senate GOP continues to put its spinelessness on full display

 

Headline:  New York Times, 1/30/2025

John Barasso and his buddies are big wusses

The new administration is quickly demonstrating that it does not intend to be bound by legal niceties or traditional checks and balances in its relationship with Congress. That has alarmed Democrats but drawn shrugs and approval from Republicans, who say that Mr. Trump is delivering what he promised even if it comes at the expense of Congress’s authority and constitutional status as a coequal branch of government. 

“President Trump clearly ran for office to be a disrupter, and he’s going to continue to do that,” said Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 2 Republican.

Related post:

5 Republicans in search of their spines.  (1/29/2025)

Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia run amok during first 2 weeks of First Felon Donald Trump's 2nd administration

 

Book cover:  Stumbled across on Facebook

Headline:  New York Times, 2/1/2025

Jamelle Bouie writes:

Trump gave us one answer last week when he revoked a 60-year-old nondiscrimination order and shut down civil rights enforcement at the Justice Department. He gave us another when he issued an executive order mandating “patriotic education” and taking aim at any teaching that dwells on this country’s troubled history of racial hierarchy and subordination. He gave us another answer on Wednesday when Secretary Hegseth paused military recognition of Black History Month as part of his effort to uproot D.E.I. and show that “diversity is not our strength.” And Trump gave us one more, during a Thursday news conference, when both he and Vice President Vance blamed diversity for the midair collision near Washington National Airport that claimed 67 lives the night before.

Related posts:

2025

First Felon Donald Trump and DEI:  Why read a 1000-word article when this illustration will do quite nicely?  (2/1)

2024

Demented Donald Trump blows long and hard on racist dog whistle in Detroit. (10/11)

Population of Charleroi Pennsylvania, focus of Demented Don's latest racist ire, has declined 64% since its 1920 peak of 11,516.  (9/27)

Trumps GOP brings back nativism with a vengeance.  (9/16)

When 'heritage' becomes a racist dog whistle.  (5/21)

2022

Trump fuels surge in white nationalism.  (6/12)

2020
Remember, folks, Donald Trump is still Donald Trump no matter how he acts.  (3/18)
Fighting Coronavirus: Too bad we didn't get that border wall built.  (3/16)
Donald Trump blows on the the nativist, "foreign virus" dog whistle.  (3/13)
MAGA: The incidents of racism, anti-semitism, and nativism stack up in Trump's America.  (3/6)

Pre-2020
Donald Trump: (a) Nativist, (b) racist, (c) ignoramus, (d) all of the preceding.  (1/15/2018)
Iowa woman enrobes her nativism with Statue of Liberty reference.  (11/1/2016)
Thank you very much, Donald Trump.  11/1/2016)
Please give a warm welcome to our next speaker:  Donald Trump.  (9/26/2015)

GET ME REWRITE: The GOP is coming for your birth control and Louisiana is leading the way

 

Headlines top to bottom:

Louisiana Illuminator, Reuters, American Prospect, New York Times

Pam Belluck and Emily Cochrane write:

The charges mark a new chapter in an escalating showdown between states that ban abortion and those that want to protect and expand access to it. It is challenging one of the foremost strategies used by states that support abortion rights: shield laws intended to provide legal protection to doctors who prescribe and send abortion pills to states with bans. 

The charges were brought against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who was operating under New York’s telemedicine abortion shield law, which stipulates that New York authorities will not cooperate with prosecutions or other legal actions filed against New York abortion providers by other states.

Pam and Emily also engage in journalistic malpractice.

Word searches

When it comes to political reporting, there's plenty that's wrong with the New York Times.

January 2025

Trump administration unleashes first volley in Project 2025 attack on public broadcasting and the New York Times is asleep at the wheel. (1/31)

November 2024

The election is over and they're still searching out and cataloging disengaged (NOT undecided) voters.  (11/13)

Getting back to the business of normalizing the Trump Cult.  (11/7)

October 2024

Jess Bidgood struggles to find her mojo as contributor to "On Politics" newsletter.  (10/21)

Trump goes bonkers in campaign's final stretch.  (10/19)

Headline sanewashes Trump's Nazi rhetoric.  (10/10)

Framing its political coverage with stale, silly sports metaphors.  (10/10)

Sanewashing Demented Donald Trump rallies.  (10/9)

New York Times headlines mash-up of VP debate:  Vance 'made Trumpism sound polite, calm and coherent' with a cascade of false and misleading statements. (10/6/2024) 

Majority of 13 writers charmed by the smarm of JD Vance.  (10/2)

September 2024

Mindblowing, sanewashing dissonance of headline and lede.  (9/26)

David Leonhardt goes on the defensive.  (9/17)

Reporters drowning in false equivalencies.  (9/5)

July-August 2024

British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan sums up the sins of The New York Times.  (8/31)

Political reporters continue to amaze with their transcription skills.  (8/7)

Just when you thought the New York Times political reporting couldn't get any worse.  (7/24)

Welcome to the Club!  New York Times Shawn McCreesh is Trump's latest victim of The Art of the Con.  (7/18)

Peter Baker conducts a master class in false equivalency.  (7/16)

June 2024

But it's OK for a serial liar, unregenerate fraud, wannabe authoritarian, and convicted felon to run for president.  (6/28)

New York Times might as well be on Trump's payroll. (YOU'RE HIRED!).  (6/28)

New York Times works overtime to normalize the 2024 presidential election.  (6/26)

Are the pollsters and political reporters making the same rush to judgment they did in 2022?  (6/10)

May 2024

Apparently, the New York Times is still focused on Donald Trump's "family man" defense.  (5/16)

Four New York Times reporters promote "family man" defense for Donald Trump in hush-money trial. (5/4)

New York Times courtroom reporters party like it's a black-and-white Raymond Burr Perry Mason festival.  (5/3)

When it comes to framing the 2024 presidential election, Peter Baker and the New York

April 2024

The New York Times perfects the technique of bending over backwards for Donald Trump.  (4/18)

10 -- count 'em -- 10 New York Times reporters help Trump pan for campaign gold.  (4/15)

New York Times, 4/12/2024, page A10:  Doomsday double bill.  (4/12)

Once again, a New York Times headline writer misses the mark. (4/1)

March 2024

Leave it to the New York Times to come up with an incorrect and exceedingly lame headline.  (3/8)

February 2024

Meet Natalie Brumfield, New York Times go-to for positives about Alabama Supreme Court decision on embryos.  (2/23)

January 2024

 Times get it terribly wrong.  (1/25)

2023

New York Times reporter Peter Baker ignores Jennifer Rubin's admonition to mainstream media.  (10/3)

2019

Like many others, New York Times reporter Peter Baker got snookered by William Barr's 4-page summary.  (4/19)

2018

Dear Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, Next time please interview someone who doesn't have an ax to grind. (10/31)

Meet Robin Vos: General in the Wisconsin GOP War on Women

 

Headline:  Wisconsin Examiner, 1/31/2025

Baylor Spears writes:

Despite widespread support, the bill will face a challenge in becoming law this session due to opposition from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester). During a press conference in early January, he said it was “unlikely” that the proposal would become law this session. 

“Our caucus has taken a position that expanding welfare is not a wise idea for anyone involved,” Vos said. 

Snyder said he’s heard “rumors” that Vos may assign the bill to the Assembly State Affairs Committee. “I hope he doesn’t because a lot of times that’s where bills go to die,” he said.

Related posts:

2025

Robin Vos and his all-male, all-white GOP cronies serve as foot soldiers in War on Women.  (1/22)

2024

Wisconsin Assembly representative Chuck Wichgers planned to intensify the GOP war on women with abortion bill amendments.  (1/26)

Flibbertigibbet Mom for Liberty and Assembly representative attacks English language in defense of Wisconsin GOP war on women.  (1/26)

Governor Tony Evers provides a defense against the Wisconsin GOP war on women.  (1/26) 

Republican states, abortion, and the GOP war on women.  (1/26)

GET ME REWRITE: First Felon Donald Trump puts us all in danger by handcuffing the CDC

 

Map:  CDC

Headline:  WRIC, 1/31/2025

Sierra Krug writes:

“What we need to have happening right now is — [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)] working closely with state and local health departments and agricultural departments to do good monitoring about what’s going on in wild bird populations [and] in cattle,” Jackson said. “Collecting information about human cases, as well, and then disseminating that information to the broader community.” 

It’s basic supply and demand — each time bird flu is traced to any bird, the entire flock has to be killed, which effectively minimizes the country’s poultry supply and therefore shoots those egg prices up. 

Jackson said this isn’t unexpected, but that if we do start to see the virus spreading human-to-human, that would be a major red flag and indicative of a potential pandemic. However, again, the U.S. is not at that point yet. 

However, as the outbreaks continue to grow, President Donald Trump’s administration put a pause on communication from health agencies like the CDC. Part of this halt means reports on related research are on hold. [emphasis added]

Related posts:

February 2025

While First Felon Donald Trump puts US government on pause with chaos and confusion, bird flu rampages worldwide.  (2/1)

January 2025

First Felon Donald Trump flying blind when it comes to tackling bird flu.  (1/31)

Danger, Will Robinson, First Felon Donald Trump has placed a communications blackout on any new information on bird flu.  (1/31_

Bird flu wipes out chickens at 2nd biggest egg producer in United States.  (1/30)

Please welcome H5N9 to the Bird Flu stage.  (1/29/2025)

Please welcome Connecticut and Rhode Island to the Bird Flu stage.  (1/28)

Please welcome Pennsylvania to the Bird Flu stage.  (1/28)

Trump response to bird flu:  Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.  (1/27)

Sioux County Iowa (human population 36,246) leads bird flu hit parade with 12,108,000 depopulated chickens.  (1/27)

That's assuming pet food companies have safety plans in the first place.  (1/27)

Snow geese are dying in Delaware .  (1/26)

100,000 Long Island ducks.  (1/25)

Factory farms (aka CAFOs) and bird flu.  (1/24)

2.8 hens depopulated in a single North Carolina flock.  (1/23)

Bird flu tally:  20,000,000 depopulated egg-laying chickens in past 3 months.  (1/22)

Please welcome Georgia to the bird flu stage!  (1/21)

Please welcome Maryland to the bird flu stage!  (1/20)

Food fads for pets put them at risk of bird flu.  (1/18)

7 things you can do to prevent getting bird flu.  (1/17)

Another impact of H5M1 on dairy cows.  (1/16)

It's 2025 and bird flu is not going away.  (1/15)

Taxpayers on the hook for dead chickens.  (1/14)

Cats + raw milk = bad outcome.  (1/13)

Bird flu infects barnyard flock in metro Detroit.  (1/12)

Which states lost the most commercial birds to HPAI in 2024? (1/11)

Scientists keep tabs on bird flu's silent mutations.  (1/10)

First fatal human H5N1 infection occurs in Louisiana.  (1/7)

Mr. Ed is bummed about this latest H5N1 bird flu news.  (1/6)

Punning the news:  Paying egg-stra at the grocery store.  (1/5)

Newsweek reporter feels stimulated about bird flu.  (1/4)

Maybe ham will be on the table in many Michigan homes this Thanksgiving.  (1/3)

Scientists are racing to find a new way to freak out MAGA.  (1/3)

Wisconsin dairy farms as "dry tinder" for H5N1 outbreak.  (1/2)

New England Journal of Medicine warns of emerging threat of H5N1 to humans.  (1/1)

December 2024

Keeping tabs on human-to-human transmission of H5N1.  (12/31)

The key is in the lock but it doesn't yet open the door.  (12/31)

Bird flu and normalcy bias.  (12/30)

Bird poop will save us from the next pandemic.  (12/29)

Iowa records first human case of bird flu.  (12/28)

Wildlife sanctuary in Washington State provides on refuge from bird flu.  (12/27)

Lax response by US government allows bird flu to spread nationwide.  (12/22)

Iowa reports first human case of bird flu.  (12/21) 

Bird flu in humans; it's here in the USA.  (12/20)

Bird flu emergency in California:  300 herds test positive in last 30 days.  (12/19)

Bird flu in chickens:  IT'S EVERYWHERE IT'S EVERYWHERE!!  (12/18)

Simply deadly:  Raw milk in an era of widespread bird flu.  (12/17)

Coming soon to your cat:  Bird flu.  (12/16)

Bird flu has now reach 49 states and 560 counties.  (12/15)

Bird flu slaughters northern gannets in eastern Canada.  (12/15)

Bird flu comes to British Columbia. (12/14)

What worries pandemic experts most about bird flu.  (12/13)

Will Trump administration health policies spark another pandemic?  (12/12)

Let's do the math about those 6,000,000 Iowa laying hens "affected" by bird flu.  (12/10)

Top 5 states with confirmed cases of bird flu in cattle herds.  (12/10)

What's next for far-right Ottawa Impact: More "Leave It To Beaver" pro-family values, apparently

 

"Leave It To Beaver" family portrait:  Wikipedia

Headline:  mlive, 1/30/2025

John Tunison writes:

It’s a message that Ottawa Impact co-founder Joe Moss is quick to share. Moss’s far-right political group once held a majority of the seats on the county’s board of commissioners, but now holds just four of the 11 board seats. 

“The mission of Ottawa Impact is to preserve and protect the individual rights of people in Ottawa County,” Moss said. “So as an organization outside of county government, we will continue to pursue our mission, educate and advocate for freedom and truth. 

“And good pro-family policy,":

Read all about it!

Related posts:

January 2025

Far-right members Ottawa Impact celebrate their legacy of incompetence and ineffectiveness.  (1/31)

Remaining members of far-right Ottawa Impact on @miottawa commission unwilling to own up to their past mistakes.  (1/29)

Far-right Ottawa Impact leftovers on county commission love to sit on their asses and cause trouble.  (1/9)

Far-right Ottawa Impact members on county commission continue their naysayer role.  (1/7)

Newly elected chair of Ottawa County Commission apologizes for 2 years of incompetence brought to bear by far-right Ottawa Impact loonies.  (1/3)

End of an era:  Far-right Ottawa impact member Joe Moss loses bid for 2nd term as chair of Ottawa County Commission.  (1/2)

December 2024

First task of newly formed majority on Ottawa County Commission is to clean up the mess left behind by far-right Ottawa Impact.  (12/31)

First it was Ottawa Impact, now it's bird flu.  Don't know which is worse!  (12/25)

Incompetent far-right Ottawa Impact members finish their business with a flourish of unintended humor. (12/21)

Incompetents at far-right Ottawa Impact continue to stumble to the finish line.  (12/20)

Incompetent members of Ottawa Impact stumble to the finish line in "turmoil-filled year".  (12/11)

Far-right Ottawa Impact up to more shenanigans.  (12/5)

November 2024

Joe Moss Ottawa Impact Clown Show:  Only 40 days to go til the nightmare ends.  (11/27)

Everything far-right Ottawa Impact members touch turns to shit.  (11/25)

Just 44 days left until far-right incompetent leadership of Ottawa County Commission comes to an end.  (11/23)

Far-right Ottawa Impact's lame-duck leadership looks to muck things up one more time.  (11/20)

Another big bill to pay thanks to the incompetence of the far-right Ottawa Impact.  (11/13)

Ottawa County moderate Republicans snatch majority from far-right Ottawa Impact.  (11/8)

In Michigan, it's the end of a short-lived era for far-right Ottawa Impact.  (11/2)

October 2024

Dear Ottawa County voters:  Now is your chance to dump that incompetent clown Joe Moss.  Vote smart!  (10/21)

More evidence that far-right Ottawa Impact members Joe Moss and Sylvia Rhodea must go.  (10/15)

Reviews are in for far-right Ottawa Impact:   They suck!.  (10/12)

Once again far right members of Ottawa Impact ignore the rules.  (10/11)

Serving the community is the last things on the minds of far-right Ottawa Impact members.  (10/3)

September 2024

Thanks to the incompetents @OttawaImpact, the county has to pay out another big settlement.  (9/13)

Two defeated members of far-right Ottawa Impact take desperate measures to regain their seats on Ottawa County Commission.  (9/12)

Ottawa County recounts confirms that far-right Ottawa Impact member lost his primary by more than 1000 votes.  (9/1)

August 2024

Maybe Ottawa County Michigan voters should demand that the incompetent members of far-right Ottawa Impact pay the tab.  (8/26)

Far-fight Ottawa Impact member Roger Belknap is in denial.  (8/21)

Trump-appointed judge sides with far-right members of Ottawa impact.  (8/17)

Lots of excitement over the 'bust' of far-right Ottawa Impact on primary election night.  (8/16)

Far-right ideologue and Ottawa Impact founder Joe Moss opens the door for Democrats in red Ottawa County.  (8/13)

From burst to bust:  (8/12)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Joe Moss will need to build a coalition in order to remain chair of Ottawa County Commission.  (8/8)

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 Clown show on Ottawa County Commission leads to GOP split.  (7/30)

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)

Ottawa County Commission news: Recalled in May, far-right Ottawa Impact member Lucy Ebel looks to make a comeback.  (7/23)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Gretchen Crosby too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media.  (7/22)

GOP moderates push back against Ottawa Impact Clown Show.  (7/20)

Ottawa County Commission's clown show leadership fractures county GOP. (7/1/2024)

 

June 2024

Newly elected commissioner fights back against Ottawa County Commission clown show leadership.  (6/22)

Yet another reason to boot these two clowns out of office.  (6/19)

Trickle-Down Effect: MAGA meltdown in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (6/17)

If you had county commission leadership like this, you’d drink, too!  (6/13)

Another reason to boot these two clowns out of office.  (6/12)

Momentum against clown show otherwise known as Ottawa Impact continues to grow.  (6/4)

May 2024

Crackpots at Ottawa County (Michigan) Republican Party endorse Ottawa Impact crackpots on Board of Commissioners.  (5/26) 

Voters in Ottawa County Michigan would be wise to show Joe Moss the door in August primary election.  (5/17)

Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes Clown Show:  Danger, amateurs at work!.  (5/16/)

Lucy Ebel recall marks beginning of the end for ultra-right Impact Ottawa Looney Tunes Clown Show Circus.  (5/8)

It's feeding time at the public trough for the clueless incompetents at Impact Ottawa.  (5/7)

Impact Ottawa plans to reward their incompetence with 60% pay raise  (5/3)

April 2024

Clueless, tone-deaf Impact Ottawa members stock up on political kryptonite in advance of re-election campaigns.  (4/27)

Impact Ottawa members sign up to be foot soldiers in the GOP war on women.  (4/25)

Clueless incompetents at Impact Ottawa give voters a big incentive to vote blue.  (4/19)

Dear voters of Ottawa County Michigan, Please fire this ultra-incompetent cast of Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes characters.  (4/17)

Ottawa County Board continues to be a hot mess.  (4/8)

"Who is that clown on the Ottawa County Board?" asks mlive. (4.6)

Members of incompetent Ottawa Impact Clown Show dig themselves into deep re-election hole (4/1)

March 2024.  

Many Ottawa County residents are getting sick and tired of the Ottawa Impact Clown Show,  (3/25)

When it comes lack of governance skills, members of Michigan's Ottawa County Board are gold medal incompetents.  (3/20)

Wonder how voters fells about far-right Ottawa Impact spendthrift ways.  (3/18)

Ottawa County (Michigan) voters are sick and tired of far-right Impact Ottawa bullshit.  (3/17)

Far-right Ottawa Impact members look to grow membership of MAGA Team Drool. (3/16)

If young adults vote in the next Ottawa County Board election, far-right Impact Ottawa members are toast.  (3/15)

How much loonier can things get on the Ottawa County Board?  There is no bottom. (3/13)

Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes Show gets poor reviews.  (3/11)

Conservative law firm earns $730K rides the crazy Ottawa Impact gravy train. (3/10)

Hey, hey, there's gonna be a showdown in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (3/9)

Trump fanboy gets the hook.  (3/2)

John Gibbs says something we already know about the Ottawa County Board .  (3/1)

February 2024 

In a humiliating turnabout, hard-right Ottawa County Board votes unanimously to keep top health official they tried so hard to remove.  (2/28)

Far-right wackos on Michigan's Ottawa County Board give a master class in how not to conduct employee relations.  (2/27)

Candidate endorsed by Trump to unseat Peter Meijer in Congress finds himself in a whirlwind of chaos in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (2/24)

Meet the stumblebums of Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/23)

With far-right Ottawa Impact wackos in control, litigation shit continues to hit the fan. (2/22)

Chris Vander Sys challenges Ottawa Impact whackjob Gretchen Cosby for seat on Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/21)

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)

Far-right whackjobs on Michigan's Ottawa County Board prefer to let less fortunate constituents starve to death.  (2/19)

Meet Roger Belknap, the most cretinous member of Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/18)

Prayer by Episcopal minister reveals homophobic makeup of Ottawa County Board. (2/17)

Ottawa County board member breaks away from his crackpot Impact Ottawa colleagues. (2/15)

The continuing shit show that is Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/14)

Looney Tunes Festival otherwise known as Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/7)

January 2024

When county government turns into a series of Looney Tunes episodes.  (1/27)

It's time to cancel the Looney Tunes sideshow on Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (1/26)

Cast of Looney Tunes takes over Ottawa (Michigan) County Board.  (1/17)

Days are numbered for MAGA whackos in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (1/1)

2023

Far-right GOP whackos imperil everyone's health care in Ottawa County Michigan.  (9/17)

Meet the deeply conservative members of the Ottawa (Michigan) County Board.  (8/25)

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)

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hits peak on bullshit meter

Headline:  Washington Post, 1/29/2025

Let’s start with why the U.S. government distributes condoms overseas: It’s to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. [emphasis added]

[snip] 

Indeed, according to the report, spending $50 million on condoms for an entity roughly double the size of Washington would be a huge increase in condom spending. From fiscal 2016 to 2022, USAID spent $118.6 million to buy 3.6 billion male condoms for 60 countries. That’s an average of $17 million a year for the entire world — one-third of the amount Leavitt said would be spent just on Gaza. (USAID also distributes female condoms, but that’s a small fraction of the spending.)

Related post:

Place your bets:  How long will the Karoline Leavitt White House Press Secretary Clown Show run?  (1/38/2025)

Day 1495 of GOP election denier hysteria.  (12/5/2024)

Meet Trump mouthpiece and stand-up comedian Karoline Leavitt.  (10/25/2024)