Monday, November 25, 2019

Stephen Miller. The most evil person in America?



Reported in A Racist Book’s Malign and Lingering Influence.  (The New York Times, 11/22/2019)

Availability of the book in the South Central Library System




11/19/2019 update starts here.


Reported in Emails Outline Anti-Immigration Group’s Connection to Stephen Miller.  (The New York Times, 11/18/2019)

Related reading:
Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.  Does it matter?  (The New York Times, 11/17/2019)
In August 2018, Darren Beattie, a White House speechwriter and policy aide, was fired after CNN revealed that he’d spoken at a 2016 conference alongside several white nationalists, including contributors to the website VDARE. Later that month, Ian M. Smith, a policy analyst working on immigration at the Department of Homeland Security, resigned after The Atlantic obtained leaked emails linking him to white nationalists. 
We’re about to find out how far the already impossibly low standards to which we hold the Trump administration have fallen since then.

8/20/2019 update starts here.


Reported in How Stephen Miller Seized the Moment to Battle Immigration.  (The New York Times, 8/17/2019)


Reported in With Trump’s new immigration rule, a deep bow toward ‘America First’.  (Christian Science Monitor, 8/15/2019)

Other Stephen Miller posts:
Uncle David is horrified by the behavior of his nephew Stephen Miller.  (8/14/2018)
LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!! LOCK THEM UP!!  (9/26/2017)
Donald Trump, starring in the all-white, all-male cast of The Men Who Came to Dinner.  (3/4/2017)

Craig Goodwin (1950-2019) Warren Area High School class of 1967



1966 Dragon yearbook
(Craig is in the top row, 4th from left)


1967 Warren City Directory
1983 Warren City Directory

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


Eva started out the 20th century at the peak of her population, spending 33 years (1900-1932) in the top 100.  She experienced a long, slow decline, bottoming out in 1997 and then working her way up into the top 100 again in 2009.

Other class of 1967 graduates:
2019
James Nelson.  (8/21/2019)
Marcia Peterson Weyel.  (1/15/2019)

2017
Judy Warr Tyler.  (121/29/2017)
William MacKenzie.  (5/5/2017)
Fritz Shoup.  (3/5/2017)
William Lucia.  (2/22/2017)

2015
Susan Shaver.  (3/30/2015)
  

Population loss in Illinois: Schuyler County/Rushville


It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.

Source:  Wikipedia  (Schuyler County, Rushville)


Rushville is the county seat of Schuyler County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.



Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 17.9% - Schuyler County
  • 33.4% - Illinois
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 22.8% - Schuyler County
  • 15.6% - Illinois
  • 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 11.8% - Schuyler County
  • 12.1% - Illinois
  • 11.8% - U.S.

Greetings from Trump's America.  

Source:  Wikipedia 
3rd-party candidates received 20.9% of vote in 1992, 13.8% of vote in 1996, 6.1% in 2016
(George Wallace received 7.9% of the vote in 1968)

Rushville Public Library

Other Illinois population loss posts:
Alexander County/Cairo.  (11/15/2019)
Pulaski County/Mound City.  (11/15/2019)
Pope County/Golconda.  (11/15/2019)
Hardin County/Elizabethtown.  (11/15/2019)
Gallatin County/Shawneetown.  (11/16/2019)
Hamilton County/McLeansboro.  (11/17/2019)
White County/Carmi.  (11/18/2019)
Jasper County/Newton.  (11/18/2019)
Calhoun County/Hardin.  (11/19/2019)
Pike County/Pittsfield. (11/21/2019)
Scott County/Winchester.  (11/24/2019)

Population loss series: