Tag: affirmative action

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Candidates claim Speaker Madigan trying ‘to buy control’ of next Aurora mayor – Steve Lord  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats want your next mayor to promote dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, age discrimination, pot, booze, gambling, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and even worse things.  Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats want your next mayor to focus on getting rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-dinner-st-0821-20160819-story.html
— Trump campaign to get more help from RNC’s chief strategist – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican strategists” who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?  The aforesaid are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, RINOs, or even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-trump-rnc-d8c8acf6-67b1-11e6-91cb-ecb5418830e9-20160821-story.html
— Think carefully before tapping retirement funds for college – Jill Schlesinger  (DIERSEN: When you were young, did your parents have a retirement fund?  My outstanding parents did not.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a chemical plant, worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line Chevy with almost no options.  My mother never attended high school and was a homemaker.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/jillonmoney/tca-think-carefully-before-tapping-retirement-funds-for-college-20160815-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— KERRY LESTER: Breuder requests docs  Lawyers for ousted College of DuPage President Robert Breuder have served four former trustees with demands for all of their emails and other communications about Breuder’s contract and performance, court files show. Also among items Breuder wants from former board Chair Kathy Hamilton, current Chair Deanne Mazzochi and trustees Frank Napolitano and Charles Bernstein: All documents and communications referring to Breuder’s October 2015 termination or the hiring of Alix Partners to conduct a financial audit of the College of DuPage. Of course, because the trustees are being sued in both their official capacities and as individuals, it will be interesting to see what private emails surface as the case continues.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160822/news/160829822/
— KERRY LESTER: Murphy rumors  Who is Gov. Bruce Rauner backing to replace departing GOP state Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine, who will step down Sept. 15? The official response, says a source at the top of Rauner’s campaign operation, is no one. “We have lots of friends interested,” he said. Among those interested in the job are Republicans state Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights, state Rep. Tom Morrison of Palatine, Rolling Meadows Mayor Tom Rooney, Palatine Township Supervisor Sharon Langlotz-Johnson, Palatine Committeeman Aaron Del Mar and Arlington Heights Trustee Joe Farwell. Republican committeemen from Palatine, Wheeling, Elk Grove, Maine and Barrington townships will meet in mid-September to select a replacement.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160822/news/160829822/
— The incredible cost of higher interest rates – Scott Burns  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Borrowers are far more likely to vote for Democrats.  Savers are far more likely to vote for Republicans.  Lower interest rates a) benefit borrowers and b) harm savers.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160822/business/160829812/
— Diverse millennials are no voting monolith – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Nevertheless, Democrats shout at millennials that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that millennials have had, are having, and will have.  Do millennials understand what scapegoating is?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160821/news/308219852/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Weather, power outages, prices make for rough 2016 Illinois State Fair – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160821/weather-power-outages-prices-make-for-rough-2016-illinois-state-fair
— Nathan Hoffman running a different kind of race now – Marcia Martinez
http://www.sj-r.com/sports/20160821/marcia-martinez-nathan-hoffman-running-different-kind-of-race-now
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nathan Hoffman was a standout runner at Springfield High School, and now the 21-year-old is an up-and-comer in the political world. He has left his $40,000 job staffing the Springfield office of U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, to take a post with the state Republican party. He’s managing the 75th House District campaign of Rep. David Welter of Morris. Hoffman is the former president of the University of Illinois Springfield College Republicans and has served as a Senate page, interned for former state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and worked on local and state campaigns for Springfield School Board member Lisa Funderburg, LaHood and Gov. Bruce Rauner. In high school, Hoffman finished 20th and was all-state at the 2011 Class 2A state cross country meet. He won the City cross country meet in 2012. He also was a state track qualifier.)

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois farm growth detailed – TONY REID  (DIERSEN: What is your connection with farming?  My mother was raised on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.  During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at that farm.)
http://herald-review.com/herald-review/illinois-farm-growth-detailed/article_9541dde6-b7ab-5166-870d-5b4cc90f46e3.html

WTAX
— Rauner: No More “Wards” (DIERSEN: If you use pot, you shout that you want to be a ward of the state.)
http://wtax.com/news/101101-rauner-no-more-wards/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Obama’s Radical Revolution Action – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/obamas-radical-revolution/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HEARTLAND INSTITUTE’S NEW WEBSITE FEATURES RESEARCH ON CURRENT HOT TOPICS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/heartland-institutes-new-website.html
— RHOADS: IS SOME EARLY VOTING TOO EARLY?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/rhoads-is-some-early-voting-too-early.html

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Endangered GOP senator Mark Kirk tries to woo voters – by bashing Trump – Brooke Singman  (DIERSEN: 556,916 voted for Trump in the March 15, 2016 Illinois Republican primary.  If Kirk wins, what will he do to get rid of those 519,916 voters?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/22/endangered-gop-senator-tries-to-woo-voters-by-bashing-trump.html

BREITBART
— RNC Chair Priebus: Hillary ‘Lies With Incredible Skill and Grace’ – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/08/21/rnc-chair-priebus-hillary-lies-with-incredible-skill-and-grace/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Rebranding of Donald Trump – Ron Jager
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/08/the_rebranding_of_donald_trump.html

TPM
— Trump Says GOP ‘Must Do Better’ At Reaching Black Voters – ALLEGRA KIRKLAND  (DIERSEN: Obviously, Trump is not aware that Democrats have always shouted at Blacks that Republicans are racists and even worse things.)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-gop-must-do-better-reaching-black-voters

THE HILL
— Some fear ‘risk’ of Trump camp relying on RNC (DIERSEN: What about those in the RNC who want Trump to lose big time?  They are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, RINOs, and even worse things. They want Trump to lose big time so that they can use Trump’s defeat a) to banish from the Republican Party those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/292163-report-risk-comes-with-trump-camp-relying-on-rnc

CBS NEW YORK
— RNC Chair: Trump Is ‘Going To Get This Thing Back On Track’
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/08/21/rnc-priebus-trump-campaign/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump, a ‘Rigged’ Election and the Politics of Race – MAGGIE HABERMAN and MATT FLEGENHEIMER (DIERSEN: How many of the many millions who are in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Clinton and for the other Democrats in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/donald-trump-a-rigged-election-and-the-politics-of-race.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/opinion/trumps-hollow-regrets.html
— Donald Trump, With Bare-Bones Campaign, Relies on G.O.P. for Vital Tasks – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and RACHEL SHOREY  (DIERSEN: What about those in the G.O.P. who want Trump to lose big time?  They are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, RINOs, and even worse things. They want Trump to lose big time so that they can use Trump’s defeat a) to banish from the Republican Party those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/donald-trump-fundraising.html
— Governor Hobbles Voting Reform in Illinois – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly Democrats promote voter fraud.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/opinion/governor-hobbles-voting-reform-in-illinois.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats made it clear that they are pro-criminal and anti-victim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/california-crime-initiative-leads-to-lowest-arrest-rate-in-states-history.html
— As Homeless Find Refuge in Forests, ‘Anger Is Palpable’ in Nearby Towns – JACK HEALY
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/as-homeless-find-refuge-in-forests-anger-is-palpable-in-nearby-towns.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Medical costs for retirees still rising – Rodney Brooks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/08/22/medical-costs-for-retirees-still-rising/

USA TODAY
— Fraternity atmosphere can make state capitols hotbeds of sexual harassment – Dave Boucher and Joel Ebert (DIERSEN: What about Springfield?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/22/sexual-harassment-state-legislatures/88928118/
— Clinton campaign manager: Trump may be Kremlin ‘puppet’- Erin Kelly  (DIERSEN: Russians have a much higher opinion of members of the following groups than Democrats do: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/21/clinton-campaign-manager-trump-may-kremlin-puppet/89072858/
— Will media turn on Clinton? – Michael Wolff  (DIERSEN: In America, the media has long since turned on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2016/08/21/wolff-media-turn-clinton/88994428/

NEW YORK POST
— American journalism is collapsing before our eyes – Michael Goodwin
http://nypost.com/2016/08/21/american-journalism-is-collapsing-before-our-eyes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it. The frenzy to bury Trump is not limited to the Clinton campaign and the Obama White House. They are working hand-in-hand with what was considered the cream of the nation’s news organizations. The shameful display of naked partisanship by the elite media is unlike anything seen in modern America. The largest broadcast networks — CBS, NBC and ABC — and major newspapers like The New York Times and Washington Post have jettisoned all pretense of fair play. Their fierce determination to keep Trump out of the Oval Office has no precedent. Indeed, no foreign enemy, no terror group, no native criminal gang, suffers the daily beating that Trump does. The mad mullahs of Iran, who call America the Great Satan and vow to wipe Israel off the map, are treated gently by comparison. By torching its remaining credibility in service of Clinton, the mainstream media’s reputations will likely never recover, nor will the standards. No future producer, editor, reporter or anchor can be expected to meet a test of fairness when that standard has been trashed in such willful and blatant fashion. Liberal bias in journalism is often baked into the cake. The traditional ethos of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable leads to demands that government solve every problem. Favoring big government, then, becomes routine among most journalists, especially young ones. I know because I was one of them. I started at the Times while the Vietnam War and civil-rights movement raged, and was full of certainty about right and wrong. My editors were, too, though in a different way. Our boss of bosses, the legendary Abe Rosenthal, knew his reporters leaned left, so he leaned right to “keep the paper straight.” That meant the Times, except for the opinion pages, was scrubbed free of reporters’ political views, an edict that was enforced by giving the opinion and news operations separate editors. The church-and-state structure was one reason the Times was considered the flagship of journalism. Those days are gone. The Times now is so out of the closet as a Clinton shill that it is giving itself permission to violate any semblance of evenhandedness in its news pages as well as its opinion pages. A recent article by its media reporter, Jim Rutenberg, whom I know and like, began this way: “If you’re a working journalist and you believe that Donald J. Trump is a demagogue playing to the nation’s worst racist and nationalistic tendencies, that he cozies up to anti-American dictators and that he would be dangerous with control of the United States nuclear codes, how the heck are you supposed to cover him?” Whoa, Nellie. The clear assumption is that many reporters see Trump that way, and it is note­worthy that no similar question is raised about Clinton, whose scandals are deserving only of “scrutiny.” Rutenberg approvingly cites a leftist journalist who calls one candidate “normal” and the other ­“abnormal.” Clinton is hardly “normal” to the 68 percent of Americans who find her dishonest and untrustworthy, though apparently not a single one of those people writes for the Times. Statistically, that makes the Times “abnormal.” Also, you don’t need to be a ­detective to hear echoes in that first paragraph of Clinton speeches and ads, including those featured prominently on the Times’ Web site. In effect, the paper has seamlessly ­adopted Clinton’s view as its own, then tries to justify its coverage. It’s an impossible task, and Rutenberg fails because he must. Any reporter who agrees with Clinton about Trump has no business covering either candidate. It’s pure bias, which the Times fancies itself an expert in detecting in others, but is blissfully tolerant of its own. And with the top political editor quoted in the story as ­approving the one-sided coverage as necessary and deserving, the prejudice is now official policy. It’s a historic mistake and a complete break with the paper’s own traditions. Instead of dropping its standards, the Times should bend over backwards to enforce them, even while acknowledging that Trump is a rare breed. That’s the whole point of standards — they are designed to guide decisions not just in easy cases, but in all cases, to preserve trust. The Times, of course, is not alone in becoming unhinged over Trump, but that’s also the point. It used to be unique because of its adherence to fairness. Now its only standard is a double standard, one that it proudly ­confesses. Shame would be more appropriate.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The College Republicans Divide Over Trump  For the GOP, campus is occupied territory. But this year it’s hard to see where the battle lines are drawn. – ZACHARY YOUNG  (DIERSEN: What about those college “Republicans” who want Trump to lose big time?  They are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, RINOs, and even worse things. They want Trump to lose big time so that they can use Trump’s defeat a) to banish from the Republican Party those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-college-republicans-divide-over-trump-1471818706
— FRONT PAGE: At Kimberly-Clark, ‘Dead Wood’ Workers Have Nowhere to Hide  Diaper and tissue maker shifts from a paternalistic company to one focused on pushing workers to constantly improve, closely tracking progress and shedding laggards – LAUREN WEBER (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that except for rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/focus-on-performance-shakes-up-stolid-kimberly-clark-1471798944

FEDERAL TIMES
— Veterans and military personnel issues set to become a major focus in the presidential campaign – Leo Shane III  (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty.  All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats and/or veterans. Those who were Democrats always reminded those who were veterans that I sought and obtained student and financial hardship draft deferments, that is, that I am a draft dodger.)
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/veterans-issues-2016-election-final-push

DETROIT NEWS
— Over 800 Mustangs, Fords gather for Mustang Memories – Evan Carter
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/woodward-dream-cruise/2016/08/21/stangs-fords-gather-mustang-memories/89088762/

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— As sales sputter, are muscle cars the canaries in the industry coal mine? – Bradford Wernle  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn American nameplate cars and/or demonize, denigrate, and condemn muscle cars?  Since the 1960s, the aforesaid have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned me.)
http://www.autonews.com/article/20160822/RETAIL01/308229984/as-sales-sputter-are-muscle-cars-the-canaries-in-the-industry-coal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Customers who buy Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers do so because they want modern evocations of 1960s performance icons, not because they need them, says Karl Brauer, senior director of insights for Kelley Blue Book. And that could be a problem. “You have the canaries in the coal mine — cars that are more discretionary rather than functional purchases, and cars that you see starting to decline first” when the market starts to plateau or dip, he says. “We’re seeing that in two areas — luxury brands are struggling more, and so are these performance cars.” Indeed, luxury car sales have fallen 13 percent year to date in a total market that’s up 1.1 percent.)