Tag: gambling

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Only one person spoke out against recreational pot at a recent South Elgin planning and zoning commission public hearing. Everyone in Illinois who claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican should speak out against recreational pot at municipal and county hearings. Especially the following should speak out against recreational pot at municipal and county hearings: Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains; officers of Republican township, ward, and county organizations; Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members; IRP officers; the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman; activists; candidates; elected officials; major donors; political consultants; etc.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191017/south-elgin-commission-ok-with-pot-shops-in-business-areas
— Facts Matter: With elections looming, watch out for fake news – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: What qualifications do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to be fact checkers? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,279-$93,592. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979. Further, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. Needless-to-say, I should sue them. They stress that the neither the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), nor Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress the adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, etc. have taken against me.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191017/facts-matter-with-elections-looming-watch-out-for-fake-news

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Chicago teachers strike and property taxpayers and the road to serfdom – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-teachers-strike-kass-20191018-ml7tm2qgt5dftozyhth2z4rpta-story.html
— Dennis Byrne witnessed the genesis of the Illinois Exodus. Now he’s joining it: ‘Fed up. I’m gone.’ – DENNIS BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-dennis-byrne-leaves-chicago-illinois-exodus-20191020-20191018-c3pg3q7qvzeqtheqe236xzuxse-story.html#ed=rss_www.chicagotribune.com/arcio/rss/category/opinion/
— Waukegan rejects Potawatomi, sends three of four casino proposals to Illinois Gaming Board – JIM NEWTON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-casino-vote-st-1018-20191018-r3f2jkl6vray3ndqoqqzld33e4-story.html
— Legalized sports gambling in Indiana has me addicted to football games, again, for the wrong reason – JERRY DAVICH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-indiana-sports-gambling-big-business-st-1018-20191017-mkrqobn6vzdrhf5mvg2ahpxrx4-story.html
— Will your town benefit from Illinois’ $45 billion infrastructure plan? Search our database. – JONATHON BERLIN, KORI RUMORE and MEGHAN KELLY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-illinois-infrastructure-plan-database-20191018-dti3anpgqng7bg6oh4f4yafosq-htmlstory.html

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagoarea-activists-protest-conditions-at-the-border/30543040-8da7-4917-9f05-d43849c80c72

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Zoning panel suggests two more zoning categories for marijuana businesses – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191017/zoning-panel-suggests-two-more-zoning-categories-for-marijuana-businesses

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinoisans should be wary of Senate President Cullerton’s ‘informed’ decisions – Brett Rowland 
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/illinoisans-should-be-wary-of-senate-president-cullerton-s-informed/article_9eabbfbe-f0e7-11e9-98f4-ef2eec5a64b4.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois’ Congressional Delegation Warning to Tech Companies – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents disapprove of, despise, if not hate a) the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) my comments that I include in those emails, and c) me. My critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, to stop everyone from reading those emails, but failing that, to stop me from including in the emails a) links to articles that they do not like and b) my comments that they do not like.) http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=292617#.Xamar75_OM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ Congressional delegation told representatives from Google, Reddit and other tech giants to better police their sites, or the government would be forced to step in. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hosted the tech companies in a discussion over whether or not they should still have the legal immunity from lawsuits regarding content posted by others.)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries who were illegally brought to America illegally, who illegally came to America illegally, who illegally stay in America illegally, and who illegally brought other citizens of foreign countries to America illegally and b) illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally, to illegally stay in America illegally, and to illegally bring other citizens of foreign countries illegally to America illegally. 
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/10/16/immigrant-rights-advocate-discusses-her-journey-at-glenbard-south-event/acn6lsg/

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— How Is Marijuana Expungement Working In Illinois? – MARIAH WOELFEL (DIERSEN: What do you want to be expunged? I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government to expunge from my employment record the adverse actions that they took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/how-marijuana-expungement-working-illinois#stream/0

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats “Want Lawmakers To Make Climate Change A Priority.”
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinoisans-want-lawmakers-make-climate-change-priority
— Mattis Takes Swipe At Trump: ‘I Earned My Spurs On The Battlefield’ – SCOTT NEUMAN (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed to veterans that I avoided the draft. I sought and got four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mattis-takes-swipe-trump-i-earned-my-spurs-battlefield#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mattis said he’d been asked what he thought of Trump’s remarks, which reportedly came during a White House meeting with congressional Democrats on Wednesday. “I earned my spurs on the battlefield … Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor,” he said in a reference to a medical deferment for bone spurs that kept Trump from serving in the military during the Vietnam War.)

MEDILL REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making Northwestern students anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/should-the-u-s-continue-prosecuting-illegal-immigrants-northwestern-community-split-but-majority-favors-decriminalization/

CENTER SQUARE
— Wealth adviser says moving out of Illinois could protect portfolios from next recession – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/wealth-adviser-says-moving-out-of-illinois-could-protect-portfolios/article_013797d0-f0fb-11e9-ba5c-e7b6a6c79ff1.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Unredacted Sandoval warrant reveals ‘a crime ring masquerading as a political party,’ ILGOP chairman says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/514810366-unredacted-sandoval-warrant-reveals-a-crime-ring-masquerading-as-a-political-party-ilgop-chairman-says

WIREPOINTS
— A Comprehensive Solution To All CPS Problems And The Teacher Strike Is Available – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/a-comprehensive-solution-to-all-cps-problems-and-teacher-strike-is-readily-available/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MATTERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/the-electoral-college-matters.html

FOX NEWS
— Trump rally in Dallas marked by enthusiasm, in sharp contrast to chaos in Minneapolis – Gregg ReBy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dallas-rally-ukraine-scrutiny-intensifies

GOPUSA
— Secrecy: Democrats bar Republicans from impeachment hearings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77900
— Trump rally draws big crowd to Dallas
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77939

AMERICAN THINKER
— Media says pointing a finger at President Trump ‘shames’ him, but pointing a finger at Obama was rude and racist – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/media_says_pointing_a_finger_at_president_trump_shames_him_but_pointing_a_finger_at_obama_was_rude_and_racist.html

BREITBART
— Blue State Blues: The Media Are Trump’s Greatest Asset – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/18/blue-state-blues-the-media-are-trumps-greatest-asset/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— First Democrats grab your guns, then they’ll return for your religion – Jeffrey A. Rendall 
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31226-assault-america-day-289-first-dems-grab-your-guns-then-they%E2%80%99ll-return-your-religion

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Mocks California For Offering Free Healthcare And Education: ‘I May Even Move There’ – CHRISTOPHER SMITH (DIERSEN: People who need/want massive government assistance go to countries, states, counties, townships/wards, and municipalities that offer “free stuff.”) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/18/trump-california-illegal-immigration-education/
— ICE Identifies Hundreds Of Migrants Allegedly Lying About Their Family Status – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/17/ice-cbp-migrants-family-status/
— Mark Zuckerberg Leans On Free Speech While Defending Facebook’s Ad Policies – CHRIS WHITE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, to stop everyone from reading those emails, but failing that, to stop me from including in the emails a) links to articles that they do not like and b) my comments that they do not like.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/17/facebook-elections-trump/

FEDERALIST
— 6 Crazy School District Responses To Parents Mad About LGBT Indoctrination Of Preschoolers An Illinois school district’s leaders heard from upset parents after the children started talking about what they were learning about LGBT sex in school. They responded so badly, they should resign. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/18/6-crazy-school-district-responses-to-parents-mad-about-lgbt-indoctrination-of-preschoolers/

TOWNHALL
— Did Joe Biden Falsely Smear the Truck Driver Involved in the Car Crash That Killed His First Wife and Daughter? – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/10/17/wait-did-joe-biden-make-up-key-details-about-the-car-crash-that-killed-his-wife-and-child-n2554926

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: The Same People Who Want Us To Fight Endless Wars Want Us To Open Our Borders – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/17/trump_the_same_people_who_want_us_to_fight_endless_wars_want_us_to_open_our_borders.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Facebook CEO defends refusal to take down some content – MARCY GORDON
http://www.startribune.com/facebook-ceo-promotes-free-speech-but-takes-no-questions/563321512/
— Twitter sees difficulty in trying to police tweets – Barbara Ortutay 
https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/twitter-sees-difficulty-in-trying-to-police-tweets-20191017

NBC NEWS
— Civil rights leaders criticize Zuckerberg’s free speech address Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., said disinformation campaigns created an atmosphere that led to her father’s assassination. – Janell Ross (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I recklessly spread disinformation with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Needless-to-say, I should sue them. They stress that the neither the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), nor Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress the adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, etc. have taken against me.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/civil-rights-leaders-rebuke-zuckerberg-s-free-speech-address-n1068461

NEW YORK TIMES
— Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political Speech In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less — as his company has been assailed for allowing lies and falsehoods to appear. – Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents not only want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to police my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC to stop me from sending the emails out, but failing that, to stop everyone from reading those emails, but failing that, to stop me from including in the emails a) links to articles that they do not like and b) my comments that they do not like.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/business/zuckerberg-facebook-free-speech.html
— In Washington, a Fight to Decriminalize Prostitution Divides Allies Supporters say a bill being considered by the City Council in the nation’s capital would protect prostitutes. Critics say it would be a boon to sex traffickers. – Timothy Williams
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/washington-legal-prostitution.html

WASHINGTON POST
— President Trump’s claim that ‘when I came in, we had no ammunition’ – Salvador Rizzo (DIERSEN: In 1989, I worked for GAO on a Department of Defense audit. SEE: “Potential Reductions to DOD’s Fiscal Year 1990 Ammunition Budget” at https://www.gao.gov/products/NSIAD-90-23

 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/18/president-trumps-claim-that-when-i-came-we-had-no-ammunition/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Dog promoters promote dogs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/09/want-live-longer-try-getting-dog/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Teachers Strike Again The union dictates terms of surrender to new Mayor Lightfoot. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-teachers-strike-again-11571353385
— Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Rebuffs Calls for Tighter Controls, Saying Free Speech Must Be Preserved ‘We must continue to stand for free expression,’ CEO says, as social media draws criticism over its role in spread of misinformation – Ryan Tracy (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I spread misinformation with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Needless-to-say, I should sue them. They stress that the neither the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), nor Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress the adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, etc. have taken against me.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-defends-free-speech-amid-calls-for-tighter-controls-11571335528
— Facebook Stands for Free Expression In a democracy, a private company shouldn’t have the power to censor politicians or the news. – Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-stands-for-free-expression-11571336089
— Trump Leans on a Changed GOP for Support The party’s demographics and priorities have shifted since 2016. Will those trends carry the president through impeachment to a second term—and endure after him? Some 84% of Republicans approve of President Trump’s job performance, essentially unchanged since his inauguration. – Aaron Zitner and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-leans-on-a-changed-gop-for-support-11571391006
— The Rental Economy Is at Risk in a Downturn Businesses that rely on renting homes, leasing cars, and streaming music or movies are largely untested in a recession – Justin Lahart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rental-economy-is-at-risk-in-a-downturn-11571391003
— Religion Is on the Decline as More Adults Check ‘None’ Less than half of American adults attend church regularly, while 26% claim no religious affiliation – Ian Lovett (DIERSEN: I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn MSLs. It is called religious affiliation discrimination.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/religion-is-on-the-decline-as-more-adults-check-none-11571320801

USA TODAY
— RNC: The future for Republicans, and America, has never looked brighter While Republicans are reviving, Democrats are rebranding as the party of socialists, radicals and rioters. – Liz Harrington
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/17/rnc-future-and-america-has-never-looked-brighter-editorials-debates/4013283002/

NEWSWEEK
— ZUCKERBERG TELLS FOX NEWS FACEBOOK WON’T CENSOR POLITICIANS, WHILE WARREN SAYS FACEBOOK COULD HELP TRUMP WIN AGAIN – JEFFERY MARTIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, to stop everyone from reading those emails, but failing that, to stop me from including in the emails a) links to articles that they do not like and b) my comments that they do not like.)
https://www.newsweek.com/zuckerberg-tells-fox-news-facebook-wont-censor-politicians-while-warren-says-facebook-could-help-1466117

COLUMBIA JOURNAL REVIEW
— Zuckerberg wants to eat his free-speech cake and have it too – Mathew Ingram
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/zuckerberg-free-speech.php

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs call for even more Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, Democrats and RINOs call for even more preference to be given to those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, Democrats and RINOs call for even more discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs blame those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older for all the problems that those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger are having. 
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/18/racial-inequality-college-and-workplace

FED SMITH
— Congresswoman Worried About a ‘Graying [Federal] Workforce’ – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/18/congresswoman-worried-about-graying-federal-workforce/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Union disputes OPM’s argument for reforming personnel management – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/10/17/union-disputes-opms-argument-for-reforming-personnel-management/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Office of Personnel Management leadership under the Trump administration has frequently turned to results from the 2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey that indicate feds’ dissatisfaction with reward and punishment practices to support dramatic efforts to both overhaul employee management and change the federal pay and benefits system. Most recently, the administration proposed changing federal practices to make it easier to discipline and fire under-performing federal employees. “Notably, as demonstrated in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, a majority of both employees and managers agree that the performance management system fails to reward the best and address unacceptable performance,” the proposed rule change said.)