December 28 Morning Edition

NBC5

— Omicron Symptoms: What to Watch for and How They May Differ Based on Vaccine Status
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/omicron-symptoms-what-to-watch-for-and-how-it-may-differ-based-on-vaccine-status/2716488/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Changing slaveholder school names is a chance to confront history. Ideally, CPS — and the city — would seize the moment as a chance for Chicagoans to delve deeply into the truth about our country’s ugly legacy of slavery and racism. – Editorial
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, otherwise known as Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from slavery. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, my great great grandfather worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then he homesteaded a farm in Crete. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated a hardware store in Crete. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. On my mother’s side, my great great grandfather was a sharecropper. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. My mother was raised on that farm.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/27/22855973/slaveholder-school-names-history-racism-chicago-public-schools-editorial
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in making young people anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/12/27/22856035/young-people-save-america-jesse-jackson-voting-registration-future

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As a radio host and former newspaper CEO and alderman, I say we’re lucky to be alive in this multiracial American democracy. EDWIN EISENDRATH
(COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, illegally, Democrats illegally flood America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army, along with the following, to get rid of Republicans once and for all: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married people, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-multiracial-democracy-america-republicans-20211227-x65e6xpt55hk3hmtkpqzhwnslu-story.htm

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— GOP Secretary of State candidate William J. Kelly survives hit-and-run crash
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/gop-secretary-of-state-candidate-survives-hit-and-run-crash

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker blames unvaccinated as COVID patients fill Illinois hospitals amid Omicron surge – Hannah Meisel
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-12-27/pritzker-blames-unvaccinated-as-covid-patients-fill-illinois-hospitals-amid-omicron-surge

FOX ILLINOIS
— Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021 – AP
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the government and political news and commentary articles that my critics/opponents do not want anyone to read. Most commonly, they are articles that promote the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) past leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) past and present conservative and religious leaders, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and g) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who hint/imply/argue/shout that they disapprove of those who share my demographics.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/outlets-hurt-by-dwindling-public-interest-in-news-in-2021

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Local Author Gives Chicago Employers the “SkinNy” on Diversity Recruiting – Shayla Simmons
(COMMENT: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://chicagocrusader.com/chicago/local-news/local-author-gives-chicago-employers-the-skinny-on-diversity-recruiting/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Lightford’s husband fired on carjackers despite her previous opposition of concealed carry
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/617524750-lightford-s-husband-fired-on-carjackers-despite-her-previous-opposition-of-concealed-carry

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Charges looming for suspects in Oak Brook Mall shooting; suspect at large has been identified, both from Chicago
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/617535475-charges-looming-for-suspects-in-oak-brook-mall-shooting-suspect-at-large-has-been-identified-both-from-chicago

WIREPOINTS
— Why No Discussion Of COVID Treatments In Illinois? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/why-no-discussion-of-covid-treatments-in-illinois-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Major League Baseball and the Walt Disney Co. top a watchdog’s list of the “worst of the woke” enterprises that displayed intolerance in the name of tolerance this year. – Sean Salai
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the “worst of the woke” leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I would focus on those who stopped DuPage Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks this year. I would focus on those who got downtown Wheaton to promote LGBTQ big time last year.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/27/disney-mlb-lead-watchdogs-worst-woke-list-2021/
— Brooklyn Museum adds slavery disclaimer to George Washington portrait – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/27/brooklyn-museum-adds-slavery-disclaimer-george-was/
— Tattoos, clothes, car stickers: Pentagon’s anti-extremism push targets more than just social media – Ben Wolfgang
(COMMENT: How severely would/will military personnel in Illinois be punished for reading/forwarding GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? How severely do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes punish those who read/forward GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/27/tattoos-clothes-car-stickers-pentagons-anti-extrem/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Unspeakable truths about racial inequality in America – GLENN LOURY
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/unspeakable-truths-about-racial-inequality-in-america

FOX NEWS
— Chicago 911 dispatcher says ‘all hell has broken loose’ in the windy city, rips Mayor Lightfoot over crime. ‘The blood…is on her hands,’ says Keith Thornton. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-dispatcher-mayor-lightfoot-crime-staffing-shortages

NEW YORK POST
— Sorry, Hannah-Jones: Parents DO deserve a say in what their kids are taught – Editorial
(COMMENT: Hannah-Jones would have a very low opinion of my parents. They were Missouri Synod Lutherans. Neither of them attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/sorry-hannah-jones-parents-do-deserve-a-say-in-what-their-kids-are-taught/
— I’m leaving NYC — to protect my children from its feckless leaders – Karol Markowicz
(COMMENT: I should write a book about adverse actions that religious, government, political, and financial leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken to destroy individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/im-leaving-nyc-to-protect-my-children/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Matrix parody shows Americans the harsh truth — and how to fight it – James Lowe
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/emmatrixem_parody_shows_americans_the_harsh_truth__and_how_to_hight_it.html

BREITBART
— ‘The War Isn’t Over’: Stu Scheller Announces Discharge from the Marine Corps, His Planned Media Blitz – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/27/stu-scheller-announces-discharge-marine-corps-planned-media-blitz/
— Victor Davis Hanson: California Is a Confederate Society with ‘Sick Fixation’ on Race – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/12/27/exclusive-victor-davis-hanson-california-is-a-confederate-society-with-sick-fixation-on-race/

PJ MEDIA
— Is Western Civilization on the Way Out? – DAVID SOLWAY
https://pjmedia.com/columns/david-solway-2/2021/12/27/is-western-civ-on-the-way-out-n1544855

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Jussie Smollett and The Hate Hoax Pandemic. Jussie Smollett has become the poster child for hate hoaxes, but Jussie is just the latest in a long line of hate fakery. – William A. Jacobson

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/video-jussie-smollett-and-the-hate-hoax-pandemic/

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, illegally, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs illegally encourage Biden illegally to illegally promote illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/587347-has-biden-kept-his-immigration-promises

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/10-notable-lgbtq-books-2021-rcna8707

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Woke Target Metaphors, Leaving No Scone Unturned. A University of California ‘inclusive language guide’ seeks to avoid ‘baggage,’ but not literally. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-woke-target-metaphors-leaving-no-scone-unturned-language-usage-inclusive-writing-11640617304
— Has Colin Kaepernick Lost His ‘Halo’? Wall Street deal collapses; city where he started protests now wants more police. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/has-colin-kaepernick-lost-his-halo-11640639407
— COMMENT: If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican like I am, you should rail like I do against the legalization and the promotion of pot.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cannabis-overhaul-in-washington-is-only-getting-harder-11640696403
— Sen. Biden’s Shrinking Presidency. Thirty-six years in the upper chamber left its mark on the man now in the Oval Office. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senator-biden-shrinking-presidency-democrats-dole-mccain-term-churchill-legislator-executive-11640639440
— How to Make Your Financial Life Happier in 2022. After two years in which many have been under pandemic stress and strain, consider making your money goals focus on happiness. – Anne Tergesen
(COMMENT: What “really matters” to you? Obviously, putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and each and every evening really matters to me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-your-financial-life-happier-in-2022-11640399712
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Focus on yourself. Studies show that as income rises, so does happiness. But once earnings reach about $75,000, more money brings no significant improvements to happiness, according to a 2010 study. (The $75,000 in 2010 would be about $96,000 in today’s dollars. The income threshold is likely to be higher in expensive locations.) Part of the problem is that when income rises, we start to compare ourselves with new peers, said Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor who studies happiness at the University of California, Riverside. “We might delight in a new hatchback just a tiny bit less every time our neighbor drives by in his convertible,” she added. One way to boost happiness is to analyze what really matters to us—rather than to others. To prompt clients to clarify their goals and make sure their goals are really theirs, George Kinder, founder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning, asks three questions: What would you do if you had all the time and money in the world? How would you live if you knew you had only five to 10 years left? And what would you most regret if you die tomorrow? “The third question is key,” says Mr. Kinder, 73 years old, whose answers have led him to spend more time in nature, with family and writing books. “It is fundamentally important not to compromise on something that, if unfulfilled, would leave you with a deep regret.” Save time and aggravation. Anything you can do to create more free time can lead to happiness,” said Dr. Lyubomirsky.)

FAST COMPANY
— COMMENT: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater promotes hatred against conservatives.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90704811/7-culture-wars-crt-lets-go-brandon-woke

DAILY MAIL
— Major brands will go broke if they DON’T go woke, marketing experts claim: Report says firms will be hit by consumer activism if they brush off objections to sexist ads. A published study looked at the performance of supposedly non-woke ads. Brands ‘risk losing market share’ if they brush off ‘socially aware’ objections. – CHAY QUINN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10347857/Major-brands-broke-DONT-woke-marketing-experts-claim.html

— COMMENT: To promote wokeness is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10348619/Huge-number-secondary-schools-changed-teaching-focus-diversity-study-shows.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.