January 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who gets an escort from Illinois State Police? Athletes, team owners, musicians and filmmakers — but not sick motorists – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-bears-kicker-police-escort-20190104-story.html
— Naperville on state list for lack of affordable housing; must submit plan to increase numbers – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-affordable-housing-naperville-state-list-st-0106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want “immigration reform,” mass/illegal immigration, open borders, amnesty, and even worse things for America: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/daca-immigration-reform-infrastructure-spending-linda-chavez/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Shakeup possible at tollway – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190104/shakeup-possible-at-tollway
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are members of the following groups to march in downtown Geneva: 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://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190104/fox-valley-activists-organizing-womens-march-in-geneva

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford mayor has five things for Pritzker’s to-do list – Jeff Kolkey
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190104/rockford-mayor-has-five-things-for-pritzkers-to-do-list

 

WQAD
— Early IRS tax refunds up in the air during government shutdown – LUKE CLEARY
https://wqad.com/2019/01/04/early-irs-tax-refunds-up-in-the-air-during-government-shutdown/

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Government shutdown could start to take a major toll on central Illinois.”
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/government-shutdown-could-start-to-take-a-major-toll-on-central-illinois

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— HEY, ARE YOU 65 OR OVER? WANT TO DEFER UP TO $5,000 ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/01/hey-are-you-65-or-over-want-to-defer-up-to-5000-on-your-property-tax/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The program allows qualified senior citizens to defer all or part of their 2018 property taxes up to $5,000 on their personal residence. Applications must be filed with the Treasurer’s office by March 1, 2019, in order to defer 2018 taxes billed in 2019. To qualify, a person must be 65 or over by June 1, 2019, have a total household income of $55,000 or less, and have lived in the property for at least three years. In addition, there must be no delinquent taxes on the property. Also, if the property is subject to a mortgage then your mortgage company would also have to approve your participation in the program. Qualified taxpayers can defer taxes totaling up to 80 percent of the equity interest they have in the home. The program provides funding at a six percent simple interest rate which doesn’t require repayment until the taxpayer sells the property or until after the taxpayer’s death.)

 

NRA-ILA
— Researchers Credit Right to Carry Law With Reduction in Chicago Property Crimes
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190104/researchers-credit-right-to-carry-law-with-reduction-in-chicago-property-crimes

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA’s Pearson warns gun rights may slip through loophole – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511714495-isra-s-pearson-warns-gun-rights-may-slip-through-loophole
— Illinois has 20th highest home vacancy rate in nation (DIERSEN: How many homes are vacant and why in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, and county?)
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/511691556-illinois-has-20th-highest-home-vacancy-rate-in-nation

 

GOPUSA
— Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) calls Donald Trump a gutter expletive during threat to impeach
http://www.gopusa.com/rashida-tlaib-d-mi-calls-donald-trump-a-gutter-expletive-during-threat-to-impeach/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Era of the Trumper Tantrum – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/era_of_the_trumper_tantrum.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mothers and fathers drag their six and seven-year-old children 2,000 miles to the border of another country and scream, “Let me in!” And when those children die — one after the father refuses medical care — the media stand up, stamp their feet, and angrily scream the question, “How could you?” But their ire is directed at America, not at the criminally negligent parents, because it’s our country’s responsibility to honor and obey whatever a tantrum thrower insists is his right. Who can blame them? It worked in Europe, where hundreds of thousands of fighting-age young men escaping the internecine brutality endemic to the Religion of Peace have forced themselves upon what used to be independent nations (and in particular, their infidel women) with seemingly nothing but joy expressed by the political elite who applaud the entire “shebang” (pun intended). The forever angry and outraged Democrats, historically anti-illegal immigration when they thought aliens would provide cheap labor benefitting industry (can’t have profits unless they get to give the money to friends and family), are now pro-illegal alien who come here for benefits and are willing to vote illegally. They are merely disappointed in voters who allowed the Orange Man to steal Hillary’s presidency, and damn it, they are going to import a new electorate.)
— How the Left Appropriates Christianity – Deana Chadwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being “chosen and appointed by God.” They viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me a) for my not being a member of a church like they are, b) for my not attending church services like they do, and c) for my not giving money to a church like they do. They discourage me a) from promoting individual responsibility, b) from promoting traditional marriage and the traditional family, c) from promoting right to life, and d) from promoting America’s immigration laws. They discourage me a) from discouraging dependency on government, b) from discouraging dependency on charity, c) from discouraging LGBTQ activity, d) from discouraging abortion, e) from discouraging mass/illegal immigration, and f) from discouraging booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/how_the_left_appropriates_christianity.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Americans want border security, and the numbers show it – Brett Velicovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americans-want-border-security-and-the-numbers-show-it
— Pelosi, Nielsen clashed during border-security meeting: ‘I reject your facts,’ House speaker said, according to report – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-interrupted-dhs-boss-nielsen-during-presentation-on-illegal-immigrants-saying-i-reject-your-facts
— Sen. Blackburn: With Our Open Border ‘Every Town is a Border Town and Every State a Border State’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/04/marsha-blackburn-says-open-borders-make-every-town-border-town
— DHS Sec. Nielsen asked to appear before House Committee on Homeland Security – Elizabeth Zwirz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sec-nielsen-asked-to-appear-before-house-homeland-security-committee-on-border-security

 

HANNITY
— Democrats ‘Gearing-Up’ to Carry Out Their Hidden Agenda
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/hannity-democrats-gearing-up-to-carry-out-their-hidden-agenda/

 

TOWNHALL
— In Congress, The Inmates Are Now Running The Asylum – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2019/01/05/in-congress-the-inmates-are-now-running-the-asylum-n2538546
— The Gun Lobby: Reports of Our Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated – Michael Hammond
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelhammond/2019/01/05/the-gun-lobby-reports-of-our-demise-are-greatly-exaggerated-n2538527

 

PJ MEDIA
— Senate Dems Launch Another Inquisition Against Catholic Trump Nominee – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/senate-dems-launch-another-inquisition-against-catholic-trump-nominee/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— DHS Forced To Release 2K Illegal Aliens Into U.S. Due To Crowded Detention Centers
https://www.oann.com/dhs-forced-to-release-2k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-due-to-crowded-detention-centers/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Dems Salivating To Start Impeachment Against Trump – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/dems-salivating-to-start-impeachment-against-trump/
— The Forces Of Evil Against Trump – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/the-forces-of-evil-against-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— The border invasion intensifies, while congressional Republicans sleep – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-border-invasion-intensifies-while-congressional-republicans-sleep/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— OF CARAVANS AND WALLS Brent Smith reports on latest group of travelers making their way north
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/of-caravans-and-walls/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Deep State bureaucrats undermining Trump’s agenda at the United Nations (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government considered me to a deep state Republican who undermined their efforts a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of federal employees who were Republican.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/deep-state-bureaucrats-undermining-trumps-agenda-at-the-united-nations
— Trump administration rejects Democrat spending bill to restore foreign abortion money – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-administration-rejects-democrat-spending-bill-to-restore-foreign-abor

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITES
— Chosen and Appointed by God – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being “chosen and appointed by God.” They viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me a) for my not being a member of a church like they are, b) for my not attending church services like they do, and c) for my not giving money to a church like they do. They discourage me a) from promoting individual responsibility, b) from promoting traditional marriage and the traditional family, c) from promoting right to life, and d) from promoting America’s immigration laws. They discourage me a) from discouraging dependency on government, b) from discouraging dependency on charity, c) from discouraging LGBTQ activity, d) from discouraging abortion, e) from discouraging mass/illegal immigration, and f) from discouraging booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/04/chosen-and-appointed-by-god-part-1/
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/05/chosen-and-appointed-by-god-part-2/

 

BREITBART
— Rashida Tlaib’s New Office Map: Israel Renamed ‘Palestine’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/04/rashida-tlaib-new-office-map-israel-renamed-palestine/

 

BLAZE
— Trump fires back at ‘disgraceful’ Democrat who used vulgarity when promising to impeach him He called her comments ‘disgraceful’ -Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-fires-back-at-disgraceful-democrat-who-used-vulgarity-when-promising-to-impeach-him
— Dems introduce bill to eliminate Electoral College. Here’s why a national popular vote would ‘undo America’ “We would see the end of presidential candidates who care about the needs and concerns of people in smaller states or outside of big cities.”
https://www.theblaze.com/glenn-radio/eliminate-electoral-college
— Hundreds of TSA officers aren’t showing up for work because of the gov’t shutdown ‘This will definitely affect the flying public’ – AARON COLEN
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hundreds-of-tsa-officers-arent-showing-up-for-work-because-of-the-govt-shutdown

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders call on Pelosi to condemn Tlaib’s remarks on Trump – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423894-gop-leaders-call-on-pelosi-to-condemn-tlaibs-remarks-on-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump sows fresh confusion on shutdown.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/423976-the-memo-trump-sows-fresh-confusion-on-shutdown
— House Homeland Security Committee chairman asks Nielsen to testify on ‘flawed’ border agenda – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423984-house-homeland-security-committee-chairman-asks-nielsen-to-testify-on-trump

 

CNN
— HOW A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IMPACTS AMERICANS (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps and Trump-haters want the shutdown to adversely impact individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/05/govt-shutdown-impact-breakdown-victor-blackwell-new-day-weekend-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/tlaib-impeach-trump.html
— Trump’s Wall, Trump’s Shutdown and Trump’s Side of the Story – Peter Baker

— What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know The wave toward legalization ignores the serious health risks of marijuana. – Alex Berenson
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/opinion/marijuana-pot-health-risks-legalization.html
— Let’s talk about whose policy proposals are most likable! – Michelle Goldberg (DIERSEN: Democrats like policies that take away opportunities, rights, income, assets, and everything else from members of Group B and give them to members of Group A. Members of Group A are 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/opinion/inslee-warren-2020-election-democrats.html
— Pence and Cabinet Members Are Due a Raise, as Federal Workers Go Unpaid – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/vice-president-pence-pay-raise.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Changing Careers? Embrace the Risk – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates called that a “career change” even though much of what IRS Revenue Officers do and what GAO Analysts do, including interviewing, gathering facts, analyzing facts, summarizing facts, writing reports, and making recommendations, is very similar. They did that to justify GAO’s forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/your-money/career-changes-risk.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romney-to-the-rescue/2019/01/04/3c4de54e-0f98-11e9-8f0c-6f878a26288a_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency to Build Border Wall President speaks at lengthy news conference after contentious talks on government shutdown with Democratic lawmakers – Rebecca Ballhaus, Alex Leary and Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schumer-pelosi-report-on-progress-on-shutdown-after-talks-with-trump-11546627419
— Jobs for the Forgotten Man Wage increases are reaching even unskilled corners of the labor force. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-for-the-forgotten-man-11546647794
— The Case for Buying Less Clothing For men with overstuffed closets, now’s the ideal time to purge those impulse buys and pointless discount pants—and learn to shop smarter – Jacob Gallagher (DIERSEN: As my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will attest, since 1997, I have spent very little on clothing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-buying-less-clothing-11546616865
— Your Government at Work Overwhelming demand for H-2B visas crashed a federal web portal. – Editorial (DIERSEN: 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://www.wsj.com/articles/your-government-at-work-11546647556
(FROM THE ARTICLE: H-2B visas enable businesses that can’t find qualified Americans to bring in foreigners for temporary or seasonal non-agricultural work. And on Jan. 1, Labor began accepting applications for H-2Bs for summer 2019 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Employers are so eager for workers they submitted more than 97,800 requests in the first five minutes of 2019. That shattered last year’s record of 81,000. But Congress guarantees only 66,000 H-2Bs annually, divided between the summer and winter seasons, and there are already nearly three requests pending for each available visa for this summer. For the past two years Congress has also failed to reauthorize a returning worker program that allowed some past recipients of H-2B visas to work another season with the old boss without contributing to the cap number.)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-being-too-nice-politics/fz3kIlsjSG1vNB9JxWHFLJ/

 

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
— Age discrimination is more common than you think – Helaine Olen (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination big time a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2019/01/05/age-discrimination-is-more-common-than-you-think/

 

LUBBOCK ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who hates Trump and who hates his supporters says “Trump era takes a toll on Hispanics’ faith in America.” What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats want to get rid of you once and for all: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190104/cepeda-trump-era-takes-toll-on-hispanics-faith-in-america

 

MEDIATE
— Hannity: If Republicans Capitulate in Shutdown Fight, The Political Damage Will Be ‘Incalculable’ – Josh Feldman
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-if-republicans-capitulate-in-shutdown-fight-the-political-damage-will-be-incalculable/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Threatens Year-Long Shutdown, Says Feds Don’t Mind Missing Paychecks – Eric Katz Janua
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/trump-threatens-year-long-shutdown-says-feds-want-him-keep-fighting-wall/153948/

 

GUARDIAN
— Shutdown over border wall is crucial test for Trump’s presidency – David Smith (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans and America-haters want Trump to fail.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/shutdown-border-wall-trump-pelosi-analysis

 

AD WEEK
— People Who Share News Articles Trust Them, But People Who Research Them Don’t The Knight Foundation and Gallup released the results of a recent experiment – David Cohen (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on a) discrediting me, b) discrediting the articles linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) discrediting the authors of those articles. According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/people-who-share-news-articles-trust-them-but-people-who-research-them-dont/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation teamed up with analytics firm Gallup on an experiment to examine the level of trust in news articles being shared over the internet, both from the people doing the sharing and the people receiving those links and looking into matters further. This study was conducted using Gallup’s experimental news aggregation website, which regularly collects news stories from seven major news outlets across the political spectrum: left-leaning (The New York Times, Vox, Media Matters), neutral (The Associated Press) and right-leaning (100PercentFedUp, Breitbart News, Fox News). . .The average trust rating for those 1,225 articles was a 4.0 out of 5.0—with 71 percent of those articles receiving trust ratings of 4.0 or higher—while the average trust rating for the 2,227 articles researched further in the group who wanted to learn more was just a 3.1. Overall, the average trust rate per user in the sharing group was a 3.9, dropping to a 3.2 in the group who wanted to learn more. The Knight Foundation and Gallup said that while both test groups came in slightly below the U.S. Census estimate that some 40 percent of Americans identified as Republican or leaning Republican as of July, the heavier Democratic presence was not a factor in determining the most frequently read news sources in the study. The AP was the source behind 49 percent of articles readers wanted to share and 40 percent that enticed readers to find out more. Meanwhile, the three right-leaning publications were the source of 29 percent of shared articles and 38 percent of readers who wanted to find out more, and those numbers were 23 percent and 23 percent, respectively, for the three left-leaning media sources.)

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who brings news and commentary articles to your attention that promote the following: a) Trump, b) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks; c) planks in the Republican Party platform, including its illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks; and d) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling? How often do the following bring such articles to your attention: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, c) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, d) the IRP officers, e) the IRP National Committeeman, f) the IRP National Committeewoman, and g) those who present themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican leaders? I have been using GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to bring such articles to everyone’s attention since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those 6,200+ emails have included links to 321,800+ articles.)
http://www.gopillinois.com

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.