March 11, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Trump and his allies want Elon Musk to speak at Republican National Convention – Brian Schwartz and Lora Kolodny
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-and-his-allies-want-elon-musk-to-speak-at-republican-national-convention/3377832/

CBS2
— Illegal immigration advocates urge Chicago to keep their illegals in shelters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evictions/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/migrant-supporters-rally-against-city-of-chicago-eviction-deadline/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd3qlL9RT18
— Chicago residents march against violence in Little Village (COMMENT: Little Village today, your neighborhood tomorrow.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-residents-hold-peace-march-against-increasing-violence/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-I7oDxg1hw

WGN9
— Illegal immigration advocates urge Chicago to keep their illegals in shelters.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/activists-rally-to-demand-stop-to-evictions-as-60-day-limit-for-asylum-seekers-living-in-city-run-shelters-approaches/

FOX32
— Chicago moves migrants from O’Hare, Midway airports after probe – Jamie Joseph
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-moves-migrants-ohare-midway-airports-senate-committee-probe
— Remote workers are living increasingly further from their main offices, study finds – Hanna Panreck (COMMENT: Have you ever walked to work? In 1974, when I was 25 years old, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) job in the Loop, I immediately bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building so that I could walk to/from work and graduate evening business classes at Loyola. I did that for 2 years and then traded that condo into the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo and walked to/from work and graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I did that for 2 years and then got married, sold that one bedroom condo and bought a home in Wheaton with my wife.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/remote-workers-are-living-increasingly-further-from-their-main-offices-study-finds
— Advocates want more welfare for minority women.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-group-pritzker-include-women-color-state-budget

WBEZ
— All my female GAO superiors were Democrat, liberal, feminist, Jewish, and younger than me. They all took many adverse actions against me. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, at least 1 of my 3 Chicago office superiors was Jewish. During my last 8 years there, 2 of those 3 were Democrat, liberal, feminist, Jewish, and younger than me. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a) job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and b) a job-related master’s degree in 1997. They succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagos-women-and-children-first-is-one-of-the-nations-longest-standing-feminist-bookstores/55f091be-ee88-4e45-a365-86c4c4ac7800

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump delegates in Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/10/trumps-illinois-delegates-some-tout-election-denials-others-claim-vaccines-were-useless-or-qr-codes-lead-to-government-tracking/
— Illegal immigration advocates urge Chicago to keep their illegals in shelters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/09/activists-volunteers-call-on-mayor-to-extend-migrant-removal-deadline-from-shelters/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illegal immigration advocates urge Chicago to keep their illegals in shelters and to give them work permits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/03/09/with-shelter-evictions-looming-migrants-worry-about-access-to-housing-work-permits
— Mayors, and some Republicans, walk into Pritzker’s trap on grocery tax. The more attention this proposed $325 million tax cut receives, the less time reporters will have to flesh out the governor’s fast move on the income tax. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/03/08/mayors-illinois-republicans-proposed-grocery-tax-cut-rich-miller

DAILY HERALD
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats dominate the news media. Ever-increasingly, the news media functions as an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240309/syndicated-columnists/the-issue-no-one-talks-about/
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats run DuPage County. Ever-increasingly poverty and crime increase in DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240309/news/volunteers-pack-100k-meals-for-families-in-need/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats invade DuPage County. Ever-increasingly, antisemitism increases in DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240309/news/how-the-suburbs-are-addressing-calls-to-take-a-stance-on-gaza/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s a lot of money to spend on, let’s be honest, for the crumbs of Illinois state government. But that’s what is going on in three Illinois House districts in southeastern Illinois where a trio of hard-right Illinois Freedom Caucus members are being challenged in the Republican primary. Almost $600,000 has been raised on the three races just since Jan. 1, and more contributions and expenditures are being reported nearly every day, and likely will be until the March 19 primary. – Tom Kacich (COMMENT: Since 2000, in Republican primaries on ballots in my precinct, my critics/opponents have always opposed conservative candidates.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-big-money-little-reward-in-republican-primary/article_76e4846c-f92c-5429-b5cb-1679b9014bf6.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Biden: Frail Old Man Selling Woof Tickets – John Kass
https://johnkassnews.com/biden-selling-wolf-tickets-to-chumbolone-nation/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago bus driver union president calls for National Guard on city’s transit system – Brad Matthews
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/9/chicago-bus-driver-union-president-calls-national-/
— A federal judge on Friday shot down the Biden administration’s plans to divert money from border wall construction to other projects like environmental remediation, ruling that it appears to violate the law. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/8/judge-orders-biden-stop-diverting-border-wall-mone/
— Mike Pence supports TikTok ban, accuses China of ‘poisoning’ children’s minds – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/9/mike-pence-supports-tiktok-ban-accuses-china-poiso/
— President Joe Biden, in the lead-up to the State of the Union, ordered fencing to be installed around the U.S. Capitol, ostensibly for security reasons. To protect him from the masses. To save him from any clashes. This, as America’s national borders remain open and historical levels of illegals march around our country and murder young nursing students named Laken Riley, or as Biden calls her, Lincoln Riley. – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/8/joe-bidens-democrats-fences-for-me-not-for-thee/
— American citizens are revolting against leftist policies – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/8/american-citizens-are-revolting-against-leftist-po/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House Report Card: Angry-old-man campaign begins – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me to make me angry.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2912412/white-house-report-card-angry-old-man-campaign-begins/
— Appetite for DeSantis’ ‘war on woke’ agenda fizzles out in latest legislative session – Nancy Vu
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2912536/appetite-for-desantis-war-on-woke-agenda-fizzles-out-in-latest-legislative-session/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden sparks outrage as he apologizes for using ‘illegal’ to describe Laken Riley’s accused migrant killer. – Rich Calder, Patrick Reilly and Nikki Mascali Roarty
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/biden-regrets-using-illegal-to-describe-laken-rileys-accused-killer/
— Biden regrets using ‘illegal’ to describe Laken Riley’s accused migrant killer: ‘It’s undocumented’- Nikki Mascali Roarty
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/biden-regrets-using-illegal-to-describe-laken-rileys-accused-killer/
— Biden could fix the terrible migrant crisis in an instant — so why does he refuse? – Julian Epstein
https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/opinion/biden-could-fix-the-migrant-ciris-in-an-instant/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Student loan forgiveness will fatten DEI bank accounts – Arnold Cusmariu
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/student_loan_forgiveness_will_fatten_dei_bank_accounts.html
— California to help ‘undocumented immigrants’ purchase homes? – Eric Utter (COMMENT: What helped you become a first time home buyer? For me, it was working for IRS for 15 months, working part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months, and working for that store full-time for 7 months before that.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/california_to_help_undocumented_immigrants_purchase_homes.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula has introduced Assembly Bill 1840, aimed at expanding home ownership opportunities for “undocumented immigrants” in the state. The bill would make illegal aliens eligible for first time homebuyer loans. The bill, as originally introduced earlier this year, was aimed at low- and middle-income citizens, but Arambula apparently decided that was too exclusive, and therefore recently proposed his updated version. This is yet another kick in the shorts to citizens, especially since the formerly Golden State has the highest priced housing — and by far the most homeless people — in the nation. California is already the only state to fund comprehensive health care for undocumented immigrants.)

BREITBART
— Despite State Focus on ‘Equity,’ Minorities Suffering in Illinois – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/08/despite-state-focus-equity-minorities-suffering-illinois/
— ‘We’re Just Waiting for Another 9/11’: Migrants Buy Fake Green Cards, Social Security ID from NYC Gangs – Olivia Rondeau
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/03/09/were-just-waiting-another-9-11-migrants-buy-fake-green-cards-social-security-id-nyc-gangs/
— Biden Admits He WANTS ‘More Orderly Flow’ of Further Border Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/03/10/joe-biden-admits-he-wants-more-orderly-flow-of-further-border-migrants/

DAILY CALLER
— With Nikki Haley Out, Where Will Her Voters Go In November? – MARY LOU MASTERS (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that many Haley voters will focus on destroying Trump voters, and especially Trump voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I share the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write a book about those Haley promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/09/nikki-haley-voters-november-joe-biden-donald-trump/
— Team Biden Rolls Out Massive $30 Million Ad Campaign To Capture Crucial Voting Blocs – BRANDON POULTER (COMMENT: Those who tend to vote for Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, rich, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have health problems, are union members. are boozers, gamblers, and/or stoners, are in America illegally, etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/09/team-biden-rolls-out-massive-30-million-ad-campaign-to-capture-crucial-voting-blocs/
— Naked Man Holding Trans BLM LGBTQ+ Flag Casually Strolls Down City Street – JOHN OYEWALE (COMMENT: Seattle today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/09/naked-man-lgbtq-flag-casually-strolls-down-street-seattle-washington/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A naked man waved a rainbow flag while strolling through vehicular traffic on a street in Seattle, Washington, a video showed. The unidentified man appeared oblivious of his immediate environment as he blithely strolled through traffic, with cars appearing to wait for or make their way past him, according to the video, shared Saturday on Twitter by radio host Jason Rantz of KTTH Radio under the caption, “Seattle is thriving.” The incident appeared to have occurred in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, according to another video by the journalist Andy Ngo. The video showed what seemed to be the same man draped in the flag and lying down spreadeagled in the middle of the road, obstructing vehicular traffic. “And this why here is why my child won’t step foot in this city! It used to be a fun place to go down and explore but it’s no longer a safe place for families,” a user reacted to the video. “Exposing the little things in Seattle,” replied another. “So many beautiful cities in our great country have been destroyed… Very sad,” another said. Another wondered why laws against indecent exposure were not enforced. A user seemed to imply that the person was experiencing a mental health crisis. It is not known whether the individual was homeless or unsheltered. First-time homelessness spiked across the country between 2021 and 2022 by 25%, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). By 2023, a record 653,100-odd persons “were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2023 – a 12% increase (or about 70,650 more people) from 2022,” the HUD stated. Washington was one of the five states with the largest increases in homelessness, according to HUD data. A posse of naked men cycled through some of Seattle‘s streets as part of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in full view of children last June, according to several reports. The “all ages” parade to “Challenge Body Shame/Build Self Esteem” and create “Pride for Every Body” drew criticism as it crossed a line for some, according to the Washington Times. “[T]he role of the Seattle Police Department [SPD] at this particular event was to assure the safety and security of the overall event – not to regulate activities that are better left to parade organizers and the permit process,” the SPD reportedly said in a statement regarding the event to the fact-checking website, Snopes.)

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Hammers Biden For ‘Apologizing’ For Referring To Alleged Illegal Alien Murderer As ‘An Illegal’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-hammers-biden-for-apologizing-for-referring-to-alleged-illegal-alien-murderer-as-an-illegal
— Biden Ignites Widespread Backlash For Apologizing Over Calling Illegal Alien Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-ignites-widespread-backlash-for-apologizing-over-calling-illegal-alien-murder-suspect-illegal
— Biden Apologizes For Calling Alleged Laken Riley Murderer An ‘Illegal’: They ‘Built The Country’ (COMMENT: Illegals did not build this country.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-apologizes-for-calling-alleged-laken-riley-murderer-an-illegal-they-built-the-country

FOX NEWS
— Rural voters, Republicans have long history of being mocked by liberal media. MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Jen Psaki derided Virginia voters on Super Tuesday concerned about immigration. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rural-voters-republicans-long-history-being-mocked-liberal-media
— An effort by Senate Republicans to stop non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, from being counted on the census for the purposes of apportionment for House seats and the Electoral College was shot down later Friday after the measure failed to gain the support of a single Democrat.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-effort-to-stop-illegal-immigrants-being-counted-on-census-for-electoral-college-shot-down-in-senate

GOPUSA
— Two More Texas Counties Declare Invasion, Bringing Total To 55
https://www.gopusa.com/two-more-texas-counties-declare-invasion-bringing-total-to-55/

FOX NEWS
— Elon Musk hits back at press for ‘anti-immigrant’ label: ‘Nothing could be further from the truth’ Musk insisted he is not ‘anti-immigrant’ and said US immigration policies do not make sense. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-hits-back-press-anti-immigrant-label-nothing-further-truth

LIFE NEWS
— Abortion Businesses Masquerade as Health Centers in K-12 Schools to Prey on Kids – Tony Kinnett
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/03/09/abortion-services-masquerade-as-health-centers-in-k-12-schools-to-prey-on-kids/

NEWSMAX
— NYC Offers Religious Centers $54K a Month to House Migrants – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/nyc-religious-centers-housing/2024/03/08/id/1156577/

PJ MEDIA
— How the White House Made Biden’s ‘Lincoln Riley’ Flub Even Worse – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/09/how-the-white-house-made-bidens-lincoln-riley-flub-even-worse-n4927165
— Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuits Against Biden’s Immigration ‘Parole’ Program – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/03/09/federal-judge-tosses-lawsuits-against-bidens-immigration-parole-program-n4927163

POST MILLENNIAL
— Federal judge dismisses lawsuit saying Texas has not ‘suffered an injury’ from Biden program shipping in illegal immigrants. – Hayden Cunningham
https://thepostmillennial.com/federal-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-saying-texas-has-not-suffered-an-injury-from-biden-program-shipping-in-illegal-immigrants

TOWNHALL
— Biden Malfunctions When Asked If He Regrets Using the Term ‘Illegal’ to Describe Immigrants – Sarah Arnold|
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2636296
— Sacralization of Christian concepts is nothing new. Modern political ideologies, such as socialism and fascism, have been understood as secularized versions of Christianity for a long time, at least since the French Revolution. The question is, do DEI statements clothe Christian concepts in secular garb? –
Marvin Folkertsma
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma/2024/03/10/is-dei-a-religious-movement-n2636139

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if minorities and/or females are underrepresented in certain jobs, it is because Whites and/or men discriminate against them. But what about bad jobs? Minorities and/or females were underrepresented in all the jobs that I had because all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. Few if any minorities and females want to do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, or audit federal agencies. It was extremely difficult for my employers to recruit and retain qualified minorities and females for the bad jobs that I had because with Affirmative Action and DEI, the minorities and females they wanted to hire, retain, and promote got better jobs elsewhere. Consequently, my employers gave the minorities and females who they were able to hire and retain tremendous preference over me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-female-representation-remains-low-in-us-statehouses-particularly-democrats-in-the-south/

MSN
— Donald Trump meets with Laken Riley’s family before Georgia rally where he tore into Biden for ‘intentionally releasing into the US the illegal migrant charged with her murder.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/donald-trump-meets-with-laken-riley-s-family-before-georgia-rally-where-he-tore-into-biden-for-intentionally-releasing-into-the-us-the-illegal-migrant-charged-with-her-murder/ar-BB1jCxjm

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders argue that the only way to advance minorities and women is to give them preference over Whites and men.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/us/what-is-dei-and-why-is-it-dividing-america/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Biden’s new ad takes on his age: “I’m not a young guy” – Aaron Navarro (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bidens-new-ad-takes-on-his-age-im-not-a-young-guy/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders argue that the only way to advance minorities and women is to give them preference over Whites and men.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bans-dei-laws-college-latino-progress-graduation-enrollment-rcna142134

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders argue that the only way to advance minorities and women is to give them preference over Whites and men.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/09/upshot/affirmative-action-alternatives.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2024/dei-history-affirmative-action-timeline/
— Democrat and RINO leaders argue that the only way to advance minorities and women is to give them preference over Whites and men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/09/affirmative-action-challenges-state-government/
— The rise of downward mobility – Robert J. Samuelson (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. My great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( 4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ) in 1902. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete ( 1793 sq.ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ) built in 1926. My father never had a home built.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/upward-mobility-is-a-myth/2018/08/05/bb960ce4-972c-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html

NEWS TIMES
— Anticipate/expect Democrat a RINO referendums in your county, township, and municipality to make them sanctuaries for illegals.
https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/georgia-bill-would-punish-cities-and-counties-18708242.php

KTNV
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat elected officials take opportunities and money away those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and give those opportunities and that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.ktnv.com/news/vice-president-kamala-harris-speaking-to-voters-in-north-las-vegas

FORBES
— Trump Scores New Billionaire Donors As Campaign Seeks Badly Needed Cash – Ty Roush
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/09/trump-scores-new-billionaire-donors-as-campaign-seeks-badly-needed-cash-report-says/

JASON OWENS
— Why Returning Phone Calls is Paramount to be Successful (COMMENT: If you were me, how would you deal with those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but fail/refuse to return my infrequent phone calls to them? Far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Far too many of them are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs who read them for “opposition research.” Far too many of them blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Far too many of them shoot the messengers who bring them bad news. I should write a book about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-returning-phone-calls-paramount-successful-business-jason-owens

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.