See, it is fun when it is someone else’s dog and someone else’s leaves (3 minutes)

Just a couple of decades ago, my little town had all the leaf vacuuming equipment removed from he city vehicles, stored away and the snow removal equipment was in place by Halloween. Now the trees are just turning and the major fall of leaves has often barely begun by Halloween. City policy of having the equipment changed out by November 1 has been changed after a few years when there were tons of leaves left on residents yards.

Speaking of falls, looks like Sydney Powell turning (get the pun) may grease the skids for a certain orange man’s fall. Maybe Brenna Bird will have to change her endorsement and maybe pretend it never happened.

Oopsie – this just in – another Flipper ready to tell how a certain presidential candidate may actually be the biggest felon in American history. Nothing like a good mystery at Halloween.

Looks like if you are looking for some fall reading – Heather Cox Richardson, Rachel Maddow and Cassidy Hutchison have great offerings that will make you realize how scary reality can be. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the governor and legislature call a special session to ban their books and pretend hey don’t exist.

Better write these questions before we get more updates. Remember, questions are written on Friday afternoon and were true at that time.

A) Who is the new Flipper unwilling to sacrifice his life for Trump’s?

B) Hakeem Jeffries beat who 210 votes to 194 in the vote for House Speaker Friday morning?

C) Quick memory test – who was the Speaker that MAGA congress members turned out a couple of weeks ago?

D) 50 years ago last Friday the nation seemed on the verge of anarchy as Nixon did what? (Hint- October 20, 1973)

E) Might as well slip in a Halloween question or two – just what does Halloween mean?

F) Who is now the MAGA party candidate for Speaker of the House?

G) What a whirlwind week for the President. President Biden took a quick trip to try to bring some movement to what war?

H) Iowa second district congress member Ashley Hinson got a challenger Wednesday as who stepped up to challenge Hinson?

I) One of the issues in the second district is health care. Congress woman Hinson endorsed a metastatic breast cancer bill after what happened?

J) What country near to the Gaza Strip is poised to deliver humanitarian provisions once Israel allows them to?

K) What major world river – not the Mississippi – is reporting their lowest ever river levels drying up river traffic and slowing food deliveries?

L) In a surprise last Sunday what Western European nation turned out its right wing government as a result of election results?

M) Halloween – how much of that old Halloween candy standby, candy corn, is produced each year?

N) Last Sunday afternoon some 55,646 Iowans got together to do what?

O) As of Friday morning who is reported to have violated a gag order with social media posts concerning the judge’s law clerk in a NYC trial?

P) A new hottest pepper ever has been reported weighing in at 2.69 million Scoville units beating the old champ by a million units. What is the new champ’s name?

Q) October 22, 1962 The world seemed on the edge of World War as President Kennedy addressed the nation concerning what crisis?

R) Following the floor vote for Speaker Friday morning the MAGA party held a secret vote for a nominee. Who lost that vote 86 to 112?

S) October 23, 1956 and October 23, 1989 what Central European nation squared off against the USSR to gain their freedom, losing the first encounter, but winning the second?

T) Approximately when was Halloween thought to have originated?

With Krakendoodle Sidney Powell pleading guilty this morning, this is yet another win for badass DA Fani Willis and a devastating loss for the MAGA King. Lock him up. – Ricky Davilla

Answers:

A) Kenneth Cheseboro flipped Friday morning a day after Sydney Powell

B) Jim Jordan

C) Kevin McCarthy – out of sight out of mind

D) fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and others in what became known as the Saturday night Massacre

E) The day after Halloween is All Saints Day. “Hallow’ means ‘holy’ so it means the eve of a holy day or “Hallow evening.”

F) no one as far as I know

G) the war in the Middle East involving Israel and Hamas

H) Sarah Corkery of Cedar Falls

I) She endorsed the bill after she got a challenger to her seat.

J) Egypt

K) The Amazon

L) Poland – access to abortion was a major issue

M) 35 million pounds

N) watch some women’s basketball as Iowa’s women set a record for attendance at a women’s basketball game in an exhibition with DePaul. Proceeds went to the Children’s Hospital.

O) Trump – waiting to see what the punishment is

P) Pepper X

Q) The Cuban Missile Crisis

R) Jim Jordan

S) Hunger – they now seem to have fallen to Viktor Orban

T) around 4,000 BC

In Iowa yesterday, Trump described America’s flag officers as “some of the dumbest people I’ve ever met.” 

I suppose “dumb” is better than the “suckers” and “losers” he previously called the lower ranks. 

But tell me again how Republicans love the military. – Stonekettle