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Iowa Lakes Battle Early Death Due to Excess Algae

Posted on August 2, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Lakes Battle Early Death Due to Excess Algae by Perry Beeman, Des Moines Register Biologically and chemically speaking, [the title of Iowa's Best Lake] goes to … Yellow Smoke Park in Crawford County, according to a new report card … Continue reading →

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Mobilize to Protect Privacy and Choice! Join a Pro-choice Community Action Team!

Posted on August 1, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Mobilize to Protect Privacy and Choice! Join a Pro-choice Community Action Team! Protect Privacy – Take the Next Step! Are you ready to mobilize? Are you a pro-choice activist who is actively engaged in the politics surrounding privacy and choice? … Continue reading →

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U of Iowa Prof Optimistic About Labor Schism

Posted on August 1, 2005 by bfialindathieman

U of Iowa Prof Optimistic About Labor Schism by Jeff Charis-Carlson, Iowa City Press-Citizen Shelton Stromquist, professor of history at the University of Iowa, talks labor. In the current [labor] schism there has been a lot of debate over how … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Marriage

Posted on July 31, 2005 by bfialindathieman

The Myth of Marriage by Monica Mehta, AlterNet.org A radical new book debunks the concept of marriage as a time-honored institution, and argues that we need to loosen up about it. The institution of traditional marriage is in a state … Continue reading →

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Newsworthy Notes from the Blogosphere

Posted on July 31, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Newsworthy Notes from the Blogosphere Hey, Look at This!  Gordon Fischer has a Blog! Gordon, you sly dog, why didn't you mention this when you wrote me the other day? Gordon Fischer, former head of the Iowa Democratic Party, says … Continue reading →

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Five Minutes with Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show

Posted on July 30, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Five Minutes with Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's The Daily Show by Elana Berkowitz and Amy Schiller, CampusProgress.org As one of America’s finest voices in fake news reporting, Stephen Colbert’s straight guy blue suit, arched eyebrows and deadpan seriousness have … Continue reading →

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Fluoride: Do You REALLY Know What’s in Your Drinking Water?

Posted on July 29, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Fluoride: Do You REALLY Know What's in Your Drinking Water? by Kelly Hearn, AlterNet.org Anti-fluoride activists say a growing body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence counters long-held assumptions about fluoride's safety, and they're turning up the heat. Last month, the Environmental … Continue reading →

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The Stench of Hog Lot Expansion in Scott County

Posted on July 29, 2005 by bfialindathieman

The Stench of Hog Lot Expansion in Scott County by Molly Regan On Thursday, July 28th, 2005, the Scott County Board of Supervisors in IOWA voted 5–0 to recommend that a hog farmer and his family be allowed to expand … Continue reading →

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Two Key Unions, SEIU and Teamsters, Leave AFL-CIO

Posted on July 26, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Two Key Unions, SEIU and Teamsters, Leave AFL-CIO by Harold Meyerson, Washington Post Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Yesterday's announcement by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that they were quitting the AFL-CIO was no … Continue reading →

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LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! NO, IT’S A PARTICULATE!

Posted on July 24, 2005 by bfialindathieman

LOOK!  UP IN THE SKY!  IT'S A BIRD!  IT'S A PLANE!  NO, IT'S A PARTICULATE! by Molly Regan Had a good cough lately and not sure what caused it?  Well, there's a good chance it could be one of those … Continue reading →

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