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Sunday Funday: Mainstream Hate Edition

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Headline: SPLC – Republican Party Is Now A Hate Group In a report released today the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced officially what has repeatedly been made plain to anyone who listens to the demagogic crop of Republican presidential … Continue reading →

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Scalia: Hardly Original, Very Right Wing

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dave Bradley

A week ago on the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the corporate media began spewing the expected epitaphs. “Originalist”, “scholar”, “intellectual” thus once again painting the picture for the American viewer that Scalia was a Justice who was a … Continue reading →

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Republicans Prep For 2016: Suppressing The Vote

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dave Bradley

video 10 minutes 30 seconds Republicans have known for a long, long time that they win when they suppress the vote. Below is a video in one of the seminal moments in the history voter suppression. Paul Weyrich reminding the … Continue reading →

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Grassley Town Hall: Don’t Ask, Don’t Answer

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dave Bradley

We attended Senator Grassley’s town hall in Muscatine Thursday afternoon. It was hardly a great study in give and take. Questions were asked. Answers were given. Seldom did the answers really deal with the questions asked. The room was packed … Continue reading →

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Grassley’s Iowa Town Hall Meeting Schedule For This Week

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Update: This week Grassley will be in Iowa holding town hall meetings in DeWitt, Muscatine, Marengo, Tama, Vinton, Tipton.  Scroll down for complete schedule and times. The caucuses are over. It’s an election year. Our elected officials should be questioned … Continue reading →

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Has Occupy Turned To Real Politics?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Dave Bradley

This may be a far afield reach on my part, but am I the only one that sees the current Democratic primary season as an extension of the Occupy movement from a little over 4 years ago? Bernie Sanders has … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: It Has Been Colder Edition

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Dave Bradley

“When I was a boy, if you talked to someone outside, you’d have to gather up the frozen words, take them inside and thaw them before you knew what they said.” Well, it is cold outside but not nearly as … Continue reading →

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Justice Scalia Found Dead In Texas

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Dave Bradley

As many have already heard, Justice Antonin Scalia died at a Texas ranch today. Our humblest condolences to his family and friends. The nation goes on. Thanks to the work of our far sighted founders, our government is a government … Continue reading →

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Gun Liability Insurance: A Coming Idea?

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Dave Bradley

A friend sent me a story concerning a new movement to have owners of guns being required to carry liability insurance on those guns. This has always seemed like a no brainer to me. Guns do major damage in this … Continue reading →

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Iowa Senate Rejects Branstad Plan On Medicaid

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Dave Bradley

For what it is worth at this juncture let’s have a big hand for the Iowa Senate which passed SF 2125 Thursday that called for the termination of contracts for the managed care of Iowa’s Medicaid program. This is better … Continue reading →

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