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Father’s Day In America 2015

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Father’s Day should be a time for families to enjoy spending time together. For some 30,000 families again this year, gun violence has removed a member or members of such a celebration. That is nearly 100 people that lose their … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Here Come The Rains

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Climate change comes to the basements and crawl spaces of Iowa homes. Where once we might have a gully washer every decade or so we now have several a year. Where once the ground would be thirsty for the water … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton Launch Speech

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Some of you folks may be headed to a Hillary Clinton house party tonight. Based on her speech you will have many good things to talk about. The video actually start at 32 minutes in with the actual speech starting … Continue reading →

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Whatsamatta With Kansas? Lots!

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Catching up on some old reading I finally got around to reading Peter Fisher’s synopsis of the disastrous Kansas budget over at Iowa Fiscal Partnership. Justice Louis Brandeis once called states “the laboratories of democracy.” As the major laboratory for … Continue reading →

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Clinton Kickoff Loaded With Ties To Democratic Past

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Dave Bradley

It is hard to deal in politics in any way and ignore the elephant in the room today: The Hillary Clinton campaign officially kicks into another gear with a speech at Roosevelt Island in New York City this morning. The … Continue reading →

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IDP Hall Of Fame Dinner 2015 – Candidates To Speak

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Well, this could be a tough ticket: Description: 2015 Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Awards Location: Cedar Rapids Convention Complex Date & Time: July 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM Address: 350 1st Avenue NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Clinton, … Continue reading →

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Moyers Still Around And Bringing The Heat

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Did anyone really think Bill Moyers would retire and go crawl in a hole quietly when he finally(?) retired from PBS? Surely you knew better. Moyers, writing with Michael Winship at Common Dreams, uses an op-ed written by a corporate … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Solstice Starts?

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dave Bradley

These days when we want to know the times for the rise and setting of the sun, we just consult the old computer and voila! we have a we have a chart that tells us the sunrise and sunset of … Continue reading →

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D-Day: The Warriors Are Mostly Gone – Are The Dreams?

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Every year on D-Day I think of my father-in-law. I have written of him before. He seldom spoke of his part in the war. I would never ask, either. You just knew that when he had something to say about … Continue reading →

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Bus Carrying Clowns Flips On Its Side

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Dave Bradley

In a very unusual accident, a school bus carrying what appeared to be clowns on their way to some mutual appearance, flipped on its side. The driver and passengers were quickly examined at a local hospital and pronounced physically fit. … Continue reading →

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