Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

Women Making Their Own Medical Decisions

From last summer (5 minutes): Never a wild eyed liberal, the very conservative Barry Goldwater once observed about extremist right wing religious nuts that:  There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is … Continue reading

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Jeff Tiedrich Rants On Kissinger

  Henry Kissinger and the Moral Bankruptcy of U.S. Elites DemocracyNow Thursday (15 minutes) I will turn now to blogger Jeff Tiedrich who is well known for not holding back:   I would love to just post the article, but … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Winter Solstice Is Coming Edition

My favorite version of “White Christmas.” This is the Drifters from way back (3 minutes)” George Santos (or maybe Anthony Devolder) was expelled from congress Friday. We just happened to take a break as the vote unfolded, When the vote … Continue reading

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Issues Do Matter

Trump threatens to use military on US citizens (8 minutes) New York City? Chicago? How about Iowa City? Des Moines? Waterloo? Minneapolis? As the 2024 campaign unfolds the press continues to simply turn it into a horse race. When your … Continue reading

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Catfood Commission Redux

Colorado MAGA representative Lauren Boebert  picks a fight with Oren “Hank” McKnelly, the Executive Counselor of the Social Security Administration. As usual Boebert is ill-prepared and looks like a fool – 2 minutes: The reason for this confrontation is that … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving All!

Just a note to say hope you all have a fun and meaningful Thanksgiving this week. To get political for just a moment, it is obvious that Biden’s economic policies are working and working very well. Inflation has been contained … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Thanksgiving Edition

November 14th, 1960 Ruby Bridges makes history as she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La. She was 6 years old. Now – a bit older – Ms. Bridges will be honored as a National Women’s Hall of … Continue reading

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MAGA Party Splitting Like Broken Glass

Unlike all the chaos and lack of action by the controlling MAGA Party in the US House, Christina Bohannan will work for Iowans – 40 seconds: Late summer and early fall brought us some interesting visuals. MAGA Party members breaking … Continue reading

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SCOTUS, Ethics And Institutions: Doing Nothing

With the prospect of at least the Democratic Party in congress continuing the process of putting some ethics rules and punishments for violations of those rules into effect, The US Supreme Court made some window dressing moves Monday to try … Continue reading

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Yet Another MAGA Budget Crisis Due Friday

Good analysis of Mike Johnson by Jen Psaki (9 minutes) Whether or not the impending budget crisis that was pushed off until November 17th has once again been temporarily averted I figured I would post this article because no one … Continue reading

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