Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

Real Life Horror Story

The numbers are starting to come in from the superspreader event in our neighboring state of South Dakota known as the Sturgis Bike Rally. They are frightening. If the those fiction writers who wrote some of the classics of the … Continue reading

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Weaponizing Covid

Why has the right chosen Covid-19 to use as an issue divide the country in what has become known as “the culture wars?” Also, why have they chosen to use the Covid-19 virus as their weapon of choice in this … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Back To School Edition

Wish this were a normal back to school situation. Many parents know that their kids are being set up for a probable brush with the Covid virus. Maybe one of the best things that the kids will learn this year … Continue reading

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Will Reynolds Join Indiana’s Republican Governor

And Back Schools On Mask Mandates? From our friends at: Progress Iowa For Immediate Release: August 18, 2021 Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org Will Reynolds Join Indiana’s Republican Governor, And Back Schools On Mask Mandates? Republican Gov. Holcomb describes mask mandates … Continue reading

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Second Of A Couple Of Videos on Covid

This second video is from the CBC of Canada. Today’s first short video is below. It is well worth clicking on. As the pandemic rages many of us are going to masks again. This videos warns us that there are … Continue reading

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First Of A Couple Of Short Videos On Covid

These will be posted separately since posting videos together can cause loading to stall. The first video is a 30 second video put out by the Australian government on the reality of suffering with Covid: As Thom Hartmann described it … Continue reading

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How Workers Can Reclaim Power

The following is a short (6 minute) video by Robert Reich. Reich is the former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton. He may be optimistic,  but he always brings up great points: Labor was once the very backbone of the … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Breakfast Edition

From CNN comes this story: If you visit an IHOP in the not-too-distant future, chances are you may encounter some unexpected menu items that weren’t available before: beer, wine and bubbly. That’s because for the first time, IHOP is offering … Continue reading

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Right’s Framing Of Socialism Just Too Much BS

Never forget this: If you hadn’t noticed the next election is already in full swing. As usual the lockstep Republican candidates are all singing from the same hymnal. That hymnal has various versions of the ever popular song among Republicans … Continue reading

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Kim Don’t Care

From poster Grins on democraticunderground.com:  (August 12)  In 1969 Dave Garroway (Kidz – Google it!) was the host of this enormously popular show on NBC called “The Today Show.“  Fifteen years after the first of the nationwide tests for the … Continue reading

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