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California AG Rejects Deal With Banksters
In a surprise move yesterday, California Attorney General Kamala Harris rejected the proposed 50 state deal settlement on mortgage fraud. The negotiations with banking interests are being led by Iowa Atty. General Tom Miller. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged banksters, mortgage crisis, mortgage settlement, Tom Miller
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2012 Election Ready To Be Stolen?
Very disturbing report came out this morning (Wednesday as I write) about how a government agency easily hacked into a real-life Diebold electronic voting machine. The scary part is that with a very limited amount of time and with a … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Verified Voting
Tagged Diebold, election, electoral college, hacking voting machines, voting machines
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Help Feed The Occupy Wall Street Protestors
emptywheel.net/a-list-of-food-trucks-who-will-deliver-to-occupy-wall-street/ Someone down at Occupy Wall Street noted that a bunch of food trucks are gathering around the protest. Four of them would be able to take orders for the protesters. So if you want to feed those trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Calls to Action
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Congressman Loebsack On Disaster Relief
Last Friday, the National Republican Campaign Committee began calling Iowans telling them that I’m holding up aid for disaster victims. This is despite the fact that I’ve called on Speaker Boehner three times to deliver assistance to disaster victims. In … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, David Loebsack
Tagged floods, Loebsack, NRCC, relief
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Sunday Funday – U of IOWA and Writers’ Workshop Edition
The U of iowa Writers’ Workshop was founded in 1936. That makes this institution a ripe 75 years old. Many do not even know of its existence even here in Iowa. Yet there has been some great great literature that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Last Chance For Teapublican Party Of Iowa And Other Observations
War on Middle Class Well Funded Don’t say George W. didn’t fund at least one of his wars. Sure he didn’t fund the war in Iraq nor the War on Afghanistan. But, boy oh boy did he ever fund the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Death Penalty, Environment, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged class war, climate change, death penalty, joe walsh, obamacare, Rick Perry, ron paul, swati dandekar
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Sunday Funday – Let’s Harvest!
The harvest moon the other night let it be known that it is time for the harvest to begin in the very near future. Here are some questions about Iowa and American crops and other things to do with the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
Tagged corn, harvest, humor
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69,000 Bridges Structurally Deficient In America – How Many Are In Iowa?
That is the number that Rachel Maddow cited the other night during her segment concerning bridge disrepair in America today. I went to Google to verify that number, and most of the citations were much higher than that. The map … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Economy, Jobs
Tagged bridges, demand economics, economy, infrastructre, internet, jobs, pray, US lagging
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Twenty-Five Years Of The Prairie Progressive
Reprinted with permission from the Fall 2011 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter, available only in hard copy for $12/yr.!! Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Co-editors of The Prairie Progressive are Jeff Cox … Continue reading
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On September 11, 2001
I was scheduled to fly from Moline, Illinois to Philadelphia on September 11, 2001. My flight was cancelled. I returned to the office, and with the other office employees watched the twin towers burning and then collapse on television. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Foreign Affairs, Peace
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