Category Archives: Main Page

15 Things You Might Notice if the Auto Industry Operated Like Big Pharma

Posted on August 4, 2005 by bfialindathieman

15 Things You Might Notice if the Auto Industry Operated Like Big Pharma by Mike Adams, The Health Ranger, NewsTarget.com What if you had to buy your next car from an auto industry that operated like the big drug … Continue reading →

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Organizer Position with True Majority Opening Up in Iowa City

Posted on August 3, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Organizer Position with True Majority Opening Up in Iowa City Betty Ahrens, the Co-Executive Director over at the Iowa Citizen Action Network, forwarded this job listing to me. She says: [We] are looking for an organizer for the True Majority … Continue reading →

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Blog for Iowa’s Candidate Watch

Posted on August 3, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Blog for Iowa's Candidate Watch Even with all the time that has passed since last November, I am amazed that one of the blog categories that gets the highest number of hits every week is still the Candidates section – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce Braley, Candidates, David Loebsack, Ed Fallon, Elesha Gayman, Iowa in the News, Main Page, Progressive Community | 3 Comments

“Protect Iowa’s Land”

Posted on August 2, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

“Protect Iowa's Land” The Des Moines Register finished their two-part Sunday series on the coming demographic changes that Iowa will have to face in the next 10-15 years as farmland owners begin to turn land over to the next generation … Continue reading →

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Iowa Lakes Battle Early Death Due to Excess Algae

Posted on August 2, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Lakes Battle Early Death Due to Excess Algae by Perry Beeman, Des Moines Register Biologically and chemically speaking, [the title of Iowa's Best Lake] goes to … Yellow Smoke Park in Crawford County, according to a new report card … Continue reading →

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Mobilize to Protect Privacy and Choice! Join a Pro-choice Community Action Team!

Posted on August 1, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Mobilize to Protect Privacy and Choice! Join a Pro-choice Community Action Team! Protect Privacy – Take the Next Step! Are you ready to mobilize? Are you a pro-choice activist who is actively engaged in the politics surrounding privacy and choice? … Continue reading →

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“Bush’s Brain” Now Available on DVD

Posted on August 1, 2005 by Trish Nelson

“Bush's Brain” Now Available on DVD Buzzflash “BUSH'S BRAIN” is a haunting, chilling DVD that details the immoral, unethical, scurrilous “win at all costs” tactics of Karl Rove, AKA Bush's Brain. Based on the best-selling book by journalists James Moore … Continue reading →

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U of Iowa Prof Optimistic About Labor Schism

Posted on August 1, 2005 by bfialindathieman

U of Iowa Prof Optimistic About Labor Schism by Jeff Charis-Carlson, Iowa City Press-Citizen Shelton Stromquist, professor of history at the University of Iowa, talks labor. In the current [labor] schism there has been a lot of debate over how … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Marriage

Posted on July 31, 2005 by bfialindathieman

The Myth of Marriage by Monica Mehta, AlterNet.org A radical new book debunks the concept of marriage as a time-honored institution, and argues that we need to loosen up about it. The institution of traditional marriage is in a state … Continue reading →

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Newsworthy Notes from the Blogosphere

Posted on July 31, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Newsworthy Notes from the Blogosphere Hey, Look at This! Gordon Fischer has a Blog! Gordon, you sly dog, why didn't you mention this when you wrote me the other day? Gordon Fischer, former head of the Iowa Democratic Party, says … Continue reading →

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