Category Archives: #nevertrump

Lahn: Not Buying What He Is Selling

Gubernatorial debate from KWQC tv from Tuesday night. 60 minutes:   Well, Iowans got a chance to look at their candidates for governor Tuesday night. I won’t lie. From the get-go it was very apparent that one candidate had no … Continue reading →

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How To Tell If You Are Buying American Beef

Trump’s Mystery Meat import program started Tuesday. This throws Trump’s mystery meat imports into a current food supply that is tainted with various forms of illness producing foods. So I thought it might be a good idea to post this … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: It’s Election Wrecking Time Edition

This weekend was once a kind of unofficial beginning of the campaign season. Labor was once a powerful force in the US. As laborers gathered for social events and to celebrate labor, politicians would join in. Often the politicians courted … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Gloria Steinem!

As part of the baby boom generation, I grew up in an environment where women were for the most part of the stay-at-home variety. Black and white Tv was a good background for the America of the 1950s. But as … Continue reading →

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Issues We Seldom See

While our mass media hypes up things that are really diversions, many really relvant issues are ignored or given very little exposure. What issues that are exposed they are often exposed in such a superficial way by politicians that we … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Where’s Your Beef From? Edition

11 minutes – Brian Tyler Cohen talks about Trump’s latest move: Brought to you by the party and president that brought you a million dead with Covid comes another bet on your life and health with the “Where’s your beef … Continue reading →

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An Observation On Dolly Parton’s Death

11 minutes: Ken Burns tribute to Dolly Parton:   We are not much followers of the entertainment world these days. With the venues shattered into seemingly a million pieces each one acting more and more outrageously to garner our attention, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: School Starts Again Edition

But first: Rosie O’Donnell sub hosted for Jimmie Kimmel this week on his late night talk show. As expected, she saved a special spot in the week to say something to the orange human in the White House. So here … Continue reading →

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More Soapbox Speeches

We will continue with a speech from Christina Bohannan from 2024. Bohannan did not speak this year at the fair and neither did her opponent. I am sure you will understand that much of what Bohannan says applies to most … Continue reading →

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Democratic House Candidates Speak At The Soapbox

It has been cool at the state fair this year. But while the weather has been cool, it is always hot at the Des Moines Register’s Soap Box. Today I will post the speeches by the four Democratic congressional candidates. … Continue reading →

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