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Iowa City Man, Whose Cat Was Allegedly Tortured by Roommate, Now Charged with...
(Originally written on 12/19/14): A local man was arrested two months ago and charged with torturing his roommate's 8-week-old kitten for at least three hours non-stop. This abuse was reportedly...
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Vatican Nixes Gluten-Free Communion Bread
It's being reported that the Vatican has officially nixed 100% gluten-free communion wafers when celebrating Mass. This directive was originally issued on June 15th, but didn't become widely know until...
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Senator Caitlyn Jenner(??)
Remember last year when I wrote about my dislike for Caitlyn Jenner and the rest of the Kardashian family? That opinion hasn't changed at all. I continue to avoid stories that involved Caitlyn and I...
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Jodie Whittaker Announced as the 13th Doctor Who!
(Originally written on 07/15/17): It's been known for several months that Peter Capaldi is leaving "Doctor Who." I've heard much speculation about the identity of the next actor to take over the...
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Not Appreciating #NotSpecialNeeds
There's this video circulating called #NotSpecialNeeds, featuring a cast of individuals with Down Syndrome.The narrator says:Special Needs?...What we really need is... education, jobs, opportunities,...
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Justin Lee Removed as Executive Director of the Gay Christian Network
Justin Lee started the Gay Christian Network back in 2001. It started out as a small discussion board where people had the opportunity to discuss what it meant to be gay and Christian. Or whether one...
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ARCHIE #22: "Why Can't I Feel My Legs?"
The "Over the Edge" story line just wrapped up in ARCHIE #22. This was the story line that originally threatened to kill off one of the main five characters in Archie Comics. I then later realized that...
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Doctor Who #5 Peter Davison: Female Doctor Is a "Loss of Role Model for Boys"
"Doctor Who" fandom is still reeling from this weekend's announcement that Jodie Whittaker has been cast as the newest Doctor. Either they love it or they hate it. I mean, the Doctor can't have boobs,...
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Full Transcript of 5th Doctor Peter Davison SDCC Comments about the New...
I wrote a blog article last night about news that former "Doctor Who" actor Peter Davison lamented the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor and that the casting decision was "a loss of a role...
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President Trump Creates Stir Following Speech at Boy Scout Jamboree
News started circulating last night about President Trump speaking at the Boy Scout Jamboree last night. There was an article that he swore during his speech. He said "hell," which made me shrug. I...
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Scouts For Equality (Along with UCC & Unitarian Universalists) Promoted LGBT...
I was listening to podcasts while writing this post and unexpectedly came across another story from this weekend's Boy Scouts Jamboree. I was listening to "Into the Mystic with John Dorhauer." Dorhauer...
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President Trump Announces Plans to Ban Trans People from Serving in the...
President Trump called himself the most LGBT-friendly president ever when he was first elected president. But he didn't prove his friendship very well today when he announced -- via Twitter, no less --...
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Muscatine, IA: Mayor Diana Broderson Announced Run of Re-Election
I've been writing all year about the Muscatine City Council's efforts to impeach Mayor Diana Broderson. You can read all about it here, but there is the nutshell. They and the city manager and the city...
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Bobby Drake Comes Out in Group Text in ICEMAN #3
A few years ago, Marvel Comics brought the original five X-Men from the past as a bunch of newbie teen heroes and permanently stuck them in the present alongside the current batch of X-Men. A few years...
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Iowa Farmer Builds Barnyard Baseball Field
Have you seen "Field of Dreams?" Everyone has, right? Well, I haven't. But it's one of most popular movies out there about Iowa. I just saw a great news story about a real life "Field of Dreams" near...
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My Day at the 2017 Cedar Rapids Psychic & Paranormal Expo
It's been pretty hectic over the past few days, but I wanted to check in about the 2017 Cedar Rapids Psychic and Paranormal Expo, which just happened over the weekend. I first started going to psychic...
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One Million Moms Upset over Two Mommy Household in Upcoming Episode of "Doc...
There's a cartoon on Disney Junior called "Doc McStuffins" that been around since 2012. It features a young woman who fixes toys with help from her toy friends.My own kids have aged way past this...
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Derick Dillard of TLC's "Counting On" Attacks Trans Teen Jazz Jennings of...
It's no secret that I'm not a fan of the Duggar family. They are a Christian family that became popular for their TLC reality TV show about the parents' quiverfull lifestyle and their 19 kids. They...
View ArticlePrairie Land Radio Launching in Prairie City, IA
A couple years ago, I met a man named Lynn Williams at the Iowa City Metaphysical Expo. I was just getting involved with an effort to start up a local radio station here in Iowa City and he was a...
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Catching Up with the Latest "Storage Wars" -- Featuring Its Auctioneer from...
My older boy Les was visiting this weekend, which meant that we channel-surfed a bit yesterday in order to find something on television that everyone would enjoy. Sure enough, we stumbled across the...
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