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Muscatine City Council Votes to Terminate City Administrator's Contract by...
The city of Muscatine, IA, kept me fascinated in 2017 as I watched its city council impeach its mayor and then get smacked down by the courts! Most of the Muscatine City Council was unhappy with the...
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"Sabrina" Returns to Netflix on January 24, 2020!
Everyone and their cat has been waiting impatiently for "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" season three to drop on Netflix. We finally got a drop date: January 24, 2020!
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Holy Crimson Skies of Death! Check Out Arrowverse's Crisis Cameos!
(Originally written on 12/09/19): It was a busy night last night, so I missed the first part of the Arrowverse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" story in Supergirl. I've been pretty excited about this...
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Jon's Blog Daily Meme: This Is What Passes for Fine Art in Midsomer!
I've continued to delve into old episodes of "Midsomer Murders" and have been entertaining myself by creating members for the Midsomer Murders Official Group of Facebook. This meme was created earlier...
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Hallmark Channel Facing Backlash After Pulling Ads Featuring a Same-Sex Couple
The Hallmark Channel is in a controversy of its own making following the debut of several wedding-themed commercials by Zola. The commercials began airing on 12/02/19 and featured a series of...
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Hallmark Apologizes & Vows to Resume Ads Featuring Lesbian Brides
The Hallmark Channel made a sudden reversal this evening, apologizing to the LGBTQ communities and its allies after yanking a Zola advertisement that featured a female couple kissing at the...
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County Commissioner's Wife Arrested After Pouring Soda Over Head of Local...
Abbey Winters Battery/Disorderly Conduct MugshotThe county budget meeting in Chattooga County, GA, went off the rails last Friday after the county commissioner's wife dumped a large glass of soda on...
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Ames, Iowa: Man Steals Pride Banner from UCC Church and Burns It Outside...
(Originally written on 06/13/19): It's not just LGBTQ-themed library books that get burned by anti-gay culture warriors here in Iowa. KCRG reported this evening that a LGBTQ pride banner was stolen...
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City of Decorah Wins the Case of "Who Wants To Live Next To A Rooster?"
You may remember that the city of Decorah, Iowa, took one of his residents to court over a noisy rooster. Decorah resident Ralph Van Fossen had been charged with one count of disturbing the peace and...
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Who Is He-Man? (And How Did He Become Public Domain??)
I was reading public domain comic books last night when I stumbled across an unexpected public domain comic book character whose name sounds very familiar. I'm talking about He-Man! And he's very...
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Racist Messages Spreading Through Iowa City
There are reports of racist fliers being circulated around Iowa City by a group called the National Alliance. It looks like someone is leaving freebie newspapers in certain Iowa City neighborhoods....
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Actor Ralf Little to Take Over as "Death in Paradise" Lead in January 2020!
I've been a fan of BBC's "Death in Paradise" for several years. I'd heard earlier this year that current lead actor Ardal O'Hanlon will be leaving the Caribean mystery series after nearly three...
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Open Letter to Britbox: Complaint about Midsomer Murders
I sent the following letter to Britbox after realizing that several episodes of "Midsomer Murders" have been edited on its streaming site. Two of the edits were edited to completely remove any...
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Georgia: Commissioner Bans Cameras at County Offices After Wife Arrested for...
sourceIn a case of convenient timing, Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters has barred cameras and video recording devices within the county's Commissioner's Office less than one week after his...
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Group of Pastors Seeking to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage in Tennessee
Late last week, the Tennessee Independent Baptists for Religious Liberty (TIBRL) and eleven individual ministers filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Health challenging the legality of...
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Remembering Bing Crosby's & David Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth"
I've spent the past several days traveling with my husband and boys to meet up with other family members for Christmas. While driving last week, I discovered that Husband Mark had never heard Bing...
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E-Book Review: "Orientation and Choice: One Man's Sexual Journey"
Last weekend, I began receiving multiple Facebook advertisements for an e-book called "Orientation and Choice: One Man's Sexual Journey" by David Robinson. Judging from the comments on advertisements,...
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Iowa City Woman's Halloween Decorations Destroyed on Christmas Eve
The War on Christmas erupted late this season in Iowa City as neighbors fought neighbors over Halloween decorations on Christmas Eve.At 5:30 PM on Christmas Eve, an Iowa City heard noises outside of...
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Marvel Studios Prez: Transgender Character Coming "Very Soon" in Upcoming...
Social media is abuzz over reports that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that there will indeed be a trans characters in an upcoming Marvel film"very soon. In a moving we're shooting...
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U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Practices in 21 States Starting in...
Want to work at U-Haul? Quit nicotine quickly! Starting next months, U-Haul plans to stop hiring potential employees in 21 states if they use pretty much any tobacco products. This new screening...
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