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Iowa City Staff Wearing Gender Pronoun Buttons at City Hall
Some employees at the Iowa City City Hall have begun wearing buttons identifying their preferred pronouns. Those pronoun options include "he, him, his,""she, her, hers," and "they, them,...
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The Salvation Army Drops Another Video Telling the World That They Do Not...
I was going through YouTube when I came across this video by the Salvation Army. It's titled "The Truth Is" and it yet another effort by the Salvation Army to address its reputation as an anti-LGBTQ...
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The Social Workers of "Ackley Bridge"
Earlier this month, I began watching "Ackley Bridge" on Acorn TV streaming services. Imagine "Degrassi" if it were set in Yorkshire instead of Ontario and if the teachers were a lot more involved with...
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My Fantasy Archie Comics Action Figure Collections
I've been stumbling across these advertisements on Facebook and on Twitter for Super7 ReAction Figures featuring vintage images of Archie, Veronica, Jughead, Betty, and Reggie. They cost $18 per figure...
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Return to Amish's Lowell Hoover Arrested Following Armed Stand-Off With State...
Earlier today, I had this video playing in the background for about twenty minutes while doing some data entry. It's one of Jeremiah Raber's videos. He was going to have some of his "Breaking...
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Cedar County Sheriff's Deputies & Tipton Police Officer Speak Out Against...
It's been a few years since I've written about Cedar County Attorney Jeff Renander or his checkered past as an anti-gay culture warrior. You might remember that he was the editor-in-chief of the Campus...
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"Judge Judy" Ending in 2021; Transforming into "Judy Justice" by Fall 2021!
Every so often, I read an article that "Judge Judy" is ending. And then it keeps plugging along for another year.But it's been all over the news lately that "Judge Judy" will definitely end production...
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Unique Defense on Episode of People's Court: "You Sued the Wrong Nelson Raposo!"
I do not get to watch "The People's Court" often due to work. It airs during my lunch hour and usually any episodes that get uploaded onto YouTube get yanked. So you need to be pretty quick if you're...
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Remembering Boom Boom Brannigan & Pandora Rogers: The World's First...
Nearly a month ago, I wrote two tributes to history's earliest social workers (here and here). Since then, I've discovered another pair of characters from the early 1940s. One was a history professor...
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Third & Final Season of "Lost in Space" Coming to Netflix in 2021
I haven't written too much about Netflix's "Lost in Space" -- though I did write a really popular blog post honoring Debbie, the Spacefaring Chicken from that very same science fiction streaming...
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Duck Dynasty's Phil & Kay Robertson Announce Their Endorsement of Next...
It's been a while since I've written about any of the "Duck Dynasty" people. Their patriarch must have noticed that nobody has been talking about him because Phil Robertson suddenly announced that he...
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"Riverdale" Halts Production Following Coronovirus Scare!
Iowa hasn't been hit overly hard by the coronovirus pandemic -- though most of what's happened in this state has happened here in Iowa City. Which makes sense given that we have the University of Iowa...
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Social Distancing 2020: Remembering When Charo Sang "The Love Boat" Theme Song
I've been binge-watching old episodes of "The Love Boat" as part of my social distancing efforts all afternoon. A few Christmases back, I received the first and second seasons of this program on DVD. I...
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The Archies To Perform on "Riverdale!"
It wasn't that long ago that I complained that Riverdale doesn't know what to do with Kevin Keller anymore. Almost immediately after that, Kevin began getting more screen time -- i.e., any screen time....
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University of Iowa Student Competes on "Wheel of Fortune"
Word on the street is that a University of Iowa junior named Tallie Kerr not only completed on "Wheel of Fortune" game story today, but that she ended up winning $10,650 in cash and prizes, including a...
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Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon Returning to Reality TV in Latest Season of "Mama...
I shared recently that a new season of "Mama June: From Not to Hot" will be airing soon on WeTV. (Jon's Note: Friday, April 17th, to be exact!) WeTV posted a "first look" video tonight, which...
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"Coronation Street" Responds to Coronavirus Outbreak: Reduced Production...
I apologize for not writing as much lately. Everything is about COVID-19 lately and sometimes I'm looking for anything but COVID-19. And even if/when I do find something that isn't about COVID-19, it...
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Corona-Fraud
One of my Facebook friends shared a video earlier today featuring a guy talking about testing positive for COVID-19 -- while he wandered through a Walmart and as he asserted that he would definitely...
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Remembering the Time that Patrick Stewart Appeared on "Coronation Street"
I was playing around on YouTube this afternoon when I came across this brief clip from an early episode of "Coronation Street."I was pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face. I'm not talking about...
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Exploring History Through Public Domain Comics: YOUR UNITED STATES
I was poking around The Digital Comic Museum last night when I stumbled across an old comic book from 1946 that initially appeared pretty tame, but it turns out that its contents had created some...
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