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Cedar Rapids: Advocates for Social Justice March for Police Reform // KCRG...
KCRG aired a 1.5 minute piece on a police reform protest that happened yesterday in Cedar Rapids, IA. The Advocates for Social Justice issued the following police reform change ideas to the Cedar...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Federal Employment Discrimination Laws Included...
The U.S. Supreme Court shocked the nation earlier today by issuing in favor of LGBTQ employment rights. In a 6-3 court decision, the majority justices ruled that LGBTQ employees are protected from...
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Des Moines Woman Charged With 2 Counts of Animal Neglect After Severely...
Late last week, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa shared information about two badly emaciated dogs that had been taken to the shelter for treatment. The dogs were literally skin and bones and in...
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Iowa City Metaphysical Expo 2020 Has Succumbed to COVID-19
I've been attending the Iowa City Metaphysical Expo for years now (You can read about it here, here, here, and here). Sometimes I'm only there for a brief time, but I've always found it to be an...
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Hiawatha, Iowa: Severely Malnourished Dog Found Abandoned in Crate
The Cedar Valley Humane Society must have decided that the Animal Rescue League of Iowa was releasing too many stories of severe animal neglect and cruelty lately. So they informed the public about a...
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Gay Pride Comes to Washington, Iowa // Rainbow Run Scheduled for Noon on...
I think I just discovered one of the only non-virtual, face-to-face LGBTQ Pride events in Iowa. Possibly the world. And it's happening this weekend. Roughly 30 miles from my home!KCII Radio reported...
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58 Cats & Kittens Rescued From Mitchell County Iowa Property
Late yesterday, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa began sharing information about a massive cat rescue that they'd been called in to handle. There was a hoarding situation at a house in Mitchell County...
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Unknown Des Moines Person Set Box of Kittens on Fire // Now the Most Severely...
Just over a month ago, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa shared a horrific story about some unknown person who had set a box containing nine kittens on fire in a homeless camp in Des Moines, IA....
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ABC Not Moving Forward with "thirtysomething(else)"
Remember how excited I was way back in January about ABC ordering a pilot for a sequel series of the classic 80s family drama, thirtysomething? The new show was going to be called thirtysomething(else)...
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Nero at Daycare -- 06/30/20
Somebody asked me recently if Nero was still going to doggy daycare. They hadn't seen many pics of him on this blog, which got them a bit worried about my favorite standard poodle. Turns out that I...
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"Katy Keene" Ending After One Season
Sad news tonight. I just learned that The CW decided to cancel "Katy Keene" following its first season. The underdog "Riverdale" spin-off never quit caught on with the fans. Unlike "Riverdale" -- whose...
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Man Arrested for Physically Blocking Entrance to Iowa City Abortion Clinic
KCJJ reports that a Coralville man was report late last month after physically blocking access to the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City. 46-year-old William Owens-Holst began standing in the clinic's...
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Muscatine, Iowa: Mayor Issues City-Wide COVID-19 Proclamation Mandating Face...
Mayor Diana Broderson issued a proclamation yesterday mandating that face covering for every person in any indoor or outdoor public setting within the City of Muscatine, Iowa:Proclamation of the...
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Netflix Cancelling "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
First "Katy Keene," now "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."TVLine announced earlier this evening that Netflix has cancelled "Sabrina." The final eight episodes of the dark series will land on the...
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Man Arrested After Grabbing Reporter and Yelling Profanities During Live...
Saturday evening, WGN's Gaynor Hall was reporting live from Shorewood, IL, about damages from a weekend windstorm. Her intro was suddenly interrupted by some random guy who rush into the shot, grabbed...
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors Proclaim June 2020 as Pride Month
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday on a proclamation declaring June to be Pride Month:PROCLAMATIONPRIDE MONTH JUNE 2020Whereas, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer...
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Meet the Celebrities on WE tv's Latest "Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition!"
WE tv just announced that yet another season of "Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition" will be premiering in the near future. Once again, I have no idea who most of these Hip Hop celebrities are. And...
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Man's Girlfriend Dumped Him for Her Ex-Husband While He Was Comatose on...
I was watching episodes of "Paternity Court" on YouTube this morning while decompressing from the latest BLM protests and police counter-actions. I discovered an episode of the court program that I'd...
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Potential Father Claims Baby Could Be From Donald Trump on Episode of...
I've been watching more episodes of "Paternity Court" on YouTube and discovered the case of "Thomas v McKey."This hearing featured 38-year-old Marchelle Thomas and 35-year-old Bradley McKey. They met...
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Iowa City City Council Proclaims June 2020 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Earlier this week, The Iowa City City Council voted on a proclamation declaring June to be Pride Month:PROCLAMATION LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH JUNE 2020 Whereas, LGBTQ+ communities across the nation annually...
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