A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Iowa cops who seized $100,000 of cash from two professional gamblers on their way home to California from a World Series of Poker event. The men were pulled over for allegedly failing to signal before passing another vehicle. The problem is, [...]
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November 1st, 2014 - 9:11 pm § in Politics
How The ‘Liberal-Biased’ Media Reports Iowa’s Senate Race
This is how Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos) reports the Iowa Senate race between U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (D) and gun-totin’ and hog-castrating state senator Joni Ernst (R): Reported about Democratic candidate: “Braley and his wife have had run-ins with a neighbor over the neighbor�[...]
October 17th, 2012 - 11:40 pm § in America
Iowa wrestler loses because he refuses to face girl
from Slate: Joel Northrup, a standout Iowa high school wrestler refused to compete against a girl at the state tournament on Thursday, relinquishing any chance of becoming a champion because he says wrestling a girl would conflict with his religious beliefs. ….But in a brief statement issued t[...]
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:43 am § in Misc.
What Price Iowa?
Gingrich says Romney would ‘buy an election if he could’ Washington, Jan 2 : Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has launched one of his harshest attacks on rival Mitt Romney, saying the former Massachusetts governor would “buy an election if he could.” The former House sp[...]
Trump-West Ticket Gains Ground in Iowa
(AP) GOP activists in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina appear deeply intrigued by, and open to, a run by Donald Trump, the publicity-loving business tycoon and host of NBC’s “The Apprentice,” even as he perpetuates falsehoods about Obama’s citizenship and questions the [...]
April 30th, 2011 - 12:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Bill Proposed to Force Sale of University of Iowa’s Pollock Painting
A bill was introduced in February in the Iowa House that would require the University of Iowa to sell Jackson Pollock’s Mural, in order to create funding for scholarships. So let me see, we take out a loan of $200.000,000 to BUY a new Husky stadium and the we could sell something to pay of [[...]
April 14th, 2011 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
Santorum Dips Toes Into Iowa Snose.
“I’m very concerned about the state of affairs in this country and how Republicans are dealing with [issues], so this is an opportunity for me to go out and talk about things I think we need to be doing to turn this country in the right direction,” Santorum said of the Iowa trek — a [&hellip[...]
Iowa Governor, Former University President, Moves to End Faculty Governance.
Ed. Iowa has taken other steps to undermine faculty governance, including disbanding the faculty senate at one campus. The Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad, is the former President of DesMoines University, an Osteopathic medical school.. “I think we need to have professors in the classroom and[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 8:43 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
UPDATE: AAUP Responds to Disbanding of Faculty Senate at Iowa State University
AAUP Threatens to Investigate Idaho State U. February 23, 2011, 11:15 am The American Association of University Professors is threatening to investigate Idaho State University over the recent suspension of the institution’s Fa Click Here for original article Full Text culty Senate. The warning com[...]
February 21st, 2011 - 8:32 am § in Schools & Colleges
U. of Iowa Considers Firing Professor Who Sent ‘Prejudiced’ E-Mail
The University of Iowa has started a disciplinary hearing that could lead to the firing of Malik E. Juweid, a radiology professor who is accused of sending “prejudiced, insulting, and inflammatory” e-mail messages to colleagues that call them anti-Arab and anti-Muslim. In an interview with the A[...]