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iowas newz liter: Blizzard

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:32:00 -0500

It's getting really deep at the Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch, the difference is this time its snow, and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I know this weather always puts someone in the mood for Christmas, so in [...]

Politically Speaking: Smith in for GOP, May bowing out

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:44:16 -0500

We’re seeing a period where candidates are settling on decisions to run for the Iowa Legislature in 2010. A few days ago it was Sioux City Democrat Rick Mullin announcing he’d run for the position to be vacated when fellow city Dem Wes Whitead doesn’t seek re-election in Iowa House [...]

Iowa City Theatre: Free Christmas Concert at ITAC

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:58:00 -0500

ITAC - The Iowa Theatre Artists Company will host a free Christmas Concert by The Great Bluegrass Herons and Friends on Sunday evening, December 13 at 7 pm. The Great Bluegrass Heron are a musical group from the Hills/Sharon Center area featuring Mark and Janet Wilson and Paul and Julie [...]

Bleeding Heartland: Winter comfort food thread

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:45:52 -0500

What do you like for dinner when winter just dumped more than a foot of snow on your house? My first choice would normally be home-made soup, but we're out of bread, and I just made curried pumpkin soup over the weekend.

We had tomato and olive wild rice' [...]

Caffeinated Thoughts: At the Heart of Christianity is Good News

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:56 -0500

What is at the heart of Christianity? It isn’t moralistic teaching. It isn’t advice that we are given on being “better people.” It isn’t the “Golden Rule.” Michael Horton in his new book The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in [...]

Iowa Independent: Grassley backs drug-import plan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:00:14 -0500

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has signed on to an amendment to health reform legislation that would make it legal for U.S. consumers to buy prescription drugs from other countries.

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa (Lauren Victoria Burke/WDCPIX.COM)

“I’ve always considered [...]

Iowa Independent: Iowa health center receives $2 million in stimulus funding

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:58:12 -0500

An Iowa health care provider is one of 85 community health centers nationwide to receive a significant monetary boost from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday.

“… Funding for construction, technology and a medical home demonstration project won’t just save more money, and create [...]

Iowa Politics Insider: Adocates worry reduced foster care payments will hurt Iowa foster families

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:23:18 -0500

Iowa foster parents will get about $35 less each month for expenses for the abused or neglected children they care for on behalf of the state.

That could hurt the foster care system, said several Iowans who oversee the Iowa Department of Human Services. The 10 percent across-the-board budget cut Gov. [...]

Popular Progressive: Runaway Iceberg Heads for Warmer Climate

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:16:00 -0500

According to CNN and other sources, an iceberg, more than twice the size of New York's Manhattan island, is drifting slowly toward Australia.

The iceberg, measuring 54 square miles, cleaved off the Ross ice shelf nearly 10 years ago and had been floating near Antarctica before commencing [...]

Iowa Independent: Boswell makes GOP retirement list

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:00:36 -0500

The National Republican Congressional Committee has compiled a list of 17 incumbent Democrats they hope to pressure into retirement before the 2010 elections, and Iowa 3rd District Rep. Leonard Boswell is one of them.

According to the National Journal, the informal list, called the “Dem Retirement Assault List,” includes [...]