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    Like an Egg on Top of Eight Feet of Manure

    MAY 23, 2012 5:18PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: quality eggs, deregulation, jan kramer, grand jury, food and drug administration, usda, fda, congress, jack kingston, georgia, republicans, maggots, flies, manure, rodents, ecoli, salmonella, latinos, mexicans, mexico, unions, unfair pracicies, civil rights, new york, iowa, ohio, maine, eeoc, osha, eggs, peter decoster, jack decoster, austin decoster

    • 1 Ratings
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    Precision farming reboot - Using sensors, robots, and lasers

    MAY 22, 2012 10:42AM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: weeds, weed plants, tractors, sparse areas, sensors, seeds, robots, precision farming, precision, pharmaceutical, pattern recognition software, new paradigm, micro doses, lasers, iowa highway, iowa, insecticides, herbicides, harvesting, fertilizer nutrients, fertilizer, farming, crops, crop plants, bugs, aquifers, adaptive algorithms

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    Holding a dead cat like a bottle of tequila

    MAY 17, 2012 9:59AM

    By Doug Potter


    Topics: open call, humor, ottumwa, iowa, des moines, animals, comedy

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    • 513 Views
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    ‘Bully’ flawed but spurs vital conversation

    APRIL 21, 2012 5:27PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: education, gay/lesbian, politics, family, youth, young people, workplace bullying, white supremacism, violence, school bullying, school bullies, school, sawyer rosenstein, racism, public schools, public school system, oklahoma, new jersey, mississippi, military industrial complex, iowa, homophobia, georgia, education, bullying in schools, bullying, bully, bullies, baby boomers

    • 1 Ratings
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    • 3 Comments
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    Help Protect Farm Animals in Iowa

    MARCH 3, 2012 8:05AM

    By Hayley Rose


    Topics: h.f. 589, governor branstad, iowa, animal rights, peta

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    • 38 Ratings
    • 5770 Views
    • 70 Comments
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

    • 0 Ratings
    • 262 Views
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    Allen Porter: Dayton "Rope Trick Cowboy" Comes Full Circle

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 1:30AM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: allen porter, dayton, iowa, cowboy, rodeo, rancher

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    Article on large Alzheimer’s elopement exercise

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 1:23AM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: emergency, alzheimers, article, review, iowa, dayton

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    • 226 Views
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    Article on Dayton, Iowa Girl Scouts Troop 10009

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 1:21AM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: article, review, girl scouts, iowa, dayton

    • 0 Ratings
    • 154 Views
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    Occupy Small Town Iowa

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 1:17AM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: workman, victorian iowa, street, school fundraisers, rural, retirement, real estate, premise, phone, occupy, name, local bank, lawn, iowa, fiber cable, fiber, drink coffee, dayton, corn, coffee in the morning, children of the corn, business, bank, acreage

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    • 26 Ratings
    • 2144 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Democracy for Sale

    JANUARY 20, 2012 9:07PM

    By C Berg


    Topics: open call, occupy the courts, cedar rapids, iowa, movetoamend.org, democracy, political

    • 1 Ratings
    • 379 Views
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    GOP: A different sorta pickle

    JANUARY 15, 2012 9:17PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: open call, politics, new york times, thomas friedman, david brooks, new hampshire, iowa, republican nominee, 2012 presidential elections, gop, social conservatives, rick santorum, newt gingrich, jon huntsman, mitt romney

    • 7 Ratings
    • 666 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Health No!

    JANUARY 13, 2012 1:42PM

    By C Berg


    Topics: illness, health, healthcare, environment, yoga, fibromyalgia, fatigue, dairy, iowa, blue zones, gluten

    • 0 Ratings
    • 204 Views
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    America Sure Has a Funny Democracy

    JANUARY 9, 2012 2:38PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, population, iowa caucus 2012, iowa, higher education, demographics, democracy, america, south carolina primary, south carolina, new hampshire primary, iowa caucuses, republican primary, education

    • 2 Ratings
    • 317 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    It’s a Two Man Race for the Republican Nomination for Presid

    JANUARY 7, 2012 10:43AM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: new hampshire, iowa, republican party nomination, santorum, romney, ron paul

    • 4 Ratings
    • 564 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Michele, we hardly knew ye (and other notes on the circus)

    JANUARY 4, 2012 6:38PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wall street weasels, wall street, texas, ted rall, south carolina primary, south carolina, ross perot, ron paul, rick santorum, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, politics, obamabots, obama, newt gingrich, michele bachmann, matt taibbi, john mccain, iowans, iowa caucuses, iowa, green party, glenn greenwald, george w. bush, george h. w. bush, elizabeth warren, dennis kucinich, democratic party, confederacy, bill clinton, barack obama, 99%, 99 percent, 1%, 1 percent

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    GOP Clown Car Moves On

    JANUARY 4, 2012 1:21PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: politics, 2012 campaign, new hampshire, iowa, gop clown car

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 825 Views
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    The Republican Carcasses - IOWA: LIVE BLOG (Updated)

    JANUARY 4, 2012 12:41AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: frothy, rick santorum, gop, primary, satire, iowa caucus, buddy roemer, republican, jon huntsman, jesus, conservative, ron paul, rick perry, election 2012, iowa, bse, marcus bachmann, michele bachmann, sean hannity, rush limbaugh, ferrets

    • 0 Ratings
    • 669 Views
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    Rick Santorum: Racist, Stupid, or Misunderstood

    JANUARY 3, 2012 7:39PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: white iowans, welfare, rick santorum, republican, politics, minorities, manufacturing, iowa, great society, civil rights, campaign, black people

    • 10 Ratings
    • 609 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Iowa Caucuses:Gotta Know the Territory, Territory, Territory

    JANUARY 3, 2012 12:29PM

    By Walter Blevins


    Topics: meredith wilson, presidential nomination, republicans, democrats, iowa caucuses, iowa, politics

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