Bill to prevent any ballot initiatives to overturn state’s abortion ban.

Who cares what the citizens want?

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Perkins - "B" kept Hawks in the game but disappeared at times
Sandfort - "C-" he couldn't hit shit, turned the ball over and his defense is deplorable. Would have been a "D" had he not gotten 7 rebounds.
Freeman - "B" played hard and was a difgerence maker but he needs to quit reaching in and slapping at the ball.
Krikke - "C-" Missed several layups and got blocked multiple times at critica points in the game. Needs to pound tge boards.
Dix - "B" played good defense on young for most of the game, shooting was off and dribbled too much
Pmac - "C" Played the right amount of minutes (10), 4 points and a couple TO.
Bowen - "C" should play more, they need his athletc ability. Couple nice assists but seldome shoots
Harding - "C" played with great energy on both ends of the court. If he could only make an outside shot.

I kerp reading what a great shooting team this is. I don't see it. Missed a lot of wide open threes.

FWIW, this team has very little fire and Freeman looked totally disinterested last night at the press conference.

Wasted two hours watching that. Totally disappointed, because we should have won that game.

Can't control when you get pregnant.
Can't control what porn you watch.
Can't use social media if you're a teen.
Being forced to recite pledges everyday at school.

Rs want 100% control of everything you do.

Republicans who run the Golden Dome of Wisdom have shredded “local control” so completely it’s tough to imagine how they could take more authority away from local governments.



And yet, they keep finding new ways use state power to benefit their donors and allies who would rather do business under weak state rules than deal with more rigorous county and city ordinances.


This time, it’s about water and dirt.





Senate File 455 would bar cities and counties from adopting rules governing stormwater runoff from commercial and residential developments that exceed a very low bar set by the state. The bill would also stop local ordinances requiring builders to put topsoil back on finished sites.


So basically, the state will dictate how much stormwater gushes from a site, even though it’s local taxpayers who will pay for the consequences. Topsoil, which soaks up runoff, will only be put back in place if “feasible” under state and federal rules.


So, you’ve got a city, such as Cedar Rapids, which experiences flash flooding. And local leaders want to put stormwater rules for new development in place that would help solve the problem. Tough darts. The state says new developments can only be required to hold runoff at the same rate the land soaked up preconstruction.


Improvement? That would cost too much money, bill supporters insist.


Under the bill, which passed the Senate last year and is being considered now by the House Local Government Committee, ordinances requiring the replacement of topsoil in Cedar Rapids, North Liberty and Coralville would be washed away. Enjoy your compacted clay yards, homeowners.


Soaking up and filtering water improves water quality. Who cares about that? Not the current regime.

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Tim Palmer, a longtime soil and water commissioner in Madison County and a past president of the Conservation Districts of Iowa, told me a law applying a single standard on all the topography and soil types in Iowa would be a big step backward.


“It’s just the opposite of what we need,” Palmer said.


This saga has gone on for the better part of a decade. A state rule requiring topsoil replacement was scrapped by the Environmental Protection Commission on the advice of a stakeholder panel appointed by then-Gov. Terry Branstad. The panel was dominated by Realtors, homebuilders and earthmovers. The commission ignored overwhelming public opposition to tossing the rule.


“So we're worried about fish?” one homebuilder said during a hearing on the state topsoil rule in 2015, clearly grasping the concept.


But despite that governing malpractice, it was still possible for local authorities to set rules that made sense for their communities. Naturally, this can’t stand.


The homebuilders were back to make their case to the Local Government Committee this week. They argued, once again, that adhering to local rules would make houses too expensive. They insisted the topsoil issue had already been “litigated” by the EPC. It certainly was a jury of their peers.


Because the bill passed the Senate last year, all it needs to do now is clear Local Government and pass the House. It could move fast, so weigh in if you care about water. Otherwise local control will sleep withe the fishes.


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Had one in Clinton. I could get 3 burgers, fries and shake for $3.00 (might have been $2 cuz the burgers were 25 cents) back in 1984. I think there was another one in Iowa Falls but could be wrong.

My Dad was friends with the owner....think it went tits up in the early 90's.

"Famous Recipe" Chicken is another one...far superior to KFC. Went tits up as well...

Why did the high quality fast food joints fall by the wayside?

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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a Boeing aircraft operated by Delta Air Lines lost the tire on its nose while taxiing for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the agency said Tuesday.

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The incident, which happened Saturday, involved a Boeing 757 plane that was headed to Bogotá, Colombia. “The passengers deplaned and were bused to the terminal,” it said in a statement.

A preliminary FAA report posted Monday said the nose wheel had rolled down a nearby hill. There were no injuries, according to the report.
Delta said a nose gear tire and rim had come loose from the landing gear and passengers were transferred to a replacement aircraft. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” it said in a statement.

The aircraft returned to service the next day, a Delta spokesman said via email.


A Boeing spokesman said the company had nothing to add to the FAA statement and referred inquiries to Delta.

The incident comes amid intense scrutiny for Boeing and follows an accident earlier this month in which one its 737 Max 9s, operated by Alaska Airlines, lost a chunk of its body midair, leaving a gaping hole beside a row of seats and endangering passengers. There were no fatalities, but federal officials grounded 171 of the Max 9s for inspections.
Alaska Airlines has checked its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 Max 9s since the Jan. 5 accident and said it found loose bolts on many of those jets, according to Ben Minicucci, the carrier’s chief executive.

For some unknown reason, they stopped guarding him with Dix.

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday questioning what legal authority the commander in chief has to authorize strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The senators condemned Houthi attacks on commercial shipping and acknowledged the U.S. can carry out defensive strikes to protect its troops and assets under Article 2 of the Constitution — but raised questions about the authority to strike the Houthis when the rebels are mainly targeting international ships and not American ones.

“There is no current congressional authorization for offensive U.S. military action against the Houthis,” the senators wrote. “While the Houthis and their backers, namely Iran, bear the responsibility for escalation, unless there is a need to repel a sudden attack the Constitution requires that the United States not engage in military action absent a favorable vote of Congress.”

The letter was signed by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah).

The repeated strikes on Yemen also spurred concerns in the House, where progressive lawmakers such as Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and more conservative lawmakers such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) have questioned Biden’s authority.

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The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected
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If you send a text message to somebody to whom you have never exchanged messages with in the past. Mention who the hell you are in the message.

That's all.

Daniel Jeremiah from NFL Network has Coop going to the Cardinals at 27.

Add any other mocks here when you see them.

IOWA CITY -- One of the most notable topics in now-permanent athletic director Beth Goetz's introductory press conference Tuesday was potential changes or renovations to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Goetz's message to Hawkeye fans: renovations are coming, and she wants the students more involved.

While several other athletic facilities on the Iowa campus have been built or renovated in recent years, the 41-year-old home of men's and women's basketball and wrestling has been largely untouched, and Hawkeye fans have been eager for a modernization for several years.

A feasibility study on potential changes to Carver-Hawkeye Arena was launched last fall, though, and Goetz affirmed that changes will be coming to the venerable building. "It has been a wonderful facility for 40 years, and what we need to do is ensure that it serves our needs for the next few decades," said Goetz.

"That feasibility study started well over six months ago, and we're excited about some of the opportunities to consider changes that will directly impact the student-athlete experience, the fan experience, and certainly some other adjustments."

Goetz said the athletic department would soon seek feedback on some of the renovation concepts. "We are working through a financial study as well, so doing a little bit of a donor feasibility study," Goetz said, "but we're close to being able to have some focus groups and get some more significant input."

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Has anyone heard anything? What's he up to, how is is health, etc...

Colorado Campfire S'mores


It was just told to me.

If you don't know what it is, I dare you to look it up under the Urban Dictionary

Well are you willing to try it you freeks out there?

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Passed away today at age 100.

Attorney General Brenna Bird hasn't been shy about letting the Biden administration know what she thinks.

Since taking office in January 2023 after defeating incumbent Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa's first Republican attorney general in 44 years has kept busy litigating against the federal government, either joining cases brought by other conservative-leaning states or filing her own lawsuits.

Bird ran for election promising the Biden administration to "see you in court," and over her first year she's done so on topics ranging from ethanol sales to cybersecurity regulations to the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

Her record, in cases that have reached a decision, is mixed, with wins in some cases as high up as the U.S. Supreme Court and proposed regulations withdrawn. Other arguments have been rejected by judges or overturned on appeal.


Nor is she solely concerned with perceived federal overreach. A review of her first year shows her actively engaging in a range of social and political controversies, intervening in lawsuits as far away as California and sending threatening letters to social media companies, investment firms and others.

The White Sox named ESPN’s John Schriffen as their new TV play-by-play voice, the team announced Thursday. Schriffen replaces Jason Benetti, who joined the Tigers’ booth in November after a falling out with the Sox.

Schriffen, 39, was among three finalists for the job, with Red Sox radio voice Will Flemming and ESPN 1000’s Connor McKnight. Schriffen, who is biracial, becomes the second Black TV play-by-play announcer in MLB, joining the Mariners’ Dave Sims.

He joined ESPN in August 2020 to call Korea Baseball Organization games. He also has called football, basketball and softball, but he has little experience with major-league baseball. In 2022, Schriffen began calling select weekend MLB games for ESPN Radio.




Schriffen, who graduated from Dartmouth, pitched on the school’s baseball team as a freshman, then became the voice of Dartmouth athletics, calling baseball, basketball and hockey on the radio.

Schriffen’s broadcasting experience goes beyond sports. From 2012 to ’14, he was a correspondent for ABC News, reporting for the network’s platforms, including “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.” He also worked at the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C., covering the White House and Capitol Hill.

Brilliant strategy for recruiting purposes, keeping the coach's lame duck son on staff to collect paychecks and maintain his offensive coordinator/QB coach duties through the beginning and end of the transfer portal window (he's staying on through January).

It was already a tough sell to get skill position players to come to Iowa with the coaching staff at full strength. What kind of difference making offensive player is going to commit to play his senior year at Iowa when he won't even know who will be calling plays? Certainly no QB will come in to compete with the incumbent QB who has played 3 games in 2 1/2 years and has two bum knees. Even OL need to know this before committing a year of eligibility to a school.

It's time for Kirk to put the program ahead of his family for a change and make an announcement on offensive coordinator. Brian refuses to even wear a tiger hawk on his shirt...do you think the guy is out there recruiting like every other college coach is right now?