Change is good at Iowa State Fair main gate bar
“How do you want me to spell it?” I asked Cory Steiner, new owner of Canz. “Well, it’s spelled with an ‘s’ that looks like a backward ‘z.’ Spell it [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted August 07, 2013in Tech Talk
Watching the Web on TV
Every few years a technological innovation comes along that is so obvious it’s infuriating that you didn’t come up with it yourself. A few recent examples include eBay, the iPod [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in The Sound
Together but separate, Violent Fade’s unorthodox style works
Violent Fade is something of a niche within a niche. An instrumental three-piece, the band straddles a line within ambient rock that’s more structured than a jam band and more [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Book Review
‘Visiting Tom’ an honest account of farm folk
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones HarperCollins 8/12/2013 $14.99 336 pp. Michael Perry’s new book “Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace” is [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $905 To: CDW Government (Chicago, Ill.) For: Purchase of a Kodak 12600 Scanner. Amount: $750 To: Kaldenberg’s PBS Landscaping For: Payment for services repairing a wall at Laurel [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the Clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! BONE TO PICK Police were called after a man received threats from a suspect with a knife upon arriving at a car dealer [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in On The Tube
Larry David’s ultimate humiliation
“Clear History” is a feature-length showcase for the comedian’s masochism All of us “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fans were suspicious when writer-star Larry David suspended the series to work on an [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Letter to Kate and William’s new boy
Way to go, George. You’ve been born at last. Eight pounds, six ounces of joy. Congratulations. You survived the media hype with barely a spit-up. Now you will be getting [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Your View
Rep. Steven King’s points are misrepresented
Rep. Steven King should not apologize for his remarks regarding Hispanic illegals. His message is about illegal immigrants coming into this country and has been misinterpreted by many, including liberal [...]
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Posted August 07, 2013in Political Mercury
Scandinavia, Mexico, what’s the difference?
A few days before the furor broke over Congressman Steve King’s intellectual meanderings on cantaloupe-shaped calves and otherwise skinny Mexican kids, U.S. Senate candidate David Young visited with Political Mercury. [...]
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