(via Wonkette) One of the Zimmerman trial’s fastest cases of instant celebrity has come and (we hope?) gone in the space of a single day, and “Juror B37″ can…
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Wire: Michele Bachman wants to spank Obama, grab his magic wand
(via Wonkette) Minnesota performance artist Michele Bachmann sat down with WND to explain how Congress needs to “spank the President” and take away his…
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Wire: American Government Propaganda is Not Actually Propaganda, Says Government Official
(via Wonkette) Congress has worse ratings than cockroaches, Genghis Khan, and Nickelback. More than half of Americans think that the country is heading…
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Wire: George Zimmerman Acquitted, Satire Not Yet Possible
(via Wonkette) George Zimmerman has been found not guilty of second degree murder in the February 26, 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin.
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention.
The delegates at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte reflected the nation’s current and evolving demographics, with a generous mix of Americans of all ethnicities. In contrast, despite what one can surmise was a considerable effort by party operatives to diversify the delegations—considerable given the level of support by African Americans for the the Romney-Ryan ticket […]
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A Night in Theatre: Coverage of the 2012 Democratic National Convention
As Senator Edward Kennedy’s voice reverberates through the hall, I feel a curious quickening. I lift my eyes to the mega screen suspended from the ceiling of the Arena. There is Teddy, larger than life, in perfect cadence, speaking to us from beyond the grave, uplifting us, exhorting us to live up to our better […]
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Food for Thought – HF 589, the “Ag-Gag” Bill
In early March, the Iowa legislature passed HF 589, the law that has come to be known as the “Ag-Gag” bill. After months of public outcry over the original bill’s First Amendment implications—including a Slow Food Iowa petition that generated 41,000 signatures—the softened bill garnered bipartisan support in both the Iowa House and Senate, and […]
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What's The Matter With Stephen Bloom?
Little Village readers following the ongoing controversy about Professor Stephen Bloom’s article about Iowa in the Atlantic may have noticed the lack of direct response from us. Thomas Dean made a glancing mention of it in his essay about the complicated feelings he has about his hometown Rockford, Illinois. Mostly, we thought that there wasn’t […]
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Your Town Now: License to Complain
Iowa City, often called the Athens of the Midwest, is, like its more famous cousin, a hotbed of learning, activism and civic engagement.
Nonetheless, only an abysmally low 5.11% of registered voters (2,598 people) voted in our recent City Council primary election, while the other 48,222 registered voters living in Iowa City couldn’t be bothered to, apparently.
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McCain, Palin, Socialism
Lately McCain and Palin have been hammering Obama for having “socialist ideas.” Now of course, they don’t actually care whether Obama really advocates Socialism or Capitalism or Communism. They are just using words with negative connotations to describe their opponent, as though they were magical spells. They count on their constituency being ignorant, and not […]
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They Weren't Serving Moose at the Steakfry
Our friends over at Iowa Politics have a full report on the Sarah Palin roast that was the Tom Harkin Steak Fry. But this gem from Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge stands out: “Sarah knows how to field-dress a moose. I know how to castrate a calf. Neither of those things has anything at all […]
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Numbers and Real Numbers in the Presidential Race
Amid the media fiesta over the latest Presidential poll, we’ve seen McCainites and Obamans alike push to drive the narrative about the polls. In this case, we all should have learned by now to ignore the story that follows the phrase “According to a poll released by Zogby….” The firm has a lackluster record of […]
