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Taxation Time: The Original April Fool’s Joke
It's that time of the year. Time to gather all the receipts, pull the bank statements and start a tally so that Uncle Sam won't come knocking on my door for not paying my taxes. Governments have been taxing people since the dawn of civilization. If they could have figured out how to tax fire, air, or human misery, they would have. (Actually, they kinda did.
St. Patrick: The Missionary Who Transformed Ireland
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is best known for his missionary work, which played a crucial role in converting the Irish people to Christianity. Though his early life was marked by hardship, his return to Ireland as a Christian missionary changed the course of Irish history forever.Born in Roman Britain around 385 AD, Patrick came from a wealthy Christian family.
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Letter to the Editor: The Trump Report--03/16/2025
The Trump Report--03/16/2025First, a couple of things to clear up.Point 1-Ever since election day when Trump won the electoral college, Trump supporters keep touting the misconception that Trump won by a landslide and no one should challenge anything he does because the voters have spoken. There is a difference between the electoral college and the raw voter total. Letter to the Editor: Democrats this Week
Dear Editor,Rosemary this week: the Democrats have no solutions. They hate Trump. That is their message. They just rant about Trump being bad. Nothing else! Biden and his Crime Family of Democrats did nothing for our country, and instead, they squandered their time to promote freak shows and a failed Green Energy policy that made their friends in China a lot richer.
15 Years sounds like a long time, but where did the time go?
15 years ago today, began an experiment into what we thought was reinventing news. When you're on the cusp of something big you don't know that. What began as an experiment to reinvent news, like it should be done, started first in a little office under the name of a newspaper. In that building I had the chance to work with some of the best people. Ironically, I didn't arrive there at their request, but rather a, "hey, let me help and sell some ads for you, just pay me some commission," type of deal.
Letter to the Editor: Klimesh Intends To Push Wind Turbines Forever
Dear Editor,On March 4, 2025 all three senators on the subcommittee came out in favor of SF 376. Mike Klimesh, (R, Winneshiek County), Mike Bousselot (R, Polk County), and Izaah Knox (D, Polk County) are choosing to ignore the citizens of Iowa that do not want the State to take over local control currently endowed to the counties. If you watched this meeting on Zoom, it became quite obvious that these senators already had their minds made up.
Letter to the Editor: Trump this week
Dear Editor,Call it chaotic, schizophrenic, or whiplash, the Trump/Musk administration completed another week called, “this is what we are going to do—no wait maybe not”.For the second time, Trump started down the road of tariffs for Canada, Mexico, and China. Then within 24 hours, changed his mind, (for at least another month) and pulled the tariffs back.
Letter to the Editor: Inspirational Leadership
Dear Editor,Just can’t help but feel proud about how our kids still want to grow up to be president. A few quotes below. Four weeks before the 2016 presidential election: "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." In November 2018, Trump declined to visit a US military cemetery outside Paris due to rain saying he didn’t want to visit the cemetery because it was “filled with losers” Jan 6, 2021, after Trump watched the capital riots on TV for 2 1/2 hours: “Go home.
When Alexa and Siri want the last say
Sometimes, living in the modern world just makes me giggle. Take AI, for example. It’s supposed to make life easier, but I’m starting to suspect it has other plans, like forming a secret society where humans are merely tolerated guests.A few days ago, my AI devices decided to have a full-blown conversation without me. I asked Alexa a simple question—nothing controversial, just, “Hey Alexa, open ____ on YouTube.
Sometimes people are nutty in the peanut gallery
Being in the courtroom is an education. Not if you are in front and part of the show, but if you are an observer. As I watched one of the recent trials I noted several crazy antics from those that were scheduled to testify and a few in the peanut gallery.It seems like this trial had been full of all kinds of drama, but the judge did an awesome job of shielding the jury from it.
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