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JT45242

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23. The same could be said for Iowa

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:24 AM

Dec 2020

Before I moved to Iowa from Ohio, I was impressed by how well educated Iowa seemed to be with high achieving schools that were well funded.

After the Branstadt and Covid Kimmy years, the schools are wasting away from lack of funding, the Republican legislature is more interested in passing unconstitutional abortion bans than funding schools, fixing bridges, or cleaning up water.

Between the general Republican steal from poor and middle class to give to the rich and the sacrosanct protection of farmers from the results of their pollution ( 3 times more pigs than people in Iowa and no laws regulating pork farm feces runoff), this state is in a downward spiral. Not only did they vote for tRump, but they re-elected Joni Ernst who had a 40% approval rating and has voted against both wind power (Iowa's number one non-farming product) and ethanol (Iowa's #1 farming product). Literally, they voted for someone who is trying to kill the two largest employment sectors in the state.

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I like "mask holes". We have been calling them "M&M's. Dustlawyer Dec 2020 #21

I was surprised to see people in the stands for that game... CatMor Dec 2020 #10

Oh, dear lord. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #3

Yikes, I didn't know that. Ligyron Dec 2020 #8

I'm not sure that last part is accurate Blues Heron Dec 2020 #9

I had not seen that particular thing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #12

With the Flu shot you can still get sick too Blues Heron Dec 2020 #13

Ahh, I'm reminded of why I don't ever get a flu shot. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #16

I'd get one if I were you Blues Heron Dec 2020 #18

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I may eventually start getting the flu shot. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #31

Yeah, I went decades without getting the flu shot Cosmocat Dec 2020 #29

I get a cold maybe once every three or four years at this point in my life. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #32

Shit Cosmocat Dec 2020 #34

Anecdotal only lildDemz Dec 2020 #30

The pfizer and Moderna vaccines require 2 doses. luvtheGWN Dec 2020 #25

Chicken pox is similar -- lesser not prevent JT45242 Dec 2020 #22

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I clearly need more caffeine. As I looked at this post, I saw "Rasputin party" . Strange mash-up. niyad Dec 2020 #19

The same could be said for Iowa JT45242 Dec 2020 #23

The denial and delusion is breathtaking Ohiogal Dec 2020 #5

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