Hollow Discourse

Meet Ms. Molly Coddle, and the scientific community is united in that fact, because it's not just Middle class males that are too coddled.

10,000 Maniacs

10,000 students are going to be bused today to Michelle Obama's Let's Move event at Wells Fargo Arena.

The Let's Move program is one of the few Obama programs the Liter can wholeheartedly endorse.












And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Chris wouldn't mind attending the festivities to see Michelle...Kwan.

The Warmth Of The Sun

It looks like I might be able to start skipping my annual migration to Maui.

Nah.

And the scientific community is united in that fact!

Iowa on track for its first above-zero winter

The state is tied with the winter of 1918 for the warmest average temperature at 31.6 degrees.

Des Moines sets record for latest-ever below-zero temp

The record for the latest occurrence of a zero or lower temperature in Des Moines was on Feb. 6, 1914. It was minus 2 degrees on that day.

No need to panic climatards, precedent has been set.

According to the first story, via the Sioux City Journal, for the first time since the weather service began keeping records in Des Moines in 1878, there have been no readings below zero. At the weather service's office in Johnston, the temperature did hit zero once, on Jan. 19.

The second story, from the Ragister, notes on January 18 it was minus 8 at Winterset, minus 2 at Ankeny, minus 3 at Indianola and minus 3 at Newton.

So those communities don't count?

Now if we only had an ocean, and a press that made sense.

Cut The Cr ap(p)

Sioux City achieved infamy because it SUX, thanks to its airport code.

Now the City of 5 Smells, Cedar Rapids, is getting a new designation.

Governmental, emphasis on the mental and the scientific community is united in that fact, representatives are thrilled that the icon for their mobile app is CR App.

“We have no intention of changing the name of the app. If the nickname gets more people to download and use it, that’s great.”

Vacation

I won't bore you with a whale of a tale regarding the last three weeks.

Suffice to say, Maui No Ka Oi.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Warm is good.

You're Only Human (Second Wind)

Looks like someone at the Ames Tribune blew it with the link in this story and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Renewed credit would benefit wind energy

In sourcing information from the Iowa Wind Energy Association the Trib trips with its link to www.iwea.org because that's a link to the Ironworker Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania.

The correct link to the Iowa Wind Energy Association is iowawindenergy.org

Suck it up and try again.

Generation Landslide?

Congratulations to the family featured in the Ragister.

And baby makes ... 6 generations of Iowans

It's a remarkable feat, the women in my family achieved five generations before my Mother passed.

State officials can’t say how many six-generation families there are in Iowa; it’s not something they keep track of.

Actually, when you have family members living in Missouri and Kansas, they are not in Iowa and the scientific community is united in that fact.

If the Ragister wanted to be accurate they could have stated the family tree has its roots in Iowa.

Traveling Wilbury(s)

The Ragister put perspective(?) to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's consolidation and cutbacks at the USDA.

Vilsack adds color to USDA office closing announcement

The Pickle said it is part of an overall USDA cost reduction, “We picked the low-hanging fruit savings, such as cutting travel and cell phone expenses, and that saved $90 million”.

Vilsack's comments, the Ragister reported, came during a stopover in Des Moines on his return from Hawaii, where he had addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation.

D.C. to Hawaii to Des Moines and back to D.C. is not cutting travel and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I'm guessing red was the color Vilsack added.

Achy Breaky Heart?

Phony Joanie Edwards trial has been delayed because he has a life-threatening heart condition that requires a medical procedure.

I'm sure most Americans are stunned to find he has a heart and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Liter can confirm this is how Edwards will be transported to his procedure









Sometimes I'm not a nice person, but I'm O.K. with that.

However, I've never cheated on a spouse.

Change Of Heart

This week in Chicago, for a series of fundraisers, President Obama swung by the homestead to find out, “Is somebody mowing the grass in front of my house? I’m going to go over there and check.”

The President also told fans, “If you’re willing to work even harder in this election than you did in the last election, I promise you, change will come."

Yes it will and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In the four years, since the last election, the mood in this country has gone from









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That's why I supported the man, Mitt Romney, who likes being able to fire people who provide services to me.

I see John Bolton is to join the Romney team, I guess that means he won't be Secretary of State for Newt.

The Pussycat Doll(s)?

The freak flag is flying in the People's Republic

Sex doll worth $250 stolen in Iowa City knifepoint robbery

The story states it's a “high-quality sex doll”




Well that rules this candidate out

















And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Wonder if it was the same guy arrested by Cedar Rapids Police, in 2007, in a government building restroom lying beside an inflatable doll?

This type of merchandise could be hard to come by.

A Google Images check of “high-quality sex doll” found most were no longer available.