Communication Breakdown

For 163 years and tens of thousands of editions, The Des Moines Register has delivered the news that Iowa depends upon.

Now you can depend on them to just deliver faux pas and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The latest case in point is in the online edition

(Live) Romney speaks at Drake University in Des Moines

Complete with the caption under this picture.

Attendees to a Mitt Romney speech at Drake University in Des Moines wait for the likely 2012 GOP presidential candidate to take the stage. / Bryon Houlgrave/The Register

The problem is that Romney, as correctly reported in the story but incorrect in the stories URL, is speaking at the Hotel Fort Des Moines.

Somebody should be embarrassed, but the Register won't be.

As a matter of fact, you'll have to start paying for errors like that.

That's Bull Dog

I was watching KCCI/TV 8 last night and they had a story about a Drake University freshmen community service day.

They interviewed a Drake University spokesperson and in the graphic identified him as Dolph Pulliman.

They even put the story on their web site using the same name.

What's pathetic, and the scientific community is united in that fact, is that Dolph Pulliam has been an institution in Central Iowa for over 40 years and probably spent 20 of those years working at KCCI/TV8!

Irony?

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justice Mark Cady dissenting in a public policy case as something for lawmakers, not judges, to decide.

Keith Olbermann donating to three Dummycrats campaigns 3 weeks to the day after lambasting Fox News for going beyond having a point of view and actually starts to shill for partisan causes and actually starts to donate to partisan groups of one party.

The Ragister, the ousted Iowa Supreme Court justices, Fair Courts for Us, One Iowa and Drake University Law School Dean Allan Vestal decrying out of state money that opposed retention, but not once complaining about the out of state money that came in from Nebraska, Minnesota, Washington D.C., Missouri, California, South Dakota, Virginia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Washington, Colorado, Michigan and Illinois in support of retention.

AARP supported Obamacare, now it is raising employee insurance premiums and changing copayments and deductibles to avoid a 40 percent tax on high-cost health plans that takes effect in 2018 under the law.

Elizabeth Matus writing of her love of the state of Iowa and the Midwest and her pride in the University of Iowa and Iowa State, all while attending Stanford University in California.

Constant anti-war protester Christine Gaunt, who proclaims herself a vegan, but raises hogs on a family farm.











And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Fox not fair and balanced

The Ragister is reporting that Michael J. Fox will attend a campaign rally for Chester Culver at Drake University on Monday.

No surprise, he filmed an ad for CommieTommie Harkin during his last election.

According to the actors spokesperson, Fox...supports Culver's call for lifting a state ban on a type of embryonic stem-cell research and establishing a University of Iowa institute to conduct the research in search of cures.

The Ragister spins the stem cell issue this way....Stem cells are the building blocks of human tissue, thought by scientists to hold the keys to cures to degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's.

The TRUTH is that the promising research is in the field of ADULT stem cells!

Dr. Mary Davenport, obstetrician-gynecologist, and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has a great article in the American Thinker....

The plain fact is that embryonic stem cell research is proving to be a bust. There are currently 72 therapies showing human benefits using adult stem cells and zero using embryonic stem cells.

The fact is that adult stem cells have already produced remarkable cures, whereas embryonic stem cells have failed.

It's not surprising that the same people; Fiberals, Dummycrats and the Media, that are for aborting babies are so intense on embryonic stem cell research!

As I pointed out in my post Tuesday, Blinding me with SCIENCE ....

Injecting human embryonic stem cells into the brains of Parkinson's disease patients may cause tumors to form, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

Steven Goldman and colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York said human stem cells injected into rat brains turned into cells that looked like early tumors.

....Goldman's team used human embryonic stem cells. Taken from days-old embryos, these cells can form any kind of cell in the body. This batch had been cultured in substances aimed at making them become brain cells.

...Scientists have long feared that human embryonic stem cells could turn into tumors, because of their pliability.

Fox, ever the actor, even admitted that prior to his testimony before Congress he did not take his medication to control his Parkinson's...

I didn't take it deliberately as some kind of theatrical thing, but it seemed right for me to -- to be uncomfortable in that situation.

I grow weary of these self centered, self serving celebrities that only come forward after something has happened to them.

It comes across as, everyone thinks I'm great...CURE ME!

It's Only Paper

A dedication occurred yesterday at Drake University.

DRAKE ARCHIVES: Harkin, Ray Papers Donated

The infamous Harkin Institute of Public Policy that was originally supposed to be at Iowa State University.

Congratulations CommieTommie Harkin, we've long believed you belong in an institution.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

CommieTommie commented -- “I hope in future…and also acquisitions will be a resource for scholars and students. To bring a deeper knowledge of national issues and federal processes as well as to further in a non-partisan way the causes and policies to which I have dedicated my career of public service.”

CommieTommie's "non-partisan" crack gets him a

Doing It Wrong

The Vice President of the Coalition of Black Students at Drake University, Freddie Fulton, helped organize a MARCH AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING.

About two dozen Drake students, facility and nearby community members attended the march and rally.

Fulton told WHO TV HD -- “And it doesn't matter uh what color your race, I mean what color your skin is, it happens everywhere...".

If it happens everywhere no matter skin color, it's not racial profiling and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Maybe Drake was onto something with its D+ marketing strategy.

Ol' Red

Deciding not to donate his papers to Iowa State, I'm sure the College of Veterinary Medicine would have found them useful and the scientific community is united in that fact, CommieTommie Harkin is not going to rush into a decision about which entity will receive his papers.

Speculation for a resting place, other than the bottom of a bird cage, centers on Drake University.

CommieTommie's Comrade, Bill Knapp said -- I think if Harkin said he wanted his papers to go there, I think that Drake would embrace him. It would be a red-letter day for Drake.

Emphasis on the red.

Help me, Rhonda

Drake University is bringing some Hoser, eh (and the scientific community is united in that fact) in tonight to lecture on "Reparations to Africa for the Slave Trade".

Rhoda (Drake calls her Rhonda) Howard-Hassman is a Canadian professor and I'm sure will bash America for at one time having slaves.

How come you never hear from these apologists how the majority of slaves were sold into slavery by other Africans (Reparations for Africa?) and that whites too were sold into slavery (Slaves of a different color)?

Best Wishes

I was at the Lakeview Surgery Center this morning, when I heard a familiar name called out -- Don Stanley.

I noticed a man in Drake University sweats and ball cap.

I couldn't help but wonder if it was the Big Lug Nut's Donn (the second N is silent) Stanley.

If so, the Liter wishes him well and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Probably nothing serious, maybe just a LUG-ectomy.

The Pennsylvania Pickle

Having left the Governorship of Iowa, Tom Vilsack (aka The Pickle) had struggled to find full time work.

He attempted a run at President, but pulled up lame.

Drake University professed a desire to have his lightweight lectures part time.

He's all charged up about his part time duties with Mid-American Energy.

Finally, he found what he's really good at....B.S.

He's back lawyering and now he's also lobbying on behalf of the teachers union (NEA).

Now you know why there's that saying...The first thing we do is shoot all the lawyers and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Advertising Space?

Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?

Lydia Metzger, a Drake University senior in advertising, explains why most advertising stinks.

Metzger was interviewed by the Ragister regarding Bin Laden's death, and shared that in 2001 she had never heard of the World Trade Center or of the Pentagon. She was in 7^th grade.

That's 12 or 13 years old?

A 7th grader that had never heard of the World Trade Center or the Pentagon is an idiot and the scientific community is united in that fact.

You can learn a lot, and nothing at all, from Lydia.

She'll never be confused for an encyclo-pidia.

I bet she has a tattoo too.

She's probably a blonde as well.

Don't hold your breath

This headline caught my eye...

Congress Urged to Ease Pain of Gas Prices

I've been calling on the Dummycrats to do something about it for months.

You know it's serious when...

Greg Holliday, 37, now eats out two nights a week, instead of four.

I usually eat in 7 nights a week.

Or...

Shelly McConnell, 30, tries to combine trips when driving for her eight children.

8 kids at 30?

The price of gas is the least of your concerns and the scientific community is united in that fact.

And...

The prices have prompted Drake University student Deidre Howard to fly home to Tulsa, Okla., this summer, rather than drive.

She found and purchased an airline ticket for $225, figuring that would cost her less than gasoline round trip. She's also cut back on drives to Ames to visit friends and on DVD rentals at the video store.

Ah, Sacrifice!

One of my brothers-in-law was complaining about gas prices during our Mother's Day get together.

I reminded him how interesting that statement was when his family was late to dinner because of two soccer games in different parts of Central Iowa that his family drove to both.

When I played Little League Baseball (in the '60s) I rode my bike or found a ride.

Another relative was saying how cheap gas was in countries like Cuba or Venezuela.

I reminded him how little those people were paid for their work and asked who wanted to live in a Third World country.

Listening For The Weather

To say the least, I was completely stunned when I tuned into a 6 p.m. Saturday TV forecast to find the weather wienies now guestimating up to 9 inches of snow by Monday.

A mere 24 hours earlier these blabbering blowhards balked at any miserable precipitation in Central Iowa.

The Ragister interviewed a government employee, with the National Weather Service, who's advice to commuters Monday morning was -- drivers should pay extra attention to the forecast.

My advice to you is get a freaking forecast right.

And the scientific community is united in that fact!

In the same article, by Ragister reporter(?) Lillian Schrock, it was noted Sheraton and Cedar Rapids have seen the most rain in the state with over an inch.

I'm not sure if they were referring to the Sheraton in Iowa City or West Des Moines.

More likely the third year Drake University student, studying Journalism and Sociology with a concentration in French studies, meant Chariton.

The Sky Is Falling

My first thought after seeing this article, Panel to discuss retention vote's effect on judiciary, is that will be a balanced discussion and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The panel will consist of Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins; Drake University Law School Assistant Professor Ian Bartrum; Troy Price, the political director of the state gay rights group One Iowa; and Ben Stone, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.

Digging a little further you'll find that the sponsor, The American Constitution Society, describes itself as a liberal progressive legal organization.

Can't wait to read the “intellectual capital” that comes from these Turkey Lurkey's.

Buck Dodgers InThe 21st & 1/2 Century

In this AP photo Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin looks stunned that she has an economic policy and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Others are just stunned by the plan called, "Job Creation for the 21st Century."

One of the main parts of Conlin's plan would allow families to defer up to $5,000 they owe in federal taxes in 2011 to be paid back over a five-year period.

Conlin proposed this temporary tax break of up to $5,000 for families making less than $150,000 and individuals making less than $100,000, saying the money used to purchase a car, fix up a home or start a small business would bolster the economy.

Her campaign didn't have a cost estimate for the tax cut deferment plan. However, they say it eventually would be deficit neutral since the taxes would eventually be paid.

Eventually?

Conlin would also require that corporations pay the estimated $300 billion to $400 billion a year in taxes Conlin said they owe but fail to pay to the federal government.

Conlin will "require" corporations to pay the taxes they already owe, but don't pay?

Conlin also said she'd consider imposing tariffs on foreign products that compete with domestic producers. She acknowledged that likely would lead to retaliation.

William Boal, an economics professor at Drake University, said, "We should be alarmed, because we're trying to grow our exports, and anything we do that would interfere with international trade is likely to come back at us and make it difficult" to do that.

In addition, Conlin wants to preserve public-sector jobs.

That's the only sector of the economy that has seen an increase in employment since the recession began under the Dummycrat controlled CONgress.

Conlin believes her plan wouldn't add a dime to the debt.

I'm sure it will be considerably more than that, maybe even Millions and Billions and Trillions.

What's The Difference?

I found the juxtaposition of these two articles, at the online Ragister, to be quite telling.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

College fellowship for white Iowans challenged

Drake University starts new effort to retain minority students

Both are awarding money on the basis of race.

Dumb Anytime

The DUH Moines Ragister is wasting space by giving Daniel Finney his own column DM in the PM.

Here's what he writes about his own work experience...

Once described as a "cancer" by an editor. Also, writing called "ordinary and bureaucratic" by an editor.

That was at his first Ragister run.

Apparently openly loathed by most colleagues at the Omaha World-Herald.

Sacked for blogging from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Flack with a soul, but barely --while at Drake University.

Got laid off because "didn't fit in with the team" at the Old Weird Herald and Indianola Tribune.

Busy failing at three jobs at once--round two at the Ragister.

This is what is passing, per the Publisher, as upholding its tradition of credibility and excellence?

Of course she also said the Ragister would end up different, better.

She's half right and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Sports Best Time of the Year

Kick-Off, We're gonna Kick-Off! (One of the two times it's used correctly).

College Football gets underway this evening in Iowa.

The Drake Bulldogs host their first game, against the U.N.I. Panthers in renovated Drake Stadium. It'll be a battle for the Bulldogs, as the Panthers were second in the nation in Division I-AA.

The Iowa State Cyclones host the Toledo Rockets at Jack Trice Stadium.

Chris' Iowa Hawkeyes host the Montana Grizzlies Saturday.

I'm a Bob Stoops fan, I thought the Hawkeyes should have hired him instead of Ferentz, thus root for the Oklahoma Sooners. They host the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Saturday.

The New York Yankees have an 8 game lead in the American League East and hopefully can bring back World Series title #27 in October.

The Green Bay Packers have their final pre-season game tomorrow against the Tennessee Titans. The Pack will host their longtime rivals the Chicago Bears on Sunday September 10.

College Football, Pro Football, Major League Baseball.

For me it's the best time of the year, only if it didn't lead into Winter....Brrrr!

I Love Football

The Liter is going to flag both Anthony J. Gaughan and the Ragister for a personal foul regarding Gaughan's OpEd.

Iowa View: Football's future is in doubt

Gaughan claims to love football and then questions the sport’s long-term viability because of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Gaughan states --

Earlier this month, at UCLA were diagnosed even more players with the disease, including former stars such as Tony Dorsett and Mark Duper. Boston University scientists have diagnosed CTE in 52 of the 54 professional, college and high school football players they have studied.

That's troublesome, not for reasons Gaughan shares, but because diagnosis of CTE remains autopsy based,' there is a 'lack of specific diagnostic criteria required for pre-mortem clinical diagnosis,' and 'currently, no accepted method of diagnosing CTE until post-mortem pathological analysis has been conducted

That admission comes from several of the same scientists involved in the project.

Maybe that's why Gaughan is an ASSociate professor at Drake and the scientific community is united in that fact.

That plus he's from Minnesota, as well as a fan of the Vikings and Golden Gophers.