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I am still giddy from the fantastic self-referential humor of Fallon-Timberlake. #1 Show. Go, dog.
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Poor white boy got hatassed by the big bad piggie!!!! Boo hoo. I'm playing the worlds smallest fiddle for all you saltines who are finding you white skin not getting you as far as it used to.
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2, the issue is one of injustice. Separating bigotry & racism from the cause of injustice is itself racist & bigoted. Anyone can fight against injustice. Claiming that those with a particular skin tone should not is the attitude of a bigot.
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This is the Apartment Generation...even in East Iowa!

A 2012 report by the Iowa Finance Authority found that young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 formed more new households in Iowa than any other age group in the decade. But they aren’t buying new houses – the majority of them are renting.

“This is a generation that’s moving into apartments,” Culkin said. “This is a phenomenon that is going to continue to increase.”

Renters can move more around freely, which may be necessary to deal with today’s challenging job market.

“There will always be people who will buy homes,” he said. “But apartment living is no longer an economic necessity – more and more it’s becoming a choice.”

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A search of Apartments.com, a national apartment data base, show that rents for a two bedroom apartment in Cedar Rapids are from $655 to $925; Iowa City rents range from $680 to $1,100; Des Moines rents range from $620 to 1,500; and West Des Moines rents from $670 to $1,100.


Read more: http://thegazette.com/2014/02/20/apartme…
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Fnarf may take the gold with his Olympic opinions, but Paul, your planet sized balls of shit opinions get a solid honorable mention.
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They fired Keblas?! This mayor is a gpddamn train wreck.
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My problem with renewable levies is that we wind up with the tyranny of the majority. Projects that aren't universally popular are always subject to the whims of whatever particular winds are blowing at that moment. Instead of trying to run a government, each department is trying to run a campaign. The House of Representatives is in perpetual campaign mode. I don't want transit, parks, schools, libraries, and roads to always be campaigning for a popular vote because someday they either won't be popular, but still necessary, or it will be a vote that's less about the service and overall discontent with something else (witness the most recent mid-term elections being called "a referendum on Obamacare").

If a democratic republic isn't capable of earning the trust of its constituents for those constituents to let their representatives actually _represent_, something is far more wrong than parks funding.

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