On the occasion of the 2022 Midterm Elections, the Hawkeye State experienced the full effect of their own tsunami that’s been building over the years. Once a quintessential swing state, Iowa has swung totally red. Governor, both Senators, all four Reps, state AG (close race)—all Republican. It was the final flip of House 3, in a very close race, that did it (call it a 2000 vote margin out of over 300k votes). But it doesn’t stop there. The state senate stands at 32R, 18D. The state house is 60R, 40D. (Further down, you’ll see how that translates into practice.) And as a sort of cherry on top of the tsunami, Amendment 1 - Establish state constitutional right to bear arms - passed 65/35. Results
Love it! We will likely be retiring and moving to Iowa soon to be near kids/grandkids. Our first choice was South Dakota, but Iowa is looking better and better all the time!
That, re aftershocks from the Covid Regime, plus: 1) This winter will be financially brutal for many, and 2) the continuing effects of the economic war.
I have a feeling that, as infuriating and confusing as this election has been, by the time we get to 2024 we will be dealing with challenges that will make November 2022 look like salad days. Case in point linked below. Ed Dowd continues to crunch the numbers and bang the gong regarding what the pseudo-vaccines are doing and will continue to do to our society. Dr. Drew just dropped this interview with Dowd. If it was only about the data (which not surprisingly is only getting worse) I wouldn’t be posting it here. But what especially caught my attention was the discussion about 2/3 way in about how these increased mortality and disability rates will affect our economy if they continue.
Not to get into the Covid crap again but, after reading the comments I feel compelled. Call me crazy but as I sat in on meetings re: "what were gonna do about Covid" I found myself thinking, "Have these people been watching the movie Contagion?" It all felt surreal to me. Sure, I was cautious but...
At the time I worked for a State Police agency. They told road troopers to stop wearing regular uniforms and revert to our Class E uniform (the one you wear at the range, etc). The Class E is machine washable while the ones with the nice shiny brass buttons are dry clean. I guess they thought the virus would permeat clothes. They required troopers to wear masks and rubber gloves when dealing with people. They established a mask mandate while in the barracks. You could keep your mask off while in your office (I was a detective at the time) but, had to put it on when you went into "common areas." This created the absurdity of taking them off and on as you walked from one office to another. Anyway, that's when I knew there was quite a bit of clown show activity going on and told my barracks commander that I wasn't wearing one inside. Thankfully he never lost his sanity nor sense of humor, thank God. He never wore one either.
Intrinsically I always seemed to know it was a virus and just a virus. Been around forever and always will. Tough and sometimes lethal for some and not so on others. Reading and staying off tv is what kept me from losing my marbles.
Hung around a lot of people in large crowds, most unmasked yet didn't get sick until last April. Tough - like a tough flu - but I survived. To many of these people, 1918 and all the other viruses never happened. Thankfully I like to read and research.
A writer pointed out another bright spot, which others have mentioned. In NY the GOP flipped 4, with a 5th not called yet but the GOPer with a .5% lead. Lost none. Perhaps most remarkably, my view, was flipping NY 4th, which has been heavily Blue going back at least to Clinton.
Born in Philadelphia, raised in Cedar Rapids, IA. No better people anywhere on the planet than right smack dab where I grew up. With the absence of big cities and loads of people whose livelihoods are literally directly connected to the earth itself, we're able to stay much more grounded in reality than most. (Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Minnesota without Minneapolis, Wisconsin without Milwaukee, etc.)
It hurt so bad to see our voters send Tom Harkin to the Senate all those years (among other temporary lapses of electoral judgment), but it's not at all surprising to see those same voters have smelled good and hard that foul coffee the corrupt and the crazies have been brewing up the last ten or twelve years.
I'm happy as can be to be living now in my adopted Free State of Florida, but a big chunk of my heart will always be in and with the Great State of Iowa and the genuinely good and wonderful people that populate every square inch of it.
Wow! Who knew? Tx for the uplifing story of Reynolds - common sense, intelligent, steadfast, unafraid! I may live near the Seine, but I grew up in Davenport, a stone’s throw from the mighty Mississippi. Iowans have come to their senses it seems!
DUDE there is no herd immunity from a coronavirus. That's why people that have had Omicron can get it again in as little as 3 weeks. That's why you can get the common cold year after year. Letting the virus run rampant is running the lottery for Long Covid. The herd immunity approach is a demonstrable failure.
Not to disparage Iowa, but I'm guessing the Dems are not too worried about it going solid red. That's no doubt where they will plan to set up the first America First Gulag camps.
I went to Iowa in June of 2020 for a family reunion that my sister-in-law threw. A good time with family - hugs, handshakes, no masks, everyone acting normal. Nobody got sick. I also went to a high school graduation party in MO in May of 2021 after over a year of insanity and that was fabulous! Five families held an event at the fairgrounds. Huge venue, no masks, hugs, handshakes. Extremely uplifting. Both events were quite heartening for this codger from IL. What I find disheartening now is that the area where you still see the most masks in Iowa is the Iowa City area, where the "educated" folks from the university live. You know, the folks who are supposed to objectively evaluate data and information for a living.
Love it! We will likely be retiring and moving to Iowa soon to be near kids/grandkids. Our first choice was South Dakota, but Iowa is looking better and better all the time!
That, re aftershocks from the Covid Regime, plus: 1) This winter will be financially brutal for many, and 2) the continuing effects of the economic war.
I have a feeling that, as infuriating and confusing as this election has been, by the time we get to 2024 we will be dealing with challenges that will make November 2022 look like salad days. Case in point linked below. Ed Dowd continues to crunch the numbers and bang the gong regarding what the pseudo-vaccines are doing and will continue to do to our society. Dr. Drew just dropped this interview with Dowd. If it was only about the data (which not surprisingly is only getting worse) I wouldn’t be posting it here. But what especially caught my attention was the discussion about 2/3 way in about how these increased mortality and disability rates will affect our economy if they continue.
https://youtu.be/ZAoIYJKMEgc
Not to get into the Covid crap again but, after reading the comments I feel compelled. Call me crazy but as I sat in on meetings re: "what were gonna do about Covid" I found myself thinking, "Have these people been watching the movie Contagion?" It all felt surreal to me. Sure, I was cautious but...
At the time I worked for a State Police agency. They told road troopers to stop wearing regular uniforms and revert to our Class E uniform (the one you wear at the range, etc). The Class E is machine washable while the ones with the nice shiny brass buttons are dry clean. I guess they thought the virus would permeat clothes. They required troopers to wear masks and rubber gloves when dealing with people. They established a mask mandate while in the barracks. You could keep your mask off while in your office (I was a detective at the time) but, had to put it on when you went into "common areas." This created the absurdity of taking them off and on as you walked from one office to another. Anyway, that's when I knew there was quite a bit of clown show activity going on and told my barracks commander that I wasn't wearing one inside. Thankfully he never lost his sanity nor sense of humor, thank God. He never wore one either.
Intrinsically I always seemed to know it was a virus and just a virus. Been around forever and always will. Tough and sometimes lethal for some and not so on others. Reading and staying off tv is what kept me from losing my marbles.
Hung around a lot of people in large crowds, most unmasked yet didn't get sick until last April. Tough - like a tough flu - but I survived. To many of these people, 1918 and all the other viruses never happened. Thankfully I like to read and research.
The End :)
A writer pointed out another bright spot, which others have mentioned. In NY the GOP flipped 4, with a 5th not called yet but the GOPer with a .5% lead. Lost none. Perhaps most remarkably, my view, was flipping NY 4th, which has been heavily Blue going back at least to Clinton.
Born in Philadelphia, raised in Cedar Rapids, IA. No better people anywhere on the planet than right smack dab where I grew up. With the absence of big cities and loads of people whose livelihoods are literally directly connected to the earth itself, we're able to stay much more grounded in reality than most. (Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Minnesota without Minneapolis, Wisconsin without Milwaukee, etc.)
It hurt so bad to see our voters send Tom Harkin to the Senate all those years (among other temporary lapses of electoral judgment), but it's not at all surprising to see those same voters have smelled good and hard that foul coffee the corrupt and the crazies have been brewing up the last ten or twelve years.
I'm happy as can be to be living now in my adopted Free State of Florida, but a big chunk of my heart will always be in and with the Great State of Iowa and the genuinely good and wonderful people that populate every square inch of it.
PS: Go Hawks! :)
Wow! Who knew? Tx for the uplifing story of Reynolds - common sense, intelligent, steadfast, unafraid! I may live near the Seine, but I grew up in Davenport, a stone’s throw from the mighty Mississippi. Iowans have come to their senses it seems!
DUDE there is no herd immunity from a coronavirus. That's why people that have had Omicron can get it again in as little as 3 weeks. That's why you can get the common cold year after year. Letting the virus run rampant is running the lottery for Long Covid. The herd immunity approach is a demonstrable failure.
Thanks. That helped!
Thank you so much; why didn't we know about this wonderful woman and turn of events; i read the news and the AMS daily and still missed it.
Not to disparage Iowa, but I'm guessing the Dems are not too worried about it going solid red. That's no doubt where they will plan to set up the first America First Gulag camps.
I went to Iowa in June of 2020 for a family reunion that my sister-in-law threw. A good time with family - hugs, handshakes, no masks, everyone acting normal. Nobody got sick. I also went to a high school graduation party in MO in May of 2021 after over a year of insanity and that was fabulous! Five families held an event at the fairgrounds. Huge venue, no masks, hugs, handshakes. Extremely uplifting. Both events were quite heartening for this codger from IL. What I find disheartening now is that the area where you still see the most masks in Iowa is the Iowa City area, where the "educated" folks from the university live. You know, the folks who are supposed to objectively evaluate data and information for a living.