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An early Christmas present from the Supreme Court, upholding the ban of assault weapons!
2 thumbs up! But there are more than 3 stooges.
Question? I have noticed MC businesses that have taken it upon themselves to paint active and inactive crossing light poles and bases with their business names/colors. Is this legal? Can anyone paint their business logos on inactive ones?
Examples, please?
Obviously they have permission from the powers that be. So yes it’s legal.
…seen some more just a block south of the mall, painted blue.Maybe they are old signage posts but seem prettty close to street side, but even, does street signage need city approval?
Yes, it does require city approval. I think there is some leeway for yard sale signs but any advertisement requires a permit. Even realtors and insurance company’s can not put up signs.
Question? Why do the Cerro Gordo County sheriffs get to drive the county sheriff vehicles home and to work? Does the MC Police officers do that? Seems like a lot of free transportation and extra mileage on the squad cars.
@Katie-I believe the idea is by having a squad car sit outdoors in a driveway helps reduce the chance of crime in the area.
ummm..but people would get use to where the officers live in such a small town..that is kinda weak if that is true.
In some areas of the country, there are nice doublewide mobile homes in county parks where police officers are allowed to live rent-free. The value of their rent is taxable income, however. The LEO presence cuts down on crime in the parks. The officers earn their keep in their off-duty time.
in some places officers are basically supposed to be ready at the drop of a hat so instead of having to run to the station to get their vehicle they take them home.
so why doesn’t MC police do the same.?
@Katie-I would say there are not enough squad cars. They rotate four cars on each shift. The other cars are older and are used for emergency’s.
“in some places” does that include the metropolis that is MC?
NIT Publisher Matt Marquardt is hereby offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the identity of the person(s) involved in writing this letter and many others just like it. Some of the letters involve physical threats with a gun. If you know who has concocted this letter, please contact NIT at once.
@Matt-The writing style and comments look like the Anonymous Creep who is constantly bashing you on this site. It wouldn’t take much to find out for sure who it is. Over time there have been sever establishment lackey’s who have posted hate comments under the Anonymous name.
One hell of a lot more knowledgeable than you. You give new definition to the word ignorant. You are a card carrying member of the DUMB A$$ club.
Just another “ANONYMOUS” Dumb A$$
@Anonymous-It is better than the dribble you post. If you don’t like it don’t read it, but shut the freak up about it. You are just another Anonymous whiner.
Anyone see this? Joni Ernst congratulated the Iowa Hawkeyes on winning the Big Ten title game … problem was, they lost 16-13.
Ernst later followed up this mistake with an apology tweet.
“Sorry for staff error. @hawkeyefootball had a great season. Extraordinary effort tonight.”
Sorry for staff error?
Just apologize Joni.
Your staff, your fault.
Big deal. She apologized and that is that. People make mistakes unless they are a liberal. Then they just lie about it.
Just like you, no accountability is fine as long as it is a Republican.
Oh, how quickly we forget that prior to his first election, Obama told reporters he had personally visited 54 of the 57 states…
He still got elected. Liberal-biased media has blinders and double-standards.
Sen. Joni Ernst’s Twitter account congratulated the University of Iowa football team on a big victory Saturday night — but the Hawkeyes dropped a heartbreaker to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game, giving up the winning touchdown with 27 seconds left.
Congrats@hawkeyefootball on the big win
Nice Joni
Do you suppose she might have jumped the gun a little bit?
And we trust her to represent Iowa. OMG
it also could have been someone that worked for her that posted it
Either way she is accountable and she needs to address that in some statement. Im personally offended.
grow up, you are offended because someone made a mistake? this is where this PC crap is going to be the downfall of our country.
The devil is in the details. THAT is a HUGE problem with people these days. They don’t care. It was more important to show her faux support for some sports team than it was to actually have the facts right. At what point should we be concerned about it being a big deal? When SHOULD it count? What ELSE has she got wrong?
@David-Liberals are always offended and who cares. That is why this country is in such sad shape. Let them whine and cry and forget them.
Typical Republican, throws her staff under the bus.
If she had just said “sorry” & left it that you could respect her.
But no, as with any Republican it is never their fault.
Leadership my butt.
kind of like obama and all his cronies passing the buck.
Who gives a shit?
I didn’t think this post would bring this much discussion – if you can call it discussion. I would have posted this if it had been Hillary. And then you could imagine how nasty it would have become because the conservatives would have crucified her. But, she did apologize and, all in all, this wasn’t a big deal. But this could be explained easily – Joni is a Cyclown graduate.
“We know that the killers in San Bernardino used military-style assault weapons—weapons of war—to kill as many people as they could. It’s another tragic reminder that here in America it’s way too easy for dangerous people to get their hands on a gun. For example, right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you’re too dangerous to board a plane, you’re too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun. And so I’m calling on Congress to close this loophole, now. We may not be able to prevent every tragedy, but—at a bare minimum—we shouldn’t be making it so easy for potential terrorists or criminals to get their hands on a gun that they could use against Americans.”
– President Obama, December 5, 2015
Agree?
New Gallup poll (summary), released today:
“Americans overwhelmingly favor new background check laws, but tend to doubt they will reduce mass shootings. Americans do not favor banning handguns, and a majority think that carrying concealed weapons could make the nation safer.”
I don’t think that anyone should be able to have an automatic assault weapon except military and police forces that have been trained to use them. These guns are meant to kill people, and many people at a time. So the general public should not be able to own one in my opinion.
An assault weapon is fully automatic and they cost well over 5000.00 plus government fees plus you have to have a permit so the average citizen cannot afford to own one unless he buys it on the black market. The democrats and media want every body to believe that you can go to a gun shop and buy one but you can’t.
Interesting definition. Did you just make that up or did you hear it on fox?
David is correct. A assault weapon is full automatic and you can not buy them or own them without a special permit. They are very expensive. The weapons used in California were NOT assault weapons. They were semi-automatic rifles. That means you must pull the trigger for each shot. They had tried to modify one but were unable to do it. The magazines used were illegal in California,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon
David is wrong.
@Citizen-I see where you are coming from. But, the military and the gun stores do not consider them to be assault rifles unless they are full automatic. Go to a gun store and ask for a assault rifle and they will either tell you they don’t have any or you need a special permit to buy one.
ok let me rephrase this, an assault weapon is select fire, capable of firing both semi auto and fully auto. The first assault weapon was the SG44 which was made by germany in WW2. Trying to link a semi auto only in the category as an assault weapon is not only incorrect but misleading which is what the democrats do very well. The problem there is the simple minded people believe every thing that is told them without bothering to look it up, thats where I think your mistake is on this subject.
@David-I am told it is a software problem.
If I go to a gun shop and ask for an “assault weapon” they will ask me to narrow that down. Every weapon sold in a gun shop is considered an “assault weapon”. That’s the point. Assault a target, some kind of game, or a person (hopefully in defense). For most of the uneducated public, the term “assault weapon” is interchangeable “big scary black gun”. Semi or fully auto doesn’t even come into consideration, how the gun makes them feel is the deciding factor for them.
citizen, you couldn’t be farther from the truth, you are spewing out all the BS that the liberals have. Do you own a rifle?
What does ownership have to do with it? That is the most irrelevant thing I have heard on here. I know how to read a dictionary, relevant legislation, and the crap people spew about “big scary guns”. That is the reality of the world we live in today. People vote how they feel not about facts. Most uneducated people think guns are scary and are uncomfortable at the sight of them. Educated individuals know better. Do you know what guns are used for?
I used to do some gunsmithing back in the 80’s, I used to own an HK91 paratroop carbine, 3 AK47’s, 2 SKS’s, and 1 AR 15. Of all those the HK was the only one considered an assault weapon and this is according to the gun world,only those that are ignorant of the subject and only go by what they read think that a semi auto is assault weapon.
Well if we are going to play the “it used to be like this” game. The first American militia used assault weapons called “muskets” during the revolution. I guess that’s what I get for believing what I read.
you just don’t get it do ya.
@David-It is called diversion. That is what liberals do when they know they are wrong, but won’t admit it.
his name implies that he spent some time either in the guard or the reserves which also means he would know the difference between an assault weapon and a regular semi automatic. He talks like someone who has never fired a weapon in his life but relies on what others tell him.
“Assault weapon is a term used in the United States to define some types of firearms.
The definition varies somewhat among regulating jurisdictions, but besides fully automatic firearms, it does includes semi-automatic firearms with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip, and sometimes other features such as a flash suppressor or barrel shroud.”
That David, would include the AR-15, the AK-47.
I see that LVS is blowing smoke out his ass again whereas David is just misinformed sometimes.
Although David is somewhat rational & fairly intelligent, LVS is a complete idiot making comments that he knows absolutely knowing about.
Attempting to sound like he is not the complete buffoon that he really is.
the term assault weapon started our referring to the functionality of a weapon but when the democrats started with this gun control thing they changed the definition to looks which would include what frank says but looks doesn’t make it fire fully auto or kill faster or more people, it is just a way to scare people to accept what they are saying. Assault weapon is a select fire that fires pistol size lead in a somewhat larger casing. Frank although is somewhat correct in what he says is only repeating the BS the democrats have been saying.
@David-well what do you know? Another member of the Dumb Azz club has reared his ugly head. Frank is just another one of those dumb azzes who is spouting off the libraterd lies about something he knows nothing about. Just another libraterd with his head up his butt aren’t you Franky?
@David-the libraterd trolls really like to come out on the weekends. They all come out with the same B.S. lies and expect everyone to believe them. That Dumb Azz Club just gets bigger and bigger. Pretty soon Richard who goes by DICK will be here too.
David, you mean “Democrats” like your Republican Ronald Reagan?
Gun Control – Ronald Reagan
1. Banning open carry in California.
2. Banning the sale of machine guns and other automatic weapons.
3. Mandating background checks for handgun purchases.
4. Banning assault weapons.
Reagan supported gun control….especially after he was shot.
LVS, if you had even one ounce of common sense, you would have to kick your own ass for being such a dumbass.
ok since you want to go there then here goes. The 2nd amendment was written because our founding fathers were going through a war with a tyrannical government with a standing army. They didn’t want to go through that again so most of them were against a standing army, instead they wanted the citizens to protect our country so they put in the 2nd amendment, the citizens have the right to whatever weapons they could get to protect our country. around 100 years ago our government started to change and they wanted more control. Now it is hard to tell the difference sometimes between republicans and democrats. According to the 2nd amendment, ANY law that infringes our right to bear arms is unconstitutional but the government passed laws anyway. Politicians, when they want to pass a law change the definition of the subject matter to correlate to what they want done. The term assault weapon started in WW2 but they have slowly changed the definition of what an assault weapon is to match what laws they want to pass. This may start a war here but if a criminal thinks that his victim is armed he will either hesitate or choose another victim. With the exception of a mental health problem i say make it easier for a law abiding person to obtain and carry a gun, the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun. My opinion.
Franky, Franky-You are really to stupid to comment on here. You have just moved to the top of the Dumb Azz club. Making up story’s about past presidents will do you no good. No one believes anything a Libraterd like you says. You took lesson from the Great Liar in the White house and his main squeeze Hitlary the hag.
LVS can stop posting anytime unless he has something else to do besides name calling.
David can stop trying to figure out where I have been, what I have done, and what I own. It won’t help you make your point that “assault weapons” are only fully automatic scary guns that cost >$5000 and you need a class 5 license to legally obtain one. Believe what you want because you won’t even believe the dictionary.
In the 60’s the car companies built muscle cars, they set the standards, by the time the 80’s came along the cars changed so they changed the definition of what a muscle car is. You can add all the accessories you want to make it look like a muscle car or an assault weapon but looks don’t mean squat. They can put in the dictionary an assault weapon has a barrel shroud or a pistol grip or a detachable magazine but that doesn’t make it an assault weapon, the ONLY and I mean ONLY thing that makes it an assault weapon is the select fire, everything else is just BS.
@Citizen-I have left you alone but that wasn’t good enough for a lying pin head like you who like to make up stories about something you know nothing about. Now, you have just joined the Dumb Azz Club. What are you going to do about it you big mouth libraterd.
Wrong again there David.
The definition that you supplied “the ONLY and I mean ONLY thing that makes it an assault weapon is the select fire” is incorrect.
The definition that you gave is for an Assault Rifle, not an Assault Weapon.
Those are two very different & distinct classifications.
Akin to the difference between a Battle Rifle & an Assault Rifle.
The definition of an an Assault WEAPON is:
A semi-automatic firearm with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip and other possible items such as flash suppressor or barrel shroud.
ok this is the last time i am going to say this because you people are just not getting it. The definition that you are giving me is the definition that the democrats changed it to just to get their gun control measures passed. assault is a verb which means action not looks. You ask any gun smith, anybody that works in a gun shop, anybody that has fired both styles, i would say anybody that was or is in the military but they are getting rid of a lot of good soldiers and replacing them with sheep. You ask anybody with hands on knowledge, not book knowledge, and they will tell you.
The point I was making was that certain guns and weapons should not be available to the general public. Some guns are to specifically kill people, many people, quickly. And there are too many of these guns getting into the wrong hands. There’s too many licensed guns getting into the wrong hands also. We live in a world of extreme violence and hate. It’s quite sad actually.
if our government turns tyrannical and we end up in a war, you will wish that you had some of those weapons. and I said IF.
Bringing guns to a drone fight?
savage, let me ask you a question. Lets say you were in the military as a drone operator and your superiors gave you an order to attack fellow citizens and you knew the order was wrong and decided not to follow that order, you also decided to leave the military. Would you just leave that drone for the next guy to use or would you try to take it or sabotage it? I have talked to many soldiers and they said when that time comes they will do whatever it takes to take the equipment with them or destroy it.
Lets say your tyrannical government, has come to be. Your going to be painted as a terrorist. So being a threat to the greater good they will get somebody to follow those orders. And let’s face it as bad as people think things are right now, for your tyrannical government to take place things need to get much worse.
maybe they will get worse,maybe not only time will tell but history favors the victors, our founding fathers at the time according to england they were considered terrorists but since they won history sees them as patriots. Like I said,only time will tell.
traitor not terrorist. the word hadn’t been invented yet.
ok I will give you that one but either way you are always contradicting me.
It will not happen. No one trust Obama to keep his word. He has lied to many times to get his way.
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF! I trust Obama. Some of us still have brains…
hahahahahh..oh, your being serious..!
Question? Could ‘Southport’ be turned into a gated neighborhood/community? Heard this rumor.
@Katie R-I guess anything is possible. I have heard that they have major sewer problems at Southport. That is why no one will move in there. That shopping center has been there for a long, long time and there must be a reason no one leases stores there.
Question? Should the city ‘give-up’ on this debacle that is the mall entertainment complex and concentrate on a total north end remodel?
opinions………
The city could start by putting some lights up there past 14th Street and Federal. Dark and scary up there, like Bagdad.
You make it sound like you have been there.
@Matt-there used to be lights up there and even stop lights on the corners of 15th and 14th street. The city took them all down as a cost savings measure so they could spend the money downtown.
Question? Did Cerro Gordo county even have a fair this year? If they did those numbers have to be terrible. Do they post accurate attendance or do they guess?
we will see how long that lasts
I trust him.
The process of adding people to the terror watch lists is as imperfect as the intelligence officials tasked with doing so. There have been reports of “false positives,” or instances in which an innocent passenger has been subject to treatment under a no-fly or selectee list because his or her name was similar to that of another individual. In one highly publicized incident in 2005, a 4-year-old boy was nearly barred from boarding a plane to visit his grandmother.
The watch-list guidance was supposedly revised in part to prevent incidents like these, but with more than 1.5 million people added to the lists in the last five years, mistakes are always inevitable. Just ask Rahinah Ibrahim, a Stanford University student who ended up on a no-fly list in 2004 after an FBI agent accidentally checked the wrong box on a form.
But then if you were to be mistakenly added to a list, you probably wouldn’t know — unless it stopped you from flying. The government has been extremely secretive about the names on the various watch lists. If you were to learn that you were wrongly placed on a watch list, good luck getting off it. As Scahill and Devereaux reported, you can file a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s Traveler Redress Inquiry Program, which begins a review “that is not subject to oversight by any court or entity outside the counterterrorism community.”
And if you were to get your name removed from the watch list, the intelligence agencies aren’t even obligated to inform you of your updated status. Helpful.
The secretive nature of the terror watch lists has come under court scrutiny recently. A federal judge ruled in June that the government must develop a new process under which individuals can challenge their inclusion on the no-fly list. The judge found the current process “wholly ineffective.”
This article should answer quite a few questions. http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/second-amendment-2/after-lying-for-30-years-new-york-times-finally-admits-assault-weapons-are-a-myth
“It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency. These are weapons of war, barely modified and deliberately marketed as tools of macho vigilantism and even insurrection.”
– New York Times Editorial Board, Dec. 4, 2015
Agree?
Yes. There is no reason a civilian should have an AK-47.
except for the main reason the 2nd amendment was written, for protection against a tyrannical government.
And how many times in the last 200+ years have you needed weapons to protect yourself from the USA?
We have never had a president who tried to take away our rights before. And, that reason is the 2nd amendment.
I am not concerned with lack of need in the past. I am concerned with the need in the future, just like our founding fathers were.
1947 in pennsylvania, a small town government tried to load the ballots so the citizens got into a firefight with the local police just to get a fair election. 2014 at the bundy ranch, 2014 red river texas,2015 idaho, 2015 oregon. There have been many more but i am in too much a hurry to look them all up.
If the government wants you bad enough, bend over and kiss your a$$ good bye. There is absolutely no amount of fire power to out shoot big brother. Witness the recent response of the commandos in California. Your pea shooters will be rendered absolutely useless so lets get real about the government take over argument.
That’s not true. Enough citizens with firepower and who is left? The government’s force is comprised of citizens. The scenario to fear is isolation and rendition. The people united, will never be defeated.
otis,you are wrong, with every government agency including the entire military they number around 3 million. There are at least 150 million gun owners and say only 10 % fight back that would put it at 10 million man army. We totally outnumber them either way. I have 1 word to tell you, vietnam. we outnumbered them and had better technology than them but they used guerrilla warfare to beat us, that and our politicians got involved too.
Avatar. In the good old days I would absolutely agree with you. But lets be honest. Our Nation is more divided now than during the Civil War. It is frightening and personally sickening. There is hate talk between Black and White, Democrat and Republican, Candidates. Listen to some of the language right here, so disrespectful of one another. We have much work to do. The real enemy may be us.
Otis, black protestors in the streets are literally changing the face of justice in America. You underestimate the power held, by, the People. Compassion and Unification. I support Sheriff Pals because he discerns between the good and the bad. I support the 2nd Amendment. We will handle Muslim aggressors. They better not in Cerro Gordo, cause we’ll send them packing- without their brides.
David……. OMG! Are you even remotely suggesting that we lost the Vietnam War? Shame on you!
Our troops didn’t lose the war, that’s for sure. And if you look at Vietnam today, it is a thriving economy. Sure it’s Communist, but who really cares?
When it comes down to it, I will always defend the homeland. Why? Because each and every day and night in North Iowa is met with peace, and security…and no matter what your view du jour, that is worth protecting. God Bless North Iowa.
You know why i support Kevin Pals for Sheriff? Because way back in the day when he was first elected, he saw me on the pedestrian mall and invited me into his celebration party, which was being held on the plaza. That gesture of welcome and inclusion stuck with me. He is a good man, and while we may not entirely line up, i trust that he has thw best interest of the County in his heart. Obviously none of us want marijuana shared with children. I would set the legal age to around 26.
we were kicking their butts but the politicians got involved and decided to pull us out with our tail between our legs. They held their own against us but peer pressure back home caused them to pull us our, just like iraq.
David….. So your answer is yes…we lost the war in Vietnam? G’ Damn good thing we didnt see you at operation LZ this summer.
we pulled our troops out as fast as possible with the north Vietnamese coming in and they took over, what would you call that? Plus all the experts say the same thing so they are all wrong too?
David….. Tell us your real name, address and phone number so that we can invite you to speak at our next Veterans Day event.
I spent 12 years in the military, I am proud of the military and what we have done, i don’t like the way the vietnam war ended and the way we pulled out of iraq but it all comes down to 1 thing, politicians got involved in both of them and it was taken our of our control. Hate me all you want for what i said but it doesn’t change history.
Nothing in the world has changed in the last 200+ years? Maybe there is a reason they call them Amendments.
David, you didn’t spend 12 years in the military
You spent 12 years in the National Guard.
One 16 month active duty/deployment plus 38 days/year for 10 years.
You didn’t even spend the equivalent of an average 4 year enlistment in the real military.
Then you quit because that active duty was “too hard”.
@Anonymous-You A-Hole. How much time did you spend in the military? Did you see any combat at all? How can a coward like you ever disrespect one of the people who did serve in the military and who put his life on the line protecting a jerk off like you? You are just trying to belittle a better man than you will ever be. Weasels like you who have done nothing or been anything and still think you can tear down a man who has make me sick.
Actually LVS, I spent 8 years in the Navy.
Of that, I spent two tours in the Mekong Delta as part of the Riverine forces.
What I do have is a serious problem with assholes like you LVS that never served in the Military at all & yet espouse all your war rhetoric.
You’re nothing more than a chicken-hawk, chickenshit that gives those of our generation a bad name.
You have no idea what it is like because you were a lily-livered pussy when you were young & now you you are trying to redeem your yellow streak with all your BS tough guy act.
David did serve, while you LVS are a blowhard coward & beneath contempt.
@Anonymous-If what you say is true and I really doubt that a coward like you was in the Navy unless you were a galley cook and were probably kicked out for gross cowardness. You are just a mealy mouth liar and always have been. You don’t have guts enough to even use a real name on here but love to snipe against people much better and smarter than you will ever be.
@Anonymous-Come on chicken sh##. Put your real name on here and lets see how tough you really are. My bet is you are a sniveling coward hiding behind the Anonymous name. You say you have been in the military and I do not believe one word of it. Real men do not brag, they just are. You are what you are which is a cowardly troll sniping around against you betters. Put up or shut up you damn sneak.
Not bragging LVS, you were the one that brought it up, dumbass.
You are one seriously pathetic old asshole LVS or whatever your real name is.
Chicken-hawk & chickenshit just touches the tip of the iceberg when it comes to your sad existence.
While those of us that were just trying to stay alive in that shithole called Vietnam, you were sitting on your pussy ass.
I do not have any problem with those that did not serve in the military, unless they are like you.
Spouting off on going to war, when they have no idea what it is like.
Actually I am glad that you never were in the military.
It was pussies like you that got people killed.
The first time you would have stared at incoming fire, you have pissed your pants and cowered like the little girly-man that you are.
LVS = Internet tough guy / real world pussy
anonymouse, My first 6 years I was fulltime in the guard, In the 1133rd we did missions hauling units and equipment, i was on the road 10 months each year. After that I was an instructor which means i worked 5 to 6 months a year and I am talking monday through saturday and sometimes sunday. I took every class that came along which means even more time. the last 6 years i was weapons instructor as well as driving instructor and the last 3 years on the rifle/pistol team which meant more time. Belittle me all you want, it just makes you look bad.
@Anonymous Crybaby-You are a damn liar. A winey a$$ crybaby LIAR like you never would have made it through boot camp without someone offing a P.O.S. Big Mouth like you. You have lied consistently ever since you started trolling on here. OK gutless, put your name on here. You have made of crap every day tlo make your self look like a big man so stand up and put your name on here and maybe you will get the opportunity to see what a real man can do you damn sissy.
anonymouse, your comment about me never serving in the military, just the national guard shows me your level of ignorance. In the active duty you had 6 days a week to train at your job, we had 2 days a month and 2 weeks a year to train to the same level that the active duty was so in essence that makes the guard better than the active duty. Since you didn’t mention that means you never served in the guard let alone my unit so the only information you have on me is from peter and he had no clue to begin with.
@David-I have it on good authority that he was never in the service as I suspected. He made the whole line of crap up just to harass you. As I said, he is a damn sissy liar and that is all he is. Just another one of the liberal clowns that show up on here from time to time. You have nothing to be ashamed of, you did your duty.
David, while I do appreciate your service, the fact that you think the National Guard is trained to the same level in 1 weekend/month & 2 weeks a year to full-time active duty personnel shows how delusional you really are.
No matter how you try to paint it, you were not in the Military for 12 years.
You were in the National Guard for 12 years….huge difference!
And then we get back to good old LVS.
“I have it on good authority that he was never in the service as I suspected” – LVS
You really are something else, asswipe. Your comment above just validates the fact that you are & always have been a liar.
In addition to being the pussy & dumbass that you have always been.
Your pathetic attempt to be a man is almost laughable.
You’ve never been a man LVS, and that is what makes you so angry, that you never grew a pair so you just make stuff up.
I bet that you even squat to pee.
your comment about the guard not being apart of the military shows me that LVS was right. The 101st treated us like you are right now in iraq and their general was relieved of command so your ignorant, civil war thinking is way out of date. If the guard was so bad then why was every body trying to get us to do their missions? We were better than every active unit we came across, attitudes like yours went out with the invention of gun powder so why don’t you stick your head back up your a$$ where it came from and leave the big boys alone.
David, the National Guard did improve after the first deployments in 2003-2005.
They weeded out the non-hackers that had been just skating along pretending to be soldiers.
They either forced out the non-hackers or the non-hackers just quit of their own accord like this guy and I quote:
“I decided before I even went…I knew I was going to call it quits.”
Ring a bell there, David
Do you know the difference between an active duty soldier and a member of the national guard? The active duty soldier just has one job.
I know this anonymouse is trying to piss me off but all he is showing everybody is his total ignorance. Plus he is putting down every body in my unit and every body that served, even a squid isn’t that stupid but I could be wrong. You know absolutely nothing about me except for what someone else that doesn’t know me told you. Keep the insults coming, makes you look like an ass.
@David-I see that Anonymous A-Hol# is still trying to bring you down to his level with his lies and bull crap. My sources tell me he is doing that and then laughing about how he dis-respected one of our vets. He is a lowlife piece of scum and we are coming for him. He will never see it coming until to late.
@Bodacious-You see you just do not get it. We do not trust the government, especially one that has lied as much as this one. We will never give up any rights because it would never end there. This is exactly what Hitler did to disarm Gemany’s citizens.
When it comes down to it, I will always defend the homeland. Why? Because each and every day and night in North Iowa is met with peace, and security…and no matter what your view du jour, that is worth protecting. God Bless North Iowa…because I will.
Too bad you didn’t study harder in school so you’d know how our government operates. One segment of it can’t do what they want without approval from the other segments. It doesn’t take a gun to defeat the government. It takes a vote. So you can fuck off blasting Obama. He is NOT a one man band. duh.
The framers of our Constitution had a grand vision for the our Nation but could not have foreseen the evolution of weaponry. The right to bear Arms was one thing back then and quite another today due to technology. What type of Armament the public has a right to use needs to be redefined but that will never happen. The next generation will possess infrared lasers I predict.
back then they had muskets which was the most up to date weapons that was made. They saw the need for advanced military weapons to protect themselves from a nation like england which would also include our own nation if it became to tyrannical. This is what the liberals all lose their minds on, the 2nd amendment the way it is written could mean that we as citizens could have access to every type of military weapon which could include fighters, helicopters, even nuclear missiles if we had the money but these are just not feasible. If you don’t want to have a gun, thats fine don’t but don’t preach about taking mine away because it could be mine that save your life.
If you think you should limit the 2nd amendment, you might as well limit the first.
There are reasonable limits on all the amendments, that is the way the framers wrote them.
I think each amendment is very specific, you say reasonable limits, which sounds like it could be interpreted a number of different way. I think they are very specific on what they say so it could only be interpreted 1 way. My opinion only.
I called CBS’ decision to hire Coldplay to perform at Super Bowl halftime “lame”. What do you think? You got a better choice?
Ipaid for a news and can not read all of the mail…Jim
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California has the toughest and most worthless gun laws in the country. They have banned all Assault Weapons (that did a lot of good). They have limited magazines to 10 rounds or less “The terrorist paid a lot of attention to that., It is a may issue state (It sure stopped the terrorist). It does not allow open carry (If people had been armed they could have protected themselves), They require background check at gun shows and for all firearm purchases (That sure stopped them). And they have a ten day minimum waiting period (That really helped). FOOLS.
I agree with you on this one LVS. Rarely happens.
gun laws when not enforced across the board are worthless. When neighboring states don’t have the same laws not hard to get a gun. Something like half the gun crimes in New York the guns come from South Carolina. i believe if you commit a crime with a gun you serve 25 yrs min. Everybody should be allowed to carry where ever they want. If not a felon. Police can’t be every where so the people have to step up. i’m as liberal as they come but believe you have the right to protect yourself. \This day and age large gatherings of people a certain portion need to be carrying. Would not be xmas shopping in any large city in a mall. The worst case scenario was these animals got killed. Sure it saved a trial and the expense of jail time. But what better place for a 30 something age person living in solitary confinement to spend the rest of their lives. lets see how allah supports them The US supports half of the muslims in the world any way. How many 20 to 30 year old men are leaving their country as refuges and want america to bail them out. Stay and fight. most of the money to finance these terrorist comes from Saudi Arabia. All religions should be banned world wide. their all a bunch of nut jobs. christians included. don’t have to look any further than Colorado. Are you freaking out over this probably not because it fits your agenda. He was a terrorist just like california.
@Katie-I believe he reviews every deleted (Reported) post and decides if it violates his rules. If he likes it he will put it back on.
Matt, can’t you restore comments once they have been reported erroneously or by a troll?
Hi Katie. Yes I read each comment that gets banished to the hate bin by readers. There, I pass judgement upon said comments and decide if it should stay or not. I try not to look at WHO wrote the comment unless it is Peter, in which case it is pretty much instantly deleted.
so when i said they were looking for 3 middle eastern men, that was enough to be deleted permanently?
That is probably because you were wrong as you most often are.
I was wrong, it was 2 middle eastern men and 1 woman.
@David-You were not wrong. When it all started all the news reports said they were looking for three men. Only after they shot up their escape SUV did they realize that one was a woman, not a man. The liberals are wrong again.
those darned liberals. they cause so much trouble.
@David-Did you know Syed Farook is Arabic for Global Warming. Damn, I’ll bet those people feel stupid.
The democrats (liberals, progressives) will be the downfall of our country. Either by accident or on purpose they have turned into traitors.
@David=Liberals with their relentless pursuit to take away our rights a citizens are fast becoming the enemy of liberty. As we would with a terrorist trying to take away those rights we have the right to protect ourselves and our family. They are pushing for a civil war and should be careful what they wish for.
I look at everything that gets reported, yes.
After 14 people were murdered in another mass-shooting Wednesday, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said today that “We need to renew the assault weapons ban. We need to end the sale of high capacity magazines”.
AGREE?
MORE OF SANDERS’ PLAN, HE EXPLAINED TODAY:
We need sensible legislation that prevents guns from being used by people who should not have them.
We need to renew the assault weapons ban. We need to end the sale of high capacity magazines
We need to make gun trafficking a federal crime and give law enforcement the tools they need to get illegal guns off the streets.
We need to close the gun show loophole.
We need to close loopholes that allow domestic abusers and stalkers to obtain guns.
We need to strengthen penalties for straw purchasers who buy guns from licensed dealers on behalf of people prohibited from buying a gun.
We must greatly expand and improve our mental health capabilities so individuals and families can get help they need when they need it.
And all the Republican candidates held hands, sang kumbaya, bowed their heads and prayed. No proposals at all, just pandering to the religious right and the NRA.
all those proposals don’t work because there are already laws on the books that deal with them that are not enforced. How many laws banning high capacity magazines do you need before criminals start obeying them, NONE because by nature criminals don’t obey the law,only idiots think they will.
So, David, what do you suggest? You tirelessly repeat the mantra that guns don’t kill, people kill. And you offer no solutions. There have been more mass shootings in the US this year than days since January 1. Arming people doesn’t seem to help. What will stop this senseless evil from happening again?
You are wrong about 1 thing,you said arming people didn’t help. 99.9% of the shootings were in gun free zones so it doesn’t matter if we armed every single citizen, if there are places that is illegal to carry thats where they will hit.
Banning those magazines will do no good at all. There are thousands and thousands of them already out there. Besides, You can load a mag in 2 seconds flat and be shooting again. So restricting those does no good at all. Maybe we should ban all remote control cars so they can’t use them to make any more bombs. Sander’s is just waiting for ET to come and get him.
So, LVS, I ask you the same question I asked David. What is your solution? Do you have one? Or should we just accept the fact that criminals will always have weapons and ignore these mass shootings as a part of life?
Arm yourself and protect your family like a real man would do.
I am armed. I have told you before, I own firearms. A 45 in the hands of a civilian doesn’t do much good against an AK-47.
Multiple armed civilians can provide return fire which will disrupt an active shooter.
multiple armed civilians, without coordination or ongoing training, what could go wrong?
bodacious, are you saying that if a person has an ak 47 then he will always win? A person that is a good shot with a pellet gun let alone a 45 can defeat a person with an AK. The size of the weapon has nothing to do with it, it is the drive and the will to live of the person that is defending his own life and that of his family that will win.
Pistols are notoriously inaccurate. You must be for arming and training every child from kindergarten on up in handling firearms. Just because you are trained and fairly accurate with a pistol at the shooting range doesn’t mean you will be calm and collected when faced with a situation like you describe.
shooting at the range will give you confidence in your shooting ability. It is what is inside you that determines wither you can pull the trigger or not. If you are a good shot but you feel inside that you don’t think you can pull the trigger then you should not be carrying a weapon.
@Bodacious=All self defense depends on your attitude. If you think you will miss you probably will. If you think you will win you probably will. I have been hunting and shooting all my life and do not think I would miss if it came to that.
Ive been in a situation with hostile gunfire. A crazy man in the woods behind me. It is startling to say the least. Better to be armed than not armed. The biggest confusion results from the conditioning and consequences society has instilled on us. The fear of going to jail is what will cost you your life because it causes you to hesitate. If it was all out uninhibited war, i would have shot that mofo dead whwn he shot at me. But instead i called deputies and waited an hour for them to arrive. And they did NOTHING. He got away with his pot shots.
peter, most of the stuff you say i disagree with but this I agree with. If there was a shooting at the mall or at my grandsons school would probably be killed because i obey the law and don’t carry there but if it was somewhere else at least i would make him duck for cover or run away.
Get off the site Lagios. No one wants you here and no one wants to hear you lies and make believe story’s
@Lagios the idiot-You are still a card carrying P.O.S. No one wants you not even your mother. She keeps you in the basement where no one can see the baby killer.
Did you know there have been more mass killings under Obama than under the four previous presidents combined. We don’t need gun control, we need Obama control.
Bodacious, I’ve seen the biggest baddest most gung ho soldier turn and run at the sound of gunfire and the skinniest shyest soldier run into the fire to save a fallen friend. Nobody really knows how they will react when the bullets start to fly. All i know is that if given the opportunity, most people would do whatever they could to save a person that was hurt.
I’m starting to believe LVS is full of chicken shit. David at least makes an attempt to be civil and reasonable, but this LVS creep needs to go.
That creep Lagios keeps posting under his cute little names. What a coward he is. Banned from the site and sneaking around like a spoiled little brat. His momma never did teach him not to go where he is not wanted.
at least it’s getting easier to pick him out of the group by the names he uses.
Bodacious, you notice how neither David nor LVS will respond to direct questions?
All that either them can do spout their usual inane rhetoric.
don’t know what you are talking about adam because I answered his question.
Sad part David, is that you really believe that.
Bodacious asked you directly “What will stop this senseless evil from happening again?”
And you blew him off with one of your gun rants.
So David let’s pose the question again.
What will stop this senseless evil from happening again?
I have answered it but bleeding heart liberals have a shit fit when i do. NOTHING will stop them from doing what they do, they only thing that will stop them is another responsible person, wither he has a baseball bat or a knife or a gun, standing up to them is the only way to stop them but you don’t want to hear that because you are all cowards.
It was just a question David, no need to go ballistic.
I understood completely what you said, up until you called me a coward.
So because someone has different beliefs or opinions than you, that makes them a coward?
Pretty bold statement considering that it comes from a quitter.
Ya, I read all about you.
Perhaps you would like to share that part with everyone.
someone doesn’t like me so they make up their own story on why i got out of the military so they start calling me a quitter. Getting out was the hardest decision I have had to make because loved the military. You say you know all about me, then tell me your last name because even my very close friends don’t know what i went through and why i eventually decided to leave. You are right about one thing,i did get upset and called you and others out there a coward and i shouldn’t have because I don’t know you. But by trying to use someones made up past about me against me, I just might.
Adam. Thank you for joining several of us who are attempting to raise the level of conversation here and have mature dialogue between respectful adults.
It wasn’t a mass shooting, it was a terrorist attack by Muslim Terrorists.
Oh, now it makes a difference? There have still been more mass killing in the US than days in this year.
now i know where you get your information bodacious, i saw yesterday on msnbc that there was 352 mass shootings in the U.S. this year but i read on reuters today that there was only 166 mass shootings this year.
@David=Now we know why he gets it wrong so much of the time. MSNBC is so far left it is going to fall off the planet.
Actually, The Washington Post and the New York Times reported that ‘fact’ along with many other media outlets. I checked Fact Check (that notorious left wing web site) and found that Mass Shooting Tracker’s definition of mass shooting isn’t what mine is. I should have checked fact Check first. It doesn’t matter-any mass shooting is 1 too many.
I agree
It’s what you do when you don’t have to go to work and live with mommy. If you don’t get your way, you make the others pay.
And hang out in the coffee shops creeping people out.
There is a picture of a thief stealing from a bank ATM on Mason City Scanner. It sure looks a lot like a guy from Clear Lake.
Have you reported your suspicions to the police?
Of course he hasn’t. He just hangs out here all day and blows smoke up Peters portal.
Yes, I have and they are looking into it. He can expect a knock on his door any time now.
Well what do you know? My comments from yesterday where I said the Democrats were burying their heads in the sane over this and attacking the 2nd amendment has been deleted. This was radical, planned terrorism by Muslims and there is no doubt about it. California has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country and it sure didn’t slow down the bad guys. If it had they would have used bombs. When are we going to have enough of the Democrats lies and take control of our country again. And then the idiot in the White House wants to let more of them into our country.
my comment that they were looking for 3 middle eastern men was deleted too. Not sure how that could offend someone unless it was because I said it.
@David-It is that Anonymous A-ho##. I caught him/her red handed yesterday.
How do you know that the weapons were purchased in California?
They have proof that the 9MM were bought by him in California and were bought legally. The 223’s were purchased legally but maybe not by him. I’ll bet this happened because of Global Warming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk5ZJ6uVO9Y
Jesus, now CNN is advertising itself in Arabic. All part of the conditioning. I didnt want to believe it, but Obama may really be trying to destroy America. They refuse to acknowledge this was Jihad performed by 2 Muslims.
MSNBC is calling it “workplace massacre”. Trump or Cruz is going to win in a landslide.
i love seeing these comments. finnaly people are waking up. ISIS is funded by united states to destabilize middle east. sound familar? bush did same thing with al queada. there coming to our country and killing us and our mainstream media outlets are telling us not to rush to judgment and there ‘Non Caucasian”? what is that crap. call them ragheads and terrorist.
Thank you. Its all about the oil and power and control.
When is Marquardt going to wale up and realize all this censoring is destroying adult conversations? He treats people like kids.
There wouldn’t be any need for censoring if Lagios would stay off the site.
Another beautiful day in Second Amendment Land. Another mass shooting of innocent Americans in California. Another day of death and barbarism. But God will Bless us as we are doing such a fantastic job of keeping out Syrian refugees!
1 report that I read said the 3 men were of middle eastern decent. We will see once they release an official report.
You obviously spoke too soon butt munch. This was an ISIS attack.
If it was ISIS where did they procure their weapons? They didnt ship them from across the pond. They bought them here. No background check. Conceal and carry without question. No waiting period on long guns. ISIS CAN USE OUR LAWS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
And you want to bring 70,000-100,000 Syrian and iraq refugees into America? Are you f-in nuts?
No I honestly don’t. I’m just pointing out the absolute absurdity of our priorities related to insuring the most fundamental of all human rights….the safety and security of our families and communities. And neither do I support Impeach Obama language. We are one America, lets figure out how to live together.
Maybe they got them from Obamas brother, Eric (the gun runner) Holder. Remember him, the guy that got off scott free.
or it could be leland yee, democratic senator from Ca.
Are you retarded or just a troll?
http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-Firearms-in-California
if everybody went by your list then only law abiding people would have guns,not criminals.Sounds like a pipe dream to me.
they could have brought the weapons over from mexico or ever hear of fast and furious? Plus since my last post was deleted they were looking for 3 middle eastern men, one named Farook Saeed
I see Michael Patric Reich is in jail again today. What Idiot judge let this piece of crap back on our streets? Wt are they waiting for? For him to kill someone. He will just NARC on someone and be back out in a week.
Question? Do you feel the law enforcement in town plays favorites when certain people are breaking or broke the law like law enforcement family members,business owners, realtors, or public officials?
Absolutely-I know a public official personally and his son was picked up on a DUI and the charges just went away and never went to court. It has been happening for years. Do you really think the Country Club set never drinks and drives when they leave the club. It is hands off for those people.
He’s right. Double standards been going on for years. Look at Minert’s kids. DUI’s disappear. MC is corrupt legal system.
Chicken shit. Talk trash from behind your keyboard but no guts, no glory.
LVS you state the accused was picked up and charged with DUI. That would be public record. Why then so fearful to name names you coward??
Absolutely. The Sauers’ that finally moved out of the state 4 years ago still have pending warrants and continue to threaten people still residing in Mason City. Their death threats and intimidation are continuous and the MCPD refuses to do anything about it but, the Sauers’ call from Florida, or North Carolina (the family split up, surprise, surprise) and the police go knocking for them. The ongoing joke was that the family was made out of Teflon because nothing ever stuck…… makes one wonder.
It’s not up to the MCPD. It’s up to the victims to file charges and then prove them.
The victim has reported it to the MCPD and given them the recorded phone calls, text messages, and emails. Still nothing. Even an attorney that they have contacted in town said that it would be a long shot to get harassment charges or a no contact order. You would think, with the entire family involved in the intimidation and at least two members giving death threats it would be considered Domestic Terrorism under the Patriot Act.
Question?With all the vacant buildings in town, why are the leases so expensive? I know of two possible new businesses that went to CLake.
Clear Lake is known as a much friendlier business environment than MC. Mostly because, I think, their chamber is more focused on actually helping small business. The MC Chamber is a huge joke for obvious reasons.
living with mommie destroys the ambition to make something of your life.
No, living with mommy spares you from needing to whore yourself out to a stupid job living in an overpriced cubicle owned by Russ Hardy or Ed Kent. Quite thrifty really.
Target website down for Cyber Monday. Nice
FOR MASON CITY – Due to the forecast for measurable snow, the Alternate Side Parking Ordinance and Emergency Snow Route will go into effect at 4 p.m. today.
Eric’s pal cleans up again, wages and expenses galore, but the Blue Zones never cost taxpayers a dime, right? Straight from MC check register released today:
Meanwhile, it’s nice to see the city is buying candy to counteract any good the Blue Zones might do:
Matt I would of thought the candy bill would of been more, is Eric on a diet? What a joke this Blue Zone is.
It is just a toy for the elites so they can claim they are doing something for the masses. Most people pay no attention to the arrows and up here they ride right down the middle of the street. That is the ones that are sober enough do. The drunk ones just fall off and that is the majority.
Angie Baby is sucking hind tit.
Where the hell is this snowstorm? I cant believe everyone jumped the gun and cancelled schools! I still think we have a bunch of hearts running our school districts. I bet the Mason City teachers will be sooooo happpppy to get out of classes just in time to watch the fire works at Clear Lake. HA HA HA HA Hell Yeah for your Union contracts fools. Gotta feel good about summer school!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re an idiot. No wonder your name is bookie. You’re ad dumb as the mayor.
Why ? Because he or she posted what everyone thinks. They can’t forecast anything.
So you blame the school because the forecast was wrong? What if your kid had to go to school today and was in an accident. Then, you would be ready to sue the school for being dumb for not foreseeing that your kid might not skate through.
Not blaming schools. Blaming the idiots that never get forecast right.Told my kids do be weather people only have to be right 1 out of 10 times
Weather forecasters give the information they are given. They can only forecast the weather possibilities, not CONTROL it. duh. You obviously missed a lot of school.
Tabitha Jones is in jail……again. when are they going to lock her up for good and throw away the key.
Isn’t a wonderful world where a pillar of the community such this guy can beat his dog with a hammer and get to spend Thanksgiving at home before showing up to jail the next day?
@Matt-I knew this guy back in the day and he always had issues. But, to kill a dog with a hammer is way over the top. Why they let him off with a slap on the wrist is beyond me. We need to get rid of these judges who allow this kind of crap. Can you imagine how afraid that poor dog was. If someone was to try to hurt my dog they would regret it in a hurry.
This man is clearly severely mentally ill. This is the perfect case on why we should have a robust and very well funded mental health programs in Iowa. Too bad this isn’t seen as more of a priority.
Violence gets no mercy. Only Prison. Get rid of the POS
Write that to your CONservative Republican govener who’s taking funds away from mental health.
Great, more hate America b.s. from Petey boy. What’s the matter Peter? Didn’t mommy make your pot pie for dinner today? You are such a negative hateful person. Go back to the basement where you belong.
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone.
I’m giving thanks to Capitalism’s flirtatious affair with Chinese communism to give us all the low performing, readily abundant, relatively cheap wares we’ve all come to expect and rely on. Isn’t it nice to dabble in so many different crafts and trades now that Menard’s offers us a glimpse of what it’s really like? Isn’t it great to buy fashionable cuts at Wal Mart for less than $20? I love how my socks wear holes after a few washes, and those solid color cotton poly blends. I feel truly thankful. Thanks Communism. Thanks China. Thanks US Corporations. Thanks Political Leaders.
And most importantly, thanks Jesus and his ministers down at the local churches who teach me to be humble, accept this world without question, and accept the decisions being made by others more knowledgeable (deceptive and crafty) than me. And a special shout out to my father- that faithful corporate servant, and very pious man…who jerks left when deer present right, and who knows that his boss and God will tell him everything he needs to know.
You sound like a very depressed and depressing person.
What’s disturbing is your inabilty or unwillingness to acknowledge the hypocrisy of America getting 90% of its products from Communist, Human Rights Depriving China. China whose strict totalitarian despotic government runs contrary to the ideals of our Constitution and Bill of Rights…but who we’ve turned a blind eye to to favor ‘dollarism consumerism’ for materialst based ‘ profitology’
STFU Peter. Why don’t you go live on a deserted island somehwere and leave the rest of us alone.
CREEPY.
Since you post anonymously i assume you’re either a black smoke spewing, loud pipe fitting, pro “authoritarian-since-cops-seem-on-my-side-at-this-moment-in-cultural-time” believing, flag waving (without understanding a clue of what the core principles and legal framework the nation is constructed upon), rights flushing, desperate human being…OR…you’re such a media junkie, millenial child that Made in China is all you’ve known, so you equate that with socisl normalcy. Either way I’m saying you are too stupid, uncaring snd hypocritical to truly know the implications of the blunderous decision to get in bed with the Chinese. This McMansion era enjoyed its ridiculous oversized homes and gas guzzling Hummer SUV’s. But soon the dollar menu decisionry is coming home to roost. Made some realtors rich, while the poor kept getting poorer. All in a days fun. Go Hawkeyes.
The long and short of it is: you’re stupid hypocrites riding a wave generated in the Red Chinese Sea…and you wouldn’t know values and true community building if it bit you on the ass.
Creepy!
And a special shout out to those suckers locked in a 30-40 year mortgage purchasing their crackerbox houses at an inflated rate…just so they can feel desperately like their parents who never loved them. Congratulations as you’re the next round of STUPID. Catch you at the Good Shepard “my brother” after your wonderful slave life trying to fit in with stupid abusive assholes who never cared in the first place. Tiny Houses mercilessly placed at the feet of idiotic, despotic Supervisors and real estate Councilman. And because you get another Tap House to get drunk and fat at, you call it “progress”? You gotta lot to f-in learn children.
That key board you’re typing on….made in china.
@anonymous-It beats me. It was present a year ago or so. Never checked to see where it came from. It always worked pretty good until just recently. It probably did come from somewhere other than here. Hard to find anything made in the U.S. anymore and that will get even worse when this new trade deal goes into effect.
The comment wasn’t intended for you LVS. It was for the previous poster.
@anonymous-O.K. Sometimes it is hard to tell. But, my comment makes sense anyway.
I would like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to Matt and his family, to the NIT staff and to all of the Subscribers and Readers of NIT.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Indeed, everyone have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!
Thank you for this note! We are having a great Holiday. Hope you do, too.
Seriously, you are very creepy.
You are creepy. Because you’re infatuated with Peter. Lose a lot of weight and maybe you’ll feel better about yourself.
Oh Peter, the only person infatuated with you is yourself.
You sure that’s true? I see a lot of people mentioning Peter’s name nearly 24/7. One lady can’t keep her keyboard fingers off of him.
Peter, whining again….this isn’t a blog. It’s a news site that allows comments. And you have attacked many people on here, including the owner of this site. So, as the old saying goes, you can dish it out, but can’t take it. Anything said to you here you have brought on yourself. If you would just stay away, that would solve the problem.
When I was a kid, we used to sled at Taylor Hill. We never had tires to climb back up that mountain. I remember seeing Bart Currans daughter get hit in the head by a sled. It was rough sledding back in those days.
@Allen-I too remember Taylor hill and the hundreds of people who used it. Then McNiders bought the land and closed it off. They didn’t care about all the kids as long as they got what they wanted. What happened to the sledding hill Ohl was building in the South End?
where is taylor hill located
East towards Nora Springs on Hwy 18 (122). Just fore you get to the river look at the hill on the right, and there you have it. McNider mansion is on top o the hill cred from public view by trees
I need a new keyboard on my desktop.
me too, my grandson broke mine so now the space bar and shift key doesn’t work very well.
The problem with your keyboard, found it.
Check this out…..
@Richard-Might expect something like that from a P.O.S.
So LVS, did you aspire to be a stupid old coot even when you were a young lad back in the early 1920’s?
LVS made it out of Germany just in time before the trials began. He spent about 20 years in Argentina before making his way north to settle in Iowa. Along the way he picked up his Mexican wife. At the bottom of his left foot is a tattoo describing his position as an informant for the party.
what river? winnebago river in mason or shell rock river in nora springs? Can people still sled there
If you were to stand on the eastern edge of the Mason City High School parking lot and look across HWY 122 you would be looking at old Taylor hill, now owned by the McNider’s.
Winnebago here in Mason City. No sledding allowed since the rich people bought it. Kids can go without according to them.
Not owned by McNiders . Might want to research before making post
All I can tell you is when the MacNiders built their mansion on top of the hill the signs went up saying No Trespass and No Sledding. You can try to deny it but I was there. Get your facts straight.
Hill owned by Indianhead Farms . Mansion owned by family that owns Pro Wall ,business located in Plymoth.
Indianhead Farms is MacNider’s. And the house was originally built and occupied by MacNiders. It might have been sold since the old man died but it was his originally.
whats up with the sledding hill? went to take the kids there on saturday and there are no tires for them to climb up? what are they not putting them out this year or just to lazy?
I wonder if you call the Park department at city hall they will come put them out.
you are a real piece of work….really
He’s a creep!!!!!
Did you know that back before WW2 when the refugee Jews were turned away from the United States and the Japanese American Citizens were arrested and put into prison camps the President at the time was a DEMOCRAT. What savages they are.
Don’t flatter yourself Peter. No one in their right mind would have a crush on you. And you didn’t silence the pipes, winter did. But I’m sure it can be arranged to have some snowmobiles drive by.
If this mason city realtor illegally entered an auto to gain access into a home listing, why did she not get arrested for trespass? Is mason city law enforcement playing favorites?
Question: Should the County Board of Supervisors dismantle the Events Center Board and step in? Should this land be just SOLD?
Yes and yes. The events center seems to be a mess, no one ever wants to go out there, no one in their right mind would want to spend much money there. Sell the land, zone it for commercial development. Start over elsewhere. Word is, Southport used to be the fairgrounds. What if that was re-imagined, 21st-century-style?
Angry Peter need a pot pie from mom.
Quit harassing me with your stupid shit little man.
by saying your name or things you have said or even a video of you doing something unspeakable is not harassing you, it is just reporting or talking about you. You have this self inflated ego about yourself, you think you are more important than you really are, delusions of grandeur. If you just stop saying things here, just sit back and read but say nothing you will find that your name would never be said here again, hint hint.
Peter more than likely has narcissistic personality disorder. Look it up. The disease describes him to a tee.
@Matt-you are correct. Southbridge was the fairgrounds back in the day. They destroyed the fair when they moved it to it’s current location which was a good old boy deal by one of the local realtors who became mayor. He is the same one who is now trying to sell them more land out west of town. That is one of the reason I do not trust realtors on our council.
The fairgrounds wasn’t where Southbridge is. It used to be where sears is. My dad used to tell me stories about the fair being there.
I’m sure you meant Southport LVS. But yes, the fairgrounds was there many years ago. It’s sad to see that whole shopping strip empty now. It used to be a nice area when I was growing up. Target, Kresges, Sears, and I think there was a Piggy Wiggly grocery store there too.
Definitely was nice, brings back good memories. And don’t forget Baskin-Robbins ice cream
WC Franks. Dig Dug video game. Tokens or quarters. That was the spot.
@Anonymous-Piggly Wiggly was one of the anchor stores along with Sears. I think there used to be four Piggly Wiggley. Stores in town. My brother-in-law was produce manager in the one in the Sears Shopping center which is what we used to call it.
Meant Southport of course. I was just thinking what a rip off southbridge has been. I used to work at the fair and circus when they came to town. A lot of kids did back then when we were not afraid to get our hands dirty.
A ‘carney’ who stayed put. It explains so much. Thanks LVS for the share.
Shut up Lagios, you creep!
Work is something the creep knows nothing about. He lives in his mothers basement, draws welfare off the rest of us, has nothing and never will and is nothing and never will be.
He keep the pot pie industry in good shape, though.
It’s sad to see the fair in the state it’s in. With the County Board unwilling to take control, with the only hope it’s had in years with David Green leaving, the board cutting back the flee markets, the horse shows trying to run every aspect of the grounds,constant fighting with the race track officials,hockey leagues wanting out, the concert business being ran off,no support from other cities in the county, the partial land sale and no community support, it seems like it is time to shut it down or put a person with deep marketing and ties to Mason City businesses in charge.NO more fair boards. Either the county wants a fairgrounds/Events Center or it’s time to dismantle this one.
Santa will be making his calls to the little boys and girls in Mason City on Wednesday, December 18 between 6-8 pm, city hall said today. Parents are asked to sign up their little ones through the City’s website HERE to specify a convenient time.
The deadline to sign up is Friday, December 11.
Santa will be at Harley-Davidson of Mason City on the 12th from 10-2 😀
I almost left a few times but then I realized that if I did, they win, someone out there keeps calling me a quitter but i am not. I refuse to let them win.
Not a quitter David?
These words ring a bell with you David?
“I decided before I even went, I knew I was going to call it quits.”
They are your words David & I can link you to the article if need be.
You got to play at being a soldier for about 10 years.
Then had to be a real one for a year, and then bailed out.
In other words, you couldn’t handle real military service and QUIT!
Interesting information. Continue
It seems there is alot of people complaining about readers commenting using the name…anonymous. I post under anonymous for one very good reason. Peter Lagios. He threatens too many people on here. He’s crazy and he doesn’t need to know anyone’s names. And it’s obvious that he will never leave this site. And even more obvious that Matt will never get rid of him. So, as long as Lagios is allowed to stay, I will keep using anonymous for my posts.
Your hesitation serves you well. He is a very dangerous human being in more than one way. Anytime you feel threatened by him in any regards, call the Police.
It would be hard to “harass” you if you weren’t reading a website you vowed to leave. Just saying if you had better things to do than lurk around this website (hosted by someone you clearly do not like) and declare things and feel ostracized when people are critical of your thoughts and actions, you might lead a happier life.
Get off the site and stay off you worthless P.O.S.
From: Matt Marquardt
To: Brett Schoneman
Nov 17 (5 days ago)
Hi Brett. Did you have any comment on your resignation from the Corridor board?
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From: Brett Schoneman
To: Matt Marquardt
Nov 17 (5 days ago)
sure. heading to a closing here at 2. i’ll email you something tonight?
Brett
Brett Schoneman
Managing Broker
Schoneman Realtors
1819 4th Street SW
Mason City, IA 50401
641-425-1233 direct
Licensed Real Estate Broker in state of Iowa.
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From Matt Marquardt
To: Brett Schoneman
Sounds great Brett
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NO COMMENT SENT
he’s a poser
BEWARE of dangerous, icy roads all over the North Iowa area:
(California Avenue south of NIACC)
(Highway 18 heading west into Mason City)
I wish cabin coffee in clear lake was open on sunday so I didn’t have to look at Lagios in the early AM at hyvee’s starbucks. Can we get a little warning next time?
I can sure understand how you would feel that way.
Yes he is. He has the same vacant look in his eyes that the terrorist have.
He’s extremely creepy. And he has that look of madness in his eyes. When he continually posts his weird deranged crap on here, and then when you see him, it’s like…..that dude is insane, and weird and yes creepy.
What you are engaging in is HARASSMENT. You’re breaking the law. You have no subject or point you are making other than to harass a person and cause them alarm and distress. Calling someone ‘creepy’ is an attempt to belittle their self esteem and make them unsure of themselves. It’s the generic catch all phrase xenophobes use. Well guess what? Lagios will be at STarbucks again this morning, undeterred by your poison. Let’s see if you have the balls to introduce yourself to him. You coward, psycopath. I know who you are lady. You’ve been harassing this man for a long time because he forced you to examine your behaviors. You are one of the loud pipe jerks who wants to harass and intimidate the public with no accountability. Lagios stood up against you and now you’re trying to get revenge.
Yes!!!! The video has resurfaced! Little Peter Lagios doing Lord knows what in that shell of a vehicle. And it appears Petey is posting under one of his many personalties again.
Oh, and Peter doesn’t harass anyone here? He’s been asked to leave numerous times, and doesn’t. He insists on calling people names like nazis! That’s not harrassment. And I will attest to the fact that he is CREEPY! He comes off like a deranged, delusional CREEPY human being. And his posts prove that he’s a creep.
Nice try Peter. Posting under different names. What’s the matter? Your multiple personalities are at it again. Now STFU and stop embarassing your poor mother!
Well, one of his altered personalities says he is going to be at Starbucks again. Mommy must have gave him his allowance so he can hang out at starbucks. Maybe the people at cabin had him removed because he is CREEPY!
According to the latest poll 6of Americans say we are already at war with ISIS. Only a few sheeple have their heads in the sand.
President Obama has asked not once, but twice for congressional authorization to increase military use agaisnt ISIS but the Republicans pussied out.
Typical Republicans, all talk & no walk
Prove it, every speech I’ve seen him talk about it, it is him that says no. You are so against the Republican party that you are now creating your own history.
I’ve seen reports saying that of the bombing missions over Syria, 75% are not given permission to drop their bombs.
From the Department of Defense web site:
As of 3:59 p.m. EST Nov. 19, the U.S. and coalition have conducted a total of 8,289 strikes (5,432 Iraq / 2,857 Syria).
U.S. has conducted 6,471 strikes in Iraq and Syria (3,768 Iraq / 2703 Syria)
Rest of Coalition has conducted 1,818 strikes in Iraq and Syria (1,664 Iraq /154 Syria)
The countries that have participated in the strikes include:
In Iraq: (1) Australia, (2) Belgium, (3) Canada, (4) Denmark, (5) France, (6) Jordan, (7) The Netherlands, and (8) UK
In Syria: (1) Australia, (2) Bahrain, (3) Canada, (4) France, (5) Jordan, (6) Saudi Arabia, (7) Turkey and (8) UAE
As of Nov. 14, U.S. and partner nation aircraft have flown an estimated 57,301 sorties in support of operations in Iraq and Syria.
yes they have flown a lot of missions but like I said on 25% of the missions have they dropped their load.
@David-they have ears but they won’t listen. The left wing news sites they watch would never tell them anything like that so they are uninformed. You are correct, it has been all over the news for a week. Even CBS has a news report on it.
Let’s do a little math 6,471 missions by the U.S. by itself. This occurred over a period of 15 months. David says that only 25% were carrying a “load”. That’s over 3 every day of every week since June of 2014. That seems like a lot but I’m sure you don’t. And, what the heck are those other 75% doing. Just out for a spin?
bodacious you are not paying attention. All of the fighters were carrying a load but out of fear of injuring civilians only 25% of those dropped their load. the rest were not given permission to drop their load.
David, I was paying attention but I assumed you would understand when I talked about the 25% that they did drop their “load” The math still stands-over 3 missions per day dropped bombs.
I don’t know how many missions per day or week, all i said was from all the missions only 25% dropped their bombs.
Isn’t it strange that even Dianne Feinstein is now calling on the wimpy president to go to war against the savages.
Right Wing Wacko!
how is he a right wing wacko if he is stating facts?
Here you are folks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to give the peanut farmers 1.9 Billion Dollars because over produced and the market is down. The only thing worse is “CORN” which will be subsidized to the tune of 3.6 Billion Dollars. Our tax money going to subsidize rich farmers.
Watching the Mumbai Massacre. I didnt realize Indian authorities were so dysfunctional. Makes you think about the strength of some of these nations.
Them radical Methodists from the old country need to get rounded up and contained in the vacant Penny’s building.
Then go after the Blacks and Mexicans from Chicago, Detroit and across the Rio Grande. Just imagine how many of them we could warehouse in Southbridge.
Looks like the terrorists have LVS and his pack of neanderthals all ginned up. The good old boys have become the victim of mind control and witch hunting.
funny, I was going to say the same thing
Lets round up all them Docshere in town. Those that wear a Turban or speak with a Middle Eastern dialect. You are fools to judge a race or nationality based on the atrocities of a few. May God help you and those in the three ring circus lead by the ringmaster Trump.
that sounds familiar. kind of like judging all gun owners because of the actions of some criminals?
Being leery of Syrians because of the terrorists amongst them does not mean we are judging them all. It means we cannot tell which of them are OK and which are not. I personally don’t care if they were Protestant Scandinavians who were terrorizing Europe. They can’t come here if we can’t tell who amongst them is going to try to kill us in our own country.
The Republican Clown Show reminds me of the sentiment of registering and rounding up Jews. The beginning of a new age Holocaust. God Help us from the right wing.
If you are lucky Trump will win in a landslide. People in this country are tired of having a laughing stock wimp in the Whitehouse and we damn sure are not allowing Hillary the Liar in there. I have heard all about you ex-government guy and you ain’t crap.
Obama a Wimp?? You think you ar such a tough guy! Obama would kick your wacko right wing ass you punk!
obama couldn’t even take michael/michelle.
As predicted by everyone except Obama lovers his signature health insurance scam is failing all over the country Health Works is now asking for a government subsidy to offset their losses or they are pulling out. New York has already lost their main carriers, they went broke.
it’s amazing how ignorant some people can be, they will believe a lie before they will believe facts.
“it’s amazing how ignorant some people can be, they will believe a lie before they will believe facts.” – David
Excellent post David, your comment about you & LVS is spot on.
Posted at request of NIT reader:
This does not surprise me at all. The elitist have screwed over the taxpayers every chance they get for years. They should be kicked out of office and put in jail for fraud. Only sheeple would believe anything they tell you.
Posted at request of NIT reader:
Sorry, but everybody makes mistakes in their lives. Just the way it is.
I’d agree if he’d been 19 when he did it, instead of 29. He was an adult by then, so this is disturbing.
@Anonymous-That is so typical of someone who goes by Anonymous and you are so wrong. Most people do not steal from someone else. Especially a company that pays them a living. That kind of person can never be trusted.
Again there retard, you are just as anonymous going by LVS as someone going by anonymous. All you people that are using screen names are just as guilty. Why does it matter? You think that using LVS makes you a man and that people know who you are? I don’t know who you are, but as much as you run your mouth there old man, I wish I did.
..and now he’s on our parks board…wow
What was the end result of that charge for Troy? Was he found guilty or not guilty?
SNOWED OUT:
Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds were set to attend a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday night, 5:00pm to 5:30pm at the West Drive outside the Iowa State Capitol, but the event has been cancelled due to the weather.
so someone who uses common sense is a wussie? What does that make a democrat who has no common sense?
ID cards based on religion –> Trump. A database containing info on all Americans –> Carson. Which idea is better?
I was thinking maybe a special armband they could wear, or maybe we could even tattoo a number on their arm!
Wait a sec…
Or perhaps we could all wear an emblem on shirts or jackets, showing what we are all “into”. Full disclosure type of thing.
You should really get it right if you are going to break your rule and comment on politics. He was asked a question about if he wanted to put in registration and he said “We will have to look at a lot of things and if they make sense implement them”. That is a far cry from what the looney lefty’s are saying.
Now the Looney Left want to take away the right to purchase guns of people who are on the watch list. Like they would care if they can buy legal or not if they are terrorist. But, of course they have not been charged or convicted but they will try to take away their rights anyway. The difference is these are American citizens. What hypocrites the Looneys are.
Let the fun begin:
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING ORDINANCE
The Alternate Side Parking Ordinance will go into effect at 4:00 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2015 in Mason City. Several inches of snow are expected.
AGREE?
“Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG & BEAUTIFUL WALL!”
– Donald Trump, Nov. 19, 2015
Yes I agree. The MIddle East is full of greedy, selfish Arabs and Muslims. Those other nearby countries like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan…they do nothing to help their own kind. The UN should conquer about 6 large size cities and regions nearby each other in Syria and the refugees should be housed there and protected…with a no fly zone imposed overhead. Very simple solution. This bullshit of bringing them thousands of miles away to incorporate into a culture they’ll never fit in with is BULLKAKA. I’m voting Republican this year. This tipped me.
There were 2 families Donald.– two men, two women and four children. And they turned themselves in to immigration. Seems pretty suspicious to me.
PRESS RELEASE:
COUNTY WEBSITE TO BE UNAVAILABLE DUE TO MAINTENANCE
MASON CITY – Cerro Gordo County’s website will be unavailable beginning at noon on Sunday, November 22, 2015.
Users of the website should expect to experience intermittent outages while the county undertakes website maintenance.
The maintenance should be complete by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday and the website fully functional after that.
The county’s website address is http://www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us.
Nov 19 2015
HEARING: THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SECURITY OF THE U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
Looks like city hall more or less gave up all the way on the whole Human Rights thing. Not a big surprise, considering the effort most of the council and Eric went through to put it down and fill it with board members who they could trust to do the little things to make sure it never functioned. They barely even post agendas and meeting minutes anymore.
I feel sorry for Emily. She is only doing what they told her to do. Its management and not the reporters fault. She does a good job with what they give her to report on.
Emily Boster does a good job? Geez, you must have a crush on her. Every time I see her she is fumbling her words, and has to start over often. She has a harried, flustered feel to her, and she’s even cried while reporting on certain stories. She’s kinda unstable, but you must find that attractive or something.
Not unstable at all. She’s human. You could tell the disgust in her face.
I can’t remember, how many years were you on TV as a reporter in the field?
JOB OPENINGS AT MC CITY HALL:
The City of Mason City Recreation Department is currently accepting applications for the following positions:
(Must be 16+ years old for all position, unless noted)
Concessions Workers
Sports Instructors – Tennis, Tumbling, Preschool Sports Program, Skateboarding, Dodge Ball
Youth Camps Staff – Kickball, T-Ball, Whiffleball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Volleyball
Youth Sports Officials – Youth Volleyball, Flag Football, Soccer
Youth Sports Supervisors – Youth Volleyball, Flag Football, Soccer, Dodge Ball
Christmas Break Staff – Little Chefs and 4H Rocket Science
Youth Sports Coaches Youth Volleyball, Flag Football, Soccer (must be 18+ years)
Childcare Staff – Before & After School hours (must be 18+ years)
Positions will be filled as qualified applications are received and as needed throughout the season.
All interested persons shall submit a formal application to the City of Mason City Human Resources Department, 10 1st St. NW, Mason City, IA 50401-3224. The office is open Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Applications and job descriptions are also available at: http://www.masoncity.net
Applications will be accepted until 4:30pm, December 11, 2015.
What a tasteless interview that KIMT had Emily Boster do last night with that RETARD Harrington. He beat a dog to death and KIMT did an interview on it, he tried to shed a tear bur heartless assholes cant do it. I cant believe that KIMT couldn’t find something else to put on the news. Man who is running the show up there?
I guess that’s their way of trying to be local. They have become the worst news source around here. It’s always Rochester and Minnesota. I don’t care what’s going on in Rochester. I just stopped watching.
No offense to Emily, but KIMT is just pathetic. It’s not her fault. The place is rudderless and tone deaf. Hopefully, KIMT packs up and moves to Rochester once and for all.
agree…terrible management
what is being built south of the theaters
?
Another car lot I believe. Like we don’t have enough of them already.
Car lot for Nissan. NIT did a story on it, click here.
Our family kicked the KIMT habit months ago. Their coverage of North Iowa is being phased out as part of their marketing plan. They hope to compete with Fox 47, KAAL and KTTC but odds are they will loose that battle in the end.
As so goes the memory of Barts Club House and Bob Clausen. May the forever rest in Peace.
You can tell a lot about someone when they “ban” you, lock you out, cover things up, won’t respond to questions. Really, it says more about them than if they simply were honest and open. It still seems that some of our elected local officials fail to understand this concept. And that is a shame.
You’re really making this complaint?
NIT never banned you. Everyone else wants you banned, but there’s no ban imposed on you by NIT.
🙂
There are far more names for you than those you listed.
How you liking the new me Buzz?
I’d like you silent and banned better.
Your version of the true American way.
Do you understand why I exist Buzz? Are you getting it yet? I’m here to test you, train you, and ultimately deliver you from your own hypocritical devices.
We all would like Peter silent and banned. And I’m sure mommy would like him employed and back in his meds.
You ought to train yourself to keep from crapping your pants first.
I suppose now we should add Professor to your long list of titles too. How about adding Pathetic while you’re at it.
@Matt-You did ban him and we all saw it. Why are you letting him back on now? The vast majority of your subscribers want him gone.
Are you accusing Matt of lying?
No, he has a lot of things on his plate and probably just forgot. You on the other hand are just plain stupid.
Brown noser old man. Another boot licking, suck up response.
Matt is good stuff, a big boy and does not need you to cover his back.
I may be wrong but I don’t remember those exact words come from matt, I remember everybody else saying that he was banned but I could be wrong.
Official policy is not to “ban” anyone here. Comments should be reported and then after two reports, they go into the Bin of Disdain. There, I render final judgement upon each; I spend 5-10 seconds on those comments determining if they live or are banished to a Lake of Fire for all eternity.
I saw it….he said…Peter Lagios you are banned. And I’m pretty sure Matt reminded him a couple times also. But yes, Matt did tell him point blank he was banned. I was glad at the time because thought Matt was actually going to keep him off the site. Quite a disappointment that the ban never happened. Peter Lagios is toxic, and there’s many readers here that know that, there’s a whole community (the city of Clear Lake) that know that. I don’t understand why Matt is letting this continue.
You know, we toyed around with a “ban” once upon a time. It just doesn’t work and like I said, reflects more on the banner than the bannee. Too many ways around the ban, and, gosh, if people want to be here on NIT that bad, what the heck, let ’em in. You all control what ends up in the comments, to a large degree.
Tsk, Tsk Matt. First you had the poll. Then you tried raising money. Then a few months ago, you got angry at Peter and told him flat out he was banned. I saw the post and I was not imagining what I saw. Then Peter kept requesting you ban his ip address and you explained…….more than once that it is not possible because he would just go somewhere else and get online. And no us readers do not control anything. If we delete his posts, you put them back on. What does he have on you Matt? Why the 180? And don’t give us the censorship bull. How about a real answer.
The real answer: It’s all for my amusement and LOL-ing as I work all day and into the night to deliver the best news in North Iowa.
We all know Peter Lagios is crazy…delusional, has a narcissistic behavioral along with an attention seeking disorder, and lord only knows what he is capable of. Are you afraid of him? You thinking we should let him in is insulting. He compares the readers of nit to nazis. Like I said, he’s toxic.
Im too important to ban. Im insightful and possess critical information and viewpoinr. I was on today NPR TALK OF IOWA. You can check the podcast if you dont believe me. Itd be like benching the atar player. Why would rhe coach do that?
Well, if you’re so important to Iowa Radio, then go bother them, and stay off here.
You called into regional radio talk show? OMG that is like speaking at graduation at Harvard or Yale! You should put that on your resume’. No resume’? Oh yeah, that’s right. You don’t have a job. That would interfere with calling into radio shows during the day.
If rolling around in the cabbage puts a smile on someone’s face, I’ll do it. Rule number 1 as a physician of the soul: be prepared to immerse yourself in the septic system. I’m taking “egg on the face” to a whole new level.
So, it’s all for your entertainment Matt. I don’t find anything about Lagios entertaining. He is frightening. This really shows me the kind of person you are Matt. You are either best buds with Lagios or you’re scared shit less of him. Either way, I kinda lost some respect for you.
If you don’t love your job, why do it? PL never even crosses my mind. I rarely ever even ponder PL. It’s all of you who are as obsessed with him as he is with NIT. Think about that for a minute.
“Frightening”. I’ll bet Matt gets the biggest kick out of that one. Maybe you are just a frightened person…ever considered that? I’m like any other guy: I like pretty girls, I get pumped up by action movies, and I want to protect the innocent and my family. IF that’s frightening, then geez lady…you got issues.
Not knowing why he is mad, the modern black man has been baptized into this world by democrats lies, anarchistic video games, television programming and social media. He attempts to be politically correct in the absence of a political IQ. The resulting pathology has created a disorder of personality, always inpatient with his life as it is, and blaming forces outside himself for his self-induced lack. Thinking himself blameless, he holds others culpable for his suffering, indicting the Establishment and citing the age-old Luciferian liberalism of grievance justifying insurrection. The black man’s life is filled with angst, the protagonist of his own personal revolution, in which anything that stands in his way – that questions his autonomy, hinders his self-expression, slows his ambitions, convicts his moral or ethical being, affronts his sensibilities, and stands in the way of his immediate gratification – can be vilified as racist, unfair, unjust, intolerant, and therefore intolerable.
https://www.facebook.com/salanwatson/posts/10205935601761795
Of course changing liberal to black man seemed a better fit for your agenda.
I don’t know if you are the C. Conroy that I know or not, but, that is a great post and very true.
Matt, you should only allow paid subscribers in the Whiner’s Den. That’s where the juicy stuff is. I’ve learned more about Mason City from this site than any other. Just do it. You’ll have more subscribers than you can handle.
Great idea. I think it would up subscriptions and it would keep a certain person that is banned off the site for good. And that would be a huge plus for the site.
I was wondering why a local business (breakthrough webdesign) wouldn’t host their own website (or the ones they design and sell) in the same state?
You are wondering about this? You must lead a lame and boring existence to worry about how another person’s business operates, especially a technical point such as this. To answer your question (you are referring to my business), I do a TON of business out of town, out of state. Proud of that, and more is coming in all the time. Florida, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa (lots), Texas. I could keep going. Don’t be jealous, just try to keep up.
Point well taken with out of state customers. But with as many problems as you have had keeping your own website functional, shilling wordpress as websites (and hopefully keeping them up to date security wise), and putting “sensational” news items out there (besides who got arrested), it would seem you are the one who will be busy keeping up. GLWT.
Something must be going on with Whiners Den, as I got a different looking page yesterday when trying to post.
Did older Whiner’s Den comments get wiped or did they all get reported?
Hopefully they got wiped and now starting fresh.
Yes some of the comments crashed the page, twice. This is now the third version of the page. I am making some improvements to the look/feel/idea of the page itself to make it better. Fewer ads, more interaction, no more crashes. I’d like to bring back all the old comments if I can. Keep watching this page to see what comes about.
Just my opinion, the old comments can stay gone. And I have to agree with the other post that this portion of the site be open to subscribers only. Something for you to think about.
Katie I know a few and they are above the law just ask them, and oh look out for them when they are not in uniform/badges they are smart asses looking for trouble. Jailers are the same.
Issue after issue involving the Cerro Gordo County Sheriffs Dept. Time for a change at the helm. I think they seem to think they are above the laws they are enforcing.