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Obituaries this week

Carlis Miller, 76, Burlington, formerly Mediapolis, died Saturday, February 20, 2016

Nellie Abrisz, 84, Burlington died Sunday, February 21, 2016

Claire Pauline Coté, 72, Burlington died Monday, February 22, 2016

Jonathan Douglas Timmerman, 48, Burlington, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016

John W. Pettis, 87, Burlington died Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Eila Mae Herweg, 92, Burlington, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Maxine “Frankie” Corman, 91, Burlington, died, Wednesday, February 24, 2016

William Joseph Bandy, 71, Burlington, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Charles A. Dodds, 93, Burlington, died Thursday, February 25, 2016

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Grassley: We Will Follow ‘Biden Rules,’ No SCOTUS Vote in 2016

Click here: “Justice Scalia’s death marks the first time a sitting Supreme Court justice has passed away in a presidential election year in 100 years,” Grassley, chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, said.
Chairman Grassley made clear that he intends to follow then Senator Joe Biden’s Rules if President Barack Obama makes a Supreme Court nomination.
In 1992, then Senator Joe Biden “emphasized that in four vacancies that arose during a presidential election year, the president exercised restraint and withheld from making a nomination until after the election,” Grassley declared. He added, “One of those presidents was Abraham Lincoln.”
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What is Crony Capitalism?

This election season there’s a lot of talk about corruption, about politicians being “bought and sold”, and about “crony capitalism”. What do those terms mean? Why should we care? Is there a way to reduce corruption and restore our trust in government? Author Jay Cost, staff writer at The Weekly Standard, answers these questions and proposes a solution that every society could benefit from.

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Hacker: ‘Entire banking system is fundamentally flawed – you’re giving access to your cash’

Click here: Hacker warns that security at our banks is woefully inadequate
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How Obama Denied Conservative Judges a Vote

Click here: Conservative nominees were blocked from 4 to 6 years 

Born in segregated Alabama, Janice Rogers Brown had been a leftist like Obama before becoming conservative. When Obama rose to denounce the respected African-American jurist for her political views it had been almost a full two years since President Bush had nominated her in the summer of ’03.

Obama complained that Judge Janice Rogers Brown, who had gone to segregated schools and become the first African-American woman on the California Supreme Court, was guilty of “an unyielding belief in an unfettered free market.”

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WB tops Central Lee in District Semifinal, 67-55

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Tate Snodgrass (24) and Central Lee’s Garrett Holtkamp (23) tipoff to start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
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West Burlington’s Tate Snodgrass (24) and Central Lee’s Garrett Holtkamp (23) tipoff to start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Caleb Hoenig (34) sinks a three against Central Lee in start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
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West Burlington’s Caleb Hoenig (34) sinks a three against Central Lee in start the Class 2A District 11 semifinal game in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington defeated Central Lee, 67-55. WB will meet Pekin in the district final Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant.
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How the DNC Helps Clinton Buy Off Superdelegates

Click here: DNC opens floodgates to donations from special interests, the future of the Democrat party is auctioned to the highest bidder.
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Obama Acknowledges His Vote to Filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Alito

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Beware of Android virus that can WIPE your phone

Click here: Owners of Android phones have been warned to beware of powerful malware being spread by text message which can wipe handsets and read text messages.

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White students undergo weekly ‘deconstructing whiteness’ program at Northwestern University

Click here: The “6-part workshop series for undergraduate students who self-identify as white” launched in January and runs through March, according to the university’s website.