Thursday Roundup

Buster at InMuscatine keeps up with the Lee Enterprises Death Watch. That stock is opening this morning at $4.81, yet another new low.

I was wondering where Nicholas Johnson went.

Side Notes shows a picture of Highway 1 south of Mount Vernon. Or what little is left of it.

From the "You Don't Say?" department. Headline in the Quad City Times today: "Mosquito population expected to increase"

From the "And Now For Something Completely Different" department. Headline in the Quad City Times today: "Harkin praises FEMA’s flood response"

From "The Buck Stops Elsewhere" department. Headline in the Quad City Times today: "Culver: Federal government needs to pay for flood-fighting efforts"

From the "Bad Headline" department. Headline in the Daily Iowan: "Flooding leaves parents and 1-month-old on an air mattress"

Daily Iowan: "Renovated Carver arena may allow alcohol" - Why not allow gambling? Revenue is needed, you know.

President Bush is flying to a hostile war zone today (see the comments), although nothing could be more patronizing than Chuck Grassley's advice.

And if you missed yesterday's post called "IowaDrugCard.com Is Much More Expensive Than WalMart" then you are in for a treat, but only if you click over to there.