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Why is the Iowa State Fair such a big deal?
Greenwich Time ^ | August 9, 2019 | Amber Phillips, The Washington Post

Posted on 08/10/2019 12:36:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Police and hotel workers on alert for Iowa State Fair, other events that draw sex trafficking

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/08/14/iowa-state-fair-police-public-attention-online-hotel-sex-trafficking-des-moines-dorothys-house/987804002/


21 posted on 08/10/2019 1:33:59 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT ( Amos5: Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the (gate) Court.)
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To: Bonemaker

Matt Whitaker was a Hawkeye football star.


22 posted on 08/10/2019 1:33:59 PM PDT by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: Bonemaker; from occupied ga; Equine1952

The classic Iowa fan vid is here. Short, ~30s.

http://youtu.be/6gG7pdHWUbA?rel=0

Idiots Out Walking Around indeed.


23 posted on 08/10/2019 1:36:03 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Wm F Buckley Republican

Not many actual conservative voices in Iowa these days, although voters have been slowly trending more conservative over the years.


24 posted on 08/10/2019 1:38:23 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: gundog

“How often do you get a chance to buy Kamala Harris a corndog?”

After a couple of drinks, about every day. Ask Brown.

rwood


25 posted on 08/10/2019 1:48:08 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: FreedomPoster

Not when I was there!


26 posted on 08/10/2019 1:50:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Redwood71

It gives the press something to talk about...Most people probably wish all these fools would live the place..


27 posted on 08/10/2019 1:50:46 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A. It’s not.


28 posted on 08/10/2019 1:53:05 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Our state fair is a great state fair.....


29 posted on 08/10/2019 1:53:56 PM PDT by xp38
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To: jjotto

We have tons of conservative voices.


30 posted on 08/10/2019 2:05:34 PM PDT by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If they say so. I don’t vote according to Iowa.


31 posted on 08/10/2019 2:12:40 PM PDT by bgill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Why is the Iowa State Fair such a big deal?”

Kids can hang out, have fun and not get shot.


32 posted on 08/10/2019 2:23:17 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Wm F Buckley Republican

Beyond Steve King, who?


33 posted on 08/10/2019 2:26:39 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Huskrrrr

Well, there is ‘Beat Whitey Night’, and also ‘East Side Night’...


34 posted on 08/10/2019 2:30:15 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: sparklite2

Pretty much, LOL!

The Wisconsin State Fair (here and gone, already!) has The. Best. Cream. Puffs. Ever. EVER!

Our Iowa County Fair (in WI, not in IA) is the last one held in the state. I love the 4-H kids and their animals. Our nearest neighbors breed Paints, and their twin boys (who just turned 11) are AMAZING horsemen; they do the barrel competitions and put their horses through their paces with ease.

Another nearby neighbor kid is on the Junior Rodeo Circuit - also amazing to watch.

It’s a pretty small and rinky-dink fair, but still a lot of fun. Lots of arts-n-crafts, good food, Harness Racing and Pasties. :)

Not ALL of America sucks - just around the far edges, LOL!


35 posted on 08/10/2019 2:38:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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36 posted on 08/10/2019 2:38:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: xp38

I did my usual, “Wisconsin Rah-Rah” in post #35. :)


37 posted on 08/10/2019 2:41:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The best part of the Iowa State Fair is people watching.


38 posted on 08/10/2019 2:59:09 PM PDT by flippyflea
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hangin’ out
Down the street
The same old thing
We did last week.
Not a thing to do
But talk to you
We’re all alright, We’re all alright

Hello Wisconsin!


39 posted on 08/10/2019 2:59:45 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

We ARE! :)

Now, help me in my quest to bring back Disco Roller Skating as a ‘Thing.’


40 posted on 08/10/2019 3:09:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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