[nikos1121]

MUSCATINE IOWA

Here are a few interesting Wikipedia Facts:

Population 22,886. The name Muscatine is believed by some to have been derived from the Mascouten Native American tribe.The Algonquian-speaking Mascoutin were driven out of Michigan in around 1642 by French and Natives, and they were believed to have been absorbed into the Meskwaki (Fox) and Sac tribes by the early 18th century.

CIVIL WAR

From the 1840s to the Civil War, Muscatine had Iowa's largest black community, consisting of fugitive slaves from the South and free blacks who had migrated from the eastern states. One of the most prominent community leaders was Alexander Clark Sr., a Pennsylvania native, barber and eventually a wealthy timber salesman and real estate speculator. He was among the founders of the local AME Church, assisted fugitive slaves, and petitioned the state government to overturn racist laws before the war. In 1863, Clark helped organize Iowa's black regiment, the 60th United States Colored Infantry (originally known as the 1st Iowa Infantry, African Descent), though an injury prevented him from serving.

PEARL OF THE MISSISSIPPI

In 1884 J.F. Boepple, a German immigrant, founded a pearl button company. He produced buttons that looked like pearls by machine-punching them out of freshwater mussel shells harvested from the Mississippi River. Muscatine's slogan, "Pearl of the Mississippi," refers to the days when pearl button manufacturing by the McKee Button Company was a significant economic contributor. In 1915, Weber & Sons Button Co., Inc. was the world's largest producer of fancy freshwater pearl buttons. From that time forward, Muscatine was known as "The Pearl Button Capital of the World". Weber is still manufacturing today and celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2004.

GEOGRAPHY

Positioned some 25 miles (40 km) (30 minutes) from the Quad Cities, 38 miles (61 km) (52 minutes) from Iowa City and some 68 miles (109 km) (75 minutes) from Cedar Rapids, Muscatine is the smallest link in a non-contiguous populated area which surpassed 800,000 residents in the decade following the 2000 census. The key feature of this region is that although the populated areas are non-contiguous, a high percentage of residents commute between the cities for work, particularly those in professional fields.

So, who was Scot Halpin, one of Muscatine's most famous sons?

Thomas Scot Halpin (February 3, 1954 – February 9, 2008) was an artist and musician. He sat in for The Who's Keith Moon, who apparently was strung out on PCP during a rock concert in 1973 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco at which he had been an audience member. Townsand asks the crowd if anyone could play drums. Halpin, a WHO junkie, volunteered and jumped on stage. He knew the songs. The rest is Rock Legend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scot_Halpin

[nikos1121]

Who was Scot Halpin?

[ETL]

Trump, in 2013, endorsed communist Bill De Blasio for New York City mayor. He supports Obama's opening up to communist Cuba. He loves KGB Putin. He, in his mid-50s, supported gays in the military AND partial birth abortion.

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DONALD TRUMP [on Larry King Show (2009), referring to the then newly elected communist president]: "Well, I really like him. I think that he's working very hard. He's trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. I mean, we really have lost a lot of reputation in the world. The previous administration [GW Bush] was a total disaster, a total catastrophe."

And I'm not saying I agree with everything he's doing. I do agree with what they're doing with the banks. Whether they FUND THEM or NATIONALIZE them, it doesn't matter, but you have to keep the banks going."

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0904/15/lkl.01.html

[Guenevere]

Thank-you Nikos!

Trumps’s rally in Pella got a standing ovation!!!
He’s the sweetest, God love him.
He’s going to church today.

[Cboldt]

For those who might be wondering, the correct pronunciation is Musk-a-TEEN, not Musk-a-TINE.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Muscatine is famous for melons.
They’re the best in the world.

[Neoliberalnot]

Trump a well known private business man will be on face the nation, a show owned and operated by left wing nuts, and he will share the stage with an openly socialist pig from, a party that is just another arm of organized crime and gave nazism to the world.

[McGruff]

Glenn Beck endorses Cruz: Trump win is 'snowball to hell' paid for by Moonbats for Cruz 20016

[McGruff]

Trump pumped as influential Sen. Chuck Grassley attends front-runner's rally

[PJBankard]

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Rally Starts: 1PM (EST) / 12PM (CST) / 11AM (MST) / 10AM (PST)

http://rsbn.tv/live-stream-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-muscatine-ia/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etO8RqGU9DE

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[BobL]

“Muscatine”

My brain replaces that name with “masculine” every time I read it.

...but then I remember it’s an American public school.

[CincyRichieRich]

These things don’t excite me. Maybe Trump turns out to be a great leader...hope so and I hope I am wrong. His past positions and lack of humbleness to God concerns me. We really take quite a chance and a cliff dive of chance. I really don’t want to “elect him before we find out what is in him”.

Again, I hope I am wrong. Primary I am still Cruz. General, I’ll crawl over a field of hurried land mines and broken glass to vote for Trump.

[TomGuy]

New FoxNews poll shows:

IA

Trump 34%
Cruz 23%
Rubio 12%
Carson 7%
Bush 4%

NH

Trump 31%
Cruz 14%
Rubio 13%
Kasich 9% [so much for his 2nd place surge in one poll earlier this past week]
Bush 7%
Christie 7%

[r_barton]

Donald Trump is too late. Glen Beck already swore in Ted Cruz as President. ;-)

Of course when the Chief Justice swears in Donald Trump as President on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan 20, 2017, that might be slightly more official.

GO TRUMP!

[TomGuy]

New FoxNews poll numbers from this morning:

[houeto]

I love posts like this nikos. Fascinating! Any chance that Halpin story was captured on film?

[frankenMonkey]

Great post!

[djstex]

Thank You for the live thread.
Woohoo!
Trump Time All the Time... Soon!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for the thread Nikos!
Good afternoon, everyone!

[BigEdLB]

Watching on OAN... Trump is on a roll.

[Atlantan]

After seeing Cruz in jeans and work boots yesterday, I appreciate Trump always wearing a suit and tie. It shows respect for the audience.