Posted on 01/24/2016 5:02:47 AM PST by nikos1121
Here we go again. Donald Trump will speak Sunday, January 24, 2016 in Muscatine, IA at Muscatine High School at 12:00 PM CST. I will post additional Live Feeds.
Mr. Trump will be attending church services this morning at New Hope Christian Church in Marshall Town, IA. I think it would be over the top for the media to be filming this.
Mr. Trump will do TV shows via phone today as well:
CBS’ “Face the Nationâ€: Trump will call into the show to gauge his chances in the Iowa caucus, with Sanders speaking afterwards.
NBC’s “Meet the Pressâ€: Clinton rounds out the day with an appearance on the program, followed by Sanders, Trump and former Defense secretary Robert Gates.
Muscatine is one of the prettier cities on the Mississippi River.
It's been said that NO OTHER town or city in the United States is named Muscatine.
HON office furniture is headquartered here, but it's claim to fame in the cultural history of things is Scot Halpin.
For ten points, does anyone know who Scot Halpin was? (Answer is below).
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
Who was Scot Halpin?
Scot Halpin
Artist
Thomas Scot Halpin was an artist and musician. He sat in for The Who’s Keith Moon during a rock concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco at which he had been an audience member. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1954, Muscatine County, Iowa, IA
Died: February 9, 2008, Bloomington, IN
Education: San Francisco State University
Genres: Rock music
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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."
Did you know that before you looked it up?
AN aaquaintance of my son
Well, you’ve convinced me. I think I’ll vote for Bernie Sanders.
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.
For those who might be wondering, the correct pronunciation is Musk-a-TEEN, not Musk-a-TINE.
Muscatine is famous for melons.
They’re the best in the world.
You’re a nut. :-)
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Courtesy was afforded LIVE CRUZ thread yesterday.
NO SPAM posts by TRUMP supporters.
I missed the rallys yesterday. You can usually watch them, but they’re not up. Sounds like the Sioux Center was funny. I understand he said, Glenn Beck cries all the time. lol
Then talked about NRO.
Were they good? Lot of people there for both?
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.
NAW. Beat melons in the world are grown a few miles from here.
No problem. :)
Just trying to help.
Muscatine melons are shipped all over the world.
You could look it up.
I think youtube is down.
LOLOLOL.
I know!
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