Why Credit Card Companies Charge Such High Interest Rates. The short answer is because corporate profits and corporations in general are favored over protecting the individual from harm these days. Below is only one court decision in the long dismantlement of individual rights in favor of corporate rights.
Iowa in midst of 9th coldest winter in 121 years of records (AUDIO). January 28, 2014 by Pat Curtis. Icycles form on tree branch in Des Moines. To most Iowans, itâs felt like an extremely cold winter and the record books back it up. AUDIO: Radio Iowaâs Pat Curtis reports :55. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says, over the last four months, the statewide average temperature has been 30.1 degrees. âItâs been the 9th coldest October through January period in the past 121 years,â Hillaker said.
Sub-freezing temperatures were common across Iowa Sunday. If that is not cold enough, it was only 18 degrees in Tioga, North Dakota, Sunday morning. This ties Stanley, Idaho for the coldest temperature in the continental United States for the month of September. The freezing temperatures across Iowa marks an end to the growing season. It has been a difficult season for farmers across the state, and the Midwest and general. The good news is, the crops that survived the drought have advanced far enough so that impacts from the freezing temperatures were minimal.