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South DaCola: South DaCola foot soldier has a strange dream about me

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:29:05 -0500

“whats a guy got to do to get a drink around here?”

I dreamed that you were running for mayor, I assume just for a eye poking at the forums, but we were in the council chambers, and you were going to be debating about city stuff with [...]

Madville Times: SHS, Dems Pass Estate Tax Relief for 99.75% of Americans

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:25:00 -0500

As Dakota War College continues to regurgitate the press release from GOP Central, let's get a reality check on HR 4154, the estate tax relief bill that the House passed this week. SHS voted aye for once with the Dem majority. DWC's commenters grumble that SHS is voting [...]

South Dakota War College: Well, at least she wasn’t his son.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:03 -0500

Number of comments: 3

From the Associated Press:

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said.

The Montana Democrat and his former state office director Melodee Hanes began their relationship in the summer [...]

Madville Times: Less Gasoline, Less Oil Flowing, More Demand for Fuel Efficiency: Who Needs Hyperion?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0500

Evidence continues to pile up that there is no viable business case for the proposed Hyperion oil refinery near Elk Point. My friends at the SD Tar Sands Pipeline blog note that demand for gasoline is dropping. SDTSP points to a Wall Street Journal report that Valero is [...]

Dennisranch's Weblog: Ahhhhhhhhhh

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:10:30 -0500

Life is good again. I got to watch the bronc riding from last night. Some really great rides. I loved it when Toas grinned at the bronc when he hit the dirt. Talk about a great attitude! And Chad and JJ really stuck some rides on. I should go back [...]

Northern Plains Anglicans: Are we listening?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:27:00 -0500

...the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of [...]

Madville Times: South Dakota Groups Apply for $250 Million in Broadband Stimulus

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:12:00 -0500

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Among the stimulus dollars still to be pumped into the economy: $4 billion in grants and $3.2 billion in loans to expand broadband Internet access to underserved areas. The feds have received 1130 applications to build "last-mile" services—the projects that lay the cable or erect the towers that get signal [...]

Dakota Voice: Mikulski Amdt Provides Avenue to Abortion in Senate Health Care Bill

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:45:36 -0500

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A health care bill amendment that the Senate passed Thursday has pro-life groups fretting that the door is again open to the federal funding of abortion. In a 61-39 vote, the Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) that mandates coverage of any preventive care or screenings for [...]

Dakota Voice: Global Warming in the Hot Seat

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:05:04 -0500

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As world leaders prepare to gather in Copenhagen to discuss a global strategy for combatting climate change—a strategy likely to involve a substantial growth of government power at the expense of individual and economic liberty—a shock wave of controversy threatens to shatter what many have come to view as settled [...]

Dakota Voice: Will Baltimore succumb to culture of death?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:09:32 -0500

The Baltimore City Council has passed a bill requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not "provide or make referrals for abortion or birth-control services." Now it awaits the mayor's signature. What's driving it? Three things.

Dakota Voice: Exposing the pernicious lie [...]

South Dakota Politics: Inconstant as the Weather

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:05:07 -0500

If you don't like the weather in South Dakota, just wait a bit; it will change. Apparently much the same is true about our President. Originally the President had planned to attend the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change. Then the Administration said he would not be attending. Then he' [...]

Middle Border Sun: What Monica Lewinsky's Lips Started Tiger Woods' Driver Finished: The MSM And The Gossip Rags Are Now One

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:00 -0500

What Monica Lewinsky’s lips started in 1995 Tiger Woods‘ driver completed in 2009.

We are now unable to distinguish the “real” news media–the MSM–from the scandal sheets and gossip mills in print and on TV.*

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RadioActive Chief: Constitution, B.O., & Nobel Prize

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:28:42 -0500

This is a point about B.O. being awarded the Nobel Prize that I had not thought of before.

Keeping the Nobel Prize would violate the Constitution

Congratulations, Mr. President, but if you care about the rule of law, you’ll have to fork over the Nobel Peace Prize within 60 days of [...]

Constitutionally Speaking: Links to Leo Donofrio’s Site Temporarily Unavailable

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:42:04 -0500

My apologies to my readers. The links in my articles to Attorney Leo Donofrio’s research site are unavailable at this time. I do know that Phil at the Right Side Of Life has a lot of Leo’s work published at his site and I will also do some scouring of the web [...]

robbinsdale radical: Robbinsdale has a new legislator

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:19:00 -0500

Some surprise news in Robbinsdale today... it turns out one of "the Brians" who represent us in Pierre, Brian Dreyer, will be deployed to Afghanistan this spring.

Thanks for your service Brian, I know you will provide great air cover for the important things our President and armed [...]

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson: Hudson's Best of the 00's (Part Four)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:03:00 -0500

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20. Nick Cave, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (2008). It’s clear that the raw, noisy sound of Cave’s side project, Grinderman, was the major influence of this Bad Seeds follow-up. The familiar themes of faith and devotion are present, but there’s an raucous energy on this album that’s usually missing on his [...]

Bob Schwartz Online: Stimulating The Economy

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:17:00 -0500

Student offers Barack Obama a quick way to get the economy moving. Legalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling.

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South Dakota Humanist: Stimulating The Economy

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:17:00 -0500

Student offers Barack Obama a quick way to get the economy moving. Legalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling.

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Cranium Creek: The Following is Not a Paid Advertisement

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:14:00 -0500

Ruminations from an indecent hour.....

The number and variety of "paid programs" - those 30-minute commercials poorly masquerading as TV shows – on in the middle of the night amazes me. It's hard to believe they can all make money. When I was at KEVN Companies paid a flat [...]

Cranium Creek: Night Notes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:04:00 -0500

Ah, another stretch of overnights; time to wander around the gray matter.....or is it grey matter? Merriam-Webster says that grey is a variant of gray, so either is apparently acceptable. Grey somehow seems more classic, more Olde English.

- The cable TV music feed is a nice change from [...]

Newsmonger: It’s not the Muni any more

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:06:10 -0500

The Watertown Park & Recreation Board has changed the name of what used to be the Watertown Municipal Golf Course. The 27-hole course has been re-christened Cattail Crossing Golf Course. One reason for the change is that the course has undergone five years of renovation with several new holes, new [...]

The MinusCar Project: Footprints In A Contest!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:40:00 -0500

I've entered my popular and very special "Footprints" photo in the Alliance For Biking and Walking's People Powered Movment Photo Contest. I wouldn't mind at all if readers visited the photo and gave it a vote or two.Furthermore I wouldn't mind at all if you spread the word, event a' [...]

Constant Conservative: AirTran 297 Passenger Interviewed by Dr. Clouthier

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:18:46 -0500

Earlier, I posted a couple of pieces about the strange circumstances surrounding this flight. My first piece about it is here, followed by more information, as I became aware of it, here. Today, I found an interview of the chaplain I mentioned (podcast link at bottom of [...]

Reimagine Rural: Rural Midwest: Still in a recession or better than most think?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:38:08 -0500

So which of the following statements accurately describes the economy of rural Midwestern communities? “Survey shows rural Midwest still in a recession” or “Rural America more prosperous than expected.”

I caught both of the above titled articles Tuesday while mining Twitter for information on rural communities. Both were released on [...]

Constitutionally Speaking: Breaking: Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Is Promoting Child Porn in the Classroom– Kevin Jennings and the GLSEN Reading List

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:04:16 -0500

I am so glad that the grandchildren are now home schooled, but it still does not totally eliminate the possibility of government intrusion into what content the parents may exclude from the curriculum. This is a MUST read with follow-up calls to all our reps in DC. This rogue administration must [...]

Dakota Voice: Support for Socialized Health Care Continues to Drop

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:45:33 -0500

Support for government health care continues to drop like a rock, falling to anemic levels. The latest Rasmussen Report poll finds only 27% of American voters support a single-payer government health care system--down 5 percentage points since August.

Dakota Voice: Exposing the pernicious lie [...]