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Black Marks on Wood Pulp / by Corey Vilhauer: Wikitention deficit

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:22:49 -0500

Talk about being hard to pin down. Welcome to my mind on Wikipedia.

First, I look up Neanderthals (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis), primarily to make the distinction between Neanderthals and prehistoric Homo sapiens sapiens. I’m instantly distracted by the fact that, despite there have been no definite specimens younger than [...]

Reimagine Rural: Smart Grid - Can we Trust it?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:10 -0500

News reached us two weeks ago that many South Dakotans are going to get a first peak at smart grid technology. That opportunity became a reality through stimulus money being awarded to several South Dakota utilities, enabling them to purchase smart meters for residential homes.

The [...]

Constant Conservative: Let’s Talk About The Cost Of This Health Care Bill, Again

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:40 -0500

I know, I know–we keep talking about health care legislation as though it is really important. It is. Here’s a video from Cato that lays things out plainly and persuasively:

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Red, Blue & Purple: Coburn’s Amendment Shot Down (Poli Sci Nerds Celebrate)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:19:49 -0500

Tom Coburn attempted to shut down NSF funding of political science research (and I destroyed him here) but the Senate said “No!” by a count of 36-62 (with two no votes). You can click here to check out how everyone voted.

Or I can just tell you about states [...]

Bob Schwartz Online: Oh My This Is Bad!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:47:00 -0500

Nepotism is rampant in politics and has become almost expected, ain't that right Brendan? But oh my just because you were married to Beatles legend John Lennon doesn't mean you are talented and Yoko Ono keeps proving that point. The latest from her comes from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [...]

South Dakota Humanist: Oh My This Is Bad!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:47:00 -0500

Madville Times: South Dakota: Unhappiest Home on the Prairie?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:45:00 -0500

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2009 is out, and South Dakota Tourism will not be trumpeting the results. According to this survey, we have a lower happiness score than any neighboring state (click image to enlarge):
Now these scores are on a 100-point scale, and [...]

Constant Conservative: Woolsey Wants to Silence Opposition

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:33:11 -0500

Hmm. I wonder if she is any relation of the good Cardinal? In her own words, Representative Lynn Woolsey:

I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill.

I just didn’t expect it from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Who elected them to [...]

The Decorum Forum: AMA Reverses Marijuana Position

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:00 -0500

The American Medical Association, the nation's, largest, oldest and most respected medical organization today reversed it's position on medical marijuana in a report released today. Read it here.

I wish the Pat Powers of the world would take a peek. Now that the AMA has determined that marijuana [...]

Dakota Voice: Creation Museum a Top-Notch Tour of Biblical Science

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:28 -0500

Number of comments: 4
A visit to the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky reveals a captivating look at creation science in a stunning 70,000 square-foot, $27 million facility. Featuring information about the museum and a slideshow of some of the offerings inside.

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

Sibby Online: Obama's political propaganda

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:22:00 -0500

Hermain Cain blows the cover off of Obama's propganda:

There's an old saying about a glass being half empty or half full. The optimist will view it as half full, while the pessimist will say it is half empty.

But when the glass is nearly empty and it's called "nearly [...]

Dakota Voice: Navigating the Liberal Lexicon of Socialized Health Care

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:15:10 -0500

When trying to make sense of the liberal's socialist health care plan, you need a guide to help you understand it and compare it to reality. Ross Kaminsky at Human Events has put together a "Devil's Dictionary of Healthcare Reform" to assist the average American with this daunting challenge.

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A Progressive on the Prairie: The power of politics

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:39:40 -0500

How pervasive is the power of politics? About as pervasive as you can get, as evidenced by word that Sarah Palin is going to be at the local B&N for a book-signing on December 6.

Palin is unquestionably the highest profile “author” to hit the local B&N. At least in [...]

Republic Insider: Coming Saturday: A Q&A with GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Knudson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:34:00 -0500

Last week, somebody from GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Knudson's staff called and asked to visit with us during an upcoming campaign stop in Mitchell. Knudson came to our office today, and I conducted a half-hour interview with him. I plan to publish the interview in Q&A form in Saturday's' [...]

South Dakota Politics: Anita Dunn Steps Down

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:21:38 -0500

White House Communications director Anita Dunn, best known, perhaps, for her joke about admiring Mao Tse Tung, is stepping down. After Glenn Beck aired a video clip of Dunn's joke (perhaps she could have varied her tone a little to tip the audience off that she meant it as [...]

Constant Conservative: Deskbound Realities

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:06:29 -0500

The year was 1980-something. The place, West Virginia. I remember hearing the news about (and having several friends/acquaintances personally hit by) massive layoffs at a number of large companies. These layoffs disproportionately affected those who where known as “middle management.” That is, they weren’t the low-level managers who were directly [...]

RadioActive Chief: Another B.O. Advisor Run Down by Bus!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:44:54 -0500

[Dunn to Step Down as White House Communications Chief]

White House Communications Director Anita Dunn will step down by the end of November and be replaced by her deputy Dan Pfeiffer, Fox News has learned.

Dunn’s departure had been expected as she took [...]

Constant Conservative: Eminent Domain Abuse is . . . Well, Abuse

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:35:29 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Do you remember Kelo? The case in Connecticut where a number of private home owners were forced to give up their property so someone else could use it for better purposes (and generate much greater tax revenues for the state)?

Darleen at Protein Wisdom remembers:

Oh. BUT WAIT!!!

Pfizer abandons site [...]

South Dakota War College: Strike two for the state on the Abortion ban donor. Can we stop spending money on this already?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:27 -0500

Number of comments: 1

From the Argus Leader:

Whoever gave $750,000 to the failed 2006 campaign to ban abortion in South Dakota can remain anonymous, a circuit judge has ruled for a second time.

Minnehaha County Circuit Judge Kathleen Caldwell said it was improper for the state to file a civil lawsuit to enforce a campaign [...]

RadioActive Chief: Pelosi Obamascare Budget Holes

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:12 -0500

Say it isn’t so! A major new governmental program proposal (this one from the Donkey Party) that will exceed it’s initial estimated cost?

AHHEEEEEEE! What’s the world coming to!

‘Fuzzy math’ could drive health bill cost higher

The official $1.1 trillion price tag for the House Democrats’ health care bill excludes dozens [...]

Newsmonger: What Was That Smell?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:46 -0500

Worried calls to City Hall over a suspected fuel spill in the southwest part of the city last weekend are unfounded, according to the acting city engineer Sarah Caron.

The Second Street Storm Sewer project, a portion of which runs along Fourth Avenue to the Big Sioux River, runs through an [...]

RadioActive Chief: Ft. Hood Jihad Update 3

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:50:36 -0500

Number of comments: 1

In spite of what some may think out by Lake Madison, this is some tangible evidence that the Chief isn’t making something out of nothing in his concerns about P.C. trumping realism in the latest episode of domestic terrorism.

EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was declared [...]

Newsmonger: New Graduation Requirements Bring Changes

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:45:30 -0500

The South Dakota Board of Education approved new high school graduation requirements at a meeting Nov. 2. During the 2009 legislative session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 185, which eliminated the basic, or standard, pathway to graduation. That will require many school districts, including Watertown, to revamp minimum graduation requirements.

Under [...]

Newsmonger: South Connector

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:37:29 -0500

The South Connector became a reality this summer, with work beginning from 29th Street East to U.S. Highway 81. Monday night, the third public meeting for phase two of the project was held at the Watertown Event Center.

Representatives from the S.D. Department of Transportation, the city of Watertown and HDR [...]

Sibby Online: The undermining of America's dominant European Christian culture

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0500

Vox Day explains how the wheels fell off and how the Fort Hood terroist attack plays into the Cultural Marxist diversity agenda:

But, as both history and scientific studies have reliably demonstrated, social relations between majorities and minorities are largely dependent upon the existence of a strong majority culture. Most [...]

South Dakota War College: Lots of tax talk on the horizon.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:03:06 -0500

Number of comments: 1

From the Rapid City Journal:

“No new taxes” has reappeared on South Dakota’s political horizon.

South Dakota District 30 Rep. Mike Verchio talked to constituents at a town hall meeting Monday night about their feelings about proposed taxes and fees for the coming legislative session.

In the last session, when Gov. Mike Rounds [...]

DakotaWomen: The Big Snip

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:52:00 -0500

We've had some interesting discussions at DW on circumcision before, so when I saw this on MSNBC today, I thought it post-worthy. Enjoy.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Constant Conservative: We Need More Minority Groups, or Not

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:09 -0500

Number of comments: 2

RS McCain makes a welcome point about discrimination and racism as it pertains to the American experiment:

People tend to discriminate against whatever groups are available. I’m sure Alaskans have epithets for Eskimos that no one in the lower 48 ever heard of. Black inner-city residents do not hesitate to [...]

Middle Border Sun: Operation Couthdown To Thanksgiving #1: A Healthy Fat Man

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

My Facebook friend Ann Krause says that she is going to post a reason to be thankful each day from now until Thanksgiving.

I think this is a wonderful idea. So, here on the Middle Border Sun, welcome to Operation Countdown to Thanksgiving.

Entry #1 for what [...]

South Dakota Politics: Political Correctness vs. National Security

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:22:55 -0500

The Fort Hood shooting story had quickly developed into a scandal. From the day of the shooting the U.S. Military and the FBI seemed more concerned with speculative threats to Muslim servicemen and women than they were with preventing terrorist attacks. From the LA Times:

Army Chief of Staff Gen. [...]

Madville Times: SD Dems: Don't Just Sit There, Do Something! (Like Retake Pierre?)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
I welcome the return (however brief) of Mr. Epp's political commentary. However, I view his recommended response to SHS's constant tack right—to "sit on the sidelines" and decline to donate to or volunteer for her 2010 campaign—as incomplete.

Mr. Epp makes a reasonable argument that contacting SHS [...]

Sibby Online: Time to face the ideology of our enemy

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0500

Mark Steyn understands that the far-left diversity nuts are not allowing us to analysis the ideology of our enemy:

But we’re scrupulously non-judgmental about the ideology that drives a man to fly into a building or self-detonate on the subway, and thus we have a hole at the heart of [...]

Madville Times: Health Industry Buys Nays on Reform

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:29:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The Center for Responsive Politics has analyzed the contributions made by the health industry and health insurers to members of Congress. CRP's main finding: those who voted against H.R. 3962, the big health coverage reform bill, on Saturday, received an average of 15% more in contributions from the [...]

The Decorum Forum: What's up with this?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:12:00 -0500

Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting overview of the participation of women in government. At first it looks like an inditement of the Republican party, but as per the chart here, the problem is bigger than that. What gives, Forumettes? [...]

Dakota Voice: Coalition for Cures Not Cloning Defends Against Attack on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ban

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:27 -0500

Coalition For Cures Not Cloning announces opposition to ballot measure that would reverse cloning ban and allow embryonic stem cell research in South Dakota. The slickly-named South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures is preparing to launch an attack on South Dakota's ban on human embryonic stem cell research.

Dakota Voice: [...]

Constant Conservative: Morning Shots | November 10, 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:59:58 -0500

$4.8 million for a library in Aberdeen? Who reads non-electronic media these days?

KSFY thinks book by Palin is called “Going Rouge” — nice slip of the keyboard (or not).

State pension plan trying to stay solvent long-term.

Judge rules for second time that donor to anti-abortion campaign [...]

A Progressive on the Prairie: Book Review: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:51:26 -0500

Book blurbs often seem the equivalent of movie blurbs. Skepticism seems justified when a publisher puts a blurb smack on the front cover just below the title — especially when it says, “May be the best book ever written about jazz.” Is this honest commentary or gratuitous puffery? With Geoff [...]

Sibby Online: Palin coming to South Dakota

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:53 -0500

From the Argus Leader:

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Sioux Falls next month as part of her national book signing tour.

Palin will be at Barnes & Noble at 5 p.m. Dec. 6 to sign copies of "Going Rogue: An American Life." The book is about her [...]

Madville Times: Dakota War College Seeing Double; "Singular" Now Equals "Plural"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
E unibus plurum?

Note to Pat Powers's optometrist: dial back the bifocal adjustment. Evidently Dakota War College reserves the right to inflate his reporting to portray a single voice as the entirety of a group:
Headline: "[...]

Dakota Voice: Liberals Livid Over Abortion Prohibition in Health Care Bill

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:30:14 -0500

According to The Hill, pro-abortion liberals are livid over the Stupak abortion amendment to the House health care bill which (for the moment) blocks abortion in the government health care plan.

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

Dakota Voice: Liberal Academia To the Rescue of Communism’s Reputation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:26 -0500

Liberal elitists at Washington University shut down a freedom display today on the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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

Old Cranky: Who Woulda Thunk It

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:39:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
November 11th, 2009
Who Woulda Thunk It?

On the 11th minute, of the 11th hour, in the 11th month of 1918, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the American led forces in World War I,. To all the men and women who have served, I salute you! To all the families [...]

RadioActive Chief: Big Brother Arrives in Airstrip One

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:34:15 -0500

Every phone call, email and internet click stored by ’state spying’ databases

Big Brother is arriving in what used to be known as Britain…but which now might more appropriately be given Orwell’s designation from 1984: “Airstrip One”.

All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep [...]

South DaCola: My new favorite commercial

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:09 -0500

Click here to view the embedded video.

Though I will admit, Rocco Tchetter drinking a half a bottle of Jameson on New Year’s a few years ago while playing guitar to The DICTATORS on the guest bed (while I am trying to pass out) would have made a better commercial.

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RadioActive Chief: Ft. Hood Jihad Update

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:28:50 -0500

The plot thickens.

U.S. had al Qaeda intelligence on Fort Hood shooter

U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist tried to contact Islamists with suspected al Qaeda links and relayed that information to federal authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree in Texas last week, U.S. sources said [...]

Black Marks on Wood Pulp / by Corey Vilhauer: On savoring the quiet times

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:49:33 -0500

It’s days like this, where dinner is made over lunchtime and the dishes wait until after the kids go to bed and the things we’d like to do are pushed off as we both spend all of our free time post-bedtime getting ready for the next day, that I wonder [...]

South DaCola: A little Kermit Bashing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:45:55 -0500

Number of comments: 4

While I disagree with Joel Rosenthal 9 times out of 10, I do like to read what he has to say, sometimes he makes some good points, but he couldn’t be more wrong about Councilor Staggers;

Particularly since Kermit is a publicity hound, especially when it is earned media (read [...]

South Dakota War College: Sarah Palin coming to Sioux Falls

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:41:51 -0500

Number of comments: 22

Dang. I might just have to go to this:

Palin will be at Barnes & Noble on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. to sign copies of “Going Rogue: An American Life.” The book is about her journey from ordinary citizen to becoming the governor of Alaska and a vice presidential [...]

South DaCola: So I should be expecting my refund check any day now . . .

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:10:35 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Another ‘feel good’ story about how the city is looking out for us(?);

A reconfiguration of wastewater capacity limits has saved the City of Sioux Falls millions of dollars.

Average daily water flows to the Water Reclamation Treatment Facility were consistently over the permitted amount that was set [...]

DakotaWomen: News roundup

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
There's a few things I think are mention-worthy, even as I sit here with what I'm fairly sure is H1N1. Luckily, you can't catch the flu through the interwebs.

From Gay Land: 3 ballot measures were voted on around the country last week. The biggest win came from Kalamazoo, [...]

South DaCola: Christmas comes early in South DaCola!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:57:39 -0500

Number of comments: 6

Like a freaking gift from (COW) Pasture DooHickey’s Gawd, an early Christmas gift for South Dakota’s snarkiest blogger;

Palin will be at Barnes & Noble on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. to sign copies of “Going Rogue: An American Life.” The book is about her journey [...]

South DaCola: Another SD Republican gets off . . .

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:46:17 -0500

. . . but not in the way you would think.

Minnehaha County Circuit Judge Kathleen Caldwell said the state had no authority to file a lawsuit against Rep. Roger Hunt, R-Brandon, and Promising Future Inc. in an attempt to get him to name the donor.

While many [...]