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Morgan Stanley issues full US recession alert Morgan Stanley has issued a full recession alert for the US economy, warning of a sharp slowdown in business investment and a “perfect storm” for consumers as the housing slump spreads. In a report “Recession Coming” released today, the bank’s US team said the credit crunch had started to inflict [...]

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Huckabee’s Nutty Flip-Flop One of the most vivid incidents in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer was the inimitable fence-painting incident (commemorated annually in Twain’s boyhood home of Hannibal, MO - but I digress) in which Tom managed to present the job in such a light to his passing friends that they ended up “bribing” him to do [...]

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

What the South Dakota media will cover in the upcoming legislative session is anyone's guess. If the media cover the most contentious issue that draws the most attention from the legislators then property taxes will lead the coverage. Faithful legislature...

Fox News bars Ron Paul

I think this Joseph Farah column lends evidence to a possible globalist agenda at Fox News: As almost everyone who reads this column regularly know, I do not support Ron Paul's bid for the presidency. My strong preference is for...

On The Religious Right...And Left

Joe Knippenberg has some thoughts on the essentials that divide the religious right and religious left. Joe sees the religious conservatives as wishing to use public policy to strengthen the family and the institutional church (making the essential public policy...

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Why T.R. Claimed the Sea This relates to our current and future circumstances, as well as to an earlier posting concerning the sad decline of the Royal Navy. On Dec. 16, 1907, the 16 battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet sailed from Hampton Roads, Va., on a 43,000-mile journey around the world. The occasion was immediately understood [...]

What's New with the Blogs

Populism versus globalism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

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Drudge reports

A hard look at Fred?s troubles on the trail

South Dakota Blogs

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Much ado... Much ado...

Tax Reform Coming To The Legislature

Mrs. Clinton on Pakistan

Change is nearly upon us....

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

Bloomberg For President?

Romney promotes secular humanism

Obnoxious South Dakota

Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Primary Reform

Romney Takes Wyoming

A Few Other Notes on the Primaries

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