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This report from Scientific American touts the potential of switch grass as an energy source. Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas brought the U.S. closer to becoming a biofuel economy, planting huge tracts of land for the first time with...

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

San Fransicko Gun Ban Shot Down

Municipalities can’t ban people from owning handguns, court rules San Francisco’s ban on handguns, blocked by a legal challenge since voters approved it in November 2005, suffered a possibly fatal blow Wednesday when a state appeals court ruled that local governments have no authority under California law to prevent people from owning pistols. The First District Court [...]

There's A Tear In My Beer

Mitt, I was kidding. From NRO. In his first state campaign stop in Grand Rapids, a voter fondly recalled his father, George, former Michigan governor and CEO of AMC. ?He was a great man and I miss him dearly,? said...

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Governor Rounds made his plutocracy clear yesterday: Gov. Mike Rounds enthusiastically outlined South Dakota energy opportunities in a State of the State message Tuesday and hammered again at growing reserves in public school budgets. The proposed TransCanada crude-oil pipeline from...

Huge Turnout in New Hampshire

Our friends over at Power Line note that New Hampshire precincts are reportedly running out of Democratic ballots. Possibly bad news for Hillary, who polls well among the party's base but Obama carries support among independents and young voters. If...

SD Regents go anti-gun

HB 1086 is being proposed for the 2008 South Dakota legislature at the request of the Board of Regents. Here is the content: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to extend to postsecondary campuses certain protections relating to the possession...

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

What's New with the Blogs

Elections without issues

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Ron Paul Supporter Kills Conscience to Survive

A letter to the editor of the Times

Selective moral outrage at the NYTimes

South Dakota Blogs

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Dave Newquist: Snow Queen Chair

Change is nearly upon us....

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

Things are going well.....

A challenge from Stan's employee

Progress in Iraq

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

More News We Don't Want To Hear

Blognote

Anti-Corporation, Anti-Big Government

Why should we be surprised?

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Say one thing and vote another

My Messiah Is A Suit From Massachusetts

Things Fall Apart for Ms. Clinton

Government accounting fraud

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