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SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

First let me do my best Jon Schaff imitation: headphones are no good for the young and the legislature should scrap all plans to distribute them to innocent school children. Gee, that did feel good! Anyway, I decided I wanted...

Headlines Worth Noting

The Anti-Christ button is between Popcorn and Fresh Vegetables Soft. Idaho man sees "mark of the beast," cuts off and microwaves hand Obviously they should have booked a flight with Rumors. Rumors fly over more 787 delays First Hilliary Wins...

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

This week the New York Times started a series called "War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles." Their first 6,253 word installment creates a negative impression of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and, by extension, the mission they...

More Holiday Cheer!

Crisis may make 1929 look a ‘walk in the park’ This piece from The London Telegraph’s ace reporter/commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard will do nothing to calm your economic nerves, but then again, it looks more and more like it’s time to be as alarmed as we have sense to be. This is only the [...]

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Washington Post Blasts Democrats over Iraq

When Fred Barnes writes that the Democratic candidates "can't handle the truth about the surge", well, that's Fred Barnes. THERE'S A TRUTH THE Democratic presidential candidates can't handle: the success of the "surge" in Iraq. The addition of American troops...

McGovern embarrasses again

The landslide loss of George McGovern in 1972 should have been the biggest embarrassment of his life, but he out did himself with an Op Ed in the Washington Post: Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses....

I wonder why we haven't seen that yet....

What's New with the Blogs

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Worst Person in World Finds Home, Family

LInda Greenhouse blows smoke at her paper's ombudsman

Gag-worthy quote of the day

South Dakota Blogs

Another Good Night for Public Opinion Polls?

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

Global Warming Gives Me the Shivers

Bad News In Aberdeen

Clinton by a Nose in New Hampshire

Impeachment: Last Word

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

San Fransicko Gun Ban Shot Down

New Blog Added

Things Fall Apart for Ms. Clinton

SD Regents go anti-gun

One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

Juno: Worth Seeing, And Seeing Again

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

Kranz Blunder

American Blogs