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On Monday, Argus Leader political columnist Dave Kranz wrote: Sen. Tim Johnson decided not to support anyone for the nomination. He said he had four Senate colleagues running for the job and thought it was best for South Dakota if...

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 [...]

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

USA Today reports that the collapse of the St. Anthony Bridge in Minneapolis resulted from a design flaw in the gusset plates, ending speculation that poor maintenance caused the deaths of thirteen people last August: Federal investigators have concluded that...

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 [...]

ELECTION NOTE

Yada yada yada. Choose your own talking head, and you can hear all you want (and more) about the Hawkeye Cauci, and the NH primary. What to say? Nothing CAN be said that hasn’t already been said. The Chief favors Gov. Romney, but ANY of the GOP is preferable to B. Hussein Obama, or another [...]

One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

Beginning in the 90's, a number of horror films were produced in Asia that would have a big impact on American cinema. The most important of these were Ringu (98), Ju-on (03), Kairo (01), Uzumaki (00), and Jian gui (02)....

I do face paint very well, thank you.

Was this about the headphones joke? Geese. Ouch. I surrender. And it's just the Claremont Institute for Clowns now. The other circus programs lost their academic standing. So I call Lifeline and my call gets directed to an operator in...

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

And he does it better than I am prepared to. From the Seattle Times: There are many unanswered questions about the races in both parties. On the Democratic side: Is Barack Obama for real? Or is he, as sources inside...

What's New with the Blogs

Graves candidacy on hold

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Debating the Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism

Minnesota's angry humorist strikes again

Dancing with the Sauds

South Dakota Blogs

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Populism versus globalism

There's A Tear In My Beer

Look Out Barack

New Efforts In Energy

Social Services and Education are being hogs

One vote on deck for South Dakotans' view on immigration, Herseth Sandlin votes NO.

Whither The GOP

Does South Dakota Tax And Spend Too Much?

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Global Warming Gives Me the Shivers

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

B. Hussein Obama Update

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

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

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

No politics in this post...

Elections without issues

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