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Some bad news in Pakistan.

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...

Say one thing and vote another

That was what Senator Dave Knudson did yesterday. SB 59 was a request from the Board of Regents to increase the Opportunity Scholarship amount to $6,000. Knudson said this: Republican Sen. David Knudson of Sioux Falls said perhaps additional value...

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...

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 [...]

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...

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...

Elections without issues

Dave Kranz covers the latest developments in District 20: State Rep. Mike Vehle, a Mitchell Republican, has cleared some of the air on what is going on with the District 20 Senate race that includes Aurora and Davison counties. With...

What's New with the Blogs

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Technical Note: Spinoff Links Click Counter

"France responds to its friends"

Fred won?t dance with the Sauds

South Dakota Blogs

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

Snow in Baghdad

No politics in this post...

Regents against gun rights and freedom

Social Services and Education are being hogs

Heil MicroSSoft!

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Glowbull Warming Notes

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Does South Dakota Tax And Spend Too Much?

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

New Blog Added

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

More News We Don't Want To Hear

The Democrats, Race, & Honest Talk

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

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