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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 [...]

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Pat Powers has a post on a Gordon Howie proposal that would replace 35% of Property Taxes with an additional 2% Sales Tax. Excerpt: That seems to not be much more than a shift. So would his bill also shift...

Kranz Blunder

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...

Sigh

Ron Paul got more votes in New Hampshire and Michigan than did Fred Thompson. That only makes this more embarrassing.

Progress in Iraq

The Iraqi National Assembly passed one of the two most critical benchmarks that the American government had pressed for Baghdad to adopt, the de-Baathification reform that will allow Sunnis to enter government jobs and take Iraq forward in national reconciliation:...

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

TAR Camp is almost here.... Are you signed up?

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

Election (2008 remix)

Kucinich calls in the Department of Homeland Security

South Dakota Blogs

Headlines Worth Noting

No politics in this post...

B. Hussein Obama Update

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

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

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

Say one thing and vote another

Glowbull Warming Notes

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

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

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

Change is nearly upon us....

Michigan: The Election Without Meaning

The Democrats, Race, & Honest Talk

The Villany You Teach Me, I Will Execute

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

American Blogs