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THere’s been more and more coming out…from the scientific world…in the nature of inconvenient truths that, contrary to AlGor et al, climate is being driven by the sun…and, global temperature seems to have peaked in 1998! SOMEBODY…ANYBODY… PLEASE HIT ALGORE WITH A CLUEBAT & SHUT HIM UP! Firstly, from the Boston Globe (not exactly a bastion [...]

More News We Don't Want To Hear

Robert Samuelson has a must read piece from yesterday's Washington Post. Read the whole thing, but here is the gist: The big lie of campaign 2008 -- so far -- is that the presidential candidates, Democratic and Republican, will take...

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

B. Hussein Obama Update

Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam This is the latest in a tit-for-tat argument between Daniel Pipes, and Media Matters for America. Based on the prima facie evidence, Pipes has the point, which raises an interesting point that he passes on: All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a [...]

Populism versus globalism

From Pat Buchanan: On immigration, the center is now behind tough enforcement of the law and stronger border security. The Republicans have all moved to the Tom Tancredo position. Hillary Clinton saw her campaign almost derailed by her temporary support...

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

Pat Powers goes on a rant against Sen. Sandy Jerstad for a bill to require those who "sell, distribute, or use obscene material or provide obscene material" to be licensed by the state. I have not considered the full implications...

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...

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?

Thursday Morning Linktopia

Mac is back in South Carolina. . .but why?

An anti-jihad comic book

South Dakota Blogs

The Ides of Michigan

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Bills Before The Legislature

Government accounting fraud

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

Kranz Blunder

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

No politics in this post...

Education is breaking the bank

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Things are going well.....

Progress in Iraq

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

New Blog Added

Snow in Baghdad

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

Graves candidacy on hold

American Blogs