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

Some of us have been hopeful about the surge strategy in Iraq. But no one expected that, in addition to defeating Al Qaeda, it might also prevent global warming. Yet here is evidence! From AFP: Light snow fell in Baghdad...

The Villany You Teach Me, I Will Execute

In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Shylock the Jew, in his famous "If you prick us do we not bleed" speech, asserts that the Jew is the same as the Christian: when wronged he will seek his revenge. With this in...

The New Masterpiece

A revamped Masterpiece Theater (now simply Masterpiece) debuted last night with a production of Jane Austen's Persuasion. This film represents the first installment of Masterpiece's promised "complete Jane Austen." Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the production. First, they shoved the...

Regents against gun rights and freedom

As South Dakota Board of Regents recommend banning guns on postsecondary campuses, Judge Roy Moore explains how wrong that would be: The right to keep and bear arms was considered by our Founding Fathers to be one of the most...

Sen. Johnson In Aberdeen

Sen Johnson, touring the "hot spots" of development in South Dakota made a stop in Aberdeen yesterday: ?The community is bursting with progress,? he said. ?I congratulate Aberdeen. The town is very impressive.? The bus stopped at construction sites for...

Heil MicroSSoft!

Microsoft seeks patent for office ’spy’ software This is just too creepy. We now know it for sure - Bill Gates IS Satanic!

The Sacred Fire Of Liberty

Todd thinks James Madison, warning us of the effect of war on the polity, was predicting George Bush. One wonders why Todd doesn't pick more obvious examples such as Woodrow Wilson or Franklin Roosevelt. During war both of these presidents...

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?

Vlaams Belang Joins with BNP, Other Eurofascists in New Anti-Islam Group

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

An anniversary bumper sticker

South Dakota Blogs

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

Populism versus globalism

I do face paint very well, thank you.

Why should we be surprised?

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

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

Headlines Worth Noting

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

Change is nearly upon us....

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Rounds: For Economic Growth

Kranz Blunder

Glowbull Warming Notes

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

American Blogs