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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...

Snow in Baghdad

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...

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

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

State proposes to take control of home temps The California NAZI’s are at it again! California utilities would control the temperature of new homes and commercial buildings in emergencies with a radio-controlled thermostat, under a proposed state update to building energy efficiency standards. Customers could not override the thermostats during “emergency events,” according to the proposal, part of [...]

Global Warming Gives Me the Shivers

My favorite website is Arts & Letters Daily, a very literate Readers Digest for the web. It's my homepage on my home computer. Now they have created a second website dedicated to the global warming issue called Climate Debate Daily....

Government accounting fraud

From WolrdNetDaily: The real 2007 federal budget deficit was $4 trillion, not a previously reported $163 billion, an economist contends, based on data from the Treasury Department's annual financial report. "The federal government's fiscal woes continue to careen wildly out...

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

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 Evening Linkaganza

The Congress we pay for

Democrat attacks Treasury Secretary?except he?s the Fed chairman

South Dakota Blogs

Bills Before The Legislature

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

One brave woman

Glowbull Warming Notes

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

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

Social Services and Education are being hogs

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

Abortions Down 25%

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

Sen. Johnson In Aberdeen

Pierre Nannyism Strikes Again!

Kranz Blunder

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Look Out Barack

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

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

Say one thing and vote another

American Blogs