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This week the New York Times started a series called "War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles." Their first 6,253 word installment creates a negative impression of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and, by extension, the mission they...

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

From the Argus Leader: The head of a group opposing the planned Hyperion oil refinery in Union County suggests it might really be a front for a series of landfills to bury trash from the East Coast - information that...

Taxpayer funded baby-sitting

Senate Bill 154 was started yesterday and it adds 3 and 4 years to the state aid formula for schools. As Senator Ed Olson has stated, it is time for taxpayers to "Pony Up". And also time for private Daycares...

Heil MicroSSoft!

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

Michigan: The Election Without Meaning

The results last night in Michigan, a Romeny win over McCain and a Clinton victory over no one, mean this: almost nothing. On the GOP side it means Romney is not dropping out, but other than that the candidates continue...

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

This story chronicles the combat between Hillary Clinton over the issue of race. Let me suggest that this works for the short term benefit of Hillary Clinton in a general election she might have exposed herself to criticism. Clinton is...

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...

Jewett Drug closing

From Keloland: One of Aberdeen's oldest businesses is closing its doors. Jewett Drug was family owned for more than a hundred years. San Francisco-based McKesson bought it a year and a half ago and has decided to close it at...

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What is a Nanny State?

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Today's Moment of Paulmania

One type of ambiguity

The end of Mike Huckabee

South Dakota Blogs

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Minor Correction

The Sacred Fire Of Liberty

One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

When Did the History Channel Stop Doing History?

Glowbull Warming Notes

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

Clinton and centralized control

Money In Reserve

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

The South Dakota Constitution & Redistricting

SD MSM riding shotgun on pre-K bill

Stimulating Thoughts

Change is nearly upon us....

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