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• P&R Miscellany
  Adoption Audits Conducted Despite Unusually High Compliance Rate in 2011: More on those adoption audits, since it seems the IRS targeted adoptive families in 2011 as well as 2012.In 2011, they found no evidence of fraud and of 35,000 returns claiming the adoptive child tax …
  2013.05.24
  
  
• The Displaced Plainsman
  A Minor Musing On Place And Displacement: I'm politically displaced by choice as much as by circumstance, a little too liberal to be conservative and a little too conservative to be liberal. Perhaps, I'm liberal or conservative on a…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• South Dakota War College
  Wouldn’t it be cool if….: Wouldn’t it be cool if….  They made a TV show off of last summer’s blockbuster film, The Avengers? They are? Awesome! Wouldn’t it be cool if….  instead of running candidates for office, South Dakota D…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• Pure Pierre Politics
  So why does Mike need Dick against Rick?: The decision by U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds to bring veteran campaign consultant Dick Wadhams aboard makes my head itch. If the Republican former governor is indeed poised to walk all over Democ…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• Fast for the Earth
  EarthQuote: Aldo Leopold: …
  2013.05.24
  
  
• The Right Side Blog
  Can Republicans Be Trusted?: Senator Ted Cruz doesn’t think do. He expresses the frustration of many people when he says he doesn’t trust Democrats OR Republicans. Obviously, there are some trustworthy Republicans.  Unfortunately…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• South Dakota Politics
  The Worst Administration: It's hard to think of a time when such a miasma of so many scandals descended at once on an administration. The Benghazi scandal never involved any suggestion of illegal actions. It was just an o…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• Political Smokeout
  Some conservative groups down on Noem as Rounds challenger: As Rep. Kristi Noem continues to ponder running for U.S. Senate, some national conservative groups are skeptical she’d be the “conservative alternative” they want to former Gov. Mike Rounds in the rac…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• Anna M. Madsen
  Rick Weiland Seizes the Moment: I have a long-standing affinity for heretics.   When my daughter was only five, she heard me speaking about heretics, and not long after that, announced that she liked underdogs.  “Why?” I asked.  “Fo…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• South DaCola
  Why does Mayor Huether HATE disabled people?: Well, he actually doesn’t, but he surely doesn’t want to subsidize paratransit for them (Item #26). Huether was trying to pull a fast one, and cut paratransit funding (hours), and the ENTIRE council v…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• David Lias' Blog
  Governor plans to call special session of Legislature in June: Gov. Dennis Daugaard is preparing to call a special session of the South Dakota Legislature. Here is the message that was sent to state lawmakers today (Wednesday, May 22): Members of the South Dakota…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• SoDakLiberty
  Why does Lois Lerner still have her job?: Yesterday I posted about the House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the IRS scandal. I posted my thoughts about the testimony from Douglas Shulman, who was the Commissioner of the IRS during the …
  2013.05.23
  
  
• Drinking Liberally Blog
  When A Tornado Isn't The Only Destructive Force: We grieve for those lost in Oklahoma's tragedy, as we did for victims of recent hurricanes and tornadoes, but denial of science keeps us from addressing climate change's role in these unnatu…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• Feathers and Folly
  Rethinking the D.C. “Scandals”: As “scandals” (both real and manufactured) continue to garner news coverage, I’ve changed my views a little bit on at least one issue.  With the news today of the Obama administration admitting 4 Amer…
  2013.05.22
  
  
• Prairie Perspective
  The twisted legacy of tornadoes: Tornadoes have a strong, if twisted, hold on South Dakota.The terrible Oklahoma tragedy this week was a jolting reminder of the murderous might that weather holds over us, a hammer that can drop on ou…
  2013.05.22
  
  

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  Photo of the Week: Bear Butte, or Mato Paha, in Meade County is one of seven Lakota sacred sites. Photo by Christian Begeman…
  2013.05.24
  
  
• Dennisranch's Weblog
  Pasture cattle: Came in today… if it keeps raining more will be coming, but we got enough for now. There is an old hawks nest a pair of Great horned Owls took over this year. there were two owlets in it before, but w…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• Tramplingrose
  Chicken Bacon Orzo: For the past few nights, Jay has been very kindly offering to take me to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner, and believe it or not, I’ve been refusing. Part of it has been that I’ve been feeling guilty abo…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• shelboese.org
  Help OK Tornado Victims: CAMA and MDS: The Christian & Missionary Alliance’s Compassion & Mercy Associates and the Mennonite Disaster Relief Services are looking for donations and help. MDS investigates tornado damage in Oklahoma U…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• An Inland Voyage
  ‘Nebraska’ Premieres At Cannes, Receives Good Reviews: A lot of exciting news has been coming out of Cannes this past week (especially if you’re an Alejandro Jodorowsky fan), but today was the big day for “Nebraska.” The film directed by Alexander Payne, …
  2013.05.23
  
  
• a story
  Now and then: A blank Word document awaits my thoughts and some kind of indy music pumps through my earphones. A warm beverage in a white ceramic cup sits next to my white computer. I take long pulls from it as I m…
  2013.05.23
  
  
• The MinusCar Project
  It's On: Cycle Smarter with Smart Cycling: The League of American Bicyclists says: "Traffic Skills 101 (TS101) gives cyclists the confidence they need to ride safely and legally in traffic or on the trail. Through TS101, students learn ho…
  2013.05.22
  
  
• Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
  The Walking Rock Alphabet: H: I should have never bothered this afternoon, as it was nothing short of a disaster on almost every level. I had to get out, though, as rain and podcasting had taken away the last couple of walking day…
  2013.05.18
  
  
• A Progressive on the Prairie
  Weekend Edition: 5-18: Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Shooting Our Way to Safety (“Guns, as even half-wits ought to realize, are manufactured not by freedom-loving patriots, but by people for whom private profit …
  2013.05.18
  
  
• Dakotagraph
  HDR Highway - Highway 18 in southeastern SD: Thanks to Mitchell Camera Club member Betsy Petersen, we have our second Dakotagraph-designated "HDR Highway." This time we travel the southeastern corner of the state on Highway 18 east to …
  2013.05.15
  
  

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