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• Feathers and Folly
  CNN Blaming White House for IRS Targeting?: I (of course) already hate Fox “News”, for obvious reasons.  I’m starting to feel the same about CNN, but for different reasons.  I’m really getting sick of CNN’s 1) focus on the trivial fluff pieces,…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• Political Smokeout
  Rounds staffs up with Noem veteran: This morning, Mike Rounds announced he had hired Jason Williams to be his “statewide coalitions director.” Exactly what that position does is somewhat unclear from the description, but it’s the same r…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• South Dakota War College
  Senate Rejects Thune Amendment to Strengthen Border Security: From my mailbox: Senate Rejects Thune Amendment to Strengthen Border Security WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued a statement today foll…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• Pure Pierre Politics
  State minerals board gets new member: Follow the path: State Circuit Judge John Bastian is retiring. The governor selected lawyer Mike Day of Belle Fourche to succeed him later this summer. That opened a seat on the state Board of Mineral…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• South DaCola
  Are they Custards? (H/T – DWC): While I was over on the DWC Propaganda Machine, I found this video. I really don’t give two-shits what happens in the Senate race, but enjoyed this Blake Curd moment;  …
  2013.06.18
  
  
• P&R Miscellany
  The Difference Between Google and NSA: A lot more has come out on the NSA domestic spying business - the bit where they track the phone calls of everyone with a cell phone.First, a lot of private businesses do this with publicly released d…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• Fast for the Earth
  EarthQuote: Fast for the Earth: …
  2013.06.18
  
  
• The Right Side Blog
  “Houston, We Have A Problem”: That was an alarming statement, back in the day. Today, we should be even more alarmed. America, we have a problem! Our President recently made a statement that sounded like a veiled threat to many: “…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• SoDakLiberty
  Democrat opposition to the Working Families Flexibility Act favors public over private employees: A little over a month ago I posted about the House passing the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 (HR1406). The bill passed with a very partisan vote. Almost all Republicans voted Aye while almo…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• The Displaced Plainsman
  Quotation Of The Day: Reading Literature Helps One Deal With Ambiguity Edition: From this Tom Jacobs piece at Salon: Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that unease can inspire snap judgments, rigid …
  2013.06.17
  
  
• Constant Conservative
  Amnesty: Breaking it Down: While people may and will disagree over whether amnesty is appropriate, it is far more disturbing that some, such as Paul Ryan, will argue that the proposed immigration reform package is not amnesty. …
  2013.06.17
  
  
• Dakota Today
  *** Dirty Money, Dirty Votes, Congress bought and paid for: This interesting little story turned up in a Moyers and Company discussion with Lawrence Lessig while discussing the problems with Congress and big money, Citizens United, etc. BILL MOYERS: The former…
  2013.06.15
  
  
• The Lone Independent
  Then And Now: Obama the candidate versus Obama the President.…
  2013.06.15
  
  
• David Lias' Blog
  Law Enforcement Seeks Public’s Help in I-90 Assault: PIERRE, S.D – South Dakota Law Enforcement Officials are seeking the public’s help into locating an individual in connection with an assault that occurred on I-90 near mile marker 401, which is betwee…
  2013.06.14
  
  
• South Dakota Politics
  Illiberal Liberals: When I arrived at Northern State University in the late 80's, my department consisted mostly of folks older than myself and well to my left on the political spectrum. I liked all of them but when…
  2013.06.13
  
  

Greater SD Blogosphere

• Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
  The Walking Rock Alphabet: 0: Not a lot to say about today’s walk. Life is getting busier and busier, and the upcoming season of Big Brother adds to my diminishing spare time. (For those not aware, I am a contributor to a Big Brot…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• a story
  End of summer: The following was written in March. I absolutely love the end of summer. Mostly because people are shoving food at me. Peaches. Corn. Potatoes. Soon it will be pumpkins, maybe beans. They want to shar…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• Horseshoe Seven
  Father-Son Roofing Teamwork: Here's a late note on one of this summer's projects.  We got a new roof on our giant porch, courtesy of son Casey Nelson and some hard work.  It turned out to be an easier project than I had…
  2013.06.18
  
  
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  Illiberal Liberals: The Obama administration's IRS scandal seems motivated by a desire to chill dissenting opinions.…
  2013.06.18
  
  
• The MinusCar Project
  Helmet Skills 101: Do you wear your helmet backwards? I'm looking at you well known local Tour daKota rider from a few years back.What if the local news were to do a story about some neat cycling thing and there yo…
  2013.06.17
  
  
• A Progressive on the Prairie
  Rereading trepidation: I’ve been an evangelist for Maria Doria Russell’s The Sparrow since I first read it in 1996. Although using science fiction as a vehicle, it is a thought-provoking look at philosophy and spirituality.…
  2013.06.17
  
  
• shelboese.org
  What Obama’s Actions in Syria Mean for My Brothers & Sisters: The Dhimma Returns to Syria from http://markdurie.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/the-dhimma-returns-to-syria-dr.html The following report comes from Martin Janssen in Amman, Jordan (original in Dutch). The p…
  2013.06.16
  
  
• Big Stone Bounty
  New Farm. New Projects.: As many of my readers will know, my fiance John and I purchased a farmstead in Prior Township, Big Stone County back in March, and started the process of gutting and remodeling the place in early Apri…
  2013.06.16
  
  
• Gadgetopia
  Examining the Separation Between Presentation and Content: The idea that content should be separate from presentation is so central to content management that’s it’s become a cliché – one of those things you say to sound like you know what you’re talking abou…
  2013.06.15
  
  
• Dakotagraph
  New patriotic shirts for July 4: Just in time for the Fourth of July, check out the new patriotic daredevil-inspired shirts available now in the Dakotagraph CafePress store. The shirts are available in short and long sleeve in a vari…
  2013.06.14
  
  

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