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Posts tagged as “humor”

Green Aberdeen Promotes Sustainability… and United Nations?

I might find South Dakota's religious right wing more tolerable if they'd stop bullying our LGBT neighbors and kids and get back to saying crazy stuff about sustainability and Agenda 21. Here, wingnut friends, look at the Green Aberdeen project…

Matt Michels: Collective Hive Mind Superior to Individual Genius

To the Republicans Are Really Marxists file, add this statement from Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels on preparations for the as-yet nebulous Blue Ribbon Stalling Tactic on education: We might be smart individually but collectively we're brilliant [Lt. Gov. Matt Michels,…

In Memoriam: Dick Wiedenman (Not That He’d Want It)

The big news I heard around Madison over the weekend was that Dick Wiedenman had died. Dick Wiedenman collected junk, lived in junk, annoyed the city and county with junk. His junkiness provoked the county to deem him a nuisance…

HB 1083 Allows Fire Districts to Sue Smokers for Starting Fires

The war against cigarette liberty creeps into your home and your pocketbook. House Bill 1083 would allow rural fire districts and other political subdivisions to recoup the cost of fighting fires from the negligent folks who start them. HB 1083…

Dennis Daugaard: Grandpa Cheap

Governor Dennis Daugaard's State of the State Address can be boiled down to this family anecdote, delivered at the end of his lengthy opening discussion of his first policy priority, fixing South Dakota's roads: You know, just last week Linda…

Team Krebs on the Job, Working on Secretary of State Website

Jason Gant is sleeping in today... which may not be different from most of the last four years when he had to drive to Pierre to be Secretary of State. Working the impression out of his office chair is Shantel…