With the GOP-manufactured debt crisis averted, we can all breathe easy, right? The market will correct itself, the world will still pick America as the safest financial bet, and we can coast through the dog days of August with our…
Posts published in August 2011
Speaking of bicycles, you won't need a tank to clear your path for some leisurely rides in Brookings next weekend. A whole bunch of Brookings organizations are sponsoring a Tour of Gardens (I urge the truly snobbish to cry "Le…
Fellow bicyclists, you should order yellow green and red racing jerseys with the name Arturas Zuokas on them. Zuokas is the mayor of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Mayor Zuokas takes bike lanes and respect for parking laws very seriously:…
Money's tight for the Lake County Commission. During Tuesday's meeting, our commissioners cut $200,000 from various budget requests. They're still looking at having to draw another $200,000 from cash reserves to pay the bills. Among items that could provide direct…
The courts are wrapping up another messy parcel of the dairy empire that serial polluter Rick Millner of Veblen mismanaged into bankruptcy. The United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of South Dakota has received the final trustee's report concerning…
Do you think it's a hassle hauling that spare battery for your laptop? Talk to your friendly neighborhood U.S. infantryman. Armies still march on their stomachs, but nowadays, they also march on their batteries to run their radios, GPS units,…
Sure, we can trust oil companies... to spill oil, pollute our waterways, keep it quiet, and not clean it up. A week before the Exxon Silvertip pipeline spilled oil into the Yellowstone River, a smaller pipeline operated by FX Drilling…
Last year, State Representative and anti-environmental lawyer Lance Russell helped engineer a legal settlement under which his mother, Carolyn Fines, acquired a valuable chunk of Black Hills land that includes $95,000 worth of uranium leases with a Canadian company called…