The wingnuts are really piling on Governor Dennis Daugaard now. Not only does the Governor back baby-killers, but he also wants to take away the guns God gave you to shoot those baby-killers. So sorta-sayeth the National Association for Gun…
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The Institute for Economics and Peace issues its United States Peace Index, ranking the fifty states on their "peacefulness." IEP bases its USPI on five indicators: "the number of homicides, number of violent crimes, the incarceration rate, number of police…
I learn from Facebook (hold on: my oxymoron alarm is going off...) that Rep. Brian C. Liss (hold on: now my moron alarm is going off...) is calling certain legislators chicken: Here is the Chicken Squad. These Republican representatives voted…
If I'm going to spin a tenuous hypothesis that Governor Dennis Daugaard is using his veto of HB 1228 to take a swipe at us green Lefties, then I am obliged to recognize his veto of HB 1248 as a…
Another Pierre juxtaposition: Today in the House, Rep. Nick Moser (18-R/Yankton) spoke in favor of Senate Bill 146, which would allow individuals charged with prostitution to defend themselves by proving they are victims of human trafficking. In his brief remarks,…
I do not enjoy starting my day with an admission that Steve Sibson is right. But once again, the broken clock strikes true. Last month, the House Judiciary committee killed HB 1015, a gun-nut bill that would have reduced carrying…
For better or for worse, expect the South Dakota Legislature to get big-time busy this week. Some juicy morsels coming from the kitchen: Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) should be dropping his pipeline bonding bill in the hopper any day now.…
One moment Rep. Charlie Hoffman is crazy; the next moment he talks perfect sense. Rep. Don Kopp and some of his colleagues want to give pistol packers a pass by making carrying a concealed weapon without a permit a secondary…