Right now, the supposed philosophical descendants of those who helped Brutus take out a dictator are deciding whether they, having sickened the United States, will choose to bleed her well in a misguided attempt to improve her health (care). The Senate’s version of the bill will cost (based on [...]
On the issue of global warming this morning, we have this:
So the 1079 emails and 72 documents seem indeed evidence of a scandal involving most of the most prominent scientists pushing the man-made warming theory – a scandal that is one of the greatest [...]
Owner of juice bar squeezed by state law.
Habitual DUI gets 5 years in the can.
Everyone running for governor in South Dakota from the two major parties is (or was) a Republican.
Love coffee? Slurp it.
Because spending money on actual disease control and prevention would be so . . . plebian:
More than a decade after Congress cut funding for firearms research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), another federal health agency has been spending millions of dollars to study such topics [...]
Jesse Jackson has been established as a leader of the Black/Negro/African-American community by . . . by . . . well, himself–and the media who are there to catch his every word:
Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We [...]
Watch out for Medicare scams. (Seems like I should be saying this to Congress.)
OSHA to see if anyone needs to pay penalties to government for worker’s death in wall collapse.
South Dakota unemployment now at 5 percent.
Everything old is new again: school to use wood-fueled boiler for [...]
Word is that the US Post Office lost $3,800,000,000 in FY 2009. Based on the latest numbers I could find (from June 30 of this year) that is a loss of just over $6100 per employee. Further, we are told that this was true even though the men [...]
$14 million gets a new school.
South Dakota gets kudos for managing to almost balance the budget (but not doing so well as most of the neighbors).
Wrapping up the TARP with an assist from John Thune.
You know the money which the President provided from his stash so we could spend our way out of this recession? Turns out that a bunch of folks shouldn’t have gotten it (under the rules established):
More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of [...]
Saving jobs and spending money. Oh, here are the congressional districts in South Dakota which are getting all that money from the stimulus:
Let me know when you figure out where all those extra districts may be found. Here I was thinking we just had one of [...]
School bond issue falls short by handful of votes. Guess what they will be voting on next year?
A Day Many Pigs Would Die
Local-boy-does-well Lesnar not winning this fight.
Not your money, the government says.
[...]From the almost local news:
Seventh and eighth grade students at Baltic Middle School are folding 1,000 paper cranes to send to U.S. soldiers deployed in Baghdad. The students say the cranes symbolize peace, and they want to bring as much peace as possible to those soldiers.
Excuse me? Bringing “as [...]
You can shoot ‘em, but please don’t bait ‘em.
Phone company and MADD get together to tie one on.
Finally getting it on wind energy: you’ve got to send it to the consumer.
Johnson v. Thune on cap and trade bill. More fun with wind.
When I read that something has become an “instant classic” I almost reflexively tend to discount the following words. It’s not unlike my reaction to reading about a “very unique” something or the other.
In case you are wondering, a “classic” is something which by definition has withstood the test of [...]
As someone who is a social conservative (old-fashioned in mores) I have some pretty sharp disagreements with Rudy Giuliani. However, when it comes to the issue of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and trying him as a criminal rather than an enemy combatant, I find myself in concord with the former mayor [...]
David Brooks, the often exasperating columnist for the New York Times, has a piece up today on John Thune. It’s always interesting to see how folks from remarkably different place view people from South Dakota (and any place like it).
Some days the Republican Party seems to be going crazy. [...]
NY Times checks out the junior senator from South Dakota.
Arrests in Mitchell arson and murder. Good.
Movie not based on science. World may not end in 2012.
Former owner of Storm sure in the middle of one.
Financial fraud found to be not kosher.
After noting that the the current health care bill passed by Pelosi and crew spells out imprisonment for those who don’t join the proper risk pool, Ace gets to the core of the problem:
Economic activity is human activity, after all. Economics is not somehow divorced from humanity. Economic choices [...]
I’m not a huge fan of sports in general, so I don’t have the level of engagement in these matters that a number of my friends do. Nonetheless, I was happy to see the following (and of course it doesn’t hurt that South Carolina is one of the participants):
Maryland [...]
Person dead in apparent automobile fire. Cause unknown at present.
Here’s a revenue generator: the city harvests and sells deer that have overstayed their welcome.
Snowmobile attacks man for suspected mechanical abuse.
Taxes elsewhere are bringing folks to South Dakota.
[...]I’m in favor of incentives in education (public or otherwise). As humans, we function according to incentives, whether they be positive or negative. This one is supposed to be positive, but it tastes negative:
A $20 donation to Rosewood Middle School [in North Carolina] would have gotten a student 20 [...]
I was thinking about saying “Happy Veteran’s Day” but then I realized that it’s not about happiness (like one might find on another societal or personal day of note). Veteran’s Day is a day of honor and thanksgiving for those who have served in our country in a special and–often–sacrificial [...]
Krebs finds run for United States House of Representatives too taxing.
Smoking ban referendum issue back in court tomorrow.
It’s all yellow.
Thune coming to the attention of more folks in DC.
[...]I know, I know–we keep talking about health care legislation as though it is really important. It is. Here’s a video from Cato that lays things out plainly and persuasively:
Hmm. I wonder if she is any relation of the good Cardinal? In her own words, Representative Lynn Woolsey:
I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill.
I just didn’t expect it from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Who elected them to [...]
The year was 1980-something. The place, West Virginia. I remember hearing the news about (and having several friends/acquaintances personally hit by) massive layoffs at a number of large companies. These layoffs disproportionately affected those who where known as “middle management.” That is, they weren’t the low-level managers who were directly [...]
Do you remember Kelo? The case in Connecticut where a number of private home owners were forced to give up their property so someone else could use it for better purposes (and generate much greater tax revenues for the state)?
Darleen at Protein Wisdom remembers:
Oh. BUT WAIT!!!
Pfizer abandons site [...]
RS McCain makes a welcome point about discrimination and racism as it pertains to the American experiment:
People tend to discriminate against whatever groups are available. I’m sure Alaskans have epithets for Eskimos that no one in the lower 48 ever heard of. Black inner-city residents do not hesitate to [...]
$4.8 million for a library in Aberdeen? Who reads non-electronic media these days?
KSFY thinks book by Palin is called “Going Rouge” — nice slip of the keyboard (or not).
State pension plan trying to stay solvent long-term.
Judge rules for second time that donor to anti-abortion campaign [...]
‘Tis the time of year when many hunters prepare for the chase by sighting in a rifle. Please, please, please know your target, what is behind it, never put your finger on the trigger until your quarry is in the sights, be careful to not simply jerk the trigger and [...]
Here’s another eyewitness report from someone who (in this case) arrived right after the shootings. Excerpt follows:
I was notified by dispatch that there were several shots fired and potentially several victims. The scene was not safe so we were instructed to “stage” close to the scene. While staging I was [...]
Now that the House of Representatives has passed the health care bill, we have something concrete with which to agree/disagree. Previously, we had a lot of different things floating around. While I would have been happier had the bill failed–I’m also glad that the target has stopped moving.
More cool jobs for South Dakota.
SD salmon looking for home.
Still loving the principle of punitive taxation: Herseth Sandlin on the health care bill.
[...]Unconfirmed, but is said to be from a person who was there and saw what happened (and helped both during and after the actual shooting). Here’s an excerpt:
Since I don’t know when I’ll sleep (it’s 4 am now) I’ll write what happened (the abbreviated version…..the long one is already part [...]
The question of public education funding is very much in the public view these days. South Dakota’s very own school districts are employing the courts in an effort to force the legislature to provide more money–to the end that the education of the state’s citizens is substantially improved.
With this as [...]
Once again we are reminded of the power of religious fervor. John Knox would no doubt recognize the signs which were evidenced in the perpetrator of the recent mass murder:
He considered the war on terror a “war on Islam” and himself a Muslim first and an American second; [...]
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that Herseth Sandlin went conservative and stated that she would not be supporting the current health care bill which Pelosi wants to shove through before we all wake up this Sunday morning.
In addition, Frank Kratovil (whom you’ve likely never heard [...]
Herseth Sandlin still doesn’t know her own mind on health care bill.
The first Native American president?
Because lottery tickets do so much to stimulate the economy, let’s put them in vending machines.
Thirteen cases of H1N1 in South Dakota have contributed to the patients’ deaths.
[...]With our illustrious House of Representatives on the brink of committing health care reform, it is only proper that we look at a brief series by Thomas Sowell which addresses the cost of care.
In Part 1, Dr. Sowell addresses the the inflexibility of medical costs:
Letting old people die [...]
Concerned about the soil disturbed by the pipeline–but didn’t talk to the landowners.
Self-professed non-ideologue goes off on Herseth Sandlin and military spending.
A few South Dakota students to meat with Warren Buffett.
Government paying fewer farmers to not farm.
[...]If you’ve not seen the following video, please take a few minutes to watch it. It’s well said and well done.
[...]The Blue Dogs, of which Representative Herseth Sandlin is a voting member, would do well to consider their futures. It seems as though our representative is aware of that:
As for Tuesday’s results, “For people who have been undecided it either keeps them undecided or moves them to no,” said [...]
Leaving in the independents when it comes to primaries.
$4280 per month in prison for embezzled funds. Of course, she has to pay it back.
No new roads to connect Brandon, Sioux Falls. At least not for a very long time.
Controlling the deer and feeding the needy.
Careflight goes [...]
So the President has $5 billion he wants to give away to schools (from that stimulus bucket o’ money). It would appear, to his credit, that he is interested in charter schools and in doing things like tying pay to performance. In this area, he is set in opposition [...]
Here’s a good video on why we are not Europe (when it comes to health care) and why we don’t want to be.
HT: Power Line
[...]Big Stone II loses in game of rock, paper, scissors.
A little salary envy in higher education.
City council members not always best of friends.
High school just got a bit more difficult (and more useful).
Regular use of alcohol big help with preventing H1N1.
We humans are constantly claiming that we really do understand animals (domesticated and non-domesticated) and yet we seem completely at a loss when animals do things which are completely in keeping with their natures (and not nice to us). I am reminded of all this by a man whose bulldog [...]
This does seem like quite a bit of fun (though I could see my wife raising certain reasonable objections). I’m posting this in honor of South Dakota’s 120th anniversary of statehood.
Girl doesn’t see train while walking dog.
Happy Birthday, South Dakota.
Stimulus for roads is not enough. State already looking for more federal handouts.
Getting it right on Cap and Trade–gubernatorial hopefuls.
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