“I pulled the flag pin out of my ass long enough to vote against troop funding”
I’m starting to think that Thune doesn’t vote right or left, he votes anti-Obama. If Obama proposed the official popsical of America be blueberry, Thune would vote against it. He is truly [...]
With the holidays right around the corner and a new season of 24 starting in less than a month, this video seems quite fittingWith the holidays right around the corner and a new season of 24 starting in less than a month, this video seems quite fitting
As sent from a reader, a photo snapped in the Pine Shadows subdivision in Hot Springs, SD
Given that they are regularly sighted in my part of the state, I think we can consider starting to thin the herd of mountain lions a bit more before [...]
Barely. This might be a watershed on the historical landscape of the Obama presidency. Or not. Either way it's striking. From the Politico:
If White House officials were peeved at Gallup Poll for its reporting on President Barack Obama's recent slide to 47 percent approval — [...]
Reid doubles down on slavery analogy
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday defended his remarks from Monday comparing congressional Republican opposition to healthcare to the 19th-century debate over slavery, accusing his GOP critics of “distorting” his intent.
“At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of distortion and delay [...]
Platte legislator Tom Deadrick has announced that he will run next year for secretary of state. Generally, the holder of that office is in charge of elections, campaign-finance reporting and business registration. People elected to the office have typically performed their duties as quietly as possible, the recent flap [...]
The city of Sioux Falls, once again, is starting to crow about how they are saving taxpayer’s money;
On Tuesday, city officials opened bids for the project and learned that building the new span will cost $8.4 million – about $1.6 million below what the city estimated.
Really, except for this [...]
At the Nov. 2 Mitchell City Council meeting, Dakota Wesleyan University Athletic Director Curt Hart made an unscheduled presentation during the citizens' input portion of the meeting. He said he'd learned since starting his job in February that DWU had no role in the city's effort to build a [...]
South Dakota officials have reached an agreement that ends a legal dispute on whether a state lawmaker had to make public the name of an anonymous donor who gave $750,000 to an unsuccessful campaign supporting a proposed abortion ban in 2006.
Attorney General Marty Jackley, Secretary of [...]
The Brits are starting to position themselves for their next election cycle. This is part of that positioning from the opposition Conservatives
Tories to pull British forces out of Germany
British forces will pull out of Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the Allied victory in World War Two, as [...]
I’m starting to wonder if there’s any Republican political philosophy behind GOP Congressional candidate Thad Wasson other than throwing stuff against the wall and seeing if anything sticks.
I love an underdog, but there’s a difference between being an underdog, and barking at the moon.
Recently on the candidate blog he’s [...]
A one-time skeptic of fiscal stimulus, [German chancellor] Ms Merkel plans what amounts to a third stimulus package worth about € 7 billion ($10.4 billion), starting on January 1st.
– The Economist, Oct. 31, 2009
The mainstream media is full of reports of economic recovery and an end [...]
Joseph Farah points out Obama's anti American attitude toward Americans:
Remember when Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security was advising police officers all over the country to watch out for "right-wing extremists" sporting Ron Paul bumper stickers, waving the flag, declaring the Constitution, of all things, as the law of the [...]
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