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This just in from Big Government:
Big Government has received  what is claimed to be a leaked DOJ memo that was allegedly sent yesterday from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The memo seems to say that Gitmo detainees will soon be living in the land of [...]
In a meeting of area legislators and newspaper publishers, Watertown Rep. Bob Faehn, R-Watertown, suggested the state move to a two-year budget. One outcome Faehn predicted was that the state would be better prepared for future revenue fluctuations. Rep. Val Rausch R-Milbank suggested a two-year budget might avoid political gamesmanship.
What [...]
The water levels of Bitter Lake continue to rise, threatening homes and services in Waubay. Do you live in the Waubay area and have flood issues? We’d like to hear your thoughts in our comments section.
[...]This is the 3rd in a series of posts offering my thoughts about an article Gwendolyn Bounds wrote for the Wall Street Journal titled “Green Acres is the Place to be.” Her article highlights a small but hopefully growing trend of young people moving to rural places. [...]
There is a special match tomorrow -Sat. Dec 12.
For each $20 bill in the Salvation Army red kettles in Sioux Falls, an anonymous donor will donate $100. That is $20 bills, not 2 tens, not 4 fives -Â Â only $20 bills.
I say, let’s not let this opportunity pass. [...]
Among the issues on the North Dakota Supreme Court’s docket is whether breast implants are considered “marital assets” in a divorce. For what it’s worth, the trial judge said the claim was “absolutely nonsense.” (Via.)
And I wonder if male reporters are fighting over covering this trademark infringement [...]
From the Argus Leader this morning:
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is questioning the Internal Revenue Service’s unusual move to auction tribal land on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, saying she is concerned about the precedent it sets.
About 7,100 acres, or 11 square miles, of tribal land was auctioned by [...]
This should not be too surprising:
Is U.S. government debt about to be lowered to junk bond status?
While that risk is not imminent, the Obama administration is now officially on notice that downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating is not out of the question.
On Tuesday, credit-rating agency [...]
From the National Journal:
The difference between Washington insiders and average Americans shines like sun through fog when the cognoscenti are asked which senator they most admire. National Journal’s Insiders skipped over far more famous names in settling upon two lieutenants from the Republican and Democratic leadership teams who may be [...]
Matt Lewis contributes to the buzz about a possible Thune run for the Presidency.
He's not widely known nationally, which is both an obvious obstacle and perhaps a blessing in disguise: The national media has not turned him into a caricature. That may change in the future. Thune is [...]
Jon Stewart looks at Glenn Beck's gold obsession.Jon Stewart looks at Glenn Beck's gold obsession.Jack Cashill ties the New York Times into Climategate:
The respective investigations into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 and into climate change have something very specific in common beyond the corruption of results for political ends.
That is the role of the New York Times, in particular Times' [...]
Suicides and grief on the reservation.
Towns want more money. Raising taxes to make it happen.
Good crop of snow in the cornfields makes life interesting.
New drivers licenses to make us look less funky (or not).
Tribal land mess continues. Tell me again how taxes help everyone.
[...]Obama wants all of us to have this kind of healthcare:
My husband and I have sacrificed in order to buy the kind of medical insurance that allows us the flexibility to see the best doctor available. The Obama administration would call that a Cadillac plan. For us, it has [...]
Once the new CEO, Gary Allan Wood takes over, give him 16 months to produce a 180 in the building, if he cannot acheive that, terminate the management company’s [...]
There is a crisis, and it appears to be located in the U.S. Senate. My esteemed Keloland colleague and colleague Emeritus, David Newquist, has this:
John Thune has become the voice of the GOP–Groundless Obstinence and Petulance–according to the Huffington Post. He says his party will [...]
Andrew Klavan has a way with words:
I’m very fond of the human race. Too fond of them, I sometimes think.  And when you see how small we are, how brief our lives are, what gifts of creation these fingersnaps of consciousness are in God’s great scheme… and then you see [...]
Gwendolyn Bounds’ article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Green Acres Is the Place to Be” highlighted a small but hopefully growing trend of young people who are moving to rural places. I spotlighted Bound’s article here, and I’ve been wondering ever since, “What is really going [...]
