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Socialist Dusty: Let Babies Eat Reports! Capitalist Joe: Let’s Get More Formula.

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-07-13

Oh, that darned Dusty Johnson, advocating for more socialism: Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Formula Shortage Reporting Act of 2022 to ensure…

Campground Owners Complain Noem Betrays Free Market with Custer Campsite Expansion Plan

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-01-18

Caroline Woods isn’t the only traditional conservative feeling betrayed by Governor Kristi Noem. Private campground owners in the Black Hills say Governor Noem is threatening…

Dusty Johnson Supports Socialist Intervention in Shipping to Prop up American Agriculture

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-12-13

In their continued fight to eradicate the inequities of capitalism and protect American farmers with socialism, Republicans are pushing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which…

Haugaard Copies National Conservatives’ Tilt Against “Big Business”

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-11-18

Governor Kristi Noem’s spin machine is eagerly portraying GOP primary challenger Representative Steven Haugaard as opposing business. (Steve, quick: tweet back that you’re not against business;…

Baumeister: “Ism”-Shouters Stir Fear, Show Confusion About Proper Role of Government in Economy

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-07-30

Dave Baumeister returns with commentary on the misuse of various economic isms: GREETINGS, BLOGOPHILES! I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while, but…

Koch Money Protecting Capitalist Myths by Fighting Anti-Racist Education

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-06-10

Governor Kristi Noem and our Republican legislators haven’t read The 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Center’s 1619 curriculum, or any of the substantive discussion of the…

Thune Doesn’t Like Venture Capital’s Preference for Proven Coastal Markets over Rural SD, But Thinks Private Sector Will Solve That Inequity

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2020-12-16

Senator John Thune chaired his Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet’s hearing yesterday on expanding access to venture capital. Thune’s thesis behind this…

Free-Marketeer Argues “Cure Worse Than Disease!” Socialist Responds with Faith in Capitalism

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2020-07-09

Strangely, my sense of social distancing has not translated into calling and writing people more often. Quite the reverse: locking down our household has reinforced…

Freedom Is Nice, But SD and Noem Depend on Government to Survive

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2020-06-09

Governor Kristi Noem tells us that the most important thing we can learn from the coronavirus pandemic is that “more freedom, not more government, is…

How Do We Earn a Living in a Pandemic?

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2020-04-11

Coronavirus, Capitalism, and Why That’s the Wrong Question In America, we determine the value of our lives by the value we provide to to others.…

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Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

South DaCola
City of Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County put on notice for high speed pursuit and accident: A 321 notice is a public record and is used to make a party aware that they may be sued. According to the notice, the victim is accusing that the Sheriff’s Department and Police Department of wrongful…

2022.08.01

Bluestem Prairie
Under the radar in MN45: Energy & Policy Institute dissects Fowke's utility industry dollars: Suburban voters reading the March 10 article in the Sun Sailor, Kathleen Fowke announces run in Senate District 45 or visiting her campaign website's biography would get the impression that Fowke…

2022.08.01

Northern Valley Beacon
Speaking of pissing in the punch bowl...: Joe Biden stutters. During his election campaign and his election to president, there has been much media coverage on this fact. (Put joe biden on stuttering in your search engine to see all the r…

2022.08.01

The Hedgehog Watchdog
Kurt Evans Withdraws From The Secretary Of State Race: The Libertarian nominee for Secretary of State this year has officially withdrawn from the race on Wednesday July 27th in Pierre. Kurt Evans who resides…

2022.08.01

The South Dakota Standard
South Dakotan Rick Hauffe recalls a man haunted by his role as a sniper in the Nicaraguan civil war during the 1980s: Let me first explain that this missive was in response to a recent column from UCC clergyman Carl Kline that appeared in The South Dakota Standard and the Brookings Register. Carl wrote about his mini…

2022.08.01

South DaCola
Sioux Falls City Council Agenda, August 2-3, 2022: PLANNING COMMISSION ENTIRE AGENDA ON CONSENT FOR 2ND MONTH IN A ROW Planning Meeting • Wednesday August 3 • 6 PM As if it were not bad enough that the members barely have a quorum each month, have mul…

2022.07.31

Bluestem Prairie
Will ethanol carbon capture pipelines fracture brittle unity of South Dakota Republicans?: A news item in the Forum News chain suggests that carbon capture pipelines for ethanol production emissions might not be the golden ticket one Republican aspiring lieutenant governor candidate imagine…

2022.07.31

The South Dakota Standard
A forgotten lamentation is rediscovered, reminding him of a dark, dangerous time in 1987. Will such laments ever end?: You never know what you might find in those old file folders, lying in the bottom of a box, hidden in the cubbyhole under the eaves. I was surprised to find a Lamentation I wrote years earlier, lost…

2022.07.31

Northern Valley Beacon
We are very good at killing kids and other atrocities: Something went terribly wrong at Uvalde, Texas. Most people would think that the killing of two teachers and seventeen kids in a school is wrong, but such shootings are so common in America that th…

2022.07.29

The Hedgehog Watchdog
Back To School: Wessington School Becomes Medical Marijuana Grow Facility: Some exciting news has come out of the hustling and bustling metropolis of Wessington, South Dakota! The old High School and Elementary School is now…

2022.07.28

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

Notes from a Western Life
August 1: Lammas: How to Write While Avoiding Writing This essay appears in my book The Wheel of the Year: A Writer’s Workbook (2017). I posted this book excerpt on my blog in 2020, but am posting again with an update…

2022.08.01

Native Hope Blog
Sex Trafficking During the Sturgis South Dakota Motorcycle Rally: South Dakota is most recognized for its open ranges, miles of lush farmland, and as the home of 1.2 million acres of the Black Hills National Forest. These same serene rolling hills and towering pines…

2022.08.01

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Old homeplace subsection): I Lived in Columbia, MD for nearly 25 years From it being 50% developed to it's completion.Its claim to fame is the quirky names of the residential streets.…

2022.08.01

SleuthSayers
What I Didn't Know Then (Pretty Much Everything): by Steve LiskowI was nine when the Mickey Mouse Club serialized the first Hardy Boys book. For my tenth birthday, my parents gave me the first five in the series, and I devoured the rest of the 36 in…

2022.08.01

605 Speaks
: #605Speaks talks with cosplay artist, comic and wedding officiant Jake! Mentioned in this video: https://siouxfallsweddingofficiant.com 605 Speaks chats with South Dakota locals about life in the Midw…

2022.07.31

SleuthSayers
Writing My First PI Story: .38 SuperLast September, I wrote a blog article in SleuthSayers challenging myself to create my first PI story. In that article, I bemoaned the fact that any new PI story would need to come up with a…

2022.07.31

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div: Australian singer Kristy Cox with her new video Good Morning Moon.Jason Roller on guitar and fiddle, Justin Moses on mandolin and reso-guitar, Gaven Largent on banjo, and Mike Bub on bass. Magnolia Wi…

2022.07.31

605 Speaks
: #605Speaks Dignity . In Chamberlain today at the base of the Dignity statue. She, like many women of South Dakota is amazing.https://youtu.be/naek3aKdaBM…

2022.07.30

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #529: Summer Songs: We may be entering the last month of the summer, but it's never too late to put together a show of songs about the hottest months of the year. Rock and roll has always had a fondness for the sun,…

2022.07.30

LivingNonviolence
Lament: You never know what you might find in those old file folders, lying in the bottom of a box, hidden in the cubbyhole under the eaves. I was surprised to find a Lamentation I wrote years earlier, lost…

2022.07.29

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