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The Republicans have We Democrats have one declared presidential candidate. The Daily Beast‘s Liz Mair finds Hillary Clinton’s new campaign “so dull, so bland, so scripted, so…

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Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

Bluestem Prairie
Omnibus environment bill aims to ‘correct past wrongs, prepare for future,’ committee chair says: I watched the walk-through of the omnibus environmental bill this afternoon. Here's a report from Session Daily: Omnibus environment bill aims to ‘correct past wrongs, prepare for future,’ chair…

2023.03.29

South DaCola
To Demolish or not to Demolish . . .: Will the city demolish the $2.75 million dollar mansion? I have no idea, but let’s look at some scenarios; On one hand, the city has the legal authority to tear down the house, and since they have bee…

2023.03.29

Bluestem Prairie
News release: Dr. Marion Garcia will no longer serve as Executive Director of BAH & State Vet: Back on August 22, Bluestem Prairie posted Regulatory capture or new top cop? MNBOH appoints Marion Garcia state veterinarian: A press release just in from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health announc…

2023.03.28

South Dakota News Watch
SVB’s closure rocked banking world. Can it happen in South Dakota?: CorTrust Bank in Sioux Falls. At first glance, the forced closure of California-based Silicon Valley Bank and New York’s Signature Bank on March 10 – and the government action to... The post SVB’s clo…

2023.03.28

The South Dakota Standard
Enough? No, it’s never enough in our bloody land. The slaughter will continue. This time it's Nashville. Who's next?: Enough!When will we stop allowing crazy, armed people to slaughter our children? The answer seems to be, never.The latest horror — this week’s mass shooting — occurred on Monday. A troubled 28-year-ol…

2023.03.28

South DaCola
6th Street Bunker Bridge starter kit: The day after the bridge funding was approved by city council a foot soldier told me that the price overrun was odd to him considering this is just a deck replacement. I asked him what he meant. It wa…

2023.03.27

The South Dakota Standard
A Rapid City homeowner’s nightmare: City and state ignore permit rules as environmental hazard threatens their property: (Editor’s note: The following was originally posted on Oct. 15, 2021. The matter described by Fern Johnson has just gone to court. Now that the case has gotten media attention, we’re re-posting John…

2023.03.27

Northern Valley Beacon
What can people in Aberdeen do to get some news?: The most noticeable symptom that something was wrong was that the newspaper featured a front page photo of Governor Ditz (aka Noem) almost everyday. That seemed to be a distraction for the fact tha…

2023.03.23

Northern Valley Beacon
Fired NSU president appointed president of Minnesota State U. Moorhead: Here is the news release from Moorhead: Timothy Downs Named President of Minnesota State University MoorheadThe Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has named Timothy Dow…

2023.03.23

Bonny's Blog
March 22, 2023: COVID Weekly Data Update: Wastewater Surveillance Monitoring wastewater can help communities detect and prepare for increasing cases of COVID-19 in a timely manner (https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/how-wws-works/index.html#print): Was…

2023.03.23

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
Recklesser or More Reckless: Last week, Barb Goffman devoted her SleuthSayers blog to a conversation about Reckless in Texas, an anthology she edited. Reckless was released earlier this month. The book's selection c…

2023.03.28

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Conundrum: ConundrumThe Buddhist chef says"When you wash the rice,Wash the rice."Mindfulness of task.I brush my teethIn a mindful way.My nose says "Hold on!I'm dripping now. Mindful this.…

2023.03.27

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Really old subsection): What can this be ???Well it's a drawing of the oldest known European map of a Bronze Age kingdom.Read all about it here courtesy of Atlas Obscura…

2023.03.27

SleuthSayers
Never give in to lazy fact checkers.: I wonder if Winston Churchill would be amused or annoyed if he knew of all the brilliant quotes and witticisms attributed to him that he never actually wrote or said. I’ll answer my own question. I t…

2023.03.27

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass: Bluegrass DNA from the Farm Hands Tim Graves on Dobro, Don Wayne Reno on banjo, Terry Eldredge on bass, and Jimmy Haynes on guitar.…

2023.03.26

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
A Memory: A MemoryThis morning colder as I sitAt an old plastic sinkBrushing my graying hairThe man in the mirrorLooks at strands in a combPulled from his thinning headAcross the room a radioPlays a piano trioA…

2023.03.25

Mark Haugen
Finished: 'Miami Purity' by Vicki Hendricks: I needed this book. It's been a while since I had one knock my socks off, and this one did. I read the book in one sitting, literally, on a recent flight to Tampa. Fortunately, for my seat-mates…

2023.03.25

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #561: More Home Plays: Just like last week, this episode is primarily based around what I've been listening to in the Ledge home base over the last few days. Some of it is brand new material. Much of it has been old fa…

2023.03.25

LivingNonviolence
The birds are back!: Several weeks ago I shopped for Black Oil Suflower seeds for the bird feeder. The supermarket was out of stock and all they had was a wild bird seed mix. Not my first choice, but I was in a hurry so…

2023.03.24

Mark Haugen
No cash, no problem: Wifey and I spent last week in Florida. If you like beaches, bikinis, bands and baseball you'd enjoy it. I do and I did.One of the unique (to me) things we encountered was at the Atlanta Braves…

2023.03.23

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