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http://thegreatplainsobserver.blogspot.com/ - Politics, Culture, and Religion from an overly opinionated South Dakotan
The women out pawning a book despite some not believing that she has ever read one is apparently sticking it to her supporters once again and her Sioux Falls fans looking forward to her appearance here on December 6th might want to pay close attention.
Sarah Palin's whirlwind book signing ...
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Sarah Palin
Texas is known for many ridiculous legislative ideas already but this one might take the cake . It is possible that in their haste to incorporate homophobia into the state's Constitution in 2005 by banning same sex marriage and civil unions, they might have also banned all marriages in the ...
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Anyone who regularly reads my rants knows that I have been quite critical of the exclusivity deal that Apple signed with AT&T to have the iPhone. While it appears that Ma Bell might actually move into South Dakota some time next year as a result of the Verizon/Alltel merger, there has been ...
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This is definitely NSFW but is an excellent discussion on the Kirk Cameron/Ray Comfort butchering of Darwin's "Origin of Species" from Howard Stern.
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CNN's Lou Dobbs announced he was quitting the network effective today so that he could “ engage in constructive problem-solving ” on national issues.
So who are the birthers and anti-immigration folks gonna get their propaganda from now?
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Why is it that some folks often seem to preface their arguments by telling us that "the truth" is this or "the truth" is that? Many that often just cut and paste from sources like Whirled Nut Daily and other similar sites seem to believe that just because they state that what they are saying is ...
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Damn it now they have me prefacing things with " truth " statements but in this case there seems to be another issue with protest attendance figures and this time Fox News talking head Sean Hannity seems to be having "truth" issues.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
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Jon Stewart
When a fundie Christian extremist goes off the deep end and kills someone like when Eric Rudolph bombed Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in 1996, Christians are quick to give assurances to the world that the act was not condoned by the mainstream in their faith. So when a lone Muslim fundie ...
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Nepotism is rampant in politics and has become almost expected, ain't that right Brendan? But oh my just because you were married to Beatles legend John Lennon doesn't mean you are talented and Yoko Ono keeps proving that point. The latest from her comes from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and he ...
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The whole Constitutionality of this proposed Oklahoma based Christian prison is questionable but it would certainly solve the problem of what to do with the pedophile priests...
A 150-acre site on the edge Wakita has been selected, and an agreement has been reached with Corrections Concepts ...
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Jon Stewart does his best Glenn Beck.
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There seems to be some question in regards to the number of local Democrats that got together to discuss South Dakota's Democratic candidates and issues. Erin McCarrick, executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party says 1200 showed up .
"Yesterday, I was with about 1,200 Democrats ...
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AT&T is suing Verizon Wireless over their advertisments showing maps of each companies 3G coverage. AT&T claims the ads unfairly represent their actual coverage as their non-3G coverage area is much larger that what the map shows. Verizon off course says that nothing they said in the ...
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You may remember the neo-con flavor of the month Carrie Prejean whose claim to fame until now was her comments against gay marriage during the Q&A session of the Miss USA pageant. Prejean didn't win and she eventually had her Miss California crown stripped causing her to sue the pageant ...
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Average health insurance premium for family coverage in 1999: $5,791
Average health insurance premium for family coverage in 2008: $12,680
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Wow, if you thought the wait to renew your drivers license was long before ...
Starting at the end of the year, if you come into a driver license station in South Dakota to renew your driver license it's going to take a little more work. That's because federal regulations are changing, and ...
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Remember just a few months ago when Congress and Barack Obama voted to give away some of our 4th Amendment rights as part of the new Government surveillance rules and nobody seemed to care? Well now that the NSA has pretty much carte blanche to monitor our communications without warrants they ...
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Barack Obama
In a lawsuit reminiscent of the McDonalds Coffee spill case, a jury awarded a family and their son's estate a total of $850,000 after he was killed from being struck by a line drive during a baseball game. So who you ask was determined to be at fault for the families unquestionable tragic loss? ...
