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Accumulated weekend marginalia

Time to move away from all J.A.I.L. all the time. With the weekend upon us and as a transition back to a more normal flow of posts, here’s an extended miscellany from near and far:

Local savant Scott Hudson picks a get out of town all star team. Via a comment to an earlier post […]

Evaluating the ballot explanation of J.A.I.L.

In what might be considered a somewhat ironic twist, Bill Stegmeier, South Dakota’s J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief, tells the Associated Press that J.A.I.L. plans to take Attorney General Larry Long to court over the ballot explanation Long’s office wrote for the J.A.I.L. measure.

Stegmeier claims Long’s explanation is intended to persuade voters to reject the proposed constitutional amendment. […]

J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 10

One of the commenters on my recent post on J.A.I.L.’s Jake Hanes says, “No wonder you dis-like [sic] Mr. Hanes…he kicked your ass in Rapid City.” Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, a popular name for J.A.I.L. supporters who leave blog comments, then gives a link to video of a June 1 Rapid City Area School Board […]

Follow up to “Meet the new face of J.A.I.L.”

My post on J.A.I.L.’s Jake Hanes is prompting several comments. Although one commenter has suggested that some “can only be blamed on the full moon,” there may be another explanation for others. Hanes has asked the members of the “Survivalists Against the NWO” group on MySpace to “blog the shit out of this guy, he’s […]

The AG on J.A.I.L.

South Dakota law requires the state Attorney General to provide an explanation to be placed on the ballot for any proposed constitutional amendment. That explanation “shall be an objective, clear and simple summary to educate the voters of the purpose and effect” of the proposed amendment and “shall include a description of the legal consequences […]