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Hats off to state Rep. Tom Hennies of Rapid City for pointing out the weak spot in the Argus Leader’s stance on the smoking ban legislation. Today’s Argus editorial chastised the House for tabling a bill that would have banned smoking everywhere but in private homes and designated hotel and motel rooms. As this is […] One of the ironies in the Gannon/Guckert hubbub and the growing connections with the Thune campaign and the anti-Daschle forces is Thune’s role as a leader in anti-gay legislation. Part up the uproar about “Gannon” involves claims he had links to a gay escort service. You may recall that shortly before the election Thune […] A friend points out the Jeff Gannon/James Guckert uproar may hit pretty close to home. Joe Conason has this at Salon and there’s also info here and here on “Gannon’s” connections with Thune and Thune’s paid bloggers. Maybe those bloggers were even more slimy than we thought. I was going to post something about how the abortion bills, even the extreme ones, are sailing through the South Dakota Legislature. Instead, I decided to focus on what’s passed through my mind with virtually every picture I see associated with that legislation. I do not know and have never met Kate Looby, the state […] Travel, work, kids, etc., have all combined to keep me behind on current topics and, hence, also keep things sparse around here. Still, want to get off a couple quickies: The first two abortion bills sailed through the House State Affairs Committee on unanimous 13-0 votes. One (HB 1166) would expand physician disclosures with some […] |
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