Drinking Liberally Update (11/15/2024)
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In Politics: Nationally: The Election is over and the wrong side won. I
have nothing to contribute to the barrels of ink being used by Pundits to
explain a...
The demise of Tacoma Park
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Some years ago when I was the president of the Tacoma Park board of
directors, I worked with a woman who was getting a Ph.D. in history. Her
dissertati...
Tripp County Weather
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A few days ago temperature was around 106F, then the wind shifted to the
north and in about 30 minutes, temperature dropped to around 71F. What
looked like...
Who Are You Going To Hate Next?
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The 2001 film *Conspiracy* has stuck with me for nearly two decades. It's
based on the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis developed what became known
as Th...
Oglala Lakota oddities from 2016 election
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In South Dakota’s 2016 general election, Oglala Lakota was the only county
to vote yes to accept election-law revisions that the Legislature approved
in th...
What's On Your Mind
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I've been reading a wonderful book by Debra Marquart--The Night We Landed
on the Moon. You can't get much better than this. It's a wonder of essays
on...
The Ledge #642: Reissues and Vault Releases
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Fall is the time for the record industry to unleash a torrent of reissues,
box sets, live albums, and all kinds of other sorts of vault releases. Yes,
i...
Goodbye, South Dakota
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At 12:55 pm CDT on Friday, May 27, my status as a lifelong South Dakotan
ended. I crossed the state line en route to the city in which my wife and I
now ...
Walking On
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The sun always sets, no room for regrets I Walk Away – Crowded House This
is somewhat of a difficult entry to write, though it’s likely going to come
as no...
Johnny Vik aka The Hunted
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Johnny Vik (also known as The Hunted) is a 1977 movie about a military
veteran who has post-war issues and gets into trouble with the local police
after...
In Between the Mixtapes
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Five paragraphs about my new writing habit, and how there's more to this
life than writing about your first Def Leppard concert, apparently.
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Elmwood Cx Labor Day Weekend Practice Course
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If you've been lamenting the lack of a legible practice course at Elmwood
Park this weekend is for you. I have carefully flagged what I believe to be
the c...
Northern Exposure
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It was a gorgeous day to be outside. After what seemed like a month of
sub-zero temps, some of which was designated The Great Polar Vortex Event
of 2014, i...
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Several days ago I listened to Rush Limbaugh argue that there's nothing mankind can do about climate change. Well, his friends in Jim Dobson Land may be proof of that. As the estimable Mr. Epp reminds us, Focus on the Family put together a cute video encouraging its followers to pray for rain ("abundant rain, torrential rain... rain of biblical proportions") during Senator Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech outside at Mile High Stadium.
Awesome post. If you liked "Pray for Rain", you'll love the parody video at YouTube: Pray for Diarrhea
ReplyDeleteMaybe some of the supporters were confused and thought he said pray for another hurricane to hit N.O. at the start of the GOP convention.
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