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An interesting google site allows you to see the possible effects of a nuclear bomb on any city in the world. It’s kind of fun to play with.
HERE it is.
It starts with a 1kt suitcase nuke and goes all the way up to the 50mt Tsar Bomba, which if detonated in DTSF, would annihlate everything as far away as Luverne.
Also, you can apparently buy anything on the internets these days:
I found this quote from the continuing saga pretty funny;
In court on Monday, Hallem let out an exasperated chuckle as he reflected upon Sanford’s (Roger’s lawyer) many and varied legal arguments in defense of Hunt’s actions.
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“A reasonable person would look at it and say there’s no other reason†for creating the corporation than to hide the donor’s identity, Hallem said. “This isn’t a complicated case (but) it became a very complicated case by very able counsel.
You would think with being a full-time marketing guru, a part-time dad and councilor he wouldn’t have time to help out others in the community;
Mark Johnston’s (an executive with Sanford – The Argus edited that out of the letter) My Voice column in the May 10 Argus Leader concerning the information sheet I’d written on behalf of Citizens for a Responsible Sales Tax is an encouraging sign. In a vital society, citizens speak out on important issues.
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The column reflects almost point for point an April 28 e-mail response I received from Sioux Falls City Councilor Vernon Brown. Johnston evidently also contacted Brown for information – another good sign of citizen and government interaction.
I guess I have been mistaken. It seems our councilors and city have the special interests on a leash, not the other way around. Wonder how big of a check Mr. Johnston will be cutting Vernon for his mayor campaign? A small price to pay to have someone write a letter to the editor for you I guess. Maybe Johnston could help these people instead;
Forty percent of the students in our public schools in 2008-09 were eligible for free or reduced-rate meals. The number of families in Sioux Falls at or below 180 percent of poverty is growing – not a good sign that taxes should be raised.
Of course they have to raise taxes on the rest of us so we can feed these kids. Wait. You mean they didn’t raise our taxes to help the less fortunate? I guess the kids will just have to learn how to eat off of those new roads on the edge of Tea, SD we are building with the tax increase. Too bad really, I think roadkill tastes better in the Fall, but what do I know, I’m just a blogger.
Kathy ends her letter with a little truth to power that our city officials seem to be incredibly ignorant about;
Financial irresponsibility has landed our nation in its current morass of staggering debt and unemployment and its growing numbers of families at or near poverty. One of the most important duties citizens have is keeping a watch on their own communities’ financial accountability.
HOW CAN THE PAVILION BLAME THE ECONOMY? ACCORDING TO CITY HALL THE RECESSION HASN’T HIT SIOUX FALLS.
It seems the city is sending mixed messages. They claim we are recession proof;
Ending 2008 with a $215,786 operating fund deficit was not a surprise, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science board members said during the annual meeting Tuesday.
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The year before, in 2007, the operating fund ended ahead by $52,410.
“And things looked good through much of the year,” Pay said. “We thought we might come out OK, but then we hit that economic slump.”
Oh, sorry, it wasn’t a recession it was a slump. Big difference. My bad.
“The city pays subsidies on many things,” Munson told the board Tuesday. “We pay for all our fine city parks that, like the Pavilion, greatly improve our quality of life here,” he said.
Gee, Dave, can’t remember the last time I had to pay $65 dollars to ride my bike on the bike trails, but of course, I don’t want to give you any crazy ideas either.
WOW! THERE IS A REPUBLICAN FEMALE DUMBER THEN GOVERNOR MOOSE DROOL (H/T- Jackilope)
BOSTON (AP) — “The View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been accused of plagiarism.
A lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts alleges that Hasselbeck lifted “word for word” content from a book on celiac disease written by a self-published author on Cape Cod.
Hard to believe such a sweet girl would do something like that. It’s not like she cries hysterically or throws shit fits all the time on The View. She seems so well put together.
AND APPARENTLY LOOKING LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN FRANKENSTEIN AND ABE LINCOLN MAKES YOU ‘HUNKY’ THESE DAYS (H/T – JACKILOPE)
Our Jr. Senator, what a hunk! Great! Just when I got back into self-grooming again, ugly is back in!
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