South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

2009

Food

South DaCola food review (by accident)

l3wis 5Comments

Tonight I had some brews and tapas at Sioux Falls newest downtown restaurant, PARKERS. I was impressed. The service was good. The food was good and original and the beer and wine selection was nice. The space was historically remodeled and pretty cool. It is in the old Hamburger Shop (best Wisconsin Cheese soup in town!) But we were not supposed to be there, I was having a brew with some new friends at the Touch of Europe and one of them thought it was open, so we walked in and got a seat, I guess they are not officially open and it was reservation only, but apparently I have some pull 🙂 so we got a seat and ate and drank for 3 hours. I highly recommend it (when it is officially open, that is)

Sioux Falls Mayor Race

Big Steve Hildebrand takes on the SF’s (H/T – Helga)

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Photo: Rick Gerharter

For now, I will only say this, what a coincidence;

Former Obama deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, left, will advise Supervisor Bevan Dufty on his 2011 mayoral campaign.

Of course, as confirmed today to me, by Sioux Falls Mayoral candidate, Mike Huether, Hildebrand is helping with his 2010 campaign too. I just hope this ad does not show up on his Facebook page (before you all start flipping out about me being a gay hater, I want to clarify, this was the ad at the top of the page for the above linked story).

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I should run an ad that says, “I’m not Hot, but I am free.”

shit found

How scary is this crap? (H/T – Crooksandliars)

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Project Censored 2010_87576

Project Censored, a media research project operating out of Sonoma State University in California has spent several years looking at media accountability and how the freedom of the press aids democracy:

At Project Censored, we examine the coverage of news and information important to the maintenance of a healthy and functioning democracy. We define Modern Censorship as the subtle yet constant and sophisticated manipulation of reality in our mass media outlets. On a daily basis, censorship refers to the intentional non-inclusion of a news story – or piece of a news story – based on anything other than a desire to tell the truth. Such manipulation can take the form of political pressure (from government officials and powerful individuals), economic pressure (from advertisers and funders), and legal pressure (the threat of lawsuits from deep-pocket individuals, corporations, and institutions).

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