interested party

Snarking up The Right's tree: a blue view of red state failure

1/31/11

Re-formed blogger Powers facing showdown

The South Dakota blogoviator is on a collision course with Hell.
Posted by larry kurtz at 8:09:00 AM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
piled in catholics, red state failure, sd politics

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

addenda

Get this Recent Comments Widget

Total Pageviews

  • ►  2026 (136)
    • ►  May (17)
    • ►  April (30)
    • ►  March (26)
    • ►  February (23)
    • ►  January (40)
  • ►  2025 (336)
    • ►  December (36)
    • ►  November (33)
    • ►  October (37)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (25)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (32)
    • ►  May (48)
    • ►  April (25)
    • ►  March (11)
    • ►  February (12)
    • ►  January (16)
  • ►  2024 (257)
    • ►  December (22)
    • ►  November (21)
    • ►  October (18)
    • ►  September (22)
    • ►  August (18)
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (21)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (20)
    • ►  February (26)
    • ►  January (26)
  • ►  2023 (239)
    • ►  December (25)
    • ►  November (24)
    • ►  October (23)
    • ►  September (23)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (19)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (19)
    • ►  April (19)
    • ►  March (21)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (22)
  • ►  2022 (196)
    • ►  December (16)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (19)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (13)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (19)
  • ►  2021 (234)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (23)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (16)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (18)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (27)
    • ►  January (21)
  • ►  2020 (255)
    • ►  December (25)
    • ►  November (20)
    • ►  October (15)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (26)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (25)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (34)
  • ►  2019 (205)
    • ►  December (27)
    • ►  November (21)
    • ►  October (18)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (19)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (11)
    • ►  March (16)
    • ►  February (6)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2018 (414)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (15)
    • ►  October (24)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (24)
    • ►  July (38)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (42)
    • ►  April (62)
    • ►  March (46)
    • ►  February (32)
    • ►  January (72)
  • ►  2017 (486)
    • ►  December (148)
    • ►  November (219)
    • ►  October (13)
    • ►  September (21)
    • ►  August (22)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (8)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2016 (278)
    • ►  December (6)
    • ►  November (7)
    • ►  October (8)
    • ►  September (14)
    • ►  August (27)
    • ►  July (16)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (16)
    • ►  April (21)
    • ►  March (56)
    • ►  February (51)
    • ►  January (42)
  • ►  2015 (685)
    • ►  December (36)
    • ►  November (24)
    • ►  October (20)
    • ►  September (32)
    • ►  August (33)
    • ►  July (65)
    • ►  June (92)
    • ►  May (105)
    • ►  April (94)
    • ►  March (85)
    • ►  February (56)
    • ►  January (43)
  • ►  2014 (289)
    • ►  December (38)
    • ►  November (21)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (16)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (25)
    • ►  April (24)
    • ►  March (36)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (33)
  • ►  2013 (333)
    • ►  December (41)
    • ►  November (38)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ►  September (12)
    • ►  August (9)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ►  June (11)
    • ►  May (28)
    • ►  April (39)
    • ►  March (66)
    • ►  February (43)
    • ►  January (28)
  • ►  2012 (309)
    • ►  December (18)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (21)
    • ►  September (23)
    • ►  August (27)
    • ►  July (27)
    • ►  June (23)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (27)
    • ►  March (30)
    • ►  February (32)
    • ►  January (36)
  • ▼  2011 (337)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (32)
    • ►  June (36)
    • ►  May (31)
    • ►  April (35)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (37)
    • ▼  January (33)
      • Montana Republicans thwarted in marginalizing Nati...
      • Barrick, Wharf, Black Hills Corp. mercury pollutio...
      • Re-formed blogger Powers facing showdown
      • Reich debates at oligarch conference
      • Honor killings for fun and profit in South Dakota
      • Weapon drawn at Tribal Council; Bad Man Clause inv...
      • Will US House pass new gun laws?
      • "Epic" flooding predicted for Upper Midwest, Plains
      • Prohibition doesn't work; tax luxury guns, ammo
      • Christine O'Donnell not the only metaterrestrial i...
      • "Hot Coffee" affirms living Constitution
      • Eco-mentary "Gasland" nets Oscar nod
      • JeffCo Dems plan activism
      • Anwar al Awlaki of Fascist Right to speak at UW
      • South Dakota-trained Native journalist leading med...
      • Skyscraper to be adapted
      • Two-below honey
      • Big bowls propitiate polls
      • Glenn Beck: the Anwar al Awlaki of the Zionist Right?
      • A hundred heads on pikes
      • Ecocide underway in Black Hills
      • ip confesses
      • Domestic terrorism awake in red states
      • Public radio in South Dakota falls victim to Repub...
      • ip poll respondents reject christian marriage
      • Geothermal mining to be discussed at sustainabilit...
      • Dakotah historian visited by FBI after call to action
      • More fallout at NPR
      • 860 Federal Judges, 0 American Indians
      • Cal-Earth workshops scheduled
      • Activist Montana jury pool refuses to seat itself ...
      • Basinites gather to support artists
      • 2011: year of the flying car?
  • ►  2010 (158)
    • ►  December (24)
    • ►  November (25)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (22)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (11)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (2)
Earth (2116) red state failure (2028) sd politics (1792) us politics (1518) tribes (1150) I-25 (721) manifesto (657) public radio (607) cannabis (598) montana politics (372) wyoming (363) catholics (350) pix (340) montana (330) ip (263) basin (53)
My photo
Earth: Santa Fe, Black Hills and Rocky Mountains
kurtz is a mostly-retired builder who grew up in Elkton, South Dakota, attended SDSU and SDSM&T, loved thirty years in the Black Hills partnering with clients in hospitality and real estate development and a decade in Montana creating art-of-fact now living grid-free southwest of Santa Fe covering cannabis and the politics of the environment in the Rocky Mountain West. lawrence.kurtz@yahoo.com
View my complete profile

Most popular posts last seven days

  • Kewa Pueblo threatening area residents with road closure
    The Galisteo Dam was completed in 1970 by the US Army Corps of Engineers and built solely for flood control and sediment impoundment on the ...
  • NOAA: Global warming confirmed
    Caterpillar boycott a response to profits from Israel settlements in Palestine. Surprise: US 29th healthiest country! The National...
  • America in decline, Leo weeps
     “War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations...
  • Herb walks on
    "If your eyes are on the front of your head you eat meat. If your eyes are on the side of your head you are meat." -- Herb Hai...
  • South Dakota voters are rejecting incumbent Earth haters
    Doeden surpasses Johnson in latest KELOLAND/Emerson poll https://t.co/CY6cggFlBt — KELOLAND News (@keloland) May 21, 2026 Earth hater Howdy...
  • Four Corners governors move geothermal energy forward
    At least as early as 2011 the Four Corners region was seen as a geothermal powerhouse where Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labo...
  • Feds boosting ethanol but North Dakota soils are shot, too
    Aquifer sources are not considered high quality for irrigation because of their salinity levels but fossil water from limestone contains the...
  • Legal cannabis is a legitimate alternative to Big Dope
    Use of the word 'pot' to describe cannabis isn't journalism, it's propaganda. Twenty five Pueblo County, Colorado stud...
  • Hubbel determined but poorly informed
    Lora Hubbel is an earth hater former South Dakota legislator supposedly focused on running for her party's nomination for governor. H...
  • Flooding inevitable after paving the Midwest
    Everyone with a brain saw it coming , yet the US Army Corps of Engineers chose to do nothing . From Nature News : First , it was snowfall...

In other news

  • MS NOW
    Texas Senate GOP primary runoff suddenly looks like a potential wipeout - A presidential endorsement has sent challenger Ken Paxton’s chances surging, according to prediction markets. The post Texas Senate GOP primary runoff su...
  • Wildfire Today
    Extinction of unique US animals and plants at risk in wildfire on California’s ‘Galapagos of North America’ - Extinction has always been a risk on Santa Rosa Island. Researchers have hailed the California island as having the most prolific aleontological record of ...
  • News : NPR
    DR Congo Ebola cases rise amid distrust, armed conflict zone - Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.
  • NM Fire Info
    Seven Cabins Fire Daily Update: May 24, 2026 - Cohesive ground and air efforts result in a significant containment increase Daily Update: May 24, 2026 Acres: 25,186 acres ...
  • Nebraska Examiner
    Small town life informs Rhode Island teen’s acclaimed essay on patriotism and hope - Inequality. Bigotry. Poverty. They continue to challenge and divide the nation. They test Marjorie Leary too. But the Portsmouth High School junior won’t l...
  • 14ymedio - Portada
    El retorno de 500.000 cubanos, entre los puntos que negocian Washington y La Habana - Joe García describe ocho temas sobre la mesa: presos políticos, embargo, propiedades confiscadas, reformas internas y reinserción financiera
  • South Dakota Searchlight
    Data center battles started in the states. Now it’s Congress under siege. - WASHINGTON — Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data c...
  • Minnesota Reformer
    Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying - Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration ann...
  • News
    Bill reauthorizing utilities commission passes, stripped of some contentious provisions - The bill reauthorizes Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission for another 7 years.
  • Environment – Mother Jones
    A Surprising Climate Fix Both Democrats and Republicans Can Get Behind - This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democrats and Republicans agree on virtually...
  • Colorado Newsline
    Data center battles started in the states. Now it’s Congress under siege. - WASHINGTON — Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data c...
  • The Colorado Sun
    Peter Moore: It’s time for Colorado’s non-hockey fans to pay attention to Colorado hockey - [image: A black and white drawing of hockey pucks and sticks]Our NHL team is called the Avalanche, and they’re the fastest dudes on ice. If you blink, you ...
  • Coyote Gulch
    We’re excited to invite you to view a screening of The American Southwest — WaterEducationColorado.org - We’re excited to invite you to view a screening of The American Southwest, a film about the Colorado River and the historical and current implications i...
  • The Hotshot Wake Up
    Another Wildfire Aviation Close Call As Scooper Operations Shutdown In Canada By A Recreation Drone. - This week, wildfire aviators had another close call when a recreational drone entered restricted airspace over a wildfire in Quebec, disrupting scooper ope...
  • New Mexico In Focus
    Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends - It’s election season, y’all, but as I peck out those words, it occurs to me that it’s pretty much always election season anymore. And we’ve been giving y...
  • WyoFile
    Clerk says state rep can’t run for reelection, but Wyoming secretary of state will decide - Riverton Rep. Joel Guggenmos lived outside his district from September to April. The post Clerk says state rep can’t run for reelection, but Wyoming sec...
  • Daily Montanan
    PSC asks governor to suspend Molnar for a year - Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Welborn is requesting that Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte remove embattled Commissioner Brad Molnar for a year...
  • Montana Free Press
    After 100 days in detention, Froid turns out to welcome Roberto Orozco-Ramirez home - [image: Lauren Miller, Montana Free Press, CatchLight Local/Report for America] On May 14 at about 7 p.m., as a dust storm engulfed much of northeast Mon...
  • Source New Mexico
    National energy super PAC faces ethics complaint over spending in NM land commissioner race - Complaint, citing Source NM's reporting, says American Energy Action Fund failed to file "easy, but critical," information to NM officials.
  • NDN COLLECTIVE
    Craven Canyon Drilling Permit on Pause: Community Members File Federal Lawsuit Against SD Board of Minerals and Environment - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 21, 2026 Rapid City, SD – Yesterday, community members and Craven Canyon intervenors filed a... The post Craven Cany...
  • Arizona Mirror
    DHS says Democrats are lying about overcrowding and broken toilets at the Mesa ICE facility - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused two Arizona Democrats of lying about what they saw during unannounced oversight visits of a Mesa facility ...
  • Colorado Times Recorder
    Christian-Right Media Network to be Acquired by Colorado Springs Nonprofit - Salem Media, which offers conservative and Christian content via radio, digital media, streaming, podcasting, television and publishing, will be acquired b...
  • Ralph Nader
    Nicholas Kristof’s Eyewitness Laments Skip the Obvious Conclusion - By Ralph Nader May 22, 2026 A skeptical friend reading the New York Times asked me why columnist Nicholas Kristof keeps writing columns about recurring pov...
  • The Revelator
    Protect This Place: The Florida Panhandle vs. Petrochemicals - In this video edition, see how Panhandle communities work to stop petrochemicals along this biodiversity hotspot. The post Protect This Place: The Florid...
  • The New Lede
    Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims - Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the US Constitution by running “roughshod over basic due proc...
  • Democracy Now!
    "AI Resist List": Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, "Empire of AI" & More - We speak with journalist Karen Hao, author of *Empire of AI*, about the Trump administration’s alliance with tech billionaires, efforts to regulate artific...
  • South Dakota News Watch
    11 middle schoolers to compete in state civics bee - The winners chosen from four regional competitions will meet June 11 at Augustana University.
  • The 19th
    Americans overwhelmingly oppose data centers. Women most of all. - As data centers rapidly emerge at unprecedented rates across the country, they are being met with increasing opposition — particularly from women, accordin...
  • High Country News
    Treat water like family, not profit - Federal and state approaches to managing the Colorado River – as well as land and wildlife – reflect a lack of experience. The post Treat water like fam...
  • Los Alamos Reporter
    Obituary: Kenneth L. Coop March 24, 1937 – May 16, 2026 - Ken Coop, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away May 16, 2026, at the age of 89. Ken was born in Fairfield, Iowa where he and his brother ...
  • South Dakota Voices
    The Walk - Is South Dakota dying and can it be resuscitated?
  • www.bozemandailychronicle.com - RSS Results in news/environment of type article
    'We'll have justice': American Prairie founder Sean Gerrity remains optimistic amid BLM decision - Sean Gerrity, a Montana native and founder of American Prairie, addressed a crowd of nearly 70 at the Bozeman Public Library on Wednesday.
  • Stateline
    Private equity companies buy more apartment units - Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new analysis from watchdog ...
  • Turtle Talk
    California Federal Court Dismisses Habeas Petition of Person Excluded from Rohnerville Rancheria - Here are the materials in Bowman v. Frank (N.D. Cal.):
  • The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
    Important Update - A Note to My Readers: On Lev Parnas and What Happened Yesterday:
  • South Dakota Democratic Party
    We Must Protect Our Water & Cultural Sites - Column by District 30 House candidate Bret Swanson
Show 10 Show All
Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.