Well, there's one less Republican lawyer in South Dakota. Mike Diedrich's reputation for boinking staff at Sodak Gaming was an open secret and his wife Connie suffers from the same malady as nutball, RFJ, Jr. — spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition that affects their voices. Mike rolled his eyes when trying to describe it to an interested party working on their ski cabin at Terry Peak.
7/13/25
7/11/25
Earth haters seem bent on crippling the People's media
When this interested party studied The White Rabbit Lantern, Jim’s Tap, The Last Step and Horatio’s at South Dakota State University in the 70s, post-Kent State and Vietnam, public radio became a loyal traveling companion and powerful vehicle for lifelong learning. But these days Brookings is simply a place where intellect goes to die because it's infested with Earth haters gutting public media in a rural red state that's depriving people living on reservations of vital links in news deserts.
Public television and radio were created in part to be government watchdogs so a cynical observer might suspect politicians like South Dakota's junior US Senator desperately want to hide NPR's coverage of the tumult and turmoil in the Trump White House.
7/10/25
Another SD Earth hater announces for US House
Casey Crabtree admits that the cases of criminal trespass at Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations don't even exist but ignores the fact that those operations are in fact agro-terrorists themselves but the Earth hating South Dakota legislator from Madison wants to allow eminent domain and trespass for some pipeline operators but also wants to protect CAFOs from scrutiny.
7/9/25
NM cannabis tax hike no big deal so far
Yes, with overwhelming support from Texans cannabis sales in New Mexico are nearing $2 billion since legalization and some $87 million added to the General Fund. On July 1 the NM cannabis excise tax reached 13% and will increase 1% each year until July 2030 when it will hit 18% as set in state statute.
On Tuesday an interested party paid $65 in Santa Fe for an ounce of flower containing almost 24% THC as competition weeds out the weak but a quick glance at the Native Nations Cannabis website on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Nation revealed prices four times higher than that.
According to Tax Foundation, a research think tank that tracks state and federal tax policy, the tax on gross receipts in California is 15%, 15% in Colorado and 20% in Montana. The Tax Policy Center, another think tank based in Washington, D.C., notes the state of Washington levies a 37% excise tax on cannabis sales that is paid by consumers and remitted by retailers. In Arizona, cannabis at state-regulated dispensaries is subject to a 16% excise tax. [Tax hike to squeeze New Mexico cannabis dispensaries, buyers, owners say]In a related story, Santa Fe is ranked the best US travel destination for its natural beauty, food, and culture according to Travel + Leisure Magazine.
7/8/25
Pictures > words
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2025
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